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Japanese actress, singer Miho Nakayama

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 12 Kyodo - Japanese actress and singer Miho Nakayama (R) shakes hands with actress Kumiko Goto during a press conference for the TV drama series "Mama wa Idol (Mama is an Idol)," in which they both starred, at a Tokyo hotel on March 9, 1987.

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Japanese actress Kumiko Goto

Photo taken on July 11, 1987, shows Japanese actress Kumiko Goto.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Kumiko Okada (R) and Germany's Saskia Feige (L) compete in the marathon race walk mixed relay at the Paris Olympics at the Trocadero in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024.

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Baseball: Ohtani and Nootbaar in Miami

Photo taken on March 21, 2023, shows Japan World Baseball Classic players Lars Nootbaar (L) and Shohei Ohtani (2nd from R) and Nootbaar's parents Kumiko (2nd from L) and Charlie posing for a photo in Miami, Florida.

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World Baseball Classic

Japan national baseball team member Lars Nootbaar's mother Kumiko meets the press ahead of the team's World Baseball Classic Pool B opener against China at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 9, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Japan national baseball team member Lars Nootbaar's mother Kumiko meets the press ahead of the team's World Baseball Classic Pool B opener against China at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 9, 2023.

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PM Abe's wife performs "naginata" demonstration

TOKYO, Japan - Akie Abe (L), wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Kumiko Hashimoto, widow of former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, perform a demonstration of "naginata," a Japanese martial art using a long wooden sword with a curved blade, at a Japan-Russia martial arts exchange event on Oct. 4, 2014, in Tokyo.

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Ikehara wins WBO minimumweight title

OSAKA, Japan - Kumiko Seeser Ikehara (R) throws a punch at Gretchen Abaniel of the Philippines to win the WBO minimumweight title. Ikehara defeated Abaniel by split decision to claim her first world championship.

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Ballerina Ishii

MOSCOW, Russia - File photo shows Japanese ballerina Kumiko Ishii, who will join the Mariinsky Ballet in Russia and make her debut on stage in the fall of 2013.

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Japan pavilion wins top award at Venice architecture exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) architect Toyoo Ito, photographer Naoya Hatakeyama, and architects Kumiko Inui, Akihisa Hirata and Sosuke Fujimoto, are pictured with the Golden Lion trophy at the award ceremony for the 13th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in Venice on Aug. 29, 2012, where the Japan pavilion won top prize. Ito, commissioner of the pavilion, exhibited along with other architects the process of designing "Home for All" places where survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan gather to eat, drink and talk. Hatakeyama displayed photos of disaster-hit areas.

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Kaneda earns 1st career win at Fujisankei Ladies

ITO, Japan - Kumiko Kaneda raises the winner's plate at the Kawana Hotel Golf Course in Shizuoka Prefecture on April 24, 2011, after capturing the Fujisankei Ladies Classic title, her first career Japan LPGA Tour victory. Kaneda shot a total of 5-under 211 in the tournament.

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Kaneda earns 1st career win at Fujisankei Ladies

ITO, Japan - Kumiko Kaneda tees off on the 14th hole during the Fujisankei Ladies Classic at the Kawana Hotel Golf Course in Shizuoka Prefecture on April 24, 2011. Kaneda captured her first career Japan LPGA Tour victory by winning the tournament.

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Sugimoto captures 1st judo nat'l title

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Double world champion Mika Sugimoto holds the trophy after she scored an ippon against Kumiko Hagiwara in the open weight category final to claim her first crown at the women's national championship at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama on April 17, 2011.

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New faces in Japan's New Year's Eve TV music show

TOKYO, Japan - Singers selected for the first time to perform at the ''Kohaku Uta Gassen,'' New Year's Eve TV music extravaganza -- Kana Nishino (3rd from R in front), Kana Uemura (2nd from R in front), Kumiko (R front) and members of AAA (three in left and back) -- pose as NHK announced the lineup of performers for the program in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2010.

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Ogura of 'Ogu-Shio' doubles fame to retire

Osaka, Japan - Badminton player Kumiko Ogura of the ''Ogu-Shio'' doubles pair, is temporarily lost for words during a press conference to announce her retirement in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010. The 26-year old partnered Reiko Shiota to five consecutive national championships, and helped popularize badminton in Japan.

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Ogura of 'Ogu-Shio' doubles fame to retire

Osaka, Japan - Badminton player Kumiko Ogura of the ''Ogu-Shio'' doubles pair, is temporarily lost for words during a press conference to announce her retirement in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010. The 26-year old partnered Reiko Shiota to five consecutive national championships, and helped popularize badminton in Japan.

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Ogura of 'Ogu-Shio' doubles fame to retire

Osaka, Japan - Badminton player Kumiko Ogura of the ''Ogu-Shio'' doubles pair holds a press conference to announce her retirement in Osaka on Jan. 12, 2010. The 26-year old partnered Reiko Shiota to five consecutive national championships and helped popularize badminton in Japan.

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'Charismatic' saleswoman on Yamagata Shinkansen enjoys brisk sales

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Moki, in this photo taken May 18, is known as a ''charismatic sales staffer'' on the JR Yamagata Shinkansen Line for her record-high sales and unique methods.

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Tokyo stocks rise on final day, but suffer record loss

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese badminton pair Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota ring the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30. Tokyo stocks rose in the year's final, half-day session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2008 with its steepest one-year percentage drop of 42.1 percent, reflecting investor sentiment battered by a string of macroeconomic and corporate woes.

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'Ogu-Shio' doubles pair victorious at national c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Ogura (L) and partner Reiko Shiota hold trophies after claiming their fifth consecutive women's doubles title in their final match together at the badminton national championships at Yoyogi gymnasium on Nov. 16.

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Japan's badminton pair defeated by Chinese duo at Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's badminton pair of Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota (2nd from L) succumbed to a series of powerful smashes by second-seeded Chinese duo Du Jing and Yu Yang (R side) in a quarterfinal match of the 2008 Beijing Olympics at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on Aug. 11.

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Japan's badminton pair defeated by Chinese duo at Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's badminton pair of Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota succumbed 21-8, 21-5 to a series of powerful smashes by second-seeded Chinese duo Du Jing and Yu Yang in a quarterfinal match of the 2008 Beijing Olympics at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on Aug. 11.

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Interpellations at House of Councillors

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura (R to L, back row) listen from the government bench as Kumiko Aihara of the Democratic Party of Japan questions the government during a plenary session of the House of Councillors on Oct. 5.

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Tsukada wins 6th straight at women's judo national c'ship

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic champion Maki Tsukada raises her fingers to indicate the number of victories she won after defeating Kumiko Horie in the final to win her sixth straight title at the women's open-weight judo national championship in Tokyo on April 22.

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Tsukada wins 6th straight at women's judo national c'ship

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic champion Maki Tsukada subdues Kumiko Horie in the final to win her sixth straight title at the women's open-weight judo national championship in Tokyo on April 22.

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Two women players lead popularity of badminton in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Reiko Shiota (L) and Kumiko Ogura won the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, last December.

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Ikeda wins gold in women's long-jump at Asian Games

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Kumiko Ikeda responds to cheers from spectators for her victory in the women's long-jump at the Asian Games on Dec. 10. Ikeda leapt 6.81 to win over India's Anju Bobby George who took silver with 6.52

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Funeral for ex-Premier Hashimoto held

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Hashimoto, widow of late Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, holds her husband's mortuary tablet as she is driven off from a Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Takanawa district on July 3.

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Ikeda sets national mark in women's long jump

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kumiko Ikeda wins the women's long jump with 6.86 meters, a national record, at the IAAF Grand Prix Osaka meet at Nagai Stadium on May 6. She bettered the five-year-old national mark held by Maho Hanaoka by 0.04.

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Japan 4-for-4 on opening day of Fukuoka Int'l meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's four gold medalists at the Fukuoka international women's judo meet -- (from L) Mai Tateyama, Kumiko Horie, Asuka Oka and Honami Yoshizawa -- pose with their medals at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Dec. 10.

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2 babies born at reopened clinic in quake-hit Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Two women have given birth at a freshly reopened maternity clinic in Ojiya, one of the communities in Niigata Prefecture worst hit by the devastating earthquakes of Oct. 23. Kumiko Suzuki (L), a 30-year-old local government employee in the town of Oguni, gave birth to a boy on Nov. 5 while Izumi Wada, a 29-year-old housewife in the town of Koshiji, gave birth to a girl two days later.

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(5)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) Kumiko Kato, Toshiko Sonoda, Sachiko Hatano, Toshiaki Tamai, (from L to R, bottom) Toshiyuki Adachi, Junko Imazu, Yoshinori Kimoto and Koji Wada.

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Couple weds at World Cup stadium

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Atsushi Takeda, a soccer enthusiast, and his wife Kumiko gets congratulations from friends at their wedding ceremony held Dec. 22 at International Stadium Yokohama, the venue of the 2002 FIFA World Cup final between Brazil and German. They are the first couple to wed at the stadium, which has begun hosting wedding ceremonies twice a month for a basic fee of 250,000 yen.

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China's Li meets Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Li Peng (2nd from R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, and his wife Zhu Lin meet former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (2nd from L) and his wife Kumiko (L) at the state guest house in Tokyo on April 4.

