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Athletics: Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon

Japan's Hiroki Wakabayashi poses after finishing second at the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 7 seconds, the fastest time ever by a Japanese marathon debutant, at J-Lease Stadium in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Athletics: Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon

Japan's Hiroki Wakabayashi crosses the finish line of the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon, finishing second in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 7 seconds, the fastest time ever by a Japanese marathon debutant, at J-Lease Stadium in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Athletics: Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon

Japan's Hiroki Wakabayashi crosses the finish line of the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon, finishing second in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 7 seconds, the fastest time ever by a Japanese marathon debutant, at J-Lease Stadium in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Wakabayashi receives appointment as farm minister from emperor

TOKYO, Japan - With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) watching, Masatoshi Wakabayashi (R) receives the appointment as agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister from Emperor Akihito (L) at an attestation ceremony held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 4. (Pool photo)

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New farm minister Wakabayashi pledges to restore trust

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo after assuming the post Sept. 4. Wakabayashi, who replaced scandal-tainted Takehiko Endo, pledged to restore trust. Endo resigned on Sept. 3 over the misuse of farm subsidies involving a farmers' mutual aid association he headed.

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Ex-environment minister Wakabayashi appointed as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Former Environment Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after being appointed by Prime Minister Shizo Abe as new agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister to replace Takehiko Endo. Earlier in the day, Endo submitted his resignation to Abe over the misuse of farm subsidies.

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China's Wen welcomes Abe's speech at war-end anniversary

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) talks with visiting Japanese environment and agricultural minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 23.

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Japan hangs 2 death-row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Wakabayashi, secretary general of Amnesty International Japan, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014, to criticize the executions of two death-row inmates earlier the same day. He said the Justice Ministry was motivated to proceed with the executions ahead of a planned Cabinet reshuffle.

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H2O Retailing's new president

OSAKA, Japan - Atsushi Suzuki, an executive of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc., holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2014, after H2O Retailing Corp., the operator of the department store chain, decided to appoint Suzuki as its next president on April 1, replacing Jun Wakabayashi.

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Foreign 'cosplayers' visit Japan ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Costume players from China (far L back, front), Italy (2nd, 3rd from R, back) and Brazil (far R back, front) pose for photos with Kenta Wakabayashi (2nd from L, back), Japanese parliamentary vice foreign minister, when they paid a courtesy call on the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 31, 2013. They will compete at a cosplay championship to be held Aug. 3 in Nagoya, central Japan, which is part of the annual World Cosplay Summit.

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Connery watching sumo

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sean Connery (2nd from R, front) as James Bond, and Japanese actress Akiko Wakabayashi (2nd from L, front) as a Bond girl, while shooting a scene for the movie "You Only Live Twice" at Tokyo's Kuramae Kokugikan in September 1966, of the two watching sumo bouts.

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Mitsubishi UFJ Trust President Wakabayashi

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Wakabayashi, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 12, 2012.

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Wakabayashi to take helm of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. Senior Managing Director Tatsuo Wakabayashi (R) attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012, as he will succeed Kinya Okauchi (L) as president.

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New president of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Tatsuo Wakabayashi, senior managing director of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. The trust bank will promote Wakabayashi to president on April 1, 2012, company sources said Jan. 23. The company will decide on the appointments at a board meeting to be held later January, they said.

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Ex-PM Kaifu decorated

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (R front) chats with Masatoshi Wakabayashi, former agriculture minister, during a photo session for the recipients of annual spring decorations from the Japanese government at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Kaifu, 80, who was Japan's prime minister from February 1990 to November 1991, received this spring's highest award, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.

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Sendai swamped by tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken by a high school student with a mobile phone from the rooftop of an elementary school shows Sendai's Wakabayashi Ward, Miyagi Prefecture, submerged by tsunami around 4 p.m. on March 11, 2011, following a massive earthquake.

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Japan legislator quits over 'vote manipulation'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 2, 2010, shows a voting panel installed on the seat of each member of the House of Councillors in the chamber's plenary room. Veteran upper house member Masatoshi Wakabayashi quit as a lawmaker the same day after confessing he pressed an absent lawmaker's voting button during a parliamentary vote.

