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Theater company Takarazuka apologizes to family over actress death

TOYONAKA, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Yasuo Shimada (C), president of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., the parent company of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue, bows in apology during a press conference in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on March 28, 2024, after the railway operator apologized to the family of an actress who died in September 2023 after being harassed by senior actresses and revue officials. (Kyodo)

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Theater company Takarazuka apologizes to family over actress death

Yasuo Shimada (L), president of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., the parent company of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue, is pictured after attending a press conference in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on March 28, 2024. Earlier in the day, the railway operator apologized to the family of an actress who died in September 2023 after being harassed by senior actresses and revue officials.

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Theater company Takarazuka apologizes to family over actress death

Yasuo Shimada, president of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., the parent company of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue, attends a press conference in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on March 28, 2024, after the railway operator apologized to the family of an actress who died in September 2023 after being harassed by senior actresses and revue officials.

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Theater company Takarazuka apologizes to family over actress death

Yasuo Shimada (C), president of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., the parent company of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue, bows in apology during a press conference in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on March 28, 2024, after the railway operator apologized to the family of an actress who died in September 2023 after being harassed by senior actresses and revue officials.

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1-day Hankyu Tourist Pass for SE Asian tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. said on Nov. 11, 2014, it will sell the one-day Hankyu Tourist Pass, good for all Hankyu lines and seen in this undated photo, in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.

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H2O Retailing's new president

OSAKA, Japan - Atsushi Suzuki, an executive of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc., holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2014, after H2O Retailing Corp., the operator of the department store chain, decided to appoint Suzuki as its next president on April 1, replacing Jun Wakabayashi.

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Hankyu Hanshin Hotels chief to resign

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshi Desaki, president of Hankyu Hanshin Hotels Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 28, 2013. Desaki said he will step down to take responsibility for false menu descriptions at its hotels and restaurants.

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Hankyu Hanshin Hotels chief to resign

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshi Desaki, president of Hankyu Hanshin Hotels Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 28, 2013. Desaki said he will step down to take responsibility for false menu descriptions at its hotels and restaurants.

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Takashimaya, H2O Retailing cancel merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Koji Suzuki (L), president of Takashimaya Co., and Shunichi Sugioka, chairman of H2O Retailing Corp., speaking at press conferences in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively, on March 25, 2010. The operators of the Takashimaya and Hankyu Hanshin department store chains announced they have cancelled their plan to merge.

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Hankyu Hanshin Department Store's central Kyoto outlet to close

OSAKA, Japan - Aerial photo shows the Shijo Kawaramachi Hankyu department store of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc. in Kyoto. The company announced it will close down the store in central Kyoto, which opened in 1976, around this fall.

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Hankyu Hanshin Department Store's central Kyoto outlet to close

KYOTO, Japan - Nobuaki Nitta, president of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc., speaks about a plan to close the company's major outlet in central Kyoto's Shijo Kawaramachi area at a news conference in Kyoto on Jan. 28, 2010. The Shijo Kawaramachi Hankyu store, which opened in 1976, will be closed down around this fall.

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Holding firm for Hankyu, Hanshin to be led by Hankyu execs

OSAKA, Japan - Jun Wakabayashi (2nd from L), senior managing executive officer of Hankyu Department Stores Inc., holds up a signboard saying ''H2O Retailing Corp.'' during a press conference in Osaka on May 10. Wakabayashi will assume the post of president of H2O Retailing Corp., the holding company which Hankyu and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. will jointly set up on Oct. 1 to integrate their operations.

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding firm

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the main stores of Hankyu Department Stores Inc. (R) and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. located in Osaka. The two department store chain operators announced on March 26 that they will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores.

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding firm

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. President Hideo Nishikawa (L), Hankyu Department Stores Inc. Chairman Shunichi Sugioka (C) and Hankyu Department Stores President Nobuaki Nitta (R) pose for a photo at an Osaka hotel on March 26. They announced that the two Osaka-based department store chain operators will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores.

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding firm

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi (L), accompanied by his aide Shiunya Sakai, speaks at a press conference at an Osaka hotel on March 26. He said that Hankyu Department Stores Inc. and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores.

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Hankyu, Hanshin dept. store operators to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Department Stores Inc. and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. plan to integrate their operations under a holding company in October, sources familiar with the matter said March 17. Photo shows the Hankyu's Umeda head office (R) and Hanshin's headquarters (L), both in Osaka.

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Hankyu Hanshin Holdings set up

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. merged into Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. on Oct. 1, creating Japan's third-largest railway operator excluding the nationwide Japan Railway group. The new holding company President Kazuo Sumi (L) and Representative Director Shinya Sakai (R) attended a management integration committee meeting in Osaka the same day.

