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Toyota to host auto races in India

NEW DELHI, India - Toyota Motor Corp. managing officer Hiroji Onishi (R) announces during the Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi on Jan. 6, 2012, that the Japanese automaker will host a series of auto races in India using its Etios strategic compact car.

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U.S. Marine Corps officer opens joint drill with JGSFD

YAMATO, Japan - Major Roy Draa (L) of the U.S. Marine Corps addresses an opening ceremony for a 12-day joint drill with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force at the JGSDF's maneuver area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2014, as Colonel Hiroji Yamashita of the Japanese force looks on.

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Peace movement leader hands over sash for peace march

NAHA, Japan - Hiroji Yamashiro (L), chairman of the "Okinawa Heiwa Undo Center" (Okinawa Peace Movement Center), hands over a sash to a man at the inauguration ceremony for a 窶徘eace march窶 in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2014, the 42nd anniversary of Okinawa's reversion from U.S. control back to Japan.

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Toyota to develop hybrid cars with Chinese makers

GUANGZHOU, China - Hiroji Onishi, senior managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., announces Nov. 21, 2013, that the company will jointly develop hybrid cars with two Chinese auto giants -- First Automobile Works Corp. and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. -- at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China.

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Toyota to develop hybrid cars with Chinese makers

GUANGZHOU, China - Hiroji Onishi, senior managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., announces Nov. 21, 2013, that the company will jointly develop hybrid cars with two Chinese auto giants -- First Automobile Works Corp. and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. -- at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China.

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(5)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Capt. Yasuhiro Mukuo (L) and Capt. Hiroji Sakaue meet the press on the 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi at Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 before the ship leaves the port to move supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq. Mukuo will oversee the transport operation and Sakaue will command the ship.

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Toyota, 2 firms to set up junior-senior high school

NAGOYA, Japan - (From L to R) Hiroji Ota, chairman of Chubu Electric Power Co., Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., and Yoshiyuki Kasai, president of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announce in Nagoya on Jan. 8 that the three companies have reached a basic agreement to jointly establish a school for junior and senior high school education in central Japan in a few years' time.

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Nippon Meat president to resign over beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Meat Packers Inc. President Hiroji Osoko weeps while announcing his resignation at a Tokyo news conference Aug. 20. He said he will step down over a scandal in which the firm's subsidiary falsely labeled beef to obtain state subsidies for mad cow disease. Osoko will be demoted to senior managing director.

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Fujii to become new Nippon Meat president

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshikiyo Fujii (file photo), managing director of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., will succeed President Hiroji Osoko, who will resign over a scandal in which its subsidiary falsely labeled beef to obtain state subsidies for mad cow disease.

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Gov't asks Nippon Meat group to limit business

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroji Okoso, president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., is surrounded by reporters at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on Aug. 14 after being asked by the ministry to limit the beef-related business activities of Nippon Food Inc., Nippon Meat's subsidiary.

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Nippon Meat says 2 execs involved in beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroji Okoso (C), president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., says in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that two of its top executives were either directly involved in or aware of the subsidiary Nippon Food Inc.'s abuse of the state-run beef-buyback program. Okoso apologized for the fraud with Motoaki Shoji (L), senior managing director of Nippon Meat Packers, who also serves as director of Nippon Food Inc., and Heihachiro Azuma (R), vice president of Nippon Meat and president of the subsidiary.

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(4)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Meat Packers Inc. President Hiroji Okoso answers reporters after meeting farm minister Tsutomu Takebe following reports that a unit of the firm disguised imported beef as domestic in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan.

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Nippon Meat says 2 execs involved in beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroji Okoso (C), president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., says in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that two of its top executives were either directly involved in or aware of the subsidiary Nippon Food Inc.'s abuse of the state-run beef-buyback program. Okoso apologized for the fraud with Motoaki Shoji (L), senior managing director of Nippon Meat Packers, who also serves as director of Nippon Food Inc., and Heihachiro Azuma (R), vice president of Nippon Meat and president of the subsidiary. (Kyodo)

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Toyota, 2 firms to set up junior-senior high school

NAGOYA, Japan - (From L to R) Hiroji Ota, chairman of Chubu Electric Power Co., Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., and Yoshiyuki Kasai, president of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announce in Nagoya on Jan. 8 that the three companies have reached a basic agreement to jointly establish a school for junior and senior high school education in central Japan in a few years' time. (Kyodo)

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Experimental tour of 'universal tourism' held on Awaji Island, west Japan

Hiroji Tsumura (L), who is blind, and wheelchair-bound Saya Kuramoto participate in an experimental tour aided by coordinators held as part of the so-called "universal tourism" initiative on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2015. Universal tourism is an attempt to make tours enjoyable to anyone including people with physical difficulties as well as the elderly. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese peacekeeping mission in S. Sudan shown to press

Col. Hiroji Yamashita, commander of a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force unit deployed for a U.N. peacekeeping operation in South Sudan, speaks in an interview in Juba, the nation's capital, on July 24, 2015. Japan began sending troops to South Sudan in January 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota's new hybrid cars for Chinese market

Hiroji Onishi, a senior managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at an event in Shanghai on April 19, 2015, to take the wraps off two new hybrid cars the Japanese automaker plans to put on the Chinese market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protesters in Okinawa urged to remove tents in front of U.S. base

Officials (R) of the Okinawa prefectural government's national highways office demand on Feb. 19, 2015, the removal by Feb. 26 of tents and billboards in front of Camp Schwab in Nago set up by a group of citizens protesting against the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to the Henoko district of Nago. The demand was conveyed to Hiroji Yamashiro, chairman of the Okinawa Peace Movement Center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arrest of 2 U.S. base-relocation opponents in Okinawa sparks protests

Hiroji Yamashiro (R front), chairman of a peace movement civic group in Okinawa, is welcomed by supporters in front of the Nago Police Station in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 23, 2015. Yamashiro, who is opposed to the controversial transfer of a key U.S. military base within the prefecture, was released following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of violating a special criminal law under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arrest of 2 U.S. base-relocation opponents in Okinawa sparks protests

Hiroji Yamashiro, chairman of a peace movement civic group in Okinawa, leaves the Nago Police Station in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 23, 2015. Yamashiro, who is opposed to the controversial transfer of a key U.S. military base within the prefecture, was released following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of violating a special criminal law under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arrest of 2 U.S. base-relocation opponents in Okinawa sparks protests

Hiroji Yamashiro (C), chairman of a peace movement civic group in Okinawa, speaks in front of the Nago Police Station in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 23, 2015. Yamashiro, who is opposed to the controversial transfer of a key U.S. military base within the prefecture, was released following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of violating a special criminal law under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Marine Corps officer opens joint drill with JGSFD

YAMATO, Japan - Major Roy Draa (L) of the U.S. Marine Corps addresses an opening ceremony for a 12-day joint drill with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force at the JGSDF's maneuver area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2014, as Colonel Hiroji Yamashita of the Japanese force looks on. (Kyodo)

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Toyota to host auto races in India

NEW DELHI, India - Toyota Motor Corp. managing officer Hiroji Onishi (R) announces during the Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi on Jan. 6, 2012, that the Japanese automaker will host a series of auto races in India using its Etios strategic compact car. (Kyodo)

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Toyota to roll out electric vehicles in China in 2020

Hiroji Onishi, a Toyota Motor Corp. senior managing officer and CEO for the China Region, says at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition on Nov. 17, 2017 that the company has decided to launch electric vehicles in China in 2020, ahead of other regions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa activist blasts Japan gov't "oppression" at U.N.

Hiroji Yamashiro, a prominent activist in Okinawa, meets with reporters in Geneva on June 15, 2017, after addressing a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting. Yamashiro, who was detained for five months for what he and his supporters call minor offenses during a protest against U.S. military bases, said the government has committed "clear human rights violations" against activists in the southern Japan island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Antibase Okinawa activist to talk about "undue oppression" at U.N.

Hiroji Yamashiro, a prominent anti-U.S. base activist in Okinawa, holds a press conference at the prefectural government hall on May 16, 2017. Yamashiro, 64, who was detained for around five months from October for what his supporters call minor offenses during base protest activities, is scheduled to deliver a speech at a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva in mid-June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prominent antibase activist released in Okinawa

Hiroji Yamashiro (front), a peace activist charged with forcible obstruction of business and assault in connection with his opposition to U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture, celebrates with his supporters after being released from five months' detention in Naha on March 18, 2017. His release follows a ruling by the Naha District Court the previous day to grant bail to Yamashiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court grants bail to prominent antibase activist in Okinawa

Supporters of Hiroji Yamashiro, a peace activist charged with forcible obstruction of business and assault in connection with his opposition to U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture, demonstrate in front of the Naha District Court on March 17, 2017, calling for his immediate release from five months' detention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court grants bail to prominent antibase activist in Okinawa

Supporters of Hiroji Yamashiro, a peace activist charged with forcible obstruction of business and assault in connection with his opposition to U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture, demonstrate in front of the Naha District Court on March 17, 2017, calling for his immediate release from five months' detention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court grants bail to prominent antibase activist in Okinawa

The Naha District Court in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa holds on March 17, 2017, the first court hearing for Hiroji Yamashiro, a peace activist charged with forcible obstruction of business and assault in connection with his opposition to U.S. military bases in the prefecture. The court granted bail to the 64-year-old head of the Okinawa Peace Action Center after he pleaded not guilty. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Supporters call for release of Okinawa activist in N.Y.

Supporters of a prominent activist opposing U.S. bases in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa hold placards in front of the Japanese consulate in New York on March 2, 2017, calling for his release from more than four months' detention. Human rights groups have called the arrest of Hiroji Yamashiro political oppression. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(5)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Capt. Yasuhiro Mukuo (L) and Capt. Hiroji Sakaue meet the press on the 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi at Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 before the ship leaves the port to move supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq. Mukuo will oversee the transport operation and Sakaue will command the ship. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Meat president to resign over beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Meat Packers Inc. President Hiroji Osoko weeps while announcing his resignation at a Tokyo news conference Aug. 20. He said he will step down over a scandal in which the firm's subsidiary falsely labeled beef to obtain state subsidies for mad cow disease. Osoko will be demoted to senior managing director. (Kyodo)

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Fujii to become new Nippon Meat president

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshikiyo Fujii (file photo), managing director of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., will succeed President Hiroji Osoko, who will resign over a scandal in which its subsidiary falsely labeled beef to obtain state subsidies for mad cow disease. (Kyodo)

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Gov't asks Nippon Meat group to limit business

TOKYO - Hiroji Okoso, president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., is surrounded by reporters at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on Aug. 14 after being asked by the ministry to limit the beef-related business activities of Nippon Food Inc., Nippon Meat's subsidiary. (Kyodo)

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(4)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Meat Packers Inc. President Hiroji Okoso answers reporters after meeting farm minister Tsutomu Takebe following reports that a unit of the firm disguised imported beef as domestic in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan. (Kyodo)