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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Amy Franz, known for her handmade "Ichi-meter" board tracking Ichiro Suzuki's career hits, poses for a photo in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of a ceremony inducting the former Seattle Mariners outfielder to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Amy Franz, known for her handmade "Ichi-meter" board tracking Ichiro Suzuki's career hits, poses for a photo in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2025, the eve of a ceremony inducting the former Seattle Mariners outfielder to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Dai-Ichi Jitsugyo signage and logo

Dai-ichi Jitsugyo's signboard and logo (photo taken at the Automotive Engineering Exposition 2025 YOKOHAMA).=May 21,2025,Kanagawa

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Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Gunma Bank and Dai-ichi Hokuetsu Financial Group management integration press conference. Photo shows, from right, Takeo Uchibori, Senior Managing Director of Gunma Bank, Akihiko Fukai, President of Gunma Bank, Michirou Ueguri, President of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group, and Ken Shibata, Senior Managing Director of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.=April 24,2025,Japan

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Dai-ichi Life Group signage and logo

Dai-ichi Life Group signage and logo=Date:October 24, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Dai-ichi Life Group signage and logo

Dai-ichi Life Group signage and logo=Date:October 24, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Dai-ichi Life Group signage and logo

Dai-ichi Life Group signage and logo=Date:October 24, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Suzuki moves within 3 hits of 3,000

MIAMI, United States, July 26 Kyodo - Amy Franz, a fan of Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, holds up her "Ichi-Meter," a handmade counter for Ichiro's hits, at Marlins Park in on July 26, 2016. Suzuki went 1-for-5 against the Philadelphia Phillies to move him within three hits of becoming the 30th major leaguer to reach 3,000.

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Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on July 1, 2014, at Rockefeller University in New York, the United States, shows Japanese molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka. He was recently selected as one of 20 aficionados of 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer by the Royal Pictures Gallery Mauritshuis in The Netherlands.

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Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on July 1, 2014, in New York, the United States, shows Japanese molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka. He was recently selected as one of 20 aficionados of 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer by the Royal Pictures Gallery Mauritshuis in The Netherlands.

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Chinese lantern plant market in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman picks up Chinese lantern plants on the premises of Sensoji, a Buddhist temple in Tokyo on July 9, 2014, during the "Hozuki-Ichi," or Chinese lantern plant market, a popular seasonal event for summer.

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Chinese lantern plant market in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A shopper selects Chinese lantern plants on the premises of Sensoji, a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, on July 9, 2014, during the "Hozuki-Ichi," or Chinese lantern plant market, a popular seasonal event for summer.

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Dai-ichi Life poised to buy U.S. insurer Protective

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2011 shows the headquarters of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Dai-ichi Life is poised to acquire Protective Life Corp. of the United States for about 500 billion yen ($4.9 billion), sources familiar with the matter said June 2, 2014.

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Candy festival held in Odate, Akita

AKITA, Japan - A small child holds a candy at the "Amekko-Ichi" (Candy Market) Festival in Odate, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 8, 2014. The traditional festival, dating back to 1588, is held based on a saying that people who eat candies stay healthy.

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Costume-clad people walk in candy festival

AKITA, Japan - People in traditional costumes walk on a street during the "Amekko-Ichi" (Candy Market) Festival in Odate, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 8, 2014. The traditional festival, dating back to 1588, is held based on a saying that people who eat candies stay healthy.

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Ichiro reaches 4,000 career hits

NEW YORK, United States - Amy Franz raises a board labeled "Ichi-Meter" showing 4,000, the number of hits that the New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki has belted in a career split between Japan's Pacific League and the major leagues to celebrate Suzuki (31), who is taking the field at Yankee Stadium in New York during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Aug. 21, 2013.

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Ichiro reaches 4,000 career hits

NEW YORK, United States - A board labeled "Ichi-Meter" showing 4,000, the number of hits that the New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki has belted in a career split between Japan's Pacific League and the major leagues, is held at Yankee Stadium in New York during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Aug. 21, 2013.

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Ichiro 1 hit away from career 4,000

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki stands at the batter's box in the eighth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 20, 2013, amid chants of "Ichi-ro!" after he moved within one of a career 4,000 hits. Suzuki went 2-for-5 in the team's 8-4 victory.

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Ichiro 1 hit away from career 4,000

NEW YORK, United States - A fan holds up a board labeled "Ichi-Meter" showing 3,999, the number of hits that the New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki has belted in a career split between Japan's Pacific League and the major leagues, at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 20, 2013.

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Ichiro 1 hit away from career 4,000

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki stands at the batter's box in the eighth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 20, 2013, amid chants of "Ichi-ro!" after he moved within one of a career 4,000 hits. Suzuki went 2-for-5 in the team's 8-4 victory.

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Ichiro 1 hit away from career 4,000

NEW YORK, United States - A fan holds up a board labeled "Ichi-Meter" showing 3,999, the number of hits that the New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki has belted in a career split between Japan's Pacific League and the major leagues, at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 20, 2013.

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Actress Sakai returns to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Noriko Sakai answers reporters' questions before making a comeback on stage in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2012. Sakai suspended her career following her conviction on drug charges in 2009. A rehearsal of a period play, in which Sakai plays the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi, was performed for the press in a hall in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai announces her return to the stage at a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai puts a handkerchief to her mouth at a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012, where she announced her return to the stage. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai stands next to the poster of a period play in which she will appear, during a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, said she will return to the stage by playing the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in the play in December.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Journalists pack the venue for a press conference by Noriko Sakai (far R) in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012, where she announced her return to the stage. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai announces her return to the stage at a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

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Ichiro fans wanting season's 200th hits

SEATTLE, United States - Amy Franz (C) holds a handmade paper board called ''Ichi-Meter'' showing the number of hits that Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki has belted in the 2010 season at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 17, 2010. Amy and her family are waiting for Ichiro's 200th hit of the season.

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Classroom-like bar in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Customers drink in the ''science room'' at ''Koshitsu Izakaya 6-Nen 4-Kumi Shibuya Dai-Ichi Bunko'' (Private-Booth Bar: Sixth Grade, Fourth Class in the Shibuya Branch School), a bar featuring booths resembling school classrooms in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, on Sept. 3, 2010.

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe (R), president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price.

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price.

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 1, 2010. The second-largest Japanese life insurer made its debut on the bourse the same day with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share, higher than its initial public offering price.

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks about the April 1, 2010, debut of the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange during an interview with Kyodo News in late March. The Japanese second-largest life insurer was listed on the bourse with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share.

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Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board message at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo shows Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Japan's second-largest life insurer, fetching 160,000 yen per share as the insurer, formerly a mutually owned company, made its debut on the TSE's First Section on April 1, 2010.

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Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board message at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo shows Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Japan's second-largest life insurer, fetching 160,000 yen per share as the insurer, formerly a mutually owned company, made its debut on the TSE's First Section on April 1, 2010.

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6 of 9 major life insurers see core profits expand in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Koichiro Watanabe speaks on the company's business results for fiscal 2006 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 30. Six of Japan's nine major life insurers saw their core operating profits expand in the 2006 business year ended March 31 from a year earlier, supported by improved conditions for their fund management following interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan.

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Life insurers fail to pay 26.8 bil. yen insurance over 5 years

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Katsutoshi Saito (C) and other Dai-ichi executives bow in apology over nonpayment of insurance money at a news conference in Tokyo on April 13. Dai-ichi is among 12 leading life insurance companies in Japan that admitted they had skipped 26.8 billion yen in insurance money payment in 230,000 cases over the five years from fiscal 2001.

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Core profit at Japan's 9 big life insurers hits record high

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executive Director Koichi Watanabe speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27 on the group's business results for the first half of fiscal 2006. The combined core operating profit at Japan's nine major life insurers hit a record high for the April-September period, supported by the solid stock market and rising returns from bond investment.

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Nishimura, architect of Mizuho group, dies at 73

TOKYO, Japan - Former Industrial Bank of Japan President Masao Nishimura (file photo), one of the architects of the mega banking group Mizuho, died on Aug. 1 at a Tokyo hospital of heart failure. He was 73. As then president of the IBJ, Nishimura led the three-way merger in 2000 of his bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Fuji Bank. Mizuho Financial Group Inc. was established in 2003 as the group holding company.

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New Justice Minister Sugiura retracts comments over executions

TOKYO, Japan - New Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura speaks at a press conference early on Nov. 1. He retracted his earlier comments that he would not sign any orders for executions. Immediately after he was appointed justice minister in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet reshuffle, Sugiura, a licensed lawyer who once served as vice chairman of the Tokyo Dai-Ichi Bar Association, said he believes the social trend is for the eventual abolition of capital punishment.

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Morning-glory market begins

TOKYO, Japan - A woman (R) negotiates prices with a shop assistant (L) as the annual ''Asagao-ichi (morning-glory market)'' begins at Iriya in downtown Tokyo on July 6.

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Saudi Arabian food served at Tokyo school

CHOFU, Japan - Saudi Arabian food (in photo) is served for lunch May 9 at the city-run Dai-ichi Primary School in Chofu, Tokyo, where Saudi Arabia will train before the World Cup soccer finals.

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Nikkei recovers 10,000-mark

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Nihombashi shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average closed above 10,000 on Sept. 14 for the first time in three days. The index jumped 395.80 points on news that Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank will stop providing financial assistance to ailing supermarket chain Mycal Corp. The news immediately sent stock prices to negative territory, but they later picked up as investors digested the report as a positive factor for banks.

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BOJ starts real-time settlement system

TOKYO, Japan - Female employees of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank handle settlement data on computers in the bank's head office in Tokyo's Uchisaiwaicho district Jan. 4. The Bank of Japan launched the Real-Time Gross-Settlement system the same day to track the debts banks owe each other.

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Mega banking group Mizuho inaugurated

TOKYO, Japan - A tape is cut Sept. 29 to inaugurate a joint holding company, Mizuho Holdings Inc., the product of the integration of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan. The union creates the world's biggest banking group in terms of assets. (From L to R) Yoshiro Yamamoto, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), Katsuyuki Sugita, president and co-CEO, and Masao Nishimura, chairman and CEO. The operations of the three banks will be fully integrated in April 2002.

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Dai-ichi Life, AFLAC to form Japan alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Tomijiro Morita (L) and American Family Life Assurance Co. of Columbus (AFLAC) Chief Executive Officer Daniel O. Amos shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7. The two companies have agreed to form a business alliance to market each other's products from early 2001, subject to regulatory approval.

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Dai-ichi Life, Yasuda Fire agree on alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Tomijiro Morita (L), president of Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Hiroshi Hirano, president of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., shake hands after announcing in Tokyo on Aug. 28 they have agreed to form a wide-ranging business alliance. The alliance between Dai-ichi Mutual, Japan's second-largest life insurer, and Yasuda Fire, the No. 2 nonlife insurer, is the first between a major life insurer and nonlife insurer in Japan.

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Yasuda Fire & Marine to team up with Dai-ichi Mutual Life

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the head office in Tokyo's Nishi-Shinjuku district of Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., which plans to enter into a comprehensive business tie-up with Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co.

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Dai-ichi Mutual Life, Yasuda Fire & Marine to tie up

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the head office in Tokyo's Yurakucho business district of Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co., which plans to join hands with Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. with a view to integrating operations in the future.

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Dai-Ichi Hotel goes under

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 26 shows Dai-Ichi Hotel in Tokyo, which effectively went under earlier in the day after filing with the Tokyo District Court for protection from creditors under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law.

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Dai-Ichi Jitsugyo signage and logo

Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Dai-ichi Life Group signage and logo

Dai-ichi Life Group signage and logo

Dai-ichi Life Group signage and logo

Suzuki moves within 3 hits of 3,000

Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

Molecular biologist Shin-Ichi Fukuoka honored as a Vermeer aficionado

Chinese lantern plant market in Tokyo

Chinese lantern plant market in Tokyo

Dai-ichi Life poised to buy U.S. insurer Protective

Candy festival held in Odate, Akita

Costume-clad people walk in candy festival

Ichiro reaches 4,000 career hits

Ichiro reaches 4,000 career hits

Ichiro 1 hit away from career 4,000

Ichiro 1 hit away from career 4,000

Ichiro 1 hit away from career 4,000

Ichiro 1 hit away from career 4,000

Actress Sakai returns to stage

Sakai announces return to stage

Sakai announces return to stage

Sakai announces return to stage

Sakai announces return to stage

Sakai announces return to stage

Ichiro fans wanting season's 200th hits

Classroom-like bar in Tokyo

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

Dai-ichi Life shares fetch 160,000 yen each on debut on TSE

6 of 9 major life insurers see core profits expand in FY 2006

Life insurers fail to pay 26.8 bil. yen insurance over 5 years

Core profit at Japan's 9 big life insurers hits record high

Nishimura, architect of Mizuho group, dies at 73

New Justice Minister Sugiura retracts comments over executions

Morning-glory market begins

Saudi Arabian food served at Tokyo school

Nikkei recovers 10,000-mark

BOJ starts real-time settlement system

Mega banking group Mizuho inaugurated

Dai-ichi Life, AFLAC to form Japan alliance

Dai-ichi Life, Yasuda Fire agree on alliance

Yasuda Fire &amp; Marine to team up with Dai-ichi Mutual Life

Dai-ichi Mutual Life, Yasuda Fire &amp; Marine to tie up

Dai-Ichi Hotel goes under

Yasuda Fire & Marine to team up with Dai-ichi Mutual Life

Dai-ichi Mutual Life, Yasuda Fire & Marine to tie up