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Bodies of 3 Japanese returned from China

NARITA, Japan - Airport workers bow to containers holding the bodies of three Japanese travelers -- Yoko Ogawa, 62, Kuniko Watanabe, 68, and Shunichiro Yanai, 76 -- at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 10, 2012. The bodies of the three, who died in heavy snows during a trekking tour near the Great Wall outside Beijing, were transferred to a funeral hall in Tokyo after arriving at the airport.

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Saleh attends farewell gathering for slain journalists

TOKYO, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh (L), 10, from Iraq who had surgery on his injured eye at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture on June 11, meets reporters at a farewell gathering for two Japanese journalists killed in Iraq -- Shinsuke Hashida and Kotaro Ogawa -- in Tokyo on June 19. The boy's visit to Japan was arranged by the two journalists. Ogawa's mother Yoko is at center and Hashida's wife Yukiko at right.

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Ashes of journalists slain in Iraq return to Japan hometown

UBE, Japan - Yukiko Hashida (R), wife of Shinsuke Hashida, and Yoko Ogawa, mother of Kotaro Ogawa, speaks to reporters at Ube Airport in Yamaguchi Prefecture on June 9 after arriving there with the ashes of Hashida and Ogawa. Freelance journalist Hashida and his nephew Ogawa were killed in Iraq in May.

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Kin of Japanese slain in Iraq identify body in Kuwait

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Relatives of freelance journalist Kotaro Ogawa -- his mother Yoko, father Hiroshi and brother Shuji -- return to a hotel in Kuwait May 30 after identifying his body at an Air Force base, to which the body was airlifted from Baghdad. Ogawa and his uncle Shinsuke Hashida were attacked in a Baghdad suburb on May 27 by gunmen.

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Kin of 2 Japanese feared killed in Iraq arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT AIRPORT, Kuwait - The relatives of two Japanese journalists feared killed in an attack in Iraq, Shinsuke Hashida and his nephew Kotaro Ogawa, arrive at Kuwait International Airport on May 29 to identify the bodies. They are (from L to R) Hashida's wife Yukiko, their son Daisuke, Ogawa's brother Shuji, his parents Yoko and Hiroshi.

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Kin of 2 Japanese reported killed leave for Kuwait

TOKYO, Japan - Five relatives of reporters Shinsuke Hashida, 61, and his nephew Kotaro Ogawa, 33, who were reportedly killed in Iraq arrive at Narita airport May 29 to leave for Kuwait to identify the bodies. They are (from L to R) Ogawa's brother Shuji, his mother Yoko, Hashida's wife Yukiko, his son Daisuke and Ogawa's father Hiroshi.

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(2)2 Japanese journalists attacked outside Baghdad

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Hashida (R), wife of Japanese freeland journalist Shinsuke Hashida, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 28. flanked by Yoko Ogawa, mother of another freelance journalist Kotaro Ogawa. A car carrying the two journalists, their driver and interpreter, both Iraqis, was attacked near Baghdad on May 27. They are feared killed, local officials and the Japanese government said.

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Same-sex couple

Chizuka Oe (R) and her partner Yoko Ogawa meet reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2019, after they submitted a marriage notification to the office of Tokyo's Nakano Ward, where they live -- an attempt that was rejected, as expected, on the grounds that they are both registered as a woman in their family registers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Saleh attends farewell gathering for slain journalists

TOKYO, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh (L), 10, from Iraq who had surgery on his injured eye at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture on June 11, meets reporters at a farewell gathering for two Japanese journalists killed in Iraq -- Shinsuke Hashida and Kotaro Ogawa -- in Tokyo on June 19. The boy's visit to Japan was arranged by the two journalists. Ogawa's mother Yoko is at center and Hashida's wife Yukiko at right. (Kyodo)

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Ashes of journalists slain in Iraq return to Japan hometown

UBE, Japan - Yukiko Hashida (R), wife of Shinsuke Hashida, and Yoko Ogawa, mother of Kotaro Ogawa, speaks to reporters at Ube Airport in Yamaguchi Prefecture on June 9 after arriving there with the ashes of Hashida and Ogawa. Freelance journalist Hashida and his nephew Ogawa were killed in Iraq in May. (Kyodo)

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Kin of Japanese slain in Iraq identify body in Kuwait

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Relatives of freelance journalist Kotaro Ogawa -- his mother Yoko, father Hiroshi and brother Shuji -- return to a hotel in Kuwait May 30 after identifying his body at an Air Force base, to which the body was airlifted from Baghdad. Ogawa and his uncle Shinsuke Hashida were attacked in a Baghdad suburb on May 27 by gunmen. (Kyodo)

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Kin of 2 Japanese feared killed in Iraq arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT AIRPORT, Kuwait - The relatives of two Japanese journalists feared killed in an attack in Iraq, Shinsuke Hashida and his nephew Kotaro Ogawa, arrive at Kuwait International Airport on May 29 to identify the bodies. They are (from L to R) Hashida's wife Yukiko, their son Daisuke, Ogawa's brother Shuji, his parents Yoko and Hiroshi. (Kyodo)

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Kin of 2 Japanese reported killed leave for Kuwait

TOKYO, Japan - Five relatives of reporters Shinsuke Hashida, 61, and his nephew Kotaro Ogawa, 33, who were reportedly killed in Iraq arrive at Narita airport May 29 to leave for Kuwait to identify the bodies. They are (from L to R) Ogawa's brother Shuji, his mother Yoko, Hashida's wife Yukiko, his son Daisuke and Ogawa's father Hiroshi. (Kyodo)

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(2)2 Japanese journalists attacked outside Baghdad

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Hashida (R), wife of Japanese freeland journalist Shinsuke Hashida, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 28. flanked by Yoko Ogawa, mother of another freelance journalist Kotaro Ogawa. A car carrying the two journalists, their driver and interpreter, both Iraqis, was attacked near Baghdad on May 27. They are feared killed, local officials and the Japanese government said. (Kyodo)

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(1)Yoko Ogawa

OSAKA, Japan - Yoko Ogawa, a writer who won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize. The photo was taken Oct 15, 2003. (Kyodo)

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(2)Yoko Ogawa

OSAKA, Japan - Akutagawa Prize winner Yoko Ogawa speaks in an interview at her house in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture. The photo was taken March 27, 2003. (Kyodo)