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Flower park lit up in western Japan

A winter illumination event at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, is unveiled to the press on Nov. 12, 2025, two days ahead of its official opening.

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Flower park lit up in western Japan

A winter illumination event at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, is unveiled to the press on Nov. 12, 2025, two days ahead of its official opening.

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Keizai Doyukai Ordinary General Meeting Press Conference

Press conference at the Ordinary General Meeting of Keizai Doyukai. Photo shows, from left, Nambu Toshikazu (newly appointed), Keizai Doyukai Representative Director Takeshi Niinami, Yasuhito Hirota (newly appointed), and Tetsuro Yoshimatsu (newly appointed).=April 28,2025,Tokyo

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Keizai Doyukai Ordinary General Meeting Press Conference

Press conference at the Ordinary General Meeting of Keizai Doyukai. Photo shows, from left, Nambu Toshikazu (newly appointed), Keizai Doyukai Representative Director Takeshi Niinami, Yasuhito Hirota (newly appointed), and Tetsuro Yoshimatsu (newly appointed).=April 28,2025,Tokyo

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Flower park illumination in western Japan

A preview of a flower-themed illumination show using about 1 million lights is held at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2024, two days before its official start.

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Flower park illumination in western Japan

A preview of a flower-themed illumination show using about 1 million lights is held at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2024, two days before its official start.

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Flower park illumination in western Japan

A preview of a flower-themed illumination show using about 1 million lights is held at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 8, 2023, two days before its official start.

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Flower park illumination in western Japan

A preview of a flower-themed illumination show using about 1 million lights is held at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 8, 2023, two days before its official start.

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Cosmos in full bloom at flower park in western Japan

A visitor strolls through cosmos in full bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2023.

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Cosmos in full bloom at flower park in western Japan

A visitor strolls through cosmos in full bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2023.

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Salvia flowers at western Japan park

Salvia flowers are in bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in the Tottori Prefecture town of Nambu, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2023.

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Salvia flowers at western Japan park

Salvia flowers are in bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in the Tottori Prefecture town of Nambu, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2023.

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Salvia flowers at western Japan park

Salvia flowers are in bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in the Tottori Prefecture town of Nambu, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2023.

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Sunflowers in full bloom at Tottori park

Marigold flowers are in bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in the Tottori Prefecture town of Nambu, western Japan, on July 15, 2023.

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Sunflowers in full bloom at Tottori park

Sunflowers are in full bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in the Tottori Prefecture town of Nambu, western Japan, on July 15, 2023.

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Sunflowers in full bloom at Tottori park

Sunflowers are in full bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in the Tottori Prefecture town of Nambu, western Japan, on July 15, 2023.

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Lilies at flower park in western Japan

Lily flowers are in full bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 16, 2023.

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Roses in western Japan flower park

Roses bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on May 10, 2023.

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Roses in western Japan flower park

Roses bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on May 10, 2023.

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Tulips at western Japan flower park

Tulips and cherry trees bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on April 10, 2023.

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Tulips at western Japan flower park

Tulips and cherry trees bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on April 10, 2023.

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Tulips at western Japan flower park

Tulips bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on April 10, 2023.

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Tulips at western Japan flower park

Tulips bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on April 10, 2023.

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Pansies at western Japan flower park

Pansies and cherry trees bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on March 28, 2023.

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Pansies at western Japan flower park

Pansies bloom at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on March 28, 2023.

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Salvia flowers paint Tottori park in red

YONAGO, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Salvia flowers bloom in red at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2018.

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Tottori Flower Gallery illuminated with 1 mil. lights

YONAGO, Japan - Flowers and trees at Tottori Flower Gallery (Hanakairo) in the town of Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, are illuminated with some 1 million electric lights on Nov. 18, 2014. The popular winter illuminations in the western Japan park will open to the public from Nov. 21.

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Some 1 mil. lights illuminate Tottori Flower Gallery

YONAGO, Japan - Visitors savor the atmosphere of Tottori Flower Gallery (Hanakairo) in the town of Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, as some 1 million electric lights illuminate the western Japan park on Nov. 18, 2014, prior to its public opening on Nov. 21.

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Nobel laureate physicist Nambu views Yukawa's blackboard

OSAKA, Japan - Yoichiro Nambu, a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago and recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics, smiles before a blackboard used by the late physicist Hideki Yukawa, the first Japanese Nobel laureate, during an unveiling ceremony at the Toyonaka campus of Osaka University on May 13, 2014. Yukawa used the blackboard at Columbia University in New York.

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Nobel laureate Yukawa's blackboard unveiled

OSAKA, Japan - Harumi Yukawa (L), son of first Japanese Nobel laureate Hideki Yukawa, and Yoichiro Nambu, a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago and recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics, unveil a blackboard used by the late physicist at Columbia University in New York during a ceremony at the Toyonaka campus of Osaka University on May 13, 2014.

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Mascot character Kumamon look-alike made of lacquerware

YONAGO, Japan - A figure that looks like Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, made of lacquerware is exhibited at a traditional event in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on April 12, 2014.

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Japanese brewers present sake at British parliament event

LONDON, England - Kei Nakajima of "Nambu Bijin," a Japanese brewery in Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, poses with a bottle of Nambu Bijin sake in London on March 26, 2014. Five renowned Japanese breweries showcased their sake at a unique event at the Houses of Parliament in London the same day hosted by the British-Japanese Parliamentary Group to promote deeper understanding between the two cultures.

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Women's entry into Shinto priesthood increasing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 10, 2014 shows Mihoko Ishii (L), a female chief priest serving at the Suwa Shrine in Nambu, Aomori Prefecture, talking with a female worshipper and another priest at the shine.

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Nambu named as new coach for Japan men's volleyball team

TOKYO, Japan - Masashi Nambu, newly appointed by the Japan Volleyball Association as the coach of the men's national team, poses for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2014. Nambu replaces American Gary Sato, the team's first foreign coach, who was hired a year ago.

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Orchid festival in Tottori

YONAGO, Japan - An orchid festival starts at Tottori Hanakairo park in the town of Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2013, displaying some 2,500 flowers of about 20 different species.

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Black iron Japan kitchenware in spotlight in Paris fair

PARIS, France - European buyers talk with Japanese promoters of the traditional cast-iron ''nambu tekki'' kitchenware from Iwate Prefecture including those in European designs at the business fair Japan Brand Exhibition on Jan. 20, 2010. A total of 22 Japanese manufacturers of traditional creations such as swords, furniture and dolls took part in the event.

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Black iron Japan kitchenware in spotlight in Paris fair

PARIS, France - European buyers look at cast-iron ''nambu tekki'' kitchenware from Japan's Iwate Prefecture including those in European designs at the Japan Brand Exhibition in Paris on Jan. 20, 2010. A total of 22 Japanese manufacturers of traditional creations such as swords, furniture and dolls took part in the event.

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3 Japanese scientists given Nobel prizes in ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Makoto Kobayashi, professor emeritus at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, delivers a speech at a banquet held at Stockholm City Hall on Dec. 10 after receiving the Nobel Prize in physics in a ceremony. Kobayashi won the award along with Toshihide Masukawa, professor emeritus at Kyoto University, and Yoichiro Nambu, a Tokyo-born U.S. scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, who was unable to attend the ceremony. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Nobel laureates give lectures before award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nobel Prize winners who received the 2008 prize for physics stand after giving lectures at Stockholm University on Dec. 8. (From R to L) are Toshihide Masukawa, a professor emeritus at Kyoto University, Makoto Kobayashi, professor emeritus at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Giovanni Jona-Lasinio, professor at the University of Rome, who gave a lecture on behalf of Yoichiro Nambu, a Tokyo-born U.S. scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago who is not attending the award ceremony.

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Japanese Nobel laureates give lectures before award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese Nobel Prize winner Toshihide Masukawa, a professor emeritus at Kyoto University, gives a lecture titled ''What Did CP Violation Tell Us?'' at Stockholm University prior to an award ceremony. He won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics along with Makoto Kobayashi, professor emeritus at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Yoichiro Nambu, a Tokyo-born U.S. scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago.

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Japanese Nobel laureates give lectures before award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese Nobel Prize winner Makoto Kobayashi, professor emeritus at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, delivers a lecture titled ''CP Violation and Flavor Mixing'' at Stockholm University on Dec. 8 prior to an award ceremony. He won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics along with Toshihide Masukawa, a professor emeritus at Kyoto University, and Yoichiro Nambu, a Tokyo-born U.S. scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago.

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Japanese Nobel laureates give lectures before award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese Nobel Prize winner Makoto Kobayashi, professor emeritus at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, delivers a lecture titled ''CP Violation and Flavor Mixing'' at Stockholm University on Dec. 8 prior to an award ceremony. He won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics along with Toshihide Masukawa, a professor emeritus at Kyoto University, and Yoichiro Nambu, a Tokyo-born U.S. scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago.

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Japanese Nobel laureates give lectures before award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese Nobel Prize winner Toshihide Masukawa, a professor emeritus at Kyoto University, gives a lecture titled ''What Did CP Violation Tell Us?'' at Stockholm University prior to an award ceremony. He won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics along with Makoto Kobayashi, professor emeritus at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Yoichiro Nambu, a Tokyo-born U.S. scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago.

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Nobel prize winner Masukawa leave for Stockholm

OSAKA, Japan - Nobel Prize winner Toshihide Masukawa (C) prepares to leave Kansai airport in Osaka on Dec. 5 for Stockholm to attend an award ceremony. Masukawa, professor at Kyoto Sangyo University, has won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2008 together with Makoto Kobayashi, professor emeritus at the Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture-based High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, and U.S. scientist Yoichiro Nambu.

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Nobel prize winner Kobayashi leaves for Stockholm

NARITA, Japan - Nobel Prize winner Makoto Kobayashi smiles during a news conference at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 5 before leaving Japan for Stockholm to attend an award ceremony. Kobayashi, professor emeritus at the Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture-based High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2008 together with Toshihide Masukawa, professor at Kyoto Sangyo University, and U.S. scientist Yoichiro Nambu.

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Nobel laureate Kobayashi speaks in smile

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Kobayashi, professor emeritus at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, smiles as he speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8 one day after he, U.S. scientist Yoichiro Nambu and Toshihide Masukawa were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for 2008.

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Nobel Prize winner Masukawa meets press

KYOTO, Japan - Nobel Prize winner Toshihide Masukawa, professor at Kyoto Sangyo University and professor emeritus at Kyoto University, is presented with flowers from a student on Oct. 8 after a news conference at Kyoto University. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the previous day that Masukawa, together with Yoichiro Nambu, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, and Makoto Kobayashi, professor emeritus at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, will be given this year's Nobel Prize in physics.

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2 Japanese and 1 American share Nobel Prize in physics

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Kobayashi, emeritus professor at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, talks with Prime Minister Aso Taro by phone during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7. after being awarded the Nobel prize in physics for 2008 along with Toshihide Masukawa and U.S. scientist Yoichiro Nambu. Kobayashi won the prize ''for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature.''

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2 Japanese and 1 American share Nobel Prize in physics

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Kobayashi, emeritus professor at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7. after being awarded the Nobel prize in physics for 2008 along with Toshihide Masukawa and U.S. scientist Yoichiro Nambu. Kobayashi won the prize ''for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature.''

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Masukawa smiles in connection with Nobel Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Nobel laureate Toshihide Masukawa, professor emeritus at Kyoto University, smiles at a press conference in Kyoto Oct. 8, one day after he, U.S. scientist Yoichiro Nambu and Makoto Kobayashi were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for 2008.