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Japanese envoy on disarmament

Tomiko Ichikawa, ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, gives an interview in Geneva on June 25, 2025.

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Japanese envoy on disarmament

Tomiko Ichikawa, ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, gives an interview in Geneva on June 25, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Tomiko Ichikawa (seen in the screen), ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, reads out a joint statement during the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 1, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Tomiko Ichikawa, ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, reads out a joint statement during the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 1, 2025.

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Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88.

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Japanese woman becomes special aide to IAEA chief

VIENNA, Austria - Tomiko Ichikawa, shown in this file photo taken on July 18, 2014, is a special aide to Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, appointed in July as the first Japanese woman to take the post.

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Japan gender equality minister at APEC confab

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gender equality minister Tomiko Okazaki addresses a session of the Women Leaders Network Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2010.

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Japan's public safety commission chief Okazaki

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese public safety commission chief Tomiko Okazaki speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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Japan's public safety commission chief Okazaki

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese public safety commission chief Tomiko Okazaki speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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Japan's new police chief Okazaki

TOKYO, Japan - Upper house member Tomiko Okazaki smiles at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after being named as chairwoman of the National Public Safety Commission, which oversees the National Police Agency, in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet. Okazaki, a TV announcer-turned-politician, is also in charge of issues such as consumer affairs and gender equality.

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Couple, trainee found dead at Kumamoto farm house

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A police vehicle is parked near a farmhouse on Nov. 9, 2009, in Ueki, Kumamoto Prefecture, where three people were found dead the previous day. The three were identified on Nov. 9 as a married couple -- Koichi Hirochi, 67, and his wife Tomiko, 63 -- who lived in the house, and a 22-year-old trainee from China. The couple were found lying in the garden with external injuries, while the trainee was found lying in a barn with a rope hanging above him.

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Passenger numbers at Narita airport exceed 700 mil.

NARITA, Japan - Tomiko Nonomura (L) from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, becomes the 700 millionth traveler passing through Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 25. To the right is her husband Yasutaka. The couple were returning from a trip to France and Germany to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary.

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Japanese living in Russia returns to Japan for 1st time in 67 yrs

SAPPORO, Japan - Yoshiteru Nakagawa (L), 79, a Japanese man who remained in Sakhalin after World War II and currently lives in southern Russia, has his tears wiped off by his 60-year-old sister Tomiko Orui on arriving at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido to make a temporary visit to Japan for the first time in 67 years on July 2.

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Japanese living in Russia returns to Japan for 1st time in 67 yrs

SAPPORO, Japan - Yoshiteru Nakagawa, 79, a Japanese man who remained in Sakhalin after World War II and currently lives in southern Russia, holds his sister Tomiko Orui, 60, in tears at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on returning to Japan for a temporary visit for the first time in 67 years on July 2.

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(2)Abe, Nakayama meet Hitomi Soga

MANO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) and Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (L) sit down with Hitomi Soga (2nd from R), abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now visiting Japan, her father Shigeru (3rd from R) and younger sister Tomiko Kaneko (R) at her family home in Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 6. (Pool photo)

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No remarks from Soga on U.S. refusal to exempt husband

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 now on a homecoming visit, lays flowers at her family grave on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 1. Soga did not reveal to her family her thoughts after hearing news that her American husband Charles Robert Jenkins in the North may face a U.S. court-martial if he visits Japan, her sister Tomiko said. (Pool photo)

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(4)Abductees spend their time in hometown

HAMO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (C), one of five Japanese on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, holds the hand of her nephew Daisuke at a Shinto shrine in Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 19. She is accompanied by her younger sister Tomiko (R).

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(4)Abductees visit relatives, graves

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), along with her sister Tomiko Kaneko (C), prays at her family's grave in the town of Mano in Niigata Prefecture's island of Sadogashima on Oct. 18. Soga returned her hometown on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea. (Pool photo)

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(3)Abductees glad to be in homeland

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R) prepares to take her seat beside her sister Tomiko Kaneko at a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 15.

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(4)Abductees, kin embrace after 24 years

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R) is accompanied by her sister Tomiko Kaneko on arrival at Haneda airport for temporary homecoming from North Korea on Oct. 15.

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(1)5 abducted to N. Korea reunited with families

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R), accompanied by her sister Tomiko Kaneko (C), holds a bouquet of flowers at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 15 after arriving for a temporary homecoming from Pyongyang. Soga and four other Japanese abducted by North Korea were reunited with their families for the first time since going missing from Japan in 1978.

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(4)Abductees visit relatives, graves

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), along with her sister Tomiko Kaneko (C), prays at her family's grave in the town of Mano in Niigata Prefecture's island of Sadogashima on Oct. 18. Soga returned her hometown on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(4)Abductees, kin embrace after 24 years

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R) is accompanied by her sister Tomiko Kaneko on arrival at Haneda airport for temporary homecoming from North Korea on Oct. 15. (Kyodo)

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(1)5 abducted to N. Korea reunited with families

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R), accompanied by her sister Tomiko Kaneko (C), holds a bouquet of flowers at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 15 after arriving for a temporary homecoming from Pyongyang. Soga and four other Japanese abducted by North Korea were reunited with their families for the first time since going missing from Japan in 1978. (Kyodo)

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Head Over Heels (2001)

Sarah O'Hare, Monica Potter, Shalom Harlow & Tomiko Fraser Characters: ,Amanda,Jade & Holly Film: Head Over Heels (USA 2001) Director: Mark Waters 02 February 2001 Date: 02 February 2001

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Head Over Heels (2001)

Ivana Milicevic, Monica Potter & Tomiko Fraser Characters: Roxana,Amanda & Holly Film: Head Over Heels (USA 2001) Director: Mark Waters 02 February 2001 Date: 02 February 2001

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Head Over Heels (2001)

Tomiko Fraser,Shalom Harlow, Ivana Milicevic & Sarah O'Hare Characters: Holly,Jade,Roxana & Film: Head Over Heels (USA 2001) Director: Mark Waters 02 February 2001 Date: 02 February 2001

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Head Over Heels (2001)

Ivana Milicevic, Monica Potter, Shalom Harlow & Tomiko Fraser Characters: Roxana,Amanda,Jade & Holly Film: Head Over Heels (USA 2001) Director: Mark Waters 02 February 2001 Date: 02 February 2001

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Head Over Heels (2001)

Ivana Milicevic, Sarah O'Hare, Shalom Harlow, Tomiko Fraser, Freddie Prinze, Jr & Monica Potter Characters: Roxana,,Jade,Holly,, & Amanda Film: Head Over Heels (USA 2001) / Hahn Im Korb Director: Mark Waters 02 February 2001 Date: 02 February 2001

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Head Over Heels (2001)

Freddie Prinze Jr, Monica Potter, Tomiko Fraser, Ivana Milicevic, Shalom Harlow & Sarah O'Hare Characters: ,Amanda,Holly,Roxana,Jade & Film: Head Over Heels (USA 2001) Director: Mark Waters 02 February 2001 Date: 02 February 2001

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Head Over Heels (2001)

Ivana Milicevic, Freddie Prinze, Jr, Monica Potter, Tomiko Fraser, Shalom Harlow & Sarah O'Hare Characters: Roxana,,,Amanda,Holly,Jade & Film: Head Over Heels (USA 2001) Director: Mark Waters 02 February 2001 Date: 02 February 2001

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Head Over Heels (2001)

Tomiko Fraser, Sarah O'Hare, Shalom Harlow, Ivana Milicevic, Freddie Prinze, Jr & Monica Potter Characters: Holly,,Jade,Roxana,, & Amanda Film: Head Over Heels (USA 2001) Director: Mark Waters 02 February 2001 Date: 02 February 2001

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Head Over Heels (2001)

Shalom Harlow, Tomiko Fraser, Sarah O'Hare & Ivana Milicevic Characters: Jade,Holly, & Roxana Film: Head Over Heels (USA 2001) Director: Mark Waters 02 February 2001 Date: 02 February 2001

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A-bomb survivor calls for abolition of nuke weapons in N.Y.

