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FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic

Yoshito Watabe of Japan reacts after men's 10km cross-country skiing Gundersen of Nordic Combined at the FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic in Kuusamo, Finland on November 29, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic

Yoshito Watabe of Japan competes during men's ski jumping large hill HS142 of Nordic Combined at the FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic in Kuusamo, Finland on November 29, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic

Yoshito Watabe of Japan competes during the men's Nordic Combined ski jumping Individual Compact Large Hill HS142 competition at the FIS World Cup Ruka Nordic 2025 in Kuusamo, Finland, on November 28, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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A-BOMBED-CAMPHOR TREE

Camphor tree taken after the bombing, September 1945, Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection:Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Football greats in Japan

Former Brazil goalkeeper Dida (1) blocks a goal attempt by former Japan forward Yoshito Okubo (13) in "Diamond Cup of Legend," an exhibition match between football legends from around the world and former players of Japan's top-tier J-League on Nov. 27, 2024, at Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Japan Post Group and Seino Holdings

Press conference regarding the business alliance between the Japan Post Group and the Seino Holdings for joint trunk line transport operations. Photo shows, from right, Yoshito Minami, Vice President of Japan Post, Tetsuya Senda, President of Japan Post, Satoshi Takahashi, President of Seino Unyu, and Katsumasa Hirai, Executive Officer of Seino Unyu. ＝May 9, 2024, in Tokyo

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Wrecked Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (now the A-bomb Dome) and Aioi Bridge

The wrecked Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (right) and Aioi Bridge (left), which was the target of the atomic bomb. The wreckage of Japanese Red Cross Society Hiroshima Branch's building can be seen between the Industrial Promotion Hall and the bridge. The ruined Industrial Promotion Hall became known as the “A-bomb Dome" after the war. Yoshito Matsushige, who took this photograph, recalled, "I think it was the first. (Distance from hypocenter 150meters) Photo taken in September 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Barbershop with the window frame blown off

A barbershop in Midori-machi (now Nishimidori-machi in Minami Ward) destroyed by the blast, with the window frame blown off and the interior, including mirrors, shattered. It was the home-cum-shop of Yoshito Matsushige, a photographer who took this picture. The barbershop was run by his younger sister and her husband, and Sumie, Matsushige's then 29-year-old wife, who appears in the scene, helped them with the business. Sumie was pregnant at the time and gave birth to their second daughter the following year. His eldest daughter and parents were evacuated to Omishima Island in Ehime Prefecture at the time. (Distance from hypocenter 2800 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Police officer writing out victim certificates

Tokuo Fujita, then 28, a police officer from the Ujina Police Station, surrounded by victims, is writing out victim certificates for survivors in front of the Hiroshima District Monopoly Bureau, located on the east side of Miyuki Bridge. The desk was placed on the south side of the "Minami-machi 3-chome" streetcar stop (now called "Minami-machi 6-chome"). Mr. Fujita, who had just finished working the night shift, experienced the atomic bombing at the police station about 4.7 kilometers from the hypocenter. His forehead was cut by broken window glass, but he rushed to the police box on the west side of Miyuki Bridge and helped injured citizens and students. (Distance from hypocenter 2400 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Central part of the city reduced to ashes as seen from Kyobashi Bridge

The central part of the city reduced to ashes as seen from Kyobashi Bridge (1.4 kilometers northeast of the hypocenter) on the southwest side of the Hiroshima Station. The building with a tower on the far left is the head office of the Chugoku Shimbun, on its right is Fukuya Department Store, and the structure behind the tree in the center right is Hiroshima Central Broadcasting. Three photographs taken from the railings of Kyobashi Bridge over the Kyobashi River were stitched together for this picture. (Distance from hypocenter 1400 meters.) Photo taken in November 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Devastation at the west end of Miyuki Bridge (Panoramic view)

At the west end of Miyuki Bridge, 2.2 kilometers southeast of the hypocenter. A police officer from the Ujina Police Station had begun to administer first aid by applying oil stored in the station to the wounds of the injured men and women of all ages who had taken refuge there. Men and women collapsed or squatting, a woman holding a baby, female students receiving first aid, and a police officer are captured in the photo. The railings on the lower river side (left side) of the bridge had been blown into the river. The building on the left is the Senda-machi Police Box of the Ujina Police Station, and the building in the back is Hiroshima Technical Institute. Miyuki Bridge, connecting Senda-machi and Minami-machi, is one of the major bridges in Hiroshima City, on which streetcars also run. (Distance from hypocenter 2200 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Devastation at the west end of Miyuki Bridge (Close-up)

People suffering burns received dabs of transformer oil brought from the nearby Hiroshima Electric Railway. The girl in the foreground, wearing a sailorstyle uniform with a triangular collar, and the girl to her left were second-year students at Hiroshima Girls' Commercial School (then 13 years old) who experienced the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Postal Savings Bureau in Senda-machi 1-chome, where they were mobilized to work, but survived. The boy second to the right of the police officer from the Ujina Police Station was a first-year student at Hiroshima Municipal Junior High School (then 12 years old) who experienced the atomic bombing in Koami-cho (now part of Naka Ward), where he was helping to demolish buildings to create fire lanes. It is believed he was on his way to his home in Danbarasuehiro-cho (now Danbara in Minami Ward), where he lived with his parents. He went missing and his remains were never found. (Distance from hypocenter 2200 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Collapsed Minami Branch of Nishi Fire Station

The view from the destroyed window of the home-cum-barbershop looking east. The Minami Branch of the Nishi Fire Station, a two-story wooden structure, collapsed in the blast and was reduced to rubble. A man in a national defense uniform walks toward Miyuki Bridge along the street on which ran the Ujina Line streetcars. (Distance from hypocenter 2800 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-JUDO(CN)

(230801) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Qing Daga (R) of China competes with Hojo Yoshito of Japan during the Judo Men's Team Elimination Round of 16 match between China and Japan at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Luo Xuefeng)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-JUDO(CN)

(230730) -- CHENGDU, July 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold Medalist Hojo Yoshito (2nd L) of Japan, silver medalist Nurbek Murtozoev (1st L) of Uzbekistan, bronze medalists Zaur Dvalashvili of Georgia and Arnaud Aregba (1st R) of France pose for photos during the awarding ceremony of Judo men's -81kg final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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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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Japan defeat Thailand 4-1 in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Striker Yoshito Okubo (L) scores in the 54th minute in an Asian qualifying round match against Thailand for the 2010 World Cup at Saitama Stadium on Feb. 6, giving Japan a 2-1 lead. Japan won the match 4-1.

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Osaka, Kawasaki players compete in Nabisco Cup match

OSAKA, Japan - Striker Yoshito Okubo of Kawasaki Frontale (rear) and his counterpart Takashi Usami of Gamba Osaka compete for the ball in the first half of a Nabisco Cup match in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. Osaka won 3-1.

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Okubo, Ugajin compete for ball

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale's Yoshito Okubo (L) and Tomoya Ugajin of Urawa Reds compete for the ball during the first half of a J-League game at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2014. Kawasaki won 2-1.

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Kawasaki, Tosu J-League players compete for ball

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Yoshito Okubo (R) of Kawasaki Frontale and midfielder Ryota Hayasaka of Sagan Tosu compete for the ball in a J-League first-division game at Best Amenity Stadium in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 23, 2014. Kawasaki won 1-0.

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Kawasaki's Okubo competes with Cerezo's Ando

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshito Okubo of Kawasaki Frontale (R) competes for the ball with Jun Ando of Cerezo Osaka during the first half of a J-League match at Kincho Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on July 15, 2014. Kawasaki won 2-1.

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World Cup players of Cerezo, Frontale receive flowers

OSAKA, Japan - Four members of Cerezo Osaka and Kasawaki Frontale who played in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil -- (from L) Yoshito Okubo (Frontale), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo), Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo) and Diego Forlan (Cerezo) -- receive bouquets of flowers before their J-League match at Kincho Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on July 15, 2014. Kakitani left for Switzerland the following day to play for Basel.

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Japan crash out of World Cup after 4-1 hammering by Colombia

CUIABA, Brazil - Japan's Yoshito Okubo collapses on the ground after Japan's 4-1 defeat to Colombia in a World Cup Group C match at the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, Brazil, on June 24, 2014.

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Japan crash out of World Cup after 4-1 hammering by Colombia

CUIABA, Brazil - Colombia's keeper David Ospina prevents the strike by Japan's Yoshito Okubo in the second half of a World Cup Group C match at the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, Brazil, on June 24, 2014. Colombia beat Japan 4-1.

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Japan, Greece draw 0-0

NATAL, Brazil - Japan's Yoshito Okubo (L) lies on his back after missing a shot during the second half of a World Cup Group C match against Greece at Estadio das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, on June 19, 2014. Japan and Greece drew 0-0.

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Japan, Greece draw 0-0

NATAL, Brazil - Japan's Yoshito Okubo (13) rises above Greece player Konstantinos Manolas (4) to head the ball during the first half of a World Cup Group C match at Estadio das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, on June 19, 2014. Japan and Greece drew 0-0.

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Japan vs Ivory Coast in 2014 World Cup

RECIFE, Brazil - Japan's Yoshito Okubo (C) and Ivory Coast's Konan Ya (L) compete for the ball during the second half of a World Cup Group C match at Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, on June 14, 2014. Ivory Coast won 2-1.

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Japan vs. Ivory Coast

RECIFE, Brazil - Japan's Yoshito Okubo (R) takes on Ivory Coast's Serge Aurier during the second half of a World Cup Group C match at Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, on June 14, 2014. Ivory Coast won 2-1.

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Japan national team trains ahead of World Cup opener

RECIFE, Brazil - Japan national team midfielder Yoshito Okubo goes through a warm-up on June 13, 2014, ahead of the World Cup opener against Ivory Coast the next day in Recife, Brazil.

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Japan at practice

ITU, Brazil - Yoshito Okubo (L) and Hotaru Yamaguchi practice during a Japan's training session in Itu, Brazil, on June 11, 2014, before their opening Group C game against Ivory Coast in the World Cup finals on June 14.

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Japan World Cup squad in 1st practice in Brazil

ITU, Brazil - Yoshito Okubo (R) and Yasuhito Endo train as Japan's national soccer team hold their first practice session in Sorocaba near Itu, Brazil, on June 8, 2014, after the squad arrived in the country for the World Cup finals.

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Japan World Cup squad welcomed in Brazil

ITU, Brazil - (From L) Shinji Kagawa, Yoshito Okubo and Yoichiro Kakitani walk past local children during a ceremony welcoming Japan's national soccer team in Itu, Brazil, on June 8, 2014, ahead of the World Cup finals. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan World Cup squad welcomed in Brazil

ITU, Brazil - Members of the Japanese national soccer team including Yoshito Okubo (13) and Keisuke Honda (Okubo's left) pose for photos with local people during a ceremony welcoming the squad in Itu, Brazil, on June 8, 2014, ahead of the World Cup finals. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Okubo in action in World Cup warm-up game against Zambia

TAMPA, United States - Striker Yoshito Okubo (L) of the Japanese national football team moves on the attack during the Blue Samurai's 4-3 win over Zambia in Tampa, Florida, on June 7, 2014, in a final warm-up game for the World Cup finals opening in Brazil on June 12.

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Japan vs Zambia in World Cup warm-up

TAMPA, United States - Japan's Yoshito Okubo (L) scores the winning goal in the 91st minute of a World Cup soccer warm-up against Zambia at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on June 6, 2014. Japan won 4-3.

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Japan vs Zambia in World Cup warm-up

TAMPA, United States - Japan's Yoshito Okubo (L) scores the winning goal in the 91st minute of a World Cup soccer warm-up against Zambia at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on June 6, 2014. Japan won 4-3.

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Photos from Japan's 23-member squad for World Cup

CLEARWATER, United States - Japan striker Yoshito Okubo uses an exercise ball during a training session of the Japanese World Cup squad in Clearwater, Florida, on June 3, 2014, a day after they beat Costa Rica 3-1 in a friendly.

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Japan World Cup squad training camp in Florida

CLEARWATER, United States - Yoshito Okubo (L) and Hiroki Sakai take part in a training session at the Japanese national team's camp in Clearwater, Florida, on May 31, 2014, for the 2014 World Cup.

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Japan arrive in Tampa for World Cup camp

TAMPA, United States - The Japanese men's national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni (2nd from L) and some of its members -- Eiji Kawashima (far L), Masato Morishige (2nd from R) and Yoshito Okubo (far R) -- are pictured as the team arrives at Tampa international airport in Florida on May 29, 2014, for a training camp ahead of the World Cup finals in Brazil.

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Kagawa, Okubo leaving for Florida for World Cup training

NARITA, Japan - Shinji Kagawa (front) and Yoshito Okubo leave for Florida, the United States, from Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on May 29, 2014, along with other members of Alberto Zaccheroni's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals, which will start in Brazil on June 12. Japan will hold a training camp in Tampa before traveling to Brazil.

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Japan World Cup squad leaves for Florida for training camp

NARITA, Japan - Members of the Japanese national football team walk at Narita airport on May 29, 2014, to board their aircraft bound for a training camp in the southern U.S. state of Florida in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup competition in Brazil. From L: midfielder Keisuke Honda, striker Yoshito Okubo, defender Yuto Nagatomo and forward Manabu Saito.

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Hasebe gives address to supporters after World Cup warm-up

SAITAMA, Japan - Makoto Hasebe, captain of the Japan national football team, speaks to supporters after a 1-0 win over Cyprus in a World Cup warm-up in Saitama on May 27, 2014. Standing behind him are coach Alberto Zaccheroni (L), Keisuke Honda (C) and Yoshito Okubo.

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Okubo in Word Cup warm-up against Cyprus

SAITAMA, Japan - Yoshito Okubo of the Japan national football team shoots during a 1-0 win over Cyprus in a World Cup warm-up match in Saitama on May 27, 2014.

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Kawasaki Frontale out of ACL

SEOUL, South Korea - Yoshito Okubo (C) and other players of Kawasaki Frontale leave the field dejected after they were eliminated from the Asian Champions League in the round of 16 on May 14, 2014, in Seoul.

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Kawasaki's Okubo in action against Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Yoshito Okubo (R) of Kawasaki Frontale tries to shake off FC Seoul's Choi Hyuntae during an Asian Champions League match in Seoul on May 14, 2014. Kawasaki won 2-1.

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Japan name World Cup squad

TOKYO, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale striker Yoshito Okubo holds a press conference at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 12, 2014, after being named in the national squad for the soccer World Cup finals in Brazil.

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Japan name World Cup squad

TOKYO, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale striker Yoshito Okubo holds a mock World Cup trophy, prepared by the press, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 12, 2014, after being named in the national squad for the soccer World Cup finals in Brazil.

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Japan name World Cup squad

TOKYO, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale striker Yoshito Okubo holds a press conference at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 12, 2014, after being named in the national squad for the soccer World Cup finals in Brazil.

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Kawasaki's Okubo fires shot against Seoul in ACL game

KAWASAKI, Japan - Forward Yoshito Okubo (L) of Kawasaki Frontale fires a shot before the Japanese football club's 3-2 defeat at home to FC Seoul in the Asian Champions League round of 16 in Kawasaki, west of Tokyo, on May 7, 2014.

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Frontale's Okubo scores in 3-1 win over Ulsan

KAWASAKI, Japan - Yoshito Okubo scores in Kawasaki Frontale's 3-1 victory over South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai in a Group H match in the Asian Champions League on April 22, 2014 in Kawasaki, Japan. The Japanese football club booked its place in the last 16 of the competition.