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Japan Mobility Show 2025 Kia Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025, Kia Press Briefing (Photo taken at Japan Mobility Show 2025). photo shows from left: Masayoshi Fujimoto, Chairman of Sojitz Corporation; Yasunari Tajima, Representative Director and CEO of Kia PBV Japan; Kim Jande, Vice President of the PBV Business Division at Kia Corporation.=October 29,2025,Tokyo

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Japan Mobility Show 2025 Kia Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025, Kia Press Briefing (Photo taken at Japan Mobility Show 2025). photo shows Kia PBV Japan CEO Yasunari Tajima.=October 29,2025,Tokyo

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Japan Mobility Show 2025 Kia Press Briefing

Japan Mobility Show 2025, Kia Press Briefing (Photo taken at Japan Mobility Show 2025). photo shows, from left: Masayoshi Fujimoto, Chairman of Sojitz Corporation; Yasunari Tajima, Representative Director and CEO of Kia PBV Japan; Kim Jande, Vice President of the PBV Business Division at Kia Corporation.=October 29,2025,Tokyo

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Walt Disney Company's Emmy Party - LA

Yasunari Takeshima At The Walt Disney Company's Emmy Awards Celebration at The Music Center in Los Angeles, CA, USA on September 15 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Walt Disney Company's Emmy Party - LA

Yasunari Takeshima At The Walt Disney Company's Emmy Awards Celebration at The Music Center in Los Angeles, CA, USA on September 15 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 12 Kyodo - Video taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima. (Kyodo)

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Employees line up in front of the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2024, as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Employees line up in front of the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2024, as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (L) attends a party with his wife Hideko on Nov. 29, 1968.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (top) boards a plane with his wife Hideko at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 3, 1968, heading for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the first Japanese author to receive the award.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (far R), winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, poses for a photo at the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 1968.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Photo taken on April 2, 1971, shows Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 as the first Japanese author to receive the award.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

KAMAKURA, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata meets the press at his home in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 18, 1968, the day he was officially informed that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (C) attends the funeral of Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima on Jan. 24, 1971, at Tokyo's Tsukiji Hongwanji temple.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (front) waits for the opening of the 1970 World Exposition in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 14.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

IBARAKI, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata delivers a speech on Oct. 26, 1969, during a ceremony marking the completion of a monument inscribed with his calligraphy at Ibaraki High School, from which he graduated, in Ibaraki in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken in March 1971 shows Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 as the first Japanese author to receive the award.(Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata receives the Nobel Prize in Literature from Swedish King Gustaf VI in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 1968. Kawabata was the first Japanese author to receive the award.(Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Undated file photo shows Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata, who was also president of the writers' association Japan P.E.N. Club. Kawabata received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 as the first Japanese author to receive the award.(Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Swedish Ambassador to Japan Karl Almqvist (R) officially informs Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (L) that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature during a visit to his home in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 18, 1968. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean lawmakers, Japanese activists rally against nuclear wastewater dumping plan

STORY: S. Korean lawmakers, Japanese activists rally against nuclear wastewater dumping plan DATELINE: July 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the protest 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): JU CHEOL-HYEON, South Korean National Assembly 3. various of the protest 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): YASUNARI FUJIMOTO, Peace Forum citizen's group STORYLINE: South Korean opposition lawmakers and fishermen, together with Japanese civic activists, held a protest rally on Monday in Tokyo. They were here to oppose the planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, demanding that the Japanese government scrap its plans. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): JU CHEOL-HYEON, South Korea's National Assembly "With 85 percent of the Korean people opposing the release of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, we have come here with the slogan 'resolutely oppose the ocean release' on behalf of all Korean people. The discharge of Fukus

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Seidensticker, translator of Japanese literary works, dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - Edward G. Seidensticker (in an undated file photo), known for his English translation of the classic ''Tale of Genji'' and translations of works by modern Japanese authors such as Yasunari Kawabata, died at a Tokyo hospital Sunday, a long-time friend said on Aug.27. He was 86.

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Japan's Grand Prix Boss 3rd in H.K. Mile horse race

HONG KONG, China - Japan's 6-year-old male Grand Prix Boss and jockey Yasunari Iwata return after finishing third in the Hong Kong Mile G1 race on the 1,600-meter turf at the Sha Tin racecourse in Hong Kong on Dec. 14, 2014. The race is one of four major races held on the Hong Kong International Race Day.

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Japan's Straight Girl 3rd in H.K. Sprint horse race

HONG KONG, China - Japan's 5-year-old mare Straight Girl (13), ridden by Yasunari Iwata, finishes third in the Hong Kong Sprint G1 race on the 1,200-meter turf at the Sha Tin racecourse in Hong Kong on Dec. 14, 2014. The race is one of four major races held on the Hong Kong International Race Day.

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Danon Shark wins Mile Championship in record time

KYOTO, Japan - Danon Shark (L), jockeyed by Yasunari Iwata, wins the 31st running of the Mile Championship at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Nov. 23, 2014. The six-year-old horse won in a race record 1 minute, 31.5 seconds.

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Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Lord Kanaloa (10), ridden by jockey Yasunari Iwata, wins the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2013. The defending champion earned his fifth consecutive Grade 1 victory.

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Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Lord Kanaloa (far R), ridden by jockey Yasunari Iwata, gallops to victory in the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2013. The defending champion won the race for his fifth consecutive Grade 1 victory. (Pool photo)

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Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Jockey Yasunari Iwata (R) and Lord Kanaloa are pictured after their victory in the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2013.

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Lord Kanaloa wins Takamatsunomiya Kinen

TOYOAKE, Japan - Lord Kanaloa (front), ridden by jockey Yasunari Iwata, gallops to victory in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo Racecourse in Aichi Prefecture on March 24, 2013. The overwhelming favorite, and Hong Kong Sprint and Sprinters Stakes champion, became the first Japanese horse to capture three Grade 1 sprint titles. To the right is Hakusan Moon, which finished third.

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Kawabata's early novel

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows copies of a serialized novel titled "Utsukushii!" (Beautiful!) published in the 1920s in the southwestern Japan newspaper Fukuoka Nichinichi Shimbun. Researcher Takumi Ishikawa said Feb. 17, 2013, that the novel has been confirmed as an early work of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972).

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Kawabata's early novel

TOKYO, Japan - This 1966 file photo shows Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972). Researcher Takumi Ishikawa said Feb. 17, 2013, that a serialized novel titled "Utsukushii!" (Beautiful!), published in the 1920s in the southwestern Japan newspaper Fukuoka Nichinichi Shimbun, has been confirmed as an early work of Kawabata.

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Gentildonna wins Oka-sho

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Jockey Yasunari Iwata on Gentildonna celebrates after the horse won the Oka-sho at Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 8, 2012.

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Apapane wins Victoria Mile

TOKYO, Japan - Apapane, ridden by Masayoshi Ebina, beats defending champion Buena Vista (L), ridden by Yasunari Iwata, to win the Victoria Mile at Tokyo Race Course on May 15, 2011. Apapane won her fifth Grade 1 title.

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A Shin Forward wins Mile Championship

KYOTO, Japan - Jockey Yasunari Iwata celebrates on his mount A Shin Forward after winning the Mile Championship at Kyoto Racecourse on Nov. 21, 2010.

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Victoire Pisa wins Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Victoire Pisa, jockeyed by Yasunari Iwata, crosses the finish line to win the Satsuki-sho at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on April 18, 2010. Victoire Pisa, whose victory was worth 97 million yen in prize money, covered the 2,000-meter turf track in 2 minutes, 0.8 seconds.

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Horse racing: Black Emblem pulls off surprise win at Shuka-sho

KYOTO, Japan - Black Emblem (L), jockeyed by Yasunari Iwata, crosses the finish line to win the Shuka-sho at Kyoto Racecourse on Oct. 19.

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Admire Moon wins Japan Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Fifth favorite Admire Moon (4), jockeyed by Yasunari Iwata, holds off a late charge from Pop Rock to win the Japan Cup in a photo finish at Tokyo Racecourse on Nov. 25.

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Admire Moon victorious at Takarazuka Kinen

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Jockey Yasunari Iwata with the victorious Admire Moon, who edged Meisho Samson with a strong homestretch run to win the Takarazuka Kinen at the Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture on June 24.

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Ito named new vice defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show Defense Facility Administration Agency chief Yasunari Ito (L), who was informally named Jan. 8 to replace Vice Defense Minister Ken Sato, and Takehiko Shimaguchi, head of the agency's Equipment Bureau, who was named to succeed Ito as new Defense Facility Administration Agency chief.

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Old loco marks centennial of author's birth

YUZAWA, Japan - An old-fashioned locomotive stands stationary Aug. 21 at Tsuchitaru railway station in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. The loco leads a four-car train, the Komako, which is named after a geisha heroine in ''Yukiguni'' (Snow Country), authored by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972). The train, whose operation marks the 100th anniversary of Kawabata's birth, shuttles between Yuzawa and Minakami in neighboring Gunma Prefecture.

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Ito named new vice defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show Defense Facility Administration Agency chief Yasunari Ito (L), who was informally named Jan. 8 to replace Vice Defense Minister Ken Sato, and Takehiko Shimaguchi, head of the agency's Equipment Bureau, who was named to succeed Ito as new Defense Facility Administration Agency chief.

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Admire Moon victorious at Takarazuka Kinen

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Jockey Yasunari Iwata with the victorious Admire Moon, who edged Meisho Samson with a strong homestretch run to win the Takarazuka Kinen at the Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture on June 24. (Kyodo)

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Admire Moon wins Japan Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Fifth favorite Admire Moon (4), jockeyed by Yasunari Iwata, holds off a late charge from Pop Rock to win the Japan Cup in a photo finish at Tokyo Racecourse on Nov. 25. (Kyodo)

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Old loco marks centennial of author's birth

YUZAWA, Japan - An old-fashioned locomotive stands stationary Aug. 21 at Tsuchitaru railway station in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. The loco leads a four-car train, the Komako, which is named after a geisha heroine in ''Yukiguni'' (Snow Country), authored by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972). The train, whose operation marks the 100th anniversary of Kawabata's birth, shuttles between Yuzawa and Minakami in neighboring Gunma Prefecture.

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KAWABATA RECEIVES NOBEL PRIZE

KAWABATA RECEIVES NOBEL PRIZE==Date:Dec, 1968, Place:Stockholm,Sweden (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Nobel laureate writer Kawabata's 1955 letter to novelist found

This letter, pictured in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 9, 2015, was written by Japanese Nobel prize-winning novelist Yasunari Kawabata in February 1955 to another Japanese writer Seiichi Funabashi. It was among some 1,000 letters penned by Kawabata and discovered recently at his former Tokyo home and elsewhere. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo