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Writer Yasuoka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows prizewinning writer Shotaro Yasuoka at his Tokyo home in October 2001, when he was recognized by the Japanese government as a Person of Cultural Merit. Yasuoka died on Jan. 26, 2013. He was 92.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Inose, a prizewinning writer who became Tokyo's deputy chief in 2007, holds a bouquet and waves to supporters in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2012. He was heading for a clear victory in the Tokyo gubernatorial election the same day, according to Kyodo News projections.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Inose, a prizewinning writer who became Tokyo's deputy chief in 2007, speaks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2012. He was heading for a clear victory in the Tokyo gubernatorial election the same day, according to Kyodo News projections.

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Inose announces candidacy for Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose, a prizewinning nonfiction writer, holds a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, in which he announced that he will run as an independent in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election set for Dec. 16.

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Inose announces candidacy for Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose, a prizewinning nonfiction writer, holds a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, in which he announced that he will run as an independent in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election set for Dec. 16.

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Inose announces candidacy for Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose, a prizewinning nonfiction writer, holds a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, in which he announced that he will run as an independent in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election set for Dec. 16.

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Writer Eikan Kyu dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Eikan Kyu, a prizewinning writer and economic critic dubbed the ''god of moneymaking'' for his aggressive stock and real estate investments. Kyu died of cardiac failure on May 16, 2012. He was 88.

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Industrial designer Yanagi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2002 shows Sori Yanagi, a pioneering industrial designer in Japan known for his prizewinning work ''Butterfly Stool.'' Yanagi died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 25, 2011. He was 96.

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Hatoyama meets with filmmaker Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and prizewinning filmmaker Yoji Yamada shake hands at the premier's office on April 19, 2010. Yamada, who was awarded a prize at the Berlin film festival in February, called on the government to boost support for the movie industry.

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Prizewinning Japanese illustrator savors life in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japanese illustrator Cosei Kawa is at work in his home in Falmouth, about 400 kilometers southwest of London.

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'Way-out' designs re-ignite Arita ware industry

ARITA, Japan - Grand prizewinning ''reversible'' dishes, marketed under the brand name ''bloom'' in February 2007, are produced in the town of Arita, Saga Prefecture.

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Prizewinning novelist Jugo Kuroiwa dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Jugo Kuroiwa (file photo taken in October, 1991), a prizewinning novelist known for his works based on ancient history, died on March 7 of liver failure at a hospital in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture. He was 79.

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Prizewinning Mainichi writer Takeshi Sato dies at 60

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeshi Sato, a prizewinning special features writer for the Mainichi Shimbun who chronicled his battle with esophageal cancer and died of the disease at a Tokyo hospital Dec. 28, his family said. He was 60. Sato won the coveted Kan Kikuchi prize for a series of articles about religion in modern society from an anthropological point of view. Even after being diagnosed as suffering from a terminal case of esophageal cancer, he kept writing about his bout with the disease.

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Prizewinning leather artisan Okubo dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken on Nov. 3, shows Fukuko Okubo, Japan's most celebrated leather artisan, who died at 81 on the evening of Nov. 4 at a hospital in Tokyo. Her death came just one day after she received the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace along with Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa and four others.

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New Tokyo Gov. Ishihara starts 1st day of work

Newly elected Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara waves to employees outside the Tokyo metropolitan government office building in Shinjuku Ward who greeted him on his first day of work April 23. The prizewinning author and former Diet member succeeded in his second bid for the Tokyo governor post in the April 11 election.

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Ishihara to declare candidacy in Tokyo governor race

Prizewinning novelist and former Transport Minister Shintaro Ishihara waves to reporters at his home in Tokyo on March 9. Ishihara, known will declare his candidacy March 10 for the April 11 Tokyo gubernatorial election.

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Prizewinning novelist Jugo Kuroiwa dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Jugo Kuroiwa (file photo taken in October, 1991), a prizewinning novelist known for his works based on ancient history, died on March 7 of liver failure at a hospital in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture. He was 79. (Kyodo)

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Female Japanese painter wins Adachi Museum of Art Award

Japanese-style painter Hanako Kunishi talks about her prizewinning work "Kotowari" (Reason) at the Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on July 9, 2015. The painting was chosen as the winner of the 20th Adachi Museum of Art Award, given to promising young Japanese-style painters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman in news: Marimba artist-turned prizewinning xylophonist

Japanese xylophonist Mutsumi Tsuzaki stands behind her instrument in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. A former marimba artist, she won music and literary awards last year, with the latter honor attributed to her book on legendary Japanese marimba player Yoichi Hiraoka who performed on radio in the United States for more than 10 years until right before the start of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AP holds photo exhibition on Vietnam War in Hanoi

Gary Pruitt (L), president of the Associated Press, attends an opening ceremony in Hanoi on June 12, 2015, of the U.S. news agency's photo exhibition documenting the Vietnam War. On the right is Nick Ut, a Vietnamese photographer for the AP who took the prizewinning photo above of a crying girl running naked on a road after a napalm bomb attack in 1973 in then South Vietnam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prizewinning author Roy a rebel for all causes

NEW DELHI, India - Award-winning Indian author and activist Arundathi Roy speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at her home in Delhi. Her first novel, ''The God of Small Things,'' won her Britain's prestigious Booker Prize in 1997 and put Indian writing firmly on the world map.

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Writer Eikan Kyu dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Eikan Kyu, a prizewinning writer and economic critic dubbed the ''god of moneymaking'' for his aggressive stock and real estate investments. Kyu died of cardiac failure on May 16, 2012. He was 88. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama meets with filmmaker Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and prizewinning filmmaker Yoji Yamada shake hands at the premier's office on April 19, 2010. Yamada, who was awarded a prize at the Berlin film festival in February, called on the government to boost support for the movie industry. (Kyodo)

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(6)Yukio Mishima

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo of prizewinning novelist Yukio Mishima. The date of the photo is unknown. (Kyodo)

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Industrial designer Yanagi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2002 shows Sori Yanagi, a pioneering industrial designer in Japan known for his prizewinning work ''Butterfly Stool.'' Yanagi died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 25, 2011. He was 96. (Kyodo)

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Prizewinning sake at wine competiton

Kazumasa Horie (C), chief brewer at Horie Brewing Co., poses for photo in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on May 18, 2018, after his "Kinsuzume 40%" wins a top prize at the International Wine Challenge. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prizewinning Mainichi writer Takeshi Sato dies at 60

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeshi Sato, a prizewinning special features writer for the Mainichi Shimbun who chronicled his battle with esophageal cancer and died of the disease at a Tokyo hospital Dec. 28, his family said. He was 60. Sato won the coveted Kan Kikuchi prize for a series of articles about religion in modern society from an anthropological point of view. Even after being diagnosed as suffering from a terminal case of esophageal cancer, he kept writing about his bout with the disease. (Kyodo)

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Prizewinning leather artisan Okubo dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken on Nov. 3, shows Fukuko Okubo, Japan's most celebrated leather artisan, who died at 81 on the evening of Nov. 4 at a hospital in Tokyo. Her death came just one day after she received the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace along with Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa and four others.

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Ishihara to declare candidacy in Tokyo governor race

Prizewinning novelist and former Transport Minister Shintaro Ishihara waves to reporters at his home in Tokyo on March 9. Ishihara, known will declare his candidacy March 10 for the April 11 Tokyo gubernatorial election.

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(1)Yukio Mishima

TOKYO, Japan - Prizewinning writer Yukio Mishima at a parade to celebrate the first anniversary of the foundation of "Tateno Kai" rightist group. The photo was taken Nov. 3, 1969. (Kyodo)

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(2)Yukio Mishima

TOKYO, Japan - Prizewinning writer Yukio Mishima during a debate at the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Arts. The photo was taken May 13, 1969. (Kyodo)

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(3)Yukio Mishima

TOKYO, Japan - Prizewinning writer Yukio Mishima (R) visits the home of his mentor, novelist Yasunari Kawabata, to congratulate Kawabata on receiving Nobel literature prize and becoming the first Japanese to do so. The photo was taken Oct. 17, 1968. (Kyodo)

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(5)Yukio Mishima

TOKYO, Japan - Prizewinning novelist Yukio Mishima talks with movie director Koreyoshi Kurahara. The photo was taken February 1966. (Kyodo)

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(4)Yukio Mishima

TOKYO, Japan - Prizewinning novelist Yukio Mishima and his wife Yoko Mishima at their wedding ceremony. The photo was taken June 1, 1958. (Kyodo)