Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba calls Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, from the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2025, to congratulate him on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba calls Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, from the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2025, to congratulate him on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba calls Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, from the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2025, to congratulate him on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

British envoy in quake-hit Wajima city

British envoy in quake-hit Wajima city

British Ambassador to Japan Julia Longbottom (R) makes a courtesy call on Aug. 22, 2024, on Wajima Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi (front) during her visit to the Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by a strong earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

British envoy in quake-hit Wajima city

British envoy in quake-hit Wajima city

British Ambassador to Japan Julia Longbottom makes a courtesy call on Aug. 22, 2024, on Wajima Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi during her visit to the Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by a strong earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

Architect Kuma to help reconstruct quake-hit Wajima city

Architect Kuma to help reconstruct quake-hit Wajima city

Photo taken in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on April 7, 2024, shows renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (L) visiting the site of a market that was gutted by a fire following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1, together with Wajima Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi. Kuma, known for designing Tokyo's National Stadium, was named special adviser to help reconstruct the central Japan city.

Architect Kuma to help reconstruct quake-hit Wajima city

Architect Kuma to help reconstruct quake-hit Wajima city

Photo taken in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on April 7, 2024, shows renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (L) visiting the site of a market that was gutted by a fire following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1, together with Wajima Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi. Kuma, known for designing Tokyo's National Stadium, was named special adviser to help reconstruct the central Japan city.

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi speaks to the press in front of temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2024, for people displaced by the Jan. 1 earthquake in central Japan.

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi speaks to the press in front of temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2024, for people displaced by the Jan. 1 earthquake in central Japan.

Japan PM visits quake-hit Ishikawa

Japan PM visits quake-hit Ishikawa

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front C) and Ishikawa Gov. Hiroshi Hase (front R) are briefed by Wajima Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi (front L) on Jan. 14, 2024, at an evacuation center in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city hit hard by a New Year's Day earthquake in central Japan. (Pool photo)

Japan PM visits quake-hit Ishikawa

Japan PM visits quake-hit Ishikawa

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, R) meets with Wajima Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi (C, L) on Jan. 14, 2024, at an evacuation center in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city hit hard by a New Year's Day earthquake in central Japan. (Pool photo)