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Paris Olympics: Rugby sevens

Japanese players Taiga Ishida (L) and Yoshiyuki Koga (below) tackle a South African player in the first half of a Paris Olympic men's rugby sevens Pool A match on July 25, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Rugby sevens

Yoshiyuki Koga (front) of Japan passes the ball in the second half of a Paris Olympic men's rugby sevens Pool A match against South Africa on July 25, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Hitachi Workers' Union Demands 13,000 yen in Spring Struggle

Hitachi Workers' Union Demands 13,000 yen in Spring Struggle. From left: Yoshiyuki Hanzawa, Central Executive Committee Chairman, Hitachi Labor Union; Kenichi Tanaka, Executive Vice President, Hitachi, Ltd.=Date:Febuary 15, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Hitachi Workers' Union Demands 13,000 yen in Spring Struggle

Hitachi Workers' Union Demands 13,000 yen in Spring Struggle. From left: Yoshiyuki Hanzawa, Central Executive Committee Chairman, Hitachi Labor Union; Kenichi Tanaka, Executive Vice President, Hitachi, Ltd.=Date:Febuary 15, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Hitachi Workers' Union Demands 13,000 yen in Spring Struggle

Hitachi Workers' Union Demands 13,000 yen in Spring Struggle. From left: Yoshiyuki Hanzawa, Central Executive Committee Chairman, Hitachi Labor Union; Kenichi Tanaka, Executive Vice President, Hitachi, Ltd.=Date:Febuary 15, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Tokyo International Film Festival

Yoshiyuki Kishi, director of "(Ab)normal Desire," wins Award for Best Director at the Tokyo International Film Festival in the Japanese capital on Nov. 1, 2023.

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Cyberdyne, Omron partner in robotics field

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (R), president of powered exoskeleton maker Cyberdyne Inc., and Yoshihito Yamada, president of Omron Corp., announce the two firms' alliance in the field of robotics in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014.

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Fukushima Daini nuke plant fate depends on gov't policy

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, head of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima office, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 16, 2014, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. Ishizaki said whether the four reactors at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, about 12 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, will be decommissioned as called for by the Fukushima prefectural government will depend on the central government's decision on the country's nuclear energy policy.

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Japanese NPO member works in typhoon-hit Philippine town

DULAG, Philippines - Yoshiyuki Shiomi of the International Children's Action Network, a Nagoya-based authorized nonprofit organization, explains the operation to build and rebuild elementary school buildings in Dulag near Tacloban City, the Philippines, on Oct. 22, 2014. The area was hit hard by last year's Typhoon Haiyan.

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JR Tokai honorary chairman addresses int'l railway meet

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Kasai, honorary chairman of Central Japan Railway Co. known as JR Tokai, addresses an international conference on high-speed railway systems in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Cyberdyne unveils new HAL robot suit

TSUKUBA, Japan - Cyberdyne Inc. President Yoshiyuki Sankai, also professor of the University of Tsukuba, and men wearing Cyberdyne's new HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robot suit called a task support-back load reduction type, pose for a photo in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 30, 2014.

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Residents of quake-hit town hold tour

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visiting on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan that was stricken by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011, look at a police car that was driven by a police officer who was swept away by the tsunami and died while getting residents to evacuate. Yoshiyuki Endo (3rd from R), a town resident who has evacuated to Iwaki, gives a briefing to the participants.

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Residents of Fukushima town hold tour

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visit on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan, where residents remain evacuated from their homes following the 2011 nuclear accident. Yoshiyuki Endo, in the back, is a resident of the town, giving a briefing to the participants.

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Kennedy, Abe, JR Tokai exec chat after maglev train ride

TSURU, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (far L), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and Yoshiyuki Kasai (far R), honorary chairman of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai), chat in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, after a test ride on a magnetically levitated train on JR Tokai's test line on April 12, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Cyberdyne debuts on TSE's Mothers market

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), president of Cyberdyne Inc., and a model wearing the company's HAL robot suit, pose for photos at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 26, 2014. Cyberdyne, a venture company that produces robot suits to help disabled and elderly people in their daily activities, debuted on the TSE's Mothers market for start-up companies the same day.

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Fukuoka preserves 500 Asian films

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 8, 2014, shows Yoshiyuki Yahiro, a curator at the Fukuoka City Public Library in Sawara Ward, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, standing inside the library's film archive which possesses a total of about 1,000 films from around the world.

