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Rally to seek return of Japanese abductees

Former Japanese abductee Yasushi Chimura speaks during a rally held in Fukui, central Japan, on Dec. 14, 2025, for the return to Japan of other Japanese abducted by North Korea. Chimura, 70, abducted in 1978, is one of the five Japanese abducted by North Korea who returned home in 2002.

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Japan-U.S. talks

Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Yasushi Kaneko (R) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick meet at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. talks

Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Yasushi Kaneko (R) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick meet at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025.

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Japan-U.S. cooperation on shipbuilding

Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Yasushi Kaneko (R) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025, after signing a memorandum on enhancing Japan-U.S. cooperation to boost shipbuilding capacity in the two countries.

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Japan-U.S. cooperation on shipbuilding

Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Yasushi Kaneko (R) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick pose for a photo in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025, after exchanging a memorandum on enhancing Japan-U.S. cooperation to boost shipbuilding capacity in the two countries.

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Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Yasushi Kaneko, who is set to become land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, before an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Japanese composer Yasushi Akutagawa

File photo taken on Dec. 16, 1950, at an unknown location shows Japanese composer Yasushi Akutagawa.

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Rally to seek return of Japanese abductees

Former Japanese abductee Yasushi Chimura speaks during a rally held in Echizen in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui on Nov. 17, 2024, for the return to Japan of other Japanese abducted by North Korea.

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Indonesia's new rapid train line with Japan aid

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (3rd from R) and Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Yasushi Masaki (2nd from R) attend a ground-breaking ceremony for the Jakarta mass rapid transit system's new East-West Line in Jakarta on Sept. 11, 2024.

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North Korea's abduction of Japanese

Yasushi Chimura, one of the five Japanese abducted by North Korea who returned home in 2002, gives a speech at Obama Police Station in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on June 24, 2024.

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Mr. Hashida said in Interview that sets up a victim's window forJohnny's sexual abuse

Vidoe taken from a Kyodo News on May 26, 2023,shows Former Johnny's Jr. and actor Yasushi Hashida (37), who is complaining about sexual assault by the late Johnny's office president Johnny Kitagawa, held a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on the 26th. Announced the start of a signature campaign to revise the Child Abuse Prevention Law and the establishment of a contact window for those who have suffered similar damage.

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Ex-Johnny's idol, actor Yasushi Hashida

Japanese actor Yasushi Hashida (C, R) and two former teen idols give Jun Azumi (C, L), Diet affairs chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a petition with about 40,000 signatures calling for the revision of Japan's child abuse prevention law at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 5, 2023. The former teen idols and alleged sexual abuse victims of the late Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa have said they wanted to help victims like themselves.

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Ex-Johnny's idol, actor Yasushi Hashida

Japanese actor Yasushi Hashida attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on May 26, 2023. The former teen idol and an alleged victim of sexual abuse by the late Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa announced that he will start a petition for the revision of Japan's child abuse prevention law and work as a collaborator for victims like himself.

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Ex-Johnny's idol, actor Yasushi Hashida

Japanese actor Yasushi Hashida attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on May 26, 2023. The former teen idol and an alleged victim of sexual abuse by the late Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa announces that he will start signing petition for revision of Japan's child abuse prevention law and work as a collaborator for victims like himself.

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Late Japanese scientist Nishiwaki

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in February 2010 shows Japanese biophysicist Yasushi Nishiwaki, a professor emeritus at the University of Vienna, who died in March 2011 at the age of 94.

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Japanese scientist letter displayed at atomic museum in Nevada

LAS VEGAS, United States - Photo shows parts of a letter by Japanese biophysicist Yasushi Nishiwaki dated March 17, 1954, with his signature, which has been on display at the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. The late scientist wrote to the chief of the then U.S. Atomic Energy Commission asking for information on how to help Japanese fishermen exposed to high-level radiation due to a U.S. nuclear test at Bikini Atoll on March 1.

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Cherry tree donated by Japanese diplomat growing in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - A woman who heads a botanical garden in Sochi, Russia, shows on Jan. 28, 2014, a cherry tree that grew from a nursery tree donated by Japan's Yasushi Akashi, former U.N. Under-Secretary-General.

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Artist "draws" world's largest "geoglyph" using GPS

Yasushi Takahashi, a 37-year-old artist, holds his GPS drawing in Saitama, north of Tokyo, in November 2014. He spent six months covering around 7,160 kilometers in 40 of Japan's 47 prefectures with a GPS tracker to draw images of "MARRY ME" and a heart and arrow across the archipelago in a unique marriage proposal. The drawing was recognized as the world's largest GPS drawing by Guinness World Records.

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Governor willing to accept Osprey deployment at Saga airport

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa attends a press conference at the Saga prefectural government offices on Nov. 17, 2014. Furukawa said the Japanese government's plan to station the controversial Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Saga airport in his southwestern Japan prefecture poses no problem for the local commercial airstrip.

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Governor willing to accept Osprey deployment at Saga airport

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa attends a press conference at the Saga prefectural government offices on Nov. 17, 2014. Furukawa said the Japanese government's plan to station the controversial Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Saga airport in his southwestern Japan prefecture poses no problem for the local commercial airstrip.

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Street vendors in Phnom Penh

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian street vendors sell popular sandwiches made of French bread in a market in Phnom Penh, capital of the former French colony, on Oct. 15, 2014. (Photo by Yasushi Yukigaya)

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Defense Minister, Saga Gov. talk over Osprey deployment

SAGA, Japan - Opponents of the planned deployment of Osprey transport aircraft at Saga airport stage a rally in front of the Saga prefectural office in the city of Saga, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014, as Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera met with Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa there.

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Defense Minister, Saga Gov. talk over Osprey deployment

SAGA, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) and Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa meet in the city of Saga, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014, for talks over planned deployment of Osprey transport aircraft at Saga airport. Furukawa asked Onodera to provide a full accounting of the plan to the local public.

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Defense Minister, Saga Gov. talk over Osprey deployment

SAGA, Japan - Opponents of the planned deployment of Osprey transport aircraft at Saga airport stage a rally in front of the Saga prefectural office in the city of Saga, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014, as Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera met with Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa there.

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4 Kanto cities to support each other in disasters

MITO, Japan - Utsunomiya Mayor Eiichi Sato, Mito Mayor Yasushi Takahashi, Maebashi Mayor Ryu Yamamoto and Takasaki Mayor Kenji Tomioka (from L) pose for photos at the city hall in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2014, after signing an agreement on mutual support in times of disaster.

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Saga governor speaks to press about Osprey transfer plan

SAGA, Japan - Saga Governor Yasushi Furukawa answers questions at a regular press conference on Aug. 19, 2014, about a plan to transfer MV-22 Osprey military transport aircraft to Saga airport in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, from Okinawa.

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'Tonkatsu Street' staging campaign to promote pork cutlets

MAEBASHI, Japan - Yasushi Kaneko promotes 'tonkatsu' or pork cutlets in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 6, 2014, as he leads a campaign involving tonkatsu restaurants along National Road 120 near the Numata Interchange on the Kanetsu Expressway in Numata, Gunma Prefecture. Having some 20 tonkatsu restaurants, the section of the road in the landlocked prefecture in the Kanto region has earned the nickname "Tonkatsu Street."

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Japanese Overseas Entrepreneurs Network chapter in Thailand

TOKYO, Japan - Yasushi Odahara (L), former deputy representative of the Japanese Overseas Entrepreneurs Network's Thailand chapter, speaks with a staff member at his office in Bangkok.

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6 pref. governors seek business ties with U.S. startups

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Six Japanese prefectural governors - (from L) Hidehiko Yuzaki of Hiroshima, Ryuta Ibaragi of Okayama, Yasushi Furukawa of Saga, Hiroshi Ogawa of Fukuoka, Katsusada Hirose of Oita (3rd from R) and Heita Kawakatsu of Shizuoka (far R) - pose for photos with officials of the U.S.-Japan Council, organizer of a conference at Stanford University in California to discuss ways to develop business ties with companies based in Silicon Valley, on July 28, 2014.

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6 pref. governors attend confab in CA for business ties

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Six Japanese prefectural governors -- (from R) Hidehiko Yuzaki of Hiroshima, Hiroshi Ogawa of Fukuoka, Heita Kawakatsu of Shizuoka, Ryuta Ibaragi of Okayama, Katsusada Hirose of Oita and Yasushi Furukawa of Saga, attend a conference at Stanford University in California to explore ways to develop business ties with companies based in Silicon Valley on July 28, 2014.

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Japan supporters' trash collecting honored

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japanese Consul General Yasushi Takase (C) receives a certificate of commendation from Carlos Portinho (L), Rio de Janeiro's state environment secretary, on July 11, 2014, in honor of the Japanese supporters who collected litter at stadiums after World Cup matches in Brazil.

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Japanese NPO explains poll findings on Tokyo-Seoul ties

SEOUL, South Korea - Yasushi Kudo (R), head of Japan's Genron NPO, explains the findings of its joint opinion poll with South Korea's East Asia Institute on the two countries' relationship in Seoul on July 10, 2014.

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Children's Day in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Boys stand on a tank, assisted by soldiers, at a military facility in Bangkok when it is open to the general public on Jan. 11, 2014. The second Saturday of January is Children's Day in Thailand. (Photo by Yasushi Ukigaya)

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New Renesas President Tsurumaru

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tetsuya Tsurumaru, senior vice president of Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp. The company plans to promote Tsurumaru to president as incumbent president, Yasushi Akao, will step down to take responsibility for a slump in business, sources close to the matter said Feb. 19, 2013.

