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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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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike meets reporters at the metropolitan government headquarters in the Japanese capital on June 23, 2025, after Tomin First no Kai, the regional party she established, won 32 seats in the 127-member metropolitan assembly, the most in the previous day's Tokyo assembly election.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters at the metropolitan government headquarters in the Japanese capital on June 23, 2025, after Tomin First no Kai, the regional party she established, won 32 seats in the 127-member metropolitan assembly, the most in the previous day's Tokyo assembly election.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters at the metropolitan government headquarters in the Japanese capital on June 23, 2025, after Tomin First no Kai, the regional party she established, won 32 seats in the 127-member metropolitan assembly, the most in the previous day's Tokyo assembly election.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly vote

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks in a stump speech in Tokyo on June 13, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly vote

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks in a stump speech in Tokyo on June 13, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly vote

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks in a stump speech to support a candidate belonging to Tomin First no Kai, or Tokyoites First party, running in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, in Tokyo on June 13, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the poll.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo assembly vote

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks in a stump speech to support a candidate belonging to Tomin First no Kai, or Tokyoites First party, running in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, in Tokyo on June 13, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the poll.

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Philippines: Church Bells Toll to Mourn Death of Pope Francis 2

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, April 21. Bells were rung at Catholic churches to mourn his death across the Philippines.

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Tokyo approves ordinance to prevent abuse by customers in Japan's 1st

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly approves an ordinance aimed at preventing customers from abusing service sector workers, the first of its kind in Japan, during a regular session on Oct. 4, 2024.

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Tokyo approves ordinance to prevent abuse by customers in Japan's 1st

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends on Oct. 4, 2024, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly session where an ordinance aimed at preventing customers from abusing service sector workers, the first of its kind in Japan, was approved.

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Tokyo approves ordinance to prevent abuse by customers in Japan's 1st

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is pictured on Oct. 4, 2024, after attending a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly session where an ordinance aimed at preventing customers from abusing service sector workers, the first of its kind in Japan, was approved.

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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to run for 3rd term

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 12, 2024, after announcing her intention to run for a third four-year term in the July gubernatorial election at a plenary session of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly.(Kyodo)

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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to run for 3rd term

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 12, 2024, after announcing her intention to run for a third four-year term in the July gubernatorial election at a plenary session of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly.

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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to run for 3rd term

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 12, 2024, after announcing her intention to run for a third four-year term in the July gubernatorial election at a plenary session of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly.

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CORRECTED: Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to run for 3rd term

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks during a plenary session of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in the Japanese capital on June 12, 2024, announcing her intention to run for a third four-year term in the July gubernatorial election.

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CORRECTED: Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to run for 3rd term

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks during a plenary session of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in the Japanese capital on June 12, 2024, announcing her intention to run for a third four-year term in the July gubernatorial election.

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Memorial ceremony for Iwoto Island war dead

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike offers flowers at an altar set up at the Tokyo metropolitan assembly building on Jan. 18, 2024, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean, where Japan and the United States fought an intense battle during World War II.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (C front), a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the opposition Your Party, speaks to reporters at the metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014, after Akihiro Suzuki, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party assembly member, apologized to her for recent sexist heckling. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ends a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo metropolitan assembly member of the Liberal Democratic Party, who admitted on June 23, 2014, to having made a sexist remark during its session. A female assembly member was heckled by Suzuki while posing questions on maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (R), a Tokyo metropolitan assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes to Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assembly member, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014, for subjecting her to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki made the remarks while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (R), a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes to Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assembly member, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014, for subjecting her to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Yoshiwara, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party group in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 23, 2014. Yoshiwara said fellow LDP assembly member Akihiro Suzuki has admitted to having made a sexist remark while a female assembly member posed questions during a session on maternity support measures.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (R) submits a letter of resignation to Toshiaki Yoshino, president of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Inose announced his resignation later at a press conference over his receiving of 50 million yen in cash from hospital operator Tokushukai, which is mired in vote-buying allegations involving a Diet member.

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Suspicious loan to Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose appears tired as he listens to a question about a 50 million yen loan he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization, at a committee meeting of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Suspicious loan to Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose leaves the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17, 2013. Inose was grilled for 20 hours over four days the past two weeks by a committee session of the assembly about a 50 million yen loan he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization.

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Suspicious loan to Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose appears tired as he listens to a question about a 50 million yen loan he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization, at a committee meeting of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose shows a bag he said he used to carry 50 million yen in cash he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital group, during a committee session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 16, 2013. Inose, who won the governorship in December 2012's election, has been under fire for making contradictory explanations over his receipt of the money in November 2012.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose shows a bag he said he used to carry 50 million yen in cash he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital group, during a committee session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 16, 2013. Inose, who won the governorship in December 2012's election, has been under fire for making contradictory explanations over his receipt of the money in November 2012.

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Official campaigning kicks off for Tokyo assembly race

TOKYO, Japan, June 23 Kyodo - Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike joins official campaigning on June 23, 2017, for the July 2 metropolitan assembly election to support a candidate of a regional political party she leads called Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party).

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Tokyo Gov. Masuzoe submits resignation over political funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan, June 15 Kyodo - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe heads to a plenary session of the metropolitan assembly on June 15, 2016. Masuzoe submitted his resignation over a political funds scandal, after repeatedly refusing to step down.

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Joyce Gelb

NEW YORK, United States - Joyce Gelb, professor emeritus of the City College of New York, speaks to Kyodo News in New York on July 17, 2014. The specialist on women and gender issues in Japan hopes the recent heckling issue at the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly will spark change within the country.

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Sexist heckling at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party. Uenishi, 31, said July 3, 2014, she was subjected to sexist heckling during a Diet committee meeting in April, in an incident similar to one that rocked the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in June.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (C), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, ends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (far R, facing the camera), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, is seen ahead of a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura, a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (C), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assembly member subjected to sexist heckles

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member, speaks with reporters in Tokyo on June 20, 2014, before submitting a written request to the assembly speaker asking him to take punitive measures over sexist remarks she was subjected to during an assembly session. Shiomura, a 35-year-old Your Party assembly member, was ridiculed during a session on June 18 while she was posing questions on maternity support measures. The hecklers said, "You should get married first," and, "Can't you have babies?"

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Tokyo to review Olympic venues

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe speaks with reporters after a regular session of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on June 10, 2014. Masuzoe told the session that the original plans for the venues of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be reviewed thoroughly due to the rising construction costs of stadiums and other related facilities, and questions over the post-Olympic use of the venues.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (R) submits a letter of resignation to Toshiaki Yoshino, president of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Inose announced his resignation later at a press conference over his receiving of 50 million yen in cash from hospital operator Tokushukai, which is mired in vote-buying allegations involving a Diet member.

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Tokyo governor leaves office

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose leaves the metropolitan hall in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2013, after the metropolitan assembly on Tuesday approved his resignation over his receipt of 50 million yen from scandal-tainted hospital chain operator Tokushukai.

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Tokyo assembly OKs governor's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (L front) bows after his resignation over his receipt of 50 million yen from scandal-tainted hospital chain operator Tokushukai was approved at an extraordinary meeting of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on Dec. 24, 2013.

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Tokyo assembly OKs governor's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose bows after his resignation over his receipt of 50 million yen from scandal-tainted hospital chain operator Tokushukai was approved at an extraordinary meeting of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on Dec. 24, 2013.