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Hankyu, Hanshin shareholders OK major railway merger

OSAKA, Japan - Shareholders of Hankyu Holdings Inc. come out after their general meeting held near the company's head office (seen in the back) on June 29. They voted for the merger between Hankyu Holdings Inc. and Hanshin Electric Railway Co.

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Hankyu, Hanshin shareholders OK major railway merger

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Shareholders of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. leave the venue of their general meeting after voting for the merger between the company and Hankyu Holdings Inc. on June 29.

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Hankyu to acquire 64% stake in Hanshin for 250 bil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Sumi (L), president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., and Shinya Sakai, managing director and president-designate of Hanshin Electric Railway Co, shake hands after a joint news conference in Osaka on June 20.

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Hankyu to acquire 64% stake in Hanshin for 250 bil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Sumi (L), president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on June 20 about the company's public tender offer for Hanshin Electric Railway Co. At right is Shinya Sakai, managing director and president-designate of Hanshin Electric Railway.

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Hankyu to acquire 64% stake in Hanshin for 250 bil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Sumi (L), president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., and Shinya Sakai, managing director and president-designate of Hanshin Electric Railway Co, shake hands after a joint news conference in Osaka on June 20.

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Hankyu, Hanshin to consider merger of department store chains

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in an interview with Kyodo News and other media organizations in Osaka on June 8. Sumi said his firm and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. may consider a merger between their department store chains as part of their planned management integration in October.

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Hankyu not to change tender offer for Hanshin shares

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Sumi, president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., is surrounded by reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on June 2. He said, ''Hankyu Holdings has no plan to change the price of 930 yen per share or extend the 21-day period for the tender offer that started Tuesday.''

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Hankyu to launch tender offer for Hanshin shares

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi (L) and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. President Kyoji Nishikawa (R) shake hands in Osaka on May 29. Hankyu Holdings said the same day it will launch a public tender offer May 30 for shares of Hanshin Electric, though it has yet to agree on the purchase price with Hanshin's largest shareholder, the Murakami Fund.

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Hankyu to launch tender offer for Hanshin shares

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the head offices of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (L) and Hankyu Holdings Inc. (R). Hankyu Holdings said May 29 it will launch a public tender offer May 30 for shares of Hanshin Electric, though it has yet to agree on the purchase price with Hanshin's largest shareholder, the Murakami Fund.

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Hankyu hopes to resolve talks with Murakami Fund by mid-May

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on May 8. He said Hankyu will seek to settle stalled negotiations over the purchase of the so-called Murakami Fund's stake in Hanshin Electric Railway Co. by the middle of May.

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Hankyu, Hanshin basically agree to integrate management

OSAKA, Japan - Kyoji Nishikawa (L), president of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., speaks about a basic agreement with Hankyu Holdings Inc. on the integration of the two companies' management at a news conference at Hanshin's head office in Osaka on April 28.

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Hankyu to formally decide on purchasing Hanshin shares: sources

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the head office of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (L) and the head office of Hankyu Corp. Hankyu Holdings Inc., which owns Hankyu Corp., will soon make a formal decision to purchase all the Hanshin Electric Railway Co. shares held by an investment fund led by financier Yoshiaki Murakami, possibly paving the way for management integration of the two railway operators, company sources said on April 18.

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Hankyu to formally decide on purchasing Hanshin shares: sources

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the head office of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (L) and the head office of Hankyu Corp. Hankyu Holdings Inc., which owns Hankyu Corp., will soon make a formal decision to purchase all the Hanshin Electric Railway Co. shares held by an investment fund led by financier Yoshiaki Murakami, possibly paving the way for management integration of the two railway operators, company sources said on April 18. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin basically agree to integrate management

OSAKA, Japan - Kyoji Nishikawa (L), president of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., speaks about a basic agreement with Hankyu Holdings Inc. on the integration of the two companies' management at a news conference at Hanshin's head office in Osaka on April 28. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu hopes to resolve talks with Murakami Fund by mid-May

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on May 8. He said Hankyu will seek to settle stalled negotiations over the purchase of the so-called Murakami Fund's stake in Hanshin Electric Railway Co. by the middle of May. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu to launch tender offer for Hanshin shares

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi (L) and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. President Kyoji Nishikawa (R) shake hands in Osaka on May 29. Hankyu Holdings said the same day it will launch a public tender offer May 30 for shares of Hanshin Electric, though it has yet to agree on the purchase price with Hanshin's largest shareholder, the Murakami Fund. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu to launch tender offer for Hanshin shares

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the head offices of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (L) and Hankyu Holdings Inc. (R). Hankyu Holdings said May 29 it will launch a public tender offer May 30 for shares of Hanshin Electric, though it has yet to agree on the purchase price with Hanshin's largest shareholder, the Murakami Fund. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu not to change tender offer for Hanshin shares

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Sumi, president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., is surrounded by reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on June 2. He said, ''Hankyu Holdings has no plan to change the price of 930 yen per share or extend the 21-day period for the tender offer that started Tuesday.'' (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin to consider merger of department store chains

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in an interview with Kyodo News and other media organizations in Osaka on June 8. Sumi said his firm and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. may consider a merger between their department store chains as part of their planned management integration in October. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu to acquire 64% stake in Hanshin for 250 bil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Sumi (L), president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., and Shinya Sakai, managing director and president-designate of Hanshin Electric Railway Co, shake hands after a joint news conference in Osaka on June 20. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu to acquire 64% stake in Hanshin for 250 bil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Sumi (L), president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., and Shinya Sakai, managing director and president-designate of Hanshin Electric Railway Co, shake hands after a joint news conference in Osaka on June 20. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu to acquire 64% stake in Hanshin for 250 bil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Sumi (L), president of Hankyu Holdings Inc., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on June 20 about the company's public tender offer for Hanshin Electric Railway Co. At right is Shinya Sakai, managing director and president-designate of Hanshin Electric Railway. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin shareholders OK major railway merger

OSAKA, Japan - Shareholders of Hankyu Holdings Inc. come out after their general meeting held near the company's head office (seen in the back) on June 29. They voted for the merger between Hankyu Holdings Inc. and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin shareholders OK major railway merger

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Shareholders of Hanshin Electric Railway Co. leave the venue of their general meeting after voting for the merger between the company and Hankyu Holdings Inc. on June 29. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu Hanshin Holdings set up

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Holdings Inc. and Hanshin Electric Railway Co. merged into Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. on Oct. 1, creating Japan's third-largest railway operator excluding the nationwide Japan Railway group. The new holding company President Kazuo Sumi (L) and Representative Director Shinya Sakai (R) attended a management integration committee meeting in Osaka the same day. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin dept. store operators to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Department Stores Inc. and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. plan to integrate their operations under a holding company in October, sources familiar with the matter said March 17. Photo shows the Hankyu's Umeda head office (R) and Hanshin's headquarters (L), both in Osaka. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding fir

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show the main stores of Hankyu Department Stores Inc. (R) and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. located in Osaka. The two department store chain operators announced on March 26 that they will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding fir

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. President Hideo Nishikawa (L), Hankyu Department Stores Inc. Chairman Shunichi Sugioka (C) and Hankyu Department Stores President Nobuaki Nitta (R) pose for a photo at an Osaka hotel on March 26. They announced that the two Osaka-based department store chain operators will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores. (Kyodo)

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Hankyu, Hanshin department stores to integrate under holding fir

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi (L), accompanied by his aide Shiunya Sakai, speaks at a press conference at an Osaka hotel on March 26. He said that Hankyu Department Stores Inc. and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. will integrate operations on Oct. 1 under a holding firm to be formed from what is now Hankyu Department Stores. (Kyodo)

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Holding firm for Hankyu, Hanshin to be led by Hankyu execs

OSAKA, Japan - Jun Wakabayashi (2nd from L), senior managing executive officer of Hankyu Department Stores Inc., holds up a signboard saying ''H2O Retailing Corp.'' during a press conference in Osaka on May 10. Wakabayashi will assume the post of president of H2O Retailing Corp., the holding company which Hankyu and Hanshin Department Stores Ltd. will jointly set up on Oct. 1 to integrate their operations. (Kyodo)

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Hello Kitty goods exhibit starts at Osaka department store

An art exhibition featuring Hello Kitty goods and paintings starts at the flagship Umeda store of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc. in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 28, 2015, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the fictional character's birth. Among the exhibits at the show through Feb. 16 is a drawing by Yuko Yamaguchi, designer of the character, based on the theme of "Alice in Wonderland," as seen in this photo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takashimaya, H2O Retailing cancel merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Koji Suzuki (L), president of Takashimaya Co., and Shunichi Sugioka, chairman of H2O Retailing Corp., speaking at press conferences in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively, on March 25, 2010. The operators of the Takashimaya and Hankyu Hanshin department store chains announced they have cancelled their plan to merge. (Kyodo)

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1-day Hankyu Tourist Pass for SE Asian tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. said on Nov. 11, 2014, it will sell the one-day Hankyu Tourist Pass, good for all Hankyu lines and seen in this undated photo, in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. (Kyodo)