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Press Conference on the Change of President of DENKA

DENKA president-elect press conference. Photo shows Ikuo Ishida, president-elect of DENKA, at the press conference.=February 7,2025,Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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Press Conference on the Change of President of DENKA

DENKA President-elect press conference. Photo shows Ikuo Ishida (right), president-elect of DENKA, and Toshio Imai, president of DENKA, at the press conference.=February 7,2025,Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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Press Conference on the Change of President of DENKA

DENKA President-elect press conference. Photo shows Ikuo Ishida (right), president-elect of DENKA, and Toshio Imai, president of DENKA, shaking hands.=February 7,2025,Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-ART EXHIBITION-ANCIENT GLASS (CN)

(230420) -- HAIKOU, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor watches an exhibition titled "Lustrous Translucent Glass -- Ancient Glass Art along the Silk Road" at Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital city of south China's Hainan Province, on April 20, 2023. The exhibition introduces the ancient glassware collected by Japan's Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum and displays 325 exquisite glassware that once spread to countries along the Silk Road, demonstrating the wisdom and creativity of all ethnic groups along the Silk Road. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-ART EXHIBITION-ANCIENT GLASS (CN)

(230420) -- HAIKOU, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor watches an exhibition titled "Lustrous Translucent Glass -- Ancient Glass Art along the Silk Road" at Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital city of south China's Hainan Province, on April 20, 2023. The exhibition introduces the ancient glassware collected by Japan's Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum and displays 325 exquisite glassware that once spread to countries along the Silk Road, demonstrating the wisdom and creativity of all ethnic groups along the Silk Road. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-ART EXHIBITION-ANCIENT GLASS (CN)

(230420) -- HAIKOU, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors watch an exhibition titled "Lustrous Translucent Glass -- Ancient Glass Art along the Silk Road" at Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital city of south China's Hainan Province, on April 20, 2023. The exhibition introduces the ancient glassware collected by Japan's Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum and displays 325 exquisite glassware that once spread to countries along the Silk Road, demonstrating the wisdom and creativity of all ethnic groups along the Silk Road. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-ART EXHIBITION-ANCIENT GLASS (CN)

(230420) -- HAIKOU, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors watch an exhibition titled "Lustrous Translucent Glass -- Ancient Glass Art along the Silk Road" at Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital city of south China's Hainan Province, on April 20, 2023. The exhibition introduces the ancient glassware collected by Japan's Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum and displays 325 exquisite glassware that once spread to countries along the Silk Road, demonstrating the wisdom and creativity of all ethnic groups along the Silk Road. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-ART EXHIBITION-ANCIENT GLASS (CN)

(230420) -- HAIKOU, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor watches an exhibition titled "Lustrous Translucent Glass -- Ancient Glass Art along the Silk Road" at Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital city of south China's Hainan Province, on April 20, 2023. The exhibition introduces the ancient glassware collected by Japan's Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum and displays 325 exquisite glassware that once spread to countries along the Silk Road, demonstrating the wisdom and creativity of all ethnic groups along the Silk Road. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-ART EXHIBITION-ANCIENT GLASS (CN)

(230420) -- HAIKOU, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor watches an exhibition titled "Lustrous Translucent Glass -- Ancient Glass Art along the Silk Road" at Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital city of south China's Hainan Province, on April 20, 2023. The exhibition introduces the ancient glassware collected by Japan's Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum and displays 325 exquisite glassware that once spread to countries along the Silk Road, demonstrating the wisdom and creativity of all ethnic groups along the Silk Road. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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Kumamoto gov. visits TSMC headquarters

Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima (L) visits the head office of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in Hsinchu, northwestern Taiwan, on Jan. 12, 2023. The world's largest contract chipmaker plans to build a factory in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto.

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Novelist Soseki's bust unveiled at London museum

LONDON, England - Ikuo Tsunematsu (L), director of the Soseki Museum in London, and Hana Taharasako, creator of a bust of renowned Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume, talk in front of the sculpture at the museum on Aug. 18, 2010. This year marks the 110th anniversary of Soseki's arrival in London to study English, and the museum is located across the street from where he lived.

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China's geographic proximity to Japan emphasized

SHANGHAI, China - Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima speaks at a memorandum-signing ceremony between the Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization and 28 Chinese tourism companies on Sept. 1, 2014, in Shanghai. He emphasized the geographical proximity between Shanghai and Kyushu, southwestern Japan, as an enticing point for tourists.

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Japanese mascot figure helps sales at Taiwan's 7-Eleven

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima (L) is flanked by the southwestern Japanese prefecture's popular mascot character Kumamon holding an "OPEN-chan" doll, a mascot of 7-Eleven stores in Taiwan, in Taipei on Aug. 19, 2014. The prefecture and President Chain Store Corp., Taiwan's operator of 7-Eleven stores, agreed the same day to collaborate for the sale of 25 Kumamon-bearing items at the stores.

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Renesas to sell display chip unit to Synaptics for 48.5 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuo Kudo (L), president of display chip maker Renesas SP Drivers Inc., and Rick Bergman, president and chief executive officer of U.S. IT company Synaptics Inc., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on June 11, 2014. Struggling electronics maker Renesas Electronics Corp. said it will sell its subsidiary Renesas SP Drivers to Synaptics.

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Kumamon's birthday party

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A birthday party is held March 12, 2014, for Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, in the prefectural capital Kumamoto City. Governor Ikuo Kabashima and many fans of Kumamon gathered for the event.

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Kumamon's birthday party

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A birthday party is held March 12, 2014, for Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, in the prefectural capital Kumamoto City. Governor Ikuo Kabashima and many fans of Kumamon gathered for the event.

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Lecture on Kumamon at Harvard

BOSTON, United States - Kumamon (R), the popular black bear mascot of the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, dances to the tune of a song named after the character during a lecture given by Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima (C back) at Harvard University near Boston on Nov. 12, 2013. The lecture titled "Kumamon's political science and economics" was on how Kumamon has helped "maximize the overall happiness" of residents.

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Lecture on Kumamon at Harvard

BOSTON, United States - Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima gives a lecture entitled "Kumamon's political science and economics" -- or how Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of the southwestern Japanese prefecture, has helped "maximize the overall happiness" of residents -- at Harvard University near Boston on Nov. 12, 2013.

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Kumamon meets Wally

BOSTON, United States - (From L) Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima and "Kumamon," the popular black bear mascot of the southwestern Japanese prefecture, meet Wally, the mascot of the Boston Red Sox, at Fenway Park in Boston on Nov. 12, 2013.

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FAO adds Shizuoka, Kumamoto, Oita to agricultural heritage list

NANAO, Japan - (From L) Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima, Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu and Oita Gov. Katsusada Hirose join hands in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 29, 2013, as they attend the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's international conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. The FAO decided later the same day to add areas in the three prefectures to its world agricultural heritage list.

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Kumamoto governor on recognition of Minamata patient

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima holds a press conference at the prefectural government hall in Kumamoto on May 2, 2013. Kabashima said the Kumamoto prefectural government will certify a deceased woman as a victim of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease by dropping its appeal over a lawsuit that she had filed.

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Thailand gives rain-hit Kumamoto Pref. 5 mil. yen

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima (R) receives from Thai Ambassador to Japan Virasakdi Futrakul (L) at the prefectural government hall in Kumamoto on July 30, 2012, a check for 5 million yen in sympathy for damage caused by the torrential rains in mid-July the same year.

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Nippon Life Insurance's Uno wins world industry prize

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Nippon Life Insurance Co. Executive Adviser Ikuo Uno (R) receives the 2012 Insurance Hall of Fame award in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 18, 2012, for making a "lasting contribution to the insurance industry."

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Minamata marks 56th anniv. of disease recognition

MINAMATA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (L) speaks to Minamata disease sufferers in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 1, 2012, prior to a memorial ceremony for the 56th anniversary of official recognition of the mercury-poisoning disease. To the right is Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima.

