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Tsuruha Holdings, Welcia Holdings, and Aeon Press Conference

Press conference on the management integration of Tsuruha Holdings and Welcia Holdings. Photo shows, from left, Jun Tsuruha, President of Tsuruha Holdings, and Hideaki Kirisawa, President of Welcia Holdings.=December 1,2025,Tokyo

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Tsuruha Holdings, Welcia Holdings, and Aeon Press Conference

Press conference on the management integration of Tsuruha Holdings and Welcia Holdings. Photo shows, from left, Jun Tsuruha, President of Tsuruha Holdings, and Hideaki Kirisawa, President of Welcia Holdings.=December 1,2025,Tokyo

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Tsuruha Holdings, Welcia Holdings, and Aeon Press Conference

Press conference on the management integration of Tsuruha Holdings and Welcia Holdings. Pictured from left: Akio Yoshida, President of Aeon; Jun Tsuruha, President of Tsuruha Holdings; Hideaki Kirisawa, President of Welcia Holdings.=December 1,2025,Tokyo

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Tsuruha Holdings, Welcia Holdings, and Aeon Press Conference

Press conference on the management integration of Tsuruha Holdings and Welcia Holdings. Pictured from left: Akio Yoshida, President of Aeon; Jun Tsuruha, President of Tsuruha Holdings; Hideaki Kirisawa, President of Welcia Holdings.=December 1,2025,Tokyo

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Honda “N-ONE e:” Press Conference

Honda N-ONE e: Press Conference. photo shows (from left) Hideo Kawasaka, General Manager, Japan Operations Division, Integrated Regional Headquarters; and Hideaki Hotta, N-ONE e: Development Manager.=September 11,2025,Tokyo

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Basketball: Hachimura visits Aichi gov.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura (L) shakes hands with Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura during a courtesy call on him at a prefectural guesthouse in Nagoya on Aug. 20, 2025. Hachimura visited the governor to brief him on his three-day basketball camp for junior high and high school students from Aug. 18.

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2028 WorldSkills Competition Japan Organizing Committee Establishment Event

Event marking the establishment of the Japan Organizing Committee for the 2028 WorldSkills Competition. The photo shows, from left in the front row, Aichi Prefecture Governor Hideaki Omura, Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui, and Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Takamaro Fukuoka.=August 7,2025,Tokyo

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World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya

Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura, dressed like Piccolo from the Japanese manga series "Dragon Ball," poses as he meets participants of the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya in the central Japan prefecture on July 30, 2025, two days ahead of the event's opening.

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World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya

Participants of the World Cosplay Summit pose for a photo as they meet Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (C), dressed like Piccolo from the Japanese manga series "Dragon Ball," in Nagoya in the central Japan prefecture on July 30, 2025, two days ahead of the event's opening.

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2017 M-1 Grand Prix manzai contest winners

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Japanese "manzai" comedian duo Toro Salmon -- Hideaki Murata (L) and Kazunobu Kubota -- pose at the TV Asahi studios in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2017, after winning the 2017 M-1 Grand Prix contest. (Kyodo)

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Japanese film director Anno

Japanese film director Hideaki Anno speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2021, about the making of his new superhero film, Shin Kamen Rider, starring Sosuke Ikematsu.

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Baseball: Tigers vs. Dragons

Hanshin Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato hits a solo home run off Hideaki Wakui of the Chunichi Dragons in the fourth inning of a baseball game at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in Nagoya on April 29, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers vs. Dragons

Hanshin Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato hits a solo home run off Hideaki Wakui of the Chunichi Dragons in the fourth inning of a baseball game at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in Nagoya on April 29, 2025.

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Aeon, Tsuruha HD, and WelciaHD 3-company business integration press conference

Press conference on the business integration by AEON, Tsuruha HD, and Welcia HD. Photo shows, from left, Akio Yoshida, President of Aeon, Jun Tsuruha, President of Turuha HD, and Hideaki Kirisawa, President of Welcia HD.=April 11,2025,Tokyo

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Aeon, Tsuruha HD, and WelciaHD 3-company business integration press conference

Press conference on the business integration by AEON, Tsuruha HD, and Welcia HD. Photo shows, from left, Akio Yoshida, President of Aeon, Jun Tsuruha, President of Turuha HD, and Hideaki Kirisawa, President of Welcia HD.=April 11,2025,Tokyo

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Aeon, Tsuruha HD, and WelciaHD 3-company business integration press conference

Press conference on the business integration by AEON, Tsuruha HD, and Welcia HD. Photo shows, from left, Akio Yoshida, President of Aeon, Jun Tsuruha, President of Turuha HD, and Hideaki Kirisawa, President of Welcia HD.=April 11,2025,Tokyo

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Nationals

Hideaki Omura, governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture, throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals on April 7, 2025, at Nationals Park in Washington.

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Osaka Metro and SkyDrive tie up in flying vehicle business

SkyDrive Inc. CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa (R) and Osaka Metro Co. President Hideaki Kawai shake hands in Osaka on Aug. 26, 2024, after the two companies signed a business partnership agreement aiming for commercializing a flying vehicle business in the future.

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Osaka Metro and SkyDrive tie up in flying taxi business

SkyDrive Inc. CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa (R) and Osaka Metro Co. President Hideaki Kawai shake hands in Osaka on Aug. 26, 2024, after the two companies signed a business partnership agreement aiming for commercializing a flying vehicle business in the future.

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World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan, July 30 Kyodo - Cosplayers pose with Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura at a prefectural government facility in Nagoya on July 30, 2024, ahead of the three-day World Cosplay Summit from Aug. 2 in the central Japan city. (Kyodo)

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World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya

Cosplayers pose with Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (front row, 3rd from R) at a prefectural government facility in Nagoya on July 30, 2024, ahead of the three-day World Cosplay Summit from Aug. 2 in the central Japan city.

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5th anniv. of Kyoto Animation arson attack

Kyoto Animation Co. President Hideaki Hatta (R) meets the press following a memorial ceremony marking a 2019 deadly arson attack on one of its studios, on July 18, 2024, the fifth anniversary of the incident, at the site of the former studio in Kyoto, western Japan.

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5th anniv. of Kyoto Animation arson attack

Kyoto Animation Co. President Hideaki Hatta heads to a memorial ceremony marking a 2019 deadly arson attack on one of its studios on July 18, 2024, the fifth anniversary of the incident, at the studio's former site in Kyoto, western Japan.

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Cat Bus electric vehicles at central Japan park

Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (2nd from R) rides on a Cat Bus low-speed electric vehicle, inspired by the animation film "My Neighbor Totoro," at Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 27, 2024.

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Evangelion spear in western Japan park

Employees of a local ironworking company who helped build a giant replica of a spear featured in the popular anime series "Evangelion" pose next to their work made of scrap metal in a park in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 6, 2023. Ube is the hometown of Evangelion director Hideaki Anno.

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Evangelion spear in western Japan park

A giant replica of a spear featured in the popular anime series "Evangelion" is displayed in a park in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 6, 2023. Ube is the hometown of Evangelion director Hideaki Anno.

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Asian Para Games in Hangzhou

Hideaki Omura (L), governor of Aichi Prefecture, co-host of the 2026 Asian Para Games with the central Japan prefecture's capital city Nagoya, waves the games' flag during the closing ceremony of the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 28, 2023.

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Asian Para Games in Hangzhou

Hideaki Omura (R), governor of Aichi Prefecture, co-host of the 2026 Asian Para Games with the central Japan prefecture's capital city Nagoya, waves the games' flag during the closing ceremony of the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 28, 2023. Asian Paralympic Committee President Majid Rashed is seen on the left.

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Asian Para Games in Hangzhou

Hideaki Omura, governor of Aichi Prefecture, co-host of the 2026 Asian Para Games with the central Japan prefecture's capital city Nagoya, waves the games' flag during the closing ceremony of the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 28, 2023.

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Closing ceremony of Asian Games

The Asian Games flag is handed over to Hideaki Omura (far L), governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture -- which will host the 2026 Asian Games jointly with the central Japanese prefecture's capital Nagoya -- during the closing ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 8, 2023.

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Closing ceremony of Asian Games

The Asian Games flag is handed over to Hideaki Omura (L), governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture -- which will host the 2026 Asian Games jointly with the central Japanese prefecture's capital Nagoya -- during the closing ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 8, 2023.

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Closing ceremony of Asian Games

The Asian Games flag is handed over to Hideaki Omura (2nd from R), governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture -- which will host the 2026 Asian Games jointly with the central Japanese prefecture's capital Nagoya -- during the closing ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 8, 2023.

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Closing ceremony of Asian Games

The Asian Games flag is handed over to Hideaki Omura (L), governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture -- which will host the 2026 Asian Games jointly with the central Japanese prefecture's capital Nagoya -- during the closing ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 8, 2023.

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Asian Games: Reception to promote next co-hosts

Hideaki Omura, governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture, speaks during a reception in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, which is hosting the Asian Games, on Oct. 7, 2023, as the central Japanese prefecture and its capital Nagoya will co-host the next Asian Games in 2026.

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Asian Games: Reception to promote next co-hosts

Hideaki Omura (C, L), governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture, and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita (C, R) take part in a photo session during a reception in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, which is hosting the Asian Games, on Oct. 7, 2023, as the central Japanese prefecture and its capital Nagoya will co-host the next Asian Games in 2026.

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World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya

Cosplayers pose with Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (front, C) at the prefectural government office in Nagoya on Aug. 2, 2023, ahead of the three-day World Cosplay Summit from Aug. 4 in the central Japan city.

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4th anniversary of arson attack on Kyoto Animation studio

Kyoto Animation Co. President Hideaki Hatta (L) meets the press on July 18, 2023, after attending a memorial ceremony at the site of an arson attack four years earlier on an animation studio in Kyoto, western Japan, that killed 36 people.

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4th anniversary of arson attack on Kyoto Animation studio

Kyoto Animation Co. President Hideaki Hatta (R) bows on July 18, 2023, before attending a memorial ceremony at the site of an arson attack four years earlier on an animation studio in Kyoto, western Japan, that killed 36 people.

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Sumo: Yokozuna Terunofuji

Sumo grand champion Terunofuji pretends to wrestle Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (L) during a pre-tournament courtesy meeting in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 27, 2023.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai (R), managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., releases the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Japan officials meet press in Lima

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Mizukoshi (C), deputy director general of the Foreign Ministry of Japan, speaks about Japan's contribution to the fight against global warming in developing nations at a press conference on Dec. 5, 2014, in Lima, Peru, where the U.N. climate change conference, COP20, is under way.

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Japan Antarctica team to set up wind power generator

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Nakamura, a member of the 56th Japanese Antarctic expedition team, checks the drawing for a wind power generation system he is going to set up in Antarctica, at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo's Tachikawa City on Nov. 13, 2014, before the team's departure on Nov. 25.

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Japan to bid for host of 2020 Futsal World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Governor Hideaki Omura (R) of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, submits a proposal to host the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup to Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Panasonic's net profit plunges 65% in April-June

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Co. Senior Managing Director Hideaki Kawai announces a 65% net profit fall for the April-June second quarter of fiscal 2014 from a year before at a press conference in Tokyo on July 31, 2014.

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Waseda panel says Obokata's doctorate should stay despite scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Hideaki Kobayashi, who heads an investigative panel of Waseda University, tells reporters at a Tokyo hotel on July 17, 2014, that embattled researcher Haruko Obokata should not be stripped of her doctorate, as it was not obtained "through illicit means" and inadequate screening was to blame for endorsement of her "problematic" dissertation.

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Automated driving system tested on public roads

NAGOYA, Japan - Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (L) is briefed about a test car equipped with an automated driving system in Mihama Town, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 14, 2014. Denso Corp. announced the same day it has begun testing automated driving technology on public roads.

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H.I.S. to take over LAGUNA GAMAGORI's facilities

NAGOYA, Japan - H.I.S. Co. Chairman Hideo Sawada, H.I.S.' wholly-owned LAGUNA TEN BOSCH Co. President Yasuhiro Tatsumi and Aichi prefectural Gov. Hideaki Omura (from L) put their hands together at Aichi Prefectural Government Office on June 24, 2014, as LAGUNA will succeed business operations of LAGUNASIA theme Park and other amusement facilities of LAGUNA GAMAGORI in the central Japanese prefecture starting August.