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Hashimoto arrives in Birmingham

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R), accompanied by his wife Kumiko, removes his overcoat on arrival at Birmingham, England, on May 14. Hashimoto is in the central England city to attend the annual G-8 summit scheduled for May 15-17.

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France's Statue of Liberty lit

France's Statue of Liberty is lit up in Tokyo's Odaiba Kaihin Park on April 28, by Leo Bazi from France (Far R) and Keiko Shimizu from Japan, both 10, as dignitaries applaud. From left are French President Jacques Chirac, Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife Princess Masako, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and his wife Kumiko.

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Hashimoto leaves for London to attend ASEM

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, along with his wife Kumiko, leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport for London on April 2 to attend the April 3-4 summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which will also be participated in by leaders of the European Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, South Korea and China.

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President Otsuka of Otsuka Furniture (left) and Chairman Yamada of Yamada Denki shake hands.

Yamada Electric will acquire 51.74% of Otsuka Furniture's shares for 4.374 billion yen on March 30, following a third-party allocation of new shares by Otsuka Furniture. Kumiko Otsuka, president of Otsuka Furniture, announced that she would continue to serve as president, saying, "It is the responsibility of the management team to accomplish this. He said that the gross profit margin of Otsuka Furniture's products is high, and he expects the company to become profitable if sales increase by 10%. President Otsuka expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "Now that the store shrinkage has run its course, we will increase sales at existing stores. Yamada is strengthening sales of products closely related to home appliances, such as houses, and by making Otsuka Furniture a subsidiary, it will also get furniture. December 12, 2019, photo credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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China's Li meets Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Li Peng (2nd from R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, and his wife Zhu Lin meet former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (2nd from L) and his wife Kumiko (L) at the state guest house in Tokyo on April 4.

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Japan 4-for-4 on opening day of Fukuoka Int'l meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's four gold medalists at the Fukuoka international women's judo meet -- (from L) Mai Tateyama, Kumiko Horie, Asuka Oka and Honami Yoshizawa -- pose with their medals at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Dec. 10. (Kyodo)

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Ikeda sets national mark in women's long jump

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kumiko Ikeda wins the women's long jump with 6.86 meters, a national record, at the IAAF Grand Prix Osaka meet at Nagai Stadium on May 6. She bettered the five-year-old national mark held by Maho Hanaoka by 0.04. (Kyodo)

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Funeral for ex-Premier Hashimoto held

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Hashimoto, widow of late Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, holds her husband's mortuary tablet as she is driven off from a Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Takanawa district on July 3. (Kyodo)

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Tsukada wins 6th straight at women's judo national c'ship

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic champion Maki Tsukada raises her fingers to indicate the number of victories she won after defeating Kumiko Horie in the final to win her sixth straight title at the women's open-weight judo national championship in Tokyo on April 22. (Kyodo)

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Tsukada wins 6th straight at women's judo national c'ship

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic champion Maki Tsukada subdues Kumiko Horie in the final to win her sixth straight title at the women's open-weight judo national championship in Tokyo on April 22. (Kyodo)

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Interpellations at House of Councillors

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura (R to L, back row) listen from the government bench as Kumiko Aihara of the Democratic Party of Japan questions the government during a plenary session of the House of Councillors on Oct. 5. (Kyodo)

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'Ogu-Shio' doubles pair victorious at national c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Kumiko Ogura (L) and partner Reiko Shiota hold trophies after claiming their fifth consecutive women's doubles title in their final match together at the badminton national championships at Yoyogi gymnasium on Nov. 16. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks rise on final day, but suffer record loss

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese badminton pair Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota ring the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30. Tokyo stocks rose in the year's final, half-day session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2008 with its steepest one-year percentage drop of 42.1 percent, reflecting investor sentiment battered by a string of macroeconomic and corporate woes. (Kyodo)

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Yeltsins and Hashimotos share pr

Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his wife Naina (left-hand side of the table) share a laugh with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and his wife Kumiko during luncheon at the seaside Kawana resort on eastern Izu Peninsula April 19. Hashimoto hosted the private luncheon after the two leaders wound up two days of ''no necktie'' summit there.

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France's Statue of Liberty lit

France's Statue of Liberty is lit up in Tokyo's Odaiba Kaihin Park on April 28, by Leo Bazi from France (Far R) and Keiko Shimizu from Japan, both 10, as dignitaries applaud. From left are French President Jacques Chirac, Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife Princess Masako, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and his wife Kumiko.

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(5)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) Kumiko Kato, Toshiko Sonoda, Sachiko Hatano, Toshiaki Tamai, (from L to R, bottom) Toshiyuki Adachi, Junko Imazu, Yoshinori Kimoto and Koji Wada. (Kyodo)