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Japan's first comic-drawing course at public high school

Nobuhiko Horie, head of Tokyo-based cartoon publisher Coamix Inc., gives a lecture at Takamori High School in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 18, 2023, to freshmen who entered the first comic-drawing course at a public high school in Japan.

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Japan's Omotenashi Pavilion in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Takamori Yoshikawa (2nd from R), Japanese senior vice minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, attends a ceremonial sake barrel opening at Japan's Omotenashi (hospitality) Pavilion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 24, 2014.

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Japan Pavilion construction starts at Shanghai Expo venue

SHANGHAI, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) and senior vice trade minister Takamori Yoshikawa (L) take part in a groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai on Feb. 27 for the Japan Pavilion at the World Expo to be held in the Chinese city in 2010.

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Day after Mt. Aso eruption

A cleaner truck collects volcanic ash from a street in Takamori in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2021, a day after an eruption at nearby Mt. Aso.

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Mt. Aso eruption

A street in Takamori in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is covered with volcanic ash on Oct. 21, 2021, a day after nearby Mt. Aso erupted.

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Mt. Aso eruption

A cabbage field in Takamori in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is covered with volcanic ash on Oct. 21, 2021, a day after nearby Mt. Aso erupted.

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Day after Mt. Aso eruption

A street in Takamori in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is covered by volcanic ash on Oct. 21, 2021, a day after an eruption of nearby Mt. Aso.

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Day after Mt. Aso eruption

A cleaner truck collects volcanic ash from a street in Takamori in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2021, a day after an eruption at nearby Mt. Aso.

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Statue of General Saigo - Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan

Statue of General Saigo Takamori (Takanaga) (1828-1877). Saigo was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era. He has been dubbed the 'last true samurai'. The famous bronze statue shown here (of Saigo in hunting attire with his dog) stands in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan. Made by Takamura Koun, it was unveiled on 18 December 1898. Date: circa 1910s

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Japan Pavilion construction starts at Shanghai Expo venue

SHANGHAI, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) and senior vice trade minister Takamori Yoshikawa (L) take part in a groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai on Feb. 27 for the Japan Pavilion at the World Expo to be held in the Chinese city in 2010.

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The entrance to Ueno Park

The stairs on the right lead to Ueno Park from Ueno Square. The hill above the stairs was called Sakuragaoka. A Confucian Shrine (later moved to Yushima) was built there in 1630 by Hayashi Razan. The famous statue of Saigo Takamori by Takamura Koun was erected here in 1897. The roof to the left of the stairs is Ueno Kiyomizu-do, built by the priest Tenkai. The Kuromon (Black Gate) was stood formerly on the site at the left edge of the photograph. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐68‐0]

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Statue of Nanko

The statue of Kusunoki Masashige riding a horse, located at the south eastern corner of the surroundings the Imperial Palace. It was built in 1897, and was called the three statues of Tokyo together with the statue of Omura Masujiro at Yasukuni Shrine and Saigo Takamori at Ueno park.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐149‐0]

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Japan PM Suga on indictment of ex-farm minister Yoshikawa

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2021, after former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa was indicted without arrest on a charge of receiving bribes from an egg production company while in office.

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Japan PM Suga on indictment of ex-farm minister Yoshikawa

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2021, after former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa was indicted without arrest on a charge of receiving bribes from an egg production company while in office.

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Ex-farm minister's money scandal

Journalists gather around a building of the House of Representatives in Tokyo that houses the office of former Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa. Tokyo prosecutors raided his offices in Tokyo and Sapporo in northern Japan over allegations that he received a total of 5 million yen ($48,000) from Akita Foods Co., an egg production company, while in office.

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Resignation as lawmaker of scandal-hit ex-farm minister

Former Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa, seen in this file photo, tendered his resignation as a lawmaker on Dec. 22, 2020. He has been under fire over an allegation of receiving a total of 5 million yen ($48,000) from an egg production company in western Japan.

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Former Japan farm minister's bribery scandal

Photo taken July 4, 2020, shows major egg producer Akita Foods Co.'s head office in the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Fukuyama in western Japan. Former Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa is suspected of receiving several million yen from a former representative of the company in return for favors for the egg farming industry.

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Former Japan farm minister's bribery scandal

Toshihiro Nikai (C), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2020, after former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa offered to step down from his posts in the LDP over a bribery scandal involving major egg producer Akita Foods Co.

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Sake brewed in memory of Kumamoto earthquake victim

Shinobu Yamato (L), whose 22-year-old son Hikaru was killed in the April 2016 earthquake that hit their hometown in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, tastes sake made from rice planted by Hikaru just before the quake. Hikaru's father Takuya stands next to Shinobu at the tasting session, held on April 19, 2019, in Takamori in the same prefecture in memory of Hikaru as well as thanking people who engaged in his search after the earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-U.S. farm talks

Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa (L) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue shake hands ahead of their talks in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on May 11, 2019. They were in Niigata to attend a Group of 20 farm ministers meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-U.S. farm talks

Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa (L) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue (2nd from R) hold talks in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on May 11, 2019. They were in Niigata to attend a Group of 20 farm ministers meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan fisheries minister on S. Korean import ban

Japanese fisheries minister Takamori Yoshikawa meets the press in Tokyo on April 12, 2019, after the World Trade Organization ruled the previous day in favor of a South Korean ban on imports of some Japanese fishery products introduced in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, reversing an earlier decision against the restrictions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan fisheries minister on S. Korean import ban

Japanese fisheries minister Takamori Yoshikawa meets the press in Tokyo on April 12, 2019, after the World Trade Organization ruled the previous day in favor of a South Korean ban on imports of some Japanese fishery products introduced in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, reversing an earlier decision against the restrictions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan fisheries minister

Japan's fisheries minister Takamori Yoshikawa speaks at a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party at its headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2018, after the country announced its decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission in 2019 to resume commercial whaling. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to withdraw from IWC

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takamori Yoshikawa meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2018, in response to Japan's reported decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission in a bid to resume commercial whaling for the first time in about 30 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to withdraw from IWC

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takamori Yoshikawa meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2018, in response to Japan's reported decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission in a bid to resume commercial whaling for the first time in about 30 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to withdraw from IWC

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takamori Yoshikawa meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2018, in response to Japan's reported decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission in a bid to resume commercial whaling for the first time in about 30 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pure gold objects on display in Osaka

A pure gold life-size statue of Takamori Saigo, who played a key role in Japan's modernization through the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century, is displayed at Takashimaya's Osaka department store on Nov. 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pure gold objects on display in Osaka

A pure gold life-size statue of Takamori Saigo, who played a key role in Japan's modernization through the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century, is displayed at Takashimaya's Osaka department store on Nov. 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Statue of Japan's revolutionary Saigo

File photo taken at Ueno Park in Tokyo in January 2017 shows a statue of Takamori Saigo, a samurai who played a key role in Japan's modernization through the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese prize winner at Varna ballet competition

Japan's Miyu Takamori greets the audience after winning third prize in the junior women's division at the Varna International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria, on July 29, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese prize winners at Varna ballet competition

(From L) Haruto Goto, Elena Iseki, Miyu Takamori and Itsuki Omori show their Varna International Ballet Competition medals in Varna, Bulgaria, on July 30, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ministers experience rush-hour at Shinjuku station

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Transport Minister Toshihiro Nikai (foreground) and Labor Minister Takamori Makino (C) go through automatic ticket gates at a subway station in Tokyo's Shinjuku at rush hour Jan. 27. Several subway and railway lines converge at Shinjuku station. The two ministers visited the station from 8 a.m. to experience what commuters have to go through every day at rush hour so as to seek ways to ease the congestion.