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Ex-farm minister quits as lawmaker for manipulating voting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi leaves a news conference at the Diet in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after speaking about his resignation from the House of Councillors. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Ex-farm minister quits as lawmaker for manipulating voting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks at a news conference at the Diet in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after resigning from the House of Councillors to take the blame for manipulating a parliamentary vote. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Upper house veteran Aoki votes by himself

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Aoki, a veteran member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, presses the voting button during a plenary session of the House of Councillors on April 2, 2010. Fellow LDP member Masatoshi Wakabayashi quit as a legislator the same day after it was revealed he had pushed Aoki's voting button during votes on 10 bills when Aoki was absent from the chamber.

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Ex-farm minister quits as lawmaker for manipulating voting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks at a news conference at the Diet in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after resigning from the House of Councillors to take the blame for manipulating a parliamentary vote. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Ex-farm minister Wakabayashi offers to quit as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after submitting to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda a letter of resignation as a lawmaker. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Ex-farm minister Wakabayashi offers to quit as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after submitting to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda a letter of resignation as a lawmaker. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Japan's Wakabayashi wins Sankyo Ladies golf

KIRYU, Japan - Japan's Maiko Wakabayashi shows off the winner's plate after her victory in the Sankyo Ladies at Akagi Country Club in Gunma Prefecture on Oct. 12.

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Japan intensifies U.S. beef inspections

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks about discovery of spinal columns in a shipment from a National Beef plant in California at a news conference in Tokyo on April 24.

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Japan probes food poisoning surrounding Chinese-made dumplings

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Health minister Yoichi Masuzoe, farm minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura attend a meeting at the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 31 over food poisoning suspected to have been caused by Chinese-made frozen dumplings following the revelation Jan. 30 that at least 10 people were taken ill.

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Two ministers promote Japanese fruit in China

BEIJING, China - Farr minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi (R) and trade minister Akira Amari promote Japanese apples and pears during their visit to a department store in Beijing on Dec. 2.

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Two ministers promote Japanese fruit in China

BEIJING, China - Farm minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi (L) and trade minister Akira Amari promote Japanese apples and pears during their visit to a department store in Beijing on Dec. 2.

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Wakabayashi renamed agriculture minister

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Wakabayashi, who was re-appointed as minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 25.

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Special law enacted to relieve Kanemi food poisoning victims

TOKYO, Japan - Acting agriculture minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi bows from the government bench of the House of Councillors on June 1 after the parliament enacted a special law to relieve victims of the 1968 food poisoning caused by contaminated cooking oil of Fukuoka Prefecture-based manufacturer Kanemi Soko K.K. The law is designed to exempt most of the 504 victims required to return to the state a total of 1.7 billion yen paid immediately after a court ruling in favor of their damages suit.

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Holding firm for Hankyu, Hanshin to be led by Hankyu execs

OSAKA, Japan - Jun Wakabayashi (2nd from L), senior managing executive officer of Hankyu Department Stores Inc., holds up a signboard saying ''H2O Retailing Corp.'' during a press conference in Osaka on May 10. Wakabayashi will assume the post of president of H2O Retailing Corp., the holding company which Hankyu and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. will jointly set up on Oct. 1 to integrate their operations.

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S. Korea's Bae wins career 1st with Studio Alice victory

MIKI, Japan - South Korea's Bae Jae Hee (L) smiles after winning her first career title on the Japan LPGA tour in the Studio Alice Ladies Open, flanked by best amateur player Maiko Wakabayashi, on the Hanayashiki Golf Club's Yokawa Course on April 8.

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Environment Minister Wakabayashi

TOKYO, Japan - New Environment Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Mazda to buy Mine racing circuit from Takara for car tests

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Keiichi Wakabayashi, head of Mazda Motor Corp.'s public relations and planning division, speaks at a news conference in Yamaguchi about the company's decision to buy a motor racing circuit owned by toymaker Takara Co.

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(3)Campaign begins for 11 governorship elections

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Wakabayashi, who is running in the Tokyo gubernatorial elections with the backing of the Japanese Communist Party, speaks at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on March 27 as campaigns began the same day for the April 13 gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 10 other prefectures.

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JCP to challenge Ishihara in Tokyo gubernatorial race+

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Wakabayashi (R), chairman of the Japanese Communist Party's Tokyo branch, speaks at a news conference Feb. 21 on his decision to run in the April 13 Tokyo gubernatorial election, flanked by Kazuo Shii, chairman of the party's Central Committee Presidium.

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-BALLET COMPETITION

(220611) -- MOSCOW, June 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liriy Wakabayashi of Japan and Kubanych Shamakeev of Kyrgyzstan perform during the XIV International Ballet Competition at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, June 10, 2022. The competition is held here from June 3 to 11. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Hiroki Wakabayashi approaches the finish line in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, as Aoyama Gakuin University completes the opening day of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay in first place on Jan. 2, 2022.

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Hiroki Wakabayashi crosses the finish line in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, as Aoyama Gakuin University completes the opening day of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay in first place on Jan. 2, 2022.

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Hiroki Wakabayashi crosses the finish line in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, as Aoyama Gakuin University completes the opening day of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay in first place on Jan. 2, 2022.

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Golf: Samantha Thavasa Global Cup

Maiko Wakabayashi hits off the third tee during the final round of the GMO Internet Ladies Samantha Thavasa Global Cup golf tournament on July 18, 2021, at Eagle Point Golf Club in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Golf: Samantha Thavasa Global Cup

Maiko Wakabayashi poses with the victor's trophy after winning the GMO Internet Ladies Samantha Thavasa Global Cup golf tournament on July 18, 2021, at Eagle Point Golf Club in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Golf: Samantha Thavasa Global Cup

Maiko Wakabayashi celebrates after winning the GMO Internet Ladies Samantha Thavasa Global Cup golf tournament on July 18, 2021, at Eagle Point Golf Club in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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1970 JAL hijackers in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The file photo taken in Pyongyang on Sept. 5, 2004 shows Japanese leftist radicals who hijacked a Japan Airlines plane to the North Korean capital in 1970. From left, Kimihiro Uomoto, Takahiro Konishi, Shiro Akagi and Moriaki Wakabayashi. (Kyodo)

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Mazda to buy Mine racing circuit from Takara for car tests

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Keiichi Wakabayashi, head of Mazda Motor Corp.'s public relations and planning division, speaks at a news conference in Yamaguchi about the company's decision to buy a motor racing circuit owned by toymaker Takara Co. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea's Bae wins career 1st with Studio Alice victory

MIKI, Japan - South Korea's Bae Jae Hee (L) smiles after winning her first career title on the Japan LPGA tour in the Studio Alice Ladies Open, flanked by best amateur player Maiko Wakabayashi, on the Hanayashiki Golf Club's Yokawa Course on April 8. (Kyodo)

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Holding firm for Hankyu, Hanshin to be led by Hankyu execs

OSAKA, Japan - Jun Wakabayashi (2nd from L), senior managing executive officer of Hankyu Department Stores Inc., holds up a signboard saying ''H2O Retailing Corp.'' during a press conference in Osaka on May 10. Wakabayashi will assume the post of president of H2O Retailing Corp., the holding company which Hankyu and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. will jointly set up on Oct. 1 to integrate their operations. (Kyodo)

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Special law enacted to relieve Kanemi food poisoning victims

TOKYO, Japan - Acting agriculture minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi bows from the government bench of the House of Councillors on June 1 after the parliament enacted a special law to relieve victims of the 1968 food poisoning caused by contaminated cooking oil of Fukuoka Prefecture-based manufacturer Kanemi Soko K.K. The law is designed to exempt most of the 504 victims required to return to the state a total of 1.7 billion yen paid immediately after a court ruling in favor of their damages suit. (Kyodo)

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Ex-environment minister Wakabayashi appointed as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Former Environment Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after being appointed by Prime Minister Shizo Abe as new agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister to replace Takehiko Endo. Earlier in the day, Endo submitted his resignation to Abe over the misuse of farm subsidies. (Kyodo)

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Wakabayashi receives appointment as farm minister from emperor

TOKYO, Japan - With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) watching, Masatoshi Wakabayashi (R) receives the appointment as agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister from Emperor Akihito (L) at an attestation ceremony held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 4. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)