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Japanese "karuta" card game championships

Seira Yajima (L) and Naho Inoue warm up for the women's final of the Japanese "karuta" traditional card-taking championships at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, on Jan. 11, 2025.

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Japanese "karuta" card game championships

Sojiro Jimi (R) and Seira Yajima pose with their trophies on Jan. 11, 2025, after winning the men's and women's final of the "karuta" traditional card-taking championships at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, on Jan. 11, 2025.

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Japanese "karuta" card game championships

Sojiro Jimi (R) and Seira Yajima pose with their trophies on Jan. 11, 2025, after winning the men's and women's final of the "karuta" traditional card-taking championships at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, on Jan. 11, 2025.

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Models at China Fashion Week

BEIJING, China - Models walk down the runway during China Fashion Week in Beijing. This year's event runs from late October to early November 2014. (Photo by Takaki Yajima)

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'Tanghulu' candied fruit vendor in Beijing

TOKYO, Japan - A street vendor (L) sells "tanghulu," a traditional Chinese snack of candied hawthorn on bamboo skewers, in a back alley in Beijing on Oct. 3, 2014. Also known as "bingtanghulu," the snack's name literally means "sugar bottle gourd" in reference to its hardened sugar coating and resemblance to the shape of that fruit. (Photo by Munetaka Yajima)

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Japan midfielder Yajima in AFC U-22 C'ship

MUSCAT, Oman - Japan midfielder Shinya Yajima (C) tries to shrug off his marker in a quarterfinal game against Iraq at the 2014 AFC U-22 Championship in Muscat, on Jan. 20, 2014. Iraq won 1-0 to set up a semifinal clash with South Korea.

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Fuji Heavy marks production of 20 mil. Subaru cars

OTA, Japan - Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., speaks at a ceremony at its Yajima plant in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, to commemorate the production of over 20 million Subaru brand cars in Japan.

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Tanaka's boss meets professor who told world of his work

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hidetoshi Yajima (L), president of Shimadzu Corp., hands souvenirs to Robert Cotter (C), professor of Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine, and his wife at a Stockholm hotel Dec. 7. Cotter is credited with drawing worldwide attention to the research by Koichi Tanaka, one of the two Japanese recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize. Tanaka works with Shimadzu.

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Shimadzu to set up institute in Nobel laureate Tanaka's name

KYOTO, Japan - Hidetoshi Yajima (L), president of Shimadzu Corp., shakes hands Oct. 15 with company engineer Koichi Tanaka, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, at the company's head office in Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward. Yajima said Shimadzu will set up a research institute to commemorate Tanaka's winning the prize.

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Mitsubishi, Nissan to join transmission businesses

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Vice President Hiroshi Yajima, Jatco TransTechnology Ltd. Chairman Kenichi Sasaki and Nissan Motor Co. Accounting Officer Kiyohito Shinohara shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4. MMC and Nissan announced an agreement to integrate their automatic transmission (AT) and continually variable transmission (CVT) businesses. MMC will spin off its AT and CVT divisions into a new company to integrate it with Nissan's transmission subsidiary Jatco TransTechnology by the middle of 2002.

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Soccer: Japan beat Ghana in Under-23 charity match for quake-hit region

Shinya Yajima (L) scores the second goal in Japan's 3-0 win over Ghana in an Under-23 charity match at Best Amenity Stadium in Tosu, southwestern Japan, on May 11, 2016. The match was played to support relief efforts following a series of earthquakes that rocked Kumamoto and surrounding areas in southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan face off against Thailand

Shinya Yajima (21) of Japan's Under-23 team scores the team's second goal during the second half of a U-23 Asian Championship match against Thailand in Doha on Jan. 16, 2016. The championship doubles as the Rio 2016 Olympic qualifying tournament for Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan face off against Thailand

Shinya Yajima (21) of Japan's Under-23 team celebrates after scoring the team's second goal during the second half of a U-23 Asian Championship match against Thailand in Doha on Jan. 16, 2016. The championship doubles as the Rio 2016 Olympic qualifying tournament for Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan face off against Thailand

Shinya Yajima (21) of Japan's Under-23 team celebrates after scoring the team's second goal during the second half of a U-23 Asian Championship match against Thailand in Doha on Jan. 16, 2016. The championship doubles as the Rio 2016 Olympic qualifying tournament for Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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As family farms disappear, firms see new growth in vacant cropland

Photo taken July 7, 2016 in a suburb of Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, shows Shigeru Yajima, president of Morishige Bussan Co., looking at perilla plants grown from seeds in a vinyl greenhouse run by the food wholesaler in the city of Saitama near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stained wall, other relics reveal scars of A-bomb attack on Hiroshima

A photo taken May 15, 2016 shows part of a wall stained with black streaks of rain that fell on Hiroshima after the 1945 nuclear attack. The item was donated by Akijiro Yajima. These and other artifacts showing the consequences of the nuclear attack are housed at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan edge S. Korea to head to Rio as U23 Asian champions

Japan's Shinya Yajima heads an equalizer during the second half of the Asian Under-23 Championship final against South Korea at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha on Jan. 30, 2016. Japan came back from two goals down to beat South Korea 3-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan edge S. Korea to head to Rio as U23 Asian champions

Japan's Shinya Yajima (21) celebrates after heading an equalizer during the second half of the Asian Under-23 Championship final against South Korea at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha on Jan. 30, 2016. Japan came back from two goals down to beat South Korea 3-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan edge S. Korea to head to Rio as U23 Asian champions

Japan's Shinya Yajima (R) heads an equalizer during the second half of the Asian Under-23 Championship final against South Korea at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha on Jan. 30, 2016. Japan came back from two goals down to beat South Korea 3-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Tanghulu' candied fruit vendor in Beijing

TOKYO, Japan - A street vendor (L) sells "tanghulu," a traditional Chinese snack of candied hawthorn on bamboo skewers, in a back alley in Beijing on Oct. 3, 2014. Also known as "bingtanghulu," the snack's name literally means "sugar bottle gourd" in reference to its hardened sugar coating and resemblance to the shape of that fruit. (Photo by Munetaka Yajima) (Kyodo)

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Fuji Heavy to invest 65 bil. yen over 6 yrs to lift output

Photo taken Dec. 5, 2016, shows a new body painting plant under construction at Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Yajima factory in Ota, Gunma Prefecture. The maker of Subaru cars said the same day it will invest a total of 65 billion yen ($569 million) over the six years through fiscal 2020 to boost production capacity to meet robust demand in the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan win but eliminated in men's soccer

Japan midfielder Shinya Yajima (front) reacts after scoring a second-half goal against Sweden in their final group match of the men's soccer tournament at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 10, 2016. Japan won the match 1-0 but were eliminated. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan win but eliminated in men's soccer

Japan midfielder Shinya Yajima (9) scores a goal past Sweden goalkeeper Andreas Linde in the second half of their final group match of the men's soccer tournament at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. Japan won the match 1-0 but were knocked out of the tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(4)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) Katsumi Yajima, Keiko Shimizu, Chukichi Nakamasu, Yoshimi Kato, (from L to R, bottom) Miyoko Iwamoto, Masahiro Anzai and Kazuya Miyauchi. (Kyodo)

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Tanaka's boss meets professor who told world of his work

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hidetoshi Yajima (L), president of Shimadzu Corp., hands souvenirs to Robert Cotter (C), professor of Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine, and his wife at a Stockholm hotel Dec. 7. Cotter is credited with drawing worldwide attention to the research by Koichi Tanaka, one of the two Japanese recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize. Tanaka works with Shimadzu. (Kyodo)

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Shimadzu to set up institute in Nobel laureate Tanaka's name

KYOTO, Japan - Hidetoshi Yajima (L), president of Shimadzu Corp., shakes hands Oct. 15 with company engineer Koichi Tanaka, who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, at the company's head office in Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward. Yajima said Shimadzu will set up a research institute to commemorate Tanaka's winning the prize. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi, Nissan to join transmission businesses

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Vice President Hiroshi Yajima, Jatco TransTechnology Ltd. Chairman Kenichi Sasaki and Nissan Motor Co. Accounting Officer Kiyohito Shinohara shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4. MMC and Nissan announced an agreement to integrate their automatic transmission (AT) and continually variable transmission (CVT) businesses. MMC will spin off its AT and CVT divisions into a new company to integrate it with Nissan's transmission subsidiary Jatco TransTechnology by the middle of 2002.