Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai announces her return to the stage at a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

E

Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai puts a handkerchief to her mouth at a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012, where she announced her return to the stage. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

E

Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai stands next to the poster of a period play in which she will appear, during a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, said she will return to the stage by playing the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in the play in December.

E

Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Journalists pack the venue for a press conference by Noriko Sakai (far R) in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012, where she announced her return to the stage. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

E

Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai announces her return to the stage at a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

E

Specialist testifies Sugaya's DNA did not match evidence

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - At the Tochigi prefectural government building, 63-year-old ex-convict Toshikazu Sugaya, who was wrongly arrested and sentenced to life in prison, speaks during a news conference on Nov. 24, 2009, after his trial at the Utsunomiya District Court. Sugaya was arrested and indicted in December 1991 on suspicion of killing a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture in May 1990, but the latest trial is expected to formally exonerate him, finding he was wrongly convicted.

E

Asashoryu sentences Chiyotaikai to fatal 8th defeat in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (R) lifts ozeki Chiyotaikai out to the ring to a fatal eighth loss on the 10th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 24, 2009. With the defeat, Chiyotaikai will now be demoted to sumo's third rank of sekiwake for the New Year meet in Tokyo in January, while Asashoryu retained his share of the lead with chief rival Hakuho with 10th win.

E

Hakuho retains share of lead with rival Asashoryu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho (R) pushes maegashira Tochiozan out of the ring on the 10th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 24, 2009. Hakuho retained his share of the lead with chief rival Asashoryu with a 10th win.

E

Jewelry firm to sell 30 mil. yen gold Hanshin Tigers calendar

OSAKA, Japan - A woman looks at a gold-based 2010 calendar with a logo of the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball club on Nov. 24, 2009, in Osaka, to be sold by Tanaka Kikinzoku K.K. The calendar commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Hanshin Tigers and the Year of the Tiger in 2010, according to the Japanese zodiac, uses some 6 kilograms of fine gold and will be sold for 30 million yen.

E

Hatoyama, UNDP head pledge close cooperation in aiding Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting U.N. Development Program Administrator Helen Clark speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 24, 2009, in Tokyo. Clark met with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama the same day and the two confirmed that they will continue to work closely together on assisting Afghan police forces and helping in the country's elections.

E

Expert panel on Japan-U.S. secret pacts to hold 1st meeting soon

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks during a news conference at the foreign ministry on Nov. 24, 2009, on the issue of alleged Japan-U.S. secret pacts. Okada said a panel of experts will be set up to further investigate the issue and that it will hold its first meeting Nov. 27, 2009.

E

Key gov't panel continues reviewing wasteful spending

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters after visiting the site where a key government body tasked with cutting wasteful spending is holding an open-door screening session at a gymnasium in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 24, 2009. During the session, members of the body decided that cost for hosting the APEC forum next year must be pared down by 20 percent. (Pool photo)

E

Ex-U.S. envoy Pritchard ends 4-day trip to N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Charles Pritchard, a former U.S. special envoy for Korean peace talks, is surrounded by reporters at Beijing airport on Nov. 24, 2009, after returning from a four-day trip to North Korea. Richardson said his three-member group held about six hours of discussions with Ri Gun, director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's North American affairs bureau.

E

Year-end 'jumbo lottery' ticket sales begin

TOKYO, Japan - More than 1,000 people line up to buy tickets for the year-end ''jumbo lottery'' in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 24, 2009, the first day of the nationwide lottery campaign. The maximum prize in the lottery is 300 million yen.

E

Family members of the abducted engineer feel relieved

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Mashimo (L) speaks to reporters in front of her house in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2009, after her husband Takeo, who had been kidnapped in Yemen on Nov. 15, was freed, with her son Gen standing next to her. Takeo Mashimo, a 63-year-old engineer, and his Yemeni driver were seized by armed tribesmen while traveling to the town of Arhab, several dozen kilometers north of the capital Sanaa.

E

Date set for Naito's WBC title fight vs K. Kameda

TOKYO, Japan - Daisuke Naito (L), the WBC flyweight title holder, poses for photos in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2009, with challenger Koki Kameda (R) in Naito's sixth defense of his title. The match is scheduled for Saitama Super Arena on Nov. 29.