Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Yasuyuki Suehiro (2nd from L), manager of the Studio Alta building in Tokyo's Shinjuku area, speaks during a ceremony on Feb. 28, 2025, as the landmark building, a popular meeting spot and former filming site of a long-running Japanese variety show, draws the curtain on 45 years of history.

Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Yasuyuki Suehiro, manager of the Studio Alta building in Tokyo's Shinjuku area, bows during a ceremony on Feb. 28, 2025, as the landmark building, a popular meeting spot and former filming site of a long-running Japanese variety show, draws the curtain on 45 years of history.

Olympics: Marathoners ready to run in Rio

Olympics: Marathoners ready to run in Rio

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 19 Kyodo - Japanese marathon runners (from L to R) Satoru Sasaki, Hisanori Kitajima and Suehiro Ishikawa pose for a photo in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 17, 2016.

Wakai, Suehiro win silver in lightweight double sculls

Wakai, Suehiro win silver in lightweight double sculls

CHUNGJU, South Korea - Japan's Eri Wakai (L) and Asumi Suehiro compete in the lightweight women's double sculls final at the Asian Games in Chungju, South Korea, on Sept. 25, 2014. The Japanese pair won the silver.

Japan wins silver in women's lightweight double scull

Japan wins silver in women's lightweight double scull

CHUNGJU, South Korea - Japan's Eri Wakai (L) and Asumi Suehiro win the silver medal in the women's lightweight double scull in the Asian Games in South Korea on Sept. 25, 2014.

Court rejects appeal against lawmaker Suehiro

Court rejects appeal against lawmaker Suehiro

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya High Court on Jan. 25 upheld a lower court ruling sparing lawmaker Makiko Suehiro (file photo) from paying damages to a former supporter for breaking a campaign promise to oppose the 2005 World Exposition to be held in Aichi Prefecture. Suehiro, elected to the House of Councillors in 1995 as an independent, later changed sides and joined the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) backing the plan.

Tanker truck overturns, leaks toxic matter

Tanker truck overturns, leaks toxic matter

KAGA, Japan - A tanker truck overturns on a national road in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast on Jan. 24, leaking a toxic liquid. More than 250 local residents were forced to evacuate. The truck's driver Suehiro Takeda, 33, told police that the road was frozen and slippery.

People on Security

Japan-U.S. Security Treaty revised, Socialist Party split, 100-billion-yen fighter jet. 　Prime Minister Kishi on a PR mission before the extraordinary Diet session, the UN Day parade, Kono's farewell party to the U.S., the Diet members' meeting, the Socialist Party's split into the Nishio faction and its own parliamentary activities, the debate over whether to use Lockheed or Grumman fighter jets, local people 　clapping their hands at reconstruction work in areas hit by the Self-Defense Forces disaster, the big autumn exercise in Miyagi Prefecture, Asanuma's speech at the extraordinary Diet session. Date of shooting unknown, release date: October 30, 1959.

The signing of the New Security Treaty before the National Assembly's ratification

After the signing of the new security treaty, 12,000 people are mobilized to welcome Prime Minister Suehiro Nishio at Haneda Airport, and the new Nishio Party is established as the Democratic Socialist Party. 　 Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and his plenipotentiaries emerge from the plane, Prime Minister Kishi holds a press conference, the Democratic Socialist Party is born, and Prime Minister Kishi promotes the new security treaty at the LDP convention.

FEATURE: Tokyo hotel teams up with Airbnb-style private lodging operator

FEATURE: Tokyo hotel teams up with Airbnb-style private lodging operator

Photo taken in Tokyo in February 2018 shows Hotel Suehiro President Mitsuharu Nishizawa (L). The hotel has agreed to work with the operators of budding Airbnb-style Japanese home-share accommodation called "minpaku." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Olympics: Japan's Ishikawa in men's marathon

Olympics: Japan's Ishikawa in men's marathon

Japan's Suehiro Ishikawa (C) crosses the finish line after Abdi Hakin Ulad of Denmark (L) and Anuradha Indrajith Cooray of Sri Lanka in the men's marathon at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 21, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Olympics: Japanese runners in men's marathon

Olympics: Japanese runners in men's marathon

Japanese runners (from R) Satoru Sasaki, Hisanori Kitajima and Suehiro Ishikawa are seen after finishing the men's marathon at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 21, 2016. Sasaki was the 16th to cross the line, while Ishikawa and Kitajima finished in 36th and 94th, respectively. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Olympics: Japanese runners in men's marathon

Olympics: Japanese runners in men's marathon

Japanese runners (from R in middle row) Satoru Sasaki, Suehiro Ishikawa and Hisanori Kitajima are seen after finishing the men's marathon at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 21, 2016. Sasaki was the 16th to cross the line, while Ishikawa and Kitajima finished in 36th and 94th, respectively. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tanker truck overturns, leaks toxic matter

Tanker truck overturns, leaks toxic matter

KAGA, Japan - A tanker truck overturns on a national road in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast on Jan. 24, leaking a toxic liquid. More than 250 local residents were forced to evacuate. The truck's driver Suehiro Takeda, 33, told police that the road was frozen and slippery.