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Tsurumaki dominates to win 74-kg nat'l title

TOKYO, Japan - Tsukasa Tsurumaki (back) attempts to throw his opponent Katsuhiko Nagata in a Greco-Roman 74-kilogram class match at the national championships at Yoyogi gymnasium annex in Tokyo on Dec. 22. Tsurumaki won the 74-kilogram class with a victory over defending champion Taichi Suga in the final to claim his first title.

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Korean residents observe silence on Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - Korean residents of Japan observe a moment of silence on Jan. 17, 2015, at Kobe Korea education and culture center in Kobe's Nagata Ward, western Japan, at 5:46 a.m., the time when the Great Hanshin Earthquake hit the city and its vicinity on Jan. 17, 1995.

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Child lights candle on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - A child lights a candle during an event to remember the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the disaster. A total of 6,434 people were killed by the quake which devastated Kobe and its vicinity in western Japan.

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"1.17" formed with candles on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - People light candles to form the shapes of "1.17" and "Kizuna" (Bond) at Mano Elementary School in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japanese play Chopin ballade in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese pianist Ikuyo Nagata (R) and compatriot violinist Reiko Watanabe play a duet of Belgian musician Eugene Ysaye's transcription of the Chopin ballade No. 1 at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 13, 2014. It was the first time the legendary Belgian violinist's 100-year-old arrangement for the violin and piano has been played. Nagata "deciphered" Ysaye's musical notes over about three years.

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J-League, Ritsumeikan Univ. sign alliance

OSAKA, Japan - J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai (L) and Toyoomi Nagata, chairman of the Ritsumeikan Trust Board of Trustees, hold a signed agreement on May 26, 2014 in Kyoto, western Japan, on wide-ranging cooperation, including the cultivation of human resources in sports management, players' second careers, regional development and international exchange.

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'Tetsujin 28-go' robot statue lit up

KOBE, Japan - Two children pose for photos in front of a 15-meter-tall statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go'' from a robot comic and animation series at a park in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Oct. 10, 2010. The statue, set up in October 2009 to encourage people hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, was lit up in various colors as a pre-Christmas illumination event.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - People attend a ceremony at Takatori church in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2010, to mark the 15th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which killed more than 6,400 people.

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Ceremony for 'Tetsujin 28-go' statue held in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A ceremony marking the completion of a statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No. 28, is held in Kobe's Nagata Ward in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 4, 2009. The iron statue, which is modeled after the character from the ''Tetsujin 28-go'' comic series written by the late Mitsuteru Yokoyama from Kobe, was constructed as part of efforts to help revitalize local areas hardest hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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'Tetsujin 28-go' statue unveiled in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No. 28, is unveiled at a park in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Sept. 28, 2009. The 15-meter-high, 50-ton iron statue, which is modeled after the character from the ''Tetsujin 28-go'' comic series written by the late Mitsuteru Yokoyama from Kobe, was constructed as part of efforts to help revitalize local areas hardest hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. A ceremony to mark the completion of the statue will be held on Oct. 4.

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'Tetsujin 28-go' statue unveiled in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No. 28, is unveiled at a park in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Sept. 28, 2009. The 15-meter-high, 50-ton iron statue, which is modeled after the character from the ''Tetsujin 28-go'' comic series written by the late Mitsuteru Yokoyama from Kobe, was constructed as part of efforts to help revitalize local areas hardest hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. A ceremony to mark the completion of the statue will be held on Oct. 4.

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Giant head of 'Tetsujin 28-go' unveiled in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - People gather to see a giant iron head of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No. 28, which appeared at a park in Kobe's Nagata Ward on July 27. The construction of the statue is scheduled to be completed in October.

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Giant head of 'Tetsujin 28-go' unveiled in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A giant iron head of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No.28, was unveiled Monday in Kobe's Nagata Ward. The construction of the statue is scheduled to be completed in October.

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Japan's Olympic marathon runner Nagata dies at 53

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 1985 shows Nanae Nagata, one of the groundbreakers in women's marathon in Japan who ran in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Nagata died June 27 at age 53 after a two-year battle against rectum cancer, people close to her said June 29.

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Ex-lawmaker Nagata commits suicide in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Hisayasu Nagata (in file photo), who resigned as a parliamentarian in April 2006 after using a fake e-mail message to grill a ruling party lawmaker, jumped to his death from an apartment building in an apparent suicide in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 3.

