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Baseball: Tigers vs. Dragons

Hanshin Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato hits a solo home run off Hideaki Wakui of the Chunichi Dragons in the fourth inning of a baseball game at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in Nagoya on April 29, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers vs. Dragons

Hanshin Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato hits a solo home run off Hideaki Wakui of the Chunichi Dragons in the fourth inning of a baseball game at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in Nagoya on April 29, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell waits as Teruaki Sato (front) of the Hanshin Tigers rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run in the fourth inning of an exhibition game at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, prior to Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs and Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell waits as Teruaki Sato (R) of the Hanshin Tigers rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run in the fourth inning of an exhibition game at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, prior to Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs and Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Relative of N. Korean abduction victim loses in lower house election

SENDAI, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto, whose elder sister Rumiko is among Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, speaks in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on the night of Dec. 14, 2014, after losing in the lower house election. Masumoto ran on the ticket of the small opposition Party for Future Generations.

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Mitsubishi Aircraft president Kawai

NAGOYA, Japan - Teruaki Kawai, president of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. which is developing the first made in Japan compact passenger jet, is seen in this undated photo.

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Masumoto speaks at meeting to raise abduction awareness

KANOYA, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto, whose elder sister Rumiko was abducted to North Korea in 1978, speaks at an event in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on Nov. 20, 2014, to raise public awareness of the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea.

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M'bishi Aircraft to add 100-seat MRJ

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Teruaki Kawai speaks about the MRJ passenger aircraft in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2014. The Nagoya-based company is hoping to add the 100-seat model to its Japanese-built passenger jet series. The first delivery of the MRJ is planned for 2017.

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Japan to send officials to N. Korea to check abduction probe

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Sakie Yokota, Shigeo Iizuka and Teruaki Masumoto, whose family members were abducted by North Korea decades ago, meet the press at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, after they were informed by the government of its decision to send officials soon to North Korea to check its investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang.

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Abductee's mother urges review of gov't stance at N. Korea talks

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (2nd from R), the mother of Megumi Yokota who remains missing after being abducted by North Korean agents in 1977 at age 13, speaks in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014, at a meeting with a league of parliamentarians pressing for the abductees' safe return. Also pictured are Eriko Yamatani (R), state minister in charge of the abduction issue, and Teruaki Masumoto (2nd from L), secretary general of the Japanese Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea.

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Abductees' kin oppose N. Korea trip by Japanese officials

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of the Japanese Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, hands a petition to Eriko Yamatani, state minister in charge of the abduction issue, in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014, to convey the group's opposition to a proposed trip for Japanese government officials to visit North Korea on a fact-finding mission.

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Japanese abductee kin call for help at U.N. meet

GENEVA, Switzerland - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of a group of families of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korea, calls for international cooperation to prevent such crimes during a symposium at the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva on Sept, 10, 2014. Tamaji Takeshita, a sister of suspected abductee Noriko Furukawa, holds a picture of Masumoto's abducted sister Rumiko.

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Abductees' relatives

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (front), who heads a group of family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents, answers reporters' questions after meeting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with other group members -- (from far L to R) Teruaki Masumoto, Sakie Yokota and Shigeru Yokota -- at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 4, 2014. Japan finalized the same day its decision to lift some of its unilateral sanctions on North Korea as Pyongyang launched a special committee to investigate the fate of Japanese nationals it abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Meeting on alleged abduction of Japanese by N. Korea

OMU, Japan - Yuko Kitakoshi (R), whose father and three brothers may have been abducted by North Korean agents in the 1960s, and Teruaki Masumoto (2nd from L), secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, are among participants in a meeting held in the town of Omu, Hokkaido, on June 4, 2014, by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to N. Korea.

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Kin of N. Korea's abduction victims call for early rescue

TOKYO, Japan - Families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents call for their prompt rescue at a rally in Tokyo on April 27, 2014. On the stage are (from L) Teruaki Masumoto, Kayoko Arimoto, Sakie Yokota and her husband Shigeru, and Shigeo Iizuka.

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Kin of Japanese abductee urges solution to abduction issue

NEW YORK, U.S. - Teruaki Masumoto (F), secretary general of the Tokyo-based Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, appeals at a U.N. Headquarters meeting in New York on April 16, 2014, for an early solution to the abduction cases. Masumoto's elder sister is one of the victims.

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Delivery of M'bishi passenger jet to be delayed

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Teruaki Kawai speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2013. The company said the same day that delivery of Japan's first small passenger jet will be delayed for over a year to around the April-June quarter in 2017.

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Kin of Japanese citizens abducted by N. Korea

WASHINGTON, United States - Teruaki Masumoto, secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea and a brother of one of the abductees, speaks at a symposium in Washington on May 2, 2013. Family members of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea called for international cooperation to resolve the issue promptly in the symposium, the first of its kind hosted by the Japanese government in the United States.

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Experts' meeting on N. Korean abduction issue

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front) speaks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 3, 2013, during a meeting with a group of experts on the issue of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals. To the left is Teruaki Masumoto, secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea.

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Kin of N. Korean abduction victim testifies at EU rights panel

BRUSSELS, Switzerland - Teruaki Masumoto (L, facing) attends a European Union panel in Brussels on May 29, 2012. Masumoto, a representative of an organization comprising family members of Japanese abducted by North Korea, testified and asked for European help in resolving the issue.

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Abductees' kin meet with abduction minister Matsubara

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (C), chairman of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, and Teruaki Masumoto (R), secretary general of the association, meet with Jin Matsubara, minister in charge of the abduction issue, at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2012. Matsubara vowed to make every effort to settle the long-standing issue.

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Journalist's remarks on abductees inappropriate: BPO

TOKYO, Japan - (From R) Shigeru Yokota, Shigeo Iizuka and Teruaki Masumoto, relatives of Japanese people abducted by North Korea, attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 10, 2010, after the human rights panel of a television watchdog concluded that a journalist remarking on a TV program that those abducted by North Korea must already be dead was ''inappropriate as it lacks consideration.''

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Journalist's remarks on abductees inappropriate: BPO

TOKYO, Japan - (From R) Shigeru Yokota, Shigeo Iizuka and Teruaki Masumoto, relatives of Japanese abducted by North Korea, attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 10, 2010, after the human rights panel of a television watchdog concluded that a journalist remarking on a TV program that those abducted by North Korea must already be dead was ''inappropriate as it lacks consideration.''

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Abductee's kin attends U.N. meeting in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Teruaki Masumoto, secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, speaks to reporters at the U.N. Office at Geneva on Dec. 7, 2009. Masumoto, who sat in on a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting there to review the rights situation in North Korea, expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of progress on the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, including his sister.

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Documentary film featuring abducted Megumi screened in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - A documentary film featuring Megumi Yokota (on screen), who was abducted to North Korea at the age of 13, was shown in Bangkok on Aug. 2. About 160 people, including Teruaki Masumoto from Japan, secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by N. Korea, and Thai students, watched the film.

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Relative of Japanese abductee calls Romanian visit 'fruitful'

NARITA, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of a group of relatives of Japanese abductees, and Tsutomu Nishioka, deputy representative of a group supporting the abductees' families, speak to reporters at Narita airport about their trip to Romania to see the family of a suspected Romanian abductee to North Korea. They met with relatives of Doina Bumbea in southern Romania last week. She went missing in Italy in 1978 and is believed to have been taken to North Korea.

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Kin of victims of N. Korea abduction 'satisfied' with N.Y. visit

NEW YORK, United States - Teruaki Masumoto (R) and Shigeo Iizuka, both family members of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, meet the press in New York on Nov. 3 after winding up their weeklong stay there. They expressed ''satisfaction'' with the outcome of their efforts to obtain cooperation from the United Nations on the rescue of abduction victims.

