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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (3rd from L), 81, acknowledges the crowd after singing at a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (C), 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato, 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (C), 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (C), 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato, 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato, 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO FORUM FOR ASIA-PANEL DISCUSSION (CN)

(240326) -- BOAO, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shimizu Tokiko, Assistant Governor of the Bank of Japan, speaks at a panel discussion themed on "Investing the Future of Asia" during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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Singer Kato to release song about Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (C) talks with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) at Hiroshima City Hall on June 24, 2014, a day before releasing her song CD of a poem by Keiji Nakazawa, late cartoon artist from Hiroshima who wrote manga series "Barefoot Gen." On the left is Katsuhiko Yamamoto, who composed the music.

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A-bomb-exposed poet's documents donated to Hiroshima univ.

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Tokiko Tsuchiya (R), head of a citizens' group seeking to preserve Hiroshima-related literary materials, looks at articles of the late poet Sadako Kurihara, who survived the 1945 atomic bombing, donated to Hiroshima Jogakuin University in Hiroshima, western Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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Quake charity concert in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (front C) and around 300 members of choirs from Japan and the United States hold a charity concert in New York's Carnegie Hall on April 9, 2012, to help rebuild northeastern Japan following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Empress Michiko presents Florence Nightingale award

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko (R), honorary president of the Japanese Red Cross Society, awards a Florence Nightingale badge to Tokiko Saita, former board member of the Japan Nursing Association, for her contribution to nursing activities at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 12. The badge is awarded by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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77-yr-old man confesses to killing 4 members of family

CHIBA, Japan - Police officers conduct an investigation in front of the house of Tokiko Kiuchi in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on June 24 after four members of her family were found dead inside the house. Police said her 77-year-old husband confessed to killing them.

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Singer Tokiko Kato performs at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato performs at the World Exposition site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on May 8.

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UNEP envoy Kato to perform during Johannesburg summit

TOKYO, Japan - Singer and U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Tokiko Kato will hold concerts in the Johannesburg suburbs on Aug. 28 and 29 to promote conservation, organizers said Aug. 17. The city is the site of the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development from Aug. 26 to Sept. 4. Photo was taken when Kato staged concerts with South African musicians in Tokyo in June 2001.

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Singer Kato visits Seoul World Cup stadium

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato, who is a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), listens to a Korean official explain about environment policies during a visit to the Seoul World Cup Stadium on April 10.

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Japanese singer Kato named new U.N. goodwill envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 30 after being officially appointed by Mori as new goodwill ambassador to the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP). Kato is the first Japanese to hold the post.

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Japanese singer Kato to be new U.N. goodwill envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Internationally known Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (file photo) is appointed Oct. 27 to be the new goodwill ambassador to the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP), the first Japanese to hold the post.

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UNEP envoy Kato to perform during Johannesburg summit

TOKYO, Japan - Singer and U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Tokiko Kato will hold concerts in the Johannesburg suburbs on Aug. 28 and 29 to promote conservation, organizers said Aug. 17. The city is the site of the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development from Aug. 26 to Sept. 4. Photo was taken when Kato staged concerts with South African musicians in Tokyo in June 2001. (Kyodo)

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Mother, away from home, speaks to sons via tablet

Tokiko Nakayama, an employee of a Tokyo-based major beverage company, speaks to her sons at her Tokyo home via a tablet computer from her room in the company's dormitory in Kyoto, western Japan, on Feb. 11, 2015. She lives away from home for her job assignment while her husband stays with the children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dismembered body in Tokyo park found to be of 88-yr woman

Photo shows a Tokyo condominium building on June 27, 2016, where Tokiko Abe, 88, whose dismembered body parts were found in a pond in a Tokyo park, lived. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki A-bomb survivors sing at gathering in New York

Tokiko Tsutae (C) sings as a member of a choir, formed by survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during a gathering in New York on April 30, 2015, to call for the total elimination of nuclear weapons. Tsutae, 87, is the oldest member of the choir called "Himawari" (sunflower). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singer Kato visits Seoul World Cup stadium

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato, who is a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), listens to a Korean official explain about environment policies during a visit to the Seoul World Cup Stadium on April 10.

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77-yr-old man confesses to killing 4 members of family

CHIBA, Japan - Police officers conduct an investigation in front of the house of Tokiko Kiuchi in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on June 24 after four members of her family were found dead inside the house. Police said her 77-year-old husband confessed to killing them. (Kyodo)

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Singer Tokiko Kato performs at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato performs at the World Exposition site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on May 8. (Kyodo)

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Farming life opens possibilities for both young and old

TOKYO, Japan - Tokiko Kato, a popular singer, talks in an interview with Kyodo on her late husband, Toshio Fujimoto. (Kyodo)

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Evacuation center in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Juichi Kanno (L) and his wife Tokiko (R) move their furniture from an evacuation center in quake- and tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on July 11, 2011, as they move into a temporary housing unit for people affected by the disaster. About 180 people still live in the shelter located at the local junior high school four months after the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Quake charity concert in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (front C) and around 300 members of choirs from Japan and the United States hold a charity concert in New York's Carnegie Hall on April 9, 2012, to help rebuild northeastern Japan following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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New BOJ executive director

New Bank of Japan executive director Tokiko Shimizu, who became the first woman to hold the post, gives an interview in Nagoya on May 27, 2020. Shimizu will also retain the manager's post at the central bank's Nagoya branch. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New BOJ executive director

New Bank of Japan executive director Tokiko Shimizu, who became the first woman to hold the post, gives an interview in Nagoya on May 27, 2020. Shimizu will also retain the manager's post at the central bank's Nagoya branch. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New BOJ executive director

Photo taken May 27, 2020, shows the Bank of Japan's Nagoya branch manager Tokiko Shimizu, who was promoted to serve as an executive director of the central bank earlier in the month. The first woman to hold the post will also retain the branch manager's post. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New BOJ executive director

File photo shows the Bank of Japan's Nagoya branch manager Tokiko Shimizu, who was promoted to serve as an executive director on May 11, 2020. Shimizu will also retain the branch manager's post. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese singer Kato named new U.N. goodwill envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 30 after being officially appointed by Mori as new goodwill ambassador to the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP). Kato is the first Japanese to hold the post.