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Shareholders meeting for Fuji Media Holdings

Entrepreneur Takafumi Horie heads to the venue of a general shareholders meeting for Fuji Media Holdings Inc. in Tokyo on June 25, 2025, following a sexual misconduct scandal involving popular TV host Masahiro Nakai and a female employee at a television network subsidiary.

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Shareholders meeting for Fuji Media Holdings

Entrepreneur Takafumi Horie heads to the venue of a general shareholders meeting for Fuji Media Holdings Inc. in Tokyo on June 25, 2025, following a sexual misconduct scandal involving popular TV host Masahiro Nakai and a female employee at a television network subsidiary.

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Rugby: Japan hooker Horie to retire

Japan and Saitama Wild Knights hooker Shota Horie poses for photos as he announces that he will retire at the end of the 2023-24 League One rugby season at a press conference in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2023.

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Rugby: Japan hooker Horie to retire

Japan and Saitama Wild Knights hooker Shota Horie speaks at a press conference in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2023, announcing his retirement at the end of the 2023-24 League One rugby season.

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Rugby: Japan hooker Horie to retire

Japan and Saitama Wild Knights rugby player Shota Horie speaks at a press conference in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2023, announcing his retirement at the end of the 2023-24 League One rugby season.

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Rugby World Cup: Japan vs. Argentina

Japan's Shota Horie (C, bottom) tackles an Argentina player during the first half of a Rugby World Cup Pool D match at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes, France, on Oct. 8, 2023.

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Rugby World Cup: Japan vs. Samoa

Shota Horie (R) of Japan is shown a yellow card and a possible upgrade signal during the first half of a Rugby World Cup Pool D match against Samoa at Stadium de Toulouse in Toulouse, France, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Rugby World Cup: Japan vs. Samoa

Shota Horie of Japan attempts to break a tackle by Samoan players during the first half of a Rugby World Cup Pool D match at Stadium de Toulouse in Toulouse, France, on Sept. 28, 2023.

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Rugby World Cup: Japan squad

Japan player Shota Horie attends a press conference in Toulouse, France, on Sept. 25, 2023, ahead of a Rugby World Cup Pool D match against Samoa on Sept. 28.

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RWC - England v Japan

Shota Horie #2 of Japan, Jamie George #2 of England, Joe Marler #1 of England and Kazuki Himeno #8 of Japan during the Rugby World Cup match between England and Japan at Stade de Nice on September 17, 2023 in Nice, France. Photo by Baptiste Paquot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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RWC - England v Japan

Shota Horie #2 of Japan, Jamie George #2 of England, Joe Marler #1 of England and Kazuki Himeno #8 of Japan during the Rugby World Cup match between England and Japan at Stade de Nice on September 17, 2023 in Nice, France. Photo by Baptiste Paquot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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RWC - England v Japan

Shota Horie #2 of Japan, Jamie George #2 of England, Joe Marler #1 of England and Kazuki Himeno #8 of Japan during the Rugby World Cup match between England and Japan at Stade de Nice on September 17, 2023 in Nice, France. Photo by Baptiste Paquot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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RWC - England v Japan

Jiwon Gu #3 of Japan, Freddie Steward #15 of England and Shota Horie #2 of Japan during the Rugby World Cup match between England and Japan at Stade de Nice on September 17, 2023 in Nice, France. Photo by Baptiste Paquot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rugby: Japan's pre-World Cup training

Japan player Shota Horie works out during a gym session ahead of the upcoming Rugby World Cup at the Brave Blossoms' base in Toulouse, France, on Sept. 5, 2023.

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Rugby: Japan World Cup squad

Japan players (from back L) Kazuki Himeno, Shota Horie and Keita Inagaki take part in a training session in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2023, the day after an initial 30-man squad for the upcoming Rugby World Cup in France was named.

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Japan's first comic-drawing course at public high school

Nobuhiko Horie, head of Tokyo-based cartoon publisher Coamix Inc., gives a lecture at Takamori High School in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 18, 2023, to freshmen who entered the first comic-drawing course at a public high school in Japan.

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Japan's record-breaking sailor Horie given U.S. award

Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop yacht voyage across the Pacific at age 83 in 2022, speaks to the press in New York on March 4, 2023 before receiving the Blue Water Medal, a prestigious sailing award from the Cruising Club of America.

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Japan's record-breaking sailor Horie given U.S. award

Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop yacht voyage across the Pacific at age 83 in 2022, speaks to the press in New York on March 4, 2023 before receiving the Blue Water Medal, a prestigious sailing award from the Cruising Club of America.

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Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie

Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie is pictured in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 5, 2022. Horie became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific on a yacht at age 83 in 2022.

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Yachtsman Horie

Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie, 84, prepares to board his Suntory Mermaid III yacht at a harbor in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Dec. 5, 2022. Horie became the oldest person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in June 2022, when he was 83.

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Yachtsman Horie

Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie, 84, is pictured beside his Suntory Mermaid III yacht at a harbor in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Dec. 5, 2022. Horie became the oldest person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in June 2022, when he was 83.

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Interview with yachtsman Horie

Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie, 84, gives an interview in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Dec. 5, 2022, after becoming the oldest person to sail across the Pacific solo and nonstop in June 2022, when he was 83.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

OTA, Japan, March 30 Kyodo - Shota Horie, who played for Japan in the 2019 Rugby World Cup, takes part in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, on March 30, 2021.

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Nursery tale author debuts at age of 92 in Tokushima

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Sachiko Horie, a debutant author of nursery tales, holds her book on Nov. 11, 2014. Horie, residing in Tokushima, western Japan, made her debut as a nursery tale author just before turning 93 years old.

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Japan's Toyama recognized as energy efficient city

NEW YORK, United States - Toyama Mayor Masashi Mori (R) and Masahiko Horie, Japanese ambassador for global environmental affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pose for a photo in front of the U.N. Headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014, follow the Sea of Japan coast city's recognition by a U.N.-led partnership as a municipality that has improved energy efficiency.

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Japan close in on World Cup rugby spot

INCHEON, South Korea - Keiji Horie of Japan runs the ball during the first half of an Asian 5 Nations match against South Korea at Munhak Stadium in Incheon, South Korea, on May 17, 2014. Japan won 62-5 and moved within one win of an automatic spot at next year's Rugby World Cup.

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Ex-Livedoor head Horie released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2013, after being paroled from prison having served 21 months of a 30-month sentence for accounting fraud.

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Ex-Livedoor head Horie released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie bows at a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2013, after being paroled from prison having served 21 months of a 30-month sentence for accounting fraud.

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Ex-Livedoor chief Horie

TOKYO, Japan - Takafumi Horie, former president of Internet firm Livedoor Co., answers reporters' questions as he appeared at the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office on June 20, 2011, for procedures to imprison him over accounting fraud

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Ex-Livedoor execs ordered to pay 7.6 bil. yen in compensation

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs speak at a press conference after the Tokyo District Court on May 21 ordered Livedoor Co., now LDH Corp., Takafumi Horie, the founder and former president of Livedoor, and other former Livedoor executives to pay about 7.63 billion yen in compensation for stock losses they caused the company through securities law violations.

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High court upholds 2 1/2-yr term for Livedoor founder Horie

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawyers for Takafumi Horie, the founder of the Livedoor Co. group, enter the Tokyo High Court on July 25. The Court upheld a lower court ruling sentencing Horie to two years and six months in prison without suspension for his involvement in accounting fraud and other securities law breaches.

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Adventurer Horie lands after 7,800-km voyage on wave-propelled boat

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie, 69, waves flower bouquets presented by children July 6 as he steps ashore at a harbor in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, after completing a 112-day, 7,800-kilometer voyage across the Pacific from Hawaii in the Suntory Mermaid II, a boat propelled by wave power.

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Adventurer Horie lands after 7,800-km voyage on wave-propelled boat

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie, 69, receives flower bouquets from children July 6 as he steps ashore at a harbor in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, after completing a 112-day, 7,800-kilometer voyage across the Pacific from Hawaii in the Suntory Mermaid II, a boat propelled by wave power.

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Horie arrives in Japan from Hawaii on wave-propelled boat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie, 69, speaks to reporters off Yura, Wakayama Prefecture, on July 5, a day after arriving in Japan to achieve his goal of crossing the Pacific on an unprecedented voyage in the Suntory Mermaid II, a boat propelled only by the power of waves.

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Adventurer Horie leaves Hawaii on wave-propelled boat

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie waves before he leaves Honolulu, Hawaii, on March 16 for Japan, embarking on an unprecedented voyage in a boat propelled only by the power of waves. The Suntory Mermaid II -- 9.5 meters long, 3.5 meters wide and weighing 3 tons -- is made of recycled aluminum and is equipped with a solar powered battery for the navigation lights and other devices.

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Tsukada wins 6th straight at women's judo national c'ship

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic champion Maki Tsukada raises her fingers to indicate the number of victories she won after defeating Kumiko Horie in the final to win her sixth straight title at the women's open-weight judo national championship in Tokyo on April 22.

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Tsukada wins 6th straight at women's judo national c'ship

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic champion Maki Tsukada subdues Kumiko Horie in the final to win her sixth straight title at the women's open-weight judo national championship in Tokyo on April 22.

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Livedoor eyes damages suit against Horie, other ex-execs

TOKYO, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Kozo Hiramatsu speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 23. He said the company is willing to seek damages from its convicted founder Takafumi Horie and other former top executives now that a court has made a series of judgments condemning accounting fraud by the once high-flying Internet and financial services company.

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Livedoor founder Horie given 2 1/2-year prison term

TOKYO, Japan - People make a long line to get tickets to enter the Tokyo District Court on March 16 to observe a court ruling on Takafumi Horie, Livedoor Co. group founder charged with securities law breaches.

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Line long to get tickets for Horie's 1st court hearing

TOKYO, Japan - A long line forms in front of the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo on Sept. 4 as people try to get admission tickets for the first hearing of former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie over the alleged securities law violation case.

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Livedoor hopes Horie will reduce stake in company: president

TOKYO, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Kozo Hiramatsu (L) speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 24. He expressed hope that former President Takafumi Horie, in detention since Jan. 23 over alleged accounting fraud, will reduce his equity stake in the embattled company.

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Nishimuro announces Livedoor's delisting

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange President Taizo Nishimuro tells a press conference in Tokyo on March 13 that the bourse will delist Livedoor Co. stock. The announcement came after the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission filed a fresh criminal complaint against the Internet company as well as against former President Takafumi Horie and four others over alleged securities law violations.

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TSE decides to delist Livedoor stock in mid-April

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Stock Exchange decided March 13 to delist Livedoor Co. stock in mid-April as the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission filed a fresh criminal complaint with prosecutors against former five Livedoor Co. executives, including former President Takafumi Horie, and the company over alleged securities law violations. Photo taken the same day shows the Roppongi Hills building in Tokyo which houses Livedoor Co.

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DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickly

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda (L), who will resign as Diet affairs chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, again apologizes at a party executives' meeting on March 1 for disrupting the Diet by alleging that Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie had in an e-mail ordered a payment to a son of ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe. DPJ is seeking to pick Noda's successor as early as possible as it believes the uproar about the e-mail allegation has been settled with the apology by DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata and executives of the party.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28 to apologize for disrupting the Diet by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata apologizes for the uproar he caused by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official as he leaves the hospital he had been admitted to due to fatigue caused by the scandal.

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Horie will not return to Livedoor: Hiramatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Kozo Hiramatsu speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 24. He said that Takafumi Horie, the founder of the Internet firm who has been arrested over alleged securities law violations, will not be able to come back to the company, no matter the outcome of his trial.

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Horie faces fresh arrest, Livedoor's future in doubt

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Hiramatsu, president of Livedoor Co., speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 22 after Takafumi Horie, the company's former president, and three other former executives were served fresh arrest warrants on suspicion of inflating Livedoor group earnings.

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Livedoor Representative Director Kumagai arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Fumito Kumagai (file photo), representative director of Livedoor Co., was arrested on Feb. 22 on suspicion of falsifying the company's financial figures for the business year through September 2004. Former Livedoor President Takafumi Horie and three others were served fresh warrants on the same suspicion.

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Livedoor shareholders to seek damages from Horie for losses

TOKYO, Japan - Chohei Yonekawa (L), who heads a newly formed group of lawyers to help Livedoor shareholders, tells reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 21 that some Livedoor Co. shareholders plan to sue former President Takafumi Horie and other former top managers of the company around September to seek damages, saying they have suffered huge losses in purchasing its shares in the wake of allegations that the Livedoor group was involved in accounting fraud.