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Low-cost experimental rocket lifts off in Hokkaido

TAIKI, Japan - An experimental rocket that uses liquid oxygen and polyethylene as composite propellant lifts off from Taichi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23. The 2.8-meter rocket soared to an altitude of about 1,000 meters in 10 seconds. Developers say the rocket, developed by Harunori Nagata, professor of space engineering at Hokkaido University, takes just about one-10th of the launch cost for a conventional solid-fuel rocket.

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Orix's Tani gets dealt to Yomiuri in 1-for-2 trade

KOBE, Japan - Orix Buffaloes outfielder Yoshitomo Tani speaks at a press conference in Kobe on Nov. 7 after being got dealt to the Yomiuri Giants in a 1-for-2 trade for right-hander Takashi Kamoshida and infielder Masahiro Nagata.

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Nagata leaves Diet over fake e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives on April 4 approved the resignation of opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata (file photo) for disrupting parliamentary business by using a fake e-mail message to attack a top ruling bloc executive.

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Nagata misled party executives in e-mail case: DPJ report

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the ouse of Representatives, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on March 31 after he tenders his resignation to lower house speaker Yohei Kono.

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Diet panel to summon journalist over fake e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese House of Representatives Disciplinary Committee decided on March 29 to summon freelance journalist Takashi Nishizawa as a sworn witness on April 4 over a fake e-mail that lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata used to make accusations of a payoff against a senior governing coalition lawmaker.

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Scandal-hit lawmaker Nagata identifies provider of fake e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, speaks at the lower house's Discipline Committee in the Diet on March 24.

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Lawmaker Nagata admits e-mail was false at Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, bows during a session of the lower house's Discipline Committee in Tokyo on March 22.

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Lawmaker Nagata admits e-mail was false at Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, speaks at the lower house's Discipline Committee in Tokyo on March 22.

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House panel to begin penalty deliberations for DPJ lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - The lower house disciplinary committee decided March 7 to begin deliberations March 10 on action against opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata, who raised an allegation before the Diet based on a fabricated e-mail message. (Pool photo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata says e-mail allegation was groundless

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (R), a Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives, bows in apology to Tsutomu Takebe, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, at the Diet on March 2 before the start of the lower house plenary session. Nagata said he made ''groundless'' and ''false'' allegations about Takebe's son based on a spurious e-mail message.

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DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickly

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda (L), who will resign as Diet affairs chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, again apologizes at a party executives' meeting on March 1 for disrupting the Diet by alleging that Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie had in an e-mail ordered a payment to a son of ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe. DPJ is seeking to pick Noda's successor as early as possible as it believes the uproar about the e-mail allegation has been settled with the apology by DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata and executives of the party.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28 to apologize for disrupting the Diet by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, bows in apology during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28. He is flanked by DPJ Diet affairs chief Yoshihiko Noda (L) and DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata apologizes for the uproar he caused by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official as he leaves the hospital he had been admitted to due to fatigue caused by the scandal.

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Nagata may resign as lawmaker over alleged Livedoor e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Seiji Maehara speaks with reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 23 on reports that Hisayasu Nagata, a House of Representatives member from the opposition party, has indicated he may resign as a lawmaker over a controversy surrounding an e-mail message suspecting links between the Liberal Democratic Party and Internet firm Livedoor Co.

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Nagata may resign as lawmaker over alleged Livedoor e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a House of Representatives member from the Democratic Party of Japan, puts questions at a lower house budget committee session in a photo taken on FEb. 17. Party officials said that Nagata has indicated he may resign as a lawmaker over a controversy surrounding an e-mail message suspecting links between the Liberal Democratic Party and Internet firm Livedoor Co.

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(1)Japan's women pick up 1st win at Athens basketball

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's center Mutsuko Nagata shoots during a Group A preliminary round match against Nigeria in the women's basketball tournament at Olympic Indoor Hall on Aug. 16.

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(2)Women's Asia Basketball Championship

SENDAI, Japan - Japan forward Mutsuko Nagata (L) puts up a shot over China center Chen Luyun during the second quarter of a Women's Asia Basketball Championship match at the Sendai Municipal Gymnasium on Jan. 13.

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(1)Fukushima named new SDP leader

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, secretary general of the minor opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), arrives at the party headquarters in Tokyo's Nagata-cho to attend a general assembly of SDP lawmakers on Nov. 15. The meeting later appointed Fukushima as new party leader to replace Takako Doi, who resigned to take responsibility for the party's poor performance in Nov. 9 general election.

