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World's first 'space mouse' born out of cryopreserved sperm

KOFU, Japan - Teruhiko Wakayama (R), professor at University of Yamanashi, and his wife Sayaka Wakayama, associate professor of the same institution, announce the birth of the world's first "space mouse" fertilized by cryopreserved sperm in Kofu, northwest of Tokyo, on July 30, 2014. The sperm, cryopreserved on the International Space Station, was brought back to fertilize eggs on the ground in a project conducted jointly with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Wakayama on STAP cells

KOFU, Japan - Teruhiko Wakayama (L top), a professor at the University of Yamanashi, holds a press conference at the university in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 16, 2014. Wakayama, a co-author of purportedly trailblazing stem cell papers, said new tests had found there is no evidence that so-called STAP cells had really been produced.

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STAP cell research paper questioned

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 2014 in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, shows Haruko Obokata (L), a scientist at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, and University of Yamanashi professor Teruhiko Wakayama, at a press conference on "stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency," or STAP, a method of generating pluripotent cells. Wakayama said March 10, 2014, he has told his co-authors including Obokata that their research paper on STAP cells should be retracted, citing the lack of credibility of some data used in the research.

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Stem cell research paper questioned

KOFU, Japan - University of Yamanashi professor Teruhiko Wakayama meets reporters in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Wakayama has told his co-authors that their research paper on what appeared to be a groundbreaking method for producing stem cells should be retracted and resubmitted. Questions have been raised about irregular images contained in the paper, written by a group led by Haruko Obotaka at the Center for Developmental Biology of the government-affiliated Riken institute, on a method it named "stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency" or STAP.

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Japan scientist proposes to retract stem cell research paper

KOFU, Japan - Teruhiko Wakayama, a professor at the University of Yamanashi and one of the co-authors of a research paper on what appeared to be a groundbreaking method of producing stem cells, explains his proposal to retract the paper in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 10, 2014. Questions have been raised about irregular images contained in the paper, written by a group led by Haruko Obotaka at the Center for Developmental Biology of the government-run Riken institute, on a method it named "stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency" or STAP.

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Report on faulty reactor inspections

TOKYO, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Takashi Yamashita (R) hands to Economy, Trade and Industry Senior Vice Minister Teruhiko Mashiko a final report on faulty inspections of reactors at its Shimane nuclear plant at the ministry in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. The report said the utility had neglected to perform regular inspections or component replacements at the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture.

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Inspections insufficient for over 500 spots at Shimane reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Takashi Yamashita (R) submits a report on the review of the company's inspections of the No.1 and No.2 reactors of the Shimane nuclear plant to Teruhiko Mashiko, senior vice minister of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, in Tokyo on April 30, 2010. The company reported that over 500 spots at the reactors were checked insufficiently during past periodic inspections.

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DPJ candidate wins Fukushima upper-house seat

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Teruhiko Mashiko, 59, of the Democratic Party of Japan, celebrates after winning an upper-house seat in Fukushima, one of the two prefectures where by-elections were held on April 22.

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Man acquitted of 1987-1989 murders of 3 women in Saga Pref.

SAGA, Japan - A man holds up a banner saying ''innocence'' in front of the Saga District Court in Saga on May 10 after the court acquitted Teruhiko Matsue who was indicted for killing three women in Kitagata, Saga Prefecture, between 1987 and 1989.

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House panel head opposes Nogami's nomination as UK envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Teruhiko Mashiko, a Democrataic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, releases a statement by the panel's chairman Takashi Yonezawa at a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 31. Yonezawa, who is currently on an overseas trip abroad, expressed opposition to the goverment's plan to name former Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami as ambassador to Britain.

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Order of Culture award

(from L) Teruhiko Beppu, 88, an expert on zymology, Shoin Yamase, 89, "koto" Japanese harp player, Atsushi Uemura, 89, Japanese-style painter, and Kabuki actor Matsumoto Hakuo, 80, pose for a photo at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2022, after receiving the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, from Emperor Naruhito. (Pool photo)

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Order of Culture award

Teruhiko Beppu (front, R), 88, an expert on zymology, receives the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, from Emperor Naruhito at an Imperial Palace ceremony in Tokyo, on Nov. 3, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Order of Culture award

Teruhiko Beppu, 88, an expert on zymology, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2022, after receiving the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, at an Imperial Palace ceremony. (Pool photo)

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Scientists determine enzyme role in plant growth

TOKYO, Japan - A Hokkaido University research team led by biology professor Teruhiko Yoshihara said April 17 a substance called theobroxide helps regulate plant growth by activating a system that produces hormones, which trigger flowering and fruit production. The potato at right was grown with theobroxide sprayed on its leaves and the one on the left without the substance. The photo was provided by Yoshihara.

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House panel head opposes Nogami's nomination as UK envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Teruhiko Mashiko, a Democrataic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, releases a statement by the panel's chairman Takashi Yonezawa at a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 31. Yonezawa, who is currently on an overseas trip abroad, expressed opposition to the goverment's plan to name former Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami as ambassador to Britain. (Kyodo)

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DPJ projected to capture Fukushima upper-house seat

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Teruhiko Mashiko, 59, of the Democratic Party of Japan, celebrates after he was projected to win an upper-house seat in Fukushima, one of the two prefectures where by-elections were held on April 22. (Kyodo)

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Man acquitted of 1987-1989 murders of 3 women in Saga Pref.

SAGA, Japan - A man holds up a banner saying ''innocence'' in front of the Saga District Court in Saga on May 10 after the court acquitted Teruhiko Matsue who was indicted for killing three women in Kitagata, Saga Prefecture, between 1987 and 1989. (Kyodo)

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Auditors find 157 bil. yen in wasteful spending by gov't in FY 2014

Teruhiko Kawato, who heads the Board of Audit of Japan, submits a report to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2015. According to the report, the board has found some 156.8 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in wasteful spending by the government and affiliated bodies in fiscal 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inazo Nitobe portrait, scroll donated to Hokkaido Univ.

Teruhiko Igarashi (L) from Noda, Chiba Prefecture, speaks in front of a portrait of Japanese agricultural economist and author Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933), and a hanging scroll written by Nitobe at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 17, 2015. Igarashi donated the portrait and scroll to the university the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Report on faulty reactor inspections

TOKYO, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Takashi Yamashita (R) hands to Economy, Trade and Industry Senior Vice Minister Teruhiko Mashiko a final report on faulty inspections of reactors at its Shimane nuclear plant at the ministry in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. The report said the utility had neglected to perform regular inspections or component replacements at the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Inspections insufficient for over 500 spots at Shimane reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Takashi Yamashita (R) submits a report on the review of the company's inspections of the No.1 and No.2 reactors of the Shimane nuclear plant to Teruhiko Mashiko, senior vice minister of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, in Tokyo on April 30, 2010. The company reported that over 500 spots at the reactors were checked insufficiently during past periodic inspections. (Kyodo)

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World's first 'space mouse' born out of cryopreserved sperm

KOFU, Japan - Teruhiko Wakayama (R), professor at University of Yamanashi, and his wife Sayaka Wakayama, associate professor of the same institution, announce the birth of the world's first "space mouse" fertilized by cryopreserved sperm in Kofu, northwest of Tokyo, on July 30, 2014. The sperm, cryopreserved on the International Space Station, was brought back to fertilize eggs on the ground in a project conducted jointly with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (Kyodo)

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Wakayama on STAP cells

KOFU, Japan - Teruhiko Wakayama, a professor at the University of Yamanashi, answers a reporter's question at a press conference at the university in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 16, 2014. Wakayama, a co-author of the purportedly trailblazing stem cell papers, said new tests found there is no evidence the so-called STAP cells really did exist. (Kyodo)

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2 Japanese opposition parties in process to form alliance

Motohisa Furukawa (L), secretary general of the Party of Hope, and his Democratic Party counterpart Teruhiko Mashiko meet the press in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2018, after their talks. The two major opposition parties agreed on their basic policies to form an alliance in the Diet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan enacts law to allow 1st abdication of emperor in 200 years

Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) has lunch at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 9, 2017 with Teruhiko Kawato (R), president of the Board of Audit of Japan, and Nahomi Ichimiya, president of the National Personnel Authority. Japan's parliament enacted a law the same day to allow the emperor to pass the throne to his elder son, Crown Prince Naruhito. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo