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Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

Photo shows a batting center at which former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki used to practice as a child in his hometown Toyoyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 22, 2025, a day after he had become the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro's father

Nobuyuki Suzuki meets the press in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 22, 2025, after his son Ichiro, the former Seattle Mariners outfielder, became the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro's father

Nobuyuki Suzuki meets the press in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 22, 2025, after his son Ichiro, the former Seattle Mariners outfielder, became the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

Officials celebrate in the town government headquarters in Toyoyama in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Jan. 22, 2025, after former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, 51, who hails from the town, became the first Asian player to be inducted into the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

Photo taken in Toyoyama in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Jan. 22, 2025, shows a banner on the town headquarters building celebrating the induction of Ichiro Suzuki into the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame. The former Seattle Mariners outfielder, who hails from the town, became the first Asian player to receive the honor.

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Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

Photo taken in Toyoyama in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Jan. 22, 2025, shows a banner on the town headquarters building celebrating the induction of Ichiro Suzuki into the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame. The former Seattle Mariners outfielder, who hails from the town, became the first Asian player to receive the honor.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki at baseball event for children

Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (R) attends the award ceremony for the "Ichiro Cup" baseball tournament for school kids in his hometown Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, with his father Nobuyuki, on Dec. 23, 2004.

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Jet to transport patients needing critical care introduced in Japan

Medical staff unload an infant in need of emergency care from a plane after its arrival at Nagoya airport in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on April 19, 2024. The male infant, who had a heart problem, was airlifted from Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, for treatment at an Aichi Prefecture hospital, marking the first flight of the plane, recently introduced by the nonprofit organization Japan Critical Care Network on a trial basis for transporting patients in a critical condition.

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Jet to transport patients needing critical care introduced in Japan

Medical staff unload an infant in need of emergency care from a plane after its arrival at Nagoya airport in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on April 19, 2024. The male infant, who had a heart problem, was airlifted from Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, for treatment at an Aichi Prefecture hospital, marking the first flight of the plane, recently introduced by the nonprofit organization Japan Critical Care Network on a trial basis for transporting patients in a critical condition.

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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Emanuel

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (L) speaks to reporters after visiting a factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, on April 16, 2024, to observe an assembly line for F-35 fighter jets.

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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Emanuel

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks to reporters after visiting a factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, on April 16, 2024, to observe an assembly line for F-35 fighter jets.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Firefighters load an elderly home resident into an ambulance at an airport in Toyoyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 11, 2024, after the person was airlifted using a Self-Defense Forces helicopter from Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Ichiro encourages kids at hometown baseball event

TOYOYAMA, Japan - Japanese major leaguer Ichiro Suzuki, now back in Japan, speaks at an award ceremony for the Ichiro Cup baseball event for children in his hometown of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 23.

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Ichiro encourages baseball kids

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese professional baseball player Ichiro Suzuki (R) shakes hands with a boy at a closing ceremony of the "Ichiro Cup" rubber-ball baseball competition for schoolchildren on Dec. 23, 2014, in the town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Japan's 1st domestically made passenger jet unveiled

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2014, in central Japan town of Toyoyama shows the first Japanese-built passenger jet, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. The maiden flight of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet is expected around next spring.

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Japan's 1st domestically made passenger jet unveiled

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2014, in central Japan town of Toyoyama shows the first Japanese-built passenger jet, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. The maiden flight of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet is expected around next spring.

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MRJ airframe for strength testing revealed to media

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 3, 2014, shows the airframe of an MRJ regional jet, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., to be used for strength testing. The airframe was shown to media at the company's examination hall in Toyoyama in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi.

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MRJ airframe for strength testing revealed to media

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 3, 2014, shows the airframe of an MRJ regional jet, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., to be used for strength testing. The airframe was shown to media at the company's examination hall in Toyoyama in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi.

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Wing of MRJ commercial jet transported for assembly

NAGOYA, Japan - The main wing of a Mitsubishi Regional Jet aircraft is transported by trailer through Nagoya in the early hours of April 8, 2014, on its way from a plant in the village of Tobishima to a plant in the town of Toyoyama, both in Aichi Prefecture, for the final stages of assembly. In the background is Nagoya Castle. MRJ is a family of 70-90 seat next-generation aircraft developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.

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F-2 fighter final delivery ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony is held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s factory in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2011, marking the company's final delivery of the F-2 fighter plane to Japan's Defense Ministry. The fighter was jointly developed by Japan and the United States.

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F-2 fighter final delivery ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Omiya (far R, front), president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., and other people attend a ceremony at the company's factory in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2011, marking the company's final delivery of the F-2 fighter plane to Japan's Defense Ministry. The fighter was jointly developed by Japan and the United States.

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Ichiro's father says son's success due to effort

NAGOYA, Japan - Nobuyuki Suzuki, the father of Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, shows his writing of a proverb on endeavor, in Ichiro's hometown of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 24, 2010, after the 10-time All Star set a new record for major league baseball of 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons. Suzuki said he cannot contain his emotions and attributed his son's achievement to hard work.

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Mariners' Ichiro breaks Harimoto's career-hits record

NAGOYA, Japan - Nobuyuki Suzuki, father of Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, smiles in the town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on April 17 as he watches his son Ichiro breaking Isao Harimoto's record of 3,085 hits in Japan for most career hits.

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Police search Mitsubishi Heavy factory over fighter accident

NAGOYA, Japan - A car carrying police investigators arrives at a factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in the town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1. Police searched the factory in connection with an accident the previous day in which an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet crashed and caught fire while taking off at Nagoya airport.

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Police search Mitsubishi Heavy factory over fighter accident

NAGOYA, Japan - A passenger plane takes off at Nagoya airport in the town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1 beside the wreckage of an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet which crashed and caught fire while taking off at the airport the previous day. Police searched a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. factory in the town on Nov. 1 in connection with the accident in which two test pilots on board the jet were injured.

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Police search Mitsubishi Heavy factory over fighter accident

NAGOYA, Japan - Police investigators on Nov. 1 check the wreckage of an Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet which crashed and caught fire while taking off at Nagoya airport in Aichi Prefecture the previous day. Police searched a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. factory in the town of Toyoyama earlier in the day in connection with the accident in which two test pilots on board the jet were injured.

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(15)Ichiro breaks MLB record for hits in a season

TOYOYAMA, Japan - Nobuyuki Suzuki, father of Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, speaks to reporters in the town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 2 after Ichiro broke the major league record for hits in a game against the Texas Rangers in Seattle. (MLB)

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(16)Ichiro breaks MLB record for hits in a season

TOYOYAMA, Japan - Local people in the town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, the hometown of Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki, celebrate on Oct. 2 after Ichiro set a major league record for hits in a game against the Texas Rangers in Seattle. (MLB)

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7 ASDF warplanes damaged at Mitsubishi Heavy plant

TOYOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 8 shows the Komaki Minami factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., where seven Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) warplanes have been found damaged while undergoing regular repairs there.

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(2)Ichiro wins MVP, first Japanese in MLB history

TOYOYAMA, Japan - Nobuyuki Suzuki, father of Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, speaks to reporters in front of his house in the Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 21 about his joy for his son's winning of the Most Valuable Player Award in the American League.

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New military helicopter prototype unveiled

NAGOYA, Japan - Parked at a factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 8 is a prototype of a new antisubmarine patrol helicopter, the SH60JKai, an advanced version of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force SH60J chopper, which will be decommissioned from fiscal 2004.

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(1)6 die in chopper-light plane collision

KUWANA, Japan - Photo shows the debris of a crashed helicopter (forefront) and a burned house in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture in western Japan, on May 19. The helicopter and a light airplane, both of which belonged to Nakanihon Air Service Co., based in Toyoyama in Aichi Prefecture, collided midair and crashed into a residential area. Six people died and two others were injured in the accident.

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Colombian dies in Aichi trying to flee custody

NAGOYA, Japan - The picture shows the hotel in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, where Columbian Lida Ordonez fell to her death from her fourth-floor room Dec. 27. Ordonez, 52, along with her 3-year-old granddaughter, tried to flee after being refused entry into Japan earlier in the day. The granddaughter suffers from light injuries.

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1st F-2 support fighter handed over to ASDF

NAGOYA, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force received its first next-generation F-2 support fighter from its manufacturer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., in a ceremony on Sept. 25. The aircraft -- considered the most expensive fighter on record at a cost of about 12 billion yen per plane -- was handed over by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at the company's plant in the town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in central Japan.

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Expressway accident in central Japan

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2022, shows burnt remains of a bus after it overturned and caught fire in an accident that occurred earlier in the day near the Toyoyama-Minami interchange on the Nagoya Expressway in central Japan.

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Ichiro encourages kids at hometown baseball event

TOYOYAMA, Japan - Japanese major leaguer Ichiro Suzuki, now back in Japan, speaks at an award ceremony for the Ichiro Cup baseball event for children in his hometown of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 23. (Kyodo)

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New military helicopter prototype unveiled

NAGOYA, Japan - Parked at a factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 8 is a prototype of a new antisubmarine patrol helicopter, the SH60JKai, an advanced version of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force SH60J chopper, which will be decommissioned from fiscal 2004.

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Colombian dies in Aichi trying to flee custody

NAGOYA, Japan - The picture shows the hotel in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, where Columbian Lida Ordonez fell to her death from her fourth-floor room Dec. 27. Ordonez, 52, along with her 3-year-old granddaughter, tried to flee after being refused entry into Japan earlier in the day. The granddaughter suffers from light injuries.

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1st F-2 support fighter handed over to ASDF+

NAGOYA, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force received its first next-generation F-2 support fighter from its manufacturer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., in a ceremony on Sept. 25. The aircraft -- considered the most expensive fighter on record at a cost of about 12 billion yen per plane -- was handed over by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at the company's plant in the town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Ichiro's father wants more from history-making son

Nobuyuki Suzuki, the father of Ichiro Suzuki, speaks to reporters in Toyoyama, Japan, on June 16, 2016, after the Miami Marlins outfielder had the 4,257th hit of his combined career in the major and Japanese leagues. The elder Suzuki said his son has not yet mastered the game and wants him to try even harder. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro's home town celebrates another career milestone

People in Ichiro Suzuki's home town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, led by mayor Yukiyasu Suzuki (C), celebrate after the Miami Marlins outfielder had the 4,257th hit of his combined career in the major and Japanese leagues. His hit total, including 1,278 in Japan, surpassed the 4,256 of Major League Baseball's all-time hit leader Pete Rose. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ plant unveiled

Reporters stand in front of the newly-built final assembly plant for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the first aircraft to be built in Japan in more than half a century, in the central Japan city of Toyoyama on March 10. The production of the MRJ, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., is scheduled to start in the fall of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ plant unveiled

A final assembly plant for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the first aircraft to be built in Japan in more than half a century, is unveiled to the media in the central Japan city of Toyoyama on March 10, 2016. Production of the MRJ, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., is scheduled to start in the fall of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-made stealth fighter prototype unveiled

A prototype of the first Japan-made stealth fighter is unveiled to the media at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. factory in the town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2016. The first flight of the stealth aircraft, developed by Mitsubishi Heavy and other developers, is due to take place in February. ==Kyodo