Revised immigration control law enacted

Revised immigration control law enacted

Japanese Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi (far R) bows after the House of Councillors approved a bill to revise the immigration control law during a plenary session in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, marking enactment of the revised law to raise the maximum fee for residence status applications by foreigners.

Revised immigration control law enacted

Revised immigration control law enacted

Japanese Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi bows after the House of Councillors approved a bill to revise the immigration control law during a plenary session in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, marking enactment of the revised law to raise the maximum fee for residence status applications by foreigners.

FamilyMart and Rakuten Partnership Promotion Press Conference

FamilyMart and Rakuten Partnership Promotion Press Conference

FamilyMart and Rakuten Partnership Promotion Press Conference. The photo shows, from left to right, Tatsuo Odani, President of FamilyMart, and Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO of the Rakuten Group.=May 22,2026,Tokyo

FamilyMart and Rakuten Partnership Promotion Press Conference

FamilyMart and Rakuten Partnership Promotion Press Conference

FamilyMart and Rakuten Partnership Announcement Event. The photo shows, from left to right: Hikaru Adachi, Executive Director, CMO, and Head of the Marketing Division and Digital Business Division at FamilyMart; Tatsuo Odani, President of FamilyMart; Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO of the Rakuten Group; and Naho Kono, Executive Vice President and Group CMO of the Rakuten Group.=May 22,2026,Tokyo

FamilyMart and Rakuten Partnership Promotion Press Conference

FamilyMart and Rakuten Partnership Promotion Press Conference

FamilyMart and Rakuten Partnership Promotion Press Conference. The photo shows Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO of the Rakuten Group.=May 22,2026,Tokyo

Nojima and Hitachi Joint Press Conference

Nojima and Hitachi Joint Press Conference

Joint press conference by Nojima and Hitachi, Ltd. The photo shows, from right to left, Hiroshi Nojima, President of Nojima, and Noriharu Amiya, Senior Managing Executive Officer of Hitachi, Ltd.=April 21,2026,Tokyo

Nojima and Hitachi Joint Press Conference

Nojima and Hitachi Joint Press Conference

Joint press conference by Nojima and Hitachi. The photo shows Hiroshi Nojima, President of Nojima.=April 21,2026,Tokyo

Nojima and Hitachi Joint Press Conference

Nojima and Hitachi Joint Press Conference

Joint press conference by Nojima and Hitachi, Ltd. The photo shows, from right to left, Hiroshi Nojima, President of Nojima, and Noriharu Amiya, Senior Managing Executive Officer of Hitachi, Ltd.=April 21,2026,Tokyo

Nojima and Hitachi Joint Press Conference

Nojima and Hitachi Joint Press Conference

Joint press conference by Nojima and Hitachi. The photo shows Hiroshi Nojima, President of Nojima.=April 21,2026,Tokyo

Nojima and Hitachi Joint Press Conference

Nojima and Hitachi Joint Press Conference

Joint press conference by Nojima and Hitachi, Ltd. The photo shows, from right to left, Hiroshi Nojima, President of Nojima, and Noriharu Amiya, Senior Managing Executive Officer of Hitachi, Ltd.=April 21,2026,Tokyo

Top-Level Meeting Between the National Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Associations and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation

Top-Level Meeting Between the National Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Associations and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation

A meeting between the National Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation. The photo shows Hiroshi Mori, Chairman of the National Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.=March 19,2026,Tokyo

Top-Level Meeting Between the National Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Associations and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation

Top-Level Meeting Between the National Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Associations and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation

A meeting between the National Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (RENGO). The photo shows from left: Tomoko Yoshino, President of RENGO, and Hiroshi Mori, President of the National Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.=March 19,2026,Tokyo

Rakuten partners with Google

Rakuten partners with Google

Rakuten Group Inc. Chairman and President Hiroshi Mikitani speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2026, announcing a partnership with Google to enable shopping on Rakuten Ichiba online mall via YouTube videos.

Rakuten partners with Google

Rakuten partners with Google

Rakuten Group Inc. Chairman and President Hiroshi Mikitani (2nd from R) and Google Japan President Shinji Okuyama (far L) pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2026, announcing a partnership to enable shopping on Rakuten Ichiba online mall via YouTube videos.

Daihatsu “e-Hiace Cargo” and “e-Atrai” Press Conference

Daihatsu “e-Hiace Cargo” and “e-Atrai” Press Conference

Daihatsu “e-Hiace Cargo” and “e-Atrai” Press Conference. Photo shows Daihatsu “e-Hiace Cargo” with President Masahiro Inoue (right) and Project Manager Hiroshi Saito of the Product Planning Department.=February 2,2026,Tokyo

Tokuyama President Change Press Conference

Tokuyama President Change Press Conference

Tokuyama President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Tomohiro Inoue (right) and President Hiroshi Yokota.=January 23,2026,Japan

Tokuyama President Change Press Conference

Tokuyama President Change Press Conference

Tokuyama President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Tomohiro Inoue (right) and President Hiroshi Yokota.=January 23,2026,Japan

Renowned Japanese TV personality Hiroshi Kume dies at 81

Renowned Japanese TV personality Hiroshi Kume dies at 81

Renowned Japanese TV personality Hiroshi Kume (C), known for hosting "The Best Ten" music show between 1978 and 1985, and anchoring the "News Station" news show between 1985 and 2004, receives "the best dressed eyes" award in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2004. Kume died of lung cancer on Jan. 1, 2026, aged 81.

Japan's new Justice Minister Hiraguchi

Japan's new Justice Minister Hiraguchi

New Japanese Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day.

Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Hiroshi Hiraguchi, who was appointed as justice minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, before an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

Economic Public Relations Center 41st Corporate Public Relations Awards Ceremony

Economic Public Relations Center 41st Corporate Public Relations Awards Ceremony

Economic Public Relations Center 41st Corporate Communications Awards Ceremony. photo shows Hiroshi Nanamatsu, Director, President and Representative Executive Officer, and Group CEO of Resona Holdings (left), recipient of the Grand Prize for Corporate Communications, and Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Chairman of the Economic Public Relations Center (right).=September 29,2025,Tokyo

Japan's ruling LDP lawmakers' meeting

Japan's ruling LDP lawmakers' meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L), chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a joint plenary meeting of the party's lawmakers from both houses of parliament at the LDP'S headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025. Sitting next to him is Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of the party.

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after a meeting of LDP executives.

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after a meeting of LDP executives.

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after a meeting of LDP executives.

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after a meeting of LDP executives.

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after a meeting of LDP executives.

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after a meeting of LDP executives.

Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 26 Kyodo - Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata, deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2025.

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Japan's ruling LDP Secretary General Moriyama

Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2025.

Yasukuni shrine

Yasukuni shrine

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama (C) is pictured after visiting the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

Yasukuni shrine

Yasukuni shrine

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama (C) is pictured after visiting the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

Yasukuni shrine

Yasukuni shrine

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama meets the press after visiting the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

Peace event at World Exposition in Osaka

Peace event at World Exposition in Osaka

Hiroshi Kanamoto, a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, talks about his experience in Hiroshima during a peace event at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

Peace event at World Exposition in Osaka

Peace event at World Exposition in Osaka

Hiroshi Kanamoto (far L), a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, talks about his experience in Hiroshima during a peace event at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Survivor Hiroshi Nishioka, 93, speaks during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Survivor Hiroshi Nishioka, 93, speaks during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

LDP board meeting

LDP board meeting

Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba (C), LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga (R) and LDP Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama attend a board meeting of the ruling party at its headquarters in Tokyo on July 29, 2025, amid renewed calls for the premier to resign over the party's recent election setback.

Japanese actor Hiroshi Akutagawa

Japanese actor Hiroshi Akutagawa

File photo taken on March 24, 1975, at an unknown location shows Japanese actor and stage director Hiroshi Akutagawa.

Upper house election in Japan

Upper house election in Japan

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama speaks during a media interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 20, 2025, as the results of the House of Councillors election come in.

Upper house election in Japan

Upper house election in Japan

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama speaks during a media interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 20, 2025, as the results of the House of Councillors election come in.

Upper house election in Japan

Upper house election in Japan

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama speaks during a media interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 20, 2025, as the results of the House of Councillors election come in.

MOTORI - Endurance - ELMS 4 Hours of Imola

MOTORI - Endurance - ELMS 4 Hours of Imola

Hiroshi KOIZUMI (JPN),Rui ANDRADE (ANG),Charlie EASTWOOD (IRL) on a TF SPORT on a Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R during ELMS 4H of Imola, in Imola, Italy, on July 5 2025. during ELMS 4 Hours of Imola, Endurance race in Imola, Italy, July 05 2025

MOTORI - Endurance - ELMS 4 Hours of Imola

MOTORI - Endurance - ELMS 4 Hours of Imola

Hiroshi KOIZUMI (JPN),Rui ANDRADE (ANG),Charlie EASTWOOD (IRL) on a TF SPORT on a Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R during ELMS 4H of Imola, in Imola, Italy, on July 5 2025. during ELMS 4 Hours of Imola, Endurance race in Imola, Italy, July 05 2025

MOTORI - Endurance - ELMS 4 Hours of Imola

MOTORI - Endurance - ELMS 4 Hours of Imola

Hiroshi KOIZUMI (JPN),Rui ANDRADE (ANG),Charlie EASTWOOD (IRL) on a TF SPORT on a Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R during ELMS 4H of Imola, in Imola, Italy, on July 4 2025. during ELMS 4 Hours of Imola, Endurance race in Imola, Italy, July 04 2025

Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, speaks to reporters after meeting with Japan's new Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi at the farm ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2025.

Japan's new farm minister Koizumi and Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Japan's new farm minister Koizumi and Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Japan's new Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, at the farm ministry in Tokyo ahead of their talks on May 23, 2025.