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Elderly theater members from Japan get applause in Paris

PARIS, France - Members of the Saitama Gold Theater, a Japanese theatrical company of senior citizens led by renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa, receive applause from the audience at the Paris Theatre in the French capital on Dec. 8, 2014.

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Elderly theater members from Japan perform in Paris

PARIS, France - Members of the Saitama Gold Theater, a Japanese theatrical company comprising senior citizens and led by renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa, perform at the Paris Theatre in the French capital on Dec. 8, 2014.

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Saitama Gold Theater members perform in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - The Saitama Gold Theater, made up of actors 55 years and older and led by famed theater director Yukio Ninagawa, performs "Ravens, We Shall Load Bullets" in Hong Kong on Nov. 13, 2014.

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Saitama Gold Theater members still going strong

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Saitama Gold Theater and famed theater director Yukio Ninagawa (C, front row) pose for a photo at Sainokuni Saitama Arts Theater in Saitama City in May 2013. The group, currently made up of members in their 60s-80s, will perform in Hong Kong and Paris in November and December 2014.

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Senior theatrical group to perform in HK, Paris

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Saitama Gold Theater are pictured performing in Paris in May 2013. The group, currently made up of members in their 60s-80s and led by theater director Yukio Ninagawa, will perform in Hong Kong and Paris in November and December 2014.

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87-yr-old actress goes to Paris

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 29, 2013 shows Etsuko Shigemoto, the oldest member of the Saitama Gold Theater group, at the Saitama Arts Theater in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture. Saitama Gold Theater is a troupe of elderly actors set up by renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa.

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Actress Sawajiri

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Erika Sawajiri (R) appears at the premiere of her latest movie Helter Skelter at a Tokyo theater on July 14, 2012, with the film's director Mika Ninagawa.

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Japanese director to stage Greek tragedy in Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel - Japanese theater director Yukio Ninagawa speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Jan. 12, 2012. Ninagawa will direct ''The Trojan Women,'' a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, for performances in Tel Aviv and in Tokyo in December. The cast -- Japanese, Israeli Arab and Jewish actors -- will speak in Japanese, Arabic and Hebrew.

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Stage director Ninagawa receives Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - Stage director Yukio Ninagawa (R front) receives the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) also attended the award ceremony held on Culture Day, a national holiday. (Pool photo)

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Recipients of Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - Recipients of the Order of Culture (from L) architect Tadao Ando, stage director Yukio Ninagawa, medieval historian Haruko Wakita, Nobel laureate chemist Akira Suzuki, nuclear physicist Akito Arima, Nobel laureate chemist Eiichi Negishi and fashion designer Issey Miyake pose for a photo session at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2010, a national holiday, Culture Day. They received the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito.

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World's oldest person dies, Japanese woman becomes oldest

TOKYO, Japan - Yone Minagawa blew out candles on a birthday cake at a Fukuoka Prefecture nursing home Jan. 4 as she celebrated her 114th birthday. Ninagawa is now believed to be the world's oldest person after Emma Faust Tillman died Jan. 28 at a nursing home in Connecticut aged 114.

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Director Ninagawa receives award from Britain

TOKYO, Japan - Director Yukio Ninagawa (R) shakes hands with British Ambassador to Japan Stephen Gomersall at the British Embassy in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on March 25. Ninagawa received an honorary award, the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), for his services to cultural relations through his staging of Shakespearean plays and Noh dramas.

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Director Ninagawa receives award from Britain

TOKYO, Japan - Director Yukio Ninagawa (R) shakes hands with British Ambassador to Japan Stephen Gomersall at the British Embassy in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on March 25. Ninagawa received an honorary award, the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), for his services to cultural relations through his staging of Shakespearean plays and Noh dramas.

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Elderly troupe founded by director Ninagawa to carry on

A theater troupe of elderly actors set up by renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa discusses in Saitama, Japan, on May 27, 2016, whether to continue its activities. The Saitama Gold Theater troupe decided to continue the legacy of Ninagawa, who died at age 80 on May 12, according to the operator of the group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Friends, family bid farewell to Japanese stage director Ninagawa

Family and friends of stage director Yukio Ninagawa gather in Tokyo on May 16, 2016, to bid farewell to the director renowned for his interpretations of Shakespearean plays and Greek tragedies. Ninagawa died on May 12 of multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia at age 80. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Friends, family bid farewell to Japanese stage director Ninagawa

Japanese actor Tatsuya Fujiwara attends a funeral service for stage director Yukio Ninagawa in Tokyo on May 16, 2016. Ninagawa, known for his interpretations of Shakespearean plays and Greek tragedies, died on May 12 of multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia at age 80. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Friends, family bid farewell to Japanese stage director Ninagawa

Fans of stage director Yukio Ninagawa gather in Tokyo on May 16, 2016, to bid farewell to the director renowned for his interpretations of Shakespearean plays and Greek tragedies. Ninagawa died on May 12 of multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia at age 80. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Friends, family bid farewell to Japanese stage director Ninagawa

Japanese actress Shinobu Otake (R) attends a funeral service for stage director Yukio Ninagawa in Tokyo on May 16, 2016. Ninagawa, known for his interpretations of Shakespearean plays and Greek tragedies, died on May 12 of multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia at age 80. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa dies at 80

File photo taken in October 2010 shows stage director Yukio Ninagawa speaking about his receipt of the Order of Culture during an interview with the media. Ninagawa, renowned worldwide for his interpretations of plays by William Shakespeare and Greek tragedies, died on May 12, 2016, of multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia. He was 80. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa dies at 80

File photo taken in December 1997 shows stage director Yukio Ninagawa (L) directing William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Ninagawa, renowned worldwide for his interpretations of plays by Shakespeare and Greek tragedies, died on May 12, 2016, of multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia. He was 80. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train billed as running modern art museum to debut in spring

The operator of the Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train line unveils the exterior of a special train, adorned with images of fireworks taken by renowned photographer Mika Ninagawa, on Jan. 12, 2016, at JR Omiya Station, north of Tokyo. The Genbi (modern art) Shinkansen, a six-car train that displays modern art such as paintings and videos inside, will run between Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata stations on the line mainly on the weekends and holidays from this spring. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR East unveils exterior of special edition bullet train

The Genbi Shinkansen, a six-car bullet train adorned with images of fireworks taken by renowned Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa, is unveiled at JR Omiya Station, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 12, 2016. East Japan Railway Co. will run the train, which displays modern art inside, between Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata stations on the Joetsu Shinkansen Line mainly on the weekends and holidays from this spring. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR East unveils exterior of special edition bullet train

The Genbi Shinkansen, a six-car bullet train adorned with images of fireworks taken by renowned Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa, is unveiled at JR Omiya Station, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 12, 2016. East Japan Railway Co. will run the train, which displays modern art inside, between Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata stations on the Joetsu Shinkansen Line mainly on the weekends and holidays from this spring. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer visits hot spring decorated with her works

Photographer Mika Ninagawa looks at one of her works on display at Dogo Onsen Honkan, a renowned wooden public bathhouse in Matsuyama, western Japan on Dec. 2, 2015. The Dogo hot spring resort is holding a 10-month-long event until Feb. 29, 2016, combining the hot spring with art, showcasing Ninagawa's works themed on flower petals on the streets and introducing "yukata" kimono bathrobes bearing colorful flower petal motifs designed by Ninagawa, among other things. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer visits hot spring decorated with her works

Photographer Mika Ninagawa stands in front of Dogo Onsen Honkan, a renowned wooden public bathhouse in Matsuyama, western Japan, with a curtain designed with one of her works hanging, on Dec. 2, 2015. The Dogo hot spring resort is holding a 10-month-long event until Feb. 29, 2016, combining the hot spring with art, showcasing Ninagawa's works themed on flower petals on the streets and introducing "yukata" kimono bathrobes bearing colorful flower petal motifs designed by Ninagawa, among other things. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer's works illuminated at wooden public bathhouse

Colorful pictures taken by photographer and film director Mika Ninagawa are hung on "shoji" sliding screens at Dogo Onsen Honkan, an old wooden public bathhouse in the Dogo hot spring resort in Matsuyama, western Japan, and are lit on a trial basis on the evening of Sept. 30, 2015. The exhibition, which started the next day, will continue until the end of February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer's works shown at wooden public hot-spring bathhouse

Colorful pictures by photographer and film director Mika Ninagawa are hung on "shoji" sliding screens on Oct. 1, 2015, at Dogo Onsen Honkan, an old wooden public bathhouse at the Dogo hot spring resort in Matsuyama, western Japan. The exhibition will continue until the end of February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer's works exhibited at old wooden public bathhouse

Visitors relax in a room on Oct. 1, 2015, against a background of "shoji" sliding screens with colorful pictures taken by photographer and film director Mika Ninagawa at Dogo Onsen Honkan, an old wooden public bathhouse in the Dogo hot spring resort in Matsuyama, western Japan. The exhibition will continue until the end of February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa dies at 80

File photo taken in November 2000 shows stage director Yukio Ninagawa (L) posing with actress Shinobu Otake (C) and actor Toshiaki Karasawa during a presentation for his production of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Ninagawa, renowned worldwide for his interpretations of plays by Shakespeare and Greek tragedies, died on May 12, 2016, of multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia. He was 80. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World's oldest person dies, Japanese woman becomes oldest

TOKYO, Japan - Yone Minagawa blew out candles on a birthday cake at a Fukuoka Prefecture nursing home Jan. 4 as she celebrated her 114th birthday. Ninagawa is now believed to be the world's oldest person after Emma Faust Tillman died Jan. 28 at a nursing home in Connecticut aged 114. (Kyodo)

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Elderly theater members from Japan perform in Paris

PARIS, France - Members of the Saitama Gold Theater, a Japanese theatrical company comprising senior citizens and led by renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa, perform at the Paris Theatre in the French capital on Dec. 8, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Saitama Gold Theater members perform in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - The Saitama Gold Theater, made up of actors 55 years and older and led by famed theater director Yukio Ninagawa, performs "Ravens, We Shall Load Bullets" in Hong Kong on Nov. 13, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japanese director to stage Greek tragedy in Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel - Japanese theater director Yukio Ninagawa speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Jan. 12, 2012. Ninagawa will direct ''The Trojan Women,'' a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, for performances in Tel Aviv and in Tokyo in December. The cast -- Japanese, Israeli Arab and Jewish actors -- will speak in Japanese, Arabic and Hebrew. (Kyodo)

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Recipients of Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - Recipients of the Order of Culture (from L) architect Tadao Ando, stage director Yukio Ninagawa, medieval historian Haruko Wakita, Nobel laureate chemist Akira Suzuki, nuclear physicist Akito Arima, Nobel laureate chemist Eiichi Negishi and fashion designer Issey Miyake pose for a photo session at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2010, a national holiday, Culture Day. They received the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo)

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Stage director Ninagawa receives Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - Stage director Yukio Ninagawa (R front) receives the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) also attended the award ceremony held on Culture Day, a national holiday. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Olympics and Paralympics posters

Photo taken at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2020, shows an official art poster for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, created by photographer Mika Ninagawa. Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics unveiled the 20 official art posters for the games -- 12 for the Olympics and eight for the Paralympics -- earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newspaper for Paralympic athletes launched

Photographer Mika Ninagawa (L) and Sae Tsuji, a Japanese track medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, hold a copy of the first issue of the Go Journal free newspaper at an event in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2017. The publisher Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Center plans to distribute the paper aimed at raising awareness of para athletes twice a year before the 2020 Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Popular actor Hira dies at 82

Popular actor Mikijiro Hira (R) is seen attending a press conference in this file photo taken August 1983 with the late theater director Yukio Ninagawa during a production of "Medea." Hira died on Oct. 23, 2016, at 82. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soy sauce maker invents hula hoop-like activity to promote tradition

Yoichi Ninagawa, president of Nitto Jozo Inc., a white soy sauce maker, stands with a Taga Hoop in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture in July 2016. Japanese soy sauce and miso fermented soybean paste makers have been holding competitions to hula "taga," or the bamboo hoop used to fasten the wooden barrel that holds the fermented products, in a bid to maintain the condiments' traditional production method. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo