ILEA000342581: Japan hoping to serve up 'washoku' as world heritage

Replacement of Daihatsu Motor president

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 13 Kyodo - Masahiro Inoue (R), head of Toyota Motor Corp.'s operations in the Latin America and Caribbean region, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2024, after being appointed as Daihatsu Motor Co.'s new president. Toyota President Koji Sato is seen on the left. (Kyodo)

Annual spring wage talks in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 1 Kyodo - Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japan Business Federation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations. (Kyodo)

Tohoku University and TEPCO to conduct joint research on decommissioning

The term is five years. The division will conductresearch in a wide range of fields to solve various technical problems at the decommissioning site, including evaluation technology to detect the aging deterioration of structures. With the aim of fostering human resources, a CFReND branch office will be established at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site this summer. On-site exchanges of opinions between engineers at the decommissioning site and Tohoku University faculty and graduate students will be promoted. Nobuyoshi Hara, vice president of Tohoku University (photo at right), says, "We will continue our efforts to promote decommissioning. (Photo taken on March 24, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Audi Japan president

Audi Japan K.K. President Philipp Noack gives an interview in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mitsubishi Chemical HD to make Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (HD) announced on the 18th that it will invest up to 491.8 billion yen to make its consolidated subsidiary Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary. Currently, MCHC holds 56.39% of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma's shares, and will conduct a tender offer from January 19 to January 7, 2020, aiming to make Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma its wholly owned subsidiary. At a press conference in Tokyo on January 18, MCHC President Hitoshi Ochi said, "The world is evolving greatly and healthcare is developing at a very fast pace. Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma will also accelerate the overseas development of promising new drug candidates by using MCHC's human resources. The company will utilize the diverse resources of a comprehensive chemical manufacturer to efficiently create new businesses and enhance the earnings structure of a core healthcare company. (November 18, 2019, Tokyo, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Docomo's trial 5G service in Japan

NTT Docomo Inc. President Kazuhiro Yoshizawa announces in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2019, that it will start a trial 5G service at venues for the Rugby World Cup in Japan, and the country's major airports and train stations ahead of its commercial launch scheduled in the spring 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New president of McDonald's Japan

Tamotsu Hiiro, senior vice president and chief support officer of McDonald's Co. (Japan), holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2019. He will become president and CEO of the company effective March 27, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gourmet institute selects coriander cuisine as dish of year in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 6 Kyodo - Various dishes featuring coriander are introduced at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 5, 2016, as a private gourmet institute selected food featuring the versatile herb as the dish of the year, citing its growing popularity in Japanese food culture.

Contestants gulp 'natto' beans at speed-eating competition

MITO, Japan, March 4 Kyodo - Contestants gulp "natto" fermented sticky beans on rice at a speed-eating world competition in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2015.

Yoshinoya to raise beef bowl price 27% to 380 yen

TOKYO, Japan - President Yasutaka Kawamura of Yoshinoya Holdings Co. says in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2014, the "gyudon" beef bowl restaurant chain operator will raise the price of a regular-size bowl by 80 yen or 27% to 380 yen on Dec. 17 to cope with rising U.S. beef prices due chiefly to the weaker yen. (Kyodo)

Japan hoping to serve up 'washoku' as world heritage

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiro Murata, president and chief chef of Michelin three-star restaurant Kikunoi in Kyoto, serves ''hassun,'' one of the dishes of ''kaiseki'' haute cuisine, at its Tokyo branch on Feb. 17, 2012. (Kyodo)

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