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Ex-Giants manager Nagashima visits team's training camp

MIYAZAKI, Japan - (At back from L to R) Baseball Hall of Famer Shigeo Nagashima, Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara, and former Giants and New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui watch Yoshiyuki Kamei take batting practice at the Giants' spring training camp in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2014.

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Gundam creator

TOKYO, Japan - "Mobile Suit Gundam" animation creator Yoshiyuki Tomino holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014. His group has tied up with Hollywood special effects studio Legacy Effects.

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Robot Suit HAL

TSUKUBA, Japan - Cyberdyne Inc. CEO Yoshiyuki Sankai (L) explains his venture company's product, medical Robot Suit HAL, (R) worn by an employee in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo on Aug 5, 2013. HAL was recognized by a German certification body as a medical device that may be sold for rehabilitation assistance throughout the entire European Union, according to the company.

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Treatment of people exposed to Fukushima radiation changing

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Makiko Orita (R), a graduate student at Nagasaki University and health nurse, visits shop owner Yoshiyuki Yanai in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, to offer health consultations on July 31, 2013.

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Robot suit for disabled

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013, shows Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), professor at the University of Tsukuba, and a model wearing a robot suit Sankai developed. The suit, designed to help the disabled and elderly in their daily activities, was given a safety certification the same day by a Japanese quality assurance organization, becoming the world's first welfare-purpose robot to be thus certified.

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Robot suit for disabled

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), professor at the University of Tsukuba, receives a safety certification from an official from the Japan Quality Assurance Organization for a robot suit Sankai developed to help the disabled and elderly in their daily activities, in a ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013.

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TEPCO in Fukushima

NARAHA, Japan - (From R) Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose, Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki and Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe attend a press conference after their meeting at the utility's new office in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013. Ishizaki, head of the new Fukushima office of TEPCO, pledged to work fast on implementing measures aimed at helping residents affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster, such as compensation and cleaning up radioactive contamination.

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TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - (From L to R) Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, President Naomi Hirose and Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe attend a ceremony to launch TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters in Naraha, some 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 4, 2013. The utility set up the headquarters to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.

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TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - Representing the Tokyo head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki (R in the background) gives a speech during a ceremony to launch TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters in Naraha, some 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 4, 2013. The utility set up the headquarters to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.

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TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - Representing the Tokyo head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki gives a speech during a ceremony to launch TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters in Naraha, some 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 4, 2013. The utility set up the headquarters to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.

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Robotic suit for workers at nuclear accident sites

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (R), a professor at the University of Tsukuba, stands beside a person wearing a new model of the HAL robotic suit at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2012. The new model, unveiled by maker Cyberdyne Inc., was developed by a team of researchers led by Sankai to help workers wearing heavy protective gear against radiation exposure at nuclear accident sites.

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Igarashi wins WBC flyweight title

KASUKABE, Japan - Japanese challenger Yoshiyuki Igarashi (L) punches champion Sonny Boy Jaro of the Philippines in the second round of a WBC flyweight title match at Wing Hat Kasukabe in Saitama Prefecture on July 16, 2012. Igarashi defeated Jaro in a split decision to capture the WBC flyweight crown.

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Mariners vs. Yomiuri

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners throws to the home plate after fielding a fly ball from the Yomiuri Giants' Yoshiyuki Kamei during the fifth inning of an exhibition game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 26, 2012. The Mariners lost 9-3.

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JR Tokai eyes pay maglev train test rides

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. Chairman Yoshiyuki Kasai speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2010. Kasai said the railway company, known as JR Tokai, will aim to carry out pay demonstration rides for its maglev train on a test line in Yamanashi Prefecture in fiscal 2014.

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'Gundam' director at Peking University

BEIJING, China - Japanese animation film director Yoshiyuki Tomino (front), creator of the popular animation series ''Mobile Suit Gundam,'' speaks at Peking University in Beijing on Nov. 23, 2010.

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'Gundam' director at Peking University

BEIJING, China - Chinese students applaud during a speech by Japanese animation film director Yoshiyuki Tomino known for the ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' series at Peking University in Beijing on Nov. 23, 2010.

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Japan's internal affairs minister Katayama

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshiyuki Katayama speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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Japan's internal affairs minister Katayama

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshiyuki Katayama speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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Yomiuri's Sakamoto celebrates winning title

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants' Yoshiyuki Kamei pours beer on team hopeful Hayato Sakamoto during a party to celebrate the team's winning its third consecutive Central League title at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2009.

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Chunichi's Fujii slides safely to score

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons outfielder Atsushi Fujii slides home past Hiroshima Carp catcher Yoshiyuki Ishihara from second on a single off the bat of pinch hitter Kazuyoshi Tatsunami in the eighth inning of a game at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Aug. 19. The Dragons won 9-3.

