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Japan emissary delivers letter to China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi answers reporters' questions at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 31, 2012. Yamaguchi handed a personal letter from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda addressed to Chinese President Hu Jintao to Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo.

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Noda's letter to China's Hu

BEIJING, China - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi leaves a hotel in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2012. Yamaguchi brought to China a personal letter from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to Chinese President Hu Jintao in an effort to ameliorate bilateral tensions stemming from a dispute over islands in the East China Sea.

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Emissary bearing Noda's letter arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi arrives at Beijing's international airport on Aug. 28, 2012, bearing a personal letter from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to Chinese President Hu Jintao, amid heightened bilateral tension over disputed islands in the East China Sea. Japanese government officials said Noda's letter is aimed at expressing Japan's wish to ameliorate the tension, coming on the heels of an attack in Beijing on the official vehicle of the Japanese ambassador to China.

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Emissary bearing Noda's letter arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi is surrounded by reporters after arriving at Beijing's international airport on Aug. 28, 2012, bearing a personal letter from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to Chinese President Hu Jintao, amid heightened bilateral tension over disputed islands in the East China Sea. Japanese government officials said Noda's letter is aimed at expressing Japan's wish to ameliorate the tension, coming on the heels of an attack in Beijing on the official vehicle of the Japanese ambassador to China.

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Campbell

TOKYO, Japan - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011, after a meeting with Parliamentary Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi at the Foreign Ministry. Campbell conveyed to Yamaguchi that the United States would like to invite Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba to Washington by the end of 2011 for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. According to a Japanese official, the two also discussed the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture and Japan's efforts in deciding whether to join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

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Appointment of reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, senior vice minister handling reconstruction issues, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano pose for photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, after Kan appointed Hirano and Yamaguchi to their posts.

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Inauguration of Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet

Japanese Environment Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2021, before his attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace. New Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet was inaugurated the same day.

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Appointment of reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, senior vice minister handling reconstruction issues, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano pose for photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, after Kan appointed Hirano and Yamaguchi to their posts. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Campbell

TOKYO, Japan - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011, after a meeting with Parliamentary Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi at the Foreign Ministry. Campbell conveyed to Yamaguchi that the United States would like to invite Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba to Washington by the end of 2011 for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. According to a Japanese official, the two also discussed the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture and Japan's efforts in deciding whether to join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact. (Kyodo)

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Curling: Japan misses out on SF spot at world mixed doubles

Satsuki Fujisawa (L), a member of the bronze-winning women's team at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, who was on the men's team that finished eighth, compete in the quarterfinals of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Ostersund, Sweden, on April 27, 2018. The Japanese pair were beaten by South Korea 6-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Curling: Japan misses out on SF spot at world mixed doubles

Satsuki Fujisawa (L), a member of the bronze-winning women's team at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, who was on the men's team that finished eighth, compete in the quarterfinals of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Ostersund, Sweden, on April 27, 2018. The Japanese pair were beaten by South Korea 6-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Curling: Olympians Fujisawa, Yamaguchi bound for mixed doubles world c'ship

Pyeongchang Olympians Satsuki Fujisawa (L) and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi celebrate with their medals and trophy after winning their first Japan mixed doubles curling championship in Aomori on March 18, 2018. Victory earned them a berth in April's world championship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Japan's Kosuke Morozumi (L) and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi sweep the ice during a curling match against Denmark at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Yusuke Morozumi (C) of Japan delivers a shot, with his teammates Kosuke Morozumi (L) and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi looking on, during the fifth end of a men's curling round robin match against the United States at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (C) of Japan delivers a stone, with his teammates Kosuke Morozumi (R) and Tetsuro Shimizu looking on, in the fourth end of a match against Britain in the men's curling round-robin session at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Curling: Japan men's team secures 2018 Olympic berth

Players of Japan's SC Karuizawa - (from L) Tetsuro Shimizu, Kosuke Morozumi, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi and Yusuke Morozumi - celebrate after beating Russia 12-4 at the world men's curling championship in Edmonton, Canada, on April 5, 2017. The team qualified for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics after securing a combined top-seven finish at the ongoing and last year's world championship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan beats Norway at men's worlds

Japan skip Yusuke Morozumi makes a shot during the second end of a men's curling world championship match against Norway in Edmonton, Canada, on April 4, 2017. Japan won 9-7. Second Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi is seen besides Morozumi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan beats Norway at men's worlds

Japan skip Yusuke Morozumi makes a shot during the eighth end of a men's curling world championship match against Norway in Edmonton, Canada, on April 4, 2017. Japan won 9-7. Second Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi is seen besides Morozumi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan cruises past Taiwan in men's curling as Games begin

(From L) Tetsuro Shimizu, Kosuke Morozumi, Yusuke Morozumi and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi of Japan celebrate their victory over Taiwan in the men's curling preliminary round against Taiwan at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo on Feb. 18, 2017, a day before the opening ceremony for the eight-day event in the capital of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. Japan hammered Taiwan 11-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo