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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players celebrate after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure a fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Ice Hockey: Olympic final q'fier

Japan players acknowledge the crowd after defeating Poland 6-0 to secure its fourth straight Olympic berth in the final women's ice hockey qualifying tournament for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2025, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 18, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Groundbreaking for test facility for CO2 trapping

SAPPORO, Japan - A groundbreaking ceremony for a large-scale test facility for carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), first of its kind in Japan, is held in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on July 2, 2014. CCS is a technology to capture carbon dioxide separated from large-scale emission sources and store it in geological formations.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan holds a press conference in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2012. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the DPJ's ascent to power in 2009, said at the press conference he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan joins his palms before supporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2012. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the DPJ's ascent to power in 2009, said the same day he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (back) of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan bows to supporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2012. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the DPJ's ascent to power in 2009, said the same day he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Softbank planning Japan's largest solar power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2011 shows an experimental solar power plant run by Softbank Corp. in Obihiro, Hokkaido. The Tokyo-based mobile phone carrier is planning to build what would be Japan's largest solar power plant in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, with an output capacity of at least 200,000 kilowatts, industry sources said April 4, 2012.

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Panamanian freighter stranded off Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - A crew member from the Panamanian-registered freighter Propel Progress is rescued by helicopter from the stranded vessel off the coast of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 24, 2011. No crew members, all of them Chinese, were injured in the stranding incident.

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Panamanian freighter stranded off Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Photo taken at 11:20 a.m. on Nov. 24, 2011, shows the Panamanian-registered freighter Propel Progress, which was stranded off the coast of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, around 2:30 a.m. the same day. No crew members, all of them Chinese, were injured in the stranding incident.

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Ryu wins 1st career title at Nitori Ladies

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Ritsuko Ryu responds to applause from spectators after winning the first title of her career at the Nitori Ladies at Katsura Golf Club in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Aug. 28, 2011. Ryu, who had five birdies against two bogeys in the final round, closed on 7-under 209.

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3 children die in early morning fire

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Police officers examine a gutted wooden apartment in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, where the bodies of three children believed to be aged from 2 to 6 were found on June 14, 2010. The apartment caught fire in the early morning when the grandparents of the children, who had been babysitting for their daughter, were asleep.

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3 children die in early morning fire

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Police officers examine a gutted wooden apartment in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, where the bodies of three children believed to be aged from 2 to 6 were found on June 14, 2010. The apartment caught fire in the early morning when the grandparents of the children, who had been babysitting for their daughter, were asleep.

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3 children die in early morning fire in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A police officer stands guard in front of a burned room of a wooden apartment building in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 14, 2010, after the bodies of three children were found there following a fire. The three are believed to be Risa Shiraishi, 6, and her sister Emiri, 4 and brother Takuto, 2, who are grandchildren of Yoshiharu Watanabe, 71, who lives on the ground floor of the apartment which houses four families.

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Japan, China, S. Korea joint plan on environment

SAPPORO, Japan - South Korea's Lee Maanee (L), Japanese environment minister Sakihito Ozawa (C) and China's Zhou Shengxian join hands after their two-day meeting in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on May 23, 2010. The three environment ministers adopted their countries' first joint action plan to deal with global warming, the problem of yellow dust and other priority environmental issues for the five years through 2014.

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5 die after boat capsizes in Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - A helicopter flies over the shore of Tomakomai on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 12, 2009, after a boat with seven anglers aboard capsized the previous night. Five members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were killed and another went missing in the sea accident.

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5 die after boat capsizes in Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - A helicopter flies over the shore of Tomakomai on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 12, 2009, after a boat with seven anglers aboard capsized the previous night. Five members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were killed and another went missing in the sea accident.

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Star players plant trees for baseball bats in Hokkaido forest

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Lotte Marines second baseman Tadahito Iguchi plants a seedling of the ''aodamo'' ash tree during an annual green event in a forest in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on July 23.

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Moromizato holds on to win Japan Women's Open

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Shinobu Moromizato smiles with her trophy after winning the Japan Women's Open golf tournament at Tarumae Country Club in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 30.

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Hokkaido police inspect Meat Hope plant, reenacts meat fraud

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - His head bowed, Minoru Tanaka, 68, president and founder of Meat Hope Co., walks out from the company's Shiomi meat-processing plant in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on July 3, helping police gather evidence on how the company mixed miscellaneous meat and sold the product as ''ground beef.'' Tanaka has acknowledged the fraudulent practice, saying it was intended to ''cut down costs.'' Tanaka has also admitted using rainwater to thaw frozen meat.

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Scandal-tainted Meat Hope tells 60 employees about dismissals

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Hokkaido-based meat processor Meat Hope Co., answers questions from reporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 26 after he officially told all 60 of the company's employees they will be dismissed because it has become difficult to keep operating due to a false-labeling scandal.

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Emperor, empress attend National Arbor Day in Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito helps plant trees in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to mark the National Arbor Day. The emperor, accompanied by Empress Michiko, also took part in the National Land Afforestation Campaign in Tomakomai and urged the nation to understand woodland functions.

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Emperor, empress attend National Arbor Day in Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, hoes in their hands, help plant trees in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to mark the National Arbor Day. The imperial couple also took part in the National Land Afforestation Campaign in Tomakomai, with the emperor urging the nation to understand woodland functions.

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Police search Hokkaido meat-processing firm over false labeling

TOKAKOMAI, Japan - Surrounded by reporters and television cameras, detectives from Hokkaido prefectural police enter the premises of Meat Hope Co. in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to search for evidence after the Hokkaido-based meat-processing company was found to have falsely labeled meat products.

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Emperor stresses woodland functions on National Arbor Day

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito, accompanied by Empress Michiko (C), speaks at a ceremony in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to mark the National Arbor Day, calling on the nation to learn more about woodland functions.

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Emperor stresses woodland functions on National Arbor Day

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the venue of the 58th National Land Afforestation Campaign in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 24 to mark the National Arbor Day. The emperor stressed the woodland functions in an address he delivered for the campaign.

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Emperor, empress visit Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to well-wishers as they leave the Bibigawa center for people with intellectual disabilities in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on June 23. The imperial couple, who arrived in Hokkaido earlier in the day, plan to attend a national tree planting festival in Tomakomai on June 24.

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Farm ministry inspects Meat Hope over false labeling

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), president of Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, greets officials from the farm ministry June 22 as they arrive to check on alleged false labeling of meat products there.

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Meat firm suspected of mixing pork into ground beef products

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Meat Hope Co., a Hokkaido meat-processing company, apologizes at the outset of a news conference in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 20. He said his company may have shipped a mixture of minced beef and pork to food companies labeling it ''ground beef,'' citing the possibility of human error.

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Komadai Tomakomai's Tanaka available at high school draft

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Masahiro Tanaka, who helped Komadai Tomakomai finish runner-up at the national high school baseball championship in August, smiles at a news conference at his school in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 13 after submitting a form stating that he wishes to play in the pros.

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Komadai Tomakomai to pull out of nat'l baseball tournament

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Katsumasa Shinohara, principal of the Komazawa University's Tomakomai High School, known as Komadai Tomakomai, said in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on March 3 the school will withdraw from this spring's national baseball championship after 14 students, including baseball players, were taken into police custody for illegal smoking and drinking.

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Tabata claims 6th straight nat'l title

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Maki Tabata powers her way to victory in the women's all-around competition to claim her sixth consecutive title at the speed skating national championships at the Highland Sports Center in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Dec. 14.

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Police search Idemitsu Kosan over tank fires

SAPPORO, Japan - Police searched Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s oil refinery (shown) in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Oct. 4 on suspicion that a recent series of huge flammable liquid fires sparked by earthquakes was due to the company's negligence.

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(2)Fire at Hokkaido oil refinery extinguished

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - A filling station run by Idemitsu Kosan Co. offers free car-washes in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 30. The company offered the services after a fire that raged for 44 hours at its refinery in the city.

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(1)Fire at Hokkaido oil refinery extinguished

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - The charred remains of a naphtha tank (front) at the Idemitsu Kosan Co. oil refinery in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, after the fire was extinguished early Sept. 30, some 44 hours after the tank, damaged by powerful earthquakes on Sept. 26, caught fire Sept. 28.

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Burning tank at oil refinery in Hokkaido collapses

TITOSE, Japan - Flames and smoke continue rising from an oil refinery tank at Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s refinery in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 29 after the tank's upper part collapsed. The tank caught fire on Sept. 28 due to the effects of continual earthquakes in the region.

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Hamilton wins Matchplay Championship

SAPPORO, Japan, Sept. 7 - Todd Hamilton of the United States reacts after winning the Japan PGA Matchplay Championship on the Nidom Classic Course in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 7.