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Renesas to receive up to 200 bil. yen bailout

TOKYO, Japan - Yasushi Akao, president of Renesas Electronics Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2012. Struggling Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said the same day it will receive up to 200 billion yen in aid from a government-backed fund and private-sector firms to turn around its faltering business.

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Former abductees' family regains "ordinary life" in Japan hometown

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows two children of abduction victims Kaoru and Yukiko Hasuike, and three children of abductees Yasushi and Fukie Chimura preparing to leave Pyongyang international airport for Japan on May 22, 2004.

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Former abductees' family regains "ordinary life" in Japan hometown

TOKYO, Japan - Abduction victims Yasushi Chimura (L) and his wife Fukie hold a press conference in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 4, 2012 ahead of the 10th anniversary of their return to Japan from North Korea.

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Abductee thanks friend for advice upon 2002 return from N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows five abduction victims -- Yasushi Chimura (R front), his wife Fukie (C front), Kaoru Hasuike and his wife Yukiko (center), and Hitomi Soga (upper left) -- returning to Japan from North Korea at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 15, 2002.

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Renesas announces massive restructuring steps

TOKYO, Japan - Renesas Electronics Corp. President Yasushi Akao announces a set of restructuring steps at a press conference in Tokyo on July 3, 2012. The struggling chipmaker announced plans to close or sell eight of its 18 domestic plants and eliminate more than 5,000 jobs, as part of a massive restructuring aimed at shifting towards overseas production and focusing on profitable microcontrollers.

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Horikawa becomes head of U.N. space panel

VIENNA, Austria - Yasushi Horikawa, a technical counselor of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is interviewed in Vienna on June 6, 2012. Horikawa the same day became chairman of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

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AKB48's "general election"

TOKYO, Japan - Yasushi Akimoto (C), producer of the Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, speaks about the group's upcoming "general election" -- an annual popularity poll in which fans choose their favorite member -- in Tokyo in May 2012, flanked by some members of the group. The votes will be counted on June 6.

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Ex-BOJ chief Mieno dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1995 shows former Bank of Japan Governor Yasushi Mieno. Mieno, known for his uncompromising fight against the economic bubble, died of cardiac arrest at a Tokyo hospital on April 15, 2012, his family said April 18. He was 88.

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Saga-Shanghai flight route launched

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa (2nd from R) attends a tape-cutting ceremony at Ariake Saga Airport on Jan. 18, 2012, to celebrate the start of a regular chartered passenger service between Shanghai and Saga, southwestern Japan, which was launched by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines.

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Keene museum to open in Niigata Pref.

NIIGATA, Japan - Donald Keene (R), a renowned scholar of Japanese literature who decided to live permanently in Japan, gives a certificate of donation including his book collection and furniture for the opening of a museum to Yasushi Yoshida, president of confectionery maker Bourbon Corp., in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2011. The Kashiwazaki-based company became the sponsor of the museum honoring Keene that is expected to open in the city in the fall of 2013 at the earliest.

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Saga Gov. Furukawa in press conference

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa speaks during a press conference at the prefectural government building in Saga, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 22, 2011. Furukawa apologized after a report concluded that the prefectural government was aware of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s attempted manipulation of public opinion on introducing a plutonium-thermal power generation project at the local Genkai nuclear power plant during a public forum in 2005. The report denied Furukawa's involvement in the matter.

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Saga Gov. Furukawa

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa speaks to reporters at the prefectural government building in Saga, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 17, 2011. Furukawa admitted he had suggested that his resignation would be inevitable if his remarks that led to a scandal involving the misrepresentation of local opinion regarding nuclear power were made public.

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Governor's comment taken to urge utility into scandal

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa speaks at a press conference in the city of Saga on July 30, 2011. He admitted he made comments that seem to have urged Kyushu Electric Power Co. to fake public support -- during a government-sponsored TV program -- for restarting reactors of the Genkai nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Saga Gov. Furukawa

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa speaks during a prefectural assembly session in the city of Saga on July 1, 2011. The governor expressed his willingness to resume operation of two reactors at the Genkai nuclear power station in the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Minister Kaieda in Saga

SAGA, Japan - Japanese industry minister Banri Kaieda speaks to reporters at Saga prefectural office in the city of Saga on June 29, 2011, after a meeting with Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa. Furukawa assured Kaieda of the safety of resuming the operation of two nuclear reactors which have been halted for regular checkups at the Genkai power plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Saga Gov. Furukawa speaks to reporters

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa (C) talks to reporters at Saga prefectural office in the city of Saga on June 29, 2011, after a meeting with industry minister Banri Kaieda. Furukawa assured Kaieda of the safety of resuming the operation of two nuclear reactors which have been halted for regular checkups at the Genkai power plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture.