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DISASTER RELIEF CONFERENCE

DISASTER RELIEF CONFERENCE,United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction (May 23-27, 1994), eruption, landslide, torrential rain, earthquake, Crown Prince and Princess, Crown Prince and Princess Masako at the opening ceremony of the International Decade for Disaster Reduction World Conference, Imperial Family, bullet train, science and technology, seismologist Hiroo Kanamori, typhoon damage, simulation, super computer=Date:1994, Place:National Yokohama International Convention Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, JAPAN

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Christmas tree lit at 'Santa Land' on Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - A Christmas tree lighting ceremony is held Oct. 25, 2014, at a park in the town of Hiroo on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido. The town is the only place in Japan recognized as a "Santa Land" by the city government of Oslo.

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Christmas illumination starts at 'Santa Land' on Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - The town of Hiroo on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido recognized by Oslo, Norway, as the first "Santa Land" outside Norway holds a Christmas-tree-lighting ceremony with fireworks on Oct. 25, 2014.

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Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroo Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer, riding a horse at his farm near Campo Grande, Brazil, in March 2012. Onoda, who continued fighting on a Philippine island for decades after Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014 at age 91.

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Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1974 shows Hiroo Onoda (C) saluting after handing over a military sword on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines. Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who remained on the island for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

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Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken by a rescue team in March 1974 shows a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda (L) receiving a pack of cigarettes from his former commanding officer on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines. Onoda, who remained on the island for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

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Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1974 shows Hiroo Onoda (R) shaking hands with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos at Malacanang Palace in Manila, as the president's wife Imelda (L front) looks on. Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who remained on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

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Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2005 shows Hiroo Onoda. Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who remained on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II before returning to Japan in March 1974, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

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'Nebuta' artists already preparing for next year's festival

AOMORI, Japan - Male and female dancers called "haneto" sway with a large nebuta lantern produced by nebuta artist Hiroo Takenami during the Nebuta Festival on Aug. 2, 2013, in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture. (Photo by Yohei Kanasashi)

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New NTT Pres. Unoura

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. Vice President Hiroo Unoura. NTT will promote Unoura to president, replacing Satoshi Miura, as part of its effort to rejuvenate its leadership, sources close to the matter said April 17, 2012.

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Kawai tied for 3rd-round lead at Japan PGA C'ship

ONO, Japan - Hiroo Kawai of Japan launches a shot during the Japan PGA Championship at Onotoyo Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on May 14, 2011. Kawai is tied for the third round lead at 6-under 207 with South Korea's Bae Sang Moon.

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HSBC opens 2 private banking offices in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - HSBC Holdings plc on Jan. 31 entered the private banking business in Japan by opening two dedicated offices in Tokyo's upscale districts of Akasaka and Hiroo to serve investment needs of wealthy individuals with financial assets of at least 10 million yen. Photo shows Stuart Milne (C), Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp.'s country manager for Japan, attending the opening ceremony at Akasaka.

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Sunstar management to buy out own company

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroo Kaneda (L), chairman of Sunstar Inc., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 14 about the management plan to buy out the company.

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Gov't team surveys damage from Hokkaido quakes

HIROO, Japan - A government team led by Tatsuo Sato (R), senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, inspect part of a road that caved in at Tokachi port in Hiroo in Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 27, one day after two major earthquakes hit the region.

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(7)Big quakes jolt Japan's main northern island of Hokkaido

HIROO, Japan - A fishing boat was raised onto a pier at Tokachi port in Hiroo, Hokkaido, on Sept. 26 by tidal waves triggered by powerful earthquakes that hit the region.

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Local gov't leaders approve resumption of TEPCO reactor

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (R), Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (C) and Hiroo Shinada (L), head of Kariwa village, hold talks at the Niigata prefectural office on May 7. They approved the resumption of operations at the No. 6 reactor in Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor is one of 17 TEPCO nuclear reactors that were shut down following a defect cover-up scandal.

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5 Order of Culture recipients decorated by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - The five recipients of this year's Order of Culture -- electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi (front L), painter Tadashi Moriya (2nd from L), sculptor Toshio Yodoi (C), social anthropologist Chie Nakane (2nd from R) and virologist Kumao Toyoshima (R) -- pose for a photo in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, the Culture Day national holiday after being awarded the order by Emperor Akihito.

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Nakane, 4 others to receive cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Social anthropologist Chie Nakane (photo) and four others will be awarded this year's Order of Culture, the government announces on Oct. 30. The other four recipients are electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi, virologist Kumao Toyoshima, painter Tadashi Moriya and sculptor Toshio Yodoi. The five will be given the awards by the emperor at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, Culture Day.

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Kids pray for attack victims

HIROO, Japan - Nursery school children pray at a funeral held in Hiroo, southern Hokkaido on Aug. 11 for 5-year-old girl Masami Kikuchi and her 2-year-old brother Tetsuya who were allegedly stabbed to death by a neighbor in their house during a burglary attempt.

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Funeral held for 2 slain Hokkaido children

HIROO, Japan - Town residents, nursery school children and teachers walk into a Buddhist temple in Hiroo, southern Hokkaido, where a funeral and memorial service were held Aug. 11 for 5-year-old girl Masami Kikuchi and her 2-year-old brother Tetsuya who were allegedly stabbed to death by a neighbor during a burglary attempt.

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Man stabs 3 kids in Hokkaido, killing 2

HIROO, Japan - Photo shows the home of Hajime Kikuchi in Hiroo, Hokkaido where a man stabbed a 2-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl to death and severely injured their 6-year-old sister Aug. 8. The man was detained by police later in the day.

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Ishii belts game-ending 2-run homer

CHIBA, Japan - Pinch hitter Hiroo Ishii nails a two-run sayonara homer off reliever Katsunori Okamoto with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Chiba Lotte Marines a 7-5 win over the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks at Chiba Marine Stadium on June 17.

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Niigata gov't leaders to urge TEPCO to scrap MOX plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada (L), mayor of the village of Kariwa, Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of the city of Kashiwazaki meet June 1 in Kashiwazaki to discuss a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) plan to use recycled nuclear fuel at a local nuclear plant. They agreed to urge TEPCO to scrap the plan.

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Hiranuma meets Kariwa Mayor Shinada on MOX fuel

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) meets Hiroo Shinada, the mayor of Kariwa village in Niigata Prefecture, at the Diet building on May 29. The meeting was held after a majority of Kariwa residents rejected in a May 27 plebiscite a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Kariwa village to postpone MOX fuel use at local plant

KARIWA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada, mayor of Kariwa village in Niigata Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the village on May 28 about his decision not to approve the use of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) at a local nuclear plant. In the previous day's plebiscite, local people rejected the plan to use the fuel. Shinada said the village will set up a consultation body to further discuss nuclear issues, but avoided reference to the possibility of the village renouncing introduction of the fuel.

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Police search ex-Sogo Chairman Mizushima's home

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department enter the home of Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of failed department store operator Sogo. Co., in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on May 23 to search for evidence in connection with suspicions he hid personal assets from creditors.

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Plebiscite on MOX fuel use at Niigata plant planned in May

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada, mayor of the village of Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, announced April 24 his village will hold a plebiscite May 27 on a plan to use plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. The announcement followed the Kariwa village assembly's passage of an ordinance to hold such a plebiscite.

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Former Sogo Chairman Mizushima denies lawsuit charges

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of faltering department store operator Sogo Co., meets the press Nov. 2 after appearing in a Tokyo court to defend himself in damages suits brought against him and 18 other former Sogo executives by the store's management. ''In no sense whatsoever was there any illegality involved,'' he said.

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Sogo ex-chairman's personal assets to be frozen

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of Sogo Co., whose personal assets the Tokyo District Court decided to seize on Aug. 2. The legal action had been sought by the Industrial Bank of Japan, the main bank of the failed department store chain operator Sogo, in a bid to collect a loan Mizushima personally guaranteed.

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5 Order of Culture recipients decorated by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - The five recipients of this year's Order of Culture -- electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi (front L), painter Tadashi Moriya (2nd from L), sculptor Toshio Yodoi (C), social anthropologist Chie Nakane (2nd from R) and virologist Kumao Toyoshima (R) -- pose for a photo in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, the Culture Day national holiday after being awarded the order by Emperor Akihito.

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Sunstar management to buy out own company

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroo Kaneda (L), chairman of Sunstar Inc., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 14 about the management plan to buy out the company. (Kyodo)

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HSBC opens 2 private banking offices in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - HSBC Holdings plc on Jan. 31 entered the private banking business in Japan by opening two dedicated offices in Tokyo's upscale districts of Akasaka and Hiroo to serve investment needs of wealthy individuals with financial assets of at least 10 million yen. Photo shows Stuart Milne (C), Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp.'s country manager for Japan, attending the opening ceremony at Akasaka. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Sogo Chairman Mizushima pleads not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of failed department store chain Sogo Co., walks into the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 7, 2001. Mizushima pleaded not guilty to charges of hiding his assets to evade seizure by a creditor.

