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Sumo: Hiradoumi

Sumo wrestler Hiradoumi holds up the banzuke ranking sheet for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at the lodgings of his Sakaigawa stable in Fuso, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, on July 1, 2024, after earning the fourth-highest rank of komusubi from the Japan Sumo Association in its latest rankings released the same day.

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Social Democratic Party's Yoshida in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Tadatomo Yoshida, leader of Japan's Social Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, on June 24, 2014, after holding talks with Yu Zheng Sheng, China's fourth-highest ranking Communist Party member.

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China's 4th-ranked politician meets Japan's SDP head

BEIJING, China - China's fourth-highest ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng (R) meets with Japan's Social Democratic Party head Tadatomo Yoshida on June 24, 2014, in Beijing. The meeting was held at a time when the two countries are struggling to mend relations badly frayed over territorial and historical issues. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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China's 4th-ranked politician meets Japan's SDP head

BEIJING, China - China's fourth-highest ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng (R) meets with Japan's Social Democratic Party head Tadatomo Yoshida on June 24, 2014, in Beijing. The meeting was held at a time when the two countries are struggling to mend relations badly frayed over territorial and historical issues. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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(1)Foreign young guns moving up for spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu (L) holds up a sumo ranking list for the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with his stable master Sadogatake sitting next to him in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 28. Kotooshu was promoted to sumo's fourth-highest rank komusubi in the new list.

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China's leader Li Ruihuan visits Toyota's factory

FUKUOKA, Japan - Li Ruihuan (C), the fourth-highest ranking official of the Chinese Communist Party, listens to an explanation about an auto assembly line at Toyota Motor Corp.'s plant in Miyata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 13. Li, chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference, arrived in Japan on Dec. 8 and will stay until Dec. 16.

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(1)Foreign young guns moving up for spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu (L) holds up a sumo ranking list for the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with his stable master Sadogatake sitting next to him in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 28. Kotooshu was promoted to sumo's fourth-highest rank komusubi in the new list. (Kyodo)

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China's No.4 man greets Japanese ruling party delegation in Beijing

Yu Zhengsheng (R), chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the country's fourth highest-ranking leader, shakes hands with Takeshi Noda, a veteran lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 29, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese minister meets with China's 4th-ranked leader

Former Japanese home affairs minister Takeshi Noda (L) shakes hands with Yu Zhengsheng, the fourth-highest ranking member of the Communist Party of China, ahead of their talks at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 29, 2015. During their meeting, Yu said the two countries' relations are improving. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese minister meets with China's 4th-ranked leader

Former Japanese home affairs minister Takeshi Noda (far L) and Yu Zhengsheng (far R), the fourth-highest ranking member of the Communist Party of China, hold talks at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 29, 2015. During their meeting, Yu said the two countries' relations are improving. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's top political adviser urges Japan to admit wartime mistakes

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (far L) and China's fourth highest-ranking leader Yu Zhengsheng (far R) hold talks in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on May 8, 2015. In the meeting, Yu said that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to more readily admit Tokyo's wartime mistakes. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's top political adviser urges Japan to admit wartime mistakes

Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga speaks at a press conference in Beijing on May 8, 2015, after a meeting with China's fourth highest-ranking leader Yu Zhengsheng. Nukaga, head of a group of Japanese ruling party lawmakers who attended the talks, said Yu is "discontent" with speeches Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered last month in Jakarta and the U.S. Congress as they did not touch much on Japan's past militarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China to publish records of Japan's past militarism for war anniv.

Yu Zhengsheng, the fourth-highest ranking member of China's Communist Party, addresses an annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing on March 3, 2015. Yu said China will collect and publish historical records of Japan's past militarism as part of its commemoration this year of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Li Xiaolin, president of China's friendship association

Photo shows Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and daughter of former Chinese President Li Xiannian. She was at a meeting held by former Japanese home affairs minister Takeshi Noda and Yu Zhengsheng, the fourth-highest ranking member of the Communist Party of China, in June 2015 in Beijing and separately held talks with Noda during his visit to China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Social Democratic Party's Yoshida in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Tadatomo Yoshida, leader of Japan's Social Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, on June 24, 2014, after holding talks with Yu Zheng Sheng, China's fourth-highest ranking Communist Party member. (Kyodo)

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China's 4th-ranked politician meets Japan's SDP head

BEIJING, China - China's fourth-highest ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng (R) meets with Japan's Social Democratic Party head Tadatomo Yoshida on June 24, 2014, in Beijing. The meeting was held at a time when the two countries are struggling to mend relations badly frayed over territorial and historical issues. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)(Kyodo)

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China's No. 4 leader meets ex-Japan lower house speaker

Yu Zhengsheng (R), China's fourth-highest ranking leader, meets with former Japanese lower house speaker Yohei Kono in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Sept. 8, 2017, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's No. 4 leader meets ex-Japan lower house speaker

Yu Zhengsheng (R), China's fourth-highest ranking leader, meets with former Japanese lower house speaker Yohei Kono in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Sept. 8, 2017, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker meets China's No. 4 leader

Takeo Kawamura (L), a Japanese lawmaker close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meets with Yu Zhengsheng, China's fourth-highest ranking leader, in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2016. It was the highest political contact between the two countries since tensions suddenly escalated again in the month over a group of small islands in the East China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker meets China's No. 4 leader

Takeo Kawamura (L), a Japanese lawmaker close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meets with Yu Zhengsheng, China's fourth-highest ranking leader, in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2016. It was the highest political contact between the two countries since tensions suddenly escalated again in the month over a group of small islands in the East China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's leader Li Ruihuan visits Toyota's factory

FUKUOKA, Japan - Li Ruihuan (C), the fourth-highest ranking official of the Chinese Communist Party, listens to an explanation about an auto assembly line at Toyota Motor Corp.'s plant in Miyata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 13. Li, chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference, arrived in Japan on Dec. 8 and will stay until Dec. 16.