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Aftermath of strong earthquake in Aomori Pref.

Aomori Gov. Soichiro Miyashita inspects an area affected by a strong earthquake in Hachinohe in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori on Dec. 10, 2025, two days after the disaster.

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Inauguration of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory - TAO

SANTIAGO, CHILE – APRIL 30: (L-R) Vice President of the University of Tokyo Ms. HAYASHI Kaori, President of the Comprehensive Research Institute of Natural Sciences in Japan, RIKEN Mr. GONOKAMI Makoto, Minister of State for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Mr. IMAEDA Soichiro, Former President of Chile Eduardo Frei, Ambassador of Japan in Chile Mrs. ITO Takako, Rector of the University of Chile Mrs. Rosa Devés, Rector of the University of Tokyo Prof. FUJII Teruo, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Mr. Ignacio Sánchez, Senator of the Republic of Chile Francisco Chahuán and the President, Chile-Japan Parliamentary Friendship League Mr. SHIONOYA Ryu, participate in the Kagami-Biraki for the good fortune and unity of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory – TAO project University of Tokyoon April 30, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Inauguration of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory - TAO

SANTIAGO, CHILE – APRIL 30: (L-R) Vice President of the University of Tokyo Ms. HAYASHI Kaori, President of the Comprehensive Research Institute of Natural Sciences in Japan, RIKEN Mr. GONOKAMI Makoto, Minister of State for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Mr. IMAEDA Soichiro, Former President of Chile Eduardo Frei, Ambassador of Japan in Chile Mrs. ITO Takako, Rector of the University of Chile Mrs. Rosa Devés, Rector of the University of Tokyo Prof. FUJII Teruo, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Mr. Ignacio Sánchez, Senator of the Republic of Chile Francisco Chahuán and the President, Chile-Japan Parliamentary Friendship League Mr. SHIONOYA Ryu, participate in the Kagami-Biraki for the good fortune and unity of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory – TAO project University of Tokyoon April 30, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Inauguration of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory - TAO

SANTIAGO, CHILE – APRIL 30: (L-R) Vice President of the University of Tokyo Ms. HAYASHI Kaori, President of the Comprehensive Research Institute of Natural Sciences in Japan, RIKEN Mr. GONOKAMI Makoto, Minister of State for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Mr. IMAEDA Soichiro, Former President of Chile Eduardo Frei, Ambassador of Japan in Chile Mrs. ITO Takako, Rector of the University of Chile Mrs. Rosa Devés, Rector of the University of Tokyo Prof. FUJII Teruo, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Mr. Ignacio Sánchez, Senator of the Republic of Chile Francisco Chahuán and the President, Chile-Japan Parliamentary Friendship League Mr. SHIONOYA Ryu, participate in the Kagami-Biraki for the good fortune and unity of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory – TAO project University of Tokyoon April 30, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Inauguration of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory - TAO

SANTIAGO, CHILE – APRIL 30: (L-R) Vice President of the University of Tokyo Ms. HAYASHI Kaori, President of the Comprehensive Research Institute of Natural Sciences in Japan, RIKEN Mr. GONOKAMI Makoto, Minister of State for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Mr. IMAEDA Soichiro, Former President of Chile Eduardo Frei, Ambassador of Japan in Chile Mrs. ITO Takako, Rector of the University of Chile Mrs. Rosa Devés, Rector of the University of Tokyo Prof. FUJII Teruo, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Mr. Ignacio Sánchez, Senator of the Republic of Chile Francisco Chahuán and the President, Chile-Japan Parliamentary Friendship League Mr. SHIONOYA Ryu, participate in the Kagami-Biraki for the good fortune and unity of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory – TAO project University of Tokyoon April 30, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Inauguration of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory - TAO

SANTIAGO, CHILE – APRIL 30: (L-R) Ambassador of Japan in Chile Mrs. ITO Takako, Rector of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Mr. Ignacio Sánchez, President, Parliamentary League of Friendship Chile - Japan Mr. SHIONOYA Ryu, Minister of State of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Mr. IMAEDA Soichiro, Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation of Chile Aisén Etcheverry, President of the Comprehensive Research Institute of Natural Sciences in Japan, RIKEN Mr. GONOKAMI Makoto, Rector of the University of Tokyo Prof. FUJII Teruo, Former President of Chile Eduardo Frei, Vice President of the University of Tokyo Mrs. HAYASHI Kaori, Rector of the University of Chile Mrs. Rosa Devés, and Prof. Emeritus YOSHII Yuzuru, pose for the official photograph at the end of the ceremony inauguration of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory project - TAO of the University of Tokyo on April 30, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Inauguration of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory - TAO

SANTIAGO, CHILE – APRIL 30: State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Mr. IMAEDA Soichiro, speaks during the opening ceremony of the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory project - TAO on April 30, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Inauguration of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory - TAO

SANTIAGO, CHILE – APRIL 30: State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Mr. IMAEDA Soichiro, speaks during the opening ceremony of the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory project - TAO on April 30, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Daihatsu President Soichiro Okudaira. =Date:Febuary 9, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. From right, Daihatsu President Soichiro Okudaira and Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tetsuo Saito submit measures to prevent recurrence. =Date:Febuary 9, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. From right, Daihatsu President Soichiro Okudaira and Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tetsuo Saito submit measures to prevent recurrence. =Date:Febuary 9, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira (back, 2nd from R) meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

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Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

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Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

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Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

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Daihatsu Motor president Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira (R, back) meets the press at Japan's transport ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2024, over the automaker's improper safety testing scandal.

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Daihatsu Motor president Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press at Japan's transport ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2024, over the automaker's improper safety testing scandal.

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Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud

Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud. Soichiro Okudaira, President and Representative Director, Daihatsu Motor Co.=Date:December 20, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud

Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud. From left: Hiromasa Hoshika, Vice President, Soichiro Okudaira, President and Representative Director, Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hiroki Nakajima, Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Toyota Motor Corp. =Date:December 20, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud

Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud. From left: Soichiro Okudaira, President and Representative Director, Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hiroki Nakajima, Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Toyota Motor Corp. =Date:December 20, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Daihatsu Motor President Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2023. The Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary said the same day it will stop all shipments in domestic and overseas markets after it found most of its car models were affected by improper vehicle tests.

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Daihatsu Motor President Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira (C) speaks about his company's improper vehicle tests at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2023. The Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary announced the same day that it will stop all shipments in domestic and overseas markets as most of its car models are affected.

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Daihatsu Motor President Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira speaks about his company's improper vehicle tests at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2023. The Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary announced the same day that it will stop all shipments in domestic and overseas markets as most of its car models are affected.

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Daihatsu Motor President Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira (C) bows at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2023, as he apologizes over his company's improper vehicle tests. The Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary announced the same day it will stop all shipments in domestic and overseas markets as most of its car models are affected.

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Baseball: Buffaloes clinch Pacific League pennant

Orix Buffaloes' Soichiro Yamazaki (R) hugs teammate Tomoya Mori as their team clinch the Pacific League baseball championship for the third straight season with a 6-2 win over the Lotte Marines at Kyocera Dome Osaka in the western Japan city of Osaka on Sept. 20, 2023.

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Baseball: Yankees limited partner Minami

Japanese entrepreneur Soichiro "Swimmy" Minami, who became a limited partner of the New York Yankees, poses for a photo at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 23, 2023.

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Fukuoka governor OKs airport privatization

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa (C) expresses agreement with the proposed privatization of the central government-owned Fukuoka Airport in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, before the prefectural assembly's ad hoc committee on Nov. 20, 2014. Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima also has voiced his readiness to support the idea.

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Sweden selects Fukuoka as base camp for 2020 Olympics

FUKUOKA, Japan - Swedish Olympic Committee President Stefan Lindeberg (C), Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa (2nd from L) and Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima (2nd from R) pose in Fukuoka on Oct. 8, 2014, after signing a basic accord on the committee's selection of the southwestern Japanese city for a base camp of the country's delegation to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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U.S. insurance firm moves some HQ functions to Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mitsuru Imoto (C), president of MassMutual Life Insurance Co., poses with Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa (2nd from L) of Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 26, 2014, at a press conference to announce a plan to move some headquarters functions of the U.S. firm's Japanese subsidiary from Tokyo in August as part of disaster preparedness.

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On-demand bus service for evacuees

KAMAISHI, Japan - Takenori Noda (R), mayor of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, and Soichiro Okudaira, an executive of Toyota Motor Corp., shake hands after concluding an agreement in Kamaishi on Aug. 9, 2012, to jointly test an on-demand bus system linking temporary housing units in the city affected by the 2011 great earthquake and tsunami with its downtown area from October 2012 until March 2015.

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Japan's power-saving period begins

FUKUOKA, Japan - (from L) Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa, Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima and Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu distribute handouts calling for electricity saving near JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka City on July 2, 2012. A government-requested power-saving period began in Japan that day to cope with power supply constraints caused by the prolonged halt of nuclear reactors following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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Hearing on imperial female family branches

TOKYO, Japan - Soichiro Tahara (far R), a well-known journalist, expresses his opinion on the issue of whether female members of the imperial family should be allowed to create their own branches of the family so they can retain their imperial status after marriage, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 29, 2012, as the Japanese government began the same day hearing from experts on the issue.

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Journalist Tahara outside of court

KOBE, Japan - Journalist Soichiro Tahara speaks to reporters outside the Kobe District Court in Hyogo Prefecture on June 3, 2011, after a hearing on a damages suit against him over remarks he made on a TV talk show about two Japanese women abducted by North Korea. The parents of Keiko Arimoto, one of the abduction victims, are seeking 10 million yen in compensation over his remarks on the TV Asahi talk show that Arimoto must already be dead and the Japanese Foreign Ministry was aware of that.

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Parents of abductee to N. Korea

KOBE, Japan - Kayoko (L) and Akihiro Arimoto, the mother and father of Keiko Arimoto who is a victim of North Korea's abductions, speak at a press conference in Kobe on June 3, 2011, after a hearing on a damages suit they filed against journalist Soichiro Tahara over remarks he made. The Arimotos are seeking 10 million yen in compensation over his remarks made on a TV Asahi talk show that their daughter must already be dead and the Japanese Foreign Ministry was aware of that.

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'Spiderman' fails

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Carp center fielder Soichiro Amaya, a Japanese baseball outfielder dubbed Spiderman in the United States following his impressive wall-climbing catch, fails to field a double off the bat of Yomiuri Giants' Hisayoshi Chono at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Aug. 29, 2010.

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Kansai Telecasting President Chigusa announces resignation

OSAKA, Japan - Soichiro Chigusa (R), the president of Kansai Telecasting Corp., announced April 3 his resignation the same day to take responsibility for distorting experimental data and quotes in the production of nationally broadcast prime-time entertainment programs. Masashi Kataoka (L), managing director, will replace Chigusa.

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Gov't issues stern reprimand against Kansai Telecasting

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Telecasting Corp. President Soichiro Chigusa speaks to reporters on March 30 after his company was reprimanded by the communications ministry for promoting ''scientific'' theories that were actually concocted by fabricating data. Chigusa said, ''I intend to come clean about how to deal with the issue of responsibility,'' indicating that he may resign.

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Gov't issues stern reprimand against Kansai Telecasting

TOKYO, Japan - Communications minister Yoshihide Suga (L) delivers a letter to Kansai Telecasting Corp. President Soichiro Chigusa on March 30, severely censuring the company for promoting ''scientific'' theories that were actually concocted by fabricating data. Chigusa later indicated that he may resign.

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(3)Former Japanese hostages in Iraq meet press

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese hostage in Iraq and freelance photojournalist Soichiro Koriyama speaks in Tokyo on April 30 about his time as a hostage.

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(1)Former Japanese hostages in Iraq meet press

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese hostages in Iraq -- freelance photojournalist Soichiro Koriyama (L) and recent high school graduate Noriaki Imai (R) -- speak in Tokyo on April 30 about their time as hostages.

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(3)3 released Japanese hostages in Iraq return to hometowns

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Kimiko Koriyama, mother of freelance photojournalist Soichiro Koriyama, one of the three Japanese civilians released after being held hostage for more than a week in Iraq, speaks to reporters of his son's return home on April 20.

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(4)3 Japanese freed in Iraq arrive in Osaka

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Kimiko Koriyama, the mother of photojournalist of freed hostage Soichiro Koriyama, prepares to board a plane at Miyazaki airport, Miyazaki Prefecture, April 18 to head to Tokyo's Haneda airport to meet her son. (Pool photo)

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Released Japanese hostages reunite with kin in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Yosuke Imai, brother of recent high school graduate Noriaki Imai, and Shuichi Takato, brother of aid worker Nahoko Takato, are driven in a car on arrival at Dubai airport on April 17. Noriaki and Nahoko were reunited with their kin later in the day along with another freed hostage, photojournalist Soichiro Koriyama.

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(3)3 Japanese freed in Iraq arrive in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Noriaki Imai (L) and Soichiro Koriyama enter a hospital for medical checks in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on April 16 after arriving there from Baghdad. Imai, Koriyama and Nahoko Takato were released by hostage-takers in Iraq on April 15.

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(4)Families express thanks for release of kin

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Kimiko (L) and Yosuke (R), mother and younger brother of Soichiro Koriyama, one of three Japanese hostages released in Iraq, speak of their joy outside their house in Miyazaki Prefecture on April 16.

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(6)3 Japanese hostages released

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Kimiko Koriyama, the mother of Soichiro Koriyama, one of the three Japanese released by militant hostage takers in Iraq, walks to a press conference room in Miyazaki Prefecture on April 15 with smile after her son was released.

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(1)3 Japanese hostages released

TOKYO, Japan - Families of the three Japanese hostages are seen rejoicing in Tokyo on April 15 while watching television showing their loved ones released in Baghdad. The three are Soichiro Koriyama, 32, a freelance photojournalist from Tokyo, Nahoko Takato, 34, a volunteer worker from Chitose, Hokkaido, and Noriaki Imai, 18, from Sapporo. (Pool photo)

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(2)Hostages' families express joy, worry over possible release

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Yosuke Koriyama, whose elder brother Soichiro Koriyama is one of three Japanese being held captive in Iraq by a militant group, speaks to reporters in the town of Sadowara, Miyazaki Prefecture, on April 10 following news that the hostages would be freed within 24 hours.

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(6)Militant group takes 3 Japanese captive

TOKYO, Japan - Yosuke Koriyama, whose elder brother Soichiro Koriyama is one of the three Japanese being held captive in Iraq by a militant group calling itself Saraya al-Mujahideen, speaks to reporters April 8 in the town of Sadowara, Miyagaki Prefectue.

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Mugen uses funds to buy land for Honda memorial hall

SAITAMA, Japan - Racing car engine maker Mugen Co., which has been accused of evading corporate tax on 2.84 billion yen of income, spent at least 600 million yen of hidden income to acquire property in Tokyo (shown in photo) on which to build a memorial hall in honor of the late Honda founder Soichiro Honda, investigative sources said July 2.