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Launch of the Distribution ISAC: Joint Press Conference

Launch of the Distribution ISAC: Joint Press Conference

Joint press conference marking the launch of the Distribution ISAC; the photo shows, from left to right: Kenji Hamada, President and CEO of Asahi Group Japan; Hiroyuki Nagata, President of Trial Holdings; Yutaka Kyotani, Advisor to Mitsubishi Shokuhin; and Akira Shimada, President of NTT.=April 6,2026,Tokyo

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Gold medalist Mao Shimada (front) of Japan hugs compatriot and bronze medalist Mayuko Oka during the medal ceremony for the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Gold medalist Mao Shimada (front) of Japan hugs silver medalist Hana Bath of Australia during the medal ceremony for the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan speaks during a press conference after winning gold in the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan speaks during a press conference after winning gold in the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada (R) of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026, alongside compatriot and bronze medalist Mayuko Oka.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada (L) of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026, alongside compatriot and bronze medalist Mayuko Oka.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026, alongside silver medalist Hana Bath (L) of Australia and bronze medalist Mayuko Oka of Japan.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada (L) of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026, alongside compatriot and bronze medalist Mayuko Oka.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan is pictured after performing in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan waves to the crowd after performing in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan waves to the crowd after winning gold in the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's event at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's free program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 7, 2026. She won gold.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada (R) and Mayuko Oka of Japan pose for a photo after respectively finishing first and second in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada (R) and Mayuko Oka of Japan pose for a photo after respectively finishing first and second in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan reacts after performing in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan reacts after performing in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Mao Shimada of Japan performs in the women's short program at the figure skating junior world championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 5, 2026.

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Actor Hirosue arrested over alleged assault in hospital

Actor Hirosue arrested over alleged assault in hospital

Photo taken on April 8, 2025, shows Shimada General Medical Center in Shimada in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka. Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of injuring a nurse at the hospital by kicking her following a car accident on the Shin-Tomei Expressway on April 7.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Japan's Mao Shimada (C) poses after winning gold in the women's event at the junior figure skating world championships for the third consecutive year in Debrecen, Hungary, on March 1, 2025, alongside silver medalist Shin Ji A (L) of South Korea and bronze medalist Elyce Lin-Gracey of the United States.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Japan's Mao Shimada poses after winning gold in the women's event at the junior figure skating world championships for the third consecutive year in Debrecen, Hungary, on March 1, 2025.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Japan's Mao Shimada (C) poses after winning gold in the women's event at the junior figure skating world championships for the third consecutive year in Debrecen, Hungary, on March 1, 2025, alongside silver medalist Shin Ji A (L) of South Korea and bronze medalist Elyce Lin-Gracey of the United States.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Japan's Mao Shimada performs in the women's free program at the junior figure skating world championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on March 1, 2025.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Japan's Mao Shimada performs in the women's free program at the junior figure skating world championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on March 1, 2025.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Japan's Mao Shimada performs in the women's free program at the junior figure skating world championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on March 1, 2025.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Japan's Mao Shimada performs in the women's free program at the junior figure skating world championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on March 1, 2025.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Japan's Mao Shimada performs in the women's free program at the junior figure skating world championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on March 1, 2025.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Japan's Mao Shimada poses after winning gold in the women's event at the junior figure skating world championships for the third consecutive year in Debrecen, Hungary, on March 1, 2025.

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Figure skating: Junior world championships

Figure skating: Junior world championships

Japan's Mao Shimada poses after winning gold in the women's event at the junior figure skating world championships for the third consecutive year in Debrecen, Hungary, on March 1, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final exhibition gala

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final exhibition gala

Mao Shimada of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition in Grenoble, France, on Dec. 8, 2024.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final exhibition gala

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final exhibition gala

Mao Shimada of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition in Grenoble, France, on Dec. 8, 2024.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final exhibition gala

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final exhibition gala

Mao Shimada of Japan performs during the exhibition gala of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition in Grenoble, France, on Dec. 8, 2024.

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