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[Breaking News]Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Japan, kills 1

SANO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo -Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows tea leaves scattered on a road in Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 4, 2026. The tea leaves spilled from a moving truck on the road, causing drivers of vehicles behind it to lose control and leading to a multi-vehicle crash resulting in the death of one man. (Kyodo)

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Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Japan, kills 1

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows tea leaves scattered on a road in Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 4, 2026. The tea leaves spilled from a moving truck on the road, causing drivers of vehicles behind it to lose control and leading to a multi-vehicle crash resulting in the death of one man.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Ritsu Doan (L) of Eintracht Frankfurt and Kaishu Sano of Mainz vie for the ball during a German Bundesliga football match in Frankfurt on Nov. 9, 2025.

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German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Augsburg and FSV Mainz

Sano Kaishu (1st L) of FSV Mainz 05 shoots to score during the German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Augsburg and FSV Mainz 05 in Augsburg, Germany, Sept. 20, 2025. Photo by Philippe Ruiz/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Augsburg and FSV Mainz

Sano Kaishu of FSV Mainz 05 celebrates scoring during during the German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Augsburg and FSV Mainz 05 in Augsburg, Germany, Sept. 20, 2025. Photo by Philippe Ruiz/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Football: German Bundesliga

Kaishu Sano of Mainz celebrates after scoring the team's first goal in the first half of a German Bundesliga football match against Augsburg in Augsburg, Germany, on Sept. 20, 2025.

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Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Keita Sano hits an RBI single in the second inning of a Group B game against Cuba at the Premier12 baseball tournament on Nov. 17, 2024, in Taipei.

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Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Shota Morishita (1) is greeted by teammates after scoring on an RBI single by Keita Sano in the second inning of a Group B game against Cuba at the Premier12 baseball tournament on Nov. 17, 2024, in Taipei.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Members of the Japanese team - (from left) Koji Miyajiki, Kazuya Kaneko, Naoki Hagiwara, Yuji Taguchi, Haruki Torii and Yuto Sano - jump on the podium after winning the men's goalball final at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024 at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Members of the Japanese team - (from left) Koji Miyajiki, Kazuya Kaneko, Naoki Hagiwara, Yuji Taguchi, Haruki Torii and Yuto Sano - pose with their gold medals after winning the men's goalball event at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024, at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Yuto Sano of Japan reacts after scoring in the first half of overtime in the men's goalball final against Ukraine at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024 at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Yuto Sano of Japan scores in the second half of the men's goalball final against Ukraine at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024 at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Football: Dutch Cup

NEC Nijmegen's Kodai Sano (L) vies for the ball during the Dutch Cup final against Feyenoord on April 21, 2024, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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Asian Games: Weightlifting

Japan's Kyotaro Sano lifts 142 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the men's weightlifting 61-kg event at the Asian Games on Oct. 1, 2023, in Hangzhou, China.

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Asian Games: Weightlifting

Japan's Kyotaro Sano lifts 142 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the men's weightlifting 61-kg event at the Asian Games on Oct. 1, 2023, in Hangzhou, China.

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World oldest surfer

Japanese 89-year-old Seiichi Sano poses for a photo with his surf board at a wave machine facility in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 18, 2023. Sano has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to surf.

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World oldest surfer

Japanese 89-year-old Seiichi Sano poses for a photo with his surf board at a wave machine facility in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 18, 2023. Sano has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to surf.

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World oldest surfer

Japanese 89-year-old Seiichi Sano rides a wave at a wave machine facility in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 18, 2023. Sano has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to surf.

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They Cloned Tyrone Premiere - LA

Dana Sano, the Premiere Of Netflix's "They Cloned Tyrone" at Hollywood Post 43 - American Legion in LHollywood, CA, USA on June 27 2023. Photo by Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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They Cloned Tyrone Premiere - LA

Dana Sano, the Premiere Of Netflix's "They Cloned Tyrone" at Hollywood Post 43 - American Legion in LHollywood, CA, USA on June 27 2023. Photo by Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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They Cloned Tyrone Premiere - LA

Dana Sano, the Premiere Of Netflix's "They Cloned Tyrone" at Hollywood Post 43 - American Legion in LHollywood, CA, USA on June 27 2023. Photo by Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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They Cloned Tyrone Premiere - LA

Dana Sano, the Premiere Of Netflix's "They Cloned Tyrone" at Hollywood Post 43 - American Legion in LHollywood, CA, USA on June 27 2023. Photo by Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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They Cloned Tyrone Premiere - LA

Dana Sano arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix's 'They Cloned Tyrone' held at the Hollywood American Legion Post 43 at Hollywood Legion Theater on June 27, 2023 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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They Cloned Tyrone Premiere - LA

Dana Sano arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix's 'They Cloned Tyrone' held at the Hollywood American Legion Post 43 at Hollywood Legion Theater on June 27, 2023 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World's oldest surfer

Japanese 89-year-old Seiichi Sano (C) rides a wave at a beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 30, 2023. Sano has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to surf.

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World's oldest surfer

Japanese 89-year-old Seiichi Sano holds his Guinness World Record certificate for being the oldest person to surf, at a beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 30, 2023.

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Int'l confab on humanitarian impact of nuclear arms

VIENNA, Austria - Toshio Sano, ambassador of the Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, speaks at the third Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Dec. 9, 2014.

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Ramen shop in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Ramen shop owner Aleksandr Garkushenko (R) and Japanese businessman Atsushi Sano (L) sit at a table with bowls of Japanese ramen at Garkushenko's shop IKI in Vladivostok, Russia, on Jan. 15, 2014. Business has picked up since Garkushenko improved his self-taught recipes, thanks to Sano's advice and help with securing ingredients from Japan.

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Sanyo electric fan caused fire, killing couple in Tokyo

OSAKA, Japan - Seiichiro Sano, president of Sanyo Electric Co., bows in apology during a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 23. Sano announced that an old electric fan made by Sanyo Electric Co. around 1970 caused a fire in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Aug. 20, killing a couple.

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Gunma-chan wins local mascot contest

TOKONAME, Japan - Gunma prefectural mascot Gunma-chan (L), the 2014 winner of an annual local mascot popularity contest, receives the gold medal from the previous winner, Sanomaru, a mascot of the city of Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, during an event in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2014.

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Bicycle racer Sano vows to shine in Saitama race

SAITAMA, Japan - Junya Sano, this year's Japanese National Road Race champion, brims with confidence at a press conference in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 25, 2014, as he prepares for the 2014 Le Tour de France Saitama Criterium. Set for Oct. 25, the race will take place around East Japan Railway Co.'s Saitama Shintoshin Station in Saitama. Italian Vincenzo Nibali and other top racers are also scheduled to participate.

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New walker assist device 'ACSIVE'

GIFU, Japan - Professor Akihito Sano of Nagoya Institute of Technology on Sept. 9, 2014, explains in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, a new walker assist device called "ACSIVE," developed jointly with Imasen Engineering Corp. Spring assisted "ACSIVE" does not rely on batteries or motors.

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Nagasaki student peace envoy attends disarmament confab

GENEVA, Switzerland - Masaki Koyanagi (L), one of 20 Japanese high school students visiting the United Nations Office at Geneva, attends the Conference on Disarmament with Japanese Ambassador Toshio Sano on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Japanese performers commemorate Lafcadio Hearn in Greece

LEFKADA, Greece - Japanese actor Shiro Sano (L) recites passages from works of Lafcadio Hearn, aka Koizumi Yakumo, an author originally from Lefkada, Greece, with music played by Japanese guitarist Kyoji Yamamoto on the Greek island on July 5, 2014, to mark the 110th anniversary of Hearn's birth. Both Sano and Yamamoto are from Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, where Hearn spent his later life.

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Emperor, Empress at folk museum in Tochigi Pref.

SANO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko look at the statue of Shozo Tanaka at a folk museum in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 21, 2014.

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Exhibition in memory of 'Ramen Demon' begins in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - An exhibition of goods including recipe notes used by "Ramen Demon" Minoru Sano begins in memory of the feared and respected chef at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, a food-themed amusement park, in Yokohama on April 3, 2014, following his recent death.

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Japan assumes presidency of Geneva disarmament confab

GENEVA, Switzerland - Toshio Sano, Japanese ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, moderates a session as the new president of the conference in the Swiss city of Geneva on March 18, 2014. Sano said in his statement that disarmament was a central pillar of Japan's foreign policy and that the Japanese people strongly desired a world without nuclear weapons.

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Tochigi's "Sanomaru" wins mascot competition

SAITAMA, Japan - "Sanomaru" (left), the local mascot of Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, receives congratulations from "Kumamon," the black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, after winning the "yuru-kyara" (loose character) grand prix competition, the results of which were announced in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 24, 2013.

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COP19 in Warsaw

WARSAW, Poland - Naderev Sano (R), a negotiator from the Philippines, attends a press conference on Nov. 19, 2013, in Warsaw, Poland, where the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held.

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COP19 in Warsaw

WARSAW, Poland - Naderev Sano (C), a negotiator from the Philippines, attends a press conference on Nov. 19, 2013, in Warsaw, Poland, where the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held.

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Japan reaches women's volleyball semis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yuko Sano (front) dives for the ball during the fourth set of a match against China in the women's volleyball quarterfinals at Earls Court at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 7, 2012. Japan beat China 28-26, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 18-16 and advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 1988. At right is Japan's Yukiko Ebata.

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Japan women fall to Russia in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Players of the Japanese team (From L) Yoshie Takeshita, Kaori Inoue, Saori Kimura, Yuko Sano, Saori Sakoda and Risa Shinnabe leave the court after being defeated by Russia in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court, London, on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan lost to Russia 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19.

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Photographer Hori's works disclosed to media

MATSUE, Japan - Photographs taken by Japanese photographer Ichiro Hori (1879-1969), including portraits of Japanese Adm. Heihachiro Togo (L front) and Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi's wife Mary (2nd from L, front), are disclosed to the media at Matsue History Museum in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2012. The photos, kept at the home of Kosaku Sano, Hori's nephew, in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, are scheduled to be exhibited at the museum from March 20, 2012.

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79-year-old woman donates 100 mil. yen to city

SAITAMA, Japan - Chieko Sano (R), 79, gives a 100 million yen check to Warabi Mayor Hideo Yoritaka at Warabi city hall in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2011. Sano donated the money earned from her long years of working for the local community and children.

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Panasonic to make 2 subsidiaries wholly owned units

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo (C), Sanyo Electric Co. President Seiichiro Sano (L) and Panasonic Electric Works Co. President Shusaku Nagae pose for photos ahead of a news conference in Osaka on July 29, 2010. Panasonic announced it will make the two subsidiaries wholly owned units in a bid to bolster its environmental and energy-related businesses.

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Panasonic to make 2 subsidiaries wholly owned units

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo (R) speaks during a news conference attended by Sanyo Electric Co. President Seiichiro Sano in Osaka on July 29, 2010. Panasonic announced it will make Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works Co. wholly owned units in a bid to bolster its environmental and energy-related businesses.

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Panasonic to make 2 subsidiaries wholly owned units

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo (C), Sanyo Electric Co. President Seiichiro Sano (L) and Panasonic Electric Works Co. President Shusaku Nagae (R) attend a news conference in Osaka on July 29, 2010. Panasonic announced it will make the two subsidiaries wholly owned units in a bid to bolster its environmental and energy-related businesses.

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Panasonic to make 2 subsidiaries wholly owned units

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo (C), Sanyo Electric Co. President Seiichiro Sano (L) and Panasonic Electric Works Co. President Shusaku Nagae join hands ahead of a news conference in Osaka on July 29, 2010. Panasonic announced it will make the two subsidiaries wholly owned units in a bid to bolster its environmental and energy-related businesses.

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Panasonic gets 50.19% stake in Sanyo in successful tender offer

OSAKA, Japan - Fumio Otsubo (L), president of Panasonic Corp., and Seiichiro Sano, president of Sanyo Electric Co., shake hands during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2009, at which they announced that Panasonic has acquired a 50.19 percent stake in Sanyo for 403.78 billion yen, completing a tender offer that will create one of the world's largest consumer electronics conglomerates.

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Sanyo Electric logs 93.2 billion yen net loss in FY 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. President Seiichiro Sano speaks during a news conference in Osaka on May 14. Sano said the company fell into the red in fiscal 2008 for the first time in two years with a group net loss of 93.23 billion yen in the year ended in March due to slumping sales of electronic devices amid the worldwide economic recession.