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Hitachi to appoint Vice President Furukawa as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Furukawa, executive vice president of Hitachi Ltd., speaks at a press conference on Dec. 15 after being named to succeed current President and Chief Executive Officer Etsuhiko Shoyama on April 1, 2006. Shoyama will become chairman.

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Hitachi, Matsushita, Toshiba agree on joint LCD panel venture

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Okamura (L), president of Toshiba Corp., Etsuhiko Shoyama (C), president of Hitachi Ltd., and Kunio Nakamura, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., join hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Aug. 31. They announced the three companies will set up a joint venture to manufacture liquid crystal display panels.

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Fujitsu-Hitachi joint venture to build plasma display plant

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa announces in Tokyo on March 8 that Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Ltd. will build a new plant for plasma display panels in Miyazaki Prefecture. Plasma Display is a fifty-fifty joint venture between Fujitsu and Hitachi Ltd. Plasma Display President Yoichi Morimoto is seated in center, and Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama is at right.

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Hitachi, Omron to integrate ATM operations

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuhiko Shoyama (2nd from L), president of Hitachi Ltd., and Hisao Sakuta (2nd from R) shake hands during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 26. They announced the two companies will set up a joint venture to integrate operations concerning automated teller machines (ATM) and other information technology equipment.

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Hitachi head suggests more wage cuts at annual wage talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 17. He suggested the electronics titan may try to persuade its labor union to accept yet another wage cut during next spring's ''shunto'' annual wage talks. ''It may be a matter of course to conduct a wage cutback since the economy is going through deflation,'' Shoyama said.

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Hitachi to spin off home appliance, industrial goods divisions

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 27. He said Hitachi will spin off its home appliance and industrial equipment divisions into two new companies in April 2002 and integrate them with related group firms.

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Hitachi to cut 14,700 jobs, projects 140 bil. yen loss

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama (L) is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 31 after announcing the company's restructuring plan to cut 14,700 jobs, or 4.5% of its group workforce of 324,000, by the end of next March.

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Matsushita, Hitachi announce home appliance alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuhiko Shoyama (L), president of Hitachi Ltd. and Kunio Nakamura, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., shake hands at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 23. The two announced that their companies have agreed to a strategic partnership in such fields as information services and home appliances.

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Hitachi, Fujitsu to form joint firm to make PDPs

Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa (L) and Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on April 6 after announcing the forming of a joint venture between the companies to manufacture high-resolution plasma display panels (PDPs), which are used in flat-screen televisions.

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Hitachi, Matsushita, Toshiba agree on joint LCD panel venture

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Okamura (L), president of Toshiba Corp., Etsuhiko Shoyama (C), president of Hitachi Ltd., and Kunio Nakamura, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., join hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Aug. 31. They announced the three companies will set up a joint venture to manufacture liquid crystal display panels. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi to appoint Vice President Furukawa as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Furukawa, executive vice president of Hitachi Ltd., speaks at a press conference on Dec. 15 after being named to succeed current President and Chief Executive Officer Etsuhiko Shoyama on April 1, 2006. Shoyama will become chairman. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi to appoint Vice President Furukawa as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. said Dec. 15 its Executive Vice President Kazuo Furukawa (in file photo) will become the new president of the leading Japanese electronics maker on April 1, 2006. Current President and Chief Executive Officer Etsuhiko Shoyama will become chairman, the company said. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi, Fujitsu to form joint firm to make PDPs

Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa (L) and Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on April 6 after announcing the forming of a joint venture between the companies to manufacture high-resolution plasma display panels (PDPs), which are used in flat-screen televisions.

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Hitachi, Microsoft announce tie-up

TOKYO, June 15 - Etsuhiko Shoyama (L), president of Hitachi Ltd., and Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., shake hands at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel June 15 after agreeing to cooperate in the systems solutions business.

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Hitachi head suggests more wage cuts at annual wage talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 17. He suggested the electronics titan may try to persuade its labor union to accept yet another wage cut during next spring's ''shunto'' annual wage talks. ''It may be a matter of course to conduct a wage cutback since the economy is going through deflation,'' Shoyama said. (Kyodo)

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Recipients of Grand Cordon of Order of Rising Sun at photo session

Recipients of Japan's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun attend a photo session at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 8, 2015. They are (from L) Iwao Uruma, former chief of the National Police Agency, Tsuyoshi Takagi, former head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Tadamasa Kodaira, former chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Tadashi Okamura, former head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare, Kosuke Hori, former home affairs minister, former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, Etsuhiko Shoyama, former president of Hitachi Ltd., Hiromasa Yonekura, former chairman of Keidanren, Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Yoshihito Karasawa, former president of the Japan Medical Association, and Toshitsugu Saito, former chief of the Defense Agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujitsu-Hitachi joint venture to build plasma display plant

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa announces in Tokyo on March 8 that Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Ltd. will build a new plant for plasma display panels in Miyazaki Prefecture. Plasma Display is a fifty-fifty joint venture between Fujitsu and Hitachi Ltd. Plasma Display President Yoichi Morimoto is seated in center, and Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama is at right. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi, Omron to integrate ATM operations

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuhiko Shoyama (2nd from L), president of Hitachi Ltd., and Hisao Sakuta (2nd from R) shake hands during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 26. They announced the two companies will set up a joint venture to integrate operations concerning automated teller machines (ATM) and other information technology equipment. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi to spin off home appliance, industrial goods divisions

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 27. He said Hitachi will spin off its home appliance and industrial equipment divisions into two new companies in April 2002 and integrate them with related group firms.

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Hitachi to cut 14,700 jobs, projects 140 bil. yen loss

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama (L) is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 31 after announcing the company's restructuring plan to cut 14,700 jobs, or 4.5% of its group workforce of 324,000, by the end of next March.

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Matsushita, Hitachi announce home appliance alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuhiko Shoyama (L), president of Hitachi Ltd. and Kunio Nakamura, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., shake hands at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 23. The two announced that their companies have agreed to a strategic partnership in such fields as information services and home appliances.