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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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Wartime Japan PM Kantaro Suzuki

Japanese Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on July 28, 1945, two days after the United States, Britain and the Republic of China issued a document known as the Potsdam Declaration calling for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.

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Japan PM on S. Korean president ouster

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba responds to questions about South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal from office during a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 4, 2025, after South Korea's Constitutional Court the same day upheld a parliamentary impeachment motion over his Dec. 3 martial law declaration.

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Japan PM on S. Korean president ouster

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba responds to questions about South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal from office during a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 4, 2025, after South Korea's Constitutional Court the same day upheld a parliamentary impeachment motion over his Dec. 3 martial law declaration.

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Detention of impeached S. Korean president

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2025, following South Korean authorities' detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier in the day in connection with his short-lived declaration of martial law.

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Detention of impeached S. Korean president

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2025, following South Korean authorities' detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier in the day in connection with his short-lived declaration of martial law.

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Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2024, after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law.

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Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2024, after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law.

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Renho addresses FCCJ

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 14, 2024, following the declaration of her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in July.

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Lawmaker Renho at press conference

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 12, 2024, after submitting her resignation from the party following the declaration of her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in July.

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Lawmaker Renho at press conference

House of Councillors lawmaker Renho leaves a press conference in Tokyo on June 12, 2024, after submitting her resignation from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan following the declaration of her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in July.

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Lawmaker Renho at press conference

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 12, 2024, after submitting her resignation from the party following the declaration of her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in July.

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Britain, China ink accord in 1984 on H.K.'s return

TOKYO, Japan - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher signs in this file photo in December 1984 a Sino-British joint declaration at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing stipulating the restoration of Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong 13 years later in 1997. Standing at the far right is China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Urawa Reds captain Yuki Abe reads an antiracism declaration before the J-League's first match behind closed doors, held against Shimizu S-Pulse, at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Urawa Reds captain Yuki Abe reads an antiracism declaration before the J-League's first match behind closed doors, held against Shimizu S-Pulse, at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks after the Yokohama Declaration was adopted at the closing ceremony of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Yokohama on June 3, 2013. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks after the Yokohama Declaration was adopted at the closing ceremony of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Yokohama on June 3, 2013. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the closing ceremony of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, where the Yokohama Declaration was adopted, in Yokohama on June 3, 2013. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the closing ceremony of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, where the Yokohama Declaration was adopted, in Yokohama on June 3, 2013. (Pool photo)

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NATO chief Rasmussen in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after signing a joint political declaration at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 15, 2013.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 1984 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (seated) signing a China-Britain joint declaration stipulating Britain's return of Hong Kong to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Standing behind Thatcher are Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (R back) and British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe (C back). Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara answers a reporter's question in Washington on April 17, 2012. He said his plan for the city to buy the disputed Senkaku Islands from their owners will benefit Japan through the development of fishery resources, while criticizing China over its territorial claim to the Japanese-controlled uninhabited islets in the East China Sea, saying Beijing's dispatch of fishery patrol boats to the vicinity is ''halfway to a declaration of war'' against Japan.

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Antinuclear conference in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nuclear experts attend a session of the Global Conference for a Nuclear Free World in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 15, 2012. The two-day conference ended the same day after adopting the Yokohama Declaration.

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Antinuclear conference in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shigeki Nishihara (R), mayor of Makinohara, a Shizuoka Prefecture city, speaks during a session of mayors of Japanese municipalities at the Global Conference for a Nuclear Free World in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 15, 2012. The two-day conference ended the same day after adopting the Yokohama Declaration.

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Inter-Korean summit in 2000

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2000 shows South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il holding hands ahead of the signing of a joint declaration at their summit in Pyongyang.

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S. Sudan declares independence

TOKYO, Japan - People dance to celebrate the independence of South Sudan in Juba on July 8, 2011, the day before the declaration of the independence of the country.

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Reps. of universities vow to restore exam credibility

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of Japanese universities discuss online cheating in entrance exams and preventive measures at a general conference of the Japan Association of National Universities in Tokyo on March 2, 2011, after a mobile phone was used to seek answers on the Internet during entrance exams for prominent universities. The association adopted a declaration to do its best to preserve the credibility of entrance examinations.

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Reps. of universities vow to restore exam credibility

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoto University President Hiroshi Matsumoto is surrounded by media members after attending a general conference of the Japan Association of National Universities in Tokyo on March 2, 2011. The association adopted a declaration to do its best to preserve the credibility of entrance examinations after a mobile phone was used to seek answers to entrance exams for Kyoto University and other prominent universities on the Internet.

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Reps. of universities vow to restore exam credibility

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo President Junichi Hamada speaks at a general conference of the Japan Association of National Universities in Tokyo on March 2, 2011. The association, headed by Hamada, adopted a declaration to do its best to preserve the credibility of entrance examinations after a mobile phone was used to seek answers to entrance exams for prominent universities on the Internet.

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Geisha promote online income declaration

TOKYO, Japan - A group of geisha from Tokyo's Asakusa area promote the Japanese government's online income declaration and taxation system during an event in Tokyo on March 2, 2011.

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JSA issues anti-mobster declaration

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma reads out a declaration at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Aug. 30, 2010, pledging to permanently keep mobsters out of sumo and to fight against the criminal underworld.

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JSA issues anti-mobster declaration

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma (C, front) reads out a declaration at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Aug. 30, 2010, pledging to permanently keep mobsters out of sumo and to fight against the criminal underworld.

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Japan's lower house dissolution

TOKYO, Japan - A group of legislators from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan react to House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono's declaration that the lower house is dissolved on July 21.

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Fukuda would welcome N. Korea declaration for resolving nuke issue

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda tells reporters at his office on June 24 that Japan would welcome North Korea's expected move to provide a long-delayed account of its nuclear activities that would lead to its removal from the U.S. list of terror sponsors, if it helps toward a resolution of the nuclear issue.

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Japan, U.S. step up pressure for full nuke declaration from N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill (R) and his Japanese counterpart Kenichiro Sasae respond to questions from reporters after their talks at the Japanese Foreign Ministry on Jan. 7. Japan and the United States are stepping up pressure for North Korea to submit a ''complete and correct'' declaration of its nuclear programs and facilities in line with a six-party deal.

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Declaration should come before delisting N. Korea: Hill

NARITA, Japan - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill (L) and his Japanese counterpart Kenichiro Sasae (R) meet the press after their talks at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 7. Hill indicated that North Korea's declaration of all its nuclear programs should come before Washington removes North Korea from the list of terrorism-sponsoring countries while hoping Pyongyang compiles a ''draft'' declaration within this month.

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Japan spokesman calls N. Korea nuke test, if true, 'serious threat'

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki tells a press conference on Oct. 9 that if North Korea's reported nuclear test really happened, it is a serious threat and Japan will lodge a stern protest. ''If it turns out to be a fact, it is a serious threat and goes against the Japan-North Korea declaration,'' Shiozaki said. ''We will lodge a stern protest and condemn it.''

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Lawmakers visit Meiji Shrine, to learn from Russo-Japanese war

TOKYO, Japan - About 40 lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) visit Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Feb. 10, the 100th anniversary of Japan's declaration of war against Russia that led to the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The lawmakers from the two parties launched a study group aimed at drawing lessons from the war.

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(2)Japan, ASEAN wrap up 2-day summit

TOKYO, Japan - Indonesia President Megawati Sukarnoputri (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Dec. 12 after signing the ''Tokyo Declaration'' at the end of the two-day summit of leaders from Japan and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as other ASEAN leaders applauded. (Pool photo)

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Japan, ASEAN sign Tokyo declaration

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) and the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sign the Tokyo Declaration for the Dynamic and Enduring Japan-ASEAN Partnership in the New Millennium at the end of the two-day meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 12. (Pool photo)

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African forum closes with call for fair trade system

TOKYO, Japan - The third Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) ends with the adoption of a declaration on Oct. 1. Leaders from Africa and its partners said in the document that the creation of a fair trade system remains a major challenge to African development, following the recent collapse of multilateral trade talks, and the world must respect the continent's diversity and identity.

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Japan-N. Korea draft declaration signed without amendment

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Tanaka, Director General of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Sept. 20. Tanaka admitted that Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il signed a joint draft declaration as prepared during working-level talks without amendment.

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Ministers adopt declaration on transport, environment

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese transport minister Chikage Ogi holds a declaration adopted at the end of a two-day conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, pledging cooperation in tackling environmental problems caused by transportation. The conference was attended by transport ministers from 20 countries.

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Koizumi, Vajpayee issue joint declaration

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R), clad in ethnic Indian clothes, and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee hold a news conference at Koizumi's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 10 after issuing a joint declaration on their talks the same day. The two leaders agreed to boost bilateral ties by promoting strategic and economic cooperation, and to continue joint efforts in the global fight against terrorism and in eliminating nuclear weapons.

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Bidding prices for beef return to normal levels in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The beef from 198 cows slaughtered on Oct. 10 is auctioned at Tokyo's central wholesale market on Oct. 19 following the government's declaration that all domestic beef is free of mad cow disease. The day's bidding prices for beef returned to the level seen before the disease hit Japan last month.

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Mori reports on Russian visit

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori reports on his visit to Russia at a House of Representatives plenary session March 27. Mori said his confirmation with Russian President Vladimir Putin of the validity of a 1956 Japan-Soviet declaration on the return of some disputed islands was a message from Putin to Russian citizens.

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Mori meets Peres in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) shakes hands with former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres at his official residence in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Peres was in Japan as a special envoy of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Peres asked Mori to tell Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat not to make a unilateral declaration of independence even if the negotiations for Middle East peace are not settled by the deadline of Sep. 13.