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Fujii defends Ryuo title

Sota Fujii, holder of shogi's eight titles, receives a bouquet after defending Ryuo, one of the eight titles, 4-0 in the best-of-seven series against Takumi Ito in Otaru, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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Fujii defends Ryuo title

Sota Fujii, holder of shogi's eight titles, smiles during a press conference after defending Ryuo, one of the eight titles, 4-0 in the best-of-seven series against Takumi Ito in Otaru, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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Fujii defends Ryuo title

Sota Fujii, holder of shogi's eight titles, receives a bouquet after defending Ryuo, one of the eight titles, 4-0 in the best-of-seven series against Takumi Ito in Otaru, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023.

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Luxury liner Sun Princess visits Otaru, northern Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - The 77,000-ton Sun Princess, a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. of the U.S., makes a port call in Otaru, Hokkaido, on June 28, 2014, prior to departure for an eight-day cruise around sightseeing spots in the northernmost Japanese prefecture and Sakhalin, Russia.

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Int'l snow shoveling competition held in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A sporting event called the international snow shoveling competition is held in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Jan. 25, 2014.

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Blue illumination lights up Otaru Canal

OTARU, Japan - Some 5,000 floating LED light bulbs decorate the Otaru Canal in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2013, conjuring up an image of starry night skies. The illumination event was organized by the port city's tourism board for the second consecutive year.

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Escaped flamingo

OTARU, Japan - Photo shows a flamingo in Otaru, Hokkaido, on July 27, 2012, that escaped from Asahiyama Zoo on July 18 and is believed to have since traveled more than 300 kilometers. The zoo staff's efforts to recapture the bird have been unsuccessful.

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Japan, Russia conduct joint drill to counter smugglers

OTARU, Japan - A patrol boat (R back) of Russia's border security authority for the Sakhalin coast chases a Japan Coast Guard ship (L) playing the role of a smuggler during their joint exercise in waters off Otaru, Hokkaido, on June 22, 2012. Similar drills have been reciprocally held in Japan and Russia since 2001 to better counter smuggling.

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Japan, Russia conduct joint drill to counter smugglers

OTARU, Japan - A patrol boat (back) of Russia's border security authority for the Sakhalin coast chases a Japan Coast Guard ship playing the role of a smuggler during their joint exercise in waters off Otaru, Hokkaido, on June 22, 2012. Similar drills have been reciprocally held in Japan and Russia since 2001 to better counter smuggling.

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Japan, Russia conduct joint drill to counter smugglers

OTARU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard Commandant Hisayasu Suzuki (L) and Russia's Border Guard Service chief Vladimir Pronichev shake hands off Otaru, Hokkaido, on June 22, 2012, after inspecting a joint exercise by a regional office of the Japan Coast Guard in Hokkaido and Russia's border security authority for the Sakhalin coast conducted to better counter smuggling.

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JR Hokkaido president found dead

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Naotoshi Nakajima, president of Hokkaido Railway Co., commonly known as JR Hokkaido. Nakajima went missing Sept. 12, 2011, after leaving suicide notes, and was found dead off the coast of Otaru, Hokkaido, on Sept. 18, 2011.

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Liquefaction test carried out by simulating earthquake

SAPPORO, Japan - Engineers from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Port and Airport Research Institute created a state of liquefaction (photo) by simulating an earthquake at an experimental airfield in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Oct. 27. The earthquake was simulated by sequential blasts over two minutes of 1.8 tons of explosives buried in 580 locations, according to engineers who took part in the project. The experiment showed that there were no signs of liquefaction in areas injected with water-solidifying chemicals, they said.

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Japan, Russia stage joint drill to thwart drug smuggling

OTARU, Japan - The coast guards of Japan and Russia held a drill Oct. 3 aimed at cracking down on drug smuggling boats in the Sea of Japan off Otaru, Hokkaido.

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War-displaced Japanese from Palau visits mother's grave

OTARU, Japan - Kimiko Jose, a 63-year-old war-displaced woman left behind in Palau by her Japanese mother toward the close of World War II, wipes tears during her first visit to her mother's grave in Otaru, Hokkaido, on July 19.

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Candlelight event starts in Otaru, Hokkaodo

OTARU, Japan - A candlelight event began in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Feb. 11. About 10,000 candles will be lit for four hours from 5 p.m. every evening through Feb. 20 during the annual event.

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Monks' 'Shakuson Five' band gains popularity

OTARU, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 5 shows the 'Shakuson Five' rock band comprising five Japanese monks in Otaru, Hokkaido. The group is becoming popular since it released a compact disk in November 2002 of material on the life of Shakuson, or Buddha, as well as human existence. The band, formed six years ago and named after the famous U.S. group 'Jackson Five,' uses the music in their missionary work.

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Bathhouse ordered to compensate foreigners denied entry

SAPPORO, Japan - David Aldwinckle, a 37-year-old U.S.-born resident of Hokkaido who is a naturalized Japanese citizen, points at a ruling by the Sapporo District Court on Nov. 11 ordering the operator of a bathhouse in Otaru, Hokkaido, to pay a total of 3 million yen in compensation to him and two other foreigners for refusing them admission because of its policy of rejecting foreign customers.

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Court orders bathhouse to compensate foreigners denied entry

SAPPORO, Japan - David Aldwinckle (R) enters the Sapporo District Court on Nov. 11 to hear a ruling on his lawsuit demanding 6 million yen in compensation for being refused entry to a private bathhouse in Otaru, Hokkaido. The court ordered the bathhouse to pay a combined 3 million yen in compensation to Aldwinckle, a 37-year-old U.S.-born local resident who became a naturalized Japanese under the name of Debito Arudo, Olaf Karthause, 39, of Germany, and Ken Sutherland, 38, of the United States.