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Fukushima association head speaks at memorial service in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Sayoko Fujita (L), head of a New York society for natives of Fukushima Prefecture living on the U.S. East Coast, makes a speech at an event held in New York on March 9, 2014, to commemorate the third anniversary of the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Sumo champ Hakuho, wife conduct wedding ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo grand champion Hakuho (C) and his wife Sayoko head for the venue of their wedding ceremony at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2010. The couple were already legally married and have two children.

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Sumo champ Hakuho, wife conduct wedding

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo grand champion Hakuho (C) and his wife Sayoko give a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2010, ahead of their wedding party following their official marriage three years ago. ''I've fallen in love with her again,'' Hakuho said looking at Sayoko in her kimono.

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Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho wins Kyushu sumo tournament

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L in front) celebrates with his wife Sayoko (R in front), their children and supporters at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 29, 2009, after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament with a perfect 15-0 record.

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Hakuho wraps up 8th career title with win

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho poses with the Emperor's Cup at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28 with his daughter Amiu, wife Sayoko (R) and his supporters. Hakuho clinched his eighth title in the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with 14 wins and one loss.

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Sumo: Hakuho wraps up Nagoya meet with perfect record

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho poses with the Emperor's Cup at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 27 with his daughter Amiu, wife Sayoko (R) and his supporters. Hakuho won the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament with a 15-0 record.

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Yokozuna Hakuho clinches Nagoya sumo tournament title

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L), along with his daughter Amiu and wife Sayoko, celebrates in Nagoya on July 25 after winning the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament by beating ozeki Kaio on the 13th day of the 15-day tourney.

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Hakuho downs Asashoryu to win New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L) celebrates his victory with his wife Sayoko and their daughter after winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo Jan. 27 by beating his compatriot yokozuna Asashoryu in a final showdown.

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Hakuho wins 5th career title on final day of Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho celebrates his fifth career title on the final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, joined by his wife Sayoko (R), daughter Emyu and supporters at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 25.

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Mongolian Hakuho leaves for home with family

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Hakuho (L), who won the Autumn sumo tournament, poses for a photo with his wife Sayoko and their daughter at Narita airport on Sept. 25 before leaving for Ulan Bator for a five-day trip.

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Hakuho wins 4th career title at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho, who captured the Emperor's Cup at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, poses with his wife Sayoko and their daughter Amiu at a celebration party held by his supporters at at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 23.

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Hakuho closes with perfect 15-0, shows off Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Hakuho, the huge Emperor's Cup on his lap, celebrates together with his wife Sayoko and their baby daughter in her arms after winning the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 27 with a perfect 15-0 record. Hakuho disposed of yokozuna Asashoryu in the final bout, a day after capturing his second consecutive title and virtually assuring his promotion to yokozuna.

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Hakuho closes with perfect 15-0, shows off Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Hakuho, the huge Emperor's Cup on his lap, celebrates together with his wife Sayoko and their baby daughter in her arms after winning the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 27 with a perfect 15-0 record. Hakuho disposed of yokozuna Asashoryu in the final bout, a day after capturing his second consecutive title and virtually assuring his promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho closes with perfect 15-0, shows off Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Hakuho, the huge Emperor's Cup on his lap, celebrates together with his wife Sayoko and their baby daughter in her arms after winning the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 27 with a perfect 15-0 record. Hakuho disposed of yokozuna Asashoryu in the final bout, a day after capturing his second consecutive title and virtually assuring his promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho wins 4th career title at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho, who captured the Emperor's Cup at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, poses with his wife Sayoko and their daughter Amiu at a celebration party held by his supporters at at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 23. (Kyodo)

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Mongolian Hakuho leaves for home with family

NARITA, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Hakuho (L), who won the Autumn sumo tournament, poses for a photo with his wife Sayoko and their daughter at Narita airport on Sept. 25 before leaving for Ulan Bator for a five-day trip. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho wins 5th career title on final day of Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho celebrates his fifth career title on the final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, joined by his wife Sayoko (R), daughter Emyu and supporters at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 25. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho downs Asashoryu to win New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L) celebrates his victory with his wife Sayoko and their daughter after winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo Jan. 27 by beating his compatriot yokozuna Asashoryu in a final showdown. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Hakuho clinches Nagoya sumo tournament title

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L), along with his daughter Amiu and wife Sayoko, celebrates in Nagoya on July 25 after winning the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament by beating ozeki Kaio on the 13th day of the 15-day tourney. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho wraps up 8th career title with win

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho poses with the Emperor's Cup at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28 with his daughter Amiu, wife Sayoko (R) and his supporters. Hakuho clinched his eighth title in the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with 14 wins and one loss. (Kyodo)

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Woman recalls boat mission soldiers' suicide day after end of WWII

Sayoko Maeda recounts witnessing World War II suicide boat mission soldiers killing themselves with bombs in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, the day after Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces, as seen in this photo taken at her home in the prefectural city of Konan on Nov. 13, 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big catch flag returned to family 73 yrs later

Sayoko Sasaki (2nd from R), eldest daughter of a crew member of a fishing boat that sank in the Pacific during World War II, and JoEllen Gorg (L), principal officer at the U.S. Consulate in Sapporo, pose for photos in the Miyagi prefectural town of Minamisanriku in northeastern Japan on July 27, 2015, along with a returned big catch flag. The fishing boat Tenyo Maru was sunk near the Solomon Islands in 1942 while it was engaged in the Battle of Guadalcanal and the flag was returned to families of the crew. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UNICEF expert discusses education in 3 Ebola-hit African nations

Sayoko Aoki (front), an education expert in charge of western and central Africa at the U.N. Children's Fund, speaks in Tokyo on April 2, 2015, about school education in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, which are still caught up in the Ebola epidemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned Japanese fashion model Yamaguchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Internationally known Japanese fashion model and actress Sayoko Yamaguchi gets her dress checked by designer Kansai Yamamoto in a photo taken in November 1982. Yamacuchi died of acute pneumonia on Aug. 14, her promotion office said on Aug. 20. She is thought to have been 57, though her age was not confirmed by her office. (Kyodo)

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Sumo champ Hakuho, wife conduct wedding ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo grand champion Hakuho (C) and his wife Sayoko head for the venue of their wedding ceremony at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2010. The couple were already legally married and have two children. (Kyodo)

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Sumo champ Hakuho, wife conduct wedding

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo grand champion Hakuho (C) and his wife Sayoko give a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2010, ahead of their wedding party following their official marriage three years ago. ''I've fallen in love with her again,'' Hakuho said looking at Sayoko in her kimono. (Kyodo)

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Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto dies

File photo taken in November 1982 shows Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto (R) and model Sayoko Yamaguchi in Tokyo. Yamamoto died on July 21, 2020, at the age of 76, after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia earlier in the year.

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Japanese-style inn to reopen in June

Sayoko Wakamatsu (R), who runs a Japanese-style inn in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, prepares to reopen the facility on May 25, 2020, as a coronavirus state of emergency is set to be fully lifted in Japan the same day. Initially, Wakamatsu plans to accept only guests in Fukushima when the inn, closed in mid-April, resumes operation on June 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-style inn to reopen in June

Sayoko Wakamatsu (R), who runs a Japanese-style inn in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, prepares to reopen the facility on May 25, 2020, as a coronavirus state of emergency is set to be fully lifted in Japan the same day. Initially, Wakamatsu plans to accept only guests in Fukushima when the inn, closed in mid-April, resumes operation on June 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new era under Emperor Naruhito

Photo taken at Lake Biwa Otsu Prince Hotel in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, shows a wedding ceremony for Yutaka, 47, and Sayoko Nakjima, 37, on May 1, 2019, the first day of Reiwa, Japan's new imperial era under Emperor Naruhito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new era under Emperor Naruhito

Just married couple Yutaka, 47, and his wife Sayoko Nakajima, 37, hold a paper card showing the name of Japan's new era, Reiwa, after their ceremony at Lake Biwa Otsu Prince Hotel in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 1, 2019, the first day of Reiwa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new era under Emperor Naruhito

Photo taken at Lake Biwa Otsu Prince Hotel in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, shows a wedding ceremony for Yutaka, 47, and Sayoko Nakjima, 37, on May 1, 2019, the first day of Reiwa, Japan's new imperial era under Emperor Naruhito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Hakuho sets all-time wins record

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho poses with his wife Sayoko (far R) and their children after claiming a record 1,048th career win at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho wins Kyushu sumo tournament

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L in front) celebrates with his wife Sayoko (R in front), their children and supporters at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 29, 2009, after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament with a perfect 15-0 record. (Kyodo)