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Japan's Watase finishes 21st in men's normal hill

SOCHI, Russia - Yuta Watase of Japan leaves the venue after competing in the Winter Olympics men's normal hill individual final round at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014. Watase finished in 21st place with a score of 243.0.

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Men's normal hill at Sochi Games

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows the second jump of Japan's Yuta Watase in the Winter Olympics men's normal hill individual final round at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014. Watase finished in 21st place.

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Japan's Watase finishes 21st in men's normal hill

SOCHI, Russia - Yuta Watase of Japan makes his first jump in the Winter Olympics men's normal hill individual final round at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014. Watase finished in 21st place with a score of 243.0.

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Japan's Watase finishes 21st in men's normal hill

SOCHI, Russia - Yuta Watase of Japan makes his first jump in the Winter Olympics men's normal hill individual final round at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014. Watase finished in 21st place with a score of 243.0.

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Japan's Watase in men's normal hill qualification round

SOCHI, Russia - Yuta Watase of Japan competes in the men's normal hill individual qualification round at the Winter Olympics at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 8, 2014. Watase advanced to the final round.

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Watase's trial jump in men's normal hill

SOCHI, Russia - Yuta Watase of Japan waits to take off during his trial jump in the men's ski jumping individual normal hill qualification round of the Winter Olympics at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 8, 2014.

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Japan ski jumping mixed team

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - (From L) Japan's Sara Takanashi, Yuta Watase, Yuki Ito and Noriaki Kasai pose for photos after winning the mixed team event at the FIS Ski Jumping Summer Grand Prix in Hinterzarten, Germany, on July 27, 2013.

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Many centenarians unaccounted for in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A Kobe city official (L) talks to a 100-year-old resident, Mitsue Watase (C), at her home in the western Japan city Aug. 10, 2010. City officials began a special house-to-house visit program the same day for the elderly after finding more than 100 centenarians registered as residents were unaccounted for.

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Watase wins Snow Brand Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuta Watase soars through the air during the first round of the Snow Brand Cup ski jumping event at the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2010. Watase recorded the longest jumps in both rounds to win his first Snow Brand Cup title.

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Watase wins Snow Brand Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuta Watase celebrates after winning the Snow Brand Cup ski jumping event at the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2010. Watase recorded the longest jumps in both rounds to win his first Snow Brand Cup title.

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Schlierenzauer wins World Cup Sapporo meet

SAPPORO, Japan - Gregor Schlierenzauer (2nd from L) leads a 1-2-3 finish for Austria at a World Cup ski jumping meet in Sapporo on Jan. 31. Thomas Morgenstern (L) was a distant second and Wolfgang Loitzl (3rd from L) in third. At right is Japan's Yuta Watase who earned a career-best fifth-place finish.

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Schlierenzauer wins World Cup Sapporo meet

SAPPORO, Japan - Gregor Schlierenzauer (2nd from L) leads a 1-2-3 finish for Austria at a World Cup ski jumping meet in Sapporo on Jan. 31. Thomas Morgenstern (L) was a distant second and Wolfgang Loitzl (3rd from L) in third. At right is Japan's Yuta Watase who earned a career-best fifth-place finish. (Kyodo)

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Rugby: Sunwolves aiming for top-5 finish

Sunwolves head coach Jamie Joseph (4th from L) and Yuji Watase (4th from R), CEO of the Japanese Super Rugby side, pose with players (from L) Keita Inagaki, Shota Horie, Akihito Yamada, Willem Britz, Gerhard van den Heever and mascot Wolvy in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2017. Joseph said the team had set themselves the goal of a top-five finish in the 2018 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Many centenarians unaccounted for in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A Kobe city official (L) talks to a 100-year-old resident, Mitsue Watase (C), at her home in the western Japan city Aug. 10, 2010. City officials began a special house-to-house visit program the same day for the elderly after finding more than 100 centenarians registered as residents were unaccounted for. (Kyodo)

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Japanese actor Tetsuya Watari dies at 78

File photo taken in June 1992 shows Japanese actor Tetsuya Watari in Tokyo. Watari, whose real name is Michihiko Watase, died of pneumonia on Aug. 10, 2020, at the age of 78.

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Japanese actor Tetsuya Watari dies at 78

File photo taken in January 1965 shows Japanese actor Tetsuya Watari in Tokyo. Watari, whose real name is Michihiko Watase, died of pneumonia on Aug. 10, 2020, at the age of 78.

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Watase wins Snow Brand Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuta Watase soars through the air during the first round of the Snow Brand Cup ski jumping event at the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2010. Watase recorded the longest jumps in both rounds to win his first Snow Brand Cup title. (Kyodo)

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Watase wins Snow Brand Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuta Watase celebrates after winning the Snow Brand Cup ski jumping event at the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2010. Watase recorded the longest jumps in both rounds to win his first Snow Brand Cup title. (Kyodo)