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Kyoto gubernatorial election

KYOTO, Japan, April 9 Kyodo - Former bureaucrat Takatoshi Nishiwaki (C) celebrates after winning the gubernatorial election in Kyoto Prefecture on April 8, 2018.

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Kyoto gubernatorial election

KYOTO, Japan, April 9 Kyodo - Kazuhito Fukuyama, a 57-year-old lawyer, speaks in front of his supporters in Kyoto city after losing the gubernatorial election in Kyoto Prefecture on April 8, 2018. Former bureaucrat Takatoshi Nishiwaki won the election, fought between newcomers.

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Ex-vice finance minister discusses G-20, other topics

TOKYO, Japan - Takatoshi Kato, president of the Japan Center for International Finance and former vice finance minister for international affairs, speaks to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014, before a meeting of finance chiefs and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies and an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington.

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Kato welcomes Japan's pursuit of growth based on domestic demand

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Takatoshi Kato, one of the deputy managing directors of the International Monetary Fund, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Istanbul on Oct. 7, 2009.

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BOJ chief nominee Muto vows to boost BOJ independence

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Toshiro Muto, the government's nominee to succeed outgoing BOJ chief Toshihiko Fukui, testifies before the Rules and Administration Committee of the House of Representatives on March 11. Sitting behind him are Masaaki Shirakawa (L), professor at Kyoto University, and Takatoshi Ito (R), professor at the University of Tokyo, who have been nominated as BOJ deputy governors. Muto told the Diet that he will make efforts to boost the central bank's independence from the government as the opposition camp threatened to block his promotion over his career background as a former vice finance minister. (Pool photo)

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Mitarai, 3 others named for key gov't economic panel

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government said on Sept. 29 it has picked Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai (top, L), Uichiro Niwa (top, R), chairman of trading house Itochu Corp., Naohiro Yashiro (bottom, L), professor of economics at International Christian University, and Takatoshi Ito (bottom, R), a professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics, as new private-sector representatives on its powerful Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy.

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Engineering weaker yen would anger U.S., Kato warns

TOKYO, Japan - Takatoshi Kato, former vice finance minister for international affairs and now a senior adviser to the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Jan. 9. He warned Japan must be cautious in artificially engineering a weaker yen lest the United States balk at such manipulation.

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Memorial service held for curry-poisoning victims

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Residents in the western Japan city of Wakayama hold a memorial service on July 20 for four people killed in a curry poisoning case in the city's Sonobe district a year ago. In a park near the spot of the July 25 incident, about 40 people place flowers before a small altar and offered silent players for then local community leader Takatoshi Taninaka and three others. The four people died and the others fell ill after eating curry poisoned with arsenic which was served at a local community summer festival. Former insurance saleswoman Masumi Hayashi, 37, was arrested last October and subsequently indicted on charges of murder and attempted murder in the case.

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Engineering weaker yen would anger U.S., Kato warns

TOKYO, Japan - Takatoshi Kato, former vice finance minister for international affairs and now a senior adviser to the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Jan. 9. He warned Japan must be cautious in artificially engineering a weaker yen lest the United States balk at such manipulation.

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Mitarai, 3 others named for key gov't economic panel

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government said on Sept. 29 it has picked Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai (top, L), Uichiro Niwa (top, R), chairman of trading house Itochu Corp., Naohiro Yashiro (bottom, L), professor of economics at International Christian University, and Takatoshi Ito (bottom, R), a professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics, as new private-sector representatives on its powerful Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. (Kyodo)

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BOJ chief nominee Muto vows to boost BOJ independence

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Toshiro Muto, the government's nominee to succeed outgoing BOJ chief Toshihiko Fukui, testifies before the Rules and Administration Committee of the House of Representatives on March 11. Sitting behind him are Masaaki Shirakawa (L), professor at Kyoto University, and Takatoshi Ito (R), professor at the University of Tokyo, who have been nominated as BOJ deputy governors. Muto told the Diet that he will make efforts to boost the central bank's independence from the government as the opposition camp threatened to block his promotion over his career background as a former vice finance minister. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Memorial service held for curry-poisoning victims

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Residents in the western Japan city of Wakayama hold a memorial service on July 20 for four people killed in a curry poisoning case in the city's Sonobe district a year ago. In a park near the spot of the July 25 incident, about 40 people place flowers before a small altar and offered silent players for then local community leader Takatoshi Taninaka and three others. The four people died and the others fell ill after eating curry poisoned with arsenic which was served at a local community summer festival. Former insurance saleswoman Masumi Hayashi, 37, was arrested last October and subsequently indicted on charges of murder and attempted murder in the case.

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G-7 finance chiefs to seek policy coordination for global economy

(From L) Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, University of Tokyo Professor Kazuo Ueda, Columbia University Professor Takatoshi Ito, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend a symposium held prior to a two-day meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers in Sendai, northeastern Japan on May 20, 2016. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto gubernatorial election

Former bureaucrat Takatoshi Nishiwaki (C) celebrates after winning the gubernatorial election in Kyoto Prefecture on April 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto gubernatorial election

Kazuhito Fukuyama, a 57-year-old lawyer, speaks in front of his supporters in Kyoto city after losing the gubernatorial election in Kyoto Prefecture on April 8, 2018. Former bureaucrat Takatoshi Nishiwaki won the election, fought between newcomers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Practicing doctor on remote island to retire in 2016

File photo taken in March 2008 shows Kenjiro Setoue (L), a practicing doctor on Shimo Koshiki Island off Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, receiving his likeness from cartoonist Takatoshi Yamada. Setoue, 74, the inspiration for the main character of Yamada's popular comic and TV drama series "Dr. Koto's Clinic," will retire in March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCIF President Kato gives interview in Tokyo

Takatoshi Kato, former vice finance minister for international affairs and current president of the Japan Center for International Finance, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2015, on issues expected to be addressed at a gathering of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging economies in Lima in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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More Japanese men relish joy of homemaking

TOKYO, Japan - Scenes from ''Katarue'' (http://katarue.com/), a blog run by Takatoshi Miyauchi, a 31-year-old househusband in Tokyo to chronicle his day-to-day activities in comic strips in hopes of networking with people in similar situations. The wife says in the top frame, ''I didn't know how much pressure being the breadwinner of the family can involve,'' and continues to say in the bottom frame, ''Phew, I'm tired.'' The husband says to himself in his heart, ''A little bit of a sense of superiority feeling, 'now you know how tough being a man is,' and a little bit of a sense of guilt feeling, 'I'm sorry to have made you feel that way'.'' (Kyodo)

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More Japanese men relish joy of homemaking

TOKYO, Japan - Takatoshi Miyauchi, a 31-year-old househusband in Tokyo, prepares a meal while looking after his younger daughter on Jan. 19, 2011. As the public perceptions of traditional gender roles shift, more and more Japanese men have become willing to take on homemaking, while some are trying to start their lives anew at home after having been burned out by excessively demanding jobs. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto's request to be part of state of emergency areas

A street in Kyoto is deserted amid concerns over the new coronavirus on April 10, 2020. Kyoto Gov. Takatoshi Nishiwaki and Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa announced plans the same day to ask the central government to add Kyoto to regions placed under a state of emergency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto's request to be part of state of emergency areas

A street in Kyoto is deserted amid concerns over the new coronavirus on April 10, 2020. Kyoto Gov. Takatoshi Nishiwaki and Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa announced plans the same day to ask the central government to add Kyoto to regions placed under a state of emergency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto's request to be part of state of emergency areas

People walk in Kyoto on April 10, 2020, wearing masks amid the spread of the new coronavirus. Kyoto Gov. Takatoshi Nishiwaki and Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa announced plans the same day to ask the central government to add Kyoto to regions placed under a state of emergency amid the coronavirus epidemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto's request to be part of state of emergency areas

Kyoto Gov. Takatoshi Nishiwaki (R) and Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa tell a press conference in Kyoto on April 10, 2020 that Kyoto will request the central government to add it to regions placed under a state of emergency amid the coronavirus epidemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto's request to be part of state of emergency areas

Kyoto Gov. Takatoshi Nishiwaki tells a press conference in Kyoto on April 10, 2020 that the western Japan prefecture will request the central government to add it to regions placed under a state of emergency amid the coronavirus epidemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto's request to be part of state of emergency areas

Kyoto Gov. Takatoshi Nishiwaki tells a press conference in Kyoto on April 10, 2020 that the western Japan prefecture will request the central government to add it to regions placed under a state of emergency amid the coronavirus epidemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Kokeshi" wooden dolls in northeastern Japan

Photo taken in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2019, shows 44-year-old local kimono shop employee Takatoshi Hayashi holding Japanese "kokeshi" wooden dolls. Hayashi makes unique-looking kokeshi dolls to help invigorate commerce in the northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Kokeshi" wooden dolls in northeastern Japan

Photo taken in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2019, shows 44-year-old local kimono shop employee Takatoshi Hayashi holding a Japanese "kokeshi" wooden doll with an Afro hair-do. Hayashi makes unique-looking kokeshi dolls to help invigorate commerce in the northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Kokeshi" wooden dolls in northeastern Japan

Photo taken in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2019, shows Japanese "kokeshi" wooden dolls made by 44-year-old local kimono shop employee Takatoshi Hayashi. Hayashi makes unique-looking kokeshi dolls to help invigorate commerce in the northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Kokeshi" wooden dolls in northeastern Japan

Photo taken in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2019, shows Japanese "kokeshi" wooden dolls made by 44-year-old local kimono shop employee Takatoshi Hayashi. Hayashi makes unique-looking kokeshi dolls to help invigorate commerce in the northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Kokeshi" wooden dolls in northeastern Japan

Photo taken in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2019, shows a Japanese "kokeshi" wooden doll with an octopus-shaped head, made by 44-year-old local kimono shop employee Takatoshi Hayashi. Hayashi makes unique-looking kokeshi dolls to help invigorate commerce in the northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sapporo withdraws from 2026 Winter Olympic bid

(From L) Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and Sapporo Deputy Mayor Takatoshi Machida speak to reporters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Sept. 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto gubernatorial election

Former bureaucrat Takatoshi Nishiwaki (R) is congratulated after winning the gubernatorial election in Kyoto Prefecture on April 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Kyoto Governor Nishiwaki

Former bureaucrat Takatoshi Nishiwaki speaks to reporters in Kyoto on April 9, 2018, after winning the previous day's gubernatorial election in the western Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Basketball: Tochigi edges Kawasaki to win inaugural B-league crown

Takatoshi Furukawa (R) shoots during the third quarter of the Tochigi Brex's 85-79 win over the Kawasaki Brave Thunders in the one-game final of the inaugural B-League season at Tokyo's Yoyogi National Gymnasium on May 27, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Basketball: Tochigi edges Kawasaki to win inaugural B-league crown

Takatoshi Furukawa (L) shoots during the second quarter of the Tochigi Brex's 85-79 win over the Kawasaki Brave Thunders in the one-game final of the inaugural B-League season at Tokyo's Yoyogi National Gymnasium on May 27, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kato welcomes Japan's pursuit of growth based on domestic demand

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Takatoshi Kato, one of the deputy managing directors of the International Monetary Fund, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Istanbul on Oct. 7, 2009. (Kyodo)