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Ice hockey: Cyclones player Hirano

Ice hockey player Yushiro Hirano (C), who represents the Cincinnati Cyclones in the East Coast Hockey League, defends the goal in Toledo, Ohio, on Jan. 29, 2023.

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Ice hockey: Cyclones player Hirano

Ice hockey player Yushiro Hirano (L), who represents the Cincinnati Cyclones in the East Coast Hockey League, controls the puck in Toledo, Ohio, on Jan. 29, 2023.

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2 Japanese firms fight takeover bids by U.S. fund

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshiaki Mabuchi, president of Sotoh Co., a leading dyer-finisher of woolen fabrics based in Bisai, Aichi Prefecture, speaks at a news conference Jan. 15 on measures which his firm will take with Yushiro Chemical Industry Co., a Tokyo-based maker of metalworking oil, to fight hostile takeover bids by U.S. investment fund Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund SPV-1 LLC.

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Takeda elected new JOC president

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunekazu Takeda, an executive board member of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), is elected new JOC president at an extraordinary meeting of its board members in Tokyo on Oct. 24. Takeda's tenure will run to March 2003 as he finishes out the term of his predecessor Yushiro Yagi who died in September.

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Yagi mourned by Osaka bid committee members

OSAKA, Japan - Directors of the Osaka bid committee for the 2008 Olympics offer a silent prayer in Osaka on Sept. 10 for Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi, who died Sept. 9 after collapsing in a sauna at an Osaka hotel. Yagi was to sit where the flowers are placed at a meeting to disband the bid committee following an International Olympic Committee decision in July to hold the games in Beijing.

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JOC president Yagi dies after collapsing in sauna

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi (file photo) died Sept. 9 after collapsing in a sauna at an Osaka hotel. He was 72. Yagi visited Osaka to attend a meeting Sept. 10 on the disbanding of the Osaka bid committee for the 2008 Olympics, following an International Olympic Committee decision in July to hold the games in Beijing.

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Hospitalized JOC president to give address at EAG opening

OSAKA, Japan - Yushiro Yagi (file photo), president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) who was hospitalized late Friday night after saying he did not feel well, indicates May 19 that he plans to take part in the opening ceremony of the nine-day East Asian Games to kick off in Osaka later in the day.

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Yagi reelected JOC president

TOKYO, Japan - Yushiro Yagi speaks at a news conference March 22 following his reelection as president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC). His election came after an exception was made to allow the 71-year-old incumbent to be chosen for another term. JOC bylaws state that candidates must be under the age of 70 to be elected to a JOC post.

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Olympic gold medalist Takahashi's shoes go to Olympic Museum

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Japanese Olympic Committee Chef de Mission Yushiro Yagi (C) and International Olympic Committee member Chiharu Igaya (R) present the running shoes of Japan's Naoko Takahashi, gold medalist in the Sydney Olympic marathon, to Olympic Museum curator Jean-Francois Pahud on Dec. 13 in Lausanne.

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JOC head happy with Japan's performance at Sydney Olympics

SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney Olympics women's marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (R) and Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi (3rd from R) meet the press on Sept. 30. Yagi said he gives Japanese athletes a passing grade of 80 points out of 100 on the whole. Japan garnered five gold, eight silver and five bronze medals as of Sept. 29, surpassing its tally of 3-6-5 at the Atlanta Games four years ago. The Sydney Olympics are drawing to an end with the Oct. 1 closing ceremony after a 17-day run.

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JOC chief Yagi presented with bouquets

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese Olympic Committee President Yushiro Yagi (R) is presented with bouquets by local elementary school children in a welcoming ceremony outside Sydney international airport on Sept. 9 after the Japanese delegates to the 2000 Olympic Games, headed by Yagi, arrived at the airport.

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Japan captain Sugiura steps forward to pledge

TOKYO, Japan - Amateur baseball pitcher Masanori Sugiura (C) steps forward to pledge Japan's best efforts at the 2000 Olympic Games next month in Sydney as the 439-member Japanese Olympic delegation is formally launched in ceremonies Aug. 27. World champion judoka Kosei Inoue (R) holds the flag with Japanese Olympic Committee President Yushiro Yagi on the left.

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JOC chief Yagi apologizes for racist remark

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee chief Yushiro Yagi (in this file photo) apologizes April 11 for offensive comments he made about African athletes after Kenyan and Ethiopian runners won the April 9 Nagano Marathon races. Yagi, who had said ''I can't stand losing out to blacks,'' explained his remark was ''in no way meant to be a racial slur and in no way reflect my own views or the views of the JOC.'' Kenyan runner Erik Wainaina won the men's marathon, while Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia won the women's version of the Nagano Olympic memorial event.

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Yagi informally named new JOC chief

A five-man selection committee of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), in a meeting Wednesday Feb. 24, informally names Yushiro Yagi (R) to succeed outgoing JOC President Hironoshin Furuhashi (2nd from L). The appointment of Yagi, currently JOC secretary general, will be made formal before Furuhashi's retirement at the end of March.

