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Baseball: NPB spring training

SoftBank Hawks pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa throws a bullpen session during the club's spring training on Feb. 16, 2025, in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan.

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Baseball: MLB spring training game

Naoyuki Uwasawa, who signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, heads to the mound in the first inning of a spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles on March 15, 2024, in Port Charlotte, Florida.

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Baseball: MLB spring training game

Naoyuki Uwasawa, who signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, takes the mound in a spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles on March 15, 2024, in Port Charlotte, Florida.

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Baseball: MLB spring training game

Naoyuki Uwasawa, who signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, takes the mound in a spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles on March 15, 2024, in Port Charlotte, Florida.

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Baseball: MLB spring training game

Naoyuki Uwasawa, who signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, takes the mound in a spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles on March 15, 2024, in Port Charlotte, Florida.

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Baseball: MLB spring training game

Naoyuki Uwasawa, who signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, takes the mound in a spring training game against the Baltimore Orioles on March 15, 2024, in Port Charlotte, Florida.

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Baseball: Rays sign Japanese pitcher Uwasawa

Japanese pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa poses for a photo at the Nippon Ham Fighters' home stadium Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2024, after the Tampa Bay Rays signed him to a minor league contract. The 29-year-old right-hander was posted by the Fighters.

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Baseball: Rays sign Japanese pitcher Uwasawa

Japanese pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa attends a press conference at the Nippon Ham Fighters' home stadium Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2024, after the Tampa Bay Rays signed him to a minor league contract. The 29-year-old right-hander was posted by the Fighters.

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CORRECTED: Plane with evacuees arrives in Tokyo

Naoyuki Kawahara (L), representative of the NPO Rocinantes, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 29, 2023, along with 47 other Japanese evacuees and their families from conflict-riven Sudan after a chartered plane transported them from Djibouti.

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CORRECTED: Plane with evacuees arrives in Tokyo

Naoyuki Kawahara (C), representative of the NPO Rocinantes, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 29, 2023, along with 47 other Japanese evacuees and their families from conflict-riven Sudan after a chartered plane transported them from Djibouti.

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CORRECTED: Plane with evacuees arrives in Tokyo

Naoyuki Kawahara (L), representative of the NPO Rocinantes, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 29, 2023, along with 47 other Japanese evacuees and their families from conflict-riven Sudan after a chartered plane transported them from Djibouti.

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Baseball: Uwasawa comes up clutch as Fighters stop Hawks

SAPPORO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo - Nippon Ham Fighters starting pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa throws against SoftBank Hawks in a game at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on July 9, 2017. Uwasawa allowed five hits over seven innings as the Fighters won 2-0.

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Fountain pen inks inspired by colors of Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken May 19, 2014 shows Naoyuki Takeuchi, a product planner at Nagasawa Stationery Center in Kobe's Chuo Ward who developed the "Kobe Ink Story" series of fountain pen inks representing scenes of the western port city.

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IMF official

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Naoyuki Shinohara is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Astana, Kazakhstan, on May 1, 2014.

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Nuclear crisis could push Japan growth below IMF forecast

WASHINGTON, United States - Naoyuki Shinohara, International Monetary Fund deputy managing director, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Washington on April 16, 2011. He said uncertainty surrounding the nuclear crisis coupled with power supply shortages could drag Japan's economic growth this year beneath the 1.4 percent increase forecast most recently by the IMF.

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Kabuki star Ebizo at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo (R) attends a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Ebizo, accompanied by his lawyer Naoyuki Fukasawa (L), announced that he has reached a settlement over a brawl in the capital's Nishiazabu district with the alleged assailant, who was indicted the same day for beating him up.

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Paraguay Ambassador Toyotoshi watches World Cup match

CHIBA, Japan - Paraguay Ambassador to Japan Naoyuki Toyotoshi (front row, 3rd from R) and Chiba Mayor Toshihito Kumagai (front row, 2nd from R) react as they watch a World Cup second round match between Japan and Paraguay at a gathering in Chiba City on June 30, 2010.

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Paraguay Ambassador Toyotoshi watches World Cup match

CHIBA, Japan - Paraguay Ambassador to Japan Naoyuki Toyotoshi (front row, 3rd from R) and Chiba Mayor Toshihito Kumagai (front row, 2nd from R) watch a World Cup second round match between Japan and Paraguay at a gathering in Chiba City on June 29, 2010.

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Lotte players in classic jersey

CHIBA, Japan - Lotte Marines pitcher Naoyuki Shimizu starts a game against the Orix Buffaloes wearing the classic jersey of the time of its establishment 40 years ago at Chiba Marine Stadium on Aug. 19. The club, which started as the Lotte Orions, mounted a three-day campaign of having its members wear the uniform through Aug. 20.

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Shimizu picks season's third win

FUKUOKA, Japan - Chiba Lotte Marines starter Naoyuki Shimizu responds to the fans after throwing 6-1/3 effective innings to pick his third win of the season as his team held off the Softbank Hawks 4-2 at Yahoo Dome on July 1.

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Shinohara to replace Watanabe as Japan's top currency diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi has decided to appoint Naoyuki Shinohara (file photo), director general of his ministry's International Bureau, as vice finance minister for international affairs, replacing incumbent Hiroshi Watanabe, government sources said June 26. Omi is expected to announce the appointment after the ongoing Diet session adjourns in early July, the sources said. Watanabe, 58, will retire from the ministry.

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Daigo breaks 13-year national record in high jump

KOBE, Japan - Naoyuki Daigo sets a Japanese high jump record with 2.33 meters on the final day of the national athletics championships in Kobe on July 2, breaking the previous mark of 2.32 set by Takahiro Kimino in 1993.

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Japan beats Cuba to win World Baseball Classic

SAN DIEGO, United States - Team Japan pitchers Koji Uehara (L) and Naoyuki Shimizu hold a flag in celebration after their team became the champion of the inaugural World Baseball Classic with a 10-6 win over Cuba at PETCO Park in San Diego, California, on March 20.

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Japanese NGO active in medical support in eastern Sudan

QALAEN NAHL, Sudan - Japanese doctor Naoyuki Kawahara, 40, examines a boy, who seems to be malnourished, at a hospital in Qalaen Nahl, Gedaref State, Sudan, on Feb. 9

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Lotte secures spot in Asia Series final

TOKYO, Japan - Lotte Marines ace hurler Naoyuki Shimizu pitches seven strong innings to help the Lotte Marines earn a spot in the Asia Series final with a 12-1 rout of the Sinon Bulls of Taiwan at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 11.

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(3)Princess Sayako formally engaged to Kuroda in traditional rite

TOKYO, Japan - Naoyuki Kuroda, cousin of Yoshiki Kuroda, arrives at the Imperial Palace on March 19 to convey Yoshiki's proposal to marry Princess Sayako, Emperor Akihito's only daughter, in a traditional rite of betrothal, known as ''Nosai no Gi.'' (Pool photo)

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Fujitsu-Hitachi joint venture to build plasma display plant

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa announces in Tokyo on March 8 that Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Ltd. will build a new plant for plasma display panels in Miyazaki Prefecture. Plasma Display is a fifty-fifty joint venture between Fujitsu and Hitachi Ltd. Plasma Display President Yoichi Morimoto is seated in center, and Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama is at right.

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Kurokawa to become next Fujitsu president

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroaki Kurokawa (standing), a managing director of Fujitsu Ltd., who will become president, speaks to reporters in the company's head office in Tokyo on April 25, with current President Naoyuki Akikusa looking on. Kurokawa will formally succeed Akikusa after an annual shareholders' meeting in June.

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Keio professor Agawa appointed minister at Washington

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi announced on July 26 the appointment of Keio University professor Naoyuki Agawa (in file photo) as minister in charge of public relations at the Japanese Embassy in the United States. The posting, effective on Aug. 1, is in line with the Foreign Ministry's attempt at reform that in part calls for appointing experts from outside the bureaucracy to top posts.

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Toshiba, Fujitsu agree on comprehensive tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Okamura (L), president of Toshiba Corp., and Naoyuki Akikusa, president of Fujitsu Ltd., shake hands at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on June 19. They announced that the two companies have agreed to form a comprehensive tie-up in semiconductor operations.

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Hawks' Jojima hits three-run homer against Fighters

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Daiei Hawks catcher Kenji Jojima hits a three-run homer over the left-center field wall off Nippon Ham Fighters starter Naoyuki Tateishi in the bottom of the third inning at Fukuoka Dome on Sept. 19.

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Fujitsu group to cut 16,400 jobs under restructuring plan

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa (R) announces the company's major restructuring plan at a news conference at its head office Aug. 20 in Tokyo. Under the plan, Fujitsu will cut its group workforce by 9%, or 16,400 jobs, at home and abroad.

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Maekawa congratulated after Kintetsu win over Nippon Ham

TOKYO, Japan - Kintetsu southpaw Katsuhiko Maekawa (No. 28) is congratulated by teammate Naoyuki Omura (No. 7) after a 4-1 complete-game triumph over the Nippon Ham Fighters at Tokyo Dome on March 25. Maekawa went the distance on 143 pitches, giving up a run on five hits and four walks while notching four stikeouts.

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Mitsubishi Chemical, Fujitsu to team up on biotech drugs

TOKYO, Japan - Kanji Shono (L), president of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., and Naoyuki Akikusa, president of Fujitsu Ltd., shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on March 5. They announced that their companies have agreed to form an alliance in the field of biotechnology, focusing on research and development of pharmaceuticals using human genome data.

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Haneda blocks passageway used in hijacking

TOKYO, Japan - A new gateway is installed at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, closing off a security breach that a knife-wielding man used last July to bypass security checks before hijacking an All Nippon Airways passenger plane and killing the captain. A 29-year-old man hijacked the Boeing 747 on July 23, and stabbed Naoyuki Nagashima, 51, to death in the cockpit with a kitchen knife.

