DPJ official day after election loss

DPJ official day after election loss

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, is surrounded by reporters at the party headquarters in Tokyo on July 22, 2013, the day after the party suffered a huge election loss. In the House of Councillors election, the DPJ won just 17 seats, the fewest since the party was established in 1998.

DPJ leader day after election loss

DPJ leader day after election loss

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, gets into an elevator to leave the party headquarters in Tokyo on July 22, 2013, the day after the party suffered a huge election loss. In the House of Councillors election, the DPJ won just 17 seats, the fewest since the party was established in 1998.

Sumo applicant

Sumo applicant

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster and former yokozuna Takanohana (R) measures the height of a Nippon Sport Science University senior at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium on March 5, 2011. Sumo drew the fewest new recruits ever in light of a match fixing scandal as the Japan Sumo Association tested just 36 applicants the same day.

Ioka crowned WBC minimumweight champ

Ioka crowned WBC minimumweight champ

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Kazuto Ioka waves to the crowd after a historic win over Oleydong Sithsamerchai of Thailand and being crowned WBC minimumweight champion at Kobe World Memorial Hall in western Japan on Feb. 11, 2011. Victory for 10th-ranked Ioka saw him set the Japanese record for winning a world title in the fewest number of fights -- seven.

Russia's Sochi to host 2014 Winter Olympics

Russia's Sochi to host 2014 Winter Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Primary school students in South Korea's Pyeongchang show disappointment July 5 after the International Olympic Committee named the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi as the host of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Pyeongchang was beaten by Sochi in the final round of voting by 51-47 at an IOC assembly after Austria's Salzburg was eliminated in the first round as it got the fewest votes.

Russia's Sochi to host 2014 Winter Olympics

Russia's Sochi to host 2014 Winter Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Residents in South Korea's Pyeongchang are seen disappointed July 5 after the International Olympic Committee named the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi as the host of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Pyeongchang was beaten by Sochi in the final round of voting by 51-47 at an IOC assembly in Guatemala after Austria's Salzburg was eliminated in the first round as it got the fewest votes.

Russia's Sochi to host 2014 Winter Olympics

Russia's Sochi to host 2014 Winter Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Residents in South Korea's Pyeongchang are seen disappointed July 5 after the International Olympic Committee named the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi as the host of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Pyeongchang was beaten by Sochi in the final round of voting by 51-47 at an IOC assembly in Guatemala after Austria's Salzburg was eliminated in the first round as it got the fewest votes. (Kyodo)

Russia's Sochi to host 2014 Winter Olympics

Russia's Sochi to host 2014 Winter Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Primary school students in South Korea's Pyeongchang show disappointment July 5 after the International Olympic Committee named the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi as the host of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Pyeongchang was beaten by Sochi in the final round of voting by 51-47 at an IOC assembly after Austria's Salzburg was eliminated in the first round as it got the fewest votes. (Kyodo)

English paper says Japan's rugby team cleanest at World Cup

English paper says Japan's rugby team cleanest at World Cup

The Rugby Paper of England says on Oct. 18, 2015, the Japanese squad at the Rugby World Cup in England was the cleanest and most disciplined with the fewest fouls. The photo taken in Brighton on Sept. 19 shows Japan's Kosei Ono (bottom) tackling a South African player with Michael Leitch (back) and Fumiaki Tanaka (9). Japan earned an upset win in the game. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ioka crowned WBC minimumweight champ

Ioka crowned WBC minimumweight champ

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Kazuto Ioka waves to the crowd after a historic win over Oleydong Sithsamerchai of Thailand and being crowned WBC minimumweight champion at Kobe World Memorial Hall in western Japan on Feb. 11, 2011. Victory for 10th-ranked Ioka saw him set the Japanese record for winning a world title in the fewest number of fights -- seven. (Kyodo)

Sumo applicant

Sumo applicant

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster and former yokozuna Takanohana (R) measures the height of a Nippon Sport Science University senior at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium on March 5, 2011. Sumo drew the fewest new recruits ever in light of a match fixing scandal as the Japan Sumo Association tested just 36 applicants the same day. (Kyodo)

Tokyo assembly election shows tide turning for Koike, against LDP

Tokyo assembly election shows tide turning for Koike, against LDP

Hakubun Shimomura (C), who heads the Liberal Democratic Party's Tokyo chapter, sits in front of the metropolitan assembly election results board at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 2, 2017. The LDP, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, saw the number of its seats in the assembly cut to the fewest ever. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo