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Actress Oyama, voice of iconic anime character Doraemon, dies at 90

Keisuke Sagawa, husband of Japanese voice actress Nobuyo Oyama, holds a book he wrote about her life after the onset of her dementia during a media event in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2015. Best known for providing the voice of the robotic cat Doraemon in the popular Japanese anime series, Oyama died on Sept. 29, 2024, aged 90.

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Charity cafe in Manila

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Photo taken in Manila on Oct. 10, 2017, shows the inside of Kalye Cafe, a charity cafe set up to support young homeless people in the Philippines. The cafe opened in September 2015 with the backing of the Japan-based International Children's Action Network.==Kyodo

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Charity cafe in Manila

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Yurie Hane, a member of the Japan-based International Children's Action Network, stands in front of Kalye Cafe in Manila on Oct. 20, 2017. The cafe was set up in September 2015 with the backing of Hane's nonprofit charity organ to support young homeless people in the Philippines.

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Sony to spin off camera businesses

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 27 Kyodo - File photo taken in March 2015 shows the headquarters of Sony Corp. in Tokyo. Sony said on Oct. 26, 2016, that it will spin off its camera businesses into a separate entity as part of efforts to increase its operational efficiency.

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Ropeway services in Hakone fully resumed

TOKYO, Japan, July 26 Kyodo - Tourists look at Owakudani, a major scenic spot with views of active craters in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, from a ropeway gondola operated by Hakone Ropeway Co., on July 26, 2016. The company restarted full operations of the ropeway line between Togendai Station and Sounzan Station. The company partially resumed services on Oct. 30, 2015 after they were halted due to volcanic eruptions in May.

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Van den Hurk, Lee lead Hawks to Game 2 win

FUKUOKA, Oct. 26 Kyodo - Yakult Swallows manager Mitsuru Manaka (C) is seen in the dugout during the ninth inning of a 4-0 loss to the SoftBank Hawks in Game 2 of the Japan Series at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 25, 2015. The Hawks led the best-of-seven series two games to none.

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Hello Kitty events in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Visitors wearing Hello Kitty headbands look at items related to the feline character displayed in the "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty" exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 22, 2014. The first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America began Oct. 11 and runs until April 26, 2015, to commemorate the internationally celebrated character's 40th anniversary.

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Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - A dress made up of stuffed Hello Kitty toys that American singer Lady Gaga wore in 2009 is on display at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2014. The dress is part of "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty," the first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America, which will begin the following day and will run until April 26, 2015, to celebrate the feline character's 40th anniversary.

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Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Greg Kimura, the president and chief executive officer of the Japanese American National Museum, delivers a speech at the museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2014, ahead of the opening the following day of "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty," an exhibit celebrating the 40th anniversary of the popular feline character. The first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America will run until April 26, 2015.

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Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Items bearing the Hello Kitty image, such as clocks and stationery, are displayed at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2014. They are part of "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty," the first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America, which will begin the following day and will run until April 26, 2015, to celebrate the feline character's 40th anniversary.

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Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

File photo taken Oct. 26, 2015, shows Tatsuhiro Boku (R) embracing his mother in Osaka, after being released from prison, where Boku and his de facto wife Keiko Aoki were serving life sentences for allegedly lighting a fire that killed Aoki's 11-year-old daughter in Osaka in 1995. Boku declared his innocence as a retrial to exonerate him began in the Osaka District Court on April 28, 2016. The court is expected to pronounce both Boku and Aoki not guilty in early August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan zoo seeks to breed Sumatran elephants at risk of extinction

Shigehisa Kawakami, curator of Gunma Safari Park in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, holds the ears of Sumatran elephants on Oct. 26, 2015. The park, Japan's sole zoo that keeps Sumatran elephants, hopes to breed the animal, which is on the verge of extinction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan zoo seeks to breed Sumatran elephants on verge of extinction

Shigehisa Kawakami (R), curator of Gunma Safari Park, and Kenichi Yamada, head of the general affairs section at the park in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, pose with Sumatran elephants on Oct. 26, 2015. The park, Japan's sole zoo that keeps Sumatran elephants, hopes to breed the animal, which is on the verge of extinction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brave Blossoms, Goromaru honored as All Blacks dominate awards

File photo shows Japan fullback Ayumu Goromaru converting a penalty in a 26-5 win over Samoa in their Pool B match of the Rugby World Cup in Milton Keynes, England, on Oct. 3, 2015. Goromaru was named in the tournament's Dream Team at the annual World Rugby awards ceremony in London on Nov. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Table tennis: Fukuhara fails in world cup quarterfinals

Ai Fukuhara of Japan plays Germany's Petrissa Solja in the table tennis Women's World Cup quarterfinals in Sendai on Oct. 31, 2015. The world No. 4 Fukuhara lost 4-3 to the world No. 26 Solja. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brother of Rangers' Darvish arrested over baseball gambling

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2011 shows Sho Darvish, the 26-year-old younger brother of Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish. Sho Darvish, a resident of Fujiidera, western Japan who runs a worker dispatching service, has been arrested on suspicion of running a gambling ring for profit and gambling on baseball games, police said Oct. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fantasy games not gambling: MLB commissioner

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is asked whether daily fantasy is gambling at a press conference in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 26, 2015. "Fantasy is an important source of fan engagement," he said. "Those games were consistent with the existing federal law." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Royals manager Yost meets press before World Series

Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost speaks at a press conference in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 26, 2015. The World Series between the Royals and the New York Mets will start on Oct. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cespedes gearing up for World Series

New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes takes batting practice at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 26, 2015. The World Series between the Mets and the Kansas City Royals will begin Oct. 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mets' Game 1 starter Harvey at World Series press conference

New York Mets right-hander Matt Harvey, who will start Game 1 of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals, attends a press conference in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 26, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Microsoft opens 1st flagship store in NY

Photo shows Microsoft Corp.'s first flagship store, opened on Fifth Avenue in New York on Oct. 26, 2015. Microsoft hopes that the store's location in the district, where there are many high-end stores, will boost its brand image. A flagship store of its rival Apple Inc. is located just five minutes to the north. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Released couple reunited with families for 1st time in 20 yrs

Photo taken Oct. 26, 2015, shows Tatsuhiro Boku reunited with his sister (L) and his mother in Osaka, following his release from prison. Boku and his de facto wife Keiko Aoki had been serving a life sentence over a 1995 fire in Osaka that they were accused of setting to kill Aoki's 11-year-old daughter for an insurance payout, but the Osaka High Court decided to reopen the case and release the couple, saying the fire could have been accidental. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Royals' Game 1 starter Volquez at World Series press conference

Kansas City Royals right-hander Edinson Volquez, who will start Game 1 of the World Series against the New York Mets, attends a press conference in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 26, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ukraine's Verniaiev qualifies for all-around final

Oleg Verniaiev performs on the parallel bars in the men's qualification round of the world gymnastics championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 26, 2015. The Ukrainian qualified for the Oct. 30 all-around final with the second-best score behind five-time champion Kohei Uchimura. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Goromaru's club Yamaha admits offer from Reds

Japan fullback Ayumu Goromaru speaks to reporters in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 26, 2015. His club Yamaha Jubilo said the same day that Goromaru has an offer from Australian Super Rugby side Reds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cassiopeia overnight train to retire in March

East Japan Railway Co.'s Cassiopeia luxury overnight train, with a blue locomotive pulling the silver passenger cars, runs through the mountainous area of Toyoura in Hokkaido on Oct. 26, 2015. The operation of the express train connecting Tokyo and Sapporo is set to end in March 2016 in parallel with the launch of a bullet train service. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naked dead body of boy found in Tokyo

Photo shows the scene in Hino, western Tokyo, where the naked body of a 10-year-old boy was found hanging from a tree with his hands and feet bound on Oct. 26, 2015, in a hilly area surrounded by residential properties. Police have begun investigating the case. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miss International contestants visit beleaguered Hakone hot spring resort

Contestants representing various countries in the Miss International pageant, to be held in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2015, visit the Hakone hot spring resort, southwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2015. The local chamber of commerce invited them to see the resort, encouraging them to write about their visit in blogs and SNS, as Hakone has been suffering from a dent in the number of tourists since volcanic activity grew earlier in the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naked dead body of boy found in Tokyo

Photo shows the scene in Hino, western Tokyo, where the naked body of a 10-year-old boy was found hanging from a tree with his hands and feet bound on Oct. 26, 2015, in a hilly area surrounded by residential properties. Police have begun investigating the case. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China holds meeting of top brass to lay out new 5-year economic plan

A man reads a newspaper reporting the start of a four-day meeting of the Communist Party's Central Committee, in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2015. During the meeting, the committee will lay out a new five-year economic plan covering between 2016 and 2020, which will be the first to be crafted under the leadership of President Xi Jinping. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime gov. approves 3rd reactor restart since improved safety rules

People line up to protest the restart of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s nuclear reactor in front of the Ehime prefectural government building on Oct. 26, 2015. Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura gave approval the same day for the restart of the No. 3 reactor of the power supplier's Ikata nuclear plant, the third of its kind to resume operations in Japan under tougher safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cassiopeia overnight Tokyo-Sapporo train to retire in March

The rear end of East Japan Railway Co.'s Cassiopeia luxury overnight train is seen as it runs through the mountainous area of Toyoura in Hokkaido on Oct. 26, 2015. The operation of the express train connecting Tokyo and Sapporo is set to end in March 2016 in parallel with the launch of a bullet train service. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Takahashi aims to leave his mark as new Giants manager

New Yomiuri Giants manager Yoshinobu Takahashi poses for a photo during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 26, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dutch king in China

Netherlands King Willem-Alexander (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Oct. 26, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mets manager Collins meets press before World Series

New York Mets manager Terry Collins speaks at a press conference in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 26, 2015. The World Series between the Mets and Kansas City Royals will start on Oct. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Takahashi aims to leave his mark as new Giants manager

New Yomiuri Giants manager Yoshinobu Takahashi holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 26, 2015. "It's a role with heavy responsibilities. While retaining the tradition that my predecessors have built, I'd like to add my color," said the 40-year-old. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pledges $107 mil. in infrastructure aid to Kyrgyzstan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in Bishkek on Oct. 26, 2015. Abe pledged a total of 13 billion yen, or about $107 million, in aid to Kyrgyzstan for repairing a major road and procuring equipment at Manas International Airport in the Kyrgyz capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pledges $107 mil. in infrastructure aid to Kyrgyzstan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) holds talks with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in Bishkek on Oct. 26, 2015. Abe pledged a total of 13 billion yen, or about $107 million, in aid to Kyrgyzstan for repairing a major road and procuring equipment at Manas International Airport in the Kyrgyz capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. father calls for return of his daughter at Japan family court

Capt. Paul Toland (L) of the U.S. Navy holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2015. The American father of a 13-year-old girl urged at a Japanese family court the same day to give him back custody of his daughter, who is now under the custody of her grandmother following the death of his former Japanese wife in 2007. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cassiopeia overnight train to retire in March

East Japan Railway Co.'s Cassiopeia luxury overnight train, with a blue locomotive pulling the silver passenger cars, runs through the mountainous area of Toyoura in Hokkaido on Oct. 26, 2015. The operation of the express train connecting Tokyo and Sapporo is set to end in March 2016 in parallel with the launch of a bullet train service. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Carp ace Maeda wins 2nd Sawamura Award

Hiroshima Carp ace Kenta Maeda attends a press conference at Mazda Stadium in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Oct. 26, 2015, after winning his second Sawamura Award as Nippon Professional Baseball's most impressive starting pitcher. The 27-year-old Maeda has often declared his intention to pitch in the majors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony to commemorate WWII air raid victims held in Japan

Relatives of those who were killed in air raids during World War II offer flowers during a ceremony to commemorate the some 510,000 civilian victims at a park in the western Japan city of Himeji on Oct. 26, 2015. Around 500 people participated in the annual event hosted by an organization that created a war memorial in 1956. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Couple freed as court orders 1995 arson-murder case reopened

Tatsuhiro Boku is released from prison in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2015. The Osaka High Court ordered the release of the 49-year-old man and his de facto wife, 51, following a decision to reopen their arson-murder case. The two were in separate prisons for about 20 years for lighting a fire that killed the woman's 11-year-old daughter in 1995. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Carp ace Maeda wins 2nd Sawamura Award

Hiroshima Carp ace Kenta Maeda poses for a photo during a press conference at Mazda Stadium in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Oct. 26, 2015, after winning his second Sawamura Award as Nippon Professional Baseball's most impressive starting pitcher. The 27-year-old Maeda has often declared his intention to pitch in the majors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony to commemorate WWII air raid victims held in Japan

A ceremony is held at a park in the western Japan city of Himeji on Oct. 26, 2015, to commemorate some 510,000 civilians who were killed in air raids during World War II. Around 500 people participated in the annual event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Couple freed as court orders 1995 arson-murder case reopened

Keiko Aoki receives flowers on Oct. 26, 2015, as she is released from prison in Wakayama, western Japan. The Osaka High Court ordered the release of the 51-year-old woman and her de facto husband, 49, following a decision to reopen their arson-murder case. The two were in separate prisons for about 20 years for lighting a fire that killed Aoki's 11-year-old daughter in 1995. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Nobel laureate Omura celebrated in home prefecture

Japanese biologist Satoshi Omura (R), who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, receives a bouquet of flowers from an employee of the Yamanashi prefectural government in Kofu, central Japan, on Oct. 26, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime gov. approves reactor restart in 3rd case under tougher rules

Photo taken in May 2015 shows the No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura gave approval on Oct. 26 to restart the reactor, the third to resume operations under tougher safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime gov. approves reactor restart in 3rd case under tougher rules

Shikoku Electric Power Co. President Hayato Saeki (far R) speaks at a press conference at the Ehime prefectural government building on Oct. 26, 2015 after gaining approval from Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura the same day to restart the power supplier's nuclear reactor. The No. 3 reactor of the Ikata plant will be the third reactor to resume operations in Japan under tougher safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kakuryu takes prestigious east yokozuna slot for Kyushu basho

Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu shows the latest list of rankings for the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2015. Kakuryu took the prestigious east yokozuna slot for the first time. The Kyushu meet begins Nov. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo