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Baseball: BayStars win Japan Series

DeNA BayStars closer Kohei Morihara (R) and catcher Yasutaka Tobashira celebrate after the club clinched their first Japan Series baseball title since 1998 with an 11-2 victory over the SoftBank Hawks in Game 6 on Nov. 3, 2024, at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Yoshinoya to raise beef bowl price 27% to 380 yen

TOKYO, Japan - President Yasutaka Kawamura of Yoshinoya Holdings Co. says in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2014, the "gyudon" beef bowl restaurant chain operator will raise the price of a regular-size bowl by 80 yen or 27% to 380 yen on Dec. 17 to cope with rising U.S. beef prices due chiefly to the weaker yen.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira being tossed into the air by members of his team after winning the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. The Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012, that Matsudaira died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011. He was 81.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81.

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Nishikori and Uchiyama

TOKYO, Japan - Yasutaka Uchiyama (front) and Kei Nishikori of Japan play doubles against Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic of Canada in a Davis Cup World Group first-round match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Feb. 1, 2014. Uchiyama and Nishikori won 6-3, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4.

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Nishikori and Uchiyama

TOKYO, Japan - Kei Nishikori (front) and Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan play doubles against Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic of Canada in a Davis Cup World Group first-round match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Feb. 1, 2014. Nishikori and Uchiyama won 6-3, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4.

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Nishikori and Uchiyama

TOKYO, Japan - Kei Nishikori (L) and Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan celebrate after beating Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic of Canada in a Davis Cup World Group first-round match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Feb. 1, 2014.

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Court rules Osaka "Kimigayo" ordinance constitutional

OSAKA, Dec. 21 Kyodo - Yasutaka Okuno, an Osaka public school teacher, looks disappointed on Dec. 21, 2015, after the Osaka District Court rejected his claim that an Osaka ordinance forcing teachers to stand up while the national anthem "Kimigayo" is sung during school ceremonies is against the constitutionally-guaranteed freedom of thought.

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Nishikori, Uchiyama reach quarterfinals at Japan Open

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during the Japan Open first-round doubles at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014. Nishikori, the U.S. Open finalist and new Malaysian Open champion, and partner Yasutaka Uchiyama beat Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Treat Huey of the Philippines 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Realty agent Able to release inexpensive smartphone

TOKYO, Japan - Yasutaka Yanase (L), president of Able Inc., shows off a cut-price smartphone at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2014, before the real estate agency's release of the new handset this autumn.

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Lodging site operator, realtor to help foreign stayers

TOKYO, Japan - Sonosuke Mikuchi (R), president of Tomareru Inc. which operates a website for lodging information, and Yasutaka Yanase, president of real estate agent Able Inc., meet reporters in Tokyo on May 22, 2014, to announce the launch of a service designed to introduce cheap apartments to foreign visitors.

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Yoshinoya picks new president

TOKYO, Japan - Yasutaka Kawamura (L), director of Yoshinoya Holdings Co., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2012. The operator of a "gyudon" beef bowl restaurant chain announced the same day Kawamura will become president, replacing Shuji Abe (R) in the first change in its presidency in 20 years.

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Kuroki tastes defeat in 1st crack at world title

TOKYO, Japan - Fourth-ranked challenger Yasutaka Kuroki of Japan (R) gets caught in a blitz by WBC minimumweight champion Oleydong Sithsanerchai of Thailand in the second round of a title match at Ariake Colosseum on March 27, 2010. Kuroki lost by unanimous decision to the Thai champion who defended his title for the fifth time.

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Kuroki to challenge Sithsanerchai

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Yasutaka Kuroki (L) and WBC minimumweight champion Oleydong Sithsanerchai of Thailand shake hands after the signing ceremony for their title match at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March, 26, 2010, a day before the match at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo.

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Passenger numbers at Narita airport exceed 700 mil.

NARITA, Japan - Tomiko Nonomura (L) from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, becomes the 700 millionth traveler passing through Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 25. To the right is her husband Yasutaka. The couple were returning from a trip to France and Germany to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary.

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Murata Mfg. to promote vice president Murata to presidency

KYOTO, Japan - Murata Manufacturing Co. President Yasutaka Murata (L) and his younger brother Tsuneo, corporate vice president, pose for photographers at a news conference in Kyoto on April 10 with the announcement that Yasutaka will become board chairman and Tsuneo company president in June.

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Skylark eyes going private via Japan's biggest management buyout

TOKYO, Japan - Kiwamu Yokokawa (L), chairman and chief executive officer of Skylark Co., speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel June 8 with President Yasutaka Ito listening to him. They said Japan's largest restaurant chain operator plans to become an unlisted company in the nation's largest-ever management buyout bid.

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Yokokawa to come back as Skylark's top

TOKYO, Japan - Kiwamu Yokokawa (L), supreme adviser of Skylark Co., and Skylark President Yasutaka Ito give a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13. Yokokawa said he will retake the helm of Japan's leading restaurant chain operator in March as part of managerial reform to achieve its goal of raising group sales to 1 trillion yen by 2009.

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Morita expresses pleasure at Volleyball Hall of Fame award

TOKYO, Japan - Jungo Morita (R), who has recently been named Japan's fourth inductee into the Volleyball Hall of Fame, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 3. Morita, known for his unique ''one-man feint attack,'' will join Yasutaka Matsudaira (L), Hirofumi Daimatsu and Takako Shirai as inductees to the club. The induction ceremony will be held Oct. 24 in Massachusetts.

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Prosecutors lose appeal in fatal drunken driving case

TOKYO, Japan - Yasutaka Inoue (R) and his wife Ikumi head for the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on Jan. 12 to hear the court's ruling on the traffic accident on the Tomei Expressway, which caused the death of their daughters, 3-year-old Kanako and 1-year-old Chikako. The court dismissed the prosecutors' appeal against the leniency of the four-year jail sentence imposed on the drunken driver who caused the accident.

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Japan hangs 3 death-row inmates in 1st executions in 2 yrs

Three death-row inmates were hanged Tuesday, the Ministry of Justice said, in Japan's first executions since December 2019 and first under the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The three were identified as Yasutaka Fujishiro, 65, who killed seven of his relatives in Hyogo Prefecture in 2004, and Tomoaki Takanezawa, 54, and Mitsunori Onogawa, 44, convicted of killing two employees at two separate pachinko parlors in Gunma Prefecture in 2003. Following Tuesday's executions, the number of inmates sitting on death row in Japan stands at 107. Japan's capital punishment system has drawn international criticism, with critics calling for greater transparency on the timing of executions given that death-row inmates are typically notified just hours before or, at times, not at all.

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Baseball in Japan

Tetsuto Yamada (L) and Yasutaka Shiomi pose for photos after the Yakult Swallows' 1-0 walk-off win over the Yomiuri Giants in a Central League regular-season game at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium on Oct. 7, 2021.

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Relative nabbed over Kobe stabbing spree

KOBE, Japan - Police arrest Yasutaka Fujishiro,47, Aug. 31 on suspicion of killing three relatives and attempting to kill another in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, earlier this month. The stabbing spree left seven people dead. Fujishiro had reportedly admitted to killing the seven relatives with a knife ''due to long years of hatred.'' (Kyodo)

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Yokokawa to come back as Skylark's top

TOKYO, Japan - Kiwamu Yokokawa (L), supreme adviser of Skylark Co., and Skylark President Yasutaka Ito give a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13. Yokokawa said he will retake the helm of Japan's leading restaurant chain operator in March as part of managerial reform to achieve its goal of raising group sales to 1 trillion yen by 2009. (Kyodo)

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Skylark eyes going private via Japan's biggest management buyout

TOKYO, Japan - Kiwamu Yokokawa (L), chairman and chief executive officer of Skylark Co., speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel June 8 with President Yasutaka Ito listening to him. They said Japan's largest restaurant chain operator plans to become an unlisted company in the nation's largest-ever management buyout bid. (Kyodo)

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Murata Mfg. to promote vice president Murata to presidency

KYOTO, Japan - Murata Manufacturing Co. President Yasutaka Murata (L) and his younger brother Tsuneo, corporate vice president, pose for photographers at a news conference in Kyoto on April 10 with the announcement that Yasutaka will become board chairman and Tsuneo company president in June. (Kyodo)

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Yasutaka Nakata composes bullet train departure melody

Musician Yasutaka Nakata (R), a member of the electronic music duo CAPSULE and producer of the female techno pop group Perfume, shakes hands with Kanazawa Mayor Yukiyoshi Yamano at the Kanazawa municipal government offices in Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 5, 2015. Nakata, who is from the city on the Sea of Japan coast, composed a train departure melody for a new shinkansen bullet train service at JR Kanazawa Station at the municipal government's request. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line connecting Kanazawa with Nagano, central Japan will start operation on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori plays down Murray's recent absence ahead of Davis Cup tie

Japan's Davis Cup captain Minoru Ueda (L) poses for a photo with his players (from L to R): Yasutaka Uchiyama, Kei Nishikori Yoshihito Nishioka and Taro Daniel in Birmingham, England, on March 2, 2016, two days before they take on defending champions Britain in the World Group first round. Nishikori insisted Andy Murray's lack of recent playing time will not give Japan the edge. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court rules Osaka "Kimigayo" ordinance constitutional

Yasutaka Okuno, an Osaka public school teacher, looks disappointed on Dec. 21, 2015, after the Osaka District Court rejected his claim that an Osaka ordinance forcing teachers to stand up while the national anthem "Kimigayo" is sung during school ceremonies is against the constitutionally-guaranteed freedom of thought. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yasutaka Nakata composes bullet train departure melody

Musician Yasutaka Nakata (R), a member of the electronic music duo CAPSULE and producer of the female techno pop group Perfume, shakes hands with Kanazawa Mayor Yukiyoshi Yamano at the Kanazawa municipal government offices in Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 5, 2015. Nakata, who is from the city on the Sea of Japan coast, composed a train departure melody for a new shinkansen bullet train service at JR Kanazawa Station at the municipal government's request. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line connecting Kanazawa with Nagano, central Japan will start operation on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Agriculture demonstration experiment

Yasutaka Kitagawa (R), an official in charge of the "sharing" agriculture demonstration experiment at Toray Construction Co., works with a supporter at a demonstration farm in Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan on Dec. 13, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Passenger numbers at Narita airport exceed 700 mil.

NARITA, Japan - Tomiko Nonomura (L) from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, becomes the 700 millionth traveler passing through Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 25. To the right is her husband Yasutaka. The couple were returning from a trip to France and Germany to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. (Kyodo)

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Kuroki tastes defeat in 1st crack at world title

TOKYO, Japan - Fourth-ranked challenger Yasutaka Kuroki of Japan (R) gets caught in a blitz by WBC minimumweight champion Oleydong Sithsanerchai of Thailand in the second round of a title match at Ariake Colosseum on March 27, 2010. Kuroki lost by unanimous decision to the Thai champion who defended his title for the fifth time. (Kyodo)

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Kuroki to challenge Sithsanerchai

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Yasutaka Kuroki (L) and WBC minimumweight champion Oleydong Sithsanerchai of Thailand shake hands after the signing ceremony for their title match at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March, 26, 2010, a day before the match at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Yoshinoya to raise beef bowl price 27% to 380 yen

TOKYO, Japan - President Yasutaka Kawamura of Yoshinoya Holdings Co. says in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2014, the "gyudon" beef bowl restaurant chain operator will raise the price of a regular-size bowl by 80 yen or 27% to 380 yen on Dec. 17 to cope with rising U.S. beef prices due chiefly to the weaker yen. (Kyodo)

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Nishikori, Uchiyama reach quarterfinals at Japan Open

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during the Japan Open first-round doubles at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014. Nishikori, the U.S. Open finalist and new Malaysian Open champion, and partner Yasutaka Uchiyama beat Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Treat Huey of the Philippines 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. (Kyodo)

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Realty agent Able to release inexpensive smartphone

TOKYO, Japan - Yasutaka Yanase (L), president of Able Inc., shows off a cut-price smartphone at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2014, before the real estate agency's release of the new handset this autumn. (Kyodo)

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81. (Kyodo)

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira being tossed into the air by members of his team after winning the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. The Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012, that Matsudaira died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011. He was 81. (Kyodo)

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Tennis: Davis Cup World Group 1st round

Japan's Ben McLachlan (R) prepares to hit a forehand volley, alongside doubles partner Yasutaka Uchiyama, against Italy's Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in their Davis Cup World Group first-round tie in Morioka, Japan, on Feb. 3, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Hawks come from behind to take 2-0 Japan Series lead

Kenta Imamiya of the SoftBank Hawks slides into home plate head first trying to avoid the tag of DeNA BayStars catcher Yasutaka Tobashira in Game 2 of the Japan Series at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 29, 2017. The Hawks won 4-3 to lead the series two games to none. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Hawks come from behind to take 2-0 Japan Series lead

Kenta Imamiya of the SoftBank Hawks slides into home plate head first trying to avoid the tag of DeNA BayStars catcher Yasutaka Tobashira in Game 2 of the Japan Series at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 29, 2017. The Hawks won 4-3 to lead the series two games to none. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Uchiyama knocked out in 2nd round of Japan Open by top seed Cilic

Japanese wild card Yasutaka Uchiyama plays a shot during the Japan Open second round against Croatian top-seed Marin Cilic at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2017. Cilic won 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Uchiyama knocked out in 2nd round of Japan Open by top seed Cilic

Croatian top-seed Marin Cilic acknowledges cheering spectators after defeating Japan's Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Uchiyama knocked out in 2nd round of Japan Open by top seed Cilic

Croatian top-seed Marin Cilic advances to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open after defeating Japan's Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3, 6-4 at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Uchiyama advances to Japan Open 2nd round

Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan celebrates as he progresses to the second round of the Japan Open at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2017, after beating Croatian qualifier Franko Skugor 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Japan downs Brazil, remains in Davis Cup World Group

Japan's Yasutaka Uchiyama (L) reaches for the ball in a doubles match with partner Ben McLachlan against Brazil's Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in a Davis Cup World Group playoff in Osaka on Sept. 18, 2017. The Japanese pair lost 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-2 but Japan secured a spot in the top tier of next year's Davis Cup by completing a 3-1 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Uchiyama gets Davis Cup consolation win for Japan

Yasutaka Uchiyama hits a forehand on his way to scoring a consolation win against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final reverse singles to prevent a whitewash for Japan in its Davis Cup World Group first-round tie against France at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Herbert-Mahut pair complete Davis Cup win for France over Japan

Pierre-Hugues Herbert (L front) and Nicolas Mahut (L back) of France shake hands with Yasutaka Uchiyama (R front) and Yuichi Sugita of Japan after their doubles match in the World Group first-round of the Davis Cup at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2017. The French pair defeated the Japanese duo 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, booking France a spot in the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Morita expresses pleasure at Volleyball Hall of Fame award

TOKYO, Japan - Jungo Morita (R), who has recently been named Japan's fourth inductee into the Volleyball Hall of Fame, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 3. Morita, known for his unique ''one-man feint attack,'' will join Yasutaka Matsudaira (L), Hirofumi Daimatsu and Takako Shirai as inductees to the club. The induction ceremony will be held Oct. 24 in Massachusetts. (Kyodo)