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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 26 Kyodo - Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata, deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, and prosecutors apologize at the grave of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's two sons (back). Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died the following year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

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Univ. professor devises IC thinner than plastic wrapper

YAMAGATA, Japan - Professor Shizuo Tokito of Yamagata University holds an electronic circuit he developed, which is one-tenth the thickness of plastic food wrappers, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on July 1, 2014.

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Emperor, empress attend a Japan Academy meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko listen to Shizuo Akira, professor of Osaka University's Research Institute for Microbial Diseases prior to attending a meeting of the Japan Academy in Tokyo on June 11. (Pool photo)

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Baseball players donate 29 mil. yen for victims of attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta, president of the Japanese professional baseball players association, hands a list of over 29 million yen in donation to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington to Shizuo Kawakami of the Red Cross Society of Japan. The money had been contributed by the players associations of the 12 pro clubs in Japan and through Internet auctions.

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Baseball players donate 29 mil. yen for victims of attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows catcher Atsuya Furuta, president of the Japanese professional baseball players association, hands a list of over 29 million yen in donation to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington to Shizuo Kawakami of the Red Cross Society of Japan. The money had been contributed by the players associations of the 12 pro clubs in Japan and through Internet auctions.

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Zico protests to referee Takada in 1994 J-League Championship game

Midfielder Zico (2nd from R) of Kashima Antlers lodges a protest with chief referee Shizuo Takada (far R) in the second J-League Championship game in Tokyo in January 1994 as seen in this file photo. The Brazilian soccer legend was ejected from the match for his second yellow card served later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st Japanese FIFA World Cup referee works at his sports gear shop

Shizuo Takada, the first Japanese FIFA World Cup referee, works at his sports gear shop in Tokyo on May 7, 2015. Takada refereed a first-round match between Spain and Algeria in the 1986 World Cup held in Mexico. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress attend a Japan Academy meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko listen to Shizuo Akira, professor of Osaka University's Research Institute for Microbial Diseases prior to attending a meeting of the Japan Academy in Tokyo on June 11. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Univ. professor devises IC thinner than plastic wrapper

YAMAGATA, Japan - Professor Shizuo Tokito of Yamagata University holds an electronic circuit he developed, which is one-tenth the thickness of plastic food wrappers, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on July 1, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Nozu Shizuo

Nozu Shizuo==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)