New cat stationmaster

KINOKAWA, Japan, Jan. 7 Kyodo - Calico cat Yontama is pictured after being appointed the third feline stationmaster alongside a feline apprentice recruit, Rokutama, at Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025. Yontama succeeded Nitama, the second stationmaster who died in November, continuing a nearly two-decade tradition that has boosted tourism and helped save the line from financial trouble. (Kyodo)

New cat stationmaster

New cat stationmaster

Calico cat Yontama (R) is pictured after being appointed the third feline stationmaster alongside a feline apprentice recruit, Rokutama, at Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025. Yontama succeeded Nitama, the second stationmaster who died in November, continuing a nearly two-decade tradition that has boosted tourism and helped save the line from financial trouble.

New cat stationmaster

New cat stationmaster

Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima holds Yontama, a calico cat appointed as the third feline stationmaster at Kishi Station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2026. Yontama succeeded Nitama, the second stationmaster who died in November, continuing a nearly two-decade tradition that has boosted tourism and helped save the line from financial trouble.

Fallout from collapse of U.S. banks causes more trouble in Europe

STORY: Fallout from collapse of U.S. banks causes more trouble in Europe DATELINE: March 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the banks in Rome 2. various of U.S. dollar and Euros STORYLINE: Banking giant Credit Suisse lost nearly a fourth of its value Wednesday, amid the growing fallout from the collapse of two regional banks in the United States. New York-based Signature Bank was shut down Sunday by state regulators, two days after California's Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed as depositors rushed to withdraw funds. Wednesday marked the second time in three trading sessions since the U.S. bank failures, that European financial stocks were severely battered. Nevertheless, the dramatic impact on Credit Suisse in trading Wednesday was largely unexpected, since the institution is so large. According to 2022 data from Insider Intelligence, Credit Suisse was the second-largest bank in Switzerland and the 17th-largest in Europe, with an estimated 730 billion

Mizuho group to merge retail, corporate banking units

Mizuho group to merge retail, corporate banking units

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 18, 2011, shows the headquarters of Mizuho Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Mizuho Financial Group Inc. plans to merge its two core banking units, Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank, following massive computer system trouble in March, sources close to the matter said the same day.

Mizuho group to merge retail, corporate banking units

Mizuho group to merge retail, corporate banking units

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 18, 2011, shows the headquarters of Mizuho Corporate Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Mizuho Financial Group Inc. plans to merge its two core banking units, Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank, following massive computer system trouble in March, sources close to the matter said the same day.

Trouble-hit Mizuho Financial names senior exec Kihara as new president

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. said Monday it has appointed Senior Executive Officer Masahiro Kihara as president, with the beleaguered financial institution looking to restore public trust under new leadership after repeated system failures severely impacted operations at its key banking unit. The 56-year-old will replace Tatsufumi Sakai, 62, effective on Feb. 1. Kihara is the older brother of Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara.

Mizuho group to merge retail, corporate banking units

Mizuho group to merge retail, corporate banking units

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 18, 2011, shows the headquarters of Mizuho Corporate Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Mizuho Financial Group Inc. plans to merge its two core banking units, Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank, following massive computer system trouble in March, sources close to the matter said the same day. (Kyodo)

Mizuho group to merge retail, corporate banking units

Mizuho group to merge retail, corporate banking units

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 18, 2011, shows the headquarters of Mizuho Bank in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Mizuho Financial Group Inc. plans to merge its two core banking units, Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank, following massive computer system trouble in March, sources close to the matter said the same day. (Kyodo)

Bali police arrest alleged killer of Japanese couple

Bali police arrest alleged killer of Japanese couple

Photo taken Sept. 10, 2017, shows a house in the Jimbaran area of southern Bali, Indonesia, where an elderly Japanese couple had been found dead. Police in the Indonesian resort island arrested a 25-year-old local man on Sept. 18 for the murder of the couple earlier in September, citing financial trouble as a motive. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo