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Baseball: Eagles vs. Buffaloes

Orix Buffaloes starter Hiroya Miyagi pitches in a baseball game against the Rakuten Eagles on March 28, 2025, at Kyocera Dome Osaka in the city of Osaka, western Japan.

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Japan Post top management reshuffle

Japan Post Holdings Co.'s outgoing president, Hiroya Masuda (R), and his replacement senior executive officer Kazuyuki Negishi hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 2, 2025.

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Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Japan's Hiroya Miyagi throws in the opener of a two-game baseball exhibition series against the Netherlands at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 5, 2025.

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Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Japan's Hiroya Miyagi throws in the opener of a two-game baseball exhibition series against the Netherlands at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 5, 2025.

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New Year's greeting cards

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 1 Kyodo - Postal workers depart Tokyo's Shinjuku post office on Jan. 1, 2025, to deliver New Year's greeting cards. (Kyodo)

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Capital and Business Alliance between Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Post Insurance Co.

Daiwa Securities Group and JPI formed a capital and business alliance in the field of asset management. Photo shows (from left) Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post, Mr. Kunio Tanigaki, President of Japan Post Insurance, Mr. Mikita Komatsu, President of Daiwa Asset Management, and Mr. Akihiko Ogino, President of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Post Insurance Form Capital and Business Alliance in Asset Management

Daiwa Securities Group and JPI form capital and business alliance in the asset management field. Pictured from left to right are Kunio Tanigaki, President of JPI, Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post, Akihiko Ogino, President of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Mikita Komatsu, President of Daiwa Asset Management Co. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Capital and Business Alliance between Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Post Insurance Co.

Daiwa Securities Group and JPI formed a capital and business alliance in the field of asset management. Pictured from left to right are Kunio Tanigaki, President of JPI, Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post, Akihiko Ogino, President of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Mikita Komatsu, President of Daiwa Asset Management Co. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Capital and Business Alliance between Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Post Insurance Co.

Daiwa Securities Group and JPI formed a capital and business alliance in the field of asset management. Photo shows (from left) Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post, and Mr. Akihiko Ogino, President of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Capital and Business Alliance between Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Post Insurance Co.

Daiwa Securities Group and JPI formed a capital and business alliance in the field of asset management. Photo shows, from left, Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post, and Mr. Akihiko Ogino, President of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Japan Post Group and East Japan Railway Group Joint Press Conference

Japan Post Group and East Japan Railway Group Joint Press Conference. From left to right: Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post; Mr. Yuji Fukasawa, President of East Japan Railway Company. =Date:Febuary 21, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Japan Post Group and East Japan Railway Group Joint Press Conference

Japan Post Group and East Japan Railway Group Joint Press Conference. Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post =Date:Febuary 21, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Japan Post Group and East Japan Railway Group Joint Press Conference

Japan Post Group and East Japan Railway Group Joint Press Conference. From left to right: Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post; Mr. Yuji Fukasawa, President of East Japan Railway Company. =Date:Febuary 21, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Japan Post Group and East Japan Railway Group Joint Press Conference

Japan Post Group and East Japan Railway Group Joint Press Conference. From left to right: Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post; Mr. Yuji Fukasawa, President of East Japan Railway Company. =Date:Febuary 21, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Baseball: Japan Series

Hiroya Shimamoto of the Hanshin Tigers appears in relief against the Orix Buffaloes, getting the final out in the fifth inning in Game 7 of the Japan Series baseball championship at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023. ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Japan Series

Orix Buffaloes starting pitcher Hiroya Miyagi takes the mound against the Hanshin Tigers in Game 7 of the Japan Series baseball championship at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023.

