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World Baseball Classic: Venezuela vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan reacts after hitting an RBI double in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Venezuela at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 14, 2026.

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World Baseball Classic: Venezuela vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan makes a "tea-mixing" gesture after hitting an RBI double in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Venezuela at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 14, 2026.

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World Baseball Classic: Venezuela vs. Japan

Shota Morishita (23) of Japan high-fives Teruaki Sato after hitting a three-run home run in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Venezuela at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 14, 2026.

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World Baseball Classic: Venezuela vs. Japan

Shota Morishita (23) of Japan high-fives Teruaki Sato after hitting a three-run home run in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Venezuela at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 14, 2026.

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World Baseball Classic: Venezuela vs. Japan

Shota Morishita (23) of Japan is greeted by Shohei Ohtani (16) and Teruaki Sato after hitting a three-run home run in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Venezuela at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 14, 2026.

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World Baseball Classic: Venezuela vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan hits an RBI double in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Venezuela at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 14, 2026.

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World Baseball Classic: Venezuela vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan hits an RBI double in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Venezuela at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 14, 2026.

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World Baseball Classic: Venezuela vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan hits an RBI double in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Venezuela at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 14, 2026.

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World Baseball Classic: Venezuela vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan hits an RBI double in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Venezuela at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 14, 2026.

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Shohei Ohtani (L) of Japan high-fives teammate Teruaki Sato after the first inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Teruaki Sato of Japan hits a double in the first inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Teruaki Sato of Japan makes a "tea whisking" gesture after hitting a double in the first inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Teruaki Sato of Japan makes a "tea whisking" gesture after hitting a double in the first inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Teruaki Sato of Japan hits a double in the first inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Japan vs. Czech Republic

Teruaki Sato of Japan hits a double in the first inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against the Czech Republic at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on March 10, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Australia vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan makes a "tea mixing" gesture after hitting an RBI double in the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against Australia at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 8, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Australia vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan makes a "tea mixing" gesture after hitting an RBI double in the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against Australia at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 8, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Australia vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan hits an RBI double in the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against Australia at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 8, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Australia vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan celebrates after hitting an RBI double in the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against Australia at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 8, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Australia vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan hits an RBI double in the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against Australia at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 8, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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World Baseball Classic: Australia vs. Japan

Teruaki Sato of Japan hits an RBI double in the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool C game against Australia at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 8, 2026. (For editorial use only)

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Baseball: Japan's WBC training

Hanshin Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato takes batting practice during the Japanese national baseball team's training camp in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2026, ahead of the World Baseball Classic in March.

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Baseball: Japan's WBC training

Hanshin Tigers infielder Teruaki Sato takes fielding practice during the Japanese national baseball team's training camp in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2026.

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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.