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Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Cristiano Ronaldo (front) of Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr vies for the ball with Kota Takai of Japan's Kawasaki Frontale in the first half of an AFC Champions League Elite semifinal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 30, 2025.

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Football: World Cup qualifier

Japan's Kota Takai (C) attempts to score with a header in the second half of a 2026 football World Cup final-round Asian qualifier against Saudi Arabia at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, eastern Japan, on March 25, 2025.

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Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Kawasaki Frontale's Kota Takai (C) is pictured after scoring an own goal in the second half of the first leg of an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 football clash against Shanghai Shenhua in Shanghai on March 5, 2025.

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-AFC U23 ASIAN CUP-FINAL

(240504) -- DOHA, May 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Husain Norchaev (L) of Uzbekistan vies with Takai Kota of Japan during the final match between Japan and Uzbekistan at AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 football tournament in Doha, Qatar, on May 3, 2024. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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Winery in Osaka enters 101st year

OSAKA, Japan - Katashimo Wine Foods Co. President Toshihiro Takai reaches up to grapes in his vineyard in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in this file photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014. The company's winemaking business entered its 101st year in 2015.

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Okinawa high school wins national baseball c'ship

KOSHIEN, Japan - Konan ace Yusuke Shimabukuro pitches against Takai Daisagami during the final of the high-profile annual high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 21, 2010. Konan in Okinawa became only the sixth school in the history of Japanese high school baseball to win both the spring and summer national meets.

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Muneta takes over 100-kg title at nat'l weight-class tourney

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yasuyuki Muneta (upper) scors an ippon victory over defending champion Yohei Takai in the final to win the over 100- kilogram title at the national weight-class invitational Judo tournament at Fukuoka municipal gymnasium on April 2.

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Takagi elected as new Rengo chief

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi (L), head of UI Zensen Domei, and Kiyoshi Sasamori shake hands during an annual convention of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 6 after Takai is elected as new Rengo president to replace Sasamori.

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Fishermen's protest blocks Isahaya reclamation project

NAGASAKI, Japan - Some 30 fishermen from Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures surround a dump truck Jan. 8 at the floodgate in the town of Takai, Nagasaki Prefecture. They were protesting against a government attempt to resume a land reclamation project in Isahaya Bay, suspended since late February last year.

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Muneta takes over 100-kg title at nat'l weight-class tourney

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yasuyuki Muneta (upper) scors an ippon victory over defending champion Yohei Takai in the final to win the over 100- kilogram title at the national weight-class invitational Judo tournament at Fukuoka municipal gymnasium on April 2. (Kyodo)

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Swallows fly to 1st CL pennant in 14 years

Yuhei Takai (C) of the Yakult Swallows smacks the game-ending hit during the 11th inning of a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium on Oct. 2, 2015, leading his team to win its seventh Central League pennant and the first in 14 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swallows fly to 1st CL pennant in 14 years

Yuhei Takai of the Yakult Swallows smacks the game-ending hit during the 11th inning of a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium on Oct. 2, 2015, leading his team to win its seventh Central League pennant and the first in 14 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swallows fly to 1st CL pennant in 14 years

Yuhei Takai (front) of the Yakult Swallows smacks the game-ending hit during the 11th inning of a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium on Oct. 2, 2015, leading his team to win its seventh Central League pennant and the first in 14 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake expert reports after field survey in quake-hit Nepal

Nobuo Takai, an associate professor at Hokkaido University's Laboratory of Urban Disaster Protection Planning, gives a lecture in Sapporo on May 11, 2015, after conducting a field research in Nepal devastated by the April 25 quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swallows get to Kuroda early to snap losing skid

Hiroshima Carp pitcher Hiroki Kuroda reacts after yielding a solo home run to Yuhei Takai in the third inning of a 5-4 loss to the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on May 1, 2015. Kuroda gave up five runs in six innings of work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan beat Europe 4-3 in baseball game

Players of Japan's national team celebrate as Yuhei Takai singles home the winning run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against Europe at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2015. Samurai Japan overcame a late two-run deficit to beat Europe 4-3 in the opener of their two-game series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan beat Europe 4-3 in baseball game

Japan's Yuhei Takai singles home the winning run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against Europe at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2015. Samurai Japan overcame a late two-run deficit to beat Europe 4-3 in the opener of their two-game series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan aquarium takes up challenge of breeding endangered penguin

Photo taken Jan. 21, 2016 shows Hidenori Takai, the leader of a seven-member team at Wakkanai Noshappu Aquarium in Hokkaido that has taken up the challenge of breeding the endangered Humboldt penguin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swallows members meet press after winning CL pennant

Yakult Swallows infielder Tetsuto Yamada (far L) and skipper Mitsuru Manaka (2nd from L) join pitcher Masanori Ishikawa (2nd from R) and outfielder Yuhei Takai at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2015, after winning the Central League pennant, their first in 14 years, by beating the Hanshin Tigers 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takagi elected as new Rengo chief

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi (L), head of UI Zensen Domei, and Kiyoshi Sasamori shake hands during an annual convention of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 6 after Takai is elected as new Rengo president to replace Sasamori. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa high school wins national baseball c'ship

KOSHIEN, Japan - Konan ace Yusuke Shimabukuro pitches against Takai Daisagami during the final of the high-profile annual high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 21, 2010. Konan in Okinawa became only the sixth school in the history of Japanese high school baseball to win both the spring and summer national meets. (Kyodo)

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Winery in Osaka enters 101st year

OSAKA, Japan - Katashimo Wine Foods Co. President Toshihiro Takai reaches up to grapes in his vineyard in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in this file photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014. The company's winemaking business entered its 101st year in 2015. (Kyodo)

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Top court rules 3 A-bomb survivors not radiation disease sufferers

Tsutae Takai, one of the three 1945 U.S. atomic bombing survivors who filed a lawsuit to be recognized as radiation disease sufferers, attends a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 25, 2020, after Japan's Supreme Court rejected their calls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court rules 3 A-bomb survivors not radiation disease sufferers

Tsutae Takai, one of the three 1945 U.S. atomic bombing survivors who filed a lawsuit to be recognized as radiation disease sufferers, attends a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 25, 2020, after Japan's Supreme Court rejected their calls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court rules 3 A-bomb survivors not radiation disease sufferers

Tsutae Takai, one of the three 1945 U.S. atomic bombing survivors who filed a lawsuit to be recognized as radiation disease sufferers, attends a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 25, 2020, after Japan's Supreme Court rejected their calls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court rules 3 A-bomb survivors not radiation disease sufferers

Tsutae Takai, one of the three 1945 U.S. atomic bombing survivors who filed a lawsuit to be recognized as radiation disease sufferers, attends a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 25, 2020, after Japan's Supreme Court rejected their calls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court recognizes 2 A-bomb survivors as radiation disease sufferers

Plaintiffs Toshio Mori (L), 91, and Tsutae Takai, 80, attend a press conference in Nagoya on Sept. 14, 2016, after the Nagoya District Court recognized two men, exposed to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, as sufferers of radiation diseases, overturning the government's rejection of their bid to be certified under standards eased in recent years. The court, however, dismissed similar claims made by two women who were exposed to the Nagasaki atomic bomb. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo