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Takeda wins sprint title, Olympic berth

NAGANO, Japan - Toyoki Takeda wins back-to-back men's 500-meter races at the two-day national sprint championships at the M-Wave indoor oval in Nagano on Dec. 27 to get his berth in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

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Takeda back from World Cup

NARITA, Japan - Toyoki Takeda, who set the world's fastest time of the season in winning the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating race in Calgary on Dec. 9, arrives at Narita airport Dec. 11. Takeda clocked a time of 34.62 seconds in the final's first pairing at the Olympic Oval and stayed on top to win his first-ever World Cup title.

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Takeda wins 500 meters at speed skating World Cup

CALGARY, Canada - Japan's Toyoki Takeda wins the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating race Dec. 9 at the Olympic Oval in Calgary. Takeda clocked a time of 34.62 seconds, the world's fastest of the season.

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Takeda wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Toyoki Takeda beats veteran Manabu Horii to win the men's 500-meter title in the speed skating single-distance national championships meet at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Nov. 4. World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu pulled out of the meet because of a lower back injury.

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Shimizu golden again at speed skating World Cup meet

CALGARY, Canada - Hiroyasu Shimizu (C) reigns supreme on the rink again March 4 as the Nagano Olympic gold medalist snared back-to-back golds in the 500 meters on the final day of a speed skating World Cup meet in Calgary, Canada. Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (L) won the silver medal while Japan's Toyoki Takeda (R) took bronze.

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Takeda wins men's 500

NAGANO, Japan - Toyoki Takeda beats veteran Manabu Horii to win the men's 500-meter title in the speed skating single-distance national championships meet at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Nov. 4. World record holder Hiroyasu Shimizu pulled out of the meet because of a lower back injury.

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Takeda wins 500 meters at speed skating World Cup

CALGARY, Canada - Japan's Toyoki Takeda wins the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating race Dec. 9 at the Olympic Oval in Calgary. Takeda clocked a time of 34.62 seconds, the world's fastest of the season.

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Takeda back from World Cup

NARITA, Japan - Toyoki Takeda, who set the world's fastest time of the season in winning the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating race in Calgary on Dec. 9, arrives at Narita airport Dec. 11. Takeda clocked a time of 34.62 seconds in the final's first pairing at the Olympic Oval and stayed on top to win his first-ever World Cup title.

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Takeda wins sprint title, Olympic berth

NAGANO, Japan - Toyoki Takeda wins back-to-back men's 500-meter races at the two-day national sprint championships at the M-Wave indoor oval in Nagano on Dec. 27 to get his berth in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

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Kyushu scientist awarded Kyoto Prize

Toyoki Kunitake, director of the Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology, receives the Kyoto Prize, an annual prize which honors those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind, in Kyoto on Nov. 10, 2015. Kunitake was recognized for his "pioneering contributions to the materials sciences by discovering synthetic bilayer membranes and creating the field of chemistry based on molecular self-assembly." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Three men receive Kyoto Prize

(From L) Chemist Toyoki Kunitake, president of the Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology in Japan, astrophysicist Michel Mayor, a professor emeritus at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, and choreographer John Neumeier, artistic director at the Hamburg Ballet in Germany, pose for photos on Nov. 10, 2015, in Kyoto after they received the Kyoto Prize for their contributions to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shimizu golden again at speed skating World Cup meet

CALGARY, Canada - Hiroyasu Shimizu (C) reigns supreme on the rink again March 4 as the Nagano Olympic gold medalist snared back-to-back golds in the 500 meters on the final day of a speed skating World Cup meet in Calgary, Canada. Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada (L) won the silver medal while Japan's Toyoki Takeda (R) took bronze.