Fatal stabbing of young woman on Tokyo street

Fatal stabbing of young woman on Tokyo street

TOKYO, Japan, May 15 Kyodo - A cross mark on the map shows the site of a fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old woman near JR Takadanobaba Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. A 42-year-old man, Kenichi Takano, was arrested on March 11, 2025, over his alleged stabbing of Airi Sato while she was livestreaming on a street earlier in the day. The man was quoted by investigative sources as saying the woman had failed to repay debts to him.

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. president change press conference

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. president change press conference

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. president change press conference. Photo shows Shin Takano, President and CEO-elect (currently Director, Managing Executive Officer and CFO).=April 22,2025,Tokyo

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. president change press conference

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. president change press conference

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. president change press conference. Photo shows, from right, Shin Takano, President and CEO (currently, Director and Managing Executive Officer, CFO), and Yuichi Masuda, Advisor (currently, President and CEO).=April 22,2025,Tokyo

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. president change press conference

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. president change press conference

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. president change press conference. Photo shows, from right, Shin Takano, President and CEO (currently, Director and Managing Executive Officer, CFO), and Yuichi Masuda, Advisor (currently, President and CEO).=April 22,2025,Tokyo

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan left wing Sota Takano (44) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan left wing Sota Takano (44) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan left wing Sota Takano (44) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan left wing Sota Takano (44) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan left wing Sota Takano (44) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan left wing Sota Takano (44) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

Yumiko Takano (3rd from L), CEO of Oriental Land Co., poses for photos with other dignitaries during a press conference to announce the Tokyo Disney Resort theme park operator's cruise ship business plan on July 9, 2024.

CORRECTED: Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

CORRECTED: Disney cruise ship scheduled to operate in Japan

Yumiko Takano, CEO of Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort theme parks, holds a press conference to announce the company's cruise ship business plan on July 9, 2024.

New area at Tokyo DisneySea

New area at Tokyo DisneySea

Yumiko Takano (4th from L), CEO of Tokyo Disney Resort operator Oriental Land Co., and other officials pose for a photo during the opening ceremony of the new Fantasy Springs area, themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled," at Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on June 6, 2024.

(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW(CN)

(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW(CN)

(230926) -- JINHUA, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Takano Seiya (L, front), Narawa Wataru (C, front) and Naito Toshitaka of Japan compete during the Men's Team Regu Preliminary match of Sepaktakraw between Thailand and Japan at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW(CN)

(SP)CHINA-JINHUA-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW(CN)

(230926) -- JINHUA, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Takano Seiya (L, front), Narawa Wataru (C, front) and Naito Toshitaka of Japan compete during the Men's Team Regu Preliminary match of Sepaktakraw between Thailand and Japan at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SEPAKTAKRAW (CN)

(230925) -- JINHUA, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Naito Toshitaka (R, front) and Takano Seiya (L, front) of Japan block the net during the Men's Team Regu Preliminary Match of Sepaktakraw between Japan and Laos at the 19th Asian Games in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

Asian Games: Rowing

Asian Games: Rowing

Japanese rowing team members -- (from L) Akiho Takano, Sayaka Chujo, Haruna Sakakibara and Sahoko Kinota -- celebrate after winning silver in the women's four at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 24, 2023.

Asian Games: Rowing

Asian Games: Rowing

Japanese rowing team members -- (from L) Akiho Takano, Sayaka Chujo, Haruna Sakakibara and Sahoko Kinota -- celebrate after winning silver in the women's four at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 24, 2023.

U.S. congressman Mark Takano

U.S. congressman Mark Takano

U.S. congressman Mark Takano gives an interview to Kyodo News on March 9, 2023, in Washington.

Etsuko Takano dies

Etsuko Takano dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2001 shows Etsuko Takano, general manager of Iwanami Hall, a Tokyo movie theater famous for screenings of foreign art films. Takano died of colon cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 9, 2013, the 45th anniversary of the founding of Iwanami Hall. She was 83 years old.

Japanese hand-made paper shortlisted for UNESCO heritage status

Japanese hand-made paper shortlisted for UNESCO heritage status

SAITAMA, Japan - Teizo Takano, leader of a group of artisans producing "Hosokawashi" traditional Japanese hand-made paper in Saitama Prefecture, makes the paper in the village of Higashichichibu in the prefecture on Oct. 17, 2014. Traditional Japanese hand-made paper, including Hosokawashi, has been shortlisted by a UNESCO preliminary review panel for inclusion on its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the Japanese Cultural Affairs Agency said Oct. 28.

Japanese hand-made paper shortlisted for UNESCO heritage status

Japanese hand-made paper shortlisted for UNESCO heritage status

SAITAMA, Japan - Teizo Takano, leader of a group of artisans producing "Hosokawashi" traditional Japanese hand-made paper in Saitama Prefecture, shows the paper he produced in the village of Higashichichibu in the prefecture on Oct. 17, 2014. Traditional Japanese hand-made paper, including Hosokawashi, has been shortlisted by a UNESCO preliminary review panel for inclusion on its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the Japanese Cultural Affairs Agency said Oct. 28.

Japanese animation firm DLE debuts on TSE's Mothers market

Japanese animation firm DLE debuts on TSE's Mothers market

TOKYO, Japan - Ryuta Shiiki, president of DLE Inc., poses with characters of its cartoon "Himitsu Kessha Takano Tsume" (Secret Society Eagle Talon) in Tokyo on March 26, 2014, the day of the Tokyo-based animation and entertainment firm's listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers market.

Letters by Hiroshima governor around 1945 A-bombing found

Letters by Hiroshima governor around 1945 A-bombing found

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on March 17, 2014, shows four letters written between June and October 1945 by Genshin Takano (1895-1969), the governor of Hiroshima when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city on Aug. 6, 1945. The letters were discovered at the Hiroshima Prefectural Archives.

Tohoku students trying to become art restorers

Tohoku students trying to become art restorers

TOKYO, Japan - Chie Takano, a fourth-year student at the Tohoku University of Art and Design, analyzes fibers used in a "hina" doll produced during the Edo period (1603-1868) with a microscope at a university laboratory in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture on July 18, 2013.

Japanese Bach fan organizes German fest

Japanese Bach fan organizes German fest

LEIPZIG, Germany - Photo taken May 16, 2013 shows Akio Takano, chief press officer at the Bach Archive Foundation in Leipzig. Takano was in charge of this year's 15th annual "Bachfest Leipzig" organized by the foundation in the eastern German city.

Memorial service in Brazil for March 2011 Japan quake

Memorial service in Brazil for March 2011 Japan quake

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Saya Sasaki (2nd from R) and Sakura Takano (3rd from R), "high school student ambassadors for peace," attend a memorial service in Sao Paulo held by Japanese-Brazilians on March 9, 2013, ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan and crippled the Fukushima nuclear complex. Sasaki and Takano are both survivors of the 2011 disaster.

Sado, Noto farming listed as GIAHS

Sado, Noto farming listed as GIAHS

BEIJING, China - Nanao Mayor Bumpei Takemoto (L) and Sado Mayor Koichiro Takano hold certificates of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems in Beijing on June 11, 2011. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization officially announced the same day it will add the farming methods of Sado, Niigata Prefecture, and Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, to its GIAHS list at an international forum in the Chinese capital.

Court orders McDonald's to pay overtime to manager

Court orders McDonald's to pay overtime to manager

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Takano (R), manager of a McDonald's outlet in the city of Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecutre, and his wife Kuniko attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28 after the Tokyo District Court ordered McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. to pay some 7.5 million yen in overtime and compensation to him. The court acknowledged his claim that while McDonald's had appointed him to a managerial post, he was not given any authority as a manager and therefore should have been paid for overtime.

Takano wins HBC Cup, Okabe in 2nd

Takano wins HBC Cup, Okabe in 2nd

SAPPORO, Japan - Teppei Takano soars through the air on the K-120 Okurayama hill at the HBC Cup ski jumping competition in Sapporo on Jan. 14. Takano won the event with a jump of 126 meters in the final, collecting 125.8 points.

Japanese to serve as PR head for Bach Archive Foundation

Japanese to serve as PR head for Bach Archive Foundation

BERLIN, Germany - Akio Takano, 45, who was appointed head of the public relations department of the Bach Archive Foundation, holds a brochure of a Bach music festival in Berlin on Aug. 22. Takano is the first non-German person to assume the post of the foundation, which researches and manages the work of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).

Ex-Geneva envoy Oshima named as Japan ambassador to S. Korea: source

Ex-Geneva envoy Oshima named as Japan ambassador to S. Korea: source

SEOUL, South Korean - The Japanese government has unofficially named Shotaro Oshima (file photo), former permanent representative to the international organizations in Geneva, as the new ambassador to South Korea, a diplomatic source said on June 8. Oshima will replace Toshiyuki Takano, who has been assigned to the post since January 2003, in the second half of this year, the source said.

Seoul urges Tokyo to discipline Vice Foreign Minister Yachi

Seoul urges Tokyo to discipline Vice Foreign Minister Yachi

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshiyuki Takano is summoned to South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry in Seoul on May 26 to receive a protest over Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi's remarks.

(1)S. Korea summons Japanese ambassador, protests textbook

(1)S. Korea summons Japanese ambassador, protests textbook

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lee Tae Sik (R) meets with Japanese Ambassador Toshiyuki Takano at the Foreign Ministry on April 6 to file a formal protest over Japan's adoption of a junior high school civic study text that says South Korea is ''illegally occupying'' a disputed island in the Sea of Japan. (Pool photo)

S. Koreans protest over remarks by Japanese envoy

S. Koreans protest over remarks by Japanese envoy

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean citizens demonstrate in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 25 protesting remarks made earlier this week by Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshiyuki Takano, who said the disputed Sea of Japan islands known as Takeshima in Japan and Tokto in South Korea belong to Japan. The islands are claimed by both countries.

(1)S. Korea lodges protest over Koizumi's Yasukuni visit

(1)S. Korea lodges protest over Koizumi's Yasukuni visit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yoon Young Kwan (background) meets with Japanese Ambassador Toshiyuki Takano (foreground) at his ministry on Jan. 2 to protest Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit on Jan. 1 to Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine.

S. Korea's Yoon hopes to visit Japan as soon as possible

S. Korea's Yoon hopes to visit Japan as soon as possible

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yoon Young Kwan (R) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to Seoul Toshiyuki Takano in Seoul on March 12 prior to their talks. Yoon said he hopes to visit Japan as soon as possible for talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi.

(2)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

(2)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) Haruo Yamashita, Kiyofumi Takano, Takashi Makishi, Kiyomitsu Tajima, (from L to R, bottom) Takashi Gima, Noriyuki Fuse, Kenji Yamada and Koichi Kawashima.

Japan to appoint Toshiyuki Takano as ambassador to S. Korea

Japan to appoint Toshiyuki Takano as ambassador to S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japan plans to appoint Toshiyuki Takano (file photo), deputy foreign minister for political affairs, as ambassador to South Korea, government sources said Nov. 13. Takano, 58, is expected to succeed the current ambassador to South Korea, Terusuke Terada, around mid-December, after the current Diet session is over.

Soga wants to consult spouse on permanent return to Japan

Soga wants to consult spouse on permanent return to Japan

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of five Japanese abducted by North Korea in 1978 and currently visiting Japan, tells Mayor Koichiro Takano (R) of her hometown of Mano in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 24 that she wants to go back to Pyongyang to consult her American husband about returning permanently to Japan. (Pool photo)

S. Korean Pres. Kim briefed on Koizumi-Kim talks

S. Korean Pres. Kim briefed on Koizumi-Kim talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Toshiyuki Takano (L), Japan's deputy minister for foreign affairs, shakes hands with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung at the presidential office in Seoul on Sept. 18. Takano met with the president to brief him on the Sept. 17 talks between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.

Japan, N. Korea hold 2nd day of normalization talks

Japan, N. Korea hold 2nd day of normalization talks

BEIJING, China - Japanese and North Korean negotiators hold a second day of talks on establishing diplomatic relations at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Oct. 31. Fourth from left on the left side is Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese delegation, and sitting opposite him is North Korea's top negotiator, Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa.

Japan, N. Korea end 1st session of normalization talks

Japan, N. Korea end 1st session of normalization talks

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador Kojiro Takano (L) and North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa leave the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Oct. 30 after ending the first session of a new round of talks on normalizing diplomatic relations. Japanese and North Korean negotiators met for three hours in the morning and will resume talks later in the day after a break for lunch.

Japan, N. Korea begin normalization talks

Japan, N. Korea begin normalization talks

BEIJING, China - Japan and North Korea began a new round of talks on establishing diplomatic ties in Beijing on Oct. 30. Japan is represented by a nine-member delegation headed by Ambassador Kojiro Takano (2nd from R) and North Korea by a seven-member delegation headed by Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (L).

Japanese team arrives in China for talks with N. Korea

Japanese team arrives in China for talks with N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Photo shows Ambassador Kojiro Takano, the head of a nine-member Japanese delegation, who arrived in Beijing on Oct. 29 for a new round of talks with North Korea on establishing diplomatic ties between the two countries on Oct. 30-31.

Japan, N. Korea to hold normalization talks in Beijing

Japan, N. Korea to hold normalization talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (L) answers questions from Japanese reporters at Beijing's airport on Oct. 28 ahead of talks with Japanese officials on establishing diplomatic ties between the two countries on Oct. 30-31 in the Chinese capital. Japan's negotiating team will be headed by Ambassador Kojiro Takano.

Japan, N. Korea end talks on establishing ties

Japan, N. Korea end talks on establishing ties

KISARAZU, Japan - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (R), who leads his country's delegation in negotiations on establishing bilateral ties with Japan, proposes a toast with Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese side, at a party hosted by North Korea after ending the final day of talks at a hotel in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 24.

Japan, N. Korea continue talks past schedule

Japan, N. Korea continue talks past schedule

KISARAZU, Japan - Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (L), chief of the North Korean delegation, and Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese team, walk toward the conference room at a local hotel Aug. 24 as they resume talks on normalization of bilateral relations.

Japan, N. Korea hold final day of talks to establish ties

Japan, N. Korea hold final day of talks to establish ties

KISARAZU, Japan - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (L), who leads the country's delegation to negotiations on establishing bilateral ties with Japan, shakes hands with Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese side, prior to their final day of talks at a hotel in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 24.

Japanese, N. Korean ambassadors share toast at dinner

Japanese, N. Korean ambassadors share toast at dinner

TOKYO, Japan - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (R), the head of a delegation to normalization talks with Japan, and Japanese Ambassador Kojiro Takano share a toast at a banquet to welcome the North Koreans at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 22. Japanese and North Korean negotiators kicked off their second round of talks the same day on establishing diplomatic ties.