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Toyota Industries Corporation submits report in response to corrective order from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Toyota Industries Corporation submits report in response to corrective order from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. From left: Hirohisa Tsuruta, Director General, Logistics & Automotive Bureau; Koichi Ito, President, Toyota Industries Corporation. =Date:March 22, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Toyota Industries Corporation submits report in response to corrective order from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Toyota Industries Corporation submits report in response to corrective order from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. From left: Hirohisa Tsuruta, Director General, Logistics & Automotive Bureau; Koichi Ito, President, Toyota Industries Corporation. =Date:March 22, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Honolulu, Uwajima celebrate 10th anniversary of sisterhood

HONOLULU, United States - Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell (L) and Uwajima Mayor Hirohisa Ishibashi attend a ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the sister-city relationship of the U.S. city and the western Japanese city in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 13, 2014.

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Ex-Finance Minister Fujii to retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2010 shows former Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Fujii will retire from politics without running in the Dec. 16 general election, sources close to the legislator said Nov. 29, 2012.

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Memorial held on 9th anniv. of ship collision with U.S. sub

HONOLULU, United States - Uwajima Mayor Hirohisa Ishibashi speaks in front of a memorial cenotaph at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Feb. 9, 2010, during the ninth-year memorial service for the nine Japanese victims of a ship collision between fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine. About 60 people attended the service at the park, which overlooks the site of the accident.

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Kan says making MOF more transparent is major task, mum on forex

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters in front of his residence in Musashino city in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010, a day after being appointed by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to replace Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister.

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Hatoyama says appointing Kan as finance chief 'best conclusion'

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters in front of his official residence in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010, one day after he accepted Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii's resignation and appointed Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan as the successor. Hatoyama called the appointment of Kan ''the best conclusion.''

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Japan finance minister to resign

TOKYO, Japan - This Dec. 17, 2009 file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L), Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) and Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii attending a meeting at the prime minister's office. Hatoyama picked Kan on Jan. 6, 2010 as the new finance minister, replacing Fujii.

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Hatoyama speaks about resignation of Finance Minister Fujii

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. Hatoyama picked Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan the same day to replace Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister.

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Kan speaks about finance minister's post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010, after being picked to replace Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister.

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Japan finance minister to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (L) is photographed beside Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) and Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan before a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010. Hatoyama picked Kan the following day as the new finance minister, replacing Fujii.

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Kan speaks about finance minister's post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010, after being picked to replace Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 24, 2003, file photo shows Hirohisa Fujii (R), then secretary general of the Liberal Party, shaking hands with Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from R) who headed the party, Naoto Kan (2nd from L), who headed the Democratic Party of Japan and Katsuya Okada, DPJ secretary general, during a ceremony to mark the merger of Ozawa's party into the DPJ at a Tokyo hotel. Fujii was replaced with Kan, deputy prime minister, on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Dec. 15, 2009, file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama moving past Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (2nd from L) after giving a press conference at the premier's office. Fujii was replaced with Kan, deputy prime minister, on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 17, 2009, file photo shows Hirohisa Fujii speaking at a press conference at the prime minister's office after being appointed as finance minister by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 25, 2009, file photo shows then Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (L) and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) attending a financial summit in Pittsburg. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 17, 2009, file photo shows then Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (L) and his predecessor Kaoru Yosano chatting during a handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry the day after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama launched his new Cabinet. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 16, 2009, file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L, front) and then Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (R, middle) being photographed on the launch of Hatoyama's Cabinet at the prime minister's office. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Oct. 15, 2009, file photo shows then Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii attending a ceremony to demonstrate the technology of minting coins at the Japan Mint in Osaka. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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Kan to become Japan's new finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama picked Kan the same day as the new finance minister, replacing Hirohisa Fujii.

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Sengoku says almost no chance of succeeding Fujii

TOKYO, Japan - Administrative reform minister Yoshito Sengoku speaks to reporters at a hotel, after giving a speech at a meeting sponsored by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. Sengoku, cited as one of the candidates to succeed finance minister Hirohisa Fujii since the minister expressed desire to resign, said during the meeting that there is almost no chance that he will take over as finance minister.

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Sengoku says almost no chance of succeeding Fujii

TOKYO, Japan - Administrative reform minister Yoshito Sengoku gives a speech at a meeting sponsored by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2010. Sengoku, cited as one of the candidates to succeed finance minister Hirohisa Fujii since the minister expressed desire to resign, said there is almost no chance that he will take over as finance minister.

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Hatoyama speaks on Fujii's desire to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters in front of the prime minister's office on Jan. 6, 2010, after Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii expressed his desire to resign for health reasons the previous day.

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Japan finance chief Fujii to resign due to poor health

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows portrait of Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii, 77, who told Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Jan. 5, 2010, that he wants to resign due to poor health.

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Fujii tells Hatoyama he wants to resign due to poor health

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters about Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii's intention to resign at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010. Hatoyama said, ''I want him to continue to do his best, of course.''

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Japan finance minister to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii heads for a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010. Fujii has expressed his intention to resign from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama due to poor health.

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Fujii tells Hatoyama he wants to resign due to health reasons

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (L) stands with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama before a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010. Later in the day, Fujii reportedly told Hatoyama that he wants to step down from his post due to health reasons.

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Japan finance minister to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii heads for a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010. Fujii has expressed his intention to resign from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama due to poor health.

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Japan finance minister to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (L) is photographed beside Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) and Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan before a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010.

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Hatoyama, Fujii OK outline of tax reforms

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii after being handed a report by a governmental tax panel at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009. The Cabinet approved an outline of tax reforms the same day as part of the drafting process for the fiscal 2010 budget.

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Nippon Keidanren opposes environmental tax levy

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai (standing R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, addresses a meeting with Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (L) and senior Finance Ministry officials at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2009. Japan's most influential business lobby, also known as Nippon Keidanren, expressed its opposition to the government's proposed introduction of an environmental tax in April.

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Finance minister attends budget meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (C) attends a meeting at the prime minister's office on Dec. 8, 2009. The government announced a stimulus package of 7.2 trillion yen, which was focused on improving employment conditions, corporate financing of small and midsize firms, and boosting private consumption in Japan.

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Finance Minister Fujii talks of tax revenue

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii smiles during a meeting with other key Cabinet members at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2009. Fujii told reporters after the meeting that the Japanese government's debt in fiscal 2009 will top tax revenue for the first time since 1946.

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Hatoyama orders budget measures to tackle currency, stock issues

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano is surrounded by reporters in front of the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2009, after talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to discuss measures to cope with the yen's rapid appreciation and the decline in the Japanese stock market. Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii and administrative minister Yoshito Sengoku also attended the talks. (Pool photo)

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Hatoyama orders budget measures to tackle currency, stock issues

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama leaves his official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2009, after talks with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano, Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii and administrative minister Yoshito Sengoku to discuss measures to cope with the yen's rapid appreciation and the decline in the Japanese stock market. (Pool photo)

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Yen's rise against dollar 'one-sided': Fujii

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii speaks during a news conference at his ministry Nov. 27, 2009. Fujii said the recent sharp rise in the yen against the U.S. dollar is ''one-sided,'' expressing concern that it would harm the Japanese economy.

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Fujii, Geithner meet in Tokyo on global economic issues

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) and Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii shake hands ahead of their meeting on Nov. 10, 2009, in Tokyo to discuss policies to turn the budding global economic recovery into sustainable and balanced growth.

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Japan to issue more bonds in FY 2009 to cover tax revenue drop

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii gestures during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2009. Fujii said that issuance of Japanese government bonds will likely rise from the 44 trillion yen initially projected in fiscal 2009 amid a sharp fall in tax revenues.

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Japan gov't to issue more bonds in FY 2009 to cover tax revenue drop

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii speaks during a news conference after the Cabinet meeting at his ministry on Oct. 20. Fujii said the issuance of Japanese government bonds will most likely rise from the 44 trillion yen initially projected in fiscal 2009 amid a sharp fall in tax revenues.

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Fujii hints at intervention to stem steeper yen rise

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii speaks at a news conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2009. Fujii indicated the government may step into the currency market to stem the yen's rapid appreciation, saying Tokyo may take steps if exchange rates move ''abnormally.''

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Fujii vows to make 'no mistake' in steering Japan's economy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (L) shake hands with former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo as he takes over from Yosano.

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Finance Minister Fujii gives 1st news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii speaks during his first press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo following the Cabinet's formal inauguration on Sept. 16, 2009.

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Finance Minister Fujii arrives at premier's office

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009.

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Ex-Finance Minister Fujii to get Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (file photo) will be given a seat in the House of Representatives vacated by fellow member Hiroyuki Nagahama of the Democratic Party of Japan, who on July 12 filed candidacy to run in the House of Councillors.

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DPJ seeks debate between Koizumi and Okada

TOKYO, Japan - Hirohisa Fujii, a senior Democratic Party of Japan member, answers questions from reporters at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 25 after asking the LDP to hold a debate between DPJ leader Katsuya Okada and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, also LDP chief, before the Sept. 11 general election.

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Kawabata to take DPJ No. 2 post, Fujii to be acting president

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Kawabata (L), a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker in his sixth term in the House of Representatives, said Sept. 9 he has accepted the offer of the post of DPJ secretary general from party leader Katsuya Okada. Veteran lawmaker Hirohisa Fujii (R), 72, accepted Okada's offer to become acting president, after declining to stay on as secretary general.

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DPJ leader Okada picks his aides

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada, new leader of the No. 1 opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks with reporters after picking Yoshito Sengoku as policy chief and Tatsuo Kawabata as Diet affairs chief under his leadership on May 19. Okada has earlier named former Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii to be secretary general, a position he himself held previously.

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Mayor hands Ehime Maru petition to Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Uwajima Mayor Hirohisa Ishibashi (R) on March 16 hands a petition signed by about 750,000 people to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori calling for the raising of the sunken Ehime Maru from waters off Hawaii and clarification of the causes of its collision with the U.S. submarine Greeneville last month.

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Mayor asks Mori to urge U.S. to continue sea search

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) bows to Hirohisa Ishibashi (C), mayor of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, at the prime minister's official residence on Feb. 19 before the two held talks. In the meeting, Ishibashi asked Mori to urge the United States to continue looking for nine Japanese who went missing Feb. 9 when a U.S. Navy submarine hit and sank a Japanese trawler near Hawaii.

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Opposition set to investigate KSD, Foreign Ministry scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Japanese Communist Party Chairman Kazuo Shii (3rd from L), Takako Doi, leader of the Social Democratic Party (2nd from R) and Liberal Party Secretary General Hirohisa Fujii raise their fists at a rally in Tokyo on Jan. 30, pledging to investigate a political-donation scandal involving mutual-aid foundation KSD and alleged embezzlement of government funds by a Foreign Ministry official.