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Princess Kako watches Japan national tennis championship final

Japanese Princess Kako poses for a photo with Ryotaro Taguchi, winner of the Japan national men's singles tennis championship, at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2025.

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Princess Kako watches Japan national tennis championship final

Japanese Princess Kako poses for a photo with Ryotaro Taguchi, winner of the Japan national men's singles tennis championship, at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2025.

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Princess Kako watches Japan national tennis championship final

Japanese Princess Kako hands the Emperor's Cup to Ryotaro Taguchi, winner of the Japan national men's singles tennis championship, at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2025.

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Rhythmic gymnastics: World championships

Japan team members (from L) Hatsune Miyoshi, Ayuka Suzuki, Hisano Taguchi, Megumi Nishimoto and Rinako Inaki pose for photos after winning silver in the group ribbon event at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 24, 2025.

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Japan Paralympic's chef de mission returns home from Paris

Aki Taguchi (front), former Paralympic shooter and Japan's chef de mission for the Paris Paralympics, arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo upon her return from France on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Members of the Japanese team - (from left) Koji Miyajiki, Kazuya Kaneko, Naoki Hagiwara, Yuji Taguchi, Haruki Torii and Yuto Sano - jump on the podium after winning the men's goalball final at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024 at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Members of the Japanese team - (from left) Koji Miyajiki, Kazuya Kaneko, Naoki Hagiwara, Yuji Taguchi, Haruki Torii and Yuto Sano - pose with their gold medals after winning the men's goalball event at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024, at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Abductees' relatives in Washington

Takuya Yokota (L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, and group member Koichiro Iizuka hold a press conference in Washington on May 4, 2023, after meeting with U.S. government officials to secure their cooperation in resolving the decades-old issue. Yokota is a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13, while Iizuka's mother Yaeko Taguchi was taken to North Korea in 1978.

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Abductees' relatives in Washington

Takuya Yokota (L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, and group member Koichiro Iizuka hold a press conference in Washington on May 4, 2023, after meeting with U.S. government officials to secure their cooperation in resolving the decades-old issue. Yokota is a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13, while Iizuka's mother Yaeko Taguchi was taken to North Korea in 1978.

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(SP)INDIA-NEW DELHI-BOXING-IBA WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023

(230317) -- NEW DELHI, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Taguchi Ayaka (L) competes with Mongolia's Tugsjargal Nomin-Erdene during the elite women's 57-60kg light preliminary match at the IBA World Women's Boxing Championships 2023 in New Delhi, March 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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(SP)INDIA-NEW DELHI-BOXING-IBA WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023

(230317) -- NEW DELHI, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's Tugsjargal Nomin-Erdene (R) competes with Japan's Taguchi Ayaka during the elite women's 57-60kg light preliminary match at the IBA World Women's Boxing Championships 2023 in New Delhi, March 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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(SP)INDIA-NEW DELHI-BOXING-IBA WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023

(230317) -- NEW DELHI, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Taguchi Ayaka (R) competes with Mongolia's Tugsjargal Nomin-Erdene during the elite women's 57-60kg light preliminary match at the IBA World Women's Boxing Championships 2023 in New Delhi, March 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

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N. Korea abductees' kin

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, whose sister Yaeko Taguchi was abducted in 1978 aged 22, speaks at a special gathering of the family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and their supporters, in Tokyo on June 22, 2014. The relatives called for priority to be placed on the return of survivors waiting for rescue, after North Korea agreed with Japan in May to reinvestigate the fate of the abductees.

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Triple world boxing title matches slated for Dec. 31

TOKYO, Japan - WBA super flyweight champion Kohei Kono, WBA super featherweight champ Takashi Uchiyama and ninth-ranked WBA light flyweight Ryoichi Taguchi (from L) pose for photos in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014, prior to their world title matches on Dec. 31.

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Japan, Brazil compete in friendly

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar (10) vies for the ball with Japanese player Taishi Taguchi during the first half of a friendly in Singapore on Oct. 14, 2014.

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Brother of woman abducted to N. Korea

GENEVA, Switzerland - Shigeo Iizuka, the head of a group consisting of the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, speaks at a session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 17, 2014. Iizuka's sister, Yaeko Taguchi, was abducted in 1978 at age 22.

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Kin of N. Korea abduction victims meet Japan's FM

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (L) hands a written statement to Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on March 4, 2014, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on behalf of an international group seeking to resolve past abductions of Japanese and other foreign nationals by North Korea, including Iizuka's sister Yaeko Taguchi. (Pool photo)

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Abductees' kin call for more pressure on N. Korea

KASUKABE, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, representative of an association of the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and brother of abductee Yaeko Taguchi, answers reporters' questions on Feb. 18, 2014, regarding a just-released U.N. commission report on human rights violations in the reclusive communist country.

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Relatives of Japanese abductees head for Geneva

NARITA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (front), head of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, is seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2012, before his departure for Geneva to attend events aimed at raising public awareness of abduction issues. His younger sister Yaeko Taguchi was abducted in 1978 at the age of 22.

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Abductee's relative meets with ex-N. Korean spy Kim

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of abductee Yaeko Taguchi, gives a news conference in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 21, 2010, after meeting with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner. Iizuka said Kim gave him encouragement in a written message regarding the return of his mother.

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Abductee's relative meets with ex-N. Korean spy Kim

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of abductee Yaeko Taguchi, gives a news conference in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 21, 2010, after meeting with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner. Iizuka said Kim gave him encouragement in a written message regarding the return of his mother.

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Abductee's relative meets with ex-N. Korean spy Kim

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of abductee Yaeko Taguchi, holds a message written by Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, after meeting with her on July 21, 2010, in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Kim encouraged Iizuka in her message, writing that his mother will definitely return to Japan.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, a brother of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, is seen in a car heading to a meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, is seen in a car heading to a meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to meet with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, arrives at Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to meet with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka (C), son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Shigeo Iizuka (back), her brother, are seen in a car heading to a meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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Orix gets former major league outfielder Taguchi

OSAKA, Japan - Former major league outfielder So Taguchi (R), who was released from the Chicago Cubs at the end of the 2009 season, shakes hands with Orix Buffaloes general manager Yoshio Murayama during a news conference where the Japanese ball team announced Taguchi's return to the team. The 40-year-old Taguchi said he feels reinvigorated after returning to play for the Buffaloes for the first time in nine years.

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Orix gets former major league outfielder Taguchi

OSAKA, Japan - Former major league outfielder So Taguchi, who was released from the Chicago Cubs at the end of the 2009 season, speaks during a news conference where the Japanese ball team announced the 40-year-old was returning to the team. Taguchi said he feels reinvigorated after returning to play for the Buffaloes for the first time in nine years.

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Orix gets former major league outfielder Taguchi

OSAKA, Japan - Former major league outfielder So Taguchi, who was released from the Chicago Cubs at the end of the 2009 season, wears an Orix Buffaloes jersey during a news conference in which the Japanese ball team announced his return to the team. The 40-year-old Taguchi said he feels reinvigorated after returning to play for the Buffaloes for the first time in nine years.

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Kin of abductees impressed with Obama's Tokyo speech

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (C), who represents relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, flanked by Shigeru Yokota (R) and his wife Sakie, whose daughter Megumi was taken to North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks to reporters after U.S. President Barack Obama's speech at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2009. Iizuka, the brother of abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and the Yokotas praised the president's speech as delivering a strong, clear message toward settling the issue.

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Taguchi wins Ig Nobel Prize for cutting waste using panda feces

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Fumiaki Taguchi, professor emeritus at the graduate school of medical sciences in Kitasato University, makes a speech during the Ig Noble awards ceremony at Harvard University's historic Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 1, 2009. Taguchi is among this year's winners of the Ig Nobel Prize for developing a method to cut kitchen refuse using bacteria derived from giant panda feces.

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Hatoyama vows efforts to get back abduction victims

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (R), the mother of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korea, answers questions from reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2009. At left is Shigeo Iizuka, brother of kidnap victim Yaeko Taguchi and head of the group of relatives of abduction victims.

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Former baseball player Shozo Doi dies at 67

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in December 1991 shows Orix BlueWave manager Shozo Doi (R, front) at a news conference to introduce Ichiro Suzuki (L, in back) and So Taguchi (L, front), who are now major leaguers, and the team's other rookies at a hotel in Kobe. Doi's family said Sept. 25, 2009, that he had died aged 67. A member of the Yomiuri Giants team that won nine consecutive Japan Series titles from 1965-73, Doi underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in March 2007.

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Japanese players in MLB

NEW YORK, United States - Hideki Matsui (R) of the New York Yankees talks with So Taguchi (C) and Kosuke Fukudome of the Chicago Cubs at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 3 before their preseason exhibition game.

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Japan beats Chicago Cubs 3-2 in exhibition game

MESA, United States - The Chicago Cubs' So Taguchi hits an RBI double off Japan's closer Kyuji Fujikawa in the ninth inning of their exhibition game in Mesa, Arizona, on March 12. Japan won 3-2. The Japanese team will move to San Diego on March 13 to play in the second round of the World Baseball Classic tournament.

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Japan beats Chicago Cubs 3-2 in exhibition game

MESA, United States - Japan's closer Kyuji Fukikawa reacts after Chicago Cubs' So Taguchi hits an RBI double in the ninth inning of their exhibition game in Mesa, Arizona, on March 12. Japan won 3-2. The Japanese team will move to San Diego on March 13 to play in the second round of the World Baseball Classic tournament.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui (R) speaks during a press conference at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11, with Koichiro Iizuka, the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, listening to her.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Koichiro Iizuka (L), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, shake hands with former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui as they meet at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui (L) holds the arm of Koichiro Iizuka (R), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi as they enter a news conference at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui (L) holds the arm of Koichiro Iizuka (R), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi as they enter a news conference at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Koichiro Iizuka (L), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, shake hands with former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui as they meet at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11. In the center is Taguchi's brother Shigeo Iizuka.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui (R), Koichiro Iizuka (C), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Taguchi's 70-year-old brother Shigeo Iizuka attend a joint news conference at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11 after their meeting there.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui enters the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11 to meet Koichiro Iizuka, the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Taguchi's 70-year-old brother Shigeo Iizuka.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Koichiro Iizuka (L), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, shake hands with former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui as they meet at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11. In the center is Taguchi's brother Shigeo Iizuka.

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Ex-N. Korean agent says Japanese abductee Taguchi still alive

BUSAN, South Korea - Koichiro Iizuka (C), the 32-year-old son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, embraces former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui as they meet at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan on March 11. On the left is Taguchi's brother Shigeo Iizuka.

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Abductee kin arrives in Busan for talks with ex-N. Korean agent

BUSAN, South Korea - Koichiro Iizuka (C), son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, arrives in Busan with Taguchi's brother Shigeo Iizuka for a meeting March 11 with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent who is believed to have been taught Japanese by Taguchi.

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Abductee kin arrive in Busan for talks with ex-N. Korean agent

BUSAN, South Korea - Shigeo Iizuka (L), a brother of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Taguchi's son Koichiro Iizuka (R in center) arrive in Busan, South Korea, for a meeting March 11 with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent who is believed to have been taught Japanese by Taguchi.

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Abductee kin leave for Busan for talks with ex-N. Korean agent

NARITA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (L), a brother of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Taguchi's son Koichiro Iizuka (in back) prepare to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on March 10 for Busan, South Korea, for a meeting March 11 with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean agent who is believed to have been taught Japanese by Taguchi.

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Japanese players in MLB

MESA, Arizona - The Chicago Cubs' So Taguchi hits a triple with the bases loaded in the eighth inning of a preseason exhibition game against the Kansas City Royals in Mesa, Arizona, on March 9.

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Japanese players in MLB

MESA, Arizona - The Chicago Cubs' So Taguchi (R) smiles on third base after hitting a triple with the bases loaded in the eighth inning of a preseason exhibition game against the Kansas City Royals in Mesa, Arizona, on March 9.