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Yingluck boards Kyushu Shinkansen train

FUKUOKA, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) smiles with the doll ''Kumamon,'' the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, that she received as a gift from Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima (L), at JR Kumamoto station on April 22, 2012. The prime minister made a roundtrip between Kumamoto and Hakata on the bullet train line.

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Yingluck boards Kyushu Shinkansen train

FUKUOKA, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra smiles with the doll ''Kumamon,'' the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, that she received as a gift from Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima, at JR Kumamoto station on April 22, 2012. The prime minister made a roundtrip between Kumamoto and Hakata on the bullet train line.

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Environment Minister Hosono in Minamata

MINAMATA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono offers flowers at a cenotaph for the victims of Minamata mercury poisoning disease in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Jan. 29, 2012. To the left is Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima.

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Kumamoto's bear mascot wins popularity contest

KUMAMOTO, Japan - ''Kuma-mon'' -- a black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan -- receives a hug from Gov. Ikuo Kabashima at the entrance of the prefectural government office on Nov. 28, 2011. The governor congratulated the mascot for his winning of a popularity contest between about 350 local mascots the previous day.

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Yoshinaga promoted to Fuji Heavy Industries president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, corporate executive vice president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., who will become president and chief operating officer of the company. The maker of Subaru automobiles on May 10, 2011, announced his promotion, which will take place in late June. Current President Ikuo Mori will become chairman while retaining his post as chief executive officer.

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More Japanese deaths

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Ikuo Yamahana, parliamentary vice foreign minister of Japan, confirms two more deaths of Japanese missing after the Feb. 22 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 9, 2011. The two were among the 27 Japanese nationals who remained unaccounted for following the magnitude 6.3 quake.

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Annual wage talks begin in full swing at major Japan firms

TOKYO, Japan - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. labor union leader Hidekazu Kitagawa (R) hands wage demands to company President Ikuo Mori (R) in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2011. Japan's annual wage negotiations began in full swing that day with labor unions at major automakers filing their demands with management.

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Fuji Heavy targets global sales of 800,000 to 900,000 cars in FY 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuo Mori, president of Japanese auto manufacturer Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. He said the company has set a global sales target of 800,000 to 900,000 cars for fiscal 2015, over 20 percent more than the goal for fiscal 2010.

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Anti-global warming conference in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Ikuo Yamahana, parliamentary vice foreign minister of Japan, addresses a meeting on efforts to create a mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions on Oct. 26, 2010 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Yamahana said preserving forests is an important pillar in terms of creating a framework for all major emitting countries to join.

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Hirayama's unfinished work unveiled

KAMAKURA, Japan - Michiko Hirayama (L), wife of the late Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, and their daughter Yayoi unveil flower paintings drawn by Hirayama at his atelier in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2010. Hirayama, who is best known for his works themed on the Silk Road and Buddhism, passed away on Dec. 2, 2009.

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Hirayama's unfinished work unveiled

KAMAKURA, Japan - Michiko Hirayama (L), wife of the late Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, and their daughter Yayoi unveil Hirayama's unfinished work at his atelier in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2010. Hirayama, whose photo is being held by Michiko, passed away Dec. 2, 2009, and had been working on the painting from last July to September from his hospital bed.

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Japanese painter Hirayama dies

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A shopper receives a newspaper Extra announcing the death of painter Ikuo Hirayama in his hometown Setoda in Onomichi city, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2009. Hirayama, a traditional-style Japanese painter known for his works with themes based on the Silk Road and Buddhism, died of a stroke the same day.

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Japanese painter Hirayama dies

TOKYO, Japan - This November 1998 file photo shows Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama (R) and his wife Michiko at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo after he received the Order of Cultural Merit. Hirayama, a traditional-style Japanese painter known for his works with themes based on the Silk Road and Buddhism, died of a stroke Dec. 2, 2009.

