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Kirin funds disaster-hit fishery business in Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Shota Abe (2nd from L), head of Fisherman Japan that groups fishermen in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, poses with other group members in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, after receiving a grant of 20 million yen from Kirin Beer Marketing Co. to finance fishery business. The group aims to conquer the impact of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and boost the local fishery industry.

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Fishermen group builds share house facilities in Miyagi Pref.

Shota Abe (R) of Fisherman Japan, a body made up of young fishermen in northeastern Japan, prepares to welcome residents at a share house in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in July 2015. The group has built share house facilities in Ishinomaki and the town of Onagawa in a move to recruit more young people into the fisheries industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young fishermen form joint sales group to survive post-disaster days

Shota Abe, co-representative of Fisherman Japan, collects kelp aboard a boat off Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2015. Abe and other young fishermen founded the joint marketing organization in July 2014 for the revitalization of fisheries businesses after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's rugby team pays courtesy call on PM Abe

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe receives a jersey from captain Michael Leitch (3rd from L) of the Japanese team for the Rugby World Cup 2015 at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2015. Ayumu Goromaru and Shota Horie (from L) can be also seen in this photo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kirin funds disaster-hit fishery business in Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Shota Abe (2nd from L), head of Fisherman Japan that groups fishermen in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, poses with other group members in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, after receiving a grant of 20 million yen from Kirin Beer Marketing Co. to finance fishery business. The group aims to conquer the impact of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and boost the local fishery industry. (Kyodo)

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Olympics: PM Abe meets Japanese athletes

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) smiles as he stands alongside his country's Olympic relay runners -- Yoshihide Kiryu (L), Asuka Cambridge (2nd from L), Shota Iizuka (2nd from R) and Ryota Yamagata -- in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 21, 2016. Abe attended the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after a meeting with Japanese athletes who took part in the Games, including the four runners who took the silver medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Abe thanks Japanese athletes for courage, dreams, hope

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (5th from L) speaks to the members of the silver-winning men's 4x100-meter relay team, (from L) Yoshihide Kiryu, Asuka Cambridge, Ryota Yamagata and Shota Iizuka, in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 21, 2016. Abe arrived in the Brazilian city to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo