Advisor to Japan PM Kishida

Advisor to Japan PM Kishida

Wakako Yata, an advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in charge of employment and wage issues, gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2023.

Advisor to Japan PM Kishida

Advisor to Japan PM Kishida

Wakako Yata, an advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in charge of employment and wage issues, gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2023.

PM Kishida's new advisor

PM Kishida's new advisor

Wakako Yata (L), an advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in charge of wage and employment, shakes hands with Kishida at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2025, after receiving a letter of appointment from him.

Egeland meets Kobe mayor

Egeland meets Kobe mayor

KOBE, Japan - U.N. Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland (L) talks with Kobe Mayor Tatsuo Yata at a Kobe hotel on Jan. 18, while looking at photos of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. Egeland is in Kobe to attend the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction which opened earlier in the day. (Pool photo)

Yata department store in H.K.

Yata department store in H.K.

Susanna Wong, CEO of Yata Ltd., briefs the press on her company at its department store in Hong Kong on March 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yata department store in H.K.

Yata department store in H.K.

Shoppers look around a section for Japanese food products at a department store of Yata Ltd. in Hong Kong on March 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Egeland meets Kobe mayor

Egeland meets Kobe mayor

KOBE, Japan - U.N. Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland (L) talks with Kobe Mayor Tatsuo Yata at a Kobe hotel on Jan. 18, while looking at photos of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. Egeland is in Kobe to attend the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction which opened earlier in the day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

School in flood-hit area

School in flood-hit area

A man levels the ground of Yata Elementary School in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, after it had been damaged by floods caused by torrential rains that hit western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

School in flood-hit area

School in flood-hit area

Photo taken on July 17, 2018 shows the inside of Yata Elementary School in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, after it had been damaged by floods caused by torrential rains that hit western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

School in flood-hit area

School in flood-hit area

Photo taken on July 17, 2018 shows Yata Elementary School in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, after it had been damaged by floods caused by torrential rains that hit western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo