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Recipients of Japanese decorations

Recipients of the Grand Cordon, including former House of Councillors President Hidehisa Otsuji (7th from L) and former Supreme Court chief justice Saburo Tokura (8th from L), pose for a commemorative photo following the conferment ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Recipients of Japanese decorations

Recipients of the Grand Cordon, including former House of Councillors President Hidehisa Otsuji (C) and former Supreme Court chief justice Saburo Tokura (C,R), pose for a commemorative photo following the conferment ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former Supreme Court chief justice Saburo Tokura during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Order of Culture award ceremony

Former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi (C, R) receives the prestigious Order of Culture medal from Emperor Naruhito during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2023.

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Tokyo Olympic chief Mori to resign

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 11 Kyodo - Tokyo Olympic organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori (L) and former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi are pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2020. Mori decided in February 2021 to step down over making controversial remarks blasted both in Japan and abroad as sexist, with Kawabuchi likely to replace him.

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Likely new Tokyo Olympic organizing committee head

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 11 Kyodo - Photo taken Dec. 15, 2020, shows former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi. He may replace Yoshiro Mori, who decided in February 2021 to resign as Tokyo Olympic organizing committee head over his Feb. 3 remarks slammed in Japan and abroad as sexist.

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Elderly singer performs before railway station

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese "enka" ballad singer Saburo Daimon performs in a unique costume on Dec. 3, 2014, in front of an East Japan Railway Co. station in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo. The 65-year-old has been staging such performances almost every weekday for over six years to help encourage local people.

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Top JFA officials watch RoboCup-winning soccer robot

CHIBA, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (R) and supreme adviser Saburo Kawabuchi pose with a soccer robot in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014. The Chiba Institute of Technology's humanoid robot team won this year's RoboCup world soccer event in Brazil.

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Singer Kitajima performs 4,500 shows in 46 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Kitajima, a popular singer of "enka," often considered a form of Japanese blues, waves to the audience at the Meijiza theater in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2014, after performing his 4,500th show as leader of a theatrical company since September 1968.

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Singer Kitajima performs 4,500 stages in 46 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Kitajima, a popular singer of "enka," often considered a form of Japanese blues, bows to the audience at the Meijiza theater in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2014, after finishing his 4,500th show as leader of a theatrical company since September 1968.

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Japan PM Abe, wife visit Teotihuacan World Heritage site

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie listen to Saburo Sugiyama (R), a researcher at Aichi Prefectural University in Nagakute, central Japan, during a tour of the Teotihuacan archaeological site, registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list, on the outskirts of Mexico City on July 26, 2014.

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Japan soccer leader gets lucky charm for World Cup finals

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Kawabuchi (R), supreme adviser to the Japan Football Association, receives a "daruma" doll in Tokyo from members of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Honjo, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on June 2, 2014, as a lucky charm for the Japanese national squad participating in the World Cup finals in Brazil opening on June 12.

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Singer Kitajima to retire from stage play as troupe head

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran "enka" Japanese ballad singer Saburo Kitajima poses at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 21, 2014, making a pitch for what will be his final series of stage performances as the leader of his theatrical company ending next January.

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106-year-old gets special 'Best Dresser' award

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Shochi, a 106-year-old academic who has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to have traveled around the world using public transportation, receives a special "Best Dresser" award at a ceremony for the 41st Best Dresser Award held in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2012. Shochi is an educator and professor emeritus at Fukuoka University of Education.

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Japanese repatriates in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki (R), head of Seishinkai, a group of former Japanese residents of what is now North Korea, and group member Saburo Sakaguchi join their hands in prayer facing remains excavated at a site believed to be a burial ground for Japanese in Komusan, North Korea, on Aug. 30, 2012.

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Japanese repatriates in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki (C), head of Seishinkai, a group of former Japanese residents of what is now North Korea, and group member Saburo Sakaguchi (L) join their hands in prayer facing remains excavated at a site believed to be a burial ground for Japanese in Komusan, North Korea, on Aug. 30, 2012.

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Oldest round-the-world traveler

FUKUOKA, Japan - Saburo Shochi, a notable educator and professor emeritus at the Fukuoka University of Education, arrives at Fukuoka airport on Aug. 16, 2012, from a monthlong round-the-world lecture tour. The academic, who turned 106 that day, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to complete a round-the-world trip using public transportation systems.

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Oldest round-the-world traveler

FUKUOKA, Japan - Saburo Shochi, a notable educator and professor emeritus at the Fukuoka University of Education, arrives at Fukuoka airport on Aug. 16, 2012, from a monthlong round-the-world lecture tour. The academic, who turned 106 that day, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to complete a round-the-world trip using public transportation systems.

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Ex-UNHCR Representative in Japan Takizawa

NAGANO, Japan - Saburo Takizawa, a former representative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' office in Japan, speaks at a civic group's meeting on assisting refugees held Oct. 14, 2011, in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.

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Lotte takes Japan Series title

NAGOYA, Japan - Lotte Marines manager Norifumi Nishimura (C) is showered with beer by players Tsuyoshi Nishioka (R) and Saburo Omura (L) in a celebration held at a hotel in Nagoya soon after the team's victory in the Japan Series on Nov. 7, 2010. Lotte beat the Chunichi Dragons 8-7 in Game 7 at Nagoya Dome.

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Lotte Marines' celebration

FUKUOKA, Japan - (From L) The Lotte Marines' Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Saburo Omura and manager Norifumi Nishimura pour beer on each other in celebration after their club clinched a berth in the Japan Series at a Fukuoka hotel on Oct. 19, 2010.

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World Cup trophy arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Kawabuchi (L), honorary president of the Japan Football Association, attends a ceremony for the arrival of the FIFA World Cup trophy in Japan at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 23, 2010. The trophy has been relayed among more than 80 countries and territories ahead of the June 11 start of the international soccer match.

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Lotte's Saburo hits broken-bat RBI single

KOBE, Japan - Lotte Marines outfielder Saburo Omura hits a broken-bat run-scoring single to center against the Orix Buffaloes during a game at Skymark Stadium in Kobe on Sept. 6, 2009.

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Rakutan ace Tanaka strains in game vs Lotte

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka reacts after striking out Chiba Lotte Marines Saburo Omura in the eighth inning of a game at Kleenex Stadium in Sendai on Aug. 14. Tanaka took his 10th win in his team's 4-3 victory.

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PL beats CL in Game 2 of Japan's All-Star baseball series

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Pacific League's Saburo Omura homers in the fifth against the Central League team in Game 2 of the All-Star series at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on July 25.

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Hanshin catcher Kano misses pop fly

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers catcher Keisuke Kano fails to catch a pop fly by Lotte Marines outfielder Saburo Omura in the ninth inning of a game at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on May 26. The Marines won 3-2.

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Shinjuku Koma theater closes after 52 years

TOKYO, Japan - Pop singers perform for the last time at Shinjuku Koma Stadium theater in Tokyo on Dec. 31, which closed after a 52-year history. Upper center is Saburo Kitajima.

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JFA Council rubber-stamps appointment of Inukai as new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 12 after being appointed as president of the Japan Football Association by JFA Council. Inukai succeeded Saburo Kawabuchi, who left his post after the expiration of his third two-year term and became honorary president of the JFA.

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JFA Council rubber-stamps appointment of Inukai as new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai (L), new president of the Japan Football Association, and Saburo Kawabuchi, outgoing JFA president, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on July 12. The JFA Council appointed Inukai as new JFA president to succeed Kawabuchi, who left his post after the expiration of his third two-year term and became honorary president of the JFA.

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Creditors effectively end bankruptcy proceedings for AUM

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Abe, a lawyer who serves as bankruptcy administrator of AUM Shinrikyo, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 26 after a meeting of creditors of the cult group. Abe said victims of a series of crimes committed by AUM members are expected to receive only about 40 percent of what should be paid to them.

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Japan soccer coach Osim in intensive care after stroke

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Kawabuchi, president of the Japan Football Association, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 16 about the condition of Japan coach Ivica Osim, who is in intensive care after suffering a stroke earlier in the day.

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AUM bankruptcy proceedings to wrap up next March

TOKYO, Japan - Bankruptcy administrator Saburo Abe heads to the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 10 to attend the 15th meeting of victims' representatives and other creditors in bankruptcy proceedings for AUM Shinrikyo. The bankruptcy proceedings will conclude in March 2008, 12 years after the cult was declared insolvent in 1996, and the bankruptcy administrator will seek ways to compensate victims of crimes involving AUM.

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Business storyteller Shiroyama dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Shiroyama (in photo taken in May 2003), a leading Japanese writer of business and biographical novels, died on March 22 of interstitial lung disease at a hospital in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, his agent said. He was 79. Brought up in Nagoya, Shiroyama, whose real name is Eiichi Sugiura, pioneered a style of business novel featuring inside stories of corporate Japan in the early 1970s, and also authored a number of books often modeled on existing personalities.

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Draw made for FIFA World Club Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Turin Olympic figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (L) and Saburo Kawabuchi, president of the Japan Football Association, stand by the trophy for this year's FIFA World Club Cup during a drawing in Tokyo on Oct. 12. The FIFA World Club Cup will be held in Japan from Dec. 10 to Dec. 17.

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JFA finalizes deal with Osim for Japan coach job

TOKYO, Japan - Former JEF United Chiba manager Ivica Osim (R) and Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi swaps pens after signing a deal for the appointment of Osim as Japan's national soccer team coach at a Tokyo hotel on July 21.

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Zico ends his job as Japan coach

TOKYO, Japan - Japan coach Zico (R) shakes hands with Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi at the end of his final news conference as coach in Tokyo on June 26.

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JFA in talks with Osim for national team job

NARITA, Japan - Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, June 24 after returning from the 2006 World Cup soccer finals in Germany. Kawabuchi said the JFA is in talks with JEF United Chiba manager Ivica Osim for the national team job.

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Scene of Japan practice in Bonn

BONN, Germany - Japan midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata (R) chats with Japan Football Association captain, Saburo Kawabuchi, before Japan squad's practice in Bonn on June 16.

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Scene of Japan Practice in Bonn

BONN, Germany - Japan coach Zico (L) chats with Japan Football Association captain, Saburo Kawaguchi, before Japan squad's official practice in Bonn on June 13.

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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko meet with World Cup members

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, a goalkeeper for Japan's squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, leaves the Imperial Palace in Tokyo by car on May 16 after a meeting with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. The imperial couple invited to the palace coach Zico, Saburo Kawabuchi, president of the Japan Football Association, and four players from the Japanese team.

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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko meet with World Cup members

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Kawabuchi, president of the Japan Football Association, speaks to reporters after a meeting with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 16. The imperial couple invited to the palace Kawabuchi, coach Zico, and four players from the 23-man squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko meet with World Cup members

TOKYO, Japan - Japan soccer coach Zico enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo by car on May 16 to meet with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. The imperial couple invited to the palace Zico, Saburo Kawabuchi, president of the Japan Football Association, and four players on Japan's squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko meet with World Cup members

TOKYO, Japan - Hidetoshi Nakata (L), a midfielder on Japan's soccer team for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto leave the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 16 after a meeting with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. The imperial couple invited to the palace coach Zico, Saburo Kawabuchi, president of the Japan Football Association, and four players on Japan's squad for the World Cup.

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Japan coach Zico names World Cup squad

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi (L) shakes hands with Japan coach Zico in Tokyo on May 15 after Zico named his 23-man squad for next month's World Cup finals in Germany.

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Japan's World Cup roster to be set on May 15

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association Chairman Saburo Kawabuchi (L) and Japan coach Zico pose for photos at the end of their joint press conference in Tokyo on April 4.

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Japan draw Brazil, Croatia and Australia in World Cup

LEIPZIG, Germany - Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi (L) and Japan coach Zico react in Leipzig, Germany, on Dec. 9 after Japan received a draw for Group F for the 2006 World Cup finals. (2005/12/10 0016)

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Japan wants N. Korea match to be played in Malaysia

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi speaks at a press conference in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on April 30. He said JFA wants Japan's upcoming World Cup qualifier against North Korea to be played in Malaysia after FIFA decided that the match will be played at a neutral venue. Seated on the left is JFA Vice President Junji Ogura.

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(3)German Year in Japan begins

TOKYO, Japan - German President Horst Koehler (R) and Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi (L) exchange soccer uniforms during an event to promote the 2006 World Cup soccer matches in Tokyo on April 4.

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Seiko Epson, Sanyo to integrate LCD operations

TOKYO, Japan - Seiko Epson Corp. President Saburo Kusama (L) and Sanyo Electric Co. President Yukinori Kuwano poses for photos at a press conference in Tokyo on March 24 after announcing an agreement to form a joint company in October 2004 to integrate their liquid crystal display (LCD) operations in a bid to survive competition and slash development costs.

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Seiko Epson proves popular on stock debut

TOKYO, Japan - Seiko Epson Corp. President Saburo Kusama speaks at a news conference June 24 after the company's stock debuted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) on June 24, fetching an initial price of 3,690 yen, up 1,090 yen from the initial public offering (IPO) price of 2,600 yen. The leading ink-jet printer maker based in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, was listed on the TSE's First Section.