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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo from left to right: Masanori Morimoto, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Spirits Division, and Yoshio Myojo, General Manager of Blender Office.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows Yoshio Myojo, General Manager of the Blender Office.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Football: Asian Champions League

Japan's Urawa Reds midfielder Yoshio Koizumi (front) plays a pass during the first half of a match against China's Wuhan Three Towns in the Asian Champions League football group stage on Nov. 29, 2023, at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, near Tokyo.

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-KAYA FC-ILOILO VS YOKOHAMA F. MARINOS

(231107) -- MANILA, Nov. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Abou Sy (L) of Kaya FC-Iloilo vies with Yoshio Kaina of Yokohama F. Marinos during the Group G match between the Philippines' Kaya FC-Iloiloin and Japan's Yokohama F. Marinos at the 2023-2024 AFC Champions League in Manila, the Philippines, Nov. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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TRADITIONS IN WOOD

TRADITIONS IN WOOD, Edo cabinetmaker, traditional culture, Japanese culture, furniture, chests, furnishings, traditional craftsman, Yoshio Inoue, Kenji Inoue, father and son=Date:1994, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN

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Vice farm minister Kobayashi resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Kobayashi (L), who has resigned as Japan's vice farm minister, and his successor Toshiro Shirasu attend a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7. Kobayashi had been criticized for not tackling the misuse of farm subsidies by a farmers' association, which forced Takehiko Endo to resign as farm minister on Sept. 4, only a week after he was appointed to the post.

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Chapter headed by minister gets donations from subsidized firm

TOKYO, Feb. 27 Kyodo - Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki speaks to reporters in parliament in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015, over allegations that the ruling party local chapter he heads has received donations from a logistics firm subsidized by the state. Mochizuki said he received them without knowing about the subsidy decision, adding that he returned the money the previous day.

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'Best nine of 80 years' in Japanese professional baseball

TOKYO, Japan - Seven members of the Japanese professional baseball league's "Best Nine of 80 years" pose after their selection at a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. (From L, front row) shortstop Yoshio Yoshida, third baseman Shigeo Nagashima, first baseman Sadaharu Oh and second baseman Morimichi Takagi; (from L, back row) outfielders Yutaka Fukumoto, Koji Yamamoto and Isao Harimoto.

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Ministers criticized over funds irregularities

TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yoichi Miyazawa (L) and Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki attend a lower house plenary session on Oct. 28, 2014, in Tokyo. They have come under increasing scrutiny for their handling and reporting of political funds.

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Japan's environment minister unveils incorrect funding report entry

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki attends a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo past midnight on Oct. 27, 2014, to unveil that his support group incorrectly recorded expenditures totaling around 6.6 million yen in its funding report as spending for New Year's events in 2008 and 2009 that were not sponsored by the group. Mochizuki said he does not think the incorrect entry constitutes a legal violation and indicated he has no plan to resign over the issue.

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Japan's environment minister unveils incorrect funding report entry

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki (R) checks a document during a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo past midnight on Oct. 27, 2014, held to unveil that his support group incorrectly recorded expenditures totaling around 6.6 million yen in its funding report as spending for New Year's events in 2008 and 2009 that were not sponsored by the group. Mochizuki said he does not think the incorrect entry constitutes a legal violation and indicated he has no plan to resign over the issue.

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Japan's environment minister unveils incorrect funding report entry

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki attends a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo past midnight on Oct. 27, 2014, to unveil that his support group incorrectly recorded expenditures totaling around 6.6 million yen in its funding report as spending for New Year's events in 2008 and 2009 that were not sponsored by the group. Mochizuki said he does not think the incorrect entry constitutes a legal violation and indicated he has no plan to resign over the issue.

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Office of nuke disaster prevention committee set up

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Mochizuki, minister of state for nuclear emergency preparedness, hangs up an office sign of the Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Commission at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2014.

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S. Korea signs anti-mercury pollution convention

NEW YORK, United States - A South Korean representative (front) signs the Minamata Convention designed to prevent mercury pollution at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 24, 2014, as Japanese Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki(back L) looks on.

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Japan, French players call for return of baseball at Olympics

PARIS, France - Japanese and French players call for bringing baseball back at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games at the international baseball tournament "Yoshida Challenge," an event named after Yoshio Yoshida (C), a former manager of Japanese professional baseball club Hanshin Tigers and the French national team, in the outskirts of Paris on Sept. 4, 2014.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Mochizuki, the newly appointed minister of the environment, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014.

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Carp ace Maeda among 6 named to Samurai Japan squad

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 17, 2014, in Tokyo shows Japan baseball manager Hiroki Kokubo (C) and the first six members of this year's national team -- (from L) Yomiuri Giants shortstop Hayato Sakamoto, Rakuten Eagles catcher Motohiro Shima, Orix Buffaloes outfielder Yoshio Itoi, Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko, Hiroshima Carp ace Kenta Maeda and Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Sho Nakata. The team's big test this autumn will be five games against a team of visiting major leaguers in November.

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Picture for Children exhibit in Shimane Pref.

YONAGO, Japan - The Picture for Children exhibition featuring drawings of Yoshio Hayashi (1905-2010) from children's books is underway at Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2014.

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81-year-old Japanese man receives Ph.D. in Ireland

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshio Oro, seen in this undated photo, received a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland at the age of 81.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Yoshio Ideguchi (C), an 88-year-old former Japanese sailor, takes pictures with local residents after attending a ceremony on Saipan on June 15, 2014, to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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Ceremony to honor Hideyo Noguchi held in NY

NEW YORK, United States - A ceremony to honor the life of Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi is held on May 21, 2014, the anniversary of his death, at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York, with the attendance of Yoshio Kano (far L), executive secretary of the recently established Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Society, and Sumio Kusaka (2nd from R), consul general of Japan in New York.

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Japan engineers awarded

WASHINGTON, United States - Asahi Kasei Corp. fellow Akira Yoshino (L) and Yoshio Nishi, former executive of Sony Corp, hold certificates after receiving the Draper Prize in Washington on Feb. 18, 2014. The annual award, known as the "Nobel Prize of engineering," is issued by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

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Man behind debut of Seven Stars in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yoshio Naka, deputy director of the cruise train headquarters at Kyushu Railway Co., speaks about the company's project to launch "Seven Stars in Kyushu" cruise and sleeper train, during an interview on Sept. 30, 2013 in Fukuoka's Hakata Ward. Kyushu Railway, better known as JR Kyushu, began running in mid-October the same year the Seven Stars luxury train that can accommodate a total of 30 guests in 14 compartments on seven cars.

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Salmon milt for recovering rare earths

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 17, 2013, shows a scene from a presentation at the Japan Sustainable Mining, Investment & Technology business forum delivered by Yoshio Takahashi (R, below), professor of environmental chemistry at Hiroshima University, who belongs to a Japanese research team from the university and Aisin Cosmos R&D Co. The team said it has found a more effective and less costly way of recovering rare earths from mineral ores by using salmon milt.

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Singer Tabata dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese singer Yoshio Tabata performing during an event marking the 60th anniversary of his career at a hotel in Tokyo's Nishishinjuku district in December 2000. Tabata died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on April 25, 2013, his record company Teichiku Entertainment Inc. said. He was 94.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Itoi of Japan hits a three-run home run in the fourth inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013, in front of catcher Dashenko Ricardo. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. China in WBC

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yoshio Itoi of Japan hits a three-run double off China pitcher Chen Kun in the fifth inning of a World Baseball Classic first-round game at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on March 3, 2013. Wang Wei was catcher for China. Japan won 5-2.

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Japan vs. China in WBC

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yoshio Itoi of Japan hits a three-run double against China in the fifth inning of a World Baseball Classic first-round game at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on March 3, 2013. Japan won 5-2.

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Japan's biggest cable TV operator to merge with No. 2

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Takahashi (L), senior vice president of KDDI Corp., and Yoshio Osawa, director, senior managing executive officer of Sumitomo Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Sumitomo and KDDI that day said they will merge their cable TV services by integrating Japan's biggest cable television operator Jupiter Telecommunications Co. and second-largest cable TV operator Japan Cablenet Ltd. around fall 2013.

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Former Yankees hurler Igawa joins Orix

OSAKA, Japan - Former New York Yankees left-hander Kei Igawa (L) shakes hands with Yoshio Murayama, head of Orix Buffaloes' team operations, at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on March 28, 2012. The baseball team the same day announced the acquisition of Igawa.

