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Suzuki's parents cheer for daughter

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Keiko Suzuki (L) and Kazunori Suzuki on Feb. 21, 2014, in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, cheer for their daughter Akiko competing in the Sochi Olympics figure skating event in Russia.

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Volkswagen cars imported by Japan unit top 1 million

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the 1 millionth Volkswagen car -- the Golf -- imported by the Japanese unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG, in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 17, 2013. Volkswagen Group Japan K.K. said the same day it has imported more than 1 million Volkswagen cars since it took over the imports from Japanese car dealer Yanase & Co. in April 1991.

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Volkswagen cars imported by Japan unit top 1 million

NAGOYA, Japan - Volkswagen cars are unshipped in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 17, 2013. The Japanese unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG said the same day it has imported more than 1 million Volkswagen cars since it took over the imports from Japanese car dealer Yanase & Co. in April 1991.

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Buddhist temples bolster bond with communities as survival strategy

TOKYO, Japan - Taimei Ohara (far L), deputy chief priest at Saikoji, discusses with other members of his group ways of reinvigorating the lackluster local Torinoichi festival on May 11, 2013 at his temple in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture.

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Bird flu outbreak in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - A bag containing culled chickens hangs prior to burial at a farm where bird flu infections have been confirmed in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2011.

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Bird flu spreading in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of Aichi Prefecture carry out bags containing culled chickens from a poultry house in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2011, after chickens at the poultry farm tested positive for avian flu.

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Bird flu outbreak in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - An Aichi prefectural government worker in a protective suit disinfects a poultry farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2011, after suspected bird flu infections were found at the farm.

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Bird flu spreading in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of the Aichi prefectural government in protective attire enter a poultry farm in Toyohashi to cull chickens on Jan. 27, 2011, following an outbreak of bird flu there. The outbreak in the central Japan prefecture came following outbreaks this winter in such prefectures as Shimane, Miyazaki and Kagoshima.

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Bird flu outbreak in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 26, 2011, shows a poultry farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, where suspected bird flu infections were found.

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H7 bird flu strain detected in Aichi

TOYOHASHI, Japan - An official of the Aichi prefectural government inspects a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 27, where the H7 bird flu virus has been detected. The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry and the local government said this is the first reported detection of the strain in Japan since 1925. However, they added that the virus ''may be of attenuated virulence,'' as the infected quails have not died, suggesting the infection is unlikely to spread further.

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Kimata exits DPJ for assaulting female bar worker

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors lawmaker Yoshitake Kimata bows during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 21 after leaving the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Kimata assaulted a female bar worker in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, last year while he was drinking.

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N. Korean ship ordered to carry charts, panel lamps

TOYOHASHI, Japan - The Chubu regional transport bureau on June 11 ordered the 2,716-ton North Korean freighter Turubong (in photo) to equip itself with marine charts and panel lamps to illuminate lifeboats, or the ship will not be able to leave Mikawa port in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture.

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Former home affairs minister, MITI head Murata dies at 79

NAGOYA, Japan - Keijiro Murata (file photo), a former minister of home affairs and head of the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry, died after a stroke at a hospital in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on April 2, his family said. He was 79. Murata retired from politics in 2000.

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Thai boy sues Japanese man for alleged molestation

TOYOHASHI, Japan - A group of lawyers walk down to the Toyohashi branch of the Nagoya District Court on Dec. 16 to file a lawsuit against a Japanese man on behalf of a 15-year-old Thai boy, who was allegedly molested by the man in a Thai hotel room three years ago. The suit is the first in Japan alleging a Japanese national inflicted sexual abuse on children abroad, the boy's lawyers said.