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Football: Club World Cup

Takahiro Sekine (front) of Urawa Red Diamonds is challenged by Jose Alvarado of Monterrey in the first half a football Club World Cup Group E match on June 25, 2025, at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.

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Football: Japan vs. France

Japan's Hiroki Sekine (bottom) is challenged by Alexandre Lacazette of France in the first half of an international football friendly on July 17, 2024, in Toulon, France.

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC U23-QATAR VS JAPAN

(240426) -- DOHA, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sekine Hiroki (L) of Japan vies for a header with Tameem Mansour Alabdulla (C) of Qatar during the quarter-final match between Qatar and Japan at AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 football tournament in Doha, Qatar, April 25, 2024. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC U23-QATAR VS JAPAN

(240426) -- DOHA, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sekine Hiroki (L) of Japan vies with Tameem Mansour Alabdulla of Qatar during the quarter-final match between Qatar and Japan at AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 football tournament in Doha, Qatar, April 25, 2024. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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Football: U-23 Asian Cup

Japan's Hiroki Sekine crosses the ball in the first half of an under-23 Asian Cup men's football quarterfinal match against Qatar on April 25, 2024, in Doha, Qatar.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-FOOTBALL (CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Ming Him (top) of China's Hong Kong and Sekine Hiroki (R) of Japan compete during the Men's Semifinal between China's Hong Kong and Japan at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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Professor merges East, West in new theatrical style

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2014, shows Masaru Sekine, a professor at Waseda University's Faculty of International Research and Education who is pursuing an experimental project that fuses European opera with Kyogen Japanese comic theater.

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Live chickens sold in China

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows children of the ethnic Sui playing on the cage of live chickens at a market in Guizhou Province, China, on Feb. 4, 2014. Chinese authorities say contact with live chickens is a major cause of human bird flu infections. (Photo by Takanori Sekine)

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Doctor working in town near Fukushima plant for 16 yrs

NAMIE, Japan - Doctor Shunji Sekine measures the blood pressure of a town official on May 9, 2013, at a temporary clinic that has opened at the town office building in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Doctor working in town near Fukushima plant for 16 yrs

NAMIE, Japan - Doctor Shunji Sekine (R) and nurse Hayato Shiga pose for photos on May 9, 2013, at a temporary clinic that has opened at the town office building in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Doctor working in town near Fukushima plant for 16 yrs

NAMIE, Japan - Doctor Shunji Sekine examines a medical bag he uses when making emergency calls on May 9, 2013, at a temporary clinic that has opened at the town office building in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Japanese students in U.N. session simulation contest

NEW YORK, United States - Yuki Hayashi (C) and Yukina Sekine (to the left of Hayashi), students of Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen Makuhari Senior High School in Chiba Prefecture, participate in the Global Classrooms International Model U.N. Conference for 2012 in New York on May 18, 2012. Teams from four Japanese high schools won prizes for their performances at the event.

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Decade after heroic death

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean woman Shin Yoon Chan (L) places flowers on a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011, where her son Lee Su Hyon was killed by a train as he tried to rescue a stranger 10 years ago. On the right is Lee's father Lee Song Dae. Lee Su Hyon was 26 and studying at a Japanese language school when he was killed along with 47-year-old photographer Shiro Sekine, who also attempted to save a drunken man who had fallen off the platform on Jan. 26, 2001. The drunken man also died. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's Ueda wins silver in women's triathlon at Asian Games

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ai Ueda (R) and Akiko Sekine celebrate after winning the silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the women's triathlon at the Asian Games in Doha on Dec. 8.

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Former Hankyu manager Ueda, 4 others elected to Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiharu Ueda (L), who as manager led the Hankyu Braves to three consecutive Japan Series championships, and former Yakult Swallows manager Junzo Sekine pose for a photograph after being inducted into the Japanese Hall of Fame along with four other notable contributors to the game Jan. 10.

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Memorial service held in Tokyo for 2 train heroes

TOKYO, Japan - A joint memorial service is held in Tokyo on Jan. 26 for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student (L) and, Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old Japanese photographer (R) who were killed by an oncoming train a year ago when they attempted to rescue a man who had fallen off the platform of a Tokyo train station. About 400 citizens and Japanese government officials, including Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, attended the ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the accident, which occurred on the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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Memorial sculpture of S. Korean student unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A bronze sculpture commemorating the courage of Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student who died Jan. 26 in a bid to rescue a man who had fallen onto to railway tracks, is unveiled July 1 at a Japanese-language school in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward where he was studying. Lee and Shiro Sekine, 47, a Japanese photographer from Yokohama, died while trying to save a man who had fallen onto the tracks of a JR station in Tokyo. Lee's parents, Lee Song Dae (L, background) and Shin Yoon Chan (next to Lee), joined the unveiling ceremony.

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Kokubo slams 17th homer

TOKYO, Japan - Fukuoaka Daiei Hawks slugger Hiroki Kokubo watches the ball after hitting a solo homer, his 17th of the season, off Nippon Ham Fighters starter Hiroyuki Sekine in the top of the first inning at Tokyo Dome on May 15.

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Monument commemorating 2 rescuers in accident unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Shin Yoon Chan (2nd from L) carries flowers to be laid before a monument unveiled April 15 in commemoration of her son Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student, and Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama, who died trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen onto train tracks from a station platform in Tokyo.

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Sculpture to commemorate 2 train heroes set near station

TOKYO, Japan - A sculpture is unveiled near JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on March 16 to commemorate a South Korean student and a Japanese photographer killed by a rush-hour train in January while trying to save a drunken man from the tracks. The granite sculpture, which depicts a gate, was created by Mitsuzo Yamada, a 55-year-old artist in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, to honor the self-sacrifice of South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, 26, and Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama.

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Mori attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Foreign Minister Yohei Kono also attended the funeral.

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Parents of train accident victims talk over phone

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Song Dae (L) and Shin Yoon Chan (R), the parents of a South Korean student who was run over and killed by a train in Tokyo, talk to Chizuko Sekine, mother of Shiro Sekine, a photographer from Yokohama who died in the same accident, in Tokyo on Jan. 30. The student, Lee Su Hyon, and Sekine were killed Jan. 26 while trying to rescue a drunk Japanese man who had fallen onto the tracks.

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Kono attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori also attended the funeral.

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Ibuki attends funeral of railway track rescuer

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bummei Ibuki (2nd from L), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, leaves the funeral of Shiro Sekine, a Yokohama photographer, on Jan. 29. Sekine and Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student, were both killed by an oncoming train after they jumped onto the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to rescue an apparently drunk man who had fallen off the platform.

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Parents of student killed by train receive gratitude message

TOKYO, Japan - Parents (R) of 26-year-old South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, who was run over by a train in Tokyo, receive a message of gratitude from Hidetoshi Kagawa, chief of the Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo, at a funeral ceremony in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, were struck and killed by a rush-hour commuter train on the Yamanote loop line while trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen off a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

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Sekine winner keeps high-flying Reds unbeaten

Takahiro Sekine scores a late winner in leaders Urawa Reds' 2-1 win over Kashima Antlers at Saitama Stadium 2002 on May 23, 2015. Reds took another step toward the J-League first-stage title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Ueda wins silver in women's triathlon at Asian Games

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ai Ueda (R) and Akiko Sekine celebrate after winning the silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the women's triathlon at the Asian Games in Doha on Dec. 8. (Kyodo)

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Japanese students in U.N. session simulation contest

NEW YORK, United States - Yuki Hayashi (C) and Yukina Sekine (to the left of Hayashi), students of Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen Makuhari Senior High School in Chiba Prefecture, participate in the Global Classrooms International Model U.N. Conference for 2012 in New York on May 18, 2012. Teams from four Japanese high schools won prizes for their performances at the event. (Kyodo)

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Decade after heroic death

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean woman Shin Yoon Chan (L) places flowers on a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011, where her son Lee Su Hyon was killed by a train as he tried to rescue a stranger 10 years ago. On the right is Lee's father Lee Song Dae. Lee Su Hyon was 26 and studying at a Japanese language school when he was killed along with 47-year-old photographer Shiro Sekine, who also attempted to save a drunken man who had fallen off the platform on Jan. 26, 2001. The drunken man also died. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Football: J-League season opener

Takahiro Sekine (41) scores the winner during the second half of Urawa Reds' 3-2 win away to Shonan Bellmare in the J-League season-opening match at BMW Stadium in Hiratsuka, Japan, on Feb. 21, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: J-League season opener

Takahiro Sekine celebrates after scoring the winner during the second half of Urawa Reds' 3-2 win away to Shonan Bellmare in the J-League season-opening match at BMW Stadium in Hiratsuka, Japan, on Feb. 21, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Urawa Reds vs Borussia Dortmund in int'l friendly

Takahiro Sekine (L) of Urawa Reds and Marcel Schmelzer of Borussia Dortmund vie for the ball during the first half of an international friendly at Saitama Stadium, near Tokyo, on July 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Hankyu manager Ueda, 4 others elected to Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiharu Ueda (L), who as manager led the Hankyu Braves to three consecutive Japan Series championships, and former Yakult Swallows manager Junzo Sekine pose for a photograph after being inducted into the Japanese Hall of Fame along with four other notable contributors to the game Jan. 10. (Kyodo)

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Memorial sculpture of S. Korean student unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A bronze sculpture commemorating the courage of Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student who died Jan. 26 in a bid to rescue a man who had fallen onto to railway tracks, is unveiled July 1 at a Japanese-language school in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward where he was studying. Lee and Shiro Sekine, 47, a Japanese photographer from Yokohama, died while trying to save a man who had fallen onto the tracks of a JR station in Tokyo. Lee's parents, Lee Song Dae (L, background) and Shin Yoon Chan (next to Lee), joined the unveiling ceremony.

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Kokubo slams 17th homer

TOKYO, Japan - Fukuoaka Daiei Hawks slugger Hiroki Kokubo watches the ball after hitting a solo homer, his 17th of the season, off Nippon Ham Fighters starter Hiroyuki Sekine in the top of the first inning at Tokyo Dome on May 15.

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Monument commemorating 2 rescuers in accident unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Shin Yoon Chan (2nd from L) carries flowers to be laid before a monument unveiled April 15 in commemoration of her son Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student, and Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama, who died trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen onto train tracks from a station platform in Tokyo.

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Sculpture to commemorate 2 train heroes set near station

TOKYO, Japan - A sculpture is unveiled near JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on March 16 to commemorate a South Korean student and a Japanese photographer killed by a rush-hour train in January while trying to save a drunken man from the tracks. The granite sculpture, which depicts a gate, was created by Mitsuzo Yamada, a 55-year-old artist in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, to honor the self-sacrifice of South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, 26, and Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama.

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Parents of student killed by train receive gratitude message

TOKYO, Japan - Parents (R) of 26-year-old South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, who was run over by a train in Tokyo, receive a message of gratitude from Hidetoshi Kagawa, chief of the Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo, at a funeral ceremony in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, were struck and killed by a rush-hour commuter train on the Yamanote loop line while trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen off a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

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Mori attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Foreign Minister Yohei Kono also attended the funeral.

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Kono attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori also attended the funeral.

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Ibuki attends funeral of railway track rescuer

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bummei Ibuki (2nd from L), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, leaves the funeral of Shiro Sekine, a Yokohama photographer, on Jan. 29. Sekine and Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student, were both killed by an oncoming train after they jumped onto the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to rescue an apparently drunk man who had fallen off the platform.