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Lunar rover tire test on Tottori Sand Dunes

A tire developed for a lunar rover is attached to a vehicle during its test run at the Luna Terrace experimental site at the Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori, western Japan, on May 30. 2024. The test is intended to confirm the durability of tires developed by Bridgestone Corp. for the U.S.-led Artemis Moon exploration program.

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Lunar rover tire test on Tottori Sand Dunes

A tire (R) developed for a lunar rover is attached to a vehicle during its test run at the Luna Terrace experimental site at the Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori, western Japan, on May 30. 2024. The test is intended to confirm the durability of tires developed by Bridgestone Corp. for the U.S.-led Artemis Moon exploration program.

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Robot that can grip

Bridgestone Corp. shows to the media in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2023, a newly developed Soft Robot Hand that can grip and move objects even if they are soft.

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Robot that can grip

Bridgestone Corp. shows to the media in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2023, a newly developed Soft Robot Hand that can grip and move objects even if they are soft. Ken Kutaragi, seen on the right, is CEO of Ascent Robotics Inc., the company that cooperated in the development of the robot.

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Bridgestone becomes official sponsor of Olympic Games through 2024

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masaaki Tsuya (L) shakes hands with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach at a press conference in Tokyo on June 13, 2014. The world's largest tire maker concluded a deal with the IOC the same day, becoming one of the top sponsors of the Olympic Games through 2024 including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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IOC chief meets press on Bridgestone sponsor deal

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach meets the press in Tokyo on June 13, 2014, after Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp. joined The Olympic Partner (TOP) program. Bridgestone has signed a Worldwide TOP Partner agreement through 2024.

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Bridgestone's new CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp.'s Senior Vice President Masaaki Tsuya speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2012. The company said it will appoint Tsuya, 59, as its chief executive officer after a general meeting of shareholders in March.

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Bridgestone to end tire supply for F1 races after 2010 season

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2008 at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture shows a vehicle with tires supplied by Bridgestone Corp. for the Formula One Championship auto racing series. The Japanese tire company said on Nov. 2, 2009, it will stop supplying tires to the racing series in the 2010 season in fall, citing needs to save costs and redistribute resources to environmental areas.

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Bridgestone marks opening of 1st domestic tire plant in 33 years

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. holds an opening ceremony Aug. 4 for its new radial tire factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, its first domestic production facility since one was built in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 33 years ago.

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Bridgestone, Toyo Tire to form capital alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. President Shoshi Arakawa (L) and Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. President Kenji Nakakura shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 16 after the two companies agreed to form a capital alliance to better cope with tougher business conditions, including a sharp rise in raw material prices.

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Bridgestone develops thinnest electronic screen

TOKYO, Japan - Tire maker Bridgestone Corp. said May 31 it has developed the thinnest electronic screen in the world. The ''electronic paper,'' with a thickness of only 0.29 millimeter, is expected to be applicable to e-books and hanging posters in trains, among other applications, Bridgestone said.

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13 injured as Bridgestone tire plant catches fire in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fire engines are in action to put out a fire that broke out on Aug. 20 at a tire plant of Bridgestone Corp. in Amagi, Fukuoka Prefecture. The fire that burned part of a production line at the plant left 13 people injured.

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Bridgestone lowers earnings forecasts after factory fire

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe (R), president of tire manufacturer Bridgestone Corp., tells reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 24 that the company has revised an earnings outlook taking into account the impact of a fire at its Tochigi factory, with net and pretax profit forecasts lowered for the year ending Dec. 31.

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Fire contained at Bridgestone tire plant

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A fire at a Bridgestone Corp. tire plant in Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture, was contained Sept. 9 after burning for about 24 hours. More than 5,000 residents returned home after the evacuation order was lifted.

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Evacuation order lifted in Bridgestone tire plant fire

KUROISO, Japan - Black smoke is seen billowing up from a Bridgestone Corp. tire plant in Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 9 after a fire broke out there around noon the previous day.

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(2)Bridgestone plant on fire, no injuries

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Black smoke belches from a Bridgestone Corp. tire plant in Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 8. The fire broke out at a facility for mixing chemicals and rubber, forcing nearby residents to evacuate. No one was injured, local firefighters said.

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(1)Bridgestone plant on fire, no injuries

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A helicopter flies over the Bridgestone Corp. tire plant in Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 8 in a bid to extinguish a fire that broke out at a facility for mixing chemicals and rubber. The fire forced nearby residents to evacuate, but no one was injured.

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Bridgestone shows off world's biggest tire

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. exhibited what it claims to be the biggest tire in the world at its factory in Kodaira, western Tokyo, on Jan. 21. The 5.1-ton tire is 4.02 meters in diameter and made specifically for 350-ton trucks used for carrying ore at mines in North America and Indonesia, Bridgestone officials said. The tires cost 3.5 million yen each.

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Bridgestone cuts earnings forecast due to tire recall costs

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 4. He said the company has cut its group earnings forecast for the current fiscal year through Dec. 31 due mainly to increased costs and losses connected to massive tire recalls at its U.S. unit, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.

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Firestone orders recall of 768,000 Wilderness AT tires

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgeston Corp. President Shigeo Watanabe speaks to reporters at the company's head office in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Oct. 5 after Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., the company's subsidiary in the United States, was ordered by the National Highway Transport Safety Authority to recall 768,000 Wilderness AT tires.

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Bridgestone to close plant in wake of tire scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., Japan's biggest tire maker, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 27 about the company's plan to shut down its Firestone plant in Decatur, Illinois, to help it recover from the tire recall scandal. He also said that the company will fall into the red on a parent-only basis in fiscal 2001 for the first time since 1961.

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Bridgestone says Ford Explorer models potentially defective

TOKYO, Jjapan - Bridgestone Corp. President Shigeo Watanabe speaks at a news conference at his head office in Tokyo on June 1. Watanabe said some of Ford Motor Co.'s Explorer models have potential defects in design and the tires made by Bridgestone's U.S. unit alone are not responsible for accidents.

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Bridgestone says ending Ford tire sales 'wrenching decision'

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., meets the press at the company's head office in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on May 22, a day after its U.S. unit, Bridgestone/Firestone, announced it would end almost 100 years of supplying tires to Ford Motor Co.

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Bridgestone chief to resign following tire recall

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichiro Kaizaki, president of Bridgestone Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11. Kaizaki said he will resign apparently to take responsibility for deteriorating business following a recall of millions of defective tires last summer made by Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese tire maker.

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Bridgestone to face $900 mil. group loss on tire recall

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichiro Kaizaki, president of Bridgestone Corp., meets the press at the company's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 5. He said his company expects to incur a consolidated special loss of $900 million in the year ending in December due to the cost of a tire recall scandal involving its U.S. subsidiary Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.

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Ford should also be blamed for deaths: Bridgestone

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichiro Kaizaki, president of tire maker Bridgestone Corp., met the press in Tokyo on Oct. 23 and suggested that Ford Motor Co. is partly responsible for highway deaths in the United States involving Ford's sport-utility vehicles and tires made by Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. His comments countered repeated arguments by Ford that tires were the cause of the accidents.

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Bridgestone forecasts extra loss following recall

TOKYO, Japan - Tadakazu Harada, vice president of Bridgestone Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 10. He said the company expects an extraordinary loss of 37.2 billion yen on a consolidated basis this business year in connection with the recall of some 6.5 million tires by its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary.

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Bridgestone to market world-biggest radial tire

Bridgestone Corp. will begin selling the world's largest tire, with a diameter of 3.91 meters, starting in December. The tires are for special vehicles used on construction sites. The photo also shows an ordinary passenger car tire.

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Bridgestone cuts earnings forecast due to tire recall costs

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 4. He said the company has cut its group earnings forecast for the current fiscal year through Dec. 31 due mainly to increased costs and losses connected to massive tire recalls at its U.S. unit, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.

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13 injured as Bridgestone tire plant catches fire in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fire engines are in action to put out a fire that broke out on Aug. 20 at a tire plant of Bridgestone Corp. in Amagi, Fukuoka Prefecture. The fire that burned part of a production line at the plant left 13 people injured. (Kyodo)

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Bridgestone, Toyo Tire to form capital alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. President Shoshi Arakawa (L) and Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. President Kenji Nakakura shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 16 after the two companies agreed to form a capital alliance to better cope with tougher business conditions, including a sharp rise in raw material prices. (Kyodo)

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Bridgestone lowers earnings forecasts after factory fire

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe (R), president of tire manufacturer Bridgestone Corp., tells reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 24 that the company has revised an earnings outlook taking into account the impact of a fire at its Tochigi factory, with net and pretax profit forecasts lowered for the year ending Dec. 31. (Kyodo)

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Bridgestone develops thinnest electronic screen

TOKYO, Japan - Tire maker Bridgestone Corp. said May 31 it has developed the thinnest electronic screen in the world. The ''electronic paper,'' with a thickness of only 0.29 millimeter, is expected to be applicable to e-books and hanging posters in trains, among other applications, Bridgestone said. (Kyodo)

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Bridgestone becomes official sponsor of Olympic Games through 2024

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masaaki Tsuya (L) shakes hands with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach at a press conference in Tokyo on June 13, 2014. The world's largest tire maker concluded a deal with the IOC the same day, becoming one of the top sponsors of the Olympic Games through 2024 including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo)

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IOC chief meets press on Bridgestone sponsor deal

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach meets the press in Tokyo on June 13, 2014, after Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp. joined The Olympic Partner (TOP) program. Bridgestone has signed a Worldwide TOP Partner agreement through 2024. (Kyodo)

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Bridgestone's new CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp.'s Senior Vice President Masaaki Tsuya speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2012. The company said it will appoint Tsuya, 59, as its chief executive officer after a general meeting of shareholders in March. (Kyodo)

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Consumer electronics fair in Las Vegas

Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp. displays a tire for a lunar exploration vehicle at the CES consumer electronics fair in Las Vegas on Jan. 8, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bridgestone's new CEO Ishibashi

Bridgestone Corp. CEO Masaaki Tsuya (R) and Vice Chairman Shuichi Ishibashi shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2019. The Japanese tire maker announced the same day Ishibashi will replace Tsuya as CEO after a shareholder meeting in March 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bridgestone's new CEO Ishibashi

Bridgestone Corp. Vice Chairman Shuichi Ishibashi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2019, as the Japanese tire maker announced his promotion to replace Masaaki Tsuya as CEO after a shareholder meeting in March 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bridgestone signboard

File photo taken March 1, 2019, shows a signboard of Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp. in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic swimming gold medalist Hagino at firm's welcome ceremony

Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino (R) exchanges business cards with a member of the press after a welcome ceremony for new Bridgestone Corp. recruits in Tokyo on April 3, 2017. The 2016 Rio Olympic 400-meter individual medley gold medalist signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the tire maker in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic swimming gold medalist Hagino at firm's welcome ceremony

Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino (C) poses for a photo with new recruits for Bridgestone Corp. during a welcome ceremony in Tokyo on April 3, 2017. The 2016 Rio Olympic 400-meter individual medley gold medalist signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the tire maker in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bridgestone to end tire supply for F1 races after 2010 season

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2008 at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture shows a vehicle with tires supplied by Bridgestone Corp. for the Formula One Championship auto racing series. The Japanese tire company said on Nov. 2, 2009, it will stop supplying tires to the racing series in the 2010 season in fall, citing needs to save costs and redistribute resources to environmental areas. (Kyodo)

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Fire contained at Bridgestone tire plant

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A fire at a Bridgestone Corp. tire plant in Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture, was contained Sept. 9 after burning for about 24 hours. More than 5,000 residents returned home after the evacuation order was lifted. (Kyodo)

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Evacuation order lifted in Bridgestone tire plant fire

KUROISO, Japan - Black smoke is seen billowing up from a Bridgestone Corp. tire plant in Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 9 after a fire broke out there around noon the previous day. (Kyodo)

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(2)Bridgestone plant on fire, no injuries

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Black smoke belches from a Bridgestone Corp. tire plant in Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 8. The fire broke out at a facility for mixing chemicals and rubber, forcing nearby residents to evacuate. No one was injured, local firefighters said. (Kyodo)

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(1)Bridgestone plant on fire, no injuries

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A helicopter flies over the Bridgestone Corp. tire plant in Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 8 in a bid to extinguish a fire that broke out at a facility for mixing chemicals and rubber. The fire forced nearby residents to evacuate, but no one was injured. (Kyodo)

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Bridgestone shows off world's biggest tire

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. exhibited what it claims to be the biggest tire in the world at its factory in Kodaira, western Tokyo, on Jan. 21. The 5.1-ton tire is 4.02 meters in diameter and made specifically for 350-ton trucks used for carrying ore at mines in North America and Indonesia, Bridgestone officials said. The tires cost 3.5 million yen each. (Kyodo)

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Firestone orders recall of 768,000 Wilderness AT tires

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgeston Corp. President Shigeo Watanabe speaks to reporters at the company's head office in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Oct. 5 after Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., the company's subsidiary in the United States, was ordered by the National Highway Transport Safety Authority to recall 768,000 Wilderness AT tires.

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Bridgestone to close plant in wake of tire scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., Japan's biggest tire maker, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 27 about the company's plan to shut down its Firestone plant in Decatur, Illinois, to help it recover from the tire recall scandal. He also said that the company will fall into the red on a parent-only basis in fiscal 2001 for the first time since 1961.