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Airlines to work out common security guidelines

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows presidents and representatives of Japan's 11 major airlines, who on Aug. 2 are ordered by Transport Minister Jiro Kawasaki to tighten security at airports and on airliners in the wake of the July 23 hijacking of an All Nippon Airways jumbo jet. The jet's captain, Naoyuki Nagashima, was stabbed to death by a 28-year-old, knife-wielding hijacker.

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More than 1,000 people attend funeral of slain ANA captain

TOKYO, Japan - Flight attendants of All Nippon Airways (ANA) and other mourners send off a car carrying the coffin of slain ANA pilot Naoyuki Nagashima at the Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on July 30.

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Sakura, Fujitsu to form 'Web bank' for online shopping

TOKYO, Japan - Akishige Okada (L), president of Sakura Bank, and Naoyuki Akikusa, president of Fujitsu Ltd., shake hands in Tokyo on July 26 after announcing that the two companies will establish a ''Web bank'' for Internet shoppers to make online payments.

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Body of slain ANA pilot returns home

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The body of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) pilot who was killed by a hijacker July 23 returns to his home in Umegaoka, Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, on July 24 after undergoing an autopsy. The 51-year-old pilot, Naoyuki Nagashima, was stabbed to death by a 28-year-old man who hijacked the ANA jumbo jet bound for Sapporo from Tokyo's Haneda airport.

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Nikko, Fujitsu to form joint Web-based brokerage house

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa (L) and Nikko Securities Co. President Masashi Kaneko shake hands at a news conference July 14 after announcing an agreement to set up a joint venture that will use the Internet to offer securities products and accept trading orders. The joint company, tentatively called Internet Trading Securities, will offer the services to about 3.5 million subscribers of Fujitsu's Web access service.

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Hitachi, Fujitsu to form joint firm to make PDPs

Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa (L) and Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on April 6 after announcing the forming of a joint venture between the companies to manufacture high-resolution plasma display panels (PDPs), which are used in flat-screen televisions.

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(1)Naoyuki Akikusa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Naoyuki Akikusa, chairman of Fujitsu Ltd. The photo was taken March 8, 2004. (Kyodo)

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(3)Princess Sayako formally engaged to Kuroda in traditional rit

TOKYO, Japan - Naoyuki Kuroda, cousin of Yoshiki Kuroda, arrives at the Imperial Palace on March 19 to convey Yoshiki's proposal to marry Princess Sayako, Emperor Akihito's only daughter, in a traditional rite of betrothal, known as ''Nosai no Gi.'' (Pool photo) (Kyodo) (Kyodo)

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(5)Princess Sayako formally engaged to Kuroda in traditional rit

TOKYO, Japan - Naoyuki Kuroda (L), cousin of Yoshiki Kuroda, presents a list of gifts and conveys Yoshiki's proposal to marry Princess Sayako to Toshio Yuasa (R), grand steward of the imperial household, in a traditional rite at the Imperial Palace on March 19. The photo was released by the Imperial Household Agency. (Kyodo)

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Lotte secures spot in Asia Series final

TOKYO, Japan - Lotte Marines ace hurler Naoyuki Shimizu pitches seven strong innings to help the Lotte Marines earn a spot in the Asia Series final with a 12-1 rout of the Sinon Bulls of Taiwan at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 11. (Kyodo)

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Lotte secures spot in Asia Series final

TOKYO, Japan - Lotte Marines ace hurler Naoyuki Shimizu pitches seven strong innings to help the Lotte Marines earn a spot in the Asia Series final with a 12-1 rout of the Sinon Bulls of Taiwan at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 11. (Kyodo)

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Japan beats Cuba to win World Baseball Classic

SAN DIEGO, United States - Team Japan pichers Koji Uehara (L) and Naoyuki Shimizu hold a flag in celebration after their team became the champion of the inaugural World Baseball Classic with a 10-6 win over Cuba at PETCO Park in San Diego, California, on March 20. (Kyodo)

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Daigo breaks 13-year national record in high jump

KOBE, Japan - Naoyuki Daigo sets a Japanese high jump record with 2.33 meters on the final day of the national athletics championships in Kobe on July 2, breaking the previous mark of 2.32 set by Takahiro Kimino in 1993. (Kyodo)

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Shinohara to replace Watanabe as Japan's top currency diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi has decided to appoint Naoyuki Shinohara (file photo), director general of his ministry's International Bureau, as vice finance minister for international affairs, replacing incumbent Hiroshi Watanabe, government sources said June 26. Omi is expected to announce the appointment after the ongoing Diet session adjourns in early July, the sources said. Watanabe, 58, will retire from the ministry.

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Shimizu picks season's third win

FUKUOKA, Japan - Chiba Lotte Marines starter Naoyuki Shimizu responds to the fans after throwing 6-1/3 effective innings to pick his third win of the season as his team held off the Softbank Hawks 4-2 at Yahoo Dome on July 1. (Kyodo)