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(4)Locals mark 8th anniversary of Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - A man prays for his daughter in Kobe's Nagata Ward where she died in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake on Jan. 17, the eighth anniversary of the disaster in which 6,433 people lost their lives.

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Chogin Kinki raided for allegedly evading financial inspection

KOBE, Japan - Police investigators enter the head office of Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Sept. 26 to search for evidence in connection with the company's alleged evasion of an inspection by a financial authority last year. Chogin Kinki is the largest pro-Pyongyang credit union in Japan.

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S. Korean lawmaker ends hunger strike over textbook in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kim Young Jin (3rd from L), a member of South Korea's Millennium Democratic Party, reads out a statement protesting the Japanese government's recent approval of a controversial history textbook, on the sidewalk near the Diet building in Tokyo's Nagata-cho district on April 16. Kim, 55, ended a six-day hunger strike for health reasons based on advise of doctors and his supporters.

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Nagata shows off silver medal from greco-roman wrestling

SYDNEY, Australia - Surprise silver medalist Katsuhiko Nagata shows off his prize after finishing runner-up at 69 kg in greco-roman wrestling at the Darling Harbour Exhibition Hall on Sept. 27. Nagata upended two-time European champion Alexei Glouchkov of Russia in the semifinals before falling to Filiberto Azcuy of Cuba 11-0 in the championship match.

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Nagata tries to prevent lift in 69 kg gold medal final

SYDNEY, Australia - Tokyo police officer Katsuhiko Nagata clings to the mat in the 69-kg final of greco-roman wrestling on Sept. 27 against Filiberto Azcuy of Cuba. Azcuy executed two back-arching throws from this position to win the gold medal by technical superiority 11-0 at 1 minute, 44 seconds at Darling Harbour Exhibition Hall.

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Nagata advances to gold medal final

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Katsuhiko Nagata outlasts two-time European champion Alexei Glouchov of Russia on Sept. 27 to advance to the gold medal round in greco-roman wrestling at the Sydney Olympic Games. Nagata, who only finished 30th in last year's world championships, scored three points in the first minute of the second period and then held on for a 3-1 victory in the semifinals of the 69-kilogram class at Darling Harbour Exhibition Hall.

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NTT Docomo's headquarters

Headquarters of NTT DOCOMO, Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, April 28, 2017; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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NTT Docomo's headquarters

Headquarters of NTT DOCOMO, Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, April 28, 2017; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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NTT Docomo's headquarters

Headquarters of NTT DOCOMO, Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, April 28, 2017; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Tsurumaki dominates to win 74-kg nat'l title

TOKYO, Japan - Tsukasa Tsurumaki (back) attempts to throw his opponent Katsuhiko Nagata in a Greco-Roman 74-kilogram class match at the national championships at Yoyogi gymnasium annex in Tokyo on Dec. 22. Tsurumaki won the 74-kilogram class with a victory over defending champion Taichi Suga in the final to claim his first title. (Kyodo)

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Nagata may resign as lawmaker over alleged Livedoor e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a House of Representatives member from the Democratic Party of Japan, puts questions at a lower house budget committee session in a photo taken on FEb. 17. Party officials said that Nagata has indicated he may resign as a lawmaker over a controversy surrounding an e-mail message suspecting links between the Liberal Democratic Party and Internet firm Livedoor Co. (Kyodo)

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Nagata may resign as lawmaker over alleged Livedoor e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Seiji Maehara speaks with reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 23 on reports that Hisayasu Nagata, a House of Representatives member from the opposition party, has indicated he may resign as a lawmaker over a controversy surrounding an e-mail message suspecting links between the Liberal Democratic Party and Internet firm Livedoor Co. (Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata apologizes for the uproar he caused by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official as he leaves the hospital he had been admitted to due to fatigue caused by the scandal. (Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28 to apologize for disrupting the Diet by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official. (Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, bows in apology during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28. He is flanked by DPJ Diet affairs chief Yoshihiko Noda (L) and DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama. (Kyodo)

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DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickl

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda (L), who will resign as Diet affairs chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, again apologizes at a party executives' meeting on March 1 for disrupting the Diet by alleging that Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie had in an e-mail ordered a payment to a son of ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe. DPJ is seeking to pick Noda's successor as early as possible as it believes the uproar about the e-mail allegation has been settled with the apology by DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata and executives of the party. (Kyodo)