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PFW Saint Laurent Front Row

Kento Yamazaki attending the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on September 29, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW Saint Laurent Front Row

Kento Yamazaki attending the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on September 29, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW Saint Laurent Front Row

Kento Yamazaki attending the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on September 29, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW Saint Laurent Front Row

Kento Yamazaki attending the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on September 29, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW Saint Laurent Front Row

Kento Yamazaki attending the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on September 29, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW Saint Laurent Front Row

Kento Yamazaki attending the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on September 29, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: Severe Storms Hit Ibaraki With Lightning, Hail, and Power Outages 2

Ibaraki Prefecture, located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast, experienced highly unstable atmospheric conditions, bringing intense rain clouds and numerous lightning strikes Thursday afternoon, September 18. By 3:20 p.m., over 20,000 households were reported without power. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a Tornado Advisory for the entire prefecture at 1:06 p.m. Videos shared on social media showed heavy rain, strong winds, hail, and lightning striking the region, highlighting the severity of the storm.

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Space event at Osaka expo

Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (C) attends an event at the World Exposition in Osaka on July 10, 2025, connecting the expo venue with the International Space Station.

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U.N. commemoration of WWII

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kazuyuki Yamazaki speaks at a U.N. General Assembly session marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on May 7, 2025, at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

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Yamazaki Mazak signboard, logo

Yamazaki Mazak's signboard and logo. (Taken at JIMTOF2024)=November 6,2024,Tokyo,Japan

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows a Kaku bottle and a Kaku highball.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows (from right to left) Hakushu, Kakubotto, and Yamazaki.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo from left to right: Masanori Morimoto, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Spirits Division, and Yoshio Myojo, General Manager of Blender Office.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows Masanori Morimoto, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Spirits Division.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows (from right to left) Hakushu, Kakubotto, and Yamazaki.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows Masaki Morimoto, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Spirits Division.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows Masaki Morimoto, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Spirits Division.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows Yoshio Myojo, General Manager of the Blender Office.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Japan imperial couple at museum

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are guided by Naoko Yamazaki(L) , a former Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut, at the Gifu Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on Oct. 15, 2024.

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Paris Paralympics: Badminton

Sarina Satomi (R) and Yuma Yamazaki of Japan compete against Liu Yutong and Yin Menglu of China in the women's badminton doubles WH1-WH2 gold medal match at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. (Kyodo)

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Paris Paralympics: Badminton

Sarina Satomi (front) and Yuma Yamazaki of Japan compete against Liu Yutong and Yin Menglu of China in the women's badminton doubles WH1-WH2 gold medal match at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. (Kyodo)

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Paris Paralympics: Badminton

Yuma Yamazaki (front) and Sarina Satomi of Japan compete against Liu Yutong and Yin Menglu of China in the women's badminton doubles WH1-WH2 gold medal match at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. (Kyodo)

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Paris Paralympics: Badminton

Yuma Yamazaki (L) and Sarina Satomi of Japan react after losing to Liu Yutong and Yin Menglu of China in the women's badminton doubles WH1-WH2 gold medal match at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris.

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Paris Paralympics: Badminton

Sarina Satomi (L) and Yuma Yamazaki of Japan pose for a photo after securing silver in the women's WH1-WH2 badminton doubles event at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris.

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Paris Paralympics: Badminton

Sarina Satomi (front) and Yuma Yamazaki of Japan compete against Liu Yutong and Yin Menglu of China in the women's badminton doubles WH1-WH2 gold medal match at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris.

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U.S., other U.N. members slam Russia-N. Korea defense pact

Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood (C) reads out a joint statement by 48 U.N. member states and the European Union condemning Russia's recent mutual defense treaty with North Korea, during a press conference also attended by Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Kazuyuki Yamazaki (R) and his South Korean counterpart Hwang Joon Kook (L), at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 28, 2024.

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"Godzilla Minus One" film director Yamazaki

Takashi Yamazaki, director of the Oscar-winning "Godzilla Minus One," speaks at a talk show in his hometown Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on April 9, 2024.

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"Godzilla Minus One" film director Yamazaki

Takashi Yamazaki, director of the Oscar-winning "Godzilla Minus One," speaks at a talk show in his hometown Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on April 9, 2024.

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PFW - Yves Saint Laurent Front Row

Kento Yamazaki attends the Saint Laurent Men Collection Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 05, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Jana Call me J/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW - Yves Saint Laurent Front Row

Kento Yamazaki attends the Saint Laurent Men Collection Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 05, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Jana Call me J/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)JAPAN-TOKYO-MARATHON

(240303) -- TOKYO, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sutume Asefa Kebede of Ethiopia wins the first place of women's marathon during the Tokyo Marathon 2024 in Tokyo, Japan on March 3, 2024. (Yuichi YAMAZAKI/AFP/Pool via Xinhua)

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(SP)JAPAN-TOKYO-MARATHON

(240303) -- TOKYO, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Benson Kipruto of Kenya wins the first place of men's marathon during the Tokyo Marathon 2024 in Tokyo, Japan on March 3, 2024. (Yuichi YAMAZAKI/AFP/Pool via Xinhua)

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Japanese ambassador to U.N.

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kazuyuki Yamazaki (L) attends a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 1, 2024.

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29th Annual Critics' Choice Awards Arrivals - LA

Takashi Yamazaki arrives at the 29th Annual Critics' Choice Awards held at The Barker Hangar on January 14, 2024 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Suntory Yamazaki Distillery

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2023, shows a stillroom at the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Suntory Yamazaki Distillery

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2023, shows a tasting lounge at the renovated whisky museum in the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Suntory Yamazaki Distillery

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2023, shows a tasting lounge at the renovated whisky museum in the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Baseball: Buffaloes clinch Pacific League pennant

Orix Buffaloes' Soichiro Yamazaki (R) hugs teammate Tomoya Mori as their team clinch the Pacific League baseball championship for the third straight season with a 6-2 win over the Lotte Marines at Kyocera Dome Osaka in the western Japan city of Osaka on Sept. 20, 2023.

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ATHLETICS (CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Mariana Machado Carvalho (C) of Portugal, silver medalist Xia Yuyu (L) of China and bronze medalist Yamazaki Risa of Japan attend the awarding ceremony for athletics women's 5000m at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

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Amid concern over IAEA report, Japanese public protest against nuke wastewater dumping plan

STORY: Amid concern over IAEA report, Japanese public protest against nuke wastewater dumping plan DATELINE: July 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Protester 2. STANDUP (English): YUE CHENXING, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): YAMAZAKI, Protester 4. various of the IAEA safety review report 5. various of the IAEA Director General presenting the report to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (Source: Prime minister's office of Japan) 6. various of the IAEA Director General at the press conference 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): Protester 8. various of the IAEA Director General at the press conference 9. various of the press conference 10. various of protesters STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Protester "Do not discharge contaminated water into the sea." STANDUP (English): YUE CHENXING, Xinhua correspondent "I am now in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, the operator of Japan's crippled F

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Japan

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino (L) and Koji Yamazaki, chief of staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, shake hands at the Japanese Defense Ministry headquarters in Tokyo on March 20, 2023.

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'Black, White Croquettes' in Toyama Pref.

TOYAMA, Japan - Hayato Yamazaki, president of food consulting company DQ Solution in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, holds "Black Croquette" and "White Croquette" in December 2013 in the city. The two croquettes developed by the company to promote local Toyama tastes won the grand prize at the 1st All Japan Croquette Festival in November 2013.

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Abe appoints top LDP executives

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) poses with five newly appointed senior Liberal Democratic Party executives at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 27. From left to right: Hidehisa Otsuji, head of the LDP House of Councillors caucus; Taro Aso, LDP secretary general; Abe; Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the LDP General Council; Nobuteru Ishihara, chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council; and Asaaki Yamazaki, secretary general of the LDP House of Councillors caucus.

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Yamagata secures return to J1

CHOFU, Japan - Masato Yamazaki of Montedio Yamagata celebrates after scoring a goal during the first half of the J-League promotion playoff final against JEF United Chiba at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, on Dec. 7, 2014. Yamagata won 1-0 and secured the ticket to the first division for the next season after three years in the second division.

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Beaujolais nouveau wine shown on eve of release

TOKYO, Japan - A sales clerk at wine shop Vinos Yamazaki in Tokyo introduces bottles of Beaujolais nouveau wine on Nov. 19, 2014, on the eve of the release of the French product.

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Farmers harvest pumpkins grown from seeds back from space

CHIBA, Japan - Mamoru Hayashi, leader of a citizens' group in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, poses on Oct. 17, 2014, with pumpkins grown from seeds brought to and back from space by Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, a native of the Tokyo suburb. The group hopes to market them under the "space pumpkin" brand and make them a local specialty.

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Suntory's sheep-shaped whisky bottles

OSAKA, Japan - A manufacturing line of sheep-shaped whisky bottles is seen at Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto Town, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014. 2015 is the Year of the Sheep.

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Suntory's sheep-shaped whisky bottles

OSAKA, Japan - Sheep-shaped whisky bottles move on a production line at Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto Town, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014. The Japanese distiller will release the product in November since 2015 is the Year of the Sheep.

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Suntory's Yamazaki Distillery

OSAKA, Japan - Suntory Holdings Ltd. shows its Yamazaki Distillery to the press in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014. The distillery has been operating at full capacity for the past few years due to the high demand for whisky.

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Naryshkin meets with Japan's upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Sergey Naryshkin (front L), speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, holds talks with Japan's House of Councillors President Masaaki Yamazaki at the Japanese parliament in Tokyo on June 3, 2014.