Konno joined the council, an advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association, with former Lower House member Yasuko Ikenobo. Screenwriter Makiko Uchidate was the only woman who served on the panel ...

In 2019 she was bestowed the status of Master Judge Emeritus. She earned the highest professional degree in the Ikenobo School of Ikebana (Japanese art of floral design) and was a member of ...

Designer profile: After he graduated from university, he started to study the ‘Ikenobo’ style of Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement), and his eyes were opened to the world of flowers.

Takanoiwa was absent because he is in the hospital. Yasuko Ikenobo, the chair of the association's council, said the violent incident was very regrettable. She expressed hope that everyone in the ...