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Tokyo International Film Festival

Tokyo International Film Festival

Actress Sayuri Yoshinaga and film director Junji Sakamoto appear on the red carpet during the opening day at the Tokyo International Film Festival in the Japanese capital on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Tokyo International Film Festival

Tokyo International Film Festival

Sayuri Yoshinaga (C), the lead actress in the film "Climbing for Life," which was screened at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival in the Japanese capital, poses after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 27, 2025, alongside her co-star Non (far R), director Junji Sakamoto (far L), festival chairman Hiroyasu Ando (2nd from L), and film critic and jury member Carlo Chatrian.

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Tokyo International Film Festival

Tokyo International Film Festival

(From L) film director Junji Sakamoto and actresses Sayuri Yoshinaga and Non appear on the red carpet at the Tokyo International Film Festival in the Japanese capital on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Japan's first elephant sanitarium opened

Japan's first elephant sanitarium opened

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sayuri Sakamoto, a zoo administrator who has opened Japan's first sanitarium for elephants, the Katsuura Elephants' Paradise in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture. On May 11, an elderly elephant, Akiko, moved to the forest sanitarium as the first guest at the facility.

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Japan's first elephant sanitarium opened

Japan's first elephant sanitarium opened

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sayuri Sakamoto, a zoo administrator who has opened Japan's first sanitarium for elephants, the Katsuura Elephants' Paradise in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture. On May 11, an elderly elephant, Akiko, moved to the forest sanitarium as the first guest at the facility. (Kyodo)

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Anti-nuke book of contributions from celebrities published

Anti-nuke book of contributions from celebrities published

Students of Nagasaki, Hiroshima and Fukushima universities meet the press in the city of Nagasaki, Japan, on April 20, 2015, to talk about their involvement in a project of publishing an anti-nuclear book, titled "No Nukes: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Fukushima" published the same day. Some 50 people including celebrities, such as musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and actress Sayuri Yoshinaga, as well as "hibakusha" (survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) and university students contributed their pieces of writing and photos. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sayuri Yoshinaga perform at peace concert

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sayuri Yoshinaga perform at peace concert

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto plays the piano as actress Sayuri Yoshinaga reads from a book about the experiences of people in the 1945 atomic bombings of Japan during a concert to promote peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons hosted by NHK in Tokyo on July 9, 2010. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Empress attends NHK peace concert

Empress attends NHK peace concert

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko (C) waves as she attends a concert to promote peace hosted by NHK in Tokyo on July 9, 2010. Actress Sayuri Yoshinaga, a long-time campaigner for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto performed at the concert. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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