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Yamagata farmer ships premium cherries

YAMAGATA, Japan - Kazuo Hanawa, a farmer from the city of Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, puts his greenhouse-grown cherries in a pack before shipments on Jan. 4. The cherries, the popular Sato Nishiki variety, will be traded in markets nationwide on Jan. 5. In 2004, his cherries sold for about 1,000 yen a piece, or some 40,000 yen for a 300-gram pack.

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(4)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers walk into the residence in Tokyo of Akio Hanawa, former managing director of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., on May 6 for investigation on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, and of filing false reports on defective vehicle parts related to a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002.

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Nissan-Renault alliance aims 10% of world auto market

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Yoshikazu Hanawa (L) listens as Renault SA Chairman Louis Schweitzer (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 20. The Renault chief said the two automakers together will target to take around 10% stake of the global auto market in their alliance.

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Nissan Motor to close main plant in western Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. will shut down its plant in Musashimurayama, western Tokyo, in March 2001 as part of its restructuring plan. Photo shows Carlos Ghosn (R), Nissan's chief operating officer, and President Yoshikazu Hanawa attending a press conference to make the announcement at a Tokyo hotel.

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Obuchi welcomes tie-up between Nissan, Renault

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) meets Nissan President Yoshikazu Hanawa (L) and Renault Chairman Louis Schweitzer (C) at his official residence in Tokyo on April 27. Obuchi welcomed a capital tie-up between Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA of France, saying, ''The tie-up between the major automakers of the two countries is timely because the auto industry has entered an era of intense competition.

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Nissan, Renault heads hold press confab on tie-up

Nissan Motor Co. President Yoshikazu Hanawa, right, and Renault SA Chairman Louis Schweitzer, left, hold a press conference in Tokyo in the afternoon of March 27 after both signed a broad agreement that calls for the French automaker to take a 36.8 percent equity stake in the debt-ridden Japanese carmaker. Under the accord, Renault will invest 643 billion yen (about 5.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the Nissan group.

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Nissan open to bids for equity stake

Yoshikazu Hanawa, president of Nissan Motor Co., speaks at a news conference Jan. 19. He said Nissan would consider proposals by foreign companies to acquire a significant stake in his company. Nissan has been the target of speculation about possible acquisition by or tie-ups with foreign automakers, including Renault SA of France and DaimlerChrysler AG, the German-U.S. auto giant.

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M'bishi Motors, ex-execs plead not guilty to coverup

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former Mitsubishi Fuso Chairman Takashi Usami (left) and former Mitsubishi Motors Managing Director Akio Hanawa (middle, back) enter the Yokohama Summary Court building for the first court hearing Sept. 1 on the charge of falsifying reports submitted to authorities on defects in wheel hubs that resulted in a fatal accident in Yokohama in 2002. The company and the former executives pleaded not guilty. (Kyodo)

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Yamagata farmer ships premium cherries

YAMAGATA, Japan - Kazuo Hanawa, a farmer from the city of Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, puts his greenhouse-grown cherries in a pack before shipments on Jan. 4. The cherries, the popular Sato Nishiki variety, will be traded in markets nationwide on Jan. 5. In 2004, his cherries sold for about 1,000 yen a piece, or some 40,000 yen for a 300-gram pack. (Kyodo)

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Nissan to reshuffle top execs, Ghosn to become president

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. announces a plan to reshuffle its top executives, including the appointment of Chief Operating Officer (COO) Carlos Ghosn as president in June. Yoshikazu Hanawa, currently serving as chief executive officer (CEO), president and chairman, will stay on as CEO and chairman. Photo shows Ghosn (R) and Hanawa announcing the reshuffle at a press conference at Nissan's head office in Ginza, Tokyo, on March 16.

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Ex-Nissan President Hanawa dies at 81

File photo taken in 1999 shows Yoshikazu Hanawa, former president of Nissan Motor Co. Hanawa died of myocardial infarction at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2015. He was 81. Hanawa played a leading role in forming a capital tie-up with French automaker Renault S.A. in 1999 as Nissan president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese diplomat receives Sheikh Zayed book award

Haruo Hanawa, an 83-year-old former Japanese diplomat who received the prestigious Sheikh Zayed book award, poses in June 2015. He has been credited with translating into Japanese works of the Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz. The annual award recognizes significant cultural achievements relating to Arabic culture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Motors, former execs found not guilty over coverup

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takashi Usami (R), former vice president of Mitsubishi and former chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., Tadashi Koshikawa (C), Mitsubishi's former operating officer, and Akio Hanawa, former executive director at Mitsubishi, head for the Yokohama District Court in Yokohama on Dec. 13 to hear the court's ruling on them. The court found Mitsubishi Motors and the three men not guilty on charges related to falsifying defect reports on its truck wheel hubs, which resulted in a fatal accident in Yokohama in January 2002. (Kyodo)

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(4)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers walk into the residence in Tokyo of Akio Hanawa, former managing director of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., on May 6 for investigation on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, and of filing false reports on defective vehicle parts related to a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002. (Kyodo)

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(2)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - File photo shows Akio Hanawa, former managing director of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., who was arrested May 6 along with six other former senior officials of the company and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, and of filing false reports on defective vehicle parts related to a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002. (Kyodo)

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Nissan-Renault alliance aims 10% of world auto market

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Yoshikazu Hanawa (L) listens as Renault SA Chairman Louis Schweitzer (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 20. The Renault chief said the two automakers together will target to take around 10% stake of the global auto market in their alliance.

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Nissan Motor to close main plant in western Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. will shut down its plant in Musashimurayama, western Tokyo, in March 2001 as part of its restructuring plan. Photo shows Carlos Ghosn (R), Nissan's chief operating officer, and President Yoshikazu Hanawa attending a press conference to make the announcement at a Tokyo hotel.

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Obuchi welcomes tie-up between Nissan, Renault

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) meets Nissan President Yoshikazu Hanawa (L) and Renault Chairman Louis Schweitzer (C) at his official residence in Tokyo on April 27. Obuchi welcomed a capital tie-up between Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA of France, saying, ''The tie-up between the major automakers of the two countries is timely because the auto industry has entered an era of intense competition. ==Kyodo

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Renault VP Ghosn to become Nissan chief operating officer

Carlos Ghosn, Renault SA vice president, who will become chief operating officer at Nissan Motor Co., with a stern look on his face, watches a press conference held in Tokyo on March 27 by Nissan President Yoshikazu Hanawa and Renault Chairman Louis Schweitzer. Both signed a broad agreement that calls for the French automaker to take a 36.8 percent equity stake in the debt-ridden Japanese carmaker. Under the accord, Renault will invest 643 billion yen (about 5.4 billion dollars) in the Nissan group. ==Kyodo

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Nissan, Renault heads hold press confab on tie-up

Nissan Motor Co. President Yoshikazu Hanawa, right, and Renault SA Chairman Louis Schweitzer, left, hold a press conference in Tokyo in the afternoon of March 27 after both signed a broad agreement that calls for the French automaker to take a 36.8 percent equity stake in the debt-ridden Japanese carmaker. Under the accord, Renault will invest 643 billion yen (about 5.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the Nissan group. ==Kyodo

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Nissan open to bids for equity stake

Yoshikazu Hanawa, president of Nissan Motor Co., speaks at a news conference Jan. 19. He said Nissan would consider proposals by foreign companies to acquire a significant stake in his company. Nissan has been the target of speculation about possible acquisition by or tie-ups with foreign automakers, including Renault SA of France and DaimlerChrysler AG, the German-U.S. auto giant. ==Kyodo