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Kamei goes deep twice, gets walk-off shot in 11th

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Yoshiyuki Kamei (back) hits a walk-off two-run homer off Ryuji Yokoyama (front) in the 11th inning as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima carp 6-4 at Asahikawa Starffin Stadium on Aug. 4.

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Kamei goes deep twice, gets walk-off shot in 11th

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants players congratulate Yoshiyuki Kamei (9) at home base for his walk-off two-run homer in the 11th inning as the Giants beat the Hiroshima carp 6-4 at Asahikawa Starffin Stadium on Aug. 4.

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BayStars' Miura celebrates CL win over PL

SAPPORO, Japan - Yokohama BayStars pitcher Daisuke Miura and Hiroshima Carp catcher Yoshiyuki Ishihara celebrate after their Central League team beat the Pacific League 10-8 in Game 1 of the two-game All-Star series at Sapporo Dome on July 24.

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JR Tokai chief urges U.S. to introduce Japan's N700 bullet train

WASHINGTON, United States - Central Japan Railway Co. Chairman Yoshiyuki Kasai speaks at a news conference in Washington on June 29 after meeting with U.S. Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood. Kasai appealed to the U.S. administration to adopt Japan Railway's state-of-the-art N700 Series bullet train system for a proposed new high-speed passenger rail system.

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Kamei's walk-off homer lifts Yomiuri over Chunichi

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants pinch-hitter Yoshiyuki Kamei (9) is swarmed by teammates after hitting a game-winning three-run homer against the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo Dome on April 25, giving his club a 5-4 victory.

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Survivor of 1994 AUM gas attack in Nagano dies in coma

NAGANO, Japan - In this file photo taken on March 4, Yoshiyuki Kono takes care of his wife Sumiko, who survived an AUM Shinrikyo cult sarin gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, in 1994 but was left bedridden and comatose. Sumiko Kono died on Aug. 5 of respiratory failure. She was 60.

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War-displaced Japanese to settle lawsuits

TOKYO, Japan - Sumie Ikeda, representative of formerly war-displaced Japanese nationals, speaks to reporters after her meeting with Yoshiyuki Inoue, secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at the prime minister's office on July 9. Members of Ikeda's group have decided to accept the government's new support plan for them and settle their lawsuits.

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Nursing-care, welfare robots being put into practical use

TOKYO, Japan - This cyborg-type robot suit has been developed by Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at the graduate school of the University of Tsukuba.

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Sapporo says no merger talks held so far with rival brewers

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Mochida (L), a director Sapporo Holdings Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 16, a day after Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund announced a buyout bid for the beer maker.

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Ex-agriculture minister Yoshiyuki Kamei dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Former agriculture minister Yoshiyuki Kamei died of pancreatic cancer Friday at a Tokyo hospital, his office said. He was 70. Photo shows Kamei speaks as agriculture minister on the outbreak of bird flu in Japan at a press conference in Kyoto in March 2004.

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Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Sumiko Kono, who was one of the 144 people injured in the 1994 sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in the central Japan city of Matsumoto, lies unconscious in bed as Matsumoto Mayor Akira Sugenoya (C) and her husband Yoshiyuki Kono hold her in the arm at a welfare facility for the disabled in Matsumoto on June 26. The mayor visited her ahead of the attack's 11th anniversary on June 27.

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(6) Miyake villagers head home as evacuation order lifted

MIYAKE ISLAND, Japan - Yoshiyuki Asanuma (L) puts on light as his wife Masako watches after returning home on Miyake Island for the first time in four years early Feb. 2. The first group of 62 evacuees from Miyake returned to the island after the village government lifted an evacuation order the previous day, 53 months after residents were forced to leave in 2000 because of volcanic activity there.

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4 Cabinet members visit Yasukuni Shrine to mark end of war

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei comes back to his car after visiting the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 59th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Three other Cabinet ministers joined him in visiting the Shinto shrine.

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(1)Brazilians rooting for Japan defender Tulio

PALMEIRA D'OESTE, Brazil - Yoshiyuki Tanaka (R) and his wife Teruko, grandparents of Japan's Olympic soccer team defender Marcus Tulio Tanaka, pose for photos at their home in Palmeira d'Oeste. The population of this small farming town of just 11,000 in southeastern Brazil is buzzing with anticipation ahead of Japan's opening match against Paraguay in the men's soccer tournament at the Athens Olympics.