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Nakane, 4 others to receive cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Social anthropologist Chie Nakane (photo) and four others will be awarded this year's Order of Culture, the government announces on Oct. 30. The other four recipients are electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi, virologist Kumao Toyoshima, painter Tadashi Moriya and sculptor Toshio Yodoi. The five will be given the awards by the emperor at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, Culture Day.

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Funeral held for 2 slain Hokkaido children

HIROO, Japan - Town residents, nursery school children and teachers walk into a Buddhist temple in Hiroo, southern Hokkaido, where a funeral and memorial service were held Aug. 11 for 5-year-old girl Masami Kikuchi and her 2-year-old brother Tetsuya who were allegedly stabbed to death by a neighbor during a burglary attempt.

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Niigata gov't leaders to urge TEPCO to scrap MOX plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada (L), mayor of the village of Kariwa, Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of the city of Kashiwazaki meet June 1 in Kashiwazaki to discuss a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) plan to use recycled nuclear fuel at a local nuclear plant. They agreed to urge TEPCO to scrap the plan.

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Mr. Onoda to Return to Society

Mr. Hiroo Onoda visited the bereaved families of Corporal Shoichi Shimada and Private First Class Kinshichi Kozuka, his friends in Lubang, and entered his hometown in Wakayama. Mr. Onoda visits Yasukuni Shrine, bows at the Imperial Palace, meets Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka offers words of condolence to Mr. Onoda, date of shooting unknown, release date: April 5, 1974.

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J-League, Perform Group strike record 210 bil. yen broadcast deal

(From L) James Rushton of Perform Group, J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai and Hiroo Unoura, president and CEO of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., join hands after a press conference in Tokyo on July 20, 2016. The top-tier Japanese soccer league announced a 10-year, 210 billion yen ($2 billion) broadcasting deal, the largest in Japanese sports history, with the British-based global sports media company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panasonic, NTT to develop new visual services before Olympics

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. President Hiroo Unoura (L) and Panasonic Corp. President Kazuhiro Tsuga attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 17, 2015. The pair said the two companies have joined hands to develop next-generation technologies for enhanced video broadcasting and interactive digital signage services in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NTT, 3 cable makers honored by IEEE for optical fiber mass production

Hiroo Unoura (far R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., and representatives of three Japanese electric wire and cable manufacturers pose upon receiving a milestone plaque from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Tokyo on May 21, 2015, for their contribution to establishing basic technology for low-cost mass production of high-quality optical fibers for telecommunications. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NTT aims to raise operating profit by over 300 bil. yen in 3 years

Hiroo Unoura, president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., releases the company's three-year business plan at a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2015. NTT vowed to expand its annual group operating profit by over 300 billion yen to 1.4 trillion yen ($11.72 billion) in three years to March 2018 by enhancing overseas operations and cutting costs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lighting gear made with festival float decorative paper proves popular

A lighting device made with paper used to decorate floats in the Aomori Nebuta Festival in Aomori, northern Japan, is shown in this file photo taken on Dec. 17, 2014. Lighting gear produced by Nebuta artists Hiroo Takenami and Shigeki Tezuka has found strong demand. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lightening gear made with festival float decorative paper on show

Lighting devices made with paper used to decorate floats in the Aomori Nebuta Festival in Aomori, northern Japan are on display in this file photo taken on Dec. 17, 2014. Lighting gear produced by Nebuta artists Hiroo Takenami and Shigeki Tezuka has found strong demand. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NTT becomes 1st 'gold sponsor' of 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, shakes hands with Hiroo Unoura, president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., in the Japanese capital on Jan. 26, 2015, after signing a "gold partner" agreement. The contract has made NTT the first top sponsor for the athletic event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroo, 1995.

Hiroo in 1995, shooting date unknown, release date: March 14, 1995.

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Kawai tied for 3rd-round lead at Japan PGA C'ship

ONO, Japan - Hiroo Kawai of Japan launches a shot during the Japan PGA Championship at Onotoyo Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on May 14, 2011. Kawai is tied for the third round lead at 6-under 207 with South Korea's Bae Sang Moon. (Kyodo)

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New NTT Pres. Unoura

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. Vice President Hiroo Unoura. NTT will promote Unoura to president, replacing Satoshi Miura, as part of its effort to rejuvenate its leadership, sources close to the matter said April 17, 2012. (Kyodo)

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