Football: J League

Football: J League

Kashima Antlers head coach Toru Oniki is tossed in the air by his players after the team clinched their ninth J-League first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos in Kashima, eastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

Football: J League

Football: J League

Kashima Antlers head coach Toru Oniki (C) and his players celebrate after clinching the club's ninth J-League first-division title with a 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos in Kashima, eastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

Japan's Vice Defense Minister Oniki in Seoul

Japan's Vice Defense Minister Oniki in Seoul

Japan's Vice Defense Minister Makoto Oniki (R) shakes hands with South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun during their meeting in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2024.

Japan's Vice Defense Minister Oniki in Seoul

Japan's Vice Defense Minister Oniki in Seoul

Japan's Vice Defense Minister Makoto Oniki (R) shakes hands with South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun during their meeting in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2024.

Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) hands a protest statement to Japanese senior vice defense minister Makoto Oniki at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Makoto Oniki meets the press at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo after North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on May 4, 2022.

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Makoto Oniki meets the press at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo after North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on May 4, 2022.

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Makoto Oniki meets the press at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo after North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on May 4, 2022.

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward Sea of Japan

Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Makoto Oniki meets the press at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo after North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on May 4, 2022.

Football: Frontale capture 4th J-League championship

Football: Frontale capture 4th J-League championship

Kawasaki Frontale players and head coach Toru Oniki (C) celebrate as they win their second-straight J-League championship and their fourth overall after a 1-1 home draw with Urawa Reds at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on Nov. 3, 2021.