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Japan Post Group and Yamato Group Collaboration in Logistics Services

Japan Post Group and Yamato Group held a press conference on cooperation in logistics services. Photo shows (from left) Yutaka Nagao, President of Yamato HD; Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post; and Kazuhide Kinugawa, President of Japan Post.=Date:June 19, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Japan Post Group and Yamato Group Collaboration in Logistics Services

Japan Post Group and Yamato Group held a press conference on cooperation in logistics services. Photo shows (from left) Yutaka Nagao, President of Yamato HD; Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post; and Kazuhide Kinugawa, President of Japan Post.=Date:June 19, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Japan Post Group and Yamato Group Collaboration in Logistics Services

Japan Post Group and Yamato Group held a press conference on cooperation in logistics services. Photo shows (from left) Yutaka Nagao, President of Yamato HD; Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post; and Kazuhide Kinugawa, President of Japan Post.=Date:June 19, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Japan Post Group and Yamato Group Collaboration in Logistics Services

Japan Post Group and Yamato Group held a press conference on cooperation in logistics services. Photo shows (from left) Yutaka Nagao, President of Yamato HD; Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post; and Kazuhide Kinugawa, President of Japan Post.=Date:June 19, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Japan Post Group and Yamato Group Collaboration in Logistics Services

Japan Post Group and Yamato Group held a press conference on cooperation in logistics services. Photo shows (from left) Yutaka Nagao, President of Yamato HD, and Hiroya Masuda, President of Japan Post.=Date:June 19, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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World Baseball Classic

Japan pitcher Hiroya Miyagi stretches on the field in Miami, Florida, on March 17, 2023, ahead of the team's World Baseball Classic semifinal game against Mexico.

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World Baseball Classic

Hiroya Miyagi of Japan pitches against the Czech Republic in a World Baseball Classic Pool B game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 11, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Hiroya Miyagi of Japan pitches against the Czech Republic in a World Baseball Classic Pool B game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 11, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Hiroya Miyagi of Japan pitches against the Czech Republic in a World Baseball Classic Pool B game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 11, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Hiroya Miyagi of Japan pitches against the Czech Republic in a World Baseball Classic Pool B game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 11, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Japan pitcher Hiroya Miyagi picks off Czech Republic's Eric Sogard (R) on a throw to second baseman Tetsuto Yamada during the fifth inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool B game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 11, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Japan pitcher Hiroya Miyagi picks off Czech Republic's Eric Sogard (L) on a throw to second baseman Tetsuto Yamada during the fifth inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool B game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 11, 2023.

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Internal affairs minister Masuda admits error in own fund report

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Hiroya Masuda speaks at a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 8. Masuda, who is in charge of overseeing fund reports by politicians and political parties, admitted that a 1 million yen donation to his own political fund management body made in 2003 when he was Iwate Governor was not logged in the body's report.

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New internal affairs minister Masuda was reformist governor

TOKYO, Japan - New Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Hiroya Masuda speaks at his inaugural press conference on Aug. 27. Masuda served as Iwate governor for three four-year terms until April 2007 and was known as a reformist governor.

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Kobe Steel to close blast furnace in Kobe

TOKYO, Japan - Kobe Steel Ltd. President Hiroya Kawasaki holds a news conference in Tokyo on May 29, 2013. The company said the same day it will close a blast furnace at its iron mill in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, and increase utilization ratios at two other blast furnaces in the same prefecture.

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NHK chief apologies over insider stock trading by employees

TOKYO, Japan - NHK President Genichi Hashimoto (C) apologizes to Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Hiroya Masuda (R) during a meeting at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry on Jan. 18 over allegations that three NHK employees -- two reporters and one director -- were involved in insider trading. Masuda ordered NHK to check whether other NHK employees in news sections are involved in illegal stock trading.

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Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony to launch the process of privatizing Japan's state-run postal services is held in Tokyo on Oct. 1. From L to R are former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, former Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta, Japan Post President Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Hiroya Masuda.

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JCB, Bank of China to launch credit-card business in China

SHANGHAI, China - Hiroya Nobuhara (R), president of JCB Co., and a representative of the Bank of China shake hands in Shanghai on March 30 during a ceremony to announce a joint business to launch credit cards in China in April.

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Fukuoka Gov. Aso elected as new leader of governors' body

TOKYO, Japan - Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (R) shakes hands with Iwate Gov. Hiroya Masuda (L) after defeating him to be elected as the new head of the National Governors Association in the first-ever balloting for its leadership on Feb. 17. Aso, 65, won 27 votes out of a total of 47 while Masuda, 53, the only other contender, racked up 19 votes. There was one invalid vote.

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Japanese pupil opens exhibition on Cambodia

CHIBA, Japan - Hiroya Igarashi, a primary school student in Chiba, opens a six-day photo and picture exhibition on Cambodia on Aug. 27 in Chiba. Igarashi visited Cambodia in March as a child reporter under a private medical group project.

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Nagoya bourse introduces computerized trading

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Fujita (R), president of the Nagoya Stock Exchange, and Hiroya Madarame, managing director of Fujitsu Ltd., prepare to cut the tape at a ceremony marking the introduction of computerized trading at the bourse Sept. 4. It is the third Japanese bourse to introduce computerized stock trading after the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange, abandoning conventional floor trading.

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Japanese win team gold medal

Japanese skiers respond the cheers of the spectators after winning the gold medal in the Nagano Olympic large hill ski jumping team event Feb. 17 in the central Japan village of Hakuba. From left: Kazuyoshi Funaki, Masahiko Harada, Takanobu Okabe and Hiroya Saito.

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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Japanese doctor Hiroya Sugano (2nd from L) pours bourbon whisky from a World War II-blackened canteen into the waters of Pearl Harbor in Honolulu as an offering to the spirits of the fallen on Dec. 6, 2022.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Hiroya Miyagi takes the mound in Game 7 of the Japan Series against the Yakult Swallows on Oct. 30, 2022, at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Hiroya Miyagi takes the mound in Game 7 of the Japan Series against the Yakult Swallows on Oct. 30, 2022, at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo.

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Japanese politician Hiroya Ino

File photo taken on April 27, 1972, shows Japanese politician Hiroya Ino, who served as justice minister and agriculture minister during his career in public service.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Hiroya Miyagi of the Orix Buffaloes pitches against the Yakult Swallows in Game 2 of the Japan Series at Kyocera Dome Osaka on Nov. 21, 2021.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Hiroya Miyagi of the Orix Buffaloes pitches against the Yakult Swallows in Game 2 of the Japan Series at Kyocera Dome Osaka on Nov. 21, 2021.

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Baseball in Japan

Hiroya Miyagi of the Orix Buffaloes pitches against the SoftBank Hawks on Oct. 1, 2021, at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan.

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Baseball in Japan

Hiroya Miyagi of the Orix Buffaloes pitches against the SoftBank Hawks on Oct. 1, 2021, at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan.

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Baseball in Japan

Hiroya Miyagi of the Orix Buffaloes pitches against the Lotte Marines at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Aug. 13, 2021.

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Fukuoka Gov. Aso elected as new leader of governors' body

TOKYO, Japan - Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (R) shakes hands with Iwate Gov. Hiroya Masuda (L) after defeating him to be elected as the new head of the National Governors Association in the first-ever balloting for its leadership on Feb. 17. Aso, 65, won 27 votes out of a total of 47 while Masuda, 53, the only other contender, racked up 19 votes. There was one invalid vote. (Kyodo)

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JCB, Bank of China to launch credit-card business in China

SHANGHAI, China - Hiroya Nobuhara (R), president of JCB Co., and a representative of the Bank of China shake hands in Shanghai on March 30 during a ceremony to announce a joint business to launch credit cards in China in April. (Kyodo)

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New internal affairs minister Masuda was reformist governor

TOKYO, Japan - New Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Hiroya Masuda speaks at his inaugural press conference on Aug. 27. Masuda served as Iwate governor for three four-year terms until April 2007 and was known as a reformist governor. (Kyodo)