Daiwa major wins 2nd straight Mile Championship

Daiwa major wins 2nd straight Mile Championship

KYOTO, Japan - Top favorite Daiwa Major (L), jockeyed by Katsumi Ando, lives up to his billing as the king of mile races, edging Super Hornet by a neck to capture his second consecutive Mile Championship at Kyoto Racecourse on Nov. 18.

Daiwa Major wins Yasuda Kinen

Daiwa Major wins Yasuda Kinen

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Major (L) lives up to his billing as the top racehorse in domestic mile races at Tokyo Racecourse on June, winning the Yasuda Kinen to add to his victory at last fall's Mile Championship. Daiwa Major and jockey Katsumi Ando bided their time in the middle of the pack before surging ahead with his trademark strong homestretch run to beat out front-running Kongo Rikishio (R) by a neck at the wire. (Pool photo)

Daiwa Major wins Mile Championship

Daiwa Major wins Mile Championship

KYOTO, Japan - Top favorite and Tenno-sho holder Daiwa Major (far left) storms out of the pack with a strong homestretch run to win the Mile Championship at Kyoto Racecourse on Nov. 19.

Daiwa Major wins autumn Tenno-sho

Daiwa Major wins autumn Tenno-sho

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Major (L) took advantage of the absence of Deep Impact and a lackluster run by pre-race favorite Sweep Tosho to win the autumn Tenno-sho for his second Grade One title at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo, on Oct. 29. (Pool photo)

Daiwa Major wins autumn Tenno-sho

Daiwa Major wins autumn Tenno-sho

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Major (R) took advantage of the absence of Deep Impact and a lackluster run by pre-race favorite Sweep Tosho to win the autumn Tenno-sho for his second Grade One title at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo, on Oct. 29.

JSDA head to accept request to serve 2nd term

JSDA head to accept request to serve 2nd term

TOKYO, Japan - Eiichiro Okumoto (in file photo), chairman of the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA), said April 17 he will serve a second term after top managers of major brokerages rejected JSDA requests to assume the post. Okumoto is also an adviser to the Daiwa Institute of Research (DIR), a research arm of Daiwa Securities Co.

JSDA head to accept request to serve 2nd term

JSDA head to accept request to serve 2nd term

TOKYO, Japan - Eiichiro Okumoto (in file photo), chairman of the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA), said April 17 he will serve a second term after top managers of major brokerages rejected JSDA requests to assume the post. Okumoto is also an adviser to the Daiwa Institute of Research (DIR), a research arm of Daiwa Securities Co.

Daiwa Major wins autumn Tenno-sho

Daiwa Major wins autumn Tenno-sho

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Major (R) took advantage of the absence of Deep Impact and a lackluster run by pre-race favorite Sweep Tosho to win the autumn Tenno-sho for his second Grade One title at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo, on Oct. 29. (Kyodo)

Daiwa Major wins autumn Tenno-sho

Daiwa Major wins autumn Tenno-sho

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Major (L) took advantage of the absence of Deep Impact and a lackluster run by pre-race favorite Sweep Tosho to win the autumn Tenno-sho for his second Grade One title at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo, on Oct. 29. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

Daiwa Major wins Mile Championship

Daiwa Major wins Mile Championship

KYOTO, Japan - Top favorite and Tenno-sho holder Daiwa Major (far left) storms out of the pack with a strong homestretch run to win the Mile Championship at Kyoto Racecourse on Nov. 19. (Kyodo)

Daiwa Major wins Yasuda Kinen

Daiwa Major wins Yasuda Kinen

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Major (L) lives up to his billing as the top racehorse in domestic mile races at Tokyo Racecourse on June, winning the Yasuda Kinen to add to his victory at last fall's Mile Championship. Daiwa Major and jockey Katsumi Ando bided their time in the middle of the pack before surging ahead with his trademark strong homestretch run to beat out front-running Kongo Rikishio (R) by a neck at the wire. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

Daiwa major wins 2nd straight Mile Championship

Daiwa major wins 2nd straight Mile Championship

KYOTO, Japan - Top favorite Daiwa Major (L), jockeyed by Katsumi Ando, lives up to his billing as the king of mile races, edging Super Hornet by a neck to capture his second consecutive Mile Championship at Kyoto Racecourse on Nov. 18. (Kyodo)

Daiwa House's antiquake facility shown in Mie Pref.

Daiwa House's antiquake facility shown in Mie Pref.

Japan's major homebuilder Daiwa House Industry Co. shows to the press "Try Ie Chubu," an anti-earthquake laboratory in Komono town, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on July 16, 2015. The facility was built to raise public awareness and prepare for a possible Nankai Trough mega-earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Daiwa House to rent out additional robot suits for nursing care

Daiwa House to rent out additional robot suits for nursing care

Daiwa House Industry Co. shows three types of self-support assistive robotic suits "Robot Suit HAL" in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2015. The major homebuilder, also known for services of selling, leasing and renting robotic products, will begin renting out these types of robotic suits, produced by Cyberdyne Inc., to nursing care and welfare facilities from May 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Limb-assisting "HAL" gear leased to nursing care facilities

Limb-assisting "HAL" gear leased to nursing care facilities

Photo taken in Osaka, western Japan, on April 13, 2015, shows three types of the "HAL" self-support assistive exoskeleton, produced by Cyberdyne Inc., a venture company based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. Major Japanese homebuilder Daiwa House Industry Co. has been leasing them to nursing care and welfare facilities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo