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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants hits a two-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru hit for the cycle during the game, becoming the 72nd player to achieve the feat in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants hits for the cycle with an RBI triple in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru become the 72nd player to hit for the cycle in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru (8) of the Yomiuri Giants reacts after hitting an RBI triple in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. With the triple, Maru became the 72nd player to hit for the cycle in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru (far L) of the Yomiuri Giants celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru hit for the cycle during the game, becoming the 72nd player to achieve the feat in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants strikes his signature pose following an interview after hitting for the cycle in a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru became the 72nd player to achieve the feat in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants slides into third base head first as he hits an RBI triple in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. With the triple, Maru became the 72nd player to hit for the cycle in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Combined photo shows Yoshihiro Maru of the Yomiuri Giants hitting (from L) a two-run home run in the first inning, a single in the third inning, a double in the fifth inning and an RBI triple in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru became the 72nd player to hit for the cycle in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Baseball: Giants' Maru hits for cycle

Yoshihiro Maru (R) of the Yomiuri Giants is greeted by teammate Yuta Izuguchi after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2025. Maru hit for the cycle during the game, becoming the 72nd player to achieve the feat in Nippon Professional Baseball history.

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Paris Olympics: Rugby Sevens

Yoshihiro Noguchi (L) and Moeki Fukushi (C) of Japan and Samoa's Motu Opetai in action during their men's rugby sevens placing 9-12 match at the Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris on July 25, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Rugby sevens

Yoshihiro Noguchi (2nd from top) of Japan kicks the ball in the second half of a Paris Olympic men's rugby sevens Pool A match against Ireland on July 24, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Rugby sevens

Yoshihiro Noguchi of Japan kicks off at the start of a Paris Olympic men's rugby sevens Pool A match against Ireland on July 24, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) May Press Conference

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) May Press Conference Photo shows (from right to left) Tsuneji Sato, Vice Chairman; Toshihiro Suzuki, Vice Chairman; Yoshihiro Hidaka, Vice Chairman; Masanori Katayama, Chairman; Toshihiro Mibe, Vice Chairman; Makoto Uchida, Vice Chairman; and Akira Matsunaga, Vice Chairman.=May 23, 2024, in Tokyo

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World's 1st edible robot

Photo taken on February 28, 2024, in Chofu, western Tokyo, shows the world's first edible robot developed by Yoshihiro Nakata, associate professor at the University of Electro-Communication, and his research team. Air pressure is used to make the stick-shaped, gelatin-based gummy jiggle on the 3D-printed mug. The robot was developed to study the effects of eating food that looks like it is alive on human psychology.

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Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. Conference

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. Conference. Yoshihiro Hidaka President and Chief Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co. =Date:March 22, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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SBI Holdings and PSMC press conference

SBI Holdings and PSMC press conference. From left to right: Yoshihiro Murai, Governor of Miyagi Prefecture; Takahito Hwang, Chairman of Powerchip Group and Representative Director of PSMC; Yoshitaka Kitao, Chairman of the Board and President of SBI Holdings; Wu Yuan Xiong, President of PSMC Japan=Date:October 31, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, entering the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 3, 2014. The court in a rare move summoned a death row inmate, Yoshihiro Inoue, as a witness in the trial of Makoto Hirata, following the questioning of another death row inmate in January.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - A police vehicle leads two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, as the convoy heads to the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 3, 2014. The court in a rare move summoned a death row inmate, Yoshihiro Inoue, as a witness in the trial of Makoto Hirata, following the questioning of another death row inmate in January.

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U.S. teen mulls gun safety at school of slain Japanese

NAGOYA, Japan - Californian student Betty Pan (R) engages in a discussion on "guns and safety" in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, with students at Asahigaoka High School, the alma mater of Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori who was shot dead in Louisiana in 1992. Pan is studying in Japan supported by the Yoshi Foundation set up in memory of the slain student. On the left is Hattori's mother Mieko.

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Japan university holds dental seminar in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Professor Yoshihiro Abiko of the Health Sciences University of Hokkaido gives a lecture to dental students during a seminar in Vladivostok, Russia, on Dec. 3, 2014. The Japanese university aims to promote cooperation in the field of dental treatment with entities in the Russian Far East.

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Japan vs MLB All-Stars friendly game in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ryosuke Kikuchi scores past MLB All-Stars catcher Drew Butera on a triple hit by Yoshihiro Maru in the fifth inning of their friendly baseball game at Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Naha, Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, on Nov. 20, 2014.

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Japan vs MLB All-Stars friendly game in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Yoshihiro Maru hits an RBI triple off MLB All-Starts pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada in the fifth inning of their friendly baseball game at Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Naha, Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, on Nov. 20, 2014.

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Renowned chef creates desserts for sightseeing train

FUKUOKA, Japan - Renowned chef Yoshihiro Narisawa shows off a sample plate of desserts created for a Kyushu Railway Co. sightseeing train in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2014.

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Cotton planting restored in western Japan

KASHIHARA, Japan - Miho Morita (R), a section chief of the Yamatotakada Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Yoshihiro Yoshioka, a local researcher of spinning industry history, hold baby wear made of locally grown cotton in Yamatotakada, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2014. The chamber and local companies collaboratively grow organic cotton to bring back cotton plantation which used to be the biggest business in the region in the Edo era (1603-1867).

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Car parked near site of home swept away by 2011 tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yoshihiro Abe, who lost his parents in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku, has his car parked in this file photo of Aug. 11, 2014, near the site of their home that was swept away by the disaster. He regularly visits the location in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, by driving about two hours from the inland town of Shiwa.

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Man takes flowers to parents' home on mother's birthday

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yoshihiro Abe, who lost his parents in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku, carries flowers to the site of their home in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 7, 2014, the birthday of his mother Koyo.

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Miyagi accepts probe to find site for nuke waste disposal

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai (L) hands over a document to Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, to accept government-funded research in the prefecture to find a candidate site for the final disposal of some of the radiation-tainted waste from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Miyagi Pref. to accept assessment for radioactive waste site

SENDAI, Japan - A meeting of local municipal leaders in Miyagi Prefecture is held on Aug. 4, 2014, in Sendai. Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai announced the same day his decision to accept an assessment by the government to narrow down the list of candidate sites for a final disposal facility for radioactive waste generated by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Suntory to set up fund to support disabled in sports

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese Paralympian Mami Sato gives a press conference on July 29, 2014, following a courtesy visit to Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai over a decision by her employer Suntory Holdings Ltd. to create a fund to support sports for disabled people in the region damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011.

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Miyagi gov't, Japan Asia Group ink solar power plant deal

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) and Tetsuo Yamashita, chairman of Japan Asia Group Ltd., sign an agreement in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 28, 2014, to build a mega-solar power plant on a lot vacated by a tsunami-ddamaged high school in Natori in the northeastern Japan prefecture.

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4 disaster-hit prefectures urge continued gov't aid

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of four prefectures in northeastern Japan ravaged by the 2011 disaster present a joint request to Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (extreme R) for continuation of intensive government support for reconstruction work in Tokyo on July 10, 2014. (From L) Vice Governor Yuji Aoyama of Aomori, Vice Governor Fumio Murata of Fukushima, Governor Takuya Tasso of Iwate and Governor Yoshihiro Murai of Miyagi.

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Koyo to enter binary cycle generation business

UNZEN, Japan - Koyo Electronic Co. President Yoshihiro Yamamoto (R) speaks at a press conference in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 24, 2014. The company announced its decision to enter the binary cycle power generation business using facilities in the southwestern Japanese city.

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Miyagi Pref., Tokyo Olympics organizer ink cooperation pact

SENDAI, Japan - Governor Yoshihiro Murai (L) of Miyagi Prefecture and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, hold a joint statement on cooperation after signing it at the former's office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 16, 2014.

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Man prays for his 2011 disaster-victim parents

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yoshihiro Abe prays for his parents, victims of the March 11, 2011, disaster, as he crouches on a walkway before a lot where his parent's home used to stand in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 11, 2014. A message to them that he sprayed on the path in blue ink says, "Where have you gone? We are all waiting for your return."

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Message for man's disaster-victim parents

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yoshihiro Abe pours water over a message he sprayed for his parents, victims of the March 11, 2011, disaster, on a walkway in front of the land where his parents house used to stand in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 11, 2014.

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Tour de Tohoku 2014 on promotion

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (front R) poses for the photo with ambassadors of Tour de Tohoku 2014, an event to assist the reconstruction of Tohoku region devastated by 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, in Tokyo on June 10, 2014. The ambassadors are model Karen Michibata (2nd from front R), track and field Paralympian Mami Sato (2nd from L front), and former footballer Tetsuo Nakanishi (front L).

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Yakult holds opening ceremony for 1st U.S. plant in Calif.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, United States - Yoshihiro Kawabata (2nd from L), deputy president of Yakult Honsha Co., and other officials cut the tape at the opening of the Japanese fermented lactic drink maker's first U.S. plant in Fountain Valley, California, on May 23, 2014.

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Hanyu receives honorary award from Miyagi gov't

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu (R) poses for a photo with Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai after receiving an honorary award from the prefectural government in Sendai on April 26, 2014.

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Hokkaido Bank opens office in Vladivostok, Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Yoshihiro Sekihachi (L), president of the Hokkaido Bank Ltd., attends a ceremony for the opening of the Sapporo-based bank's representative office in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East on March 18, 2014.

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Chef says Japanese cuisine being enjoyed in Europe

GENEVA, Switzerland - Photo taken Feb. 28, 2014 in St. Moritz shows Yoshihiro Takahashi, a chef at Hyotei, an established restaurant in Kyoto serving traditional Japanese cuisine, who took part in St. Moritz Gourmet Festival 2014, a food event that brought together top-class chefs from around the world in the Swiss resort town in January.

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Gourmet festival in Switzerland

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Takuji Takahashi (center L), master chef at Kinobu, and Yoshihiro Takahashi (center R), 15th-generation chef at Hyotei, which has been awarded three Michelin stars, speak to guests after serving up traditional Japanese cuisine at the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Jan. 28, 2014. They became the first Japanese chefs invited to the gourmet festival.

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Envoy Kennedy in Tohoku

SENDAI, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai shake hands at the Miyagi prefectural office in Sendai on Nov. 25, 2013. It is Kennedy's first visit to the Tohoku area in northeastern Japan, which was hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, since assuming office earlier in the month. (Pool photo)

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) receives a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used, at the prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is presented to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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High school boy kills himself

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshihiro Sato (R), principal of Sakuranomiya Senior High School, bows at the end of a press conference at the Osaka city offices in Osaka on Jan. 8, 2013. A 17-year-old student of the school committed suicide in late December 2012 after being physically punished by his basketball club adviser, the Osaka City Board of Education said the same day.

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Memorial for gunned-down teen

BATON ROUGE, United States - Mieko Hattori speaks during a meeting on gun control at a church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Oct. 20, 2012. Her son Yoshihiro Hattori, a Japanese high school exchange student, was shot dead in Baton Rouge 20 years earlier at age 16.

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Sakata 1st Japanese in Rugby Hall of Fame

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihiro Sakata holds a framed certificate of his induction into the International Rugby Board's Hall of Fame, at Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya on June 5, 2012. Sakata, at one time considered among the top rugby players in the world, is the 51st member and first Japanese to join the Hall.

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WHO recommends full publication of avian flu studies

GENEVA, Switzerland - Yoshihiro Kawaoka (L), a professor of the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo, and Masato Tashiro from Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, hold a press conference in Geneva on Feb. 17, 2012. The World Health Organization recommended the same day that two reports on avian flu studies by Japanese and European researchers, including one by the University of Tokyo institute, be published in full. A U.S. government panel had called on two leading scientific journals not to print them completely over fears that detailed information about the lethal virus could be used in bioterrorism. Kawaoka called the WHO recommendation a ''reasonable conclusion.''

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1st shipment from Kirin plant in Sendai since March disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichi Matsuzawa (L) and Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai pose with cases of beer in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2011, during a ceremony to mark the first shipment of beer from the company's Sendai plant in about eight months since it was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hello Kitty receives certificate of appreciation

TOKYO, Japan - Hello Kitty poses with a certificate of appreciation handed by internal affairs minister Yoshihiro Katayama (L) at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2011. The certificate was sent to Sanrio Co. for its mainstay character's contribution to raising public awareness of the administrative counseling system by appearing on promotional posters. The system marked its 50th anniversary this year.

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Japan men's 4x200 freestyle relay swimmers qualify for London

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's Sho Uchida (upper L), Yoshihiro Okumura (upper C), Takeshi Matsuda (upper R) and Shogo Hihara gather after swimming in the preliminary round race of the men's 4x200 freestyle relay at the world swimming championships in Shanghai on July 29, 2011. The team finished second (7:10.46) of all competitors to advance to the final and secure Japan's Olympic berth for London 2012.

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Japanese men's relay team qualify for London Olympics

SHANGHAI, China - Members of the Japanese men's 4x100 freestyle relay team -- (from L) Takuro Fujii, Yoshihiro Okumura, Shogo Hihara and Takeshi Matsuda (in water) -- celebrate during the world championships in Shanghai on July 24, 2011, after qualifying for next year's London Olympics.