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JOC says 9 IOC members violated bid rules

Yushiro Yagi, secretary general of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and chief of JOC's panel investigating Nagano's bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics, speaks at a news conference Feb. 12 after his panel worked out a report to be sent to the Geneva-based International Olympic Committee (IOC). He said the report will name nine IOC members who violated guidelines designed to limit excessive spending on bid activities.

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Takeda accepts post as JOC president

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunekazu Takeda (file photo) on Oct. 19 agreed to become Japanese Olympic Committee president. The 53-year-old Takeda, who is a vice president of the Japan Equestrian Federation and the International Equestrian Federation, will succeed Yushiro Yagi, who died early last month.

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JOC president Yagi dies after collapsing in sauna

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi (file photo) died Sept. 9 after collapsing in a sauna at an Osaka hotel. He was 72. Yagi visited Osaka to attend a meeting Sept. 10 on the disbanding of the Osaka bid committee for the 2008 Olympics, following an International Olympic Committee decision in July to hold the games in Beijing.

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Japan captain Sugiura steps forward to pledge

TOKYO, Japan - Amateur baseball pitcher Masanori Sugiura (C) steps forward to pledge Japan's best efforts at the 2000 Olympic Games next month in Sydney as the 439-member Japanese Olympic delegation is formally launched in ceremonies Aug. 27. World champion judoka Kosei Inoue (R) holds the flag with Japanese Olympic Committee President Yushiro Yagi on the left.

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Takeda elected new JOC president

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunekazu Takeda, an executive board member of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), is elected new JOC president at an extraordinary meeting of its board members in Tokyo on Oct. 24. Takeda's tenure will run to March 2003 as he finishes out the term of his predecessor Yushiro Yagi who died in September.

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Yagi mourned by Osaka bid committee members

OSAKA, Japan - Directors of the Osaka bid committee for the 2008 Olympics offer a silent prayer in Osaka on Sept. 10 for Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi, who died Sept. 9 after collapsing in a sauna at an Osaka hotel. Yagi was to sit where the flowers are placed at a meeting to disband the bid committee following an International Olympic Committee decision in July to hold the games in Beijing.

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Hospitalized JOC president to give address at EAG opening

OSAKA, Japan - Yushiro Yagi (file photo), president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) who was hospitalized late Friday night after saying he did not feel well, indicates May 19 that he plans to take part in the opening ceremony of the nine-day East Asian Games to kick off in Osaka later in the day.

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Yagi reelected JOC president

TOKYO, Japan - Yushiro Yagi speaks at a news conference March 22 following his reelection as president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC). His election came after an exception was made to allow the 71-year-old incumbent to be chosen for another term. JOC bylaws state that candidates must be under the age of 70 to be elected to a JOC post.

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JOC head happy with Japan's performance at Sydney Olympics

SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney Olympics women's marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (R) and Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi (3rd from R) meet the press on Sept. 30. Yagi said he gives Japanese athletes a passing grade of 80 points out of 100 on the whole. Japan garnered five gold, eight silver and five bronze medals as of Sept. 29, surpassing its tally of 3-6-5 at the Atlanta Games four years ago. The Sydney Olympics are drawing to an end with the Oct. 1 closing ceremony after a 17-day run.

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JOC chief Yagi presented with bouquets

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese Olympic Committee President Yushiro Yagi (R) is presented with bouquets by local elementary school children in a welcoming ceremony outside Sydney international airport on Sept. 9 after the Japanese delegates to the 2000 Olympic Games, headed by Yagi, arrived at the airport.

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JOC chief Yagi apologizes for racist remark

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee chief Yushiro Yagi (in this file photo) apologizes April 11 for offensive comments he made about African athletes after Kenyan and Ethiopian runners won the April 9 Nagano Marathon races. Yagi, who had said ''I can't stand losing out to blacks,'' explained his remark was ''in no way meant to be a racial slur and in no way reflect my own views or the views of the JOC.'' Kenyan runner Erik Wainaina won the men's marathon, while Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia won the women's version of the Nagano Olympic memorial event.

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Osaka submits candidacy to host 2008 Olympics to JOC

TOKYO, Japan - Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura (L) submits the city's candidacy to hold the 2008 Summer Olympics to Yushiro Yagi, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), in Tokyo on Jan. 25. Upon receiving the candidacy, the JOC informed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of Osaka's bid by fax the same day. Documents will also be sent to the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, the JOC said.

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Yagi informally named new JOC chief

A five-man selection committee of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), in a meeting Wednesday Feb. 24, informally names Yushiro Yagi (R) to succeed outgoing JOC President Hironoshin Furuhashi (2nd from L). The appointment of Yagi, currently JOC secretary general, will be made formal before Furuhashi's retirement at the end of March.

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JOC says 9 IOC members violated bid rules

Yushiro Yagi, secretary general of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and chief of JOC's panel investigating Nagano's bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics, speaks at a news conference Feb. 12 after his panel worked out a report to be sent to the Geneva-based International Olympic Committee (IOC). He said the report will name nine IOC members who violated guidelines designed to limit excessive spending on bid activities. ==Kyodo