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Athletics: Fukuoka International Marathon

Japan's Yusuke Nishiyama finishes second at the Fukuoka International Marathon at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Athletics: Fukuoka International Marathon

Ethiopia's Bayelign Yegzaw (front) wins the Fukuoka International Marathon ahead of Japanese runner-up Yusuke Nishiyama (back) at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Fukuma loses by default in shogi title series

Combined photo taken on Sept. 8, 2024, and in July 2022, respectively, shows professional shogi players in the women's category Tomoka Nishiyama (L) and Kana Fukuma. Nishiyama defended her Osho women's title as her competitor Fukuma withdrew from the third match of a best-of-three series due to ill health on Oct. 29, 2024. Fukuma earlier said she would be sidelined from competition between Nov. 17, 2024, and Feb. 12, 2025, due to pregnancy.

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Japan police head apologizes to ex-nurse acquitted of 2003 murder

HIKONE, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Former assistant nurse Mika Nishiyama speaks at a press conference in Hikone, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2025, after Shiga Prefectural Police chief Hisaaki Ikeuchi apologized her in person. Nishiyama was acquitted of murder in the 2003 death of a patient in a 2020 retrial after spending 12 years in prison. (Kyodo)

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Japan police head apologizes to ex-nurse acquitted of 2003 murder

Former assistant nurse Mika Nishiyama speaks at a press conference in Hikone, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2025, after Shiga Prefectural Police chief Hisaaki Ikeuchi apologized her in person. Nishiyama was acquitted of murder in the 2003 death of a patient in a 2020 retrial after spending 12 years in prison.

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Japan police head apologizes to ex-nurse acquitted of 2003 murder

Shiga Prefectural Police chief Hisaaki Ikeuchi (far R) bows in apology to former assistant nurse Mika Nishiyama (far L), alongside her parents and lawyer, at a prefectural government building in Hikone, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2025. Nishiyama was acquitted of murder in the 2003 death of a patient in a 2020 retrial after spending 12 years in prison.

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Japan police head apologizes to ex-nurse acquitted of 2003 murder

Former assistant nurse Mika Nishiyama speaks at a press conference in Hikone, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2025, after Shiga Prefectural Police chief Hisaaki Ikeuchi apologized her in person. Nishiyama was acquitted of murder in the 2003 death of a patient in a 2020 retrial after spending 12 years in prison.

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Japan police head apologizes to ex-nurse acquitted of 2003 murder

Former assistant nurse Mika Nishiyama speaks at a press conference in Hikone, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2025, after Shiga Prefectural Police chief Hisaaki Ikeuchi apologized her in person. Nishiyama was acquitted of murder in the 2003 death of a patient in a 2020 retrial after spending 12 years in prison.

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) Male kata final during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) male kata podium during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) Male kata final during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) Male kata final during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) Male kata final during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) Male kata final during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) male kata podium during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) and Yasuhiro Machida (JPN) Male kata final during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) and Yasuhiro Machida (JPN) Male kata final during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) Male kata final during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kakeru Nishiyama (JPN) Male kata final during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Ice dancers Azusa Tanaka (L) and Shingo Nishiyama perform their rhythm dance at the national figure skating championships in Nagano, central Japan, on Dec. 22, 2023.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Ice dancers Azusa Tanaka (L) and Shingo Nishiyama perform their rhythm dance at the national figure skating championships in Nagano, central Japan, on Dec. 22, 2023.

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-ATHLETICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DAY9

(230827) -- BUDAPEST, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nishiyama Kazuya of Japan gets medical assistance after the Men's Marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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Ruling on secret Okinawa return deal

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama, a former reporter for major Japanese daily The Mainichi Shimbun, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 14, 2014, after he and other plaintiffs lost a lawsuit against the state over the disclosure of secret diplomatic documents concerning the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan from U.S. control. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court's acknowledgement that the government may have surreptitiously destroyed the documents, but rejected the plaintiffs' appeal over the Tokyo High Court decision not to order the government to disclose them.

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Ex-reporter Nishiyama, U.S. expert Halperin in symposium

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), the former Mainichi Shimbun reporter who uncovered the existence of a secret pact on the U.S. return of Okinawa, and Morton Halperin (R), former director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department, attend a symposium in Tokyo on May 10, 2014.

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Japan's Nishiyama wins bronze in Olympic men's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japanese bronze medalist Masashi Nishiyama (far R) poses for photos during the award ceremony for the men's judo 90-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012.

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Japan's Nishiyama wins bronze in Olympic men's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Masashi Nishiyama poses with the bronze medal he won in the men's judo 90-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012.

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Japan's Nishiyama wins bronze in Olympic men's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Masashi Nishiyama (front) fights Russia's Kirill Denisov during one of the matches for third place in the men's judo 90-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Nishiyama beat Denisov.

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Japan's Nishiyama wins bronze in Olympic men's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Masashi Nishiyama (L) fights Uzbekistan's Dilshod Choriev during the consolation match in the men's judo 90-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Nishiyama beat Choriev.

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Japan's Nishiyama wins bronze in Olympic men's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Masashi Nishiyama (bottom) struggles against South Korea's Song Dae Nam during the quarterfinals in the men's judo 90-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Nishiyama lost to Song.

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Japan's Nishiyama wins bronze in Olympic men's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Masashi Nishiyama (L) fights South Korea's Song Dae Nam during the quarterfinals in the men's judo 90-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Nishiyama lost to Song.

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Japan's Nishiyama wins bronze in Olympic men's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Masashi Nishiyama (back) takes on Kazakhstan's Timur Bolat during the round of 16 in the men's judo 90-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Nishiyama beat Bolat.

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Japan's Nishiyama wins bronze in Olympic men's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Masashi Nishiyama (L) fights Kyrgyzstan's Chingiz Mamedov during a first-round match in the men's judo 90-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Nishiyama beat Mamedov.

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Japan's Nishiyama wins bronze in Olympic men's judo

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Masashi Nishiyama (L) takes on Kyrgyzstan's Chingiz Mamedov during a first round match in the men's judo 90-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Nishiyama beat Mamedov.

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Court overturns ruling on disclosure of Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama (L) and other plaintiffs hold a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2011, after the Tokyo High Court overturned a landmark lower court ruling that had ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan from U.S. control.

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Nishiyama settles for sliver

PARIS, France - Japan's Daiki Nishiyama settles for silver after being defeated by Ilias Iliadis of Greece in the men's 90-kilogram class final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 26, 2011.

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Japan raises nuclear accident severity level

TOKYO, Japan - Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, speaks about the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station at a press conference in Tokyo on April 12, 2011. The government raised the severity level of the accident at the plant to the maximum 7 on an international scale, up from the current 5 and matching that of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.

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Nakaya wins men's 73-kg judo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Riki Nakaya (R) defeats compatriot Yuki Nishiyama in the men's 73-kilogram final in the Grand Slam Tokyo title on Dec. 12, 2010.

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Lesser panda twin cubs

FUKUI, Japan - Twin lesser panda cubs are displayed with their mother (R) at Nishiyama Zoo in Sabae, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2010. The zoo has begun showing to visitors two pairs of lesser panda cubs born in June.

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Lesser panda twin cubs

FUKUI, Japan - Twin lesser panda cubs are displayed at Nishiyama Zoo in Sabae, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2010. The zoo has begun showing to visitors two pairs of lesser panda cubs born in June.

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Iliadis wins gold, Nishiyama grabs silver at judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Greece's Ilias Iliadis (L), the Athens Olympic champion, reacts after beating Daiki Nishiyama in the men's 90-kilogram final at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010.

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Iliadis wins gold, Nishiyama grabs silver at judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Greece's Ilias Iliadis (R), the Athens Olympic champion, consoles Daiki Nishiyama of Japan after they won the men's 90-kilogram gold and silver medals, respectively, at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010.

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Iliadis wins gold, Nishiyama grabs silver at judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Daiki Nishiyama (back) competes with Athens Olympic champion Ilias Iliadis of Greece in the men's 90-kilogram final at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010. Iliadis defeated Nishiyama to win the gold.

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Iliadis wins gold, Nishiyama grabs silver at judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic champion Ilias Iliadis of Greece throws down Daiki Nishiyama of Japan for an ippon in the men's 90-kilogram final at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010. Iliadis won the gold.

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, and other plaintiffs arrive at the Tokyo District Court on April 9, 2010. The court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing the plaintiffs in a suit.

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (C), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, beams at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing him and 24 other plaintiffs in a suit.

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (R), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, beams at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing him and 24 other plaintiffs in a suit.

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Sitting behind Togo are (from L) former lower house member Hajime Morita, former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama and former vice foreign minister Kunihiko Saito.

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Ex-Mainichi reporter Nishiyama speaks at lower house panel

TOKYO, Japan - Former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama speaks as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. The panel was held to investigate the so-called Japan-U.S. secret pacts and summoned Nishiyama, who was convicted of instigating a leak of state secrets after writing an article in 1971 that suggested the existence of one of the pacts, and three others.

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Japan downs Australia for final berth in softball

BEIJING, China - Rei Nishiyama singles home the game-winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning of a game against Australia in the Beijing Olympic Games at Fengtai Sports Center Softball Field on Aug. 20. Japan beat Australia 4-3 to rematch the United States in the softball final.

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Suit over secret Okinawa pact argument rejected again

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), a former reporter of Mainichi Newspapers Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20 after the Tokyo High Court rejected his damages suit seeking 33 million yen in compensation and an apology from the state. Nishiyama, who was convicted for his news-gathering activities on Okinawa's reversion to Japan in 1972, has claimed his career was ruined after he was illegally convicted of urging a Foreign Ministry secretary to bring him classified documents about the negotiation process between Japan and the United States over the reversion.