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California city dedicates square to WWII Japanese-American soldier

Kenko Sone (L), Japan's consul general in Los Angeles, poses for a photo alongside James Nakakihara (2nd from L), a grandnephew of WWII Japanese-American soldier Sadao Munemori, and others at the newly dedicated Sadao S. Munemori Memorial Square in Glendale, California, on Dec. 9, 2023.

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Victims, Mitsui settle fight over cadmium pollution

TOYAMA, Japan - Kunihiro Takagi (R), leader of a sufferers' group, and Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. President Sadao Senda shake hands, holding documents of agreement, in Toyama, Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013. The compensation issue over one of Japan's four major pollution-caused disease cases reached a complete settlement, as sufferers of cadmium poisoning, known as "Itai-Itai Disease," and the company responsible signed an agreement on it.

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Japanese repatriates return home from N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Sadao Masaki (L), head of the Seishinkai group of former Japanese residents of what is now North Korea, meets with reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 6, 2012, after returning from a 10-day trip to North Korea during which he and other group members studied sites believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II.

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Trip to burial sites for Japanese in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki, the head of Seishinkai, a group of Japanese former residents of what is now North Korea, puts his hands together in prayer on Sept. 5, 2012, at a field believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II, in a suburb of Pyongyang. The group concluded the same day a trip to North Korea during which they studied such sites and offered prayers. In the front are the remains which were said to have been found there in March 2011.

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Trip to burial sites for Japanese in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki (L), the head of Seishinkai, a group of Japanese former residents of what is now North Korea, puts his hands together in prayer on Sept. 5, 2012, near a field believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II, in a suburb of Pyongyang. The group concluded the same day a trip to North Korea during which they studied such sites and offered prayers.

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Visit to burial site for Japanese in N. Korea

HAMHUNG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki (L), the head of Seishinkai, a group of former Japanese residents of what is now North Korea, puts his hands together in prayer facing what are believed to be the remains of Japanese nationals who died around the end of World War II, excavated at a site in Bupyong, outside Hamhung in the south of Hamgyong Province in eastern North Korea, on Sept. 2, 2012.

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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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Japanese repatriates in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki (front), head of Seishinkai, a group of former Japanese residents of what is now North Korea, and other members of the group visit Chongjin in North Korea's northeast on Aug. 31, 2012.

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Japanese repatriates in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki (3rd from R), head of Seishinkai, a group of former Japanese residents of what is now North Korea, and other members of the group tour Chongjin in North Korea's northeast on Aug. 31, 2012.

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Japanese repatriates to visit N. Korea burial sites

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki, head of the Seishinkai group of former Japanese residents in Korea, talks with reporters upon arrival at Pyongyang's international airport on Aug. 28, 2012, to visit burial sites that North Korea says contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II. Masaki and other members of Seishinkai plan to visit several burial sites in Pyongyang and other parts of the country during a 10-day trip to North Korea.

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Japanese repatriates to visit N. Korea burial sites

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki (L front) and other members of a group of former Japanese residents in Korea arrive at Pyongyang's international airport on Aug. 28, 2012, to visit burial sites that North Korea says contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II. The members of Seishinkai plan to visit several burial sites in Pyongyang and other parts of the country during a 10-day trip to North Korea.

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Pro-nuclear plant mayor reelected

KAMINOSEKI, Japan - Shigemi Kashiwabara (C), mayor of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, bows to supporters in the town after reelection to a third four-year term on Sept. 25, 2011. Kashiwabara, an advocate of a Chugoku Electric Power Co. proposal to build a nuclear power station in the town, defeated antinuclear challenger Sadao Yamato, who heads a civic group opposed to the plan.

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Musicians to teach jazz in college

TOKYO, Japan - Jazz musicians Yosuke Yamashita (L), Sadao Watanabe (C) and Makoto Ozone smile after a press conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2010. They will teach a new course on jazz at Kunitachi College of Music in western Tokyo from the academic year beginning in April 2011.

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Japan saxophone giant Watanabe performs in Montreal

MONTREAL, Canada - Veteran saxophonist Sadao Watanabe gestures while performing at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on July 2. The organizer of the renowned event invited the 72-year-old musician from Japan before a visit by the country's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

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Japan saxophone giant Watanabe performs in Montreal

MONTREAL, Canada - Veteran saxophonist Sadao Watanabe performs in the Montreal International Jazz Festival on July 2. The organizer of the renowned event invited the 76-year-old musician from Japan before a visit by the country's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

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Japan saxophone giant Watanabe performs in Montreal

MONTREAL, Canada - Veteran saxophonist Sadao Watanabe performs in the Montreal International Jazz Festival on July 2. The organizer of the renowned event invited the 76-year-old musician from Japan before a visit by the country's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

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Ex-Dragons manager Sadao Kondo dies at 80

TOKYO, Jpaan - Sadao Kondo (file photo taken in 1994), a Hall of Famer who was known for helping establish the division of labor for pitchers and who skippered the Chunichi Dragons and two other teams, dies at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 2. He was 80.

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(4)Japan Week kicks off at Aichi Expo featuring world music concerts

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Japanese jazz legend Sadao Watanabe (at center on the stage) and a group of children give their performance during an event to celebrate Japan Day and Japan Week at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on June 6.

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Nippon Life solvency margin ratio up to 927.9%

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Sadao Kato tells a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26 that the company's solvency margin ratio, a key gauge of an insurer's ability to pay policyholders, stood at 927.9 percent as of Sept. 30, up from 893.8 percent as of March 31.

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Sax player Watanabe to supervise gov't pavilion in Aichi expo

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned Japanese jazz saxophonist Sadao Watanabe (file photo) was appointed Nov. 21 to oversee the Japanese government pavilion during the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture. The Aichi Expo will be held in the cities of Seto and Toyota and the town of Nagakute from March 25 to Sept. 25, 2005.

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Court orders ministry to give 'free taxi' firm license

NAGOYA, Japan - Sadao Aoki (C), president of the Kyoto-based taxi firm MK Co., speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on Oct. 29 about a Nagoya District Court's ruling that ordered the transport ministry to cancel its decision not to issue license numbers for taxis used for promotional purposes. As part of a promotional campaign MK planned to have 25 taxis offering free rides for up to 1,500 yen in metered charges for one year in Nagoya.

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Kuwano appointed as Sanyo president

OSAKA, Japan - Yukinori Kuwano, senior managing director of Sanyo Electric Co., meets the press in Osaka on Oct. 27 after he was formally appointed president to replace Sadao Kondo. Kondo will resign over a subsidiary's sales of defective solar cell systems.

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Sanyo Elec. president offers to resign over defect

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. President Sadao Kondo, at a news conference in Osaka on Oct. 24, announces his resignation to take responsibility for the sale of defective solar cell systems by a subsidiary.

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Sanyo, IBM to develop microchips

Sadao Kondo (R), president of Sanyo Electric Co., shakes hands with Michael J. Attardo, general manager of the Microelectronics Division of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) of the United States, after announcing that the two firms will jointly develop microchips for digital televisions and other digital home devices. He made the announcement in Osaka July 27.

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Sax player Watanabe to supervise gov't pavilion in Aichi expo

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned Japanese jazz saxophonist Sadao Watanabe (file photo) was appointed Nov. 21 to oversee the Japanese government pavilion during the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture. The Aichi Expo will be held in the cities of Seto and Toyota and the town of Nagakute from March 25 to Sept. 25, 2005.

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Nippon Life solvency margin ratio up to 927.9%

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Sadao Kato tells a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26 that the company's solvency margin ratio, a key gauge of an insurer's ability to pay policyholders, stood at 927.9 percent as of Sept. 30, up from 893.8 percent as of March 31. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Dragons manager Sadao Kondo dies at 80

TOKYO, Jpaan - Sadao Kondo (file photo taken in 1994), a Hall of Famer who was known for helping establish the division of labor for pitchers and who skippered the Chunichi Dragons and two other teams, dies at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 2. He was 80.

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Court orders ministry to give 'free taxi' firm license

NAGOYA, Japan - Sadao Aoki (C), president of the Kyoto-based taxi firm MK Co., speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on Oct. 29 about a Nagoya District Court's ruling that ordered the transport ministry to cancel its decision not to issue license numbers for taxis used for promotional purposes. As part of a promotional campaign MK planned to have 25 taxis offering free rides for up to 1,500 yen in metered charges for one year in Nagoya.

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(2)Court releases 2 defendants over political donation scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Sadao Usuda, who formerly headed the Japan Dental Association, leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on Sept. 27 after being released on bail of 20 million yen. Usuda was indicted on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law in connection with donations to a Liberal Democratic Party faction, formerly led by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. (Kyodo)

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Japan - General Sadao Araki and General Nobuyuki Abe

(left) General Sadao Araki (1877-1966) - general in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. Leader of the Kodo-ha (Imperial Way) faction, an ultra-nationalistic group active in the 1930s. He strongly advocated the importance of character building through rigid mental and physical discipline. (right) General Nobuyuki Abe (1875-1953) - general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea, and 36th Prime Minister of Japan from 30th August 1939 to 16th January 1940. Date: circa 1940

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Battle of Guadalcanal survivor shows photo as young WWII soldier

Sadao Suzuki, a survivor of the 1942-1943 Battle of Guadalcanal in the southwestern Pacific during World War II, shows his photo as a young Imperial Japanese Army soldier on Feb. 4, 2015, at his home in Asahikawa in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maestro Ozawa applauded after Paris concert

Famed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (2nd from R) is applauded after a concert in Paris on July 1, 2015, with cellist Sadao Harada on his left looking on. On his right are young musicians who played in the concert. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese cellist Harada conducts for Ozawa academy's musicians

Japanese cellist Sadao Harada (R) responds to the audience's applause after conducting a concert by young musicians at the Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland in Paris on July 3, 2015. Ozawa, the internationally renowned conductor, had abruptly canceled his appearance at the concert due to fatigue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Late Korean student's father receives decoration from Japan

Lee Sung Dae, father of Lee Soon Hyun who died in 2001 while attempting to save a Japanese man following his fall from a Tokyo station platform, poses with Japanese Consulate General Sadao Matsui in the southeastern port city of Busan, South Korea, on June 16, 2015. The elderly Lee, active in Japan-South Korea student exchanges, received a decoration, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays, from the Japanese government for his contribution to improving bilateral ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima A-bombing sufferer urges nuke arms abolition at U.S. event

Sadao Yamamoto, an 83-year-old survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at an opening ceremony for an A-bomb exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington on June 13, 2015. Yamamoto called for the abolition of nuclear weapons at the exhibition, the first of its kind held in the U.S. capital in 20 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese blowfish dish introduced at Expo Milano 2015

Sadao Oshiumi (L), a chef licensed for cooking blowfish, performs the art of thinly slicing the blowfish and then displaying them in a crane shape on a plate to visitors to the Japan Pavilion of Expo Milano 2015 on May 24, 2015. Expo Milano made exceptional measures to allow the admission of blowfish, although the importation of such poisonous fish is usually regulated by the European Union. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukuoka weavers present kabuki's Ebizo with replica of old kimono

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (L) receives a traditional kimono made of the Hakata-ori textile, a specialty of Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, from Sadao Terashima, head of a local weaving industry guild, in Fukuoka city on April 3, 2015. Guild members spent half a year to produce the kimono, replicating one that the seventh-generation Ichikawa Danjuro was fond of about 200 years ago. Ebizo's late father is the 12th-generation Danjuro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ICRC chief Maurer listens to survivor of Hiroshima A-bombing

Peter Maurer (L), president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, listens to Sadao Yamamoto (front), a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, during his visit to the western Japan city on Feb. 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Microbrewer in Tochigi targets niche market with craft beers

Photo taken Dec. 28, 2016 in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, shows Sadao Yokosuka, operator of a microbrewery in the town north of Tokyo, with his craft beers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jazz sax player Watanabe honored by Brazil for promoting local music

Sadao Watanabe (L), a famed Japanese jazz saxophone player, speaks during an awarding ceremony for the Order of Rio Branco conferred on him by the Brazilian government at the Brazilian ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2015. He was honored for his contribution to promoting Brazilian music in Japan. On the right is Brazilian Ambassador to Japan Andre Correa do Lago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jazz sax player Watanabe honored by Brazil for promoting local music

Sadao Watanabe, a famed Japanese jazz saxophone player, performs during an awarding ceremony for the Order of Rio Branco conferred on him by the Brazilian government at the Brazilian ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2015. He was honored for his contribution to promoting Brazilian music in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japan soldier recalls training for WWII motorboat suicide mission

Sadao Shindo recounts the training he received for an Imperial Japanese Navy motorboat suicide mission during World War II at his home in Kawatana, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Father of S. Korean killed in Tokyo rescue attempt receives award

Lee Song Dae (L), the father of Lee Su Hyon who was killed by an oncoming train in 2001 as he tried to rescue a drunken stranger at a Tokyo station, poses for photos with Sadao Matsui, Japan's consul general in Busan, South Korea, on June 16, 2015. Lee Song Dae received an award certificate for providing financial support for foreign students in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-welfare ass'n official held on suspicion of embezzlement

OSAKA, Japan - Sadao Sotome, a former senior official at a government-authorized welfare association supporting mentally handicapped people, hides his face while arriving at JR Shin-Osaka Station from Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 24, 2009. Sotome was later arrested on suspicion of pocketing about 10 million yen from the body's coffers. (Kyodo)

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Japan saxophone giant Watanabe performs in Montreal

MONTREAL, Canada - Veteran saxophonist Sadao Watanabe gestures while performing at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on July 2. The organizer of the renowned event invited the 72-year-old musician from Japan before a visit by the country's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. (Kyodo)

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Japan saxophone giant Watanabe performs in Montreal

MONTREAL, Canada - Veteran saxophonist Sadao Watanabe performs in the Montreal International Jazz Festival on July 2. The organizer of the renowned event invited the 76-year-old musician from Japan before a visit by the country's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. (Kyodo)

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Japan saxophone giant Watanabe performs in Montreal

MONTREAL, Canada - Veteran saxophonist Sadao Watanabe performs in the Montreal International Jazz Festival on July 2. The organizer of the renowned event invited the 76-year-old musician from Japan before a visit by the country's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. (Kyodo)

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(4)Japan Week kicks off at Aichi Expo featuring world music conc

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Japanese jazz legend Sadao Watanabe (at center on the stage) and a group of children give their performance during an event to celebrate Japan Day and Japan Week at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on June 6. (Kyodo)

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Musicians to teach jazz in college

TOKYO, Japan - Jazz musicians Yosuke Yamashita (L), Sadao Watanabe (C) and Makoto Ozone smile after a press conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2010. They will teach a new course on jazz at Kunitachi College of Music in western Tokyo from the academic year beginning in April 2011. (Kyodo)