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China friendship ass'n chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2012. Li aired concerns over Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's policy of buying the disputed Senkaku Islands from their owner, saying a bilateral territorial row only damages public sentiment in the two countries.

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Medical ass'n chief

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitake Yokokura speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2012, after winning election as president of the Japan Medical Association, an outcome expected to alter the politics of the politically influential organization.

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Hakuho says feels regret over sumo ass'n Emperor's Cup decision

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho speaks to reporters after practice in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 8, 2010. Hakuho said he feels regret as the Japan Sumo Association has decided not to present the Emperor's Cup in a ceremony to congratulate the winner of the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament because of a gambling scandal.

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Japan doctors ass'n picks pro-DPJ head

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuyuki Haranaka, new chief of the Japan Medical Association, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2010. The head of the Ibaraki Medical Association, a supporter of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, was elected to the post the same day beating the predecessor who backed the opposition Liberal Democratic Party.

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Furuta speaks at FCCJ, ass'n to continue the fight

TOKYO, Japan - Professional baseball players' association president Atsuya Furuta responds to questions Sept. 2 at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. He said the association will continue its fight against the merger of the Kintetsu Buffloes and Orix BlueWave and switching to one league from the current two-league format.

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Uematsu elected head of nat'l doctors ass'n

TOKYO, Japan - Haruo Uematsu, an Osaka doctor and critic of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's medical reform drive, has become president of the Japan Medical Association.

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Ex-bar ass'n, RCC president Nakabo to resign from bar

OSAKA, Japan - Kohei Nakabo, former Japan Federation of Bar Associations president and former Resolution and Collection Corp. (RCC) chief, speaks to reporters in Osaka on Oct. 10 about his intention to quit as a lawyer.

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Oita soy ass'n applies to Guinness for largest barrel

USUKI, Japan - A soy sauce association in Kyushu, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 13 submitted an application with the Guinness World Records book, saying it has built the world's largest wooden barrel (right in photo) for brewing purposes. Officials of the Oita soy sauce cooperative association said their Canadian white-cedar barrel measures about 9 meters both in diameter and height and weighs 45 tons, with a cubic capacity of 540 kiloliters.

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5 aquariums may quit Japan ass'n to keep acquiring Taiji dolphins

Photo taken May 20, 2015, shows dolphins at the Taiji Whale Museum in the town of Taiji in western Japan. Five of 34 Japanese aquariums that have dolphins are considering leaving the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums following its decision in the previous week to prohibit members from obtaining dolphins caught in drive hunts off Taiji, a Kyodo News survey showed May 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-welfare ass'n official held on suspicion of embezzlement

OSAKA, Japan - Sadao Sotome, a former senior official at a government-authorized welfare association supporting mentally handicapped people, hides his face while arriving at JR Shin-Osaka Station from Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 24, 2009. Sotome was later arrested on suspicion of pocketing about 10 million yen from the body's coffers. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho says feels regret over sumo ass'n Emperor's Cup decision

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho speaks to reporters after practice in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 8, 2010. Hakuho said he feels regret as the Japan Sumo Association has decided not to present the Emperor's Cup in a ceremony to congratulate the winner of the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament because of a gambling scandal. (Kyodo)

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China friendship ass'n chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2012. Li aired concerns over Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's policy of buying the disputed Senkaku Islands from their owner, saying a bilateral territorial row only damages public sentiment in the two countries. (Kyodo)

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Medical ass'n chief

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitake Yokokura speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2012, after winning election as president of the Japan Medical Association, an outcome expected to alter the politics of the politically influential organization. (Kyodo)

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Japan doctors ass'n picks pro-DPJ head

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuyuki Haranaka, new chief of the Japan Medical Association, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2010. The head of the Ibaraki Medical Association, a supporter of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, was elected to the post the same day beating the predecessor who backed the opposition Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

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Uematsu elected head of nat'l doctors ass'n

TOKYO, Japan - Haruo Uematsu, an Osaka doctor and critic of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's medical reform drive, has become president of the Japan Medical Association. (Kyodo)

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Ex-bar ass'n, RCC president Nakabo to resign from bar

OSAKA, Japan - Kohei Nakabo, former Japan Federation of Bar Associations president and former Resolution and Collection Corp. (RCC) chief, speaks to reporters in Osaka on Oct. 10 about his intention to quit as a lawyer. (Kyodo)

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Oita soy ass'n applies to Guinness for largest barrel

USUKI, Japan - A soy sauce association in Kyushu, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 13 submitted an application with the Guinness World Records book, saying it has built the world's largest wooden barrel (right in photo) for brewing purposes. Officials of the Oita soy sauce cooperative association said their Canadian white-cedar barrel measures about 9 meters both in diameter and height and weighs 45 tons, with a cubic capacity of 540 kiloliters. (Kyodo)

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Sumo ass'n chief meets press

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo elder Tokitsukaze meets with reporters at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 31 after being elected to his second two-year term as chairman of the Japan Sumo Association.