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Paris Olympics: Football

Japan's Ayumu Ohata (front) fends off a Paraguay player in the first half of a Paris Olympic men's football group D match at Bordeaux Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 24, 2024.

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC U23-QATAR VS JAPAN

(240426) -- DOHA, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ohata Ayumu (L) of Japan vies with Ahmed Alrawi of Qatar during the quarter-final match between Qatar and Japan at AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 football tournament in Doha, Qatar, April 25, 2024. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)CHINA-WUHAN-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-GROUP J-WUHAN THREE TOWNS VS URAWA RED DIAMONDS

(230920) -- WUHAN, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Deng Hanwen (L) of Wuhan Three Towns vies with Ayumu Ohata of Urawa Red Diamonds during the AFC champions league group J match between China's Wuhan Three Towns and Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds at the 2023 AFC Champions League in Wuhan, Hubei, Sept. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

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DPJ's new secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ohata (2nd from L), acting president of the Democratic Party of Japan, and DPJ Secretary General Goshi Hosono (3rd from L) attend the party's executive meeting at its headquarters in Tokyo on July 26, 2013. The DPJ approved the appointment of Ohata as its new secretary general, succeeding Hosono, who is stepping down to take responsibility for the main opposition party's upper house election setback.

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China tourism chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Qiwei (R), director general of the China National Tourism Administration, and Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ohata shake hands during a gathering of tourism exchange in Tokyo on May 31, 2011.

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Nations to address Japan's tourism predicament

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - (From L) Shao Qiwei, director general of the China National Tourism Administration, Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ohata and South Korean culture minister Choung Byoung Gug pose for photos at their meeting in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on May 29, 2011. They agreed to jointly address critical events that negatively affect tourism, such as natural disasters and outbreaks of infectious diseases.

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Hula dancers in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Saito (C), president of Joban Kosan Co., operator of Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the tourism ministry in Tokyo on May 12, 2011. Saito and five hula dancers from the spa resort asked tourism minister Akihiro Ohata to help restore tourism in the city of Iwaki following the March 11 quake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear crisis. The spa facility has remained closed since the disaster.

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Land minister Ohata visits contentious dam project site

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ohata (3rd from L) receives explanations about a dam construction project in the town of Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Feb. 13, 2011. Yamba Dam, located north of Tokyo, has been decades in the making, but the Democratic Party of Japan-led government may call off the project as it has been at the center of its drive to scrap dozens of public works projects considered wasteful.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Ohata replaced Sumio Mabuchi.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ohata enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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Japan, Iraq discuss oil field

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Japanese trade minister Akihiro Ohata (L) and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hussain Al-Shahristani (R) attend a joint press conference in Baghdad on Jan. 10, 2011. Ohata made an unannounced visit to Baghdad that day and called on Iraq to resume negotiations with a group of Japanese firms over developing the Nasiriyah oil field in southern Iraq.

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Japan, Iraq discuss oil field

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Officials of Japan (R) and Iraq (L) discuss the issue of the Nasiriyah oil field in southern Iraq in a meeting in Baghdad on Jan. 10, 2011. Japanese trade minister Akihiro Ohata made an unannounced visit to Baghdad that day and called on Iraq to resume negotiations with a group of Japanese firms over developing the Nasiriyah oil field.

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Japan minister in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata (L) and Saudi Arabian Water and Electricity Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Rahman al-Husayn shake hands as they meet in Riyadh on Jan. 9, 2011, on Japan's support for Saudi Arabia on water infrastructure improvements.

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Injury forces former Japan winger Ohata to retire

KOBE, Japan - Former Japan winger Daisuke Ohata (L) is tackled during a rugby game between his Kobelco Steelers and Toyota Industries Shuttles in the Top League at Home's Stadium Kobe in Kobe on Jan. 9, 2011. Ohata, 35, suffered a right knee injury, making the game the final one of his career.

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Japan to back atomic power development in Saudi

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Hashem bin Abdullah Yamani (C in right row), head of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata (C in left row) speak during a meeting in Riyadh on Jan. 8, 2011. The two agreed that Japan and Saudi Arabia will cooperate on nuclear power development project in the Middle Eastern country.