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Japanese painter Hirayama dies

ONOMICHI, Japan - This photo shows newspaper Extras announcing the death of painter Ikuo Hirayama posted at an newspaper delivery agency in his hometown Setoda in Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2009. Hirayama, a traditional-style Japanese painter known for his works with themes based on the Silk Road and Buddhism, died of a stroke the same day.

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Japanese painter Hirayama dies

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama is seen sketching at Jisonin Temple in Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, on May 2, 2007. Hirayama, a traditional-style Japanese painter known for his works with themes based on the Silk Road and Buddhism, died of a stroke Dec. 2, 2009.

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Japanese painter Hirayama, PM Takeshita

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama (C) is seen viewing Buddhism art in Dunhuang, in China's Gansu Province, in August 1988 together with then Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita (L). Hirayama, a traditional-style Japanese painter known for his works with themes based on the Silk Road and Buddhism, died of a stroke Dec. 2, 2009.

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Japanese painter Hirayama dies

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama is seen repairing one of his works in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 30, 2009. Hirayama, a traditional-style Japanese painter known for his works with themes based on the Silk Road and Buddhism, died of a stroke Dec. 2.

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Painter Hirayama dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Traditional-style Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, shown in a July 2005 file photo, died of a stroke at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 2, 2009. He was 79. Hirayama is known for his works themed in the Silk Road and Buddhism as well as for his efforts to preserve and restore the cultural heritages of the world.

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Fuji Heavy to withdraw from FIA World Rally Championship

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuo Mori, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., bows at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16 after announcing that the company will withdraw from the FIA World Rally Championship at the end of the 2008 season to boost its management efficiency amid shrinking global auto sales due to the worldwide economic downturn.

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Governor calls for canceling Kawabe River dam project

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima speaks during a news conference at Kumamoto prefectural office on Sept. 11. During a Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly meeting earlier in the day, he called on the central government to cancel a dam construction project on the Kawabe River over environmental concerns.

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Japan businessman makes 2nd attempt to cross Pacific on rowboat

SHINGU, Japan - Seen off by friends and supporters, Ikuo Tateo, a 66-year-old businessman, leaves Miwasaki fishing port in Shingu, Okayama Prefecture on April 21 in a fresh attempt at a solo journey across the Pacific in a rowboat. His first attempt four years ago ended when his boat was wrecked in a storm shortly after he set out from Iwate Prefecture. Tateo made a round-the-world solo trip on a yacht in 2001 without making a port call.

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Toyota, Fuji Heavy, Daihatsu to enhance cooperation

TOKYO, Japan - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. President Ikuo Mori (L), Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe (C) and Daihatsu Motor Co. President Teruyuki Minoura pose for photos after their joint news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 10. The presidents announced that the three companies have agreed to enhance business cooperation in the development and production of automobiles to improve their competitiveness.

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Kabashima wins Kumamoto gubernatorial election with aid of LDP

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Newly elected Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima speaks to reporters in Kumamoto on March 23 after he won the gubernatorial election with the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, beating Takayuki Kamakura, who was recommended by the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and three other candidates.

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Fuji Heavy hopes to boost U.S. sales 7% to 200,000 vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. President Ikuo Mori tells Kyodo News on Dec. 26 that his company hopes to boost its vehicle sales in the United States next year more than 7 percent from this year to 200,000 units by launching a new version of the popular Forester sport utility vehicle next spring.

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Fuji Heavy releases restyled Subaru Forester

TOKYO, Japan - Ikuo Mori, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru cars, stands besides a fully restyled Subaru Forester in Japan released on Dec. 25 at a Tokyo hotel. The new car features a wider interior and greater fuel efficiency.

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Fuji Heavy unveils Impreza WRX STI at Tokyo Motor Show

CHIBA, Japan - Ikuo Mori, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru brand cars, stands by the Impreza WRX STI at the Tokyo Motor Show on Oct. 24 at the Makuhari Messe convention center on the outskirts of Tokyo. The motor show, which opened with a press preview the same day, will run through Nov. 11.