Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda (2nd from R), co-CEO of Heralbony Co., a Japanese start-up commercializing artwork by people with disabilities, and his elderly brother Shota (4th from R) pose for a photo on June 25, 2025, during their visit to meet Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (C) at the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka in the northeastern Japan prefecture. The brothers visited the office to tell the governor that the company won the Gold prize in the "Glass: The Lion for Change" category of the Cannes Lions Awards.

Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda (L), co-CEO of Heralbony Co., a Japanese start-up commercializing artwork by people with disabilities, and his elderly brother Shota pose for a photo on June 25, 2025, during their visit to the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka in the northeastern Japan prefecture. The two visited the office to tell Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso that the company won the Gold prize in the "Glass: The Lion for Change" category of the Cannes Lions Awards.

Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda (L), co-CEO of Heralbony Co., a Japanese start-up commercializing artwork by people with disabilities, and his elderly brother Shota pose for a photo on June 25, 2025, during their visit to the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka in the northeastern Japan prefecture. The two visited the office to tell Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso that the company won the Gold prize in the "Glass: The Lion for Change" category of the Cannes Lions Awards.

Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda, co-CEO of Heralbony Co., poses for a photo with artwork created by the disabled in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023. Matsuda established the company to commercialize such works in 2018 with his twin brother Takaya, aiming to support artists with disabilities through business.

Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda, co-CEO of Heralbony Co., poses for a photo with artwork created by the disabled in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023. Matsuda established the company to commercialize such works in 2018 with his twin brother Takaya, aiming to support artists with disabilities through business.

Livedoor Representative Director Kumagai arrested

Livedoor Representative Director Kumagai arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Fumito Kumagai (file photo), representative director of Livedoor Co., was arrested on Feb. 22 on suspicion of falsifying the company's financial figures for the business year through September 2004. Former Livedoor President Takafumi Horie and three others were served fresh warrants on the same suspicion.

Horie steps down, Hiramatsu becomes president

Horie steps down, Hiramatsu becomes president

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Hiramatsu (R), newly appointed president of Livedoor Co., speaks at a hurriedly arranged press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 24, flanked by Fumito Kumagai, who was named director with the right to represent the company. Takafumi Horie stepped down as president, a day after he was arrested on suspicion of violating securities laws.

Livedoor President Horie to step down

Livedoor President Horie to step down

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (from left to right) Kozo Hiramatsu, 60, Fumito Kumagai, 28, who was named president of Livedoor Co., and Fumito Kumagai, 28, who oversees the company's accounting and financial matters and will be given the right to represent the firm.

Hearings begin in Livedoor suit against Nippon Broadcasting

Hearings begin in Livedoor suit against Nippon Broadcasting

TOKYO, Japan - Livedoor Co. Vice President Fumito Kumagai (C) is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on March 1 after a Tokyo District Court hearing. Livedoor is seeking an injunction to block Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. from issuing the warrants to Fuji Television Network Inc.

Mizuho apologizes for computer glitch

Mizuho apologizes for computer glitch

TOKYO, Japan - Fumito Ishizaka (C), chief information officer of Mizuho Holdings Ind., bows in apology at the end of a news conference, which he gave in Tokyo on April 5 to explain the computer troubles that have crippled the group's banking operation since its inauguration on April 1.

Mizuho apologizes for computer glitch

Mizuho apologizes for computer glitch

TOKYO, Japan - Fumito Ishizaka (C), chief information officer of Mizuho Holdings Ind., bows in apology at the end of a news conference, which he gave in Tokyo on April 5 to explain the computer troubles that have crippled the group's banking operation since its inauguration on April 1.

Hearings begin in Livedoor suit against Nippon Broadcasting

Hearings begin in Livedoor suit against Nippon Broadcasting

TOKYO, Japan - Livedoor Co. Vice President Fumito Kumagai (C) is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on March 1 after a Tokyo District Court hearing. Livedoor is seeking an injunction to block Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. from issuing the warrants to Fuji Television Network Inc. (Kyodo)

Livedoor President Horie to step down

Livedoor President Horie to step down

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (from left to right) Kozo Hiramatsu, 60, Fumito Kumagai, 28, who was named president of Livedoor Co., and Fumito Kumagai, 28, who oversees the company's accounting and financial matters and will be given the right to represent the firm. (Kyodo)

Ex-Livedoor exec Kumagai freed on bail

Ex-Livedoor exec Kumagai freed on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Former Livedoor Co. Representative Director Fumito Kumagai, who has been indicted for corporate accounting fraud and been in detention since his arrest Feb. 22, leaves the Tokyo Detention House in a car after being released on bail on April 5. (Kyodo)

Former Livedoor exec Kumagai freed on bail

Former Livedoor exec Kumagai freed on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Fumito Kumagai, former Livedoor Co. representative director, was released on bail on April 5 after the Tokyo District Court rejected a prosecution complaint earlier in the day over its decision the day before to release him on bail. (Kyodo)

Livedoor Representative Director Kumagai arrested

Livedoor Representative Director Kumagai arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Fumito Kumagai (file photo), representative director of Livedoor Co., was arrested on Feb. 22 on suspicion of falsifying the company's financial figures for the business year through September 2004. Former Livedoor President Takafumi Horie and three others were served fresh warrants on the same suspicion. (Kyodo)

Horie steps down, Hiramatsu becomes president

Horie steps down, Hiramatsu becomes president

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Hiramatsu (R), newly appointed president of Livedoor Co., speaks at a hurriedly arranged press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 24, flanked by Fumito Kumagai, who was named director with the right to represent the company. Takafumi Horie stepped down as president, a day after he was arrested on suspicion of violating securities laws. (Kyodo)