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Avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97

People wait for the opening of the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2026. A Japanese avant-garde artist globally acclaimed for her polka dot imagery, Kusama died of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 14.

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Avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97

File photo taken in November 2016 shows Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese avant-garde artist globally acclaimed for her polka dot imagery, speaking during a press conference after receiving the Order of Culture. Kusama died of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 14.

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Avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97

File photo taken in September 2013 shows Yayoi Kusama (L), a Japanese avant-garde artist globally acclaimed for her polka dot imagery, shaking hands with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his office in Tokyo. Kusama died of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 14.

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[Breaking News]4 workers die after being hit by express train north of Tokyo

KANUMA, Japan, Aug. 20 Kyodo - Video taken on Aug. 20, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Spacia X express train bound for Tokyo parked at Tobu Nikko Line Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after hitting four workers who were on the tracks to remove weeds. The four were taken to a hospital and confirmed dead. None of the crew or passengers was injured. (Kyodo)

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4 workers die after being hit by express train north of Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 20, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Spacia X express train bound for Tokyo parked at Tobu Nikko Line Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after hitting four workers who were on the tracks to remove weeds. The four were taken to a hospital and confirmed dead. None of the crew or passengers was injured.

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4 workers die after being hit by express train north of Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 20, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Spacia X express train bound for Tokyo parked at Tobu Nikko Line Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after hitting four workers who were on the tracks to remove weeds. The four were taken to a hospital and confirmed dead. None of the crew or passengers was injured.

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4 workers die after being hit by express train north of Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 20, 2026, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Spacia X express train bound for Tokyo parked at Tobu Nikko Line Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after hitting four workers who were on the tracks to remove weeds. The four were taken to a hospital and confirmed dead. None of the crew or passengers was injured.

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"Confidential birth" at Tokyo hospital

Hitoshi Kato, head of San-Ikukai Hospital in Tokyo, speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan government office on July 2, 2026, revealing that seven women had given birth to their babies through the hospital's "confidential birth" system since its launch in March 2025.

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"Confidential birth" at Tokyo hospital

Hitoshi Kato, head of San-Ikukai Hospital in Tokyo, speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan government office on July 2, 2026, revealing that seven women had given birth to their babies through the hospital's "confidential birth" system since its launch in March 2025.

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[Breaking News]Possible spraying incident in Tokyo's Ginza area

TOKYO, Japan, May 25 Kyodo - Fire trucks gather in front of the Ginza Six shopping complex in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 25, 2026, after an emergency call reported a pungent smell and people coughing. At least one person was taken to the hospital and around 20 others reported feeling ill, according to police. Surveillance footage showed a man spraying an unknown substance inside the facility before the call was made. (Kyodo)

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Possible spraying incident in Tokyo's Ginza area

TOKYO, Japan, May 25 Kyodo - Fire trucks gather in front of the Ginza Six shopping complex in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 25, 2026, after an emergency call reported a pungent smell and people coughing. At least one person was taken to the hospital and around 20 others reported feeling ill, according to police. Surveillance footage showed a man spraying an unknown substance inside the facility before the call was made. (Kyodo)

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Possible spraying incident in Tokyo's Ginza area

Fire trucks gather in front of the Ginza Six shopping complex in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 25, 2026, after an emergency call reported a pungent smell and people coughing. At least one person was taken to the hospital and around 20 others reported feeling ill, according to police. Surveillance footage showed a man spraying an unknown substance inside the facility before the call was made.

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Possible spraying incident in Tokyo's Ginza area

Fire trucks and other emergency vehicles gather in front of the Ginza Six shopping complex in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 25, 2026, after an emergency call reported a pungent smell and people coughing. At least one person was taken to the hospital and around 20 others reported feeling ill, according to police. Surveillance footage showed a man spraying an unknown substance inside the facility before the call was made.

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Tokyo hospital with baby hatch+

Motonobu Nakamura (R), executive director of San-Ikukai Hospital in Tokyo, speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters on March 31, 2025, over the installation of a baby hatch that enables parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for.

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Tokyo hospital with baby hatch

Photo taken in March 2025 shows San-Ikukai Hospital in Tokyo where a baby hatch was set up to enable parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for.

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Japan's ex-emperor discharged from hospital

Japan's former Emperor Akihito (L), alongside former Empress Michiko, leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in the capital on July 18, 2025, after undergoing treatment with a new drug for right heart failure and asymptomatic myocardial ischemia.

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Japan's ex-emperor discharged from hospital

Japan's former Emperor Akihito (L), alongside former Empress Michiko, leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in the capital on July 18, 2025, after undergoing treatment with a new drug for right heart failure and asymptomatic myocardial ischemia.

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Japan's ex-emperor discharged from hospital

Japan's former Emperor Akihito (L), alongside former Empress Michiko, leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in the capital on July 18, 2025, after undergoing treatment with a new drug for right heart failure and asymptomatic myocardial ischemia.

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Japan's ex-emperor hospitalized for heart failure treatment

Japan's former Emperor Akihito (R) heads to the University of Tokyo Hospital in the capital on July 14, 2025, where he will undergo treatment with a new drug for right heart failure and asymptomatic myocardial ischemia.

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Japan's ex-emperor hospitalized for heart failure treatment

Japan's former Emperor Akihito (C) heads to the University of Tokyo Hospital in the capital on July 14, 2025, where he will undergo treatment with a new drug for right heart failure and asymptomatic myocardial ischemia.

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Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital logo and signage

Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital logo and signage=June 5,2025,Tokyo

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Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital exterior, logo and signage

Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital exterior, logo and signage=June 5,2025,Tokyo

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Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital exterior, logo and signage

Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital exterior, logo and signage=June 5,2025,Tokyo

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Former emperor discharged from hospital

Japan's former Emperor Akihito (back, L), alongside former Empress Michiko, leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on May 10, 2025, after undergoing medical tests for a heart condition.

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Japan Empress Masako at Red Cross event

Japanese Empress Masako listens to Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital's emergency unit chief Shinji Inada speaking at a Japanese Red Cross Society event in Tokyo on May 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan's ex-emperor hospitalized for heart checkup

A vehicle carrying Japan's former Emperor Akihito heads to the University of Tokyo Hospital in the capital on May 6, 2025, as he is to be hospitalized for a medical examination following signs of myocardial ischemia.

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Actor Hirosue's house searched

Investigators confiscate items from Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue's house in Tokyo on April 10, 2025, over an alleged vehicular assault. The latest allegation came after the 44-year-old was arrested on April 8 on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, as she awaited treatment after a car accident.

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Actor Hirosue's house investigated

Investigators enter Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue's house in Tokyo on April 10, 2025, over an alleged vehicular assault. The latest allegation comes after the 44-year-old was arrested on April 8 on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, as she awaited treatment after a car accident.

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Actor Hirosue's house searched

Investigators confiscate items from Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue's house in Tokyo on April 10, 2025, over an alleged vehicular assault. The latest allegation came after the 44-year-old was arrested on April 8 on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, as she awaited treatment after a car accident.

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"Baby hatch" in Tokyo

Photo taken on March 31, 2025, shows San-Ikukai Hospital in Tokyo where a "baby hatch" was recently set up to enable parents to leave infants anonymously.

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"Baby hatch" in Tokyo

Photo taken on March 31, 2025, shows a door leading to a "baby hatch" recently set up at San-Ikukai Hospital in Tokyo to enable parents to leave infants anonymously.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

KAMAKURA, Japan, Dec. 23 Kyodo - Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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[Breaking News]Japanese Princess Yuriko dies at 101

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 15 Kyodo - A car carrying the body of Japanese Princess Yuriko arrives at Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2024. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital earlier in the day at the age of 101. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Princess Yuriko

Japan's Princess Yuriko and her husband Prince Mikasa are greeted with a traditional dance in August 1956 in Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101.

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Japanese Princess Yuriko

(From L) Japan's Emperor Hirohito, his wife Empress Nagako, the emperor's brother Prince Mikasa and his wife Princess Yuriko (R, in a dress) are pictured in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 27, 1955. Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101.

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Japanese Princess Yuriko

(From L) Crown Prince Naruhito, his great-aunt Princess Yuriko and her husband Prince Mikasa attend the funeral of the couple's son Prince Katsura at the Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo on June 17, 2014. Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101

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Japanese Princess Yuriko dies at 101

A car carrying the body of Japanese Princess Yuriko arrives at Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2024. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital earlier in the day at the age of 101.

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Japanese Princess Yuriko dies at 101

A car carrying the body of Japanese Princess Yuriko arrives at Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2024. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital earlier in the day at the age of 101.

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Japanese Princess Yuriko

Japan's Princess Yuriko attends a party to celebrate her 80th birthday and the 88th birthday of her husband Prince Mikasa (L) at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 6, 2003. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101.

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Japanese Princess Yuriko

Photo taken in 2009 shows Japan's Princess Yuriko. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101.

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Japanese Princess Yuriko

Japan's Princess Yuriko (C) visits a Persian cultural exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum with her husband Prince Mikasa and her granddaughter Princess Akiko on July 31, 2006. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101.

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Japanese Princess Yuriko

Japan's Princess Yuriko waves to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2023. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101.

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Condition of Japanese Princess Yuriko deteriorates

Japanese Princess Hisako leaves St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2024, after visiting her 101-year-old mother-in-law Princess Yuriko, whose condition has been deteriorating. The oldest member of the imperial family was hospitalized in March due to a mild stroke and aspiration pneumonitis.