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Olympics: Dosho celebrates her gold in women's wrestling

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 18 Kyodo - Japanese wrestler Sara Dosho is lifted by team director Kazuhito Sakae (R) and coach Shota Shidochi (L) on their shoulders after winning the women's 69-kilogram gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 17, 2016.

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Copsplay festival in Nagoya

NAGOYA, May 31 Kyodo - A cosplayer performs in the Sakae district in Nagoya, central Japan, on May 31, 2015, during the Sakae Cosplay Festival. Some 2,800 cosplayers participated in the one-day event.

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2014 Nobel winner Nakamura in 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura (R), a Japan-born professor at UC Santa Barbara, conducts an experiment using light-emitting diodes before junior and senior high school students in Sakae village, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in July 2005. Nakamura was announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue LEDs along with two other Japanese scientists in October 2014.

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Shopping streets in Brussels, Nagoya seal partnership

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Akiharu Tsuboi (C), head of the Sakae shopping district promotion association in Nagoya, central Japan, poses for photos with Rudi Vervoort (R front), minister-president of the government of the Brussels-Capital Region, after signing a friendship pact with Brussels' famous Avenue Louise shopping street in the Belgian capital on Sept. 25, 2014. On the left is a representative of Paris' Avenue Montaigne, with which Sakae has already sealed a similar partnership.

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. -- former chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) as well as two former vice presidents Sakae Muto (C) and Ichiro Takekuro. An independent judicial panel of citizens has decided that the three merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Olympic wrestling champ Yoshida speaks about father's death

TSU, Japan - Three-time Olympic wresting gold medalist Saori Yoshida (R) and Kazuhito Sakae, head coach of the Japanese women's national wrestling team, speak to reporters at a wake for Yoshida's father Eikatsu in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on March 13, 2014, two days after his death from an illness.

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Child sets up candle on quake anniversary in Nagano village

NAGANO, Japan - A child sets up a candle on a snow-made mount in Sakae village, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 12, 2014, in hopes of recovery from an earthquake that hit three years ago. The temblor rocked the region a day after the powerful 3/11 quake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan in 2011.

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Abolished schools find new role as renovated residences

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 25, 2013, shows a residential complex that was formerly a three-story elementary school building in Sakae, Nagano Prefecture. The structure was renovated after closure and turned into an apartment facility in the spring of 2013.

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Japanese-Filipino in Davao

DAVAO, Philippines - Japanese-Filipino Koichi Sakae holds his Japanese passport at his home in Davao in the Philippines on Aug. 10, 2013.

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Japanese-Filipino in Davao

DAVAO, Philippines - Japanese-Filipino Koichi Sakae is pictured beside a monument for Japanese soldiers on the premises of his home in Davao in the Philippines on Aug. 10, 2013.

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Emperor, empress in quake-hit village

SAKAE, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) visit the village government office of Sakae, Nagano Prefecture, on July 19, 2012. The village was hit by a strong earthquake a day after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO president at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. -- (from R) Executive Vice President Sakae Muto, President Masataka Shimizu and Executive Vice President Takashi Fujimoto -- bow in apology during a press conference at the utility's head office in Tokyo on April 13, 2011. Shimizu said TEPCO, the operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is considering paying provisional compensation to residents with homes near the plant who have been evacuated over the nuclear crisis which is graded as the most serious level of crisis on an internationally recognized scale.

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Tokyo Electric execs' apology

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Muto (2nd from R) and other executives of Japan's largest power utility bow to apologize during a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2011, over errors it made in analyzing the concentration of radioactive substances in water found in the basement of the No. 2 reactor's turbine building at the company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, crippled by the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami.

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Tokyo Electric Vice President Muto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 27, 2011, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Muto during a press conference in Tokyo.

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Tokyo Electric execs' apology

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Muto (R) and other executives of Japan's largest power utility bow to apologize over a crisis at its nuclear power plants in quake-hit Fukushima Prefecture in a press conference in Tokyo on March 14, 2011. The No. 2 reactor at the company's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant lost cooling functions and the reactor's fuel rods were briefly fully exposed earlier in the day, indicating the critical situation of the reactor's core beginning to melt due to overheating.

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Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshio Sasaki (C), manager of a Mitsukoshi department store in Nagoya, costumed as a samurai raises his fist with employees at a ceremony marking the start of the sales campaign for ''chugen'' summer gifts on May 26, 2010. The store in the city's Sakae district is aiming for good sales of chugen gifts, usually luxury foods and beverages, which people give to the elderly or those who have offered help.

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Yokohama high school student tests negative for new flu

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The principal of a high school in Yokohama's Sakae Ward bursts into tears after hearing that a student of the school tested negative for the rapidly spreading new influenza virus. The 17-year-old boy was suspected of being Japan's first case of infection from the H1N1 influenza A virus after staying in British Columbia, Canada, on a school excursion for about two weeks from April 10 with 114 schoolmates and five teachers.

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7 killed in fires in Tokyo, Nara, Osaka

NARA, Japan - The photo shows the home of Sakae Tanimoto, 60, which burned down in a fire that broke out around 2:35 a.m. on Jan. 7. The fire killed two people, believed to be Tanimoto's 101-year-old father-in-law and 90-year-old mother-in-law.

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Olympics: Japan's Yoshida wins 55-kg wrestling gold

BEIJING, China - Japan's Saori Yoshida celebrates on the shoulders of her coach Kazuto Sakae after successfully defending her title in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the Beijing Olympics, defeating Xu Li of China in the final at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 16.

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Olympics: Japan's Yoshida wins 55-kg wrestling gold

BEIJING, China - Japan's Saori Yoshida celebrates on the shoulders of her coach Kazuto Sakae after successfully defending her title in the women's 55-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the Beijing Olympics, defeating Xu Li of China in the final at China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on Aug. 16.

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Kansai Electric, Sharp to build solar power facilities in Osaka

SAKAI, Japan - (From L to R) Sharp Corp. Vice President Toshishige Hamano, Sakai Mayor Keisuke Kihara and Kansai Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Kanno join hands in Sakai on June 23 after the two companies announced they will build and operate solar power generation facilities with a combined maximum output capacity of 28 megawatts, one of the world's largest, in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.

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Ex-death row inmate campaigns against death penalty

TOKYO, Japan - Sakae Menda, 82, Japan's first death row inmate to be found innocent in a retrial, campaigns against the death penalty at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 17. The United Nations General Assembly is expected to adopt a resolution on Dec. 18 calling for a global moratorium on capital punishment.

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Japanese man released from death row speaks against penalty

NEW YORK, United States - Sakae Menda (front), a man freed from death row more than 24 years ago in Japan, called on member states at the United Nations Oct. 16 to step up efforts to end the use of the death penalty as punishment.

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Singapore sushi king dreams of selling sushi to N. Korea

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Singaporeans flock to Sakae Sushi, Singapore's largest sushi chain, whose founder Douglas Foo hopes to expand his chain of conveyor-belt sushi restaurants to N. Korea.

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Japan's medical aid team arrives in Bali Island

YOKYAKARTA, Indonesia - Sakae Ueno (L), head of an 18-member medical aid team of Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF), is greeted by an Indonesian army officer in charge of relief operations on arrival at Yokyakarta airport on Bali Island on June 2.

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Japan to send about 100 more troops to quake-hit Indonesia

YOKYAKARTA, Indonesia - Sakae Ueno (2nd from L), head of an 18-member medical aid team of Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF), is greeted by Noboru Hayabichi (R), chief of an SDF advance relief team, on arrival at Yokyakarta airport on Indonesia's Bali Island on June 2. In Tokyo, Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga said Japan will send about 100 additional troops to quake-hit Indonesia to provide relief.

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GSDF begin removing snow to rescue isolated people in Niigata

SAKAE VILLAGE, Japan - Houses in the mountain village of Sakae in Nagano Prefecture stand isolated due to heavy snowfall on Jan. 10. Death toll from the heavy snowfall across Japan rose to 72, according to a tally by Kyodo News.

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(6)K. Icho clinches gold in women's 63kg freestyle wrestling

ATHENS, Greece - Kaori Icho of Japan and her coach Kazuhito Sakae celebrate Icho's victory over Sara McMann of the United States in the final match of the women's 63kg freestyle wrestling in the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 23.

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China beats Japan in women's hockey in Athens Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Sakae Morimoto (8) struggles for the ball with a Chinese player in the women's hockey event in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 14. China beat Japan 3-0.

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Ito-Yokado's Isaka to become president

TOKYO, Japan - Retailer Ito-Yokado Co. Senior Managing Director Sakae Isaka (L), who will become president after a shareholders meeting May 22, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 10 together with current president Toshifumi Suzuki who will become chairman.

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Costa Rica's Rojas visits Suzuka before World Cup training

SUZUKA, Japan - Frank Rojas (2nd from R), general manager of the Costa Rica's national soccer team for the upcoming World Cup, chats with Suzuka Mayor Sakae Kato (L) in Mie Prefecture on May 10. His team will arrive in Japan on May 13 to train in the central Japan city before the soccer finals begins May 31.

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Ex-Japan death row inmate speaks at Strasbourg rally

STRASBOURG, France - Sakae Enda, a former Japanese death row inmate who spent more than 30 years waiting to be executed, makes a speech at a three-day international rally in Strasbourg on June 21 to oppose the death penalty. Enda called for doing away with capital punishment worldwide. Enda, 76, was wrongly convicted of murder and spent 34 years in jail, including 32 years on death row.

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Japan's fight against coronavirus

People wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus walk on an illuminated street in Nagoya's Sakae area on Dec. 26, 2021.

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Japan's fight against coronavirus

People wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus walk on an illuminated street in Nagoya's Sakae area on Dec. 26, 2021.

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Logo mark of LABI

Keywords: LABI, Yamada Denki, YAMADA DENKI, electronics retail store, signboard, logo, logo mark = January 9, 2019, LABI1 LIFE SELECT Takasaki, Sakae-cho, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo mark of LABI

Keywords: LABI, Yamada Denki, YAMADA DENKI, electronics retail store, signboard, logo, logo mark = January 9, 2019, LABI1 LIFE SELECT Takasaki, Sakae-cho, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Concept Crawler Robot for Plant Inspection

Nine robot-related companies in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture, havebegun development of a new plant inspection crawler-type robot. With the help of a 15 million yen subsidy from Fukushima Prefecture to strengthen the robot industry infrastructure, they began designing the robot in June and will complete a prototype in December. The goal is to complete the robot in 2008 and introduce it to plants and disaster response organizations in 2009. Takawa Seimitsu, Sakae Seisakusho, Takeru Software, Winding Fukushima, Kikuchi Seisakusho Minamisoma Plant, YUBITOMA, Hanazawa Giken, Kousakusho, and Shinko, all based in Minamisoma City, are participating in the development. 9 companies are members of the Minamisoma Robot Industry Council established by Fukushima Prefecture's third sector, Dream Support Minamisoma. . = April 24, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Kansai Electric, Sharp to build solar power facilities in Osaka

SAKAI, Japan - (From L to R) Sharp Corp. Vice President Toshishige Hamano, Sakai Mayor Keisuke Kihara and Kansai Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Kanno join hands in Sakai on June 23 after the two companies announced they will build and operate solar power generation facilities with a combined maximum output capacity of 28 megawatts, one of the world's largest, in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Suga visits mudslide-hit Atami

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (C) speaks to the media during his visit to the mudslide-hit host spring resort city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 12, 2021, alongside Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu (L) and Atami Mayor Sakae Saito. (Pool photo)

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Institute provides students guidance for studying in U.S.

Yoko Sakae, shown in this photo taken on Jan. 19, 2015, head of the Sakae Institute of Study Abroad, provides Japanese students with advice and tools for studying abroad on the basis of her experience in studying in the United States. She recommends young people study there to broaden their horizons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3rd municipality in Japan starts issuing same-sex partnership papers

Sakae Okamoto (L), mayor of Iga in the central Japan prefecture of Mie, hands a certificate to two women in their early 20s that recognizes their partnership as being equivalent to marriage, at the municipal government offices on April 15, 2016. Iga became the country's third local government to issue such certificates following Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards that launched similar systems the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suit filed to seek suspension of old reactors

Lawyer Sakae Kitamura (R) attends a press conference in Nagoya on April 14, 2016. Kitamura heads a group of lawyers representing those who demand the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast not be operated as more than 40 years have passed since they first went online. The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit on the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3rd municipality in Japan starts issuing same-sex partnership papers

Sakae Okamoto (2nd from R), the mayor of Iga in the central Japanese prefecture of Mie, and Shoichi Yamaguchi (3rd from L), an advocate of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights from the prefecture, release balloons in front of the municipal office building on April 1, 2016. They were commemorating the city becoming the country's third municipality the same day with a system of issuing certificates recognizing same-sex partnership as being equivalent to marriage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police probe deadly glider crash in Japan

Photo taken March 18, 2016, shows police and Japan Transport Safety Board officials investigating the previous day's glider crash into a residential area in Sakae, Chiba Prefecture, that killed the two men on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 passengers unconscious after glider crashes into residential area

Photo taken March 17, 2016 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a glider that crashed into a residential area in Sakae, Chiba Prefecture, leaving both passengers unconscious. There have been no reports of injuries to residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iga city to offer same-sex partnership certificates

Photo taken in the central Japanese city of Iga on March 10, 2016 shows Mayor Sakae Okamoto posting a notice on a bulletin board that states the municipal government will start issuing certificates recognizing same-sex partnership from April 1, following the example of Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards. Okamoto said "it is a step forward to the realization of a diverse society." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 ex-TEPCO execs indicted

Photo shows former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. who were indicted on Feb. 29, 2016, for failure to take measures to prevent the tsunami-triggered crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. The three are (from L) Tsunehisa Katsumata, TEPCO chairman at the time, and two former vice presidents -- Ichiro Takekuro and Sakae Muto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Belgium-donated Manneken Pis replica set up in Nagoya

A replica of the famous Manneken Pis sculpture in Brussels, donated by the Belgian government, stands in the Sakae shopping area in Nagoya, central Japan, following an unveiling ceremony on Aug. 22, 2015. The Sakae shopping mall concluded a friendship pact with the Belgian capital's Avenue Louise district in September 2014 through the good offices of the Avenue Montaigne area in Paris with which Sakae has a similar accord. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-TEPCO execs to face mandatory indictment given panel decision

Photo shows (from L) Tsunehisa Katsumata, 75, who was chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and former TEPCO vice presidents Sakae Muto, 65, and Ichiro Takekuro, 69. An independent judicial panel of citizens said July 31, 2015, it has decided that the three former executives merit indictment over the disaster, setting the stage for them to face mandatory prosecution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese wartime researcher's notes on uranium enrichment found

Photo taken at a Kyoto University library in the western Japanese city on June 26, 2015, shows three notebooks on uranium enrichment research during World War II belonging to Sakae Shimizu, deceased professor emeritus at Kyoto University. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo