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Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Combined photo shows Shimon Sakaguchi (L), a distinguished professor at Osaka University, in Osaka in western Japan, and Yoshinori Ohsumi, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2016, in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, speaking on the phone after Sakaguchi was named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with two American scientists the previous night for their "groundbreaking" discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check, on Oct. 6, 2025.

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30th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

(from L, front) J-League first-division football club Vissel Kobe defender Tetsushi Yamakawa, manager Takayuki Yoshida, and forward Yoshinori Muto observe a moment of silence at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2025, at 5:46 a.m., the exact time when the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the western Japan city and vicinity 30 years ago. The disaster killed more than 6,400 people.

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Kirin Holdings President Change Press Conference

Kirin Holdings President Change Press Conference. From left: President-elect Takeshi Minakata and President Yoshinori Isozaki =Date:Febuary 14, 2025, Place: Tokyo

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Kirin Holdings President Change Press Conference

Kirin Holdings President Change Press Conference. From left: President Yoshinori Isozaki and President-elect Takeshi Minakata. =Date:Febuary 14, 2025, Place: Tokyo

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Kirin Holdings President Change Press Conference

Kirin Holdings President Change Press Conference. From left: President-elect Takeshi Minakata and President Yoshinori Isozaki =Date:Febuary 14, 2025, Place: Tokyo

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Ceremony to mark 160th anniv. of Japan-Switzerland diplomatic ties

Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland Yoshinori Fujiyama (L) prepares to break a sake cask during a ceremony in Bern on Feb. 6, 2024, to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Switzerland.

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(SP)MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-BADMINTON-MALAYSIA OPEN

(240111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Matsui Keiichiro (L)/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan compete during the men's doubles second round match between Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang of China and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the Malaysia Open 2024 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)

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(SP)MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-BADMINTON-MALAYSIA OPEN

(240111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Weikeng(L)/Wang Chang of China compete during the men's doubles second round match between Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang of China and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the Malaysia Open 2024 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)

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(SP)MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-BADMINTON-MALAYSIA OPEN

(240111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Matsui Keiichiro (L)/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan compete during the men's doubles second round match between Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang of China and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the Malaysia Open 2024 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)

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(SP)MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-BADMINTON-MALAYSIA OPEN

(240111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Weikeng(L)/Wang Chang of China celebrate during the men's doubles second round match between Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang of China and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the Malaysia Open 2024 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)

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(SP)MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-BADMINTON-MALAYSIA OPEN

(240111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Weikeng(R)/Wang Chang of China compete during the men's doubles second round match between Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang of China and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the Malaysia Open 2024 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)

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(SP)MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-BADMINTON-MALAYSIA OPEN

(240111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Weikeng(R)/Wang Chang of China react during the men's doubles second round match between Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang of China and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the Malaysia Open 2024 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)

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(SP)MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-BADMINTON-MALAYSIA OPEN

(240111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Weikeng(R)/Wang Chang of China compete during the men's doubles second round match between Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang of China and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the Malaysia Open 2024 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)

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(SP)MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-BADMINTON-MALAYSIA OPEN

(240111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Weikeng(R)/Wang Chang of China compete during the men's doubles second round match between Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang of China and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the Malaysia Open 2024 badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)

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(FOCUS) JAPAN-TOKYO-AIRCRAFT-COLLISION

(240102) -- TOKYO, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Smoke is seen above a runway of the Haneda Airport after an aircraft collision at the airport in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. Five of the six crew members aboard a Japan Coast Guard aircraft that collided with a passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday were confirmed dead, while the captain who managed to escape earlier was severely injured, public broadcaster NHK reported. Coast Guard spokesperson Yoshinori Yanagishima earlier confirmed the collision between the Japan Airlines aircraft and its flight MA-722, a Bombardier Dash-8, with both aircraft catching fire. The Coast Guard plane was taxiing on the runway to transport relief goods for quake-hit areas in Niigata Prefecture after a series of temblors of up to 7.6 magnitude struck central Japan on Monday afternoon, according to the spokesperson. Meanwhile, all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the Japan Airlines flight escaped from the airplane while it was on fire without life-threate

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(FOCUS) JAPAN-TOKYO-AIRCRAFT-COLLISION

(240102) -- TOKYO, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Flights are delayed or cancelled due to an aircraft collision at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. Five of the six crew members aboard a Japan Coast Guard aircraft that collided with a passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday were confirmed dead, while the captain who managed to escape earlier was severely injured, public broadcaster NHK reported. Coast Guard spokesperson Yoshinori Yanagishima earlier confirmed the collision between the Japan Airlines aircraft and its flight MA-722, a Bombardier Dash-8, with both aircraft catching fire. The Coast Guard plane was taxiing on the runway to transport relief goods for quake-hit areas in Niigata Prefecture after a series of temblors of up to 7.6 magnitude struck central Japan on Monday afternoon, according to the spokesperson. Meanwhile, all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the Japan Airlines flight escaped from the airplane while it was on fire without life-threatening injuries

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(FOCUS) JAPAN-TOKYO-AIRCRAFT-COLLISION

(240102) -- TOKYO, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast of an aircraft collision at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. Five of the six crew members aboard a Japan Coast Guard aircraft that collided with a passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday were confirmed dead, while the captain who managed to escape earlier was severely injured, public broadcaster NHK reported. Coast Guard spokesperson Yoshinori Yanagishima earlier confirmed the collision between the Japan Airlines aircraft and its flight MA-722, a Bombardier Dash-8, with both aircraft catching fire. The Coast Guard plane was taxiing on the runway to transport relief goods for quake-hit areas in Niigata Prefecture after a series of temblors of up to 7.6 magnitude struck central Japan on Monday afternoon, according to the spokesperson. Meanwhile, all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the Japan Airlines flight escaped from the airplane while it was on fire without life-

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Five Japan Coast Guard crew killed after aircraft collision: NHK

STORY: Five Japan Coast Guard crew killed after aircraft collision: NHK SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 2, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: BREAKING SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): YUE CHENXING, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the airplane that was caught in fire at Tokyo's Haneda Airport STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YUE CHENXING, Xinhua correspondent "A Japan Airlines airplane was in flames on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday. According to the local media, footage of public broadcaster NHK showed the aircraft with flames apparently coming from both beneath and inside it. All 379 passengers and crew members have evacuated." Five of the six crew members aboard a Japan Coast Guard aircraft that collided with a passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday were confirmed dead, while the captain who managed to escape earlier was severely injured, public broadcaster NHK reported. Coast Guard spokesperson Yoshinori Yanagishima earlier confirmed the collision

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82nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Japanese Consul General in Honolulu Yoshinori Kodama makes a speech at a memorial service commemorating the victims of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii held on Ford Island, an islet in the harbor, on Dec. 8, 2023.

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82nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Japanese Consul General in Honolulu Yoshinori Kodama (R) offers flowers at a memorial service commemorating the victims of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii held on Ford Island, an islet in the harbor, on Dec. 8, 2023.

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Football: J-League

Vissel Kobe's Yoshinori Muto (L) scores the team's second goal against Nagoya Grampus in the first half of a J-League penultimate round football match on Nov. 25, 2023, at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan.

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Football: J-League

Vissel Kobe's Yoshinori Muto (far L) scores the team's second goal against Nagoya Grampus in the first half of a J-League penultimate round football match on Nov. 25, 2023, at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan.

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Football: J-League

Vissel Kobe's Yoshinori Muto (far R) scores the team's second goal against Nagoya Grampus in the first half of a J-League penultimate round football match on Nov. 25, 2023, at Noevir Stadium in Kobe, western Japan.

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(SP)CHINA-CHANGZHOU-BADMINTON-CHINA OPEN 2023-MEN'S DOUBLES(CN)

(230907) -- CHANGZHOU, Sept. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hoki Takuro (L)/Kobayashi Yugo compete during the men's doubles second round match between Hoki Takuro/Kobayashi Yugo of Japan and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the 2023 China Open badminton tournament in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

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(SP)CHINA-CHANGZHOU-BADMINTON-CHINA OPEN 2023-MEN'S DOUBLES(CN)

(230907) -- CHANGZHOU, Sept. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hoki Takuro (R)/Kobayashi Yugo compete during the men's doubles second round match between Hoki Takuro/Kobayashi Yugo of Japan and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the 2023 China Open badminton tournament in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

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(SP)CHINA-CHANGZHOU-BADMINTON-CHINA OPEN 2023-MEN'S DOUBLES(CN)

(230907) -- CHANGZHOU, Sept. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hoki Takuro/Kobayashi Yugo (R) compete during the men's doubles second round match between Hoki Takuro/Kobayashi Yugo of Japan and Matsui Keiichiro/Takeuchi Yoshinori of Japan at the 2023 China Open badminton tournament in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

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J-league unveils 'Best XI' for 2014

YOKOHAMA, Japan - J-league announces an annual team of its best 11 players chosen in Yokohama on Dec. 9, 2014. From L: (front row) Albirex Niigata's Leo Silva, FC Tokyo's Yoshinori Muto, Gamba Osaka's Yasuhito Endo and Kashima Antlers' Gaku Shibasaki; (center) Gamba's Patric, Kawasaki Frontale's Yoshito Okubo and Gamba's Takashi Usami; (back) Urawa Reds' Shusaku Nishikawa, Tokyo's Masato Morishige, Sanfrecce Hiroshima's Tsukasa Shiotani and Tokyo's Kosuke Ota.

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Defense chief Ono calls for upgrading his agency to ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 7.

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2 Univ. of Tokyo researchers implicated in fabrication in 5 papers

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 1 Kyodo - File photo taken in February 2016 shows Yoshinori Watanabe, professor in the University of Tokyo's Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. The university said on Aug. 1, 2017, that Watanabe and Yuji Tanno, who was a research associate in Watanabe's laboratory, were involved in six fabrications and 10 alterations in five papers on cell division.

