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Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

TOKYO, Japan, July 19 Kyodo - Tadashi Fujita, chief of the Japan Gymnastics Association, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. The association said Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the Paris Olympics after admitting to smoking and drinking. (Kyodo)

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Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

Tadashi Fujita, chief of the Japan Gymnastics Association, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. The association said Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the Paris Olympics after admitting to smoking and drinking.

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Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

Tadashi Fujita (2nd from L), chief of the Japan Gymnastics Association, bows during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. The association said Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the Paris Olympics after admitting to smoking and drinking.

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Japan's corporate bankruptcies up 35 pct in 2023

STORY: Japan's corporate bankruptcies up 35 pct in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cities in Japan STORYLINE: The number of company bankruptcies in Japan increased by 35 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year due to rising prices and labor costs, a local credit research company has reported. According to a survey conducted by Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd., the number of bankrupt companies in Japan with debts exceeding 10 million yen (about 68,189 U.S. dollars) reached 8,690 in 2023. The total debt of bankrupt companies exceeded 24.026 trillion yen. Small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer employees constitute the majority of bankruptcies, according to the report, noting that the number of companies with debts below 100 million yen accounted for 74.7 percent of the total number of bankruptcies. Companies with debts exceeding 1 billion yen increased by 24 percent compared to the previous

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Japan's youngest female mayor

Shoko Kawata, who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, takes a seat behind her desk at the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Japan's youngest female mayor Kawata

Shoko Kawata, who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, holds a press conference at the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Japan's youngest female mayor

Shoko Kawata, who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, holds a press conference at the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Japan's youngest female mayor

Shoko Kawata, who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, holds up her certificate of election at the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Japan's youngest female mayor

Shoko Kawata (R), who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, receives a bouquet of flowers at the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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Japan's youngest female mayor

Shoko Kawata, who became Japan's youngest-ever female mayor at 33 years old after winning election in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is welcomed by staff as she walks into the city office on Nov. 16, 2023, her first day in office.

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sakaguchi Ayaka (R) of Japan hugs her teammate Miyata Shoko after the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Ou Yushan (L) of China claps with Miyata Shoko of Japan after the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Miyata Shoko (C) of Japan, silver medalist Sakaguchi Ayaka (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Dominika Ponizilova of the Czech Republic pose on the podium during the awarding ceremony for artistic gymnastics women's vault at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS(CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Miyata Shoko of Japan competes during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault Final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

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Shoko Chukin Bank signage and logo

Shoko Chukin Bank signage and logo=Date:June 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Shoko Chukin Bank signage and logo

Shoko Chukin Bank signage and logo=Date:June 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Shoko Chukin Bank signage and logo

Shoko Chukin Bank signage and logo=Date:June 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Shoko Chukin Bank signage and logo

Shoko Chukin Bank signage and logo=Date:June 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Lawyer meets ex-AUM cult member Hirata

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, after meeting with Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who turned himself in to police on Dec. 31. Takimoto said Hirata, 46, who had been on the wanted list since May 1995, thinks that AUM founder Shoko Asahara ''deserves the death penalty'' and that he does not believe in the cult anymore.

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995.

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Shoko Chukin Bank's shady loans totaled 260 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 25 Kyodo - Shoko Chukin Bank President Kenyu Adachi (L) receives a business improvement order from Hisayoshi Ando, head of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2017. An internal probe at the government-backed lender for smaller firms has found it handed out 260 billion yen ($2.3 billion) in shady loans, according to sources close to the matter.

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Prize winners in contest for Japan's best Swiss roll

TOKYO, Japan - Prize winners in the "ROLL-1 Grand Prix" contest for Japan's best Swiss roll pose with their award-winning cakes in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2014. (From L): runner-up Kentaro Ichihara from Osaka, winner Kensuke Kitagawa from Takamatsu, and third-placed Shoko Kudo from Morioka.

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Wreckage of exploded tanker pulled out of water

OSAKA, Japan - The Shoko Maru, an oil tanker sunk into the sea after an explosion in May 2014, is being salvaged off Himeji port in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on July 23, 2014, to investigate the cause of the blast.

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Japanese group's support activities in Iraq

ARBIL, Iraq - Shoko Enomoto (L) of Japan-Iraq Medical Network speaks to a girl at a hospital in Arbil in northern Iraq's Kurdistan autonomous region on June 20, 2014.

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Explosion-hit tanker floats in wreckage in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - The badly damaged tanker Shoko Maru lies stricken in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on May 29, 2014, after an explosion ripped through it earlier in the day.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru, while firefighting is under way, in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru, while firefighting is under way, in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru, while firefighting is under way, in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Tanker explosion

HIMEJI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from the tanker Shoko Maru, while firefighting is under way, in the Seto Inland Sea off Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, after an explosion aboard the vessel on May 29, 2014. The captain of the 998-ton fuel tanker is missing and four crew members sustained severe injuries.

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Japan's Fujimura 10th in women's 5,000m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Shoko Fujimura of Japan competes in the Winter Olympics women's 5,000-meter speed skating event at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 19, 2014. Fujimura came in 10th place with a time of 7 minutes, 9.65 seconds.

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Japan's Fujimura 10th in women's 5,000m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Shoko Fujimura of Japan finishes her run in the Winter Olympics women's 5,000-meter speed skating event at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 19, 2014. Fujimura came in 10th place with a time of 7 minutes, 9.65 seconds.

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Japan's Fujimura 15th in women's 3,000m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Shoko Fujimura of Japan finishes 15th in the Winter Olympics women's 3,000-meter speed skating event at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014. Fujimura clocked 4 minutes, 12.71 seconds.

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Japan's Fujimura 15th in women's 3,000m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Shoko Fujimura of Japan finishes 15th in the Winter Olympics women's 3,000-meter speed skating event at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014. Fujimura clocked 4 minutes, 12.71 seconds.

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Japan skater Fujimura in women's 3,000m at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese speed skater Shoko Fujimura competes in the women's 3,000-meter race at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 9, 2014.

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Send-off ceremony for Japan's Sochi Paralympics squad

TOKYO, Japan - Cross-country skier Shoko Ota (R), flag bearer for Japan's Sochi Winter Paralympics squad, receives the team flag from delegation head Masanobu Araki during a send-off ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2014. To the right is alpine skier Taiki Morii, the team captain.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, the son of one of the victims killed by members of AUM Shinrikyo, enters the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014, to attend the trial of Makoto Hirata, a former senior member of the doomsday cult. Hirata is charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of Kiyoshi Kariya, then 68, in February 1995 in conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara. Kariya later died after being injected with an anesthetic drug by AUM members.

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Nature conservation educator

YATSUSHIRO, Japan - Shoko Tsuru (L), a nature conservation educator authorized by the Nature Conservation Society of Japan, holds a fishing rod during an event at the Kuma River in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2013. She leads a dam-removal campaign for the river. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Nature conservation educator

YATSUSHIRO, Japan - Shoko Tsuru, a nature conservation educator authorized by the Nature Conservation Society of Japan, takes photos to conduct an ecology survey on mudflats at the mouth of the Kuma River in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2013. She leads a dam-removal campaign for the river. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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3-year extension sought for AUM surveillance

TOKYO, Japan - Michiaki Ozaki, director general of the Public Security Intelligence Agency, attends a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2011. The agency sought the same day to keep the AUM Shinrikyo cult and its splinter group under state surveillance for another three years, asserting they remain under the strong influence of cult founder Shoko Asahara and could still commit mass murder.

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Jackie Chan at Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan (L) and Japanese singer Shoko Nakagawa are shown arriving at the opening of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2011. The festival runs through Oct. 30, 2011.

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Vancouver Paralympics come to close

WHISTLER, Canada - Japanese athletes who won medals at the Vancouver Paralympic Games -- (from L to R) Taiki Morii, Shoko Ota, Yoshihiro Nitta and Akira Kano -- shake hands during the closing ceremony at Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, Canada, on March 21, 2010.

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Japan's Ota wins silver in women's 1 km sprint classic standing

WHISTLER, Canada - Shoko Ota of Japan reacts after winning the silver medal in the women's 1-kilometer cross country skiing sprint classic standing event at Whistler Paralympic Park in Canada at the Vancouver Paralympic Games on March 21, 2010.

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Japan's Ota wins silver in women's 1 km sprint classic standing

WHISTLER, Canada - Shoko Ota of Japan shows off the silver medal she won in the women's 1-kilometer cross country skiing sprint classic standing event at Whistler Paralympic Park in Canada at the Vancouver Paralympic Games on March 21, 2010.

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Japan's Ota wins silver in women's 1 km sprint classic standing

WHISTLER, Canada - Shoko Ota of Japan (C) skies to the finish line to win the silver medal in the women's 1-kilometer cross country skiing sprint classic standing event at Whistler Paralympic Park in Canada at the Vancouver Paralympic Games on March 21, 2010.

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Sankei correspondent awarded French honor

PARIS, France - Shoko Yamaguchi, the Paris bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, is awarded the French decoration Officier of the National Order of the Legion of Honor by a press secretary of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Paris on Jan. 27, 2010, becoming the first Japanese journalist to receive the fourth rank of the order's five degrees. Yamaguchi, who has been covering France since 1990 as bureau chief, received the Chevalier, the fifth-ranked order, in 2001.

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Shareholders OK Bull-Dog's adoption of takeover defense

TOKYO, Japan - Shoko Ikeda, president of Bull-Dog Sauce Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 24 after Bull-Dog Sauce shareholders approved the management's proposal in a general shareholders meeting to introduce a defense system aimed at foiling an unwanted takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners.

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Bull-Dog aims to foil Steel Partners' unwanted takeover bid

TOKYO, Japan - Bull-Dog Sauce Co. President Shoko Ikeda speaks about the company's plan to foil the tender offer being carried out by Steel Partners at a news conference in Tokyo on June 7.

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Security agency raids AUM facilities across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Public Security Intelligence Agency officers walk to an AUM Shinrikyo cult facility in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Sept. 16 for inspections after its founder Shoko Asahara's death sentence was finalized the day before. The agency raided 24 other SUM facilities on the same day. The inspections are based on a law to place groups judged dangerous under state surveillance.