Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

2017 M-1 Grand Prix manzai contest winners

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Japanese "manzai" comedian duo Toro Salmon -- Hideaki Murata (L) and Kazunobu Kubota -- pose at the TV Asahi studios in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2017, after winning the 2017 M-1 Grand Prix contest. (Kyodo)

E

US: Bear Fire Spreads Rapidly In Tahoe National Forest 4

Bear Fire started in the Tahoe National Forest on Labor Day, September 2, prompting evacuation orders. The fire spread rapidly and has grown to 3,000 acres as of Wednesday afternoon.

E

US: Bear Fire Spreads Rapidly In Tahoe National Forest 3

Bear Fire started in the Tahoe National Forest on Labor Day, September 2, prompting evacuation orders. The fire spread rapidly and has grown to 3,000 acres as of Wednesday afternoon.

E

Figure skater Ando

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows two-time former figure skating world champion Miki Ando performing during an ice show in Tokyo on June 1, 2013. Ando said in an inclusive TV Asahi interview broadcast on July 1, 2013, that she gave birth to a girl in April.

E

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.

E

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.

E

Google webcasts news programs of TV Asahi, TBS via YouTube

TOKYO, Japan - Google Inc. Vice President David Eun speaks at a news conference at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2009. He announced that Google has concluded license agreements with TV Asahi Corp. and Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. to webcast their news and other programs through its YouTube video sharing site.

E

TV Asahi emerges as 4th biggest shareholder in Asahi Shimbun

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Kimiwada (L), president of TV Asahi Corp., and Kotaro Akiyama, president of Asahi Shimbun Co., shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on June 6. They announced that TV Asahi has bought 380,000 shares in Asahi Shimbun Co. for 23.94 billion yen to strengthen their business alliance.

E

Ex-TV Asahi announcer Tamayo Marukawa wins upper house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Tamayo Marukawa, a former TV Asahi announcer, bows to her supporters after she was elected to the House of Councillors on July 29 on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket from Tokyo's constituency. The campaign poster in the background says ''It is good to be Japanese.''

E

Ex-TV Asahi announcer Tamayo Marukawa wins upper house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Tamayo Marukawa, a former TV Asahi announcer, speaks to her supporters after she was elected to the House of Councillors on July 29 from Tokyo's constituency on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket.

E

Pianist and composer Kentaro Haneda dies at 58

TOKYO, Japan - Kentaro Haneda (file photo taken in May, 2005), a pianist and composer who appeared on various TV shows, died of hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer, at a Tokyo hospital on June 3. He was 58. Haneda was a popular host of music show ''Untitled Concert'' on TV Asahi for seven years until this April when his health deteriorated.

E

TV Asahi hid 137 mil. yen in taxable income

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Kimiwada, president of TV Asahi Corp., holds a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28 following reports that the company hid 137 million yen in taxable income by booking fictitious subcontract costs over three years to March 2005.

E

TV Asahi to promote sports, entertainment programs: new president

TOKYO, Japan - TV Asahi Corp. President Masao Kimiwada speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News. He said the company is poised to promote sports and entertainment programs as a core service along with its highly esteemed news coverage.

E

TV Asahi settles suit filed by farmers over 1999 dioxin report

TOKYO, Japan - Farmers, who sued TV Asahi Corp. over a news report on dioxin contamination, hold up an out-of-court settlement document during a press conference in Tokyo on June 16. Under the settlement, TV Asahi offered an apology to the 29 farmers in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, and promised to pay them 10 million yen. The farmers had sought 26 million yen in damages.

E

Top court says TV report on dioxin not backed by proof

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuharu Nakai, a TV Asahi official, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 16 after the Supreme Court overturned lower court decisions acknowledging the veracity of a TV Asahi report on dioxin contamination in vegetables grown in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, and rejecting damages suits against the Tokyo broadcasting company by farmers claiming to have suffered losses due to a plunge in vegetable sales following the report.

E

TV cop drama to be canceled after accident during filming

NAGOYA, Japan - Tetsuya Watari, president of Ishihara International Productions Inc., said in Nagoya on Aug. 13 that Asahi National Broadcasting Co.'s (TV Asahi) police drama ''Seibu Keisatsu 2003''(Western Police 2003) will be canceled following an accident that occurred during filming Aug. 12. Five onlookers were injured in the accident.

E

TV personality Mikuni dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Photo dated March 1986 shows TV personality Ichiro Mikuni, who died Sept. 15 of a malignant lymphoma at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 79. A native of Nagoya, Mikuni entered broadcasting while working in the sales department of Asahi Breweries Ltd. He went on to become a popular emcee on TV shows of Nippon Television Network Corp. and was also known as an actor and essayist.

E

Farmers sue TV station over dioxin report

URAWA, Japan - Farmers from Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo, accompanied by their attorneys, walk into the Urawa District Court on Sept. 1 to file a lawsuit against TV Asahi and a private research institute, seeking some 197 million yen in damages over a report on purported dioxin contamination in their produce.

E

Kato to declare candidacy for LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Koichi Kato is expected to announce his decision to run for the ruling party's presidential race around Aug. 13, when the current Diet session adjourns. Kato, 60, who leads the LDP's No. 2 faction, made his remarks on the issue on a TV Asahi program aired in the morning of July 18 in Tokyo. The LDP presidential election is scheduled to take place in September, when the two-year term of the incumbent chief, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, 62, expires.

E

LDP's Kakizawa declares candidacy for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa meets the press after revealing he will run for Tokyo governor in April even without the support from his party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Kakizawa, 65, an LDP member of the House of Representatives, made the statement Feb. 14 during the TV Asahi news program ''Sunday Project.''

E

TV Asahi to promote sports, entertainment programs: new presiden

TOKYO, Japan - TV Asahi Corp. President Masao Kimiwada speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News. He said the company is poised to promote sports and entertainment programs as a core service along with its highly esteemed news coverage. (Kyodo)

E

TV Asahi emerges as 4th biggest shareholder in Asahi Shimbun

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Kimiwada (L), president of TV Asahi Corp., and Kotaro Akiyama, president of Asahi Shimbun Co., shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on June 6. They announced that TV Asahi has bought 380,000 shares in Asahi Shimbun Co. for 23.94 billion yen to strengthen their business alliance. (Kyodo)

E

LDP's Kakizawa declares candidacy for Tokyo governor

Former Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa meets the press after revealing he will run for Tokyo governor in April even without the support from his party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Kakizawa, 65, an LDP member of the House of Representatives, made the statement Feb. 14 during the TV Asahi news program ''Sunday Project.'' ==Kyodo

E

Advocate of halting atomic reactors wins Kagoshima governor race

Satoshi Mitazono, a former TV Asahi Corp. commentator, speaks to supporters in the city of Kagoshima after winning the Kagoshima gubernatorial election on July 10, 2016. The 58-year-old Mitazono, who has pledged to halt nuclear reactors operating in the prefecture, beat incumbent Yuichiro Ito, who agreed to the restart of a nuclear plant in the southwestern prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Japanese talk show marks 40th anniversary with host eying half century

Photo shows Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, actress and host of "Tetsuko's Room," a talk show broadcast by TV Asahi. The program, which was recognized by Guinness World Records in May 2015 for reaching its 10,000th episode, marked another milestone on Feb. 2, 2016, as it had its 40th anniversary. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Japanese talk show "Tetsuko's Room" to mark 40th anniversary

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (R), 82, actress and host of "Tetsuko's Room," celebrates with veteran comedians Samma Akashiya (C) and George Tokoro in Tokyo's TV Asahi on Jan. 22, 2016, during the recording of a special episode commemorating the talk show's upcoming 40th anniversary. "Tetsuko's Room," which started Feb. 2, 1976, was recognized by Guinness World Records in 2011 for achieving the most TV talk show episodes hosted by the same presenter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Japanese talk show "Tetsuko's Room" to mark 40th anniversary

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, 82, actress and host of "Tetsuko's Room," smiles with a bouquet in Tokyo's TV Asahi on Jan. 22, 2016, after the recording of a special episode commemorating the talk show's upcoming 40th anniversary. "Tetsuko's Room," which started Feb. 2, 1976, was recognized by Guinness World Records in 2011 for achieving the most TV talk show episodes hosted by the same presenter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi's main newscaster Furutachi to step down

Ichiro Furutachi, the face of TV Asahi Corp.'s news show, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2015, announcing he will step down from the anchor post in spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi's main newscaster Furutachi to step down

Ichiro Furutachi, the face of TV Asahi Corp.'s news show, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2015, announcing he will step down from the anchor post in spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi's main newscaster Furutachi to step down next spring

Photo taken in May 2004 shows Ichiro Furutachi, the anchor of TV Asahi's news show "Hodo Station." The major network said Dec. 24, 2015, that Furutachi, 61, will step down from the post at the end of March 2016 based on his request. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Newscaster-turned-lawmaker Marukawa appointed environment minister

Environment Minister Tamayo Marukawa gives instructions to her staff at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2015, the day after assuming her post in a Cabinet reshuffle. Marukawa, 44, started her political career in 2007 after being recruited by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when she was a newscaster at TV Asahi Corp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi

File photo taken May 27, 2020, shows TV Asahi Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi

File photo taken May 27, 2020, in Toyo shows the logo of TV Asahi Corp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Japanese cartoon "Doraemon" to run on British TV

Undated photo shows children looking at a Doraemon statue. Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi Corp. said on Aug. 11, 2015, that the popular cartoon program will be shown in Britain from Aug. 17, making it the 38th country or region to run the series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

"Tetsuko's Room," talk show already in Guinness, hits another milestone

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, veteran actress and host of "Tetsuko's Room," a talk show broadcast daily on weekdays by TV Asahi, is interviewed by Kyodo News on the set of the show in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2015. The show, recognized by Guinness World Records in 2011 for achieving the most TV talk show episodes hosted by the same presenter, achieved another milestone on May 27, 2015, as it reached its 10,000th episode in its 40th year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

"Tetsuko's Room," talk show already in Guinness, hits another milestone

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, veteran actress and host of "Tetsuko's Room," a talk show broadcast daily on weekdays by TV Asahi, poses for a photo on the set of the show in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2015. The show, recognized by Guinness World Records in 2011 for achieving the most TV talk show episodes hosted by the same presenter, achieved another milestone on May 27, 2015, as it reached its 10,000th episode in its 40th year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

"Tetsuko's Room," talk show already in Guinness, hits another milestone

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, veteran actress and host of "Tetsuko's Room," a talk show broadcast daily on weekdays by TV Asahi, is interviewed by Kyodo News on the set of the show in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2015. The show, recognized by Guinness World Records in 2011 for achieving the most TV talk show episodes hosted by the same presenter, achieved another milestone on May 27, 2015, as it reached its 10,000th episode in its 40th year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

"Tetsuko's Room," talk show already in Guinness, hits another milestone

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, veteran actress and host of "Tetsuko's Room," a talk show broadcast daily on weekdays by TV Asahi, is interviewed by Kyodo News on the set of the show in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2015. The show, recognized by Guinness World Records in 2011 for achieving the most TV talk show episodes hosted by the same presenter, achieved another milestone on May 27, 2015, as it reached its 10,000th episode in its 40th year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi hid 137 mil. yen in taxable income

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Kimiwada, president of TV Asahi Corp., holds a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28 following reports that the company hid 137 million yen in taxable income by booking fictitious subcontract costs over three years to March 2005. (Kyodo)

E

Ex-TV Asahi announcer Tamayo Marukawa wins upper house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Tamayo Marukawa, a former TV Asahi announcer, speaks to her supporters after she was elected to the House of Councillors on July 29 from Tokyo's constituency on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket. (Kyodo)

E

Ex-TV Asahi announcer Tamayo Marukawa wins upper house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Tamayo Marukawa, a former TV Asahi announcer, bows to her supporters after she was elected to the House of Councillors on July 29 on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket from Tokyo's constituency. The campaign poster in the background says ''It is good to be Japanese.'' (Kyodo)

E

Pianist and composer Kentaro Haneda dies at 58

TOKYO, Japan - Kentaro Haneda (file photo taken in May, 2005), a pianist and composer who appeared on various TV shows, died of hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer, at a Tokyo hospital on June 3. He was 58. Haneda was a popular host of music show ''Untitled Concert'' on TV Asahi for seven years until this April when his health deteriorated. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

Asahi TV Broadcasting headquarters in Osaka

File photo taken Nov. 20, 2019, shows the head office building of Asahi Television Broadcasting Corp. in Osaka, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi headquarters

File photo taken on Oct. 24, 2018, shows TV Asahi Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo, designed by Fumihiko Maki, a winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, known as the Nobel Prize for architecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi press confab on sexual harassment

Hiroshi Shinozuka (R at table), general manager of TV Asahi's news division, meets the press in Tokyo on April 19, 2018, after the alleged sexual harassment of one of the broadcaster's employees by a top government bureaucrat. ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi press confab on sexual harassment

Hiroshi Shinozuka (R at table), general manager of TV Asahi's news division, meets the press in Tokyo on April 19, 2018, after the alleged sexual harassment of one of the broadcaster's employees by a top government bureaucrat. ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi press confab on sexual harassment

Hiroshi Shinozuka, general manager of TV Asahi's news division, meets the press in Tokyo on April 19, 2018, after the alleged sexual harassment of one of the broadcaster's employees by a top government bureaucrat. ==Kyodo

E

TV Asahi press confab on sexual harassment

Hiroshi Shinozuka, general manager of TV Asahi's news division, meets the press in Tokyo on April 19, 2018, after the alleged sexual harassment of one of the broadcaster's employees by a top government bureaucrat. ==Kyodo