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Ex-Itochu chairman Sejima dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Ryuzo Sejima (file photo taken in 1997), an Imperial Headquarters staffer-turned-Itochu Corp. chairman, died of old age on Sept. 4 at his Tokyo home. He was 95. While Itochu chairman, Sejima played a major role in privatizing Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corp. and the Japan National Railways as a member of the government's commission on administrative reform. He was also known for his close ties with former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.

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Itochu forges alliance with Thai conglomerate

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayuki Seki, executive vice president of major Japanese trading house Itochu Corp., tells a press conference in Tokyo on July 24, 2014, that Itochu has forged capital and business ties with Charoen Pokphand Group Co., a leading Thai conglomerate.

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Mobile library launched in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India - Children line up to visit a mobile learning center in Mumbai, India, on June 12, 2014. Japanese company Itochu Corp. and non-profit organization Save the Children Japan launched the project "Mobile Learning Centre" to provide learning opportunities to street children and those who are involved in child labor.

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Mobile library launched in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India - Children are shown the inside of a mobile learning center in Mumbai, India, on June 12, 2014. Japanese company Itochu Corp. and non-profit organization Save the Children Japan launched the project "Mobile Learning Centre" to provide learning opportunities to street children and those who are involved in child labor.

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Itochu President Okafuji

TOKYO, Japan - Itochu Corp. President Masahiro Okafuji is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 4, 2013.

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Envoy Niwa arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, Japan - Japan's new Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks to reporters after arriving in Beijing and assuming his post at his official residence on July 31, 2010. The former chairman of trading house Itochu Corp., the first Japanese ambassador to China to be appointed from the private sector, said he will serve with ''patriotism and a pro-China spirit.''

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Envoy Niwa arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, Japan - Japan's new Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa leaves a press conference at his official residence on July 31, 2010, after arriving in Beijing and assuming his post. The former chairman of trading house Itochu Corp., the first Japanese ambassador to China to be appointed from the private sector, said he will serve with ''patriotism and a pro-China spirit.''

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Envoy pushes free trade with China through farm sector

TOKYO, Japan - Incoming Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 26, 2010. The former chairman of trading house Itochu Corp. called for an early conclusion of a Japan-China free trade agreement that would spur growth in the two countries by strengthening the competitiveness of Japan's heavily protected farm sector.

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New Japanese envoy to China calls for dialogue with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 23, 2010. Niwa, former president of major trading house Itochu Corp., called for exploring the possibility of dialogue with North Korea, rather than the imposition of tough sanctions, to establish stable and peaceful relations.

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Niwa, Japan's new envoy to China

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Uichiro Niwa, advisor to trading house Itochu Corp. who is set to be Japan's ambassador to China, replacing Yuji Miyamoto. China on June 11, 2010, agreed with Japan's plan to appoint him to the post.

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Itochu adviser Niwa to become Japan's new envoy to China

TOKYO, Japan - Uichiro Niwa (file photo), adviser to major trading house Itochu Corp., will be appointed as Japan's new ambassador to China, possibly later this month, government sources said on June 7, 2010. Niwa will be the first ambassador appointed to one of Japan's key partners not drawn from the ranks of former bureaucrats.

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Itochu Executive Vice President Okafuji to assume presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Itochu Corp.'s Executive Vice President Masahiro Okafuji (L), who will assume the presidency on April 1, 2010, shakes hands with current President Eizo Kobayashi in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2010.

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Itochu to enhance food business in China

TOKYO, Japan - Eizo Kobayashi, president of major Japanese trading house Itochu Corp., speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. Kobayashi said Itochu is giving future investment priority to enhancing its food business in China, where the population is increasing.

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Suzuki announces plan to build car plant in Russia with Itochu

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Osamu Suzuki (L in front), president of Suzuki Motor Corp. of Japan, signs a memorandum of understanding on a plan to build a car assembly plant near St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, with Russian officials June 8 in St. Petersburg. Suzuki will build the plant jointly with Japanese trading house Itochu Corp.

