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World Para Athletics 2025 - India

Kuno Ryutaro of Japan celebrates after competing in Men's 100m T12 Semi-Final 2 during the World Para Athletics 2025 at JLN Stadium in New Delhi, India on September 27, 2025. Photo by Anshuman Akash/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Para Athletics 2025 - India

Kuno Ryutaro of Japan celebrates after competing in Men's 100m T12 Semi-Final 2 during the World Para Athletics 2025 at JLN Stadium in New Delhi, India on September 27, 2025. Photo by Anshuman Akash/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Niigata Chuo Bank President Omori

Ryutaro Omori, president of Niigata Chuo Bank, speaks at a press conference at the bank's headquarters in the city of Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on June 11, 1999, after the Financial Supervisory Agency ordered the second-tier regional bank based in Niigata Prefecture to replenish its depleted capital.

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Niigata Chuo Bank President Omori

Photo taken in 1993 shows Ryutaro Omori, president of Niigata Chuo Bank, speaking during an interview in the city of Niigata, northwest of Tokyo.

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Niigata Chuo Bank President Omori

Ryutaro Omori, president of Niigata Chuo Bank, speaks at a press conference at the bank's headquarters in the city of Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on June 13, 1999. Omori said all nine board members, including himself, would resign to take responsibility for the lender's poor performance.

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Golf: U.S. Open

Ryutaro Nagano (front) of Japan plays a shot in front of spectators during the final round the U.S. Open golf tournament at Los Angeles Country Club in California on June 18, 2023.

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Golf: U.S. Open

Japan's Ryutaro Nagano hits the ball out of a bunker on the 14th hole during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Los Angeles Country Club in California on June 17, 2023.

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Golf: U.S. Open

Japan's Ryutaro Nagano plays his second shot on the first hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Los Angeles Country Club in California on June 15, 2023.

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Golf: U.S. Open

Japan's Ryutaro Nagano hits off the third tee during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Los Angeles Country Club in California on June 15, 2023.

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-MAKATI-FIBA 3X3-MANILA MASTERS-AMSTERDAM HIPRO VS TSUKUBA ALBORADA

(230520) -- MAKATI CITY, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Worthy de Jong (L) of Amsterdam HiPRO competes against Ryutaro Otomo of Tsukuba Alborada during the Pool C match between Amsterdam HiPRO from the Netherlands and Tsukuba Alborada from Japan in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters 2023 in Makati City, the Philippines on May 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

MANILA, Philippines - Hilaria Bustamante, a former Filipino "comfort woman," talks about her experiences in Japanese wartime military brothels on Oct. 2, 2014, in Manila, the Philippines, while presenting a letter of apology she received from then Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.

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Araga wins gold in karate 84 kg class

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Ryutaro Araga expresses joy as he won gold in the men's 84-kilogram karate competition at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014, by defeating Kuwaiti Hamad F F M Alnweam.

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Araga wins gold in karate 84 kg class

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Ryutaro Araga (R) faces off against Kuwaiti Hamad F F M Alnweam in the final of the men's 84-kilogram karate competition at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. Araga beat Alnweam to win gold.

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PM Abe's wife performs "naginata" demonstration

TOKYO, Japan - Akie Abe (L), wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Kumiko Hashimoto, widow of former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, perform a demonstration of "naginata," a Japanese martial art using a long wooden sword with a curved blade, at a Japan-Russia martial arts exchange event on Oct. 4, 2014, in Tokyo.

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Matsumoto wins silver in men's Greco-Roman 66 kg

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Ryutaro Matsumoto (L) faces off against South Korea's Ryu Han Su in the men's Greco-Roman 66 kilogram wrestling final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 1, 2014. Matsumoto captured silver.

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Hyogo assembly member cries during press conference

KOBE, Japan - Ryutaro Nonomura, a member of the Hyogo prefectural assembly, cries during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on July 1, 2014. Nonomura admitted to spending around 3 million yen without any receipts for 195 one-day business trips in fiscal 2013 through March.

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Hyogo assembly member cries during press conference

KOBE, Japan - Ryutaro Nonomura, a member of the Hyogo prefectural assembly, cries during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on July 1, 2014. Nonomura admitted to spending around 3 million yen without any receipts for 195 one-day business trips in fiscal 2013 through March.

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Hanshin rookies get taste of Ryukyu Karate during spring camp

YOMITAN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers rookies Shoya Yamamoto (L) and Ryutaro Umeno (C back) experience a session of Ryukyu Karate on Feb. 6, 2014, their first day off during the professional baseball club's spring training camp in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture.

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Akutagawa, Naoki literary prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Ryutaro Abe, Ryo Asai and Natsuko Kuroda join hands in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2013, after Kuroda was awarded the Akutagawa award for up-and-coming authors of serious fiction and Abe and Asai were awarded the Naoki award for popular literature.

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Akutagawa, Naoki literary prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Ryutaro Abe, Ryo Asai and Natsuko Kuroda hold their works in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2013, after Kuroda was awarded the Akutagawa award for up-and-coming authors of serious fiction and Abe and Asai received the Naoki award for popular literature.

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Winners of Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Ryo Asai (L) and Ryutaro Abe, who won the Naoki award for popular literature on Jan. 16, 2013.

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Matsumoto wins wrestling bronze in Greco-Roman 60kg

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ryutaro Matsumoto holds up the bronze medal he won in the men's Greco-Roman 60 kilograms at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 6, 2012. Matsumoto beat Kazakhstan's Almat Kebispayev.

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Matsumoto wins wrestling bronze in Greco-Roman 60kg

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ryutaro Matsumoto celebrates his victory over Kazakhstan's Almat Kebispayev to win the bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 60 kilograms at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 6, 2012.

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Matsumoto wins wrestling bronze in Greco-Roman 60kg

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ryutaro Matsumoto does a flip in the air celebrating his bronze medal victory against Kazakhstan's Almat Kebispayev in the men's Greco-Roman 60 kilograms at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 6, 2012.

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Matsumoto wins wrestling bronze in Greco-Roman 60kg

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ryutaro Matsumoto cheers after beating Kazakhstan's Almat Kebispayev to win the bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 60 kilograms at the ExCeL venue at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 6, 2012.

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FSA inspection chief Hatanaka to be promoted to commissioner

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Ryutaro Hatanaka, the Financial Services Agency's supervisory bureau chief. The government has decided to promote Hatanaka to commissioner of the financial watchdog, government sources said July 25, 2011.

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Edmund Hillary, first man to scale Mt. Everest, dies at 88

SYDNEY, Australia - Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world's highest mountain, Mt. Everest, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Jan. 11. He was 88. Hillary died at Auckland City Hospital. Photo shows Hillary (L), a New Zealander, shaking hands with then Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto at the premier's office in Tokyo in August 1997.

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Aso, Ban meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (R) and his South Korean counterpart, Ban Ki Moon, pose for a photo prior to their talks in Tokyo on Aug. 8. The met over a working dinner after attending former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's funeral that day.

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4,600 dignitaries attend ex-premier Hashimoto's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - About 4,600 local and foreign dignitaries, including South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon and Palau President Tommy Remengesau, attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto at Nppon Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 8.

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Funeral service held for former Prime Minister Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offer his prayer after making a memorial address at the funeral service for former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto held at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 8.

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Funeral service held for former Prime Minister Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan - A funeral service for former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is held at Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo jointly by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Aug. 8.

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Funeral for ex-Premier Hashimoto held

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Hashimoto, widow of late Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, holds her husband's mortuary tablet as she is driven off from a Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Takanawa district on July 3.

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Funeral for ex-Premier Hashimoto held

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners offer silent prayers as a car carrying the coffin of late Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto leaves a Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Takanawa district on July 3.

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Ex-Prime Minister Hashimoto dies at 68

TOKYO, Japan - Daijiro Hashimoto (R), governor of Kochi Prefecture and brother of former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, and Gaku Hashimoto, second son of the former premier, speak to reporters at a Tokyo hospital on July 1 about the death of the former prime minister.

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Ex-Prime Minister Hashimoto dies at 68

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in March 2006, former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (C), flanked by Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan, is seen visiting Beijing. Hashimoto died on July 1 at a Tokyo hospital at age 68.

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Koizumi pays respects to Hashimoto upon return from trip

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi leaves the home of former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto in Tokyo on July 1 after paying his respects to Hashimoto, who died earlier in the day at age 68.

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Ex-Prime Minister Hashimoto dies at 68

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in June 1996, then Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R) is see attending the summit meeting of the Group of Eight countries in Lyon, France. Hashimoto died on July 1 at a Tokyo hospital at age 68.

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Ex-Prime Minister Hashimoto dies at 68

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (file photo) dies on July 1 at the International Medical Center of Japan in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. He was 68.

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China's Hu says will meet Koizumi if shrine visits halted

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (L) and Chinese President Hu Jintao shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 31 before their talks.

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China's Hu says will meet Koizumi if shrine visits halted

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (L) talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 31.

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Hashimoto meets Chinese friendship group

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (front at L side), leading a group of prominent Japanese involved in Sino-Japanese relations, holds talks with Song Jian, head of the Chinese organization promoting China-Japan relations, and other Chinese at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 31.

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Hashimoto meets Chinese friendship group

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (L), who is leading a group of prominent Japanese involved in Sino-Japanese relations, poses for photos with Song Jian, head of the Chinese organization promoting China-Japan relations, ahead of their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 31.

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Ex-premier Hashimoto announces retirement from politics

KURASHIKI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (L) leaves his supporters' office in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Aug. 20. He said the same day he will not run in the Sept. 11 general election and will retire from politics for health reasons.

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LDP names former premiers to lead drafting of new constitution

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Former prime ministers Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa and Ryutaro Hashimoto attend the Liberal Democratic Party's first meeting of a drafting committee on a new constitution at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24. At the meeting, the party endorsed a plan to have 10 subcommittees headed by former prime ministers and other key members draft reports by March on a new constitution.

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Hashimoto admits to Diet panel receiving undeclared donation

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto leaves a room in the Diet building after attending hearing at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on Nov. 30. Hashimoto admitted that the political faction he headed at the time received a 100 million yen donation in 2001 from a dentists' lobby.

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Hashimoto to explain money scandal to Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (file photo) voices willingness Oct. 12 to attend the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics to discuss a money scandal involving a political faction he led.

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Assembly adopts resolution urging Gov. Hashimoto to resign

KOCHI, Japan - Daijiro Hashimoto, governor of Kochi Prefecture in western Japan, speaks at a plenary session of the prefectural assembly Oct. 8. The assembly adopted a resolution calling on him to quit over allegations of a shady transaction between a former campaign aide of his and a construction company. Hashimoto, the younger brother of former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, resigned after the vote.

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Muraoka denies involvement in donation scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kanezo Muraoka (R), former chief cabinet secretary, speaks to a group of reporters at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 26 after being indicted on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law by allegedly backing a plan to hide a 100 million yen political donation from the Japan Dental Association in July 2001 to a Liberal Democratic Party faction, formerly headed by ex-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. (Pool photo)

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(2)Former treasurer of ex-Hashimoto faction arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors arrive at the office of the largest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, headed until recently by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, for an investigation over a political donation scandal involving the Japan Dental Association on Aug. 29. They later arrested a 55-year-old former treasurer of the faction.

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(1)Former treasurer of ex-Hashimoto faction arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors walk to the office of the largest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, headed until recently by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, for an investigation over a political donation scandal involving the Japan Dental Association on Aug. 29. They later arrested a 55-year-old former treasurer of the faction.