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Meeting of DPJ task force on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Yoshio Hachiro (C), head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's project team on whether to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework, speaks at a meeting of the team in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2011, while Seiji Maehara (L, facing), the DPJ's policy chief, and others applaud.

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New industry minister Edano

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano speaks during his first press conference since assuming the post at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2011. Edano replaced Yoshio Hachiro, who resigned after making remarks deemed insensitive to people affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Edano gave daily briefings on the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami when he was chief Cabinet secretary.

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Edano tapped as industry minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yukio Edano, who was chief Cabinet secretary in the Cabinet under former Prime Minister Naoto Kan. A government source said Sept. 12, 2011, that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will appoint Edano as new industry minister to succeed Yoshio Hachiro, who resigned over remarks that displeased people affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro is pictured in a taxi in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2011, shortly after submitting a letter of resignation to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Hachiro resigned from his post after making remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro bows in apology over his remarks on the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant during a press conference announcing his resignation at the ministry in Tokyo on the night of Sept. 10, 2011. Hachiro resigned from his post after making remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis.

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro is pictured during a press conference announcing his resignation at the ministry in Tokyo on the night of Sept. 10, 2011. Hachiro resigned from his post after making remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2011. He resigned from his post later in the day over his remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Hachiro sorry for calling Fukushima plant area 'ghost town'

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2011. Hachiro apologized for describing the vicinity of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a ''ghost town.''

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Japanese industry minister Hachiro in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new industry minister Yoshio Hachiro speaks during an interview with Kyodo News and other media outlets in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Hachiro to be trade minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yoshio Hachiro, former Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, who will become trade minister in the new Cabinet under incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011.

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Park to start again for Orix

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Chan Ho (R), a veteran South Korean right-hander, shakes hands with Yoshio Murayama, head of Orix Buffaloes' team operations, at a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 21, 2010. Park, who earned 124 wins in his 17-year major league career, said he was ready to start for the Japanese club the following season.

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Extra Diet session set

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro (R), Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, meets his counterpart Ichiro Aisawa of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2010. Hachiro told a press conference an extra parliamentary session will convene Oct. 1.

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New DPJ Diet affairs chief Hachiro

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro, new chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan's Diet Affairs Committee, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010. Hachiro is expected to steer the divided Diet in which the ruling camp controls the House of Representatives while the opposition bloc holds a majority in the House of Councillors.

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New DPJ Diet affairs chief Hachiro

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro, new chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan's Diet Affairs Committee, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010. Hachiro is expected to steer the divided Diet in which the ruling camp controls the House of Representatives while the opposition bloc holds a majority in the House of Councillors.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara.

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Hiranuma's party to pursue 'medium welfare, medium cost-bearing'

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on April 8, 2010, after a meeting with the prospective founding members of the new party called ''Tachiagare Nippon'' (Stand Up, Japan). Former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former Liberal Democratic Party Acting Secretary General Hiroyuki Sonoda, former Cabinet Office senior vice minister Yoshio Nakagawa and former transport minister Takao Fujii took part in the meeting to discuss the policies of the party, which will be headed by Hiranuma.

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Orix gets former major league outfielder Taguchi

OSAKA, Japan - Former major league outfielder So Taguchi (R), who was released from the Chicago Cubs at the end of the 2009 season, shakes hands with Orix Buffaloes general manager Yoshio Murayama during a news conference where the Japanese ball team announced Taguchi's return to the team. The 40-year-old Taguchi said he feels reinvigorated after returning to play for the Buffaloes for the first time in nine years.

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Nippon Ham downs Yomiuri

SAPPORO, Japan - The Nippon Ham Fighters' Yoshio Itoi hits a two-run double to right in the third inning of a Japan Series game against the Yomiuri Giants at Sapporo Dome on Nov. 1, 2009. The Fighters won 4-2.

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'Koizumi's Children' blown away by winds of change

TOKYO, Japan - Yukari Sato, one of the 83 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were elected in 2005 for the first time on the back of the popularity of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, bows to supporters at her campaign office in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2009, after losing her seat in the House of Representatives. Sato, a former chief economist at Credit Suisse First Boston who became one of Koizumi's ''assassin'' candidates fielded against LDP dissidents, was defeated in her constituency in Tokyo by the DPJ's Yoshio Tezuka, 42, who served two terms in the lower house before losing his seat in 2005.