Tomiko West Morimoto addresses an international peace conference in New York on Aug. 5, 2015, to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. She was exposed to radiation from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, western Japan, on the same day (Aug. 6 JST) 70 years ago when she was 13 years old. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tottori woman promotes pink curry

Tomiko Fukushima shows off a pink curry dish she has developed using beets to help vitalize her hometown prefecture of Tottori, on Feb. 26, 2015. The city of Tottori is one of Japan's largest curry consumers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese nurse poses with Cambodian children in Phnom Penh slum

Japanese nurse Tomiko Kusugawa (far R) poses with children in a slum area of Phnom Penh on Sept. 4, 2015, where she has engaged in hygiene education and medical support for the needy in Cambodia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese nurse speaks with residents in Phnom Penh slum

Japanese nurse Tomiko Kusugawa (far R) speaks with residents in a slum area of Phnom Penh on Sept. 4, 2015, where she has engaged in hygiene education and medical support for the needy in Cambodia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese living in Russia returns to Japan for 1st time in 67 yr

SAPPORO, Japan - Yoshiteru Nakagawa (L), 79, a Japanese man who remained in Sakhalin after World War II and currently lives in southern Russia, has his tears wiped off by his 60-year-old sister Tomiko Orui on arriving at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido to make a temporary visit to Japan for the first time in 67 years on July 2. (Kyodo)

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Couple, trainee found dead at Kumamoto farm house

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A police vehicle is parked near a farmhouse on Nov. 9, 2009, in Ueki, Kumamoto Prefecture, where three people were found dead the previous day. The three were identified on Nov. 9 as a married couple -- Koichi Hirochi, 67, and his wife Tomiko, 63 -- who lived in the house, and a 22-year-old trainee from China. The couple were found lying in the garden with external injuries, while the trainee was found lying in a barn with a rope hanging above him. (Kyodo)

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Passenger numbers at Narita airport exceed 700 mil.

NARITA, Japan - Tomiko Nonomura (L) from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, becomes the 700 millionth traveler passing through Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 25. To the right is her husband Yasutaka. The couple were returning from a trip to France and Germany to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. (Kyodo)

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Japan's public safety commission chief Okazaki

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese public safety commission chief Tomiko Okazaki speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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Japan's public safety commission chief Okazaki

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese public safety commission chief Tomiko Okazaki speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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Japan's new police chief Okazaki

TOKYO, Japan - Upper house member Tomiko Okazaki smiles at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after being named as chairwoman of the National Public Safety Commission, which oversees the National Police Agency, in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet. Okazaki, a TV announcer-turned-politician, is also in charge of issues such as consumer affairs and gender equality. (Kyodo)

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Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88. (Kyodo)

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Japanese woman becomes special aide to IAEA chief

VIENNA, Austria - Tomiko Ichikawa, shown in this file photo taken on July 18, 2014, is a special aide to Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, appointed in July as the first Japanese woman to take the post. (Kyodo)

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Nobel Peace Prize

Tomiko Fukushima (far R, foreground), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing in Nagasaki, watches a broadcast of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at a public viewing event in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Abe, Nakayama meet Hitomi Soga

MANO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) and Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (L) sit down with Hitomi Soga (2nd from R), abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now visiting Japan, her father Shigeru (3rd from R) and younger sister Tomiko Kaneko (R) at her family home in Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 6. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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No remarks from Soga on U.S. refusal to exempt husband

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 now on a homecoming visit, lays flowers at her family grave on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 1. Soga did not reveal to her family her thoughts after hearing news that her American husband Charles Robert Jenkins in the North may face a U.S. court-martial if he visits Japan, her sister Tomiko said. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(4)Abductees spend their time in hometown

HAMO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (C), one of five Japanese on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, holds the hand of her nephew Daisuke at a Shinto shrine in Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 19. She is accompanied by her younger sister Tomiko (R). (Kyodo)