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Wrestling dropped from 'core sports' for 2020 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda (C) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2013, after the International Olympic Committee executive board decided to drop wrestling from the "core sports" for the 2020 Games. To the right is Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu, the men's 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling gold medalist at the London Olympics.

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Wrestling dropped from 'core sports' for 2020 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2013, after the International Olympic Committee executive board decided to drop wrestling from the "core sports" for the 2020 Games. Seated next to Fukuda are Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (C), the men's 66-kilogram freestyle gold medalist at the London Olympics, and Shinichi Yumoto, the men's 55-kg freestyle bronze winner in London.

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Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

OSAKA, April 28 Kyodo - Tatsuhiro Boku (L), who served more than 20 years of a life term over an 11-year-old girl's death in a 1995 house fire, heads to the Osaka District Court with his lawyers on April 28, 2016, for a retrial to exonerate him. Boku later declared his innocence, and the court is expected to pronounce Boku not guilty in early August.

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Japanese medalists at London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gold medalists at the London Olympics, (from L front) Ryota Murata (men's middleweight boxing), Kohei Uchimura (men's gymnastics individual all-around), Hitomi Obara (women's wrestling 48-kilogram class), Saori Yoshida (women's wrestling 55-kilogram class), Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling), Kaori Icho (women's wrestling 63-kilogram class) and Kaori Matsumoto (women's judo 57-kilogram category) pose for photos with other medalists in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012.

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Japanese Olympic delegation arrives back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - (From front) Kaori Icho, Hitomi Obara and Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu arrive at Narita airport from London on Aug. 14, 2012, with other members of the Japanese Olympic delegation. Icho, Obara and Yonemitsu respectively won the gold medal in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class, the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class and the men's 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the London Olympics.

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Yonemitsu wins 66 kg freestyle wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu smiles with the gold medal he won in the men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 12, 2012.

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Yonemitsu wins 66 kg freestyle wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's gold medalist Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (second from L), India's silver medalist Sushil Kumar (L), Kazakhstan's bronze medalist Akzhurek Tanatarov (second from R), and Cuba's bronze medalist Livan Lopez Azcuy pose with the medals they won in the men's 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 12, 2012.

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Yonemitsu wins 66 kg freestyle wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (C) raises his fist while being held up by staff after winning the gold medal in the men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 12, 2012.

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Yonemitsu wins 66 kg freestyle wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu waves the Japanese national flag in celebration of his gold medal victory in the men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 12, 2012.

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Japan's Yonemitsu takes men's freestyle bronze

HERNING, Denmark - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu shows off the bronze medal he won in the men's freestyle 66-kilogram event in his debut at the world wrestling championships in Herning on Sept. 21, 2009. Yonemitsu beat Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar of India in repechage.

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Japan's Yonemitsu takes men's freestyle bronze

HERNING, Denmark - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (R) beats Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar of India (L) in repechage to win the men's freestyle 66-kilogram event in his debut at the world wrestling championships in Herning on Sept. 21, 2009.

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2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

KOBE, Japan - A heavily damaged car in which a man and a woman were killed when it crashed through a barrier on the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe is hoisted by crane on June 28. Tatsuhiro Nikai, 53, an unemployed man from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, and his wife Michiko, also 53, were confirmed dead on the spot.

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2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

KOBE, Japan - This aerial photo shows the scene where a car carrying a man and a woman crashed through a barrier (1) on the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe, dropped about a dozen meters on to a parking lot (2) and jumped over train tracks to end up in a bamboo grove (3) on June 28. Tatsuhiro Nikai, 53, an unemployed man from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, and his wife Michiko, also 53, were confirmed dead on the spot.

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Muramoto grabs gold at E. Asian Games judo

OSAKA, Japan - Olympic hopeful Tatsuhiro Muramoto (L) throws down South Korea's Kang Byung Jin for an ippon victory to win the gold medal in the men's over 100-kilogram final of the East Asian Games judo competition at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on May 24.

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Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

File photo taken Oct. 26, 2015, shows Tatsuhiro Boku (R) embracing his mother in Osaka, after being released from prison, where Boku and his de facto wife Keiko Aoki were serving life sentences for allegedly lighting a fire that killed Aoki's 11-year-old daughter in Osaka in 1995. Boku declared his innocence as a retrial to exonerate him began in the Osaka District Court on April 28, 2016. The court is expected to pronounce both Boku and Aoki not guilty in early August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Released mother visits daughter's grave

Keiko Aoki visits the grave of her daughter Megumi in the western Japan prefecture of Nara on Oct. 27, 2015. Aoki and her de facto husband Tatsuhiro Boku had been serving a life sentence over a 1995 fire in Osaka that they were accused of setting to kill Megumi for an insurance payout, but the Osaka High Court decided to reopen the case and release the couple, saying the fire could have been accidental. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Released mother visits daughter's grave

Keiko Aoki visits the grave of her daughter Megumi in the western Japan prefecture of Nara on Oct. 27, 2015. Aoki and her de facto husband Tatsuhiro Boku had been serving a life sentence over a 1995 fire in Osaka that they were accused of setting to kill Megumi for an insurance payout, but the Osaka High Court decided to reopen the case and release the couple, saying the fire could have been accidental. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Released mother visits daughter's grave

Keiko Aoki visits the grave of her daughter Megumi in the western Japan prefecture of Nara on Oct. 27, 2015. Aoki and her de facto husband Tatsuhiro Boku had been serving a life sentence over a 1995 fire in Osaka that they were accused of setting to kill Megumi for an insurance payout, but the Osaka High Court decided to reopen the case and release the couple, saying the fire could have been accidental. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Released couple reunited with families for 1st time in 20 yrs

Photo taken Oct. 27, 2015, shows Keiko Aoki (R) visiting the grave of her daughter Megumi in the western Japan prefecture of Nara. Aoki and her de facto husband Tatsuhiro Boku had been serving a life sentence over a 1995 fire in Osaka that they were accused of setting to kill Megumi for an insurance payout, but the Osaka High Court decided to reopen the case and release the couple, saying the fire could have been accidental. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Released couple reunited with families for 1st time in 20 yrs

Photo taken Oct. 26, 2015, shows Tatsuhiro Boku reunited with his sister (L) and his mother in Osaka, following his release from prison. Boku and his de facto wife Keiko Aoki had been serving a life sentence over a 1995 fire in Osaka that they were accused of setting to kill Aoki's 11-year-old daughter for an insurance payout, but the Osaka High Court decided to reopen the case and release the couple, saying the fire could have been accidental. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Couple freed as court orders 1995 arson-murder case reopened

Tatsuhiro Boku is released from prison in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2015. The Osaka High Court ordered the release of the 49-year-old man and his de facto wife, 51, following a decision to reopen their arson-murder case. The two were in separate prisons for about 20 years for lighting a fire that killed the woman's 11-year-old daughter in 1995. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court endorses retrial for 1995 arson-murder case

Combination photo shows Keiko Aoki (L) and her common-law husband Tatsuhiro Boku, both of whom are serving life sentences over an arson-murder case in Osaka in 1995. The Osaka High Court endorsed on Oct. 23, 2015, a lower court decision to grant a retrial to them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Released couple reunited with families for 1st time in 20 yrs

Lawyers for Keiko Aoki and her de facto husband Tatsuhiro Boku arrive at the Osaka High Court on Oct. 23, 2015, before the court granted them a retrial over a 1995 arson-murder case, in which Aoki's daughter died. The couple had been serving a life sentence having been convicted of lighting a fire that killed the daughter, but the high court said the fire could have been accidental. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

KOBE, Japan - This aerial photo shows the scene where a car carrying a man and a woman crashed through a barrier (1) on the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe, dropped about a dozen meters on to a parking lot (2) and jumped over train tracks to end up in a bamboo grove (3) on June 28. Tatsuhiro Nikai, 53, an unemployed man from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, and his wife Michiko, also 53, were confirmed dead on the spot. (Kyodo)

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2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

KOBE, Japan - A heavily damaged car in which a man and a woman were killed when it crashed through a barrier on the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe is hoisted by crane on June 28. Tatsuhiro Nikai, 53, an unemployed man from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, and his wife Michiko, also 53, were confirmed dead on the spot. (Kyodo)

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Football: Japan-Kyrgyz Republic World Cup qualifier

Japan's Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (L) and Aleksandr Mishchenko of Kyrgyz Republic vie for the ball during the first half of their final Group F match at Panasonic Stadium in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on June 15, 2021, in the second round of Asian qualifying for the 2022 World Cup football finals in Qatar.

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Asia Professional Baseball Championship

Tatsuhiro Tamura of Japan hits a walk-off double in the 10th inning of an Asia Professional Baseball Championship game against South Korea at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017. Japan won 8-7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman, ex-partner acquitted at retrial over daughter's death in fire

Tatsuhiro Boku (far R) attends a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 10, 2016, after he was exonerated in a retrial over the 1995 death of the daughter of his former partner. Boku and the former partner, who was also acquitted, cleared their names after serving about 20 years of a life term for murder. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman, ex-partner acquitted at retrial over daughter's death in fire

Tatsuhiro Boku walks towards the Osaka District Court on Aug. 10, 2016, ahead of the ruling in a retrial over the 1995 death of the 11-year-old daughter of his former partner in a fire. The court acquitted Boku, also separately acquitting his former partner Keiko Aoki, the same day after the two served about 20 years of a life term for murder. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka woman acquitted at retrial over daughter's death in 1995 fire

Undated combined photo shows Keiko Aoki (L) and her former partner Tatsuhiro Boku. The Osaka District Court acquitted Aoki on Aug. 10, 2016, in a retrial over the 1995 death of her 11-year-old daughter in a fire, and is expected to also acquit Boku in the case later in the day, after the two served about 20 years of a life term for murder. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Yonemitsu takes men's freestyle bronze

HERNING, Denmark - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu shows off the bronze medal he won in the men's freestyle 66-kilogram event in his debut at the world wrestling championships in Herning on Sept. 21, 2009. Yonemitsu beat Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar of India in repechage. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Yonemitsu takes men's freestyle bronze

HERNING, Denmark - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (R) beats Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar of India (L) in repechage to win the men's freestyle 66-kilogram event in his debut at the world wrestling championships in Herning on Sept. 21, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Muramoto grabs gold at E. Asian Games judo

OSAKA, Japan - Olympic hopeful Tatsuhiro Muramoto (L) throws down South Korea's Kang Byung Jin for an ippon victory to win the gold medal in the men's over 100-kilogram final of the East Asian Games judo competition at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on May 24.