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Ruling side-backed Hashimoto wins Osaka gubernatorial election

OSAKA, Japan - Toru Hashimoto (C), surrounded by supporters, celebrates at his election campaign office in Osaka Jan. 27 after winning the Osaka gubernatorial election. Lawyer and TV celebrity Hashimoto, 38, backed by the two ruling coalition parties, defeated his main challenger, Sadatoshi Kumagai, 63.

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5 file candidacies for Osaka gubernatorial election

OSAKA, Japan - Sadatoshi Kumagai, 63, a former Osaka University Graduate School professor recommended by the Democratic Party of Japan, the Social Democratic Party and the People's New Party makes his campaign speech in Osaka's Kita Ward on Jan. 10 after filing his candidacy in the Jan. 27 Osaka gubernatorial election.

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Toru Hashimoto, celebrity lawyer, gears up for Osaka gov. race

OSAKA, Japan - Toru Hashimoto (photo), a 38-year-old lawyer and TV celebrity, releases a 17-point election manifesto on Dec. 29 for the Jan. 27 Osaka gubernatorial race. Backed by the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party, Hashimoto is expected to run primarily against Sadatoshi Kumagai, 62, a professor at the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University, who is backed by the Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party. Fusae Ota, the two-term incumbent governor, has announced she will not seek another term.

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'Udon' noodle shops facing the pinch as wheat prices go up

TAKAMATSU, Japan - ''Udon'' noodle shops are feeling the pinch as the price of wheat flour in Japan has shot up as a result of a severe drought in Australia, a leading wheat-growing country and principal wheat supplier to Japan. In Kagawa Prefecture, a region known for the delicious, low-priced Sanuki ''udon,'' some of the 900 Sanuki noodle shops are being forced to raise prices to stay in business. At Udon Tanaka, a noodle shop in Takamatsu (photo), the price of a bowl of plain soup ''udon'' will go up 20 yen to 280 yen from Oct. 1. ''Can't be helped. The price of tempura oil, salt has gone up as well,'' says Udon Tanaka owner Sadatoshi Tanaka.

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Ozato formally appointed LDP General Council chairman

TOKYO, Japan - The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on June 30 formally appointed Sadatoshi Ozato, former head of the Management and Coordination Agency, as chairman of its decision-making General Council. Hiromu Nonaka and Shizuka Kamei were reappointed respectively as secretary general and chairman of the Policy Research Council -- the two other key party leadership posts. Posing for pictures are (2nd from L to R) Nonaka, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori who is also LDP president, Ozato and Kamei.

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Japanese coach begins work with Kenyan volleyball team

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese volleyball coach Sadatoshi Sugawara (R) begins preparing the Kenyan national women's volleyball team on June 7 for next September's Olympic Games in Sydney. The 61-year-old coach has been hired to help get the Kenyan team for its Olympic debut.

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'Udon' noodle shops facing the pinch as wheat prices go up

TAKAMATSU, Japan - ''Udon'' noodle shops are feeling the pinch as the price of wheat flour in Japan has shot up as a result of a severe drought in Australia, a leading wheat-growing country and principal wheat supplier to Japan. In Kagawa Prefecture, a region known for the delicious, low-priced Sanuki ''udon,'' some of the 900 Sanuki noodle shops are being forced to raise prices to stay in business. At Udon Tanaka, a noodle shop in Takamatsu (photo), the price of a bowl of plain soup ''udon'' will go up 20 yen to 280 yen from Oct. 1. ''Can't be helped. The price of tempura oil, salt has gone up as well,'' says Udon Tanaka owner Sadatoshi Tanaka. (Kyodo)

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Toru Hashimoto, celebrity lawyer, gears up for Osaka gov. race

OSAKA, Japan - Toru Hashimoto (photo), a 38-year-old lawyer and TV celebrity, releases a 17-point election manifesto on Dec. 29 for the Jan. 27 Osaka gubernatorial race. Backed by the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party, Hashimoto is expected to run primarily against Sadatoshi Kumagai, 62, a professor at the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University, who is backed by the Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party. Fusae Ota, the two-term incumbent governor, has announced she will not seek another term. (Kyodo)

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5 file candidacies for Osaka gubernatorial election

OSAKA, Japan - Sadatoshi Kumagai, 63, a former Osaka University Graduate School professor recommended by the Democratic Party of Japan, the Social Democratic Party and the People's New Party makes his campaign speech in Osaka's Kita Ward on Jan. 10 after filing his candidacy in the Jan. 27 Osaka gubernatorial election. (Kyodo)

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Ruling side-backed Hashimoto wins Osaka gubernatorial election

OSAKA, Japan - Toru Hashimoto (C), surrounded by supporters, celebrates at his election campaign office in Osaka Jan. 27 after winning the Osaka gubernatorial election. Lawyer and TV celebrity Hashimoto, 38, backed by the two ruling coalition parties, defeated his main challenger, Sadatoshi Kumagai, 63. (Kyodo)

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Japanese coach begins work with Kenyan volleyball team

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese volleyball coach Sadatoshi Sugawara (R) begins preparing the Kenyan national women's volleyball team on June 7 for next September's Olympic Games in Sydney. The 61-year-old coach has been hired to help get the Kenyan team for its Olympic debut.

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Former disaster minister Ozato dies at 86

Photo taken in 2005 shows Sadatoshi Ozato, the minister who was in charge of reconstruction following the 1995 Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake. Ozato died at 86 on Dec. 14, 2016, people close to him said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ozato formally appointed LDP General Council chairman

TOKYO, Japan - The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on June 30 formally appointed Sadatoshi Ozato, former head of the Management and Coordination Agency, as chairman of its decision-making General Council. Hiromu Nonaka and Shizuka Kamei were reappointed respectively as secretary general and chairman of the Policy Research Council -- the two other key party leadership posts. Posing for pictures are (2nd from L to R) Nonaka, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori who is also LDP president, Ozato and Kamei.