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Ainu dagger and manga focusing on Ainu culture

Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2019, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, shows a traditional Ainu knife called a "makiri" with a carved wooden sheath by craftsman Toru Kaizawa, alongside a volume of the popular Japanese manga "Golden Kamuy." The manga series, written and illustrated by Satoru Noda, focuses on the indigenous Ainu people in Hokkaido and their culture.

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Historical Village of Hokkaido

Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2022, shows a booth introducing the popular Japanese manga series "Golden Kamuy" at the Historical Village of Hokkaido, an open-air museum featuring relocated and restored buildings from 1868 to 1920, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in northern Japan. Many of the buildings at the museum are featured in the manga written and illustrated by Satoru Noda as the story is set in Hokkaido in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).

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Sumitomo Rubber Industries Long-Term Management Plan Briefing

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. briefing on long-term management plan. Photo shows Satoru Yamamoto, President and Representative Director.=March 7,2025,Tokyo

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Sumitomo Rubber Industries Long-Term Management Plan Briefing

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. briefing on long-term management plan. Photo shows Satoru Yamamoto, President and Representative Director.=March 7,2025,Tokyo

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Sumitomo Rubber Industries Long-Term Management Plan Briefing

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. briefing on long-term management plan. Photo shows Satoru Yamamoto, President and Representative Director.=March 7,2025,Tokyo

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Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. president change press conference

Tokio Marine Holdings,Inc. president change press conference. Photo shows President-elect Masahiro Koike (left) and President Satoru Komiya shaking hands.=January 14,2025,Tokyo

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Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. president change press conference

Tokio Marine Holdings,Inc. President Change Press Conference. Photo shows President-elect Masahiro Koike (left) and President Satoru Komiya at the press conference.=January 14,2025,Tokyo

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Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. president change press conference

Tokio Marine Holdings,Inc. President Change Press Conference. Photo shows President-elect Masahiro Koike (left) and President Satoru Komiya at the press conference.=January 14,2025,Tokyo

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Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025 Finalists

Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025, finalists. Photo shows Satoru Azumi, Senior Chief Engineer, LPL, BEV Development Center, Honda Electric Business Development Division, Honda, who was responsible for the development of the Honda Freed, winner of the Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025.=December 5,2024,Yokohama City, Kanagawa

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Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025 Finalists

Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025, Final Round. The photo shows the Honda Freed, winner of the Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025, with Satoru Azumi, Senior Chief Engineer, LPL, BEV Development Center, Honda Electric Business Development Division (third from right) and Honda officials.=December 5,2024,Yokohama City, Kanagawa

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PASIG-FLOORBALL-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS-5TH PLACE MATCH-JAPAN VS SOUTH KOREA

(240525) -- PASIG CITY, May 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yoo Tae Woo (R) of South Korea competes against Shimoyama Satoru of Japan during the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifications' 5th place match between Japan and South Korea in Pasig City, the Philippines, on May 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PASIG-FLOORBALL-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS-JAPAN VS CHINA

(240522) -- PASIG CITY, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Shimoyama Satoru (front) celebrates after scoring during the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifications between Japan and China in Pasig City, the Philippines, on May 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PASIG-FLOORBALL-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS-SINGAPORE VS JAPAN

(240521) -- PASIG CITY, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Satoru Shimoyama (3rd R) of Japan competes during the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifications between Singapore and Japan in Pasig, the Philippines, on May 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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How rainy Tokyo tackles floods by building a "city" below the city

STORY: How rainy Tokyo tackles floods by building a "city" below the city SHOOTING TIME: May 15, 2024 DATELINE: May 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:25 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): SATORU IKEDA, Visitor 3. various of the facility 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent 5. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): NAGANUMA, Visitor 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent "Located in a temperate maritime climate and being vulnerable to flooding, the Tokyo metropolitan area has always been stepping up its efforts to combat floods. The rainy metropolis is building a 'city' below the city -- beneath its around 2,000-square-kilometer land lie 16,000-kilometer sewage pipes in total. Now I'm right here at RyuQkan museum, which introduces the Metropolitan Outer Area Underground Discharge Channel, o

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Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference. From left: Satoru Komiya, President of Tokio Marine HD; Hiroaki Shirota, President-Elect; Shinichi Hirose, President.=Date:December 20, 2023

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Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference. From left: Hiroaki Shirota, President-Elect; Satoru Komiya, President of Tokio Marine HD; Shinichi Hirose, President.=Date:December 20, 2023

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Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference. From left: Hiroaki Shirota, President-Elect; Satoru Komiya, President of Tokio Marine HD; Shinichi Hirose, President.=Date:December 20, 2023

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Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference. From left: Satoru Komiya, President of Tokio Marine HD; Hiroaki Shirota, President-Elect; Shinichi Hirose, President.=Date:December 20, 2023

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Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference. From left: Hiroaki Shirota, President-Elect; Satoru Komiya, President of Tokio Marine HD; Shinichi Hirose, President.=Date:December 20, 2023

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Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance President Change Press Conference. From left: Hiroaki Shirota, President-Elect; Satoru Komiya, President of Tokio Marine HD; Shinichi Hirose, President.=Date:December 20, 2023

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Nintendo on company policy

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata speaks at a briefing session on his company's policy in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2014. Iwata outlined a new business strategy to spur sales of its consoles for purposes other than entertainment.

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Nintendo on company policy

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata speaks at a briefing session on his company's policy in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2014. Iwata outlined a new business strategy to spur sales of its consoles for purposes other than entertainment.

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Olympics: Marathoners ready to run in Rio

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 19 Kyodo - Japanese marathon runners (from L to R) Satoru Sasaki, Hisanori Kitajima and Suehiro Ishikawa pose for a photo in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 17, 2016.

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Marine adventurer Yahata gets Faust AG award

TOKYO, Japan - Marine adventurer Satoru Yahata speaks in an interview in December 2014. Yahata, who has journeyed by kayak to the Pacific islands and Japanese fishing villages, received the 2014 Adventurer of the Year award from Faust Adventurers' Guild the same month.

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Nintendo to develop device to gauge people's sleep quality

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., briefs securities analysts on the company's business strategy at a hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014. Iwata said Nintendo will develop a device to measure people's sleep quality.

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Nintendo 1st-half net profit surges

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata attends a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. The company said its group net profit in the fiscal first half surged, driven by a foreign exchange-related gain and solid sales of its Wii U home video-game console.

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Nuke regulator inspects decommissioned Tokai power plant

MITO, Japan - Satoru Tanaka (R), a commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, inspects a facility at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 21, 2014. The Tokai plant is the first commercial nuclear reactor to be decommissioned in Japan.

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Nuke regulator inspects decommissioned Tokai power plant

MITO, Japan - Satoru Tanaka (L), a commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, inspects a central control room at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai nuclear power plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 21, 2014. The Tokai plant is the first commercial nuclear reactor to be decommissioned in Japan.

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New nuclear regulator attends press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Tanaka attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014, after becoming a commissioner at Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority. Tanaka, a former chairman of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, said at the press conference he will do his job "on the basis of science and technology."

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Diet OKs nominees for nuclear regulatory body commissioners

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Satoru Tanaka, a University of Tokyo professor, who was approved by Japan's parliament for the post of Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner on June 11, 2014.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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Plane's abnormal descent near Naha airport likely human error

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Endo (back), head of the general planning department of Peach Aviation Ltd., a budget airline, and Yasunobu Funai, chief of the company's operational section, bow in apology at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on April 30, 2014, a day after a company Airbus A320-200 descended dangerously close to the sea near Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture.

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STAP cell paper

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Kagaya, spokesman for the state-affiliated Riken institute, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 11, 2014. The Japanese government said the same day it has urged Riken to thoroughly investigate a research paper on "stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency," or STAP.

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STAP cell paper

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Kagaya, spokesman for the state-affiliated Riken institute, apologizes during a press conference in Tokyo on March 11, 2014. The Japanese government said the same day it has urged Riken to thoroughly investigate a research paper on "stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency," or STAP.

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Lake Biwa Marathon

OTSU, Japan - Ethiopia's Bazu Worku holds the victor's trophy after winning the Lake Biwa Marathon in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on March 2, 2014. Second from left is Japan's Satoru Sasaki, who was in second place, and at right is Vincent Kipruto, who was third.

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Former sumo wrestler Takatoriki turns to pro wrestling

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashige Kamakari (L), formerly sumo sekiwake Takatoriki, shakes hands with Satoru Sayama, the first ''Tiger Mask'' persona, in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2014. Kamakari, who was fired by the Japan Sumo Association in 2010 over illegal betting on baseball games, will make his debut in professional wrestling on April 16 at a match organized by a group run by Sayama in Tokyo.

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Nintendo president to halve his pay

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata tells a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2014, that he will halve his salary for five months from February to take responsibility for poor earnings at the major game console maker.

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Nintendo projects 25 bil. yen loss for FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2014. Iwata said Nintendo expects to post a net loss of 25 billion yen for the year through March 2014, instead of an earlier projected profit of 55 billion yen, on weaker-than-expected game console and software sales in the yearend shopping season.

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Nintendo sees 1st April-Sept. black ink in 4 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata holds a press conference on the company's business performance in Osaka on Oct. 30, 2013. The Japanese game giant said it returned to the black for the first time in four years on a first-half basis with a group net profit of 600 million yen, a turnaround from a net loss of 28.00 billion yen a year earlier, aided by exchange rate gains stemming from a weaker yen.

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Mizuho Bank scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Nishibori, a former president of Mizuho Bank, answers reporters' questions in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 10, 2013. Nishibori admitted he was informed in January 2011 of the bank's lending to organized crime groups, saying he at least made efforts to eliminate the problem.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato (C) bows during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato (L front) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato bows during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013. Sato said that former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Ex-Mizuho president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Satoru Nishibori, former president of Mizuho Bank. The bank's current president, Yasuhiro Sato, told a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2013, that Nishibori had been aware of the bank's lending to organized crime groups since at least July 2010, reversing the bank's prior claim that senior management was not aware of the wrongdoing.

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Japanese killed in Kenya

MOMBASA, Kenya - A passer-by stands at the spot in Mombasa, Kenya, on July 16, 2013, where Japanese man Satoru Ogawa was fatally shot in an apparent robbery case the previous day.

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Nintendo logs loss for 2nd year

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on April 24, 2013. The Kyoto-based game console and software maker the same day reported a group operating loss of 36.41 billion yen for the business year through March, its second straight annual loss, due to worse-than-expected game console sales.