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Imitation chrysanthemum production peaks in western Japan

TANABE, Japan, April 3 Kyodo - Production of imitation chrysanthemum flowers peaks in the city of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2025, ahead of a three-day annual festival at the Kumano Hongu Taisha, a World Heritage-listed shrine, starting on April 13. (Kyodo)

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Imitation chrysanthemum production peaks in western Japan

Production of imitation chrysanthemum flowers peaks in the city of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2025, ahead of a three-day annual festival at the Kumano Hongu Taisha, a World Heritage-listed shrine, starting on April 13.

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Imitation chrysanthemum production peaks in western Japan

Production of imitation chrysanthemum flowers peaks in the city of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2025, ahead of a three-day annual festival at the Kumano Hongu Taisha, a World Heritage-listed shrine, starting on April 13.

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Mitsubishi Chemical Group sells Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma to Bain Capital.

Mitsubishi Chemical Group sells Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma to Bain Capital. Photo shows Mitsubishi Chemical Group President Chikumoto at the press conference.=February 7,2025,Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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[Breaking News]Year of Snake in 2025

TANABE, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Making of a giant votive tablet with an illustration of a snake is completed at Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine in Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024, in preparation for the coming of 2025, the Year of Snake in the Chinese zodiac. (Kyodo)

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Year of Snake in 2025

Making of a giant votive tablet with an illustration of a snake is completed at Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine in Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024, in preparation for the coming of 2025, the Year of Snake in the Chinese zodiac.

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Year of Snake in 2025

Making of a giant votive tablet with an illustration of a snake is completed at Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine in Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024, in preparation for the coming of 2025, the Year of Snake in the Chinese zodiac.

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[Breaking news] Imitation chrysanthemum production peaks in Wakayama

TANABE, Japan, April 4 Kyodo - Production of imitation chrysanthemum flowers peaks at Kumano Hongu Taisha in the Wakayama Prefecture city of Tanabe, western Japan, on April 4, 2024, ahead of an annual festival at the World Heritage-listed shrine, set to be held for three days from April 13. (Kyodo)

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Imitation chrysanthemum production peaks in Wakayama

Production of imitation chrysanthemum flowers peaks at Kumano Hongu Taisha in the Wakayama Prefecture city of Tanabe, western Japan, on April 4, 2024, ahead of an annual festival at the World Heritage-listed shrine, set to be held for three days from April 13.

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Imitation chrysanthemum production peaks in Wakayama

Production of imitation chrysanthemum flowers peaks at Kumano Hongu Taisha in the Wakayama Prefecture city of Tanabe, western Japan, on April 4, 2024, ahead of an annual festival at the World Heritage-listed shrine, set to be held for three days from April 13.

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First swim of 2024

People frolic in the sea for a "first swim of the year" event at a beach in the Wakayama Prefecture city of Tanabe, western Japan, on Jan. 2, 2024.

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Typhoon Lan hits western Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2023, shows a rain storm in Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, as Typhoon Lan hit the region.

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Typhoon Lan hits western Japan

A person walks with an umbrella during a downpour in Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2023, as Typhoon Lan hit the region.

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Pickled plums dried in the sun

A farmer lays out pickled Nanko Japanese plums to dry them out in the sun on July 25, 2023, in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Pickled plums dried in the sun

A farmer lays out pickled Nanko Japanese plums to dry them out in the sun on July 25, 2023, in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Lausanne ballet competition

Haruka Tanabe from Japan performs in the final of the 51st Prix de Lausanne ballet competition on Feb. 4, 2023.

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Tanabe to be Mitsui-Sumitomo trust holdings president

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Kazuo Tanabe, president of Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., who will assume the presidency of new Mitsui-Sumitomo trust holdings in April 2011.

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Miyazaki gov. congratulates Tomoji Tanabe as world's oldest man

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Kigashikokubaru (L) calls on Tomoji Tanabe (R), the world's oldest man at age 111, at his home in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 11 to congratulate him for being officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man. Tanabe, who received the Guinness certificate in June, will mark his 112th birth on Sept. 18.

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Famous poet Yosano Akiko's handwritten poem found

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Noguchi of Wakayama Prefecture holds a newly discovered handwritten poem by well-known poet Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) and the stone mentioned in the poem in this undated photo taken in Tanabe City. The poem was found with the stone in Noguchi's home. Noguchi's grandfather Ritaro was a rock collector.

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Japanese, Spanish cities sign tourism exchange pact

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Mitsutoshi Manago (L), mayor of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, and Reyes Leis Rodriguez, deputy mayor of Spain's Santiago de Compostela, display a tourism exchange agreement signed in the western Japanese city on July 6, 2014. Both cities have old pilgrimage routes listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Mitsubishi Chemical to enter shale gas business

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. President Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (L) and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. President Shinji Tanabe give a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2014, to announce Mitsubishi Chemical's plan to purchase a majority stake in Taiyo Nippon with an eye toward entering the shale gas business in the United States.

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Frozen food poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Kushiro (L), president of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., and Yutaka Tanabe, president of Maruha Nichiro's subsidiary Aqlifoods Co., bow in apology during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2014. An Aqlifoods factory worker was arrested earlier that day over his alleged involvement in the poisoning of Aqlifoods' food products with pesticide that possibly affected the health of more than 2,800 people across the country.

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Frozen food poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Kushiro (far L), president of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., Yutaka Tanabe (2nd from L), president of Maruha Nichiro's subsidiary Aqlifoods Co., and others bow in apology during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2014. An Aqlifoods factory worker was arrested earlier that day over his alleged involvement in the poisoning of Aqlifoods' food products with pesticide that possibly affected the health of more than 2,800 people across the country.

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Maruha Nichiro subsidiary recalls 6.3 million packs of frozen food

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Tanabe (R), president of Aqlifoods Co., and Toshio Kushiro, president of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2013. They announced Aqlifoods, a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro, is recalling a total of 6.3 million packs of frozen foods including croquettes and pizza after pesticide was detected in some of them.

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Maruha Nichiro subsidiary recalls 6.3 million packs of frozen food

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Tanabe (R), president of Aqlifoods Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2013, with Toshio Kushiro, president of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. They announced that Aqlifoods, a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro, is recalling a total of 6.3 million packs of frozen foods including croquettes and pizza after pesticide was detected in some of them.

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Japan judo athletes leave for Paris

NARITA, Japan - Akari Ogata (far L), member of London Olympics, and other judo athletes are pictured at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013, before departing for the Paris Grand Slam. Their departures came amid revelations that top female judoka had been subjected to physical and verbal abuse by coaching staff. Masaru Tanabe, who has temporarily replaced then head coach Ryuji Sonoda, is seen 4th from left front.

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Baby giant panda at Wakayama theme park

TANABE, Japan - Eleven-year-old giant panda Rauhin cuddles Aug. 23, 2012, her newborn, a female cub born Aug. 10, at Adventure World, an animal theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. The baby cub was shown to the press shortly before it was shown to the general public later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Deputy Pres. Kitamura

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. Deputy President Kunitaro Kitamura. Kitamura is expected to succeed company President Kazuo Tanabe in April 2012, company sources said Nov. 28, 2011.

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Search for missing after typhoon

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows rescuers searching for missing people in an area hit by a mudslide caused by Typhoon Talas in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Search for missing after typhoon

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers and Self-Defense Forces members searching for missing people in an area hit by a mudslide caused by Typhoon Talas in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Strong typhoon crosses Japan

NARA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 4, 2011, shows firefighters searching for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, after powerful Typhoon Talas crossed western Japan.

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Hiroshima A-bomb survivors' testimony tapes

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Masaaki Tanabe, who is working on a project to re-create images of areas near ground zero in Hiroshima with computer graphics, on May 30, 2011, holds audiotapes of testimonies from over 100 survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing at his office in Hiroshima. The local residents who had been living within a radius of 500 meters from the ground zero before the bombing spoke about their experiences in around 1965-70, about 20 years after the atomic bombing on the city during World War II.

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Mitsubishi Tanabe recalls drugs

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. President Michihiro Tsuchiya (2nd from L) bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011. The drugmaker initiated a voluntary recall of three injection solution products that one of its subsidiaries may have shipped without conducting quality tests.

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Mitsubishi Tanabe recalls drugs

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. President Michihiro Tsuchiya (front) bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011. The drugmaker initiated a voluntary recall of three injection solution products that one of its subsidiaries may have shipped without conducting quality tests.

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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma unit inspected

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2011, shows a plant of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Factory Ltd., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp., in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture. Government officials inspected the plant the same day, suspecting it shipped out drugs without checking their quality.

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Twin pandas growing at good pace

TANABE, Japan - Staff members hold twin giant pandas Kaihin (L) and Yohin to weigh them at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture on Nov. 1, 2010. Kaihin, the male, weighs 4,160 grams and Yohin, the female, 4,050 grams, proving that they were growing at a good pace.

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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma ordered to suspend some operations

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. President Michihiro Tsuchiya (L) and Takehiko Fujii (C), president of subsidiary Bipha Corp., apologize in Tokyo on April 13, 2010, after the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry ordered Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma to suspend some of its pharmaceutical manufacturing and sales operations for 25 days over the alleged falsification of blood product test data. The subsidiary, which manufactured the product and falsified the data, was ordered to suspend its drug manufacturing business for 30 days.

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Sumitomo Trust-Chuo Mitsui merger good chance to show presence

TOKYO, Japan - Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Tanabe speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News on the merger of his bank and Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. A giant trust banking group is to be created through the management integration of the two trust banks in April 2011.

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Sumitomo Trust, Chuo Mitsui to merge into Japan's top trust bank

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. President Hitoshi Tsunekage (L) and Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Tanabe shake hands at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 6, 2009, during which they announced a management integration plan for April 2011 that will create Japan's largest trust bank.

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World's oldest man dies at 113

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in September 2007, Tomoji Tanabe (R), the oldest man in the world as recognized by Guinness World Records, shakes hands with Miyagi Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru at his home in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture. Tanabe, who was designated the world's oldest man in June 2007 after a Puerto Rican man died at the age of 115, died of chronic heart failure on June 19. He was 113.

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World's oldest man dies at 113

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (file photo), the oldest man in the world as recognized by Guinness World Records, died of chronic heart failure at 113 at his home in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, on June 19. Tanabe was designated the world's oldest man in June 2007 after a Puerto Rican man died at the age of 115.

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Stray whale returns to ocean off Japan's Wakayama

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A sperm whale, which had remained in a shallow bay in Wakayama Prefecture since mid-May, returns to the Pacific off Tanabe in the prefecture on June 1. People living nearby and animal lovers had become concerned as the 15-meter whale appeared weak and apparently unable to find a way out of the bay despite a series of unsuccessful rescue attempts.

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Whale gets lost in Wakayama bay

TANABE, Japan - A large whale was found to have entered Uchinoura bay in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on May 14. The whale has so far remained in the bay, despite efforts by local people to help it navigate out.

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Myanmar refugees count on freelance journalist

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese freelance journalist Hisao Tanabe talks about his work to help Myanmarese residents in Japan in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 12.

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7 killed in fires in Tokyo, Nara, Osaka

TOKYO, Japan - Ambulance crews transport one of the residents rescued from a fire at the home of Kazuyuki Tanabe, 45, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Jan. 7. The 5:20 a.m. fire killed four people, including two children.

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7 killed in fires in Tokyo, Nara, Osaka

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters battle a fire at the home of Kazuyuki Tanabe, 45, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Jan. 7. The 5:20 a.m. fire killed four people, including children.

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2 Nobel winners, 4 others receive top cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - (From left to right) Makoto Kobayashi, a winner of the Nobel physics prize, maestro Seiji Ozawa, novelist Seiko Tanabe, Hironoshin Furuhashi, chairman emeritus of the Japan Swimming Federation, Toshihide Masukawa, a winner of the Nobel physics prize, and Donald Keene, a U.S. scholar in Japanese literature, pose for a photo after receiving the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito during a Culture Day ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3.

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World's oldest man celebrates 113th birthday

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe (L), the world oldest man, is congratulated by Miyakonojo Mayor Makoto Nagamine at his home in the city, Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 18 as he turned 113 years. Tanabe was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest man in June last year.

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Work by Japanese sculptor displayed at FAO headquarters

ROME, Italy - A work by Japanese sculptor Mitsuaki Tanabe (R, top) was put on display April 1 at the headquarters of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome to commemorate the completion of a large freezing facility in Norway to store a variety of seeds to prevent the extinction of agricultural crops. The stainless-steel sculpture, named ''Yasei Ine,'' meaning wild rice, imitates the shape of rough rice, which has a long awn that is distinctive to wild rice. The work is nine meters in length and weighs 250 kilograms.

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'First Swim of the Year' held in Wakayama

TANABE, Japan - Residents of Tanabe, a coastal town in Wakayama Prefecture, frolic in wintry waters on a local beach Jan. 2 in a ''First Swim of the Year'' organized by the local swimming association. The air temperature in Tanabe was 6 C at 9 a.m., and the water temperature measured a lower-than-average 14 C. A total of 50 people took part in the winter swim.