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Japanese kin of abductee seeks China help on N. Korea kidnappings

BEIJING, China - Teruaki Masumoto (2nd from L), whose sister Rumiko was abducted by North Korea, and other members of the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea, hold a press conference in Beijing on Aug. 29. They urged China to make an effort to solve the cases, saying some victims are Chinese citizens.

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Abductees' kin rap N. Korea over abduction

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto (2nd from L), secretary general of a group of abductees' kin, tells passers-by in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on April 11 that Japan should take a tough stance against North Korea, as a high-ranking North Korean official currently visiting Japan has not offered even one word of apology for the abductions.

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Kin express joy after film on abductee wins prize

TOKYO, Japan - The relatives of victims of North Korea's abductions expressed their delight in Tokyo on Jan. 30 after ''Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story,'' a U.S. documentary film on the abduction of the Japanese woman, won the best documentary award at the U.S. Slamdance Film Festival in Utah on Jan. 27. Sakie Yokota (R), Megumi's mother, and Teruaki Masumoto (L), whose sister Rumiko was abducted in 1978 at age 24, meet the press showing photos at the festival.

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Hyde eyes U.S. Congress resolution on N. Korea's abduction issue

WASHINGTON, United States - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, shakes hands with Henry Hyde, an Illinois Republican who is chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee, at the U.S. Congress in Washington on April 26.

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Masumoto heading for loss in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto, brother of a woman abducted to North Korea in 1978, bites his lip at his election campaign office in Tokyo on July 11 after it became certain he would fail in his bid for election to the House of Councillors.

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(12)Campaigning for upper house election starts

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto, whose sister was abducted by North Korea in 1978, shakes hands with a voter in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on June 24 as campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election began. He is running as an independent in the Tokyo constituency.

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Abductee's brother to run for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto, whose sister was abducted by North Korea in 1978, said in Tokyo on June 4 he will run as an independent representing the Tokyo constituency in July's House of Councillors election.

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Abductees' relatives thank Baker for assistance on U.S. trip

TOKYO, Japan - The relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea visited U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (C, front) on March 14 to thank him for helping make their recent visit to the United States successful. The relatives are Shigeru Yokota (L, front) and his wife Sakie (R, front) and Teruaki Masumoto (L, back).

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(3)Abductees' kin meet White House, Pentagon officials

WASHINGTON, United States - Relatives of three Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea -- (from R to L) Toru Hasuike, Shigeru Yokota, Yokota's wife Sakie and Teruaki Masumoto -- attend a news conference at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on March 6. They spoke about the results of their five-day visit to the U.S. to seek support from the government and Congress members in solving the abduction issue.

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Abductees' kin urge U.S. for support on N. Korea sanctions

WASHINGTON, United States - Shigeru Yokota (R), who heads a group of Japanese families with relatives who were abducted to North Korea, shakes hands with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage in Washington on March 5. Yokota urged the U.S. government to support economic sanctions by the U.N. Security Council against N. Korea. Yokota is accompanied by (from R to L) his wife Sakie, Toru Hasuike and Teruaki Masumoto.

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Japanese abductees' kin meet Senate Republican leaders

WASHINGTON, United States - Relatives of three Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea in the late 1970s meet Republican Richard Lugar (R), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in Washington on March 4 as part of their efforts to seek support from the international community. The Japanese are Teruaki Masumoto (L), Toru Hasuike (2nd from L), Sakie Yokota (3 from L) and her husband Shigeru.

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Abductees' families leave for U.S. to seek help

NARITA, Japan - Three of a group of relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea -- Shigeru Yokota (R), his wife Sakie (2nd from R), Teruaki Masumoto (3rd from R) and Toru Hasuike -- head for a plane at Narita airport March 3 to leave for the United States. The will stay in Washington until March 7 seeking help from U.S. government officials.

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Abductees' kin to go to Washington next week to seek help

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto (R), whose sister Rumiko was abducted by North Korea in 1978, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28. Masumoto will make a five-day visit to Washington on March 3 with three other relatives of abductees to ask the U.S. government for help in resolving the abduction issue.

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Families of abductees to visit U.S. next week

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Teruaki Masumoto, Shigeru Yokota and his wife Sakie announce in Tokyo on Feb. 27 that they plan to visit the United States next week to seek help from the U.S. government and the American people in settling the abduction issue. The Yokotas' daughter Megumi was abducted in 1977 at age 13 and is said to have died in North Korea and Masumoto's sister Rumiko was abducted in 1978 when she was 24 and reported as dead by N. Korea.

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(2)Late Kurobe strike gives Kyoto 1st Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Jan. 1 Kyodo - Teruaki Kurobe celebrates after snatching a dramatic late winner as Kyoto Purple Sanga came from behind to beat Kashima Antlers 2-1 in the Emperor's Cup final at National Stadium on Jan. 1.

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Abductee's brother against normalizing Japan-N. Korea ties

FUKUOKA, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto, brother of one of the Japanese nationals North Korea abducted and now says is dead, speaks in Fukuoka on Dec. 5. ''Is it acceptable for Japan to normalize diplomatic ties with a country like North Korea that is under the regime of Kim Jong Il?'' Masumoto asked in an address at Kyushu University.

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Kin of missing Japanese meet 5 abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (L) and Teruaki Masumoto (R) respond to questions from reporters Oct. 16 at a Tokyo hotel after meeting with the five Japanese abducted to North Korea and now in Japan for a temporary visit. Iizuka's sister Yaeko Taguchi and Masumoto's sister Rumiko Masumoto were abducted to N. Korea in 1978 and listed as among the dead abductees by Pyongyang.

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Kin of 'abducted' Japanese urge progress on issue at summit

TOKYO, Japan - Families of Japanese believed to have been abducted by North Korea make an appeal Sept. 11 for progress in the long-standing bilateral issue during summit talks Sept. 17 between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. The appeal came from Shigeru Yokota (2nd from L) and Teruaki Masumoto (R) during a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo.

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U.N. urged to probe missing Japanese, S. Koreans

GENEVA, Switzerland - Teruaki Masumoto (L) and Choi U Yong, relatives of Japanese and South Korean nationals allegedly abducted by North Korean agents, head for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva on April 9 to ask for assistance in locating and returning the missing persons. Masumoto and Choi presented the U.N. human rights office with reports documenting the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of their relatives.

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Hyde eyes U.S. Congress resolution on N. Korea's abduction issue

WASHINGTON, United States - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, shakes hands with Henry Hyde, an Illinois Republican who is chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee, at the U.S. Congress in Washington on April 26. (Kyodo)

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Abductees' kin to go to Washington next week to seek help

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto (R), whose sister Rumiko was abducted by North Korea in 1978, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28. Masumoto will make a five-day visit to Washington on March 3 with three other relatives of abductees to ask the U.S. government for help in resolving the abduction issue. (Kyodo)

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(2)Late Kurobe strike gives Kyoto 1st Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Jan. 1 Kyodo - Teruaki Kurobe celebrates after snatching a dramatic late winner as Kyoto Purple Sanga came from behind to beat Kashima Antlers 2-1 in the Emperor's Cup final at National Stadium on Jan. 1. (Kyodo)

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Kin of missing Japanese meet 5 abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (L) and Teruaki Masumoto (R) respond to questions from reporters Oct. 16 at a Tokyo hotel after meeting with the five Japanese abducted to North Korea and now in Japan for a temporary visit. Iizuka's sister Yaeko Taguchi and Masumoto's sister Rumiko Masumoto were abducted to N. Korea in 1978 and listed as among the dead abductees by Pyongyang. (Kyodo)