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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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Yoko Ono joins UNICEF event for children's rights

NEW YORK, United States - Yoko Ono (front) participates in the event held by the United Nations Children's Fund at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Nov. 20, 2014, on the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. The event marked the kickoff of a project using a famous song "Imagine" by her late husband and Beatles member John Lennon.

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Japan city to buy land owned by Yoko Ono's grandfather

FUKUOKA, Japan - The gate shown in this file photo taken in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in October 2014 is part of the remains of a residence owned by Eijiro Ono, grandfather of Japanese artist Yoko Ono, widow of former Beatle John Lennon. The Yanagawa city office has set aside a budget to purchase the land of the residence and turn it into a park.

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Yoko Ono wants peace message to be spread

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Artist Yoko Ono (R) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui pose in front of a huge sheet of paper bearing messages written by high school students at a peace event held in the western Japanese city on July 30, 2014.

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Yoko Ono visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Artist Yoko Ono (R) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui hold up a folded paper crane in each hand at a peace event in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 30, 2014. The 81-year-old widow of former Beatle John Lennon asked participants to spread to the world the experience of Hiroshima, which was devastated by a U.S.-dropped atomic bomb in 1945 in World War II.

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Yoko Ono encourages Fukushima children

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoko Ono (L), a 78-year-old artist and the widow of Beatles member John Lennon, dances to a song sung by children (R) at Sahara Elementary School in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Dec. 6, 2011.

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Yoko Ono encourages Fukushima children

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoko Ono (C), a 78-year-old artist and the widow of Beatles member John Lennon, poses for group photos with children at Sahara Elementary School in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Dec. 6, 2011.

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Yoko Ono

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2011, shows Yoko Ono, a 78-year-old artist and the widow of Beatles member John Lennon, in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan.

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Yoko Ono visits Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Yoko Ono, the New York-based artist and widow of former Beatle John Lennon, offers flowers at the monument marking ground zero in the 1945 atomic bombing by the United States at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki City on Aug. 2, 2011.

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Yoko Ono in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yoko Ono, a New York-based artist and the widow of former Beatle John Lennon, receives the eighth Hiroshima Art Prize for her contributions to world peace through contemporary art in a ceremony in Hiroshima on July 29, 2011.

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Yoko Ono in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yoko Ono, a New York-based artist and the widow of former Beatle John Lennon, offers a wreath at an atomic bombing cenotaph in Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on July 29, 2011.

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Yoko Ono in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yoko Ono (2nd from R), the New York-based avant-garde artist and widow of former Beatle John Lennon, visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum at the atomic bomb-hit city's Peace Memorial Park on July 29, 2011.

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Yoko Ono on International Widows Day

NEW YORK, United States - Yoko Ono (C) makes a speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 22, 2011, during an event marking the International Widows Day the following day. On her right is Cherie Blair, the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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Yoko Ono on International Widows Day

NEW YORK, United States - Yoko Ono makes a speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 22, 2011, during an event marking International Widows Day the following day.

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Lennon's 30th memorial charity concert

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Ono, wife of legendary musician John Lennon, sings during a ''John Lennon Super Live'' charity concert in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2010, the 30th anniversary of Lennon's death.

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Lennon's 30th memorial charity concert

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Ono (C), wife of legendary musician John Lennon, sings with Japanese musicians during a ''John Lennon Super Live'' charity concert in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2010, the 30th anniversary of Lennon's death.

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Lennon's 30th memorial charity concert

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Ono (L), wife of legendary musician John Lennon, gives a peace sign on stage during a ''John Lennon Super Live'' charity concert in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2010, the 30th anniversary of the legendary musician's death.

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Lennon's 30th memorial charity concert

TOKYO, Japan - John Lennon is projected on a screen as musicians perform on stage during a ''John Lennon Super Live'' charity concert in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2010, the 30th anniversary of the legendary musician's death. The concert was joined by Yoko Ono, Lennon's wife.

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Yoko Ono receives Hiroshima Art Prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows artist Yoko Ono, widow of former Beatle John Lennon. The Hiroshima city government said Oct. 22, 2010, that it has picked Ono as the recipient of the eighth Hiroshima Art Prize for her contributions to world peace through contemporary art.

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Lennon Museum in Saitama closes

SAITAMA, Japan - This photo shows the John Lennon Museum in the city of Saitama. The museum closed Sept. 30, 2010, with the expiration of a 10-year deal between Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and construction company Taisei Corp.

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Yoko Ono designated as 1st global autism ambassador

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese artist Yoko Ono (2nd from L) and Suzanne Wright (2nd from R), co-founder of Autism Speaks, attend a reception at a hotel in New York on March 31, 2010. Ono accepted a plaque presented by Autism Speaks, a major autism advocacy group, becoming its first global ambassador.

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Yoko Ono designated as 1st global autism ambassador

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese artist Yoko Ono (L) makes a speech during a reception at a hotel in New York on March 31, 2010, after becoming an autism advocacy group's first global ambassador. Last year at the United Nations, Ono presented a 2.1-meter-high jigsaw-like mural called ''PROMISE'' with 67 pieces to represent the estimated 67 million people who are suffering from autism around the world.

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Yoko Ono's peace monument installed in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Ringo Starr (L), Yoko Ono (C) and Olivia Harrison, the widow of George Harrison, attend an unveiling ceremony for ''Imagine Peace Tower'' in Reykjavik on Oct. 9. The monument, designed by Ono, the widow of John Lennon, is engraved with the message ''Imagine Peace'' in 24 languages and is filled with about 500,000 capsules containing messages of hope sent by people around the world.

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Beatles popular among people in wide ranging age groups in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Ono, John Lennon's widow, talks about the Beatles in an interview with Kyodo News.

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Yoko Ono to create column of light for peace in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, attends a groundbreaking ceremony in Reykjavik on Oct. 9 for an ''Imagine Peace Tower'' she will construct there. The tower will be 20 to 30 meters high, with a radius of about a meter, and will have the lyrics of Lennon's song ''Imagine'' engraved on it.

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Yoko Ono sends message of peace with help from Lennon

NEW YORK, United States - The Sept. 25 edition of the New York Times carries a full-page advertisement paid for by Yoko Ono, which says ''Imagine all the people living life in peace,'' a lyric composed by her late husband, John Lennon. Asked why the advertisement was published anonymously, her spokesman said Ono felt the message would be more effective if she did not place her name in the ad.

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New York show features retrospective on Yoko Ono's work

NEW YORK, United States - Yoko Ono, multimedia artist and widow of pop superstar John Lennon, speaks at a news conference in New York on Oct. 16 prior to the opening of a retrospective exhibition of her work on Oct. 18. Ono said she hopes the Japan Society Gallery exhibit, entitled ''Yes, Yoko Ono,'' will inspire young people in their own creative endeavors.

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John Lennon Museum opens with widow Ono cutting ribbon

YONO, Japan - The world's first museum dedicated to the late John Lennon, the John Lennon Museum, opened in the Saitama Super Arena in Yono, north of Tokyo, on Oct. 9, the 60th anniversary of the birth of the singer-songwriter. Artist Yoko Ono (wearing glasses), Lennon's widow, cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony, which was also attended by Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (L).

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John Lennon Museum to open Oct. 9

YONO, Japan - What is touted as the world's first museum dedicated to the musician John Lennon is shown to members of the media Oct. 5 prior to the formal opening on Oct. 9, the 60th anniversary of the birth of the singer-songwriter. The John Lennon Museum in Yono, north of Tokyo, will exhibit about 130 items of Lennon memorabilia, including his guitars, costumes, lyric notebooks and pictures of him with his second wife, Yoko Ono, and their son Sean.

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Yoko Ono opens John Lennon museum

YONO, Japan - Yoko Ono (C), second wife of musician John Lennon, poses for photographers before opening a museum dedicated to her late husband for press preview Oct. 5. Standing to the right is Jiro Kikuchi, curator of the John Lennon Museum, which will formally open in Yono, north of Tokyo, on Oct. 9, the 60th anniversary of the birth of the singer-songwriter.

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Paris Grand Slam Judo Event

Women -70 kg, MATIC Barbara (CRO) Silver medal, ONO Yoko (JPN) Gold medal JAGER Hilde (NED) and NIIZOE Saki (JPN) Bronze medal during the podium ceremony of the Paris Grand Slam 2021, Judo event on October 17, 2021 at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam Judo Event

Women -70 kg, Yoko Ono of Japan bronze medal competes during the Paris Grand Slam 2021, Judo event on October 17, 2021 at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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John Lennon museum to open in Saitama Pref.

URAWA, Japan - This is an interior image of a museum dedicated to the late John Lennon which will open in Oct. 9 in a new city center in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. The 1,500-square-meter museum will exhibit about 130 items, including Lennon's musical instruments, clothes, and music and lyrics jotted on the back of restaurant menus. The photo was released by Taisei Corp., which has borrowed the items from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono.

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IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON

IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON JOHN LENNON, YOKO ONO Date: 1988

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IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON

IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON JOHN LENNON, YOKO ONO Date: 1988

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IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON

IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON JOHN LENNON, YOKO ONO Date: 1988

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IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON

IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON JOHN LENNON, YOKO ONO

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Yoko Ono opens new exhibition on violence against women

Photographs of the eyes of more than 1,000 women along with descriptions of violence they suffered are on display at a museum in Mexico City on Feb. 2, 2016. They are works by artist Yoko Ono, who was at the museum that day and expressed hope that her works will inspire people to take a stand against violence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yoko Ono opens new exhibition on violence against women

Artist Yoko Ono flashes a peace sign at a museum in Mexico City on Feb. 2, 2016 during an event for her new exhibition themed on women struggling against violence. The works by Ono feature photographs of the eyes of more than 1,000 women along with descriptions of the damage they suffered. The widow of John Lennon expressed hope that her works will inspire people to take a stand against violence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arai wins women's 70-kg title

Japan's Chizuru Arai (L) grapples fellow judoka Yoko Ono on her way to winning the women's 70-kilogram title at the Grand Slam Tokyo, one of the qualifying competitions for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yoko Ono hospitalized after possible stroke

Photo shows Yoko Ono, artist and widow of former Beatle John Lennon. It was reported on Feb. 26, 2016, that she was rushed to hospital unconscious, but her publicist said the artist was suffering from a bout of the flu and would likely be released soon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Signatures by John Lennon, Yoko Ono displayed at small Tokyo cafe

Signatures and drawings by the late Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono are displayed at a small teahouse, Flor de Cafe, in the Higashi-Giza district of Tokyo on April 2, 2015. The couple visited the cafe in 1979. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cafe visited by John Lennon in 1979 still stands in Tokyo's Ginza

Flor de Cafe Ginza Kinohana in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district, where former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono visited in 1979 just four days after it opened, is still in business as seen on April 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yoko Ono's peace monument installed in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Photo shows a peace monument designed by Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, unveiled in the capital of Iceland on Oct. 10. The monument is engraved with the message ''Imagine Peace'' in 24 languages and is filled with about 500,000 capsules containing messages of hope sent by people around the world. The photo was taken on Oct. 10, 2007. (Kyodo)

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Yoko Ono's peace monument installed in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Ringo Starr (L), Yoko Ono (C) and Olivia Harrison, the widow of George Harrison, attend an unveiling ceremony for ''Imagine Peace Tower'' in Reykjavik on Oct. 9. The monument, designed by Ono, the widow of John Lennon, is engraved with the message ''Imagine Peace'' in 24 languages and is filled with about 500,000 capsules containing messages of hope sent by people around the world. (Kyodo)

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Yoko Ono to create column of light for peace in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, attends a groundbreaking ceremony in Reykjavik on Oct. 9 for an ''Imagine Peace Tower'' she will construct there. The tower will be 20 to 30 meters high, with a radius of about a meter, and will have the lyrics of Lennon's song ''Imagine'' engraved on it. (Kyodo)

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Yoko Ono designated as 1st global autism ambassador

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese artist Yoko Ono (2nd from L) and Suzanne Wright (2nd from R), co-founder of Autism Speaks, attend a reception at a hotel in New York on March 31, 2010. Ono accepted a plaque presented by Autism Speaks, a major autism advocacy group, becoming its first global ambassador. (Kyodo)