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Mitarai, 3 others named for key gov't economic panel

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government said on Sept. 29 it has picked Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai (top, L), Uichiro Niwa (top, R), chairman of trading house Itochu Corp., Naohiro Yashiro (bottom, L), professor of economics at International Christian University, and Takatoshi Ito (bottom, R), a professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics, as new private-sector representatives on its powerful Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy.

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GM to sell Isuzu shares, maybe to Mitsubishi, Itochu

TOKYO, Japan - General Motors Corp. has informed Isuzu Motors Ltd (photo) that it will sell the bulk of its 7.9 percent equity stake in the Japanese truck maker as part of efforts to create resources for the American auto giant's corporate restructuring, Isuzu officials said March 30.

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Itochu, Kawasaki Heavy to build vehicles for Hong Kong railway

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the train cars the same in type to those to be built for Hong Kong's Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp. by a Japanese consortium formed by Itochu Corp., Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Kinki Sharyo Co. The vehicles are expected to be used on the existing West line and a new railway called the Kowloon Southern Link due to come into operation in 2009.

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FamilyMart, Itochu plan instant processing at cash registers

TOKYO, Japan - FamilyMart Co., Itochu Corp. and Toshiba Tec Corp. said Dec. 20 that they will jointly test their new system to process a large number of purchase items instantaneously using store cash registers between Jan. 30 and Feb. 24 in a project supported by the government. The trials, which will involve the use of smart tags (shown with arrows) and Suica electronic cash cards, will seek to double the speed at which shopping transactions are currently processed at regular stores.

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10 firms develop clean-air alternative to diesel truck

TOKYO, Japan - Trading firm Itochu Corp., steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc. and eight other entities said May 25 they have succeeded in developing a clean-air alternative to a diesel-engine truck, using dimethyl ether produced from natural gas. The 8-ton truck (in photo) can travel up to 600 kilometers when its two tanks are filled with dimethyl ether. The fuel is considered a promising alternative to diesel oil as it produces no sulfur oxide or

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Itochu taps managing director Kobayashi for president

TOKYO, Japan - Itochu Corp. plans to promote Managing Director Eizo Kobayashi (file photo) to president April 1 to replace Uichiro Niwa, sources said March 3.

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3 firms to sell new air tent for SARS treatment

TOKYO, Japan - Trading house Itochu Corp., machinery maker Ebara Jitsugyo Co. and chemicals firm Achilles Corp. said June 17 they will market a negative-pressure air tent (in handout photo) that can be used as isolation chambers for treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The air tent, priced at 4.8 million yen, will go on sale on June 18 with sales targeted at 100 units by the end of this year, they said.

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Itochu to sell fashion wear designed by Noriko Sakai

TOKYO, Japan - Television personality Noriko Sakai (C) poses with models wearing her ''PP rikorino'' brand outfits at trading house Itochu Corp. in Tokyo on Feb. 17. Itochu will begin selling the brand for young women in Japan and other Asian markets.

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Itochu subsidiary falsely labeled Taiwan eel as domestic

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Manabe (C), president of Itochu Fresh Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of trading firm Itochu Corp., offers an apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10. The company said it has sold 100 tons of eel imported from Taiwan falsely labeled as domestic.

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3 firms unveil new vending machine linked to 'i-mode' service

TOKYO, Japan - A woman tries on a new type of automatic vending machine equipped with telecommunication terminals linked to NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s popular ''i-mode'' mobile Internet access service at Tokyo hotel Aug. 8. The machine, jointly developed by NTT DoCoMo, Coca-Cola (Japan) Co. and Itochu Corp., enables pre-registered i-mode users to buy drinks, vouchers and other services without paying in cash.

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eBank launches operations as Japan's 3rd online bank

TOKYO, Japan - Taiichi Matsuo (sitting), president of eBank Corp., and some 50 of the bank's employees celebrate the beginning of business in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 23. The bank, set up by about 40 companies, including Japan Telecom Co. and trading house Itochu Corp, launched operations as the nation's third Internet-based online bank.

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Former Sumitomo Bank President Ibe dies at 92

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Kyonosuke Ibe, a former president of Sumitomo Bank, a predecessor to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., who died April 16 at 92. Ibe was known for his role in arranging the 1976 absorption of financially troubled trading house Ataka Corp. by C. Ito & Co., now Itochu Corp., and bailing out ailing automaker Toyo Kogyo Co., now Mazda Motor Corp., in the 1970s.

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Itochu to buy stake in Seibu Department Stores

TOKYO, Japan - Uichiro Niwa (L), president of Itochu Corp., and Yukio Horiuchi, president of Seibu Department Stores Ltd., speak at a news conference Sept. 7. Itochu has agreed to buy a 4.72% stake in Seibu for 7.5 billion yen.

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Itochu, Kawasaki Heavy to build vehicles for Hong Kong railway

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the train cars the same in type to those to be built for Hong Kong's Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp. by a Japanese consortium formed by Itochu Corp., Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Kinki Sharyo Co. The vehicles are expected to be used on the existing West line and a new railway called the Kowloon Southern Link due to come into operation in 2009. (Kyodo)

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GM to sell Isuzu shares, maybe to Mitsubishi, Itochu

TOKYO, Japan - General Motors Corp. has informed Isuzu Motors Ltd (photo) that it will sell the bulk of its 7.9 percent equity stake in the Japanese truck maker as part of efforts to create resources for the American auto giant's corporate restructuring, Isuzu officials said March 30. (Kyodo)

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Mitarai, 3 others named for key gov't economic panel

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government said on Sept. 29 it has picked Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai (top, L), Uichiro Niwa (top, R), chairman of trading house Itochu Corp., Naohiro Yashiro (bottom, L), professor of economics at International Christian University, and Takatoshi Ito (bottom, R), a professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics, as new private-sector representatives on its powerful Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki announces plan to build car plant in Russia with Itochu

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Osamu Suzuki (L in front), president of Suzuki Motor Corp. of Japan, signs a memorandum of understanding on a plan to build a car assembly plant near St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, with Russian officials June 8 in St. Petersburg. Suzuki will build the plant jointly with Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. (Kyodo)

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Itochu to enhance food business in China

TOKYO, Japan - Eizo Kobayashi, president of major Japanese trading house Itochu Corp., speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. Kobayashi said Itochu is giving future investment priority to enhancing its food business in China, where the population is increasing. (Kyodo)

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Former DBJ head Murofushi dies at 84

Photo taken in October 2007 shows Minoru Murofushi, former president of Japanese trading giant Itochu Corp. and the Development Bank of Japan. It was reported on Feb. 2, 2016, that Murofushi died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 27 aged 84. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Itochu's ex-chief Niwa speaks at Japan-S. Korea forum in Seoul

Uichiro Niwa (R), a former president of Itochu Corp. and former Japanese ambassador to China, speaks at an economic forum held in Seoul on Feb. 6, 2015, as an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Itochu's new employees

A new employee of Japanese trading giant Itochu Corp. walks into the company's office building in Tokyo on April 1, 2021, the first day of the new business year. The company canceled a welcome ceremony for new employees amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Ex-Itochu chairman Sejima dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Ryuzo Sejima (file photo taken in 1997), an Imperial Headquarters staffer-turned-Itochu Corp. chairman, died of old age on Sept. 4 at his Tokyo home. He was 95. While Itochu chairman, Sejima played a major role in privatizing Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corp. and the Japan National Railways as a member of the government's commission on administrative reform. He was also known for his close ties with former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. (Kyodo)

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Memorial Aichi expo badges to be put on sale

NAGOYA, Japan - Itochu Corp. will put on sale on Sept. 3 a set of badges featuring official expo mascots -- Morizo (L) and Kikkoro -- to comemorate the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefectrure ahead of its closing Sept. 25. (Kyodo)

