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Ex-Asahi Breweries President Higuchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 1999 shows former Asahi Breweries Ltd. President Hirotaro Higuchi (L) handing a report of the Economic Strategy Council as its chief to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. Higuchi, who launched the brewer's mega-hit beer Asahi Super Dry in 1987, died of acute cardiac failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2012. He was 86.

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Ex-Asahi Breweries President Higuchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2001 shows former Asahi Breweries Ltd. President Hirotaro Higuchi. Higuchi, who launched the brewer's mega-hit beer Asahi Super Dry in 1987, died of acute cardiac failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2012. He was 86.

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Fukuoka makes proposal for 2016 Summer Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Fukuoka Mayor Hirotaro Yamasaki (L) makes a formal proposal to Japan Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (R) in Tokyo on April 24 of its intention to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Fukuoka declares bid to host Olympics in 2016 or 2020

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Mayor Hirotaro Yamasaki tells a city council meeting that Fukuoka will make a bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2016 or 2020.

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Tani receives 6th honorary sports award

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ryoko Tani (R), who captured her sixth consecutive title in the 48-kilogram weight division at the World Championships last September, receives a Fukuoka City honorary sports award from Fukuoka Mayor Hirotaro Yamazaki at the city office on March 10. Tani, formerly known as Ryoko Tamura before her marriage to Orix BlueWave outfielder Yoshitomo Tani, received the accolade for a record sixth time.

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Koizumi appoints policy advisers for economy, urban affairs

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C), flanked by Toru Makino (L) and Hirotaro Higuchi (R), poses for photographers at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Sept. 3. Koizumi appointed Higuchi, honorary chairman of Asahi Breweries Ltd., and Makino, former administrative vice minister of the Construction Ministry, to advise him on policies related to the economy and urban affairs.

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Asahi Breweries' Higuchi to chair Osaka bourse

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show Hirotaro Higuchi (L), honorary chairman of Asahi Breweries Ltd., and Taichi Sakaiya (R), former head of the Economic Planning Agency. Higuchi will be appointed as chairman of the Osaka Securities Exchange, which is to become a publicly traded company April 1. Sakaiya will be named a board member of the new entity.

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4 Japanese freed from Kyrgyz abduction visit Premier Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi welcomes 4 Japanese who had been held hostage for 2 months by Muslim rebels in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The freed men, who returned home Oct. 26, called on the premier at his official residence Oct. 29 to report on their ordeal. (From L to R) Toshiaki Ariie, 58, Nobuhisa Nakajima, 49, Premier Obuchi, Hirotaro Fujii, 47, and Haruo Harada, 38.

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4 freed Japanese arrive back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Four Japanese mining engineers who were freed after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan meet the press at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 26, after arriving from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. The four (from L to R) are Toshiaki Ariie, Haruo Harada, Hirotaro Fujii, and Nobuhisa Nakajima.

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4 freed Japanese head back to Japan

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Four Japanese mining engineers who were freed after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Central Asia walk down to a chartered flight bound for Japan on Oct. 26. (From L to R) Nobuhisa Nakajima, Hirotaro Fujii, Toshiaki Ariie and Haruo Harada.

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File photo of freed Japanese hostages in Kyrgyzstan

TOKYO, Japan - This is a file photo taken last year at a project in Kyrgyzstan which includes three of four Japanese nationals freed by Islamic guerrillas Oct. 24. The Japanese mining engineers are Haruo Harada (R in front row), Hirotaro Fujii (fourth from R in back row) and Toshiaki Ariie (sixth from R in back).

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Nasdaq Japan Club holds 1st meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son (R), president of Softbank Corp., Frank Zarb (C), chairman of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) of the United States, and Hirotaro Higuchi, honorary chairman of Asahi Breweries Ltd., shake hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 12. They were briefing reporters on the inaugural meeting of a corporate club set up to prepare for the start of Nasdaq Japan, the Japanese version of the technology-laden U.S. equity market.

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Key panel proposes 3-step plan for Japanese economy

Hirotaro Higuchi (L), chairman of the Economic Strategy Council, an ad hoc panel of top business leaders and scholars, hands his council's final report to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on Feb. 26. The report urged the government to revive Japan's economy and set its deficit-ridden finances in order around fiscal 2008 by implementing a three-stage plan over the next 10 years.

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Panel submit policy recommendations

Hirotaro Higuchi (L), chairman of the Economic Strategy Council, presents his panel's policy recommendations to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) on Wednesday Oct. 14. The panel urged the government to pump 'tens of trillions of yen' into the nation's troubled banking industry and called for an additional stimulus package of more than 10 trillion yen to rev up the faltering economy.

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Fukuoka declares bid to host Olympics in 2016 or 2020

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Mayor Hirotaro Yamasaki tells a city council meeting that Fukuoka will make a bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2016 or 2020. (Kyodo)

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Fukuoka makes proposal for 2016 Summer Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Fukuoka Mayor Hirotaro Yamasaki (L) makes a formal proposal to Japan Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (R) in Tokyo on April 24 of its intention to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Tani receives 6th honorary sports award

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ryoko Tani (R), who captured her sixth consecutive title in the 48-kilogram weight division at the World Championships last September, receives a Fukuoka City honorary sports award from Fukuoka Mayor Hirotaro Yamazaki at the city office on March 10. Tani, formerly known as Ryoko Tamura before her marriage to Orix BlueWave outfielder Yoshitomo Tani, received the accolade for a record sixth time. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi appoints policy advisers for economy, urban affairs

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C), flanked by Toru Makino (L) and Hirotaro Higuchi (R), poses for photographers at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Sept. 3. Koizumi appointed Higuchi, honorary chairman of Asahi Breweries Ltd., and Makino, former administrative vice minister of the Construction Ministry, to advise him on policies related to the economy and urban affairs.

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Asahi Breweries' Higuchi to chair Osaka bourse

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show Hirotaro Higuchi (L), honorary chairman of Asahi Breweries Ltd., and Taichi Sakaiya (R), former head of the Economic Planning Agency. Higuchi will be appointed as chairman of the Osaka Securities Exchange, which is to become a publicly traded company April 1. Sakaiya will be named a board member of the new entity.

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4 Japanese freed from Kyrgyz abduction visit Premier Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi welcomes 4 Japanese who had been held hostage for 2 months by Muslim rebels in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The freed men, who returned home Oct. 26, called on the premier at his official residence Oct. 29 to report on their ordeal. (From L to R) Toshiaki Ariie, 58, Nobuhisa Nakajima, 49, Premier Obuchi, Hirotaro Fujii, 47, and Haruo Harada, 38.

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Photos of 4 freed Japanese in Central Asia

TOKYO, Japan - These are photos taken Monday of the four Japanese mining engineers who were freed Oct. 24 after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Central Asia. Hirotaro Fujii (L top), Haruo Harada (R top), Toshiaki Ariie (L bottom) and Nobuhisa Nakajima. The four were abducted on Aug. 23 in the Batken district of southern Kyrgyzstan.

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4 freed Japanese head back to Japan

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Four Japanese mining engineers who were freed after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Central Asia walk down to a chartered flight bound for Japan on Oct. 26. (From L to R) Nobuhisa Nakajima, Hirotaro Fujii, Toshiaki Ariie and Haruo Harada.

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4 freed Japanese arrive back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Four Japanese mining engineers who were freed after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan meet the press at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 26, after arriving from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. The four (from L to R) are Toshiaki Ariie, Haruo Harada, Hirotaro Fujii, and Nobuhisa Nakajima.

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File photo of freed Japanese hostages in Kyrgyzstan

TOKYO, Japan - This is a file photo taken last year at a project in Kyrgyzstan which includes three of four Japanese nationals freed by Islamic guerrillas Oct. 24. The Japanese mining engineers are Haruo Harada (R in front row), Hirotaro Fujii (fourth from R in back row) and Toshiaki Ariie (sixth from R in back).

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Nasdaq Japan Club holds 1st meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son (R), president of Softbank Corp., Frank Zarb (C), chairman of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) of the United States, and Hirotaro Higuchi, honorary chairman of Asahi Breweries Ltd., shake hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 12. They were briefing reporters on the inaugural meeting of a corporate club set up to prepare for the start of Nasdaq Japan, the Japanese version of the technology-laden U.S. equity market.

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Key panel proposes 3-step plan for Japanese economy

Hirotaro Higuchi (L), chairman of the Economic Strategy Council, an ad hoc panel of top business leaders and scholars, hands his council's final report to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on Feb. 26. The report urged the government to revive Japan's economy and set its deficit-ridden finances in order around fiscal 2008 by implementing a three-stage plan over the next 10 years. ==Kyodo

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Panel submit policy recommendations

Hirotaro Higuchi (L), chairman of the Economic Strategy Council, presents his panel's policy recommendations to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) on Wednesday Oct. 14. The panel urged the government to pump 'tens of trillions of yen' into the nation's troubled banking industry and called for an additional stimulus package of more than 10 trillion yen to rev up the faltering economy. ==Kyodo