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Miss International pageant

Ai Nozaki of Japan poses during the 2025 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025. She won the Miss Friendship special award.

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Miss International pageant

Ai Nozaki of Japan poses during the 2025 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025. She won the Miss Friendship special award.

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Gov't, fishermen meet over Fukushima plant groundwater

SOMA, Japan - Tetsu Nozaki (2nd from L), head of the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations, conveys the association's stance to Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) regarding the planned dumping in the sea of groundwater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex during a meeting in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on March 30, 2014. Motegi told the local fishermen the groundwater will not be released until the season for catching young sand lance in a test run is over at the end of April.

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Fukushima fisheries head hands request to gov't, TEPCO

IWAKI, Japan - Tetsu Nozaki (L), head of the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations, hands a written request to representatives of the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 25, 2014. The federation urged the state and TEPCO to make sure groundwater released into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is below the accepted radiation levels.

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Fukushima fisheries to resume trial fishing

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tetsu Nozaki (L), chairman of the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, speaks to reporters after a meeting of the federation in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 24, 2013. The local fisheries body said fishing off the Fukushima coast is set to resume on a trial basis Sept. 25, about a month after leaks of contaminated water into sea at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant forced trial operations to be put on hold. According to the federation, out of 100 fish and seafood products tested, 95 were clear of radioactive substances and the remaining five contained less than one-10th of the government's limit of 100 becquerels for food products.

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75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tsutomu Nozaki stands in front of his newly opened ramen shop in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2013. Nozaki was forced to close his ramen shop in Naraha as the prefectural town falls within an area designated as one where people are only allowed to stay during daytime due to fears of radiation in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tsutomu Nozaki cooks ramen on Feb. 9, 2013 at his newly opened eatery in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where he took refuge from the prefectural town of Naraha. Naraha is designated as within an area where people are only allowed to stay during daytime due to fears of radiation in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Fishermen demand compensation

IWAKI, Japan - Tetsu Nozaki (R), head of a local fishing cooperative in Fukushima Prefecture, hands a letter of compensation demand to an official of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 31, 2011. The cooperative demanded 1.4 billion yen in compensation for damage to the local fishing industry due to the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

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Catholic church on Nagasaki island

FUKUOKA, Japan - Guests see off the bride and the groom during a wedding at former Nokubi Church on Nozaki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2010.

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Hanshin Tigers owner resigns over scouting scandal

OSAKA, Japan - Shunjiro Kuma (L), owner of the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers, and club president Katsuyoshi Nozaki speak at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 22 about their resignations over unethical scouting of amateur prospect Yasuhiro Ichiba.

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Irabu to stay with Hanshin Tigers next season

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Free-agent right-hander Hideki Irabu (L) speaks to reporters about his decision to remain with the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers at the team's office in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 27. Irabu landed a basic two-year contract worth 700 million yen with the club. At right is Katsuyoshi Nozaki, the team's president.

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Nozaki wins gold at Winter Asian Games

HACHINOHE, Japan - Takahiro Nozaki (L) of Japan captures gold in the men's 5,000 speed skating in the Winter Asian Games in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 2, after coming from behind to edge out defending Winter Asian Games champion Radik Bikchantayev (R) of Kazakstan.

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Hanshin makes move on Nakamura, offers 6-year deal

OSAKA, Japan - Katsuyoshi Nozaki (L), president of the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers, and its manager Senichi Hoshino (2nd from L) meet with Norihiro Nakamura (R), at a hotel in Osaka on Nov. 21 in a bid to lure the free agent slugger into signing a lucrative multiyear deal. Hanshin apparently offered Nakamura a six-year deal worth more than 3 billion yen.

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Tabuchi to become new Hanshin coach

OSAKA, Japan - Eleven-time All-Star catcher Koichi Tabuchi (C) shakes hands with Hanshin Tigers president Katsuyoshi Nozaki (L), flanked by newly appointed team manager Senichi Hoshino (R) at a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 20. Tabuchi, currently a baseball commentator, has signed a contract to join the Central League team as a chief batting coach. ''I'm simply overjoyed. I can't wait to wear the pinstriped uniform and work with the players,'' said Tabuchi, who was Hanshin's No. 1 draft pick and Rookie of the Year in 1969.

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(2)Ex-Chunichi boss Hoshino to become new Hanshin manager

NAGOYA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers president Katsuyoshi Nozaki speaks at a news conference following his talks with former Chunichi Dragons manager Senichi Hoshino in Nagoya on Dec. 15.

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(1)Ex-Chunichi boss Hoshino to become new Hanshin manager

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Chunichi Dragons manager Senichi Hoshino speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on Dec. 15. Hoshino said he is poised to take on the tough task of reviving the Hanshin Tigers after his second round of talks with the Central League club. ''We've basically reached a conclusion. Today, we talked about details including plans to reinforce the team ahead of the new season,'' Hoshino said after meeting with Hanshin president Katsuyoshi Nozaki.

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(1)Hanshin tips Hoshino to succeed Nomura

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers general manager Katsuyoshi Nozaki speaks to reporters in Osaka on Dec. 9. He said the Central League club has decided to offer Senichi Hoshino, who stepped down as Chunichi Dragons manager in October, the manager's job to take over from Katsuya Nomura, who left the Tigers following the arrest of his wife and TV personality, Sachiyo on Dec. 7.

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(2)Nomura set to quit as Hanshin manager

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers President Katsuyoshi Nozaki (C) is followed by reporters at the club office in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 5, 2001. Tigers manager Katsuya Nomura was seen set to resign after his wife Sachiyo was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of tax evasion.

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Free agent Shinjo decides to join New York Mets

OSAKA, Japan - Free agent outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo (L), formerly of the Hanshin Tigers, informs Hanshin general manager Katsuyoshi Nozaki (R) at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 11 that the all-star center fielder will join the New York Mets next season to become the second position player from Japan to try his hand in the North American major leagues. Shinjo will receive a three-year contract from the Mets, but financial terms of the deal with last year's National League pennant winners were not immediately known. Shinjo will formally sign the contract in New York on Dec. 16.

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Jaguar logo

Keywords: jaguar, jaguar, land rover, land rover, automobile, foreign car, dealer, dealership, sign, logo, logo mark = November 20, 2018, Jaguar Mitaka, Nozaki, Mitaka, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Jaguar logo

Keywords: jaguar, jaguar, land rover, land rover, automobile, foreign car, dealer, dealership, sign, logo, logo mark = November 20, 2018, Jaguar Mitaka, Nozaki, Mitaka, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Jaguar logo

Keywords: jaguar, jaguar, land rover, land rover, automobile, foreign car, dealer, dealership, sign, logo, logo mark = November 20, 2018, Jaguar Mitaka, Nozaki, Mitaka, Tokyo, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Tabuchi to become new Hanshin coach

OSAKA, Japan - Eleven-time All-Star catcher Koichi Tabuchi (C) shakes hands with Hanshin Tigers president Katsuyoshi Nozaki (L), flanked by newly appointed team manager Senichi Hoshino (R) at a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 20. Tabuchi, currently a baseball commentator, has signed a contract to join the Central League team as a chief batting coach. ''I'm simply overjoyed. I can't wait to wear the pinstriped uniform and work with the players,'' said Tabuchi, who was Hanshin's No. 1 draft pick and Rookie of the Year in 1969.

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Hanshin Tigers owner resigns over scouting scandal

OSAKA, Japan - Shunjiro Kuma (L), owner of the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers, and club president Katsuyoshi Nozaki speak at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 22 about their resignations over unethical scouting of amateur prospect Yasuhiro Ichiba. (Kyodo)

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Hanshin makes move on Nakamura, offers 6-year deal

OSAKA, Japan - Katsuyoshi Nozaki (L), president of the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers, and its manager Senichi Hoshino (2nd from L) meet with Norihiro Nakamura (R), at a hotel in Osaka on Nov. 21 in a bid to lure the free agent slugger into signing a lucrative multiyear deal. Hanshin apparently offered Nakamura a six-year deal worth more than 3 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

Yuki Matsuzaki & Kazunari Ninomiya Characters: Nozaki & Saigo Film: Letters From Iwo Jima (USA 2006) Director: Clint Eastwood 15 November 2006 YUKI MATSUZAKI as Nozaki and KAZUNARI NINOMIYA as Saigo in Warner Bros. Pictures

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Morning glory seeds as symbol of forgiveness

Photo shows morning glory flowers in Osaka, western Japan, on July 9, 2015, grown from seeds originating in Fushun, northeastern China. The seeds were provided by Tomoko Nozaki who brought morning glory seeds from the northeastern Chinese city in Liaoning Province to Japan. The plants are regarded as a "flower of forgiveness" because former Japanese soldiers, detained at a war criminal management center in Fushun after the end of World War II, were treated humanely at the facility and received morning glory seeds when they returned to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Morning glory seeds as symbol of forgiveness

Tomoko Nozaki, who distributes Chinese-origin morning glory seeds regarded as a "flower of forgiveness," shows off the seeds in Osaka on July 22, 2015. Former Japanese soldiers, detained at a war criminal management center in Fushun, northeastern China after the end of World War II, were treated humanely at the facility and received morning glory seeds when they returned to Japan. Nozaki visited the management center site in 2007 and brought back seeds of morning glory plants growing at the site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fishermen, TEPCO officials view wall against polluted water

Tetsu Nozaki (2nd from L), head of the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, and Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., join local fishermen in Okuma in the northeastern Japan prefecture on Nov. 6, 2015, during an inspection of a wall built to contain water contaminated with radioactive substances from the utility's crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fishermen demand compensation

IWAKI, Japan - Tetsu Nozaki (R), head of a local fishing cooperative in Fukushima Prefecture, hands a letter of compensation demand to an official of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 31, 2011. The cooperative demanded 1.4 billion yen in compensation for damage to the local fishing industry due to the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Catholic church on Nagasaki island

FUKUOKA, Japan - CORRECTING NAME AND PLACE OF CHURCH, DELETING SECOND SENTENCE Guests see off the bride and the groom during a wedding at former Nokubi Church on Nozaki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2010. (Kyodo)

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(2)Nomura set to quit as Hanshin manager

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers President Katsuyoshi Nozaki (C) is followed by reporters at the club office in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 5, 2001. Tigers manager Katsuya Nomura was seen set to resign after his wife Sachiyo was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of tax evasion.

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(2)Ex-Chunichi boss Hoshino to become new Hanshin manager

NAGOYA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers president Katsuyoshi Nozaki speaks at a news conference following his talks with former Chunichi Dragons manager Senichi Hoshino in Nagoya on Dec. 15.

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(1)Hanshin tips Hoshino to succeed Nomura

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers general manager Katsuyoshi Nozaki speaks to reporters in Osaka on Dec. 9. He said the Central League club has decided to offer Senichi Hoshino, who stepped down as Chunichi Dragons manager in October, the manager's job to take over from Katsuya Nomura, who left the Tigers following the arrest of his wife and TV personality, Sachiyo on Dec. 7.

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(1)Ex-Chunichi boss Hoshino to become new Hanshin manager

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Chunichi Dragons manager Senichi Hoshino speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on Dec. 15. Hoshino said he is poised to take on the tough task of reviving the Hanshin Tigers after his second round of talks with the Central League club. ''We've basically reached a conclusion. Today, we talked about details including plans to reinforce the team ahead of the new season,'' Hoshino said after meeting with Hanshin president Katsuyoshi Nozaki.

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American football: Rice Bowl in Japan

Takahiro Nozaki of the Obic Seagulls holds up the Rice Bowl MVP trophy after the American football championship against the Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2021.

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American football: Rice Bowl in Japan

Takahiro Nozaki (L) of the Obic Seagulls runs with the ball during the third quarter of the Rice Bowl American football championship against the Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2021.

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Investigation into death of Japanese "Don Juan"

Photo taken June 7, 2018, shows the house of Kosuke Nozaki, a wealthy elderly man in Tanabe in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, where police are investigating his sudden death by acute stimulant intoxication last month as a possible murder. He had dubbed himself "Don Juan" for being a womanizer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suspected murder of Japanese "Don Juan"

Photo taken June 4, 2018, shows autobiographies by Kosuke Nozaki, a wealthy man who suddenly died last month at his home in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama and whose death being investigated as a possible murder. He was dubbed a Japanese "Don Juan" for being a womanizer and one of the books is subtitled "The Man Who Gave 3 Billion Yen to 4,000 Beautiful Women". (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Irabu to stay with Hanshin Tigers next season

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Free-agent right-hander Hideki Irabu (L) speaks to reporters about his decision to remain with the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers at the team's office in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 27. Irabu landed a basic two-year contract worth 700 million yen with the club. At right is Katsuyoshi Nozaki, the team's president. (Kyodo)

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Nozaki wins gold at Winter Asian Games

HACHINOHE, Japan - Takahiro Nozaki (L) of Japan captures gold in the men's 5,000 speed skating in the Winter Asian Games in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 2, after coming from behind to edge out defending Winter Asian Games champion Radik Bikchantayev (R) of Kazakstan. (Kyodo)

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Free agent Shinjo decides to join New York Mets

OSAKA, Japan - Free agent outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo (L), formerly of the Hanshin Tigers, informs Hanshin general manager Katsuyoshi Nozaki (R) at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 11 that the all-star center fielder will join the New York Mets next season to become the second position player from Japan to try his hand in the North American major leagues. Shinjo will receive a three-year contract from the Mets, but financial terms of the deal with last year's National League pennant winners were not immediately known. Shinjo will formally sign the contract in New York on Dec. 16.