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Japan, Turkey sign memorandum on civil nuke pact

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata (L) and Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz shake hands at the economy ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2010, after signing a memorandum on civil nuclear cooperation.

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APEC ministers at press conference

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese trade minister Akihiro Ohata (C, front) speaks during a joint press conference in Yokohama on Nov. 11, 2010, after the wrap-up of a two-day ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. The ministers agreed to take concrete steps toward creating a regionwide free trade area.

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APEC ministers gather in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Participants in a ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, including co-chairmen Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) and trade minister Akihiro Ohata (2nd from R, front), pose on Nov. 10, 2010 at the Pacifico Yokohama convention center. The ministers basically agreed to refrain from imposing new trade barriers until 2013. (Pool Photo)

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Trade minister Ohata at APEC meeting

GIFU, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata (L front) talks with Zhu Hongren (R front), chief engineer of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, prior to a photo session after the closing of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting on enhancing growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in Gifu city on Oct. 3, 2010.

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Trade minister Ohata at APEC meeting

GIFU, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata (C) speaks at a press conference in Gifu city in central Japan on Oct. 3, 2010, after attending the last day of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting on enhancing growth of small and medium-sized enterprises held in the city.

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Trade minister Ohata at APEC meeting

GIFU, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks at a press conference in Gifu city in central Japan on Oct. 3, 2010, after attending the last day of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting on enhancing growth of small and medium-sized enterprises held in the city.

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Trade minister Ohata at APEC meeting

GIFU, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks on the last day of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting on enhancing growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, in Gifu city in central Japan, on Oct. 3, 2010.

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Trade minister Ohata speaks to reporters

GIFU, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks to reporters at a hotel in Gifu City in central Japan on Oct. 2, 2010, after attending a meeting of member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on enhancing growth of small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Trade Minister Ohata at APEC meeting

GIFU, Japan - Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks at a meeting of member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on enhancing growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in the medium to long term, in Gifu city in central Japan, on Oct. 2, 2010. Ohata, who chaired the meeting, said small and medium-sized companies were the engine of development.

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Keidanren asks gov't to ensure rare earths supply

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ohata, minister of economy, trade and industry, speaks at a policy meeting in Tokyo with the Japan Business Federation, better known as Nippon Keidanren, on Sept. 30, 2010. The group asked the government to ensure a stable supply of rare earth minerals after imports from China stalled recently amid heightened tensions between the two countries.

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Japan's trade minister Ohata

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Akihiro Ohata tries to catch a reporter's question during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010.

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Japan's trade minister Ohata

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Akihiro Ohata speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet the same day.

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Japan's new trade minister Ohata

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ohata, a veteran lower house member, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after being named as minister of economy, trade and industry in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet.

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Japan to host 2019 World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L), president of the Japan Rugby Football Union, and Kobe Steel player Daisuke Ohata react in Tokyo after the International Rugby Board chose Japan as the host of the 2019 Rugby World Cup on July 28.

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Japan to host 2019 World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L), president of the Japan Rugby Football Union, and Kobe Steel player Daisuke Ohata react in Tokyo after the International Rugby Board chose Japan as the host of the 2019 Rugby World Cup on July 28.

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Japan to host 2019 World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L), president of the Japan Rugby Football Union, and Kobe Steel player Daisuke Ohata react in Tokyo after the International Rugby Board chose Japan as the host of the 2019 Rugby World Cup on July 28.

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Ohata sets world record in win over Georgia

OSAKA, Japan - Winger Daisuke Ohata waves to fans after scoring a hat trick of tries en route to setting a world record for test match tries in international competition in Japan's 32-7 victory over Georgia at Hanazono Ground in Higashi Osaka on May 14. Ohata marked his 65th career try to surpass the record of 64 set by David Campese of Australia.

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Japan crushed by U.S. in Super Powers Cup rugby

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Daisuke Ohata is about to try by thwarting a U.S. defense in the first half of the Super Powers Cup in San Francisco on May 17. Japan was overpowered by the United States 69-27 in the tournament that kicked off in April to help the U.S., Japan, Russia and China become more competitive.

