Okinawa Shogaku wins high school baseball invitational

Okinawa Shogaku wins high school baseball invitational

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Shingo Nishime, captain of the Okinawa Shogaku baseball team, receives the winner's pennant after the Okinawa team defeated Saitama's Seibo Gakuen in a 9-0 rout on April 4 to win its second overall title at the national high school invitational tournament. (Pool photo)

Northern Territories exhibit in Tokyo

Northern Territories exhibit in Tokyo

Kosaburo Nishime (C), Japan's minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, visits an exhibition of panels in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2021 that are aimed at raising awareness about long-stalled negotiations on the sovereignty of the Northern Territories, four islands off Hokkaido controlled by Russia.

Northern Territories exhibit in Tokyo

Northern Territories exhibit in Tokyo

Kosaburo Nishime (R), Japan's minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, visits an exhibition of panels in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2021 that are aimed at raising awareness about long-stalled negotiations on the sovereignty of the Northern Territories, four islands off Hokkaido controlled by Russia.

Inauguration of Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet

Inauguration of Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet

Japanese Reconstruction Minister Kosaburo Nishime arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2021, before his attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace. New Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet was inaugurated the same day.

Okinawa Shogaku wins high school baseball invitational

Okinawa Shogaku wins high school baseball invitational

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Shingo Nishime, captain of the Okinawa Shogaku baseball team, receives the winner's pennant after the Okinawa team defeated Saitama's Seibo Gakuen in a 9-0 rout on April 4 to win its second overall title at the national high school invitational tournament. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

U.S. military helicopter accident in Okinawa

Photographers, reporters and TV crew work from the roof of the house of farmer Akira Nishime in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2017, following an accident involving a U.S. military helicopter. Nishime, who owns the land some 300 meters from his house where the chopper burst into flames after making an emergency landing, allowed the press to use his premises. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo