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Teen Go prodigy Nakamura to shift playing base to S. Korea

Sumire Nakamura, a 14-year-old Japanese prodigy in the ancient board game of Go, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2023, after South Korea's Go governing body approved her application to shift her playing base to South Korea, a country that has produced many world champions. (Kyodo)

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Bloody footprints are found on the street in front of the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Nov. 19. Police also found bloody footprints at the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, another former vice welfare minister, in Saitama.

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Wife of ex-vice health minister stabbed at home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the house of Kenji Yoshihara, a former vice health and welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward after Yoshihara's wife Yasuko was stabbed in the entrance of their house by a man pretending to be from a parcel delivery service.

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19 shows the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward, where his wife Yasuko was stabbed by a man on the previous day.

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(3)Japan volleyball run ends in Athens quarterfinals

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Tomoko Yoshihara (C) and her volleyball teammates leave the Peace and Friendship Stadium after they were defeated by China in a quarterfinal match on Aug. 24.

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Japanese makers press gov't for towel import curb

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Yoshihara (R), head of the Japan Towel Industrial Association, on Feb. 26 in Tokyo presents to Iwao Okamoto, director general of the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's Manufacturing Industries Bureau, a petition asking the government to impose an emergency import curb on towels from China and Vietnam. The association claimed the surge of low-cost foreign imports has dealt a severe blow to the domestic towel industry.

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Towel makers decide to ask gov't to halt cheap imports

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshihide Yoshihara (C), president of the Japan Towel Industrial Association, speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 16. He said his association decided to file a petition calling on the government to invoke the ''safeguard'' clause in international trade rules to counter the recent surge of low-priced towel imports from China.

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Japanese crush Nepal 9-0 in Asian Olympic qualifier

Atsushi Yanagisawa (L) celebrates his second goal with striking partner Kota Yoshihara in Japan's 9-0 demolition of Nepal in their Olympic qualifying match in Tokyo on June 26.

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Tokyo Olympic ex-exec faces fresh bribery charge

Prosecutors on Tuesday served a fresh arrest warrant on Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive already embroiled in suspected corruption cases, for allegedly accepting bribes totaling 76 million yen ($54,000) from major publisher Kadokawa Corp. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office also arrested former Kadokawa executive Toshiyuki Yoshihara, 64, and another person for allegedly bribing Takahashi, 78, as well as Kazumasa Fukami, 73, who heads a consulting firm, for allegedly receiving bribes from the publisher. The prosecutors also searched the home of the publisher's chairman, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, over the case. The move comes after the prosecutors searched on Monday the offices of Daiko Advertising Inc., including its Osaka headquarters and branch in Tokyo, on suspicion of bribery.

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Scientists determine enzyme role in plant growth

TOKYO, Japan - A Hokkaido University research team led by biology professor Teruhiko Yoshihara said April 17 a substance called theobroxide helps regulate plant growth by activating a system that produces hormones, which trigger flowering and fruit production. The potato at right was grown with theobroxide sprayed on its leaves and the one on the left without the substance. The photo was provided by Yoshihara.

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(3)Japan volleyball run ends in Athens quarterfinals

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Tomoko Yoshihara (C) and her volleyball teammates leave the Peace and Friendship Stadium after they were defeated by China in a quarterfinal match on Aug. 24. (Kyodo)

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Bloody footprints are found on the street in front of the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Nov. 19. Police also found bloody footprints at the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, another former vice welfare minister, in Saitama. (Kyodo)

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Wife of ex-vice health minister stabbed at home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the house of Kenji Yoshihara, a former vice health and welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward after Yoshihara's wife Yasuko was stabbed in the entrance of their house by a man pretending to be from a parcel delivery service. (Kyodo)

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19 shows the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward, where his wife Yasuko was stabbed by a man on the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Mt. Fuji seen from Yoshiwara

Mt. Fuji viewed from around Yodabashi-cho, Fuji City. Tokaido Highway follows the line of pine trees in the centre. The trees were planted between Yoshihara Post Town and Moto Yoshiwara. The only area along the Tokaido Highway where Mt. Fuji rises on the left, this spot was referred to as Hidari Fuji (Left Fuji). Rice paddies were found throughout the area.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐143‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Yoshiwara

Mt. Fuji viewed from Yoshihara Shinmachi, Fuji City (Yoshihara Post Town on the Tokaido Highway), facing north. The presence of Mt. Hoei to the right of Mt. Fuji indicates that this photograph was taken from Suruga Bay River, but the exact location cannot be determined. Houses with thatched roofs and huge trees are visible in the centre, suggesting proximity to the post town.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐74‐0]

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Yoshihara Shigetoshi

Yoshihara Shigetoshi==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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21 items by Japanese painter Jiro Yoshihara to go on auction in HK

A man holds a painting by Japanese painter Jiro Yoshihara (1905-1972) themed on circles, or "en," during a press preview at the Hakusasonso Hashimoto Kansetsu Garden & Museum in Kyoto on July 31, 2015. Twenty one works by Yoshihara, who led the avant-garde group Gutai Art Association (or Gutai), were shown to the press before they are put on auction in Hong Kong in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese makers press gov't for towel import curb

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Yoshihara (R), head of the Japan Towel Industrial Association, on Feb. 26 in Tokyo presents to Iwao Okamoto, director general of the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's Manufacturing Industries Bureau, a petition asking the government to impose an emergency import curb on towels from China and Vietnam. The association claimed the surge of low-cost foreign imports has dealt a severe blow to the domestic towel industry.

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Towel makers decide to ask gov't to halt cheap imports

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshihide Yoshihara (C), president of the Japan Towel Industrial Association, speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 16. He said his association decided to file a petition calling on the government to invoke the ''safeguard'' clause in international trade rules to counter the recent surge of low-priced towel imports from China.

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Japanese crush Nepal 9-0 in Asian Olympic qualifier

Atsushi Yanagisawa (L) celebrates his second goal with striking partner Kota Yoshihara in Japan's 9-0 demolition of Nepal in their Olympic qualifying match in Tokyo on June 26.

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Japanese crush Nepal 9-0 in Asian Olympic qualifier

Atsushi Yanagisawa (L) celebrates his second goal with striking partner Kota Yoshihara in Japan's 9-0 demolition of Nepal in their Olympic qualifying match in Tokyo on June 26.