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Ohata sets world record in win over Georgia

OSAKA, Japan - Winger Daisuke Ohata waves to fans after scoring a hat trick of tries en route to setting a world record for test match tries in international competition in Japan's 32-7 victory over Georgia at Hanazono Ground in Higashi Osaka on May 14. Ohata marked his 65th career try to surpass the record of 64 set by David Campese of Australia. (Kyodo)

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Japan crushed by U.S. in Super Powers Cup rugby

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Daisuke Ohata is about to try by thwarting a U.S. defense in the first half of the Super Powers Cup in San Francisco on May 17. Japan was overpowered by the United States 69-27 in the tournament that kicked off in April to help the U.S., Japan, Russia and China become more competitive. (Kyodo)

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Trade minister Ohata speaks to reporters

GIFU, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks to reporters at a hotel in Gifu City in central Japan on Oct. 2, 2010, after attending a meeting of member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on enhancing growth of small and medium-sized enterprises. (Kyodo)

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Trade Minister Ohata at APEC meeting

GIFU, Japan - Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks at a meeting of member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on enhancing growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in the medium to long term, in Gifu city in central Japan, on Oct. 2, 2010. Ohata, who chaired the meeting, said small and medium-sized companies were the engine of development. (Kyodo)

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Injury forces former Japan winger Ohata to retire

KOBE, Japan - Former Japan winger Daisuke Ohata (L) is tackled during a rugby game between his Kobelco Steelers and Toyota Industries Shuttles in the Top League at Home's Stadium Kobe in Kobe on Jan. 9, 2011. Ohata, 35, suffered a right knee injury, making the game the final one of his career. (Kyodo)

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Japan minister in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata (L) and Saudi Arabian Water and Electricity Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Rahman al-Husayn shake hands as they meet in Riyadh on Jan. 9, 2011, on Japan's support for Saudi Arabia on water infrastructure improvements. (Kyodo)

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Ohata replaced Sumio Mabuchi. (Kyodo)

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Keidanren asks gov't to ensure rare earths supply

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ohata, minister of economy, trade and industry, speaks at a policy meeting in Tokyo with the Japan Business Federation, better known as Nippon Keidanren, on Sept. 30, 2010. The group asked the government to ensure a stable supply of rare earth minerals after imports from China stalled recently amid heightened tensions between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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Japan's trade minister Ohata

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Akihiro Ohata tries to catch a reporter's question during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan's trade minister Ohata

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Akihiro Ohata speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet the same day. (Kyodo)

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Japan's new trade minister Ohata

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ohata, a veteran lower house member, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after being named as minister of economy, trade and industry in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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China tourism chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Qiwei (R), director general of the China National Tourism Administration, and Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ohata shake hands during a gathering of tourism exchange in Tokyo on May 31, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Nations to address Japan's tourism predicament

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - (From L) Shao Qiwei, director general of the China National Tourism Administration, Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ohata and South Korean culture minister Choung Byoung Gug pose for photos at their meeting in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on May 29, 2011. They agreed to jointly address critical events that negatively affect tourism, such as natural disasters and outbreaks of infectious diseases. (Kyodo)

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Hula dancers in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Saito (C), president of Joban Kosan Co., operator of Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the tourism ministry in Tokyo on May 12, 2011. Saito and five hula dancers from the spa resort asked tourism minister Akihiro Ohata to help restore tourism in the city of Iwaki following the March 11 quake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear crisis. The spa facility has remained closed since the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Land minister Ohata visits contentious dam project site

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ohata (3rd from L) receives explanations about a dam construction project in the town of Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Feb. 13, 2011. Yamba Dam, located north of Tokyo, has been decades in the making, but the Democratic Party of Japan-led government may call off the project as it has been at the center of its drive to scrap dozens of public works projects considered wasteful. (Kyodo)

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Japan to back atomic power development in Saudi

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Hashem bin Abdullah Yamani (C in right row), head of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata (C in left row) speak during a meeting in Riyadh on Jan. 8, 2011. The two agreed that Japan and Saudi Arabia will cooperate on nuclear power development project in the Middle Eastern country. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Turkey sign memorandum on civil nuke pact

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata (L) and Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz shake hands at the economy ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2010, after signing a memorandum on civil nuclear cooperation. (Kyodo)