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Nobel laureate Osumi among Order of Culture recipients

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 28 Kyodo - Nobel Prize laureate Yoshinori Osumi attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2016, after being named as one of this year's Order of Culture recipients.

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Nobel laureate Osumi among Order of Culture recipients

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 28 Kyodo - Nobel Prize laureate Yoshinori Osumi attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2016, after being named as one of this year's Order of Culture recipients.

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Japan beat Iraq 1-0 in Asian Cup Group D match

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan's Yoshinori Muto (14) and Iraq's Yaser Safa Kashim (5) battle for the ball during the second half of an AFC Asian Cup Group D match at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2015. Japan won 1-0.

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Japan beat Iraq 1-0 in Asian Cup Group D match

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (R) and Iraq's Yoshinori Muto vie for the ball during the second half of an AFC Asian Cup Group D match at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2015. Japan won 1-0.

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Japan MF Muto competes for ball in Asian Cup match

NEWCASTLE, Australia - Japan midfielder Yoshinori Muto (C) dribbles past some Palestine players during the second half of their first Asian Cup match in Newcastle, Australia, on Jan. 12, 2015. Japan won 4-0.

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Candidate backed by ruling bloc defeated in Saga election

SAGA, Japan - Yoshinori Yamaguchi, a former Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry official, extends his hand to a supporter in the southwestern Japan city of Saga after defeating a rival backed by the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc in the Saga gubernatorial race on Jan. 11, 2015. Yamaguchi was supported by agricultural cooperative members and some LDP local assembly members opposed to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned farming reforms.

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Aguirre, players leave for Australia

NARITA, Japan - (From R) Japan men's national soccer team players Keisuke Honda, Yoshinori Muto and Eiji Kawashima are seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Jan. 2, 2015, before the team's departure for Australia for the Jan. 9-31 Asian Cup.

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F.C. Tokyo striker Muto scores header against Sanfrecce

CHOFU, Japan - Striker Yoshinori Muto (R) of F.C. Tokyo scores a header en route to the club's 2-1 victory over Sanfrecce Hiroshima in a J-League Division 1 match at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Thai couple held over missing Japanese man in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Divers search a canal near Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 21, 2014, following the disappearance of a Japanese man. A Thai man was quoted as telling police Yoshinori Shimato died of a heart attack after going to a hospital last month, and that he cut the body into pieces and dumped them in a canal.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on the Oct. 10, 1964, shows the final torch bearer Yoshinori Sakai after lighting the Olympic Torch during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sakai passed away in September at the age of 69.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic torch runner Sakai dies at 69

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September, 2013, shows Yoshinori Sakai, the final torch relay runner at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, holding the torch with which he lit the Olympic cauldron. Sakai died of cerebral bleeding at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014. He was 69.

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Aguirre, Muto celebrate goal against Venezuela

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yoshinori Muto (L) is congratulated by Japan coach Javier Aguirre (2nd from R) after Muto's goal in the second half of a friendly match against Venezuela at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 9, 2014. Japan squandered the lead twice in a 2-2 home draw.

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Muto scores vs Venezuela

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Yoshinori Muto scores the opening goal in the second half of a friendly match against Venezuela at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 9, 2014. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Muto jumps for header against Uruguay

SAPPORO, Japan - Yoshinori Muto (C) of Japan jumps for a header during the second half of a friendly match against Uruguay in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sept. 5, 2014. Japan suffered a 2-0 defeat.

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Aguirre Japan squad in training for friendly with Uruguay

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuto Nagatomo (L), Yoshinori Muto (C) and other Japan international players practice in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, on Sept. 2, 2014, for a friendly against Uruguay at Sapporo Dome on Sept. 5.

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Japanese man leads Myanmar women's soccer team

YANGON, Myanmar - Yoshinori Kumada (far L), Japanese manager of the Myanmar women's national soccer team, gives instructions to team members in October 2013 in Yangon.

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Japanese man leads Myanmar women's soccer team

YANGON, Myanmar - Yoshinori Kumada, Japanese manager of the Myanmar women's national soccer team, gives an interview in October 2013 in Yangon. Kumada has coached the team for more than two years since August 2011, eyeing to bring it to the 2015 World Cup.

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Fujimoto wins Toshin tournament

GIFU, Japan - Japan's Yoshinori Fujimoto holds the victor's trophy after winning the Toshin Golf Tournament at the Toshin Golf Club Central Course in Gifu Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2013. Fujimoto finished with a 24-under 264 total to capture his first victory of the season.

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Young Japanese increasingly seeking employment with NPOs

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinori Kurita, staff member of Terra Renaissance, speaks about the nonprofit organization's activities in a special lesson at Nara Prefectural University in the city of Nara on June 12, 2013.

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1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinori Sakai, the final runner in the torch relay, lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Oct. 10, 1964.

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Ex-Antarctic team member becomes farmer in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Yoshinori Yamakawa, a former member of Japan's Antarctic expedition team, takes care of melons on May 8, 2013 in Furano, Hokkaido. Yamakawa became a farmer in the spring of 2013 after moving to the city three years ago and learning about agriculture from scratch.