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FamilyMart, Itochu plan instant processing at cash registers

TOKYO, Japan - FamilyMart Co., Itochu Corp. and Toshiba Tec Corp. said Dec. 20 that they will jointly test their new system to process a large number of purchase items instantaneously using store cash registers between Jan. 30 and Feb. 24 in a project supported by the government. The trials, which will involve the use of smart tags (shown with arrows) and Suica electronic cash cards, will seek to double the speed at which shopping transactions are currently processed at regular stores. (Kyodo)

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Itochu to sell fashion wear designed by Noriko Sakai

TOKYO, Japan - Television personality Noriko Sakai (C) poses with models wearing her ''PP rikorino'' brand outfits at trading house Itochu Corp. in Tokyo on Feb. 17. Itochu will begin selling the brand for young women in Japan and other Asian markets. (Kyodo)

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COVID-19 vaccination at companies

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato (L) visits general trading house Itochu Corp. in Tokyo on June 21, 2021, to take a first-hand look at the company's COVID-19 vaccination of employees that started the same day.

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COVID-19 vaccination at companies

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato meets the press in Tokyo on June 21, 2021, after taking a first-hand look at COVID-19 vaccination of employees at general trading house Itochu Corp.

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New Japanese envoy to China calls for dialogue with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 23, 2010. Niwa, former president of major trading house Itochu Corp., called for exploring the possibility of dialogue with North Korea, rather than the imposition of tough sanctions, to establish stable and peaceful relations. (Kyodo)

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Envoy Niwa arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, Japan - Japan's new Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa leaves a press conference at his official residence on July 31, 2010, after arriving in Beijing and assuming his post. The former chairman of trading house Itochu Corp., the first Japanese ambassador to China to be appointed from the private sector, said he will serve with ''patriotism and a pro-China spirit.'' (Kyodo)

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Envoy Niwa arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, Japan - Japan's new Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks to reporters after arriving in Beijing and assuming his post at his official residence on July 31, 2010. The former chairman of trading house Itochu Corp., the first Japanese ambassador to China to be appointed from the private sector, said he will serve with ''patriotism and a pro-China spirit.'' (Kyodo)

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Envoy pushes free trade with China through farm sector

TOKYO, Japan - Incoming Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 26, 2010. The former chairman of trading house Itochu Corp. called for an early conclusion of a Japan-China free trade agreement that would spur growth in the two countries by strengthening the competitiveness of Japan's heavily protected farm sector. (Kyodo)

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Itochu adviser Niwa to become Japan's new envoy to China

TOKYO, Japan - Uichiro Niwa (file photo), adviser to major trading house Itochu Corp., will be appointed as Japan's new ambassador to China, possibly later this month, government sources said on June 7, 2010. Niwa will be the first ambassador appointed to one of Japan's key partners not drawn from the ranks of former bureaucrats. (Kyodo)

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Itochu Executive Vice President Okafuji to assume presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Itochu Corp.'s Executive Vice President Masahiro Okafuji (L), who will assume the presidency on April 1, 2010, shakes hands with current President Eizo Kobayashi in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Mobile library launched in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India - Children are shown the inside of a mobile learning center in Mumbai, India, on June 12, 2014. Japanese company Itochu Corp. and non-profit organization Save the Children Japan launched the project "Mobile Learning Centre" to provide learning opportunities to street children and those who are involved in child labor. (Kyodo)

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Mobile library launched in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India - Children line up to visit a mobile learning center in Mumbai, India, on June 12, 2014. Japanese company Itochu Corp. and non-profit organization Save the Children Japan launched the project "Mobile Learning Centre" to provide learning opportunities to street children and those who are involved in child labor. (Kyodo)

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Virus state of emergency in Tokyo

A message asking people to stay home is projected on a wall of the Tokyo headquarters building of major general trading house Itochu Corp. on Jan. 9, 2021, as the capital is under a coronavirus state of emergency.