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100th day since death of Prince Katsura observed

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Akiko performs the role of chief mourner at a Tokyo cemetery on Sept. 15, 2014, in a ceremony marking the first 100 days since the death of her uncle Prince Katsura on June 8. She offered a "sakaki" tree branch decorated with strips of "washi" Japanese paper at his grave at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery.

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Ex-police official indicted over stampede under new inquest system

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuaki Sakaki (file photo), former deputy chief of the Akashi Police Station, is indicted on April 20, 2010, for allegedly failing to prevent a fatal stampede in 2001 in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, becoming the first person to be brought to trial under a new prosecution inquest system.

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Japan's Akira Sakaki sprays champagne in celebration after the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing men's slalom on Mt Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on March 10. Sasaki came in second after Winter Olympic double gold medalist Benjamin Raich of Austria.

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Japan's Akira Sakaki races during the second run of the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing men's slalom on Mt Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on March 10. Sasaki finished second behind Austria's Benjamin Raich, equaling a best ever showing by a Japanese skier at a World Cup event.

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Mariners' Sasaki notches season's 8th save against Royals

KANSAS CITY, United States - Seattle Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki pitches in the ninth inning of a game against the Kansas City Royal at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on May 28. Sakaki marked his eighth save of this season as the Mariners won 5-2. (MLB)

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Decoding sequence of human genome completed

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sakaki (L), Japanese director of a project to decode the sequence of the human genome, presents Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi with a set of CD-ROMs recording a map of the human genome at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 14. The leaders of six countries -- Japan, the United States, Britain, France, Germany and China -- issued a joint statement marking the completion of decoding of the human genome.

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Human genome to be fully mapped by April: int'l group

TOKYO, Japan - Francis Collins (L), a scientist at the National Institute of Health of the Untied States, and Yoshiyuki Sakaki, a project director for the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken), speak Aug. 29 at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo about the progress in international research on the sequence of the human genome.

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Mariners' Sasaki posts season's 43rd save

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki delivers against the Oakland Athletics in the ninth inning at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 28. Sakaki marked his 43rd save of the season as the Mariners won 5-3. (MLB)

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Japanese, German research team sequences human chromosome 21

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyoshi Shimizu (L), professor of molecular biology at Keio University's School of Medicine, and Yoshiyuki Sakaki (R), professor at the University of Tokyo, speak at a news conference May 8. They said they and German scientists have decoded the DNA sequence of a human chromosome that contains genes causing Downs syndrome, Alzheimer, leukemia and other genetic disorders.

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Japan's Akira Sakaki races during the second run of the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing men's slalom on Mt Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on March 10. Sasaki finished second behind Austria's Benjamin Raich, equaling a best ever showing by a Japanese skier at a World Cup event. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Raich wins World Cup slalom, Sasaki 2nd

SHIGA KOGEN, Japan - Japan's Akira Sakaki sprays champagne in celebration after the FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing men's slalom on Mt Yakebitai in Shiga Kogen, central Japan, on March 10. Sasaki came in second after Winter Olympic double gold medalist Benjamin Raich of Austria. (Kyodo)

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Mariners' Sasaki posts season's 43rd save

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki delivers against the Oakland Athletics in the ninth inning at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 28. Sakaki marked his 43rd save of the season as the Mariners won 5-3. (MLB)

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Japanese, German research team sequences human chromosome 21

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyoshi Shimizu (L), professor of molecular biology at Keio University's School of Medicine, and Yoshiyuki Sakaki (R), professor at the University of Tokyo, speak at a news conference May 8. They said they and German scientists have decoded the DNA sequence of a human chromosome that contains genes causing Downs syndrome, Alzheimer, leukemia and other genetic disorders.

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Mariners' Sasaki notches season's 8th save against Royals

KANSAS CITY, United States - Seattle Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki pitches in the ninth inning of a game against the Kansas City Royal at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on May 28. Sakaki marked his eighth save of this season as the Mariners won 5-2. (MLB)(Kyodo)

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Seller of household altars

The kamidana (mini-shrine) for ordinary households became popular in the modern era. It coincides with the butsudan (mini Buddhist altar within the household). Usually, the ancestor deities are worshipped in the mini-shrine with an amulet from Ise Shrine, and a sakaki is placed with the omiki (sake for the Gods) and food offerings. At the December market, the mini-shrine vendor opened a shop, and people bought new ones to replace the old for New Year's.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐54‐0]

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Ex-police official indicted over stampede under new inquest syst

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuaki Sakaki (file photo), former deputy chief of the Akashi Police Station, is indicted on April 20, 2010, for allegedly failing to prevent a fatal stampede in 2001 in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, becoming the first person to be brought to trial under a new prosecution inquest system. (Kyodo)

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100th day since death of Prince Katsura observed

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Akiko performs the role of chief mourner at a Tokyo cemetery on Sept. 15, 2014, in a ceremony marking the first 100 days since the death of her uncle Prince Katsura on June 8. She offered a "sakaki" tree branch decorated with strips of "washi" Japanese paper at his grave at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Decoding sequence of human genome completed

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sakaki (L), Japanese director of a project to decode the sequence of the human genome, presents Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi with a set of CD-ROMs recording a map of the human genome at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 14. The leaders of six countries -- Japan, the United States, Britain, France, Germany and China -- issued a joint statement marking the completion of decoding of the human genome. (Kyodo)

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Human genome to be fully mapped by April: int'l group

TOKYO, Japan - Francis Collins (L), a scientist at the National Institute of Health of the Untied States, and Yoshiyuki Sakaki, a project director for the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken), speak Aug. 29 at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo about the progress in international research on the sequence of the human genome. (Kyodo)