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Harvest of jabara in western Japan

KITAYAMA, Japan, Nov. 4 Kyodo - Cropping of jabara, a citrus fruit, begins in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Kitayama, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Harvest of jabara in western Japan

Cropping of jabara, a citrus fruit, begins in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Kitayama, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2025.

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Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Koki Kitayama throws against Taiwan in a Super Round game at the Premier12 baseball tournament at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2024.

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Rafting tours in western Japan

Rafting tours commence for the year on a river in the Wakayama Prefecture village of Kitayama, western Japan, during the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2024.

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Rafting tours in western Japan

Rafting tours commence for the year on a river in the Wakayama Prefecture village of Kitayama, western Japan, during the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2024.

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Japan vs England FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023

SANTIAGO, CHILE – DECEMBER 03: KITAYAMA Mahiro #9 of the Japan National Team during the last game against England for group D of the FIH Chile 2023 Women's Junior Hockey World Cup at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the Estadio Sports Park National on December 03, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Japan vs England FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023

SANTIAGO, CHILE – DECEMBER 03: KITAYAMA Mahiro #9 of the Japan National Team during the last game against England for group D of the FIH Chile 2023 Women's Junior Hockey World Cup at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the Estadio Sports Park National on December 03, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Japan vs England FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023

SANTIAGO, CHILE – DECEMBER 03: KITAYAMA Mahiro (R) #9 and KAWAGUCHI Haruka (C) #11 of the Japan National Team during the last game against England for group D of the FIH Chile 2023 Women's Junior Hockey World Cup at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the Estadio Sports Park National on December 03, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Japan vs New Zeland FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 20

SANTIAGO, CHILE – DECEMBER 01: KITAYAMA Mahiro #9 of the Japan National Team during the game against New Zealand for group D of the FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023 at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the National Stadium Sports Park on December 01, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Japan vs New Zeland FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 20

SANTIAGO, CHILE – DECEMBER 01: KITAYAMA Mahiro #9 of the Japan National Team during the game against New Zealand for group D of the FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023 at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the National Stadium Sports Park on December 01, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Japan vs New Zeland FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 20

SANTIAGO, CHILE – DECEMBER 01: KITAYAMA Mahiro #9 of the Japan National Team during the game against New Zealand for group D of the FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023 at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the National Stadium Sports Park on December 01, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Japan vs New Zeland FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 20

SANTIAGO, CHILE – DECEMBER 01: KITAYAMA Mahiro #9 of the Japan National Team during the game against New Zealand for group D of the FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023 at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the National Stadium Sports Park on December 01, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Japan vs United States FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile

SANTIAGO, CHILE - NOVEMBER 30: KITAYAMA Mahiro #9 of the Japan National Team during the game against the United States for group D of the FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023 at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the National Stadium Sports Park on November 30, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Japan vs United States FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile

SANTIAGO, CHILE - NOVEMBER 30: KITAYAMA Mahiro #9 of the Japan National Team during the game against the United States for group D of the FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023 at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the National Stadium Sports Park on November 30, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Japan vs United States FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile

SANTIAGO, CHILE - NOVEMBER 30: KITAYAMA Mahiro #9 of the Japan National Team during the game against the United States for group D of the FIH Junior Women's Hockey World Cup Chile 2023 at the Field Hockey Sports Center of the National Stadium Sports Park on November 30, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro)

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Megabank personnel shake-up

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Senior Managing Director Takeshi Kunibe (L) and Koichi Miyata, another senior managing director of the major Japanese bank. Kunibe will succeed Masayuki Oku as president of SMBC, while Miyata will replace Teisuke Kitayama as president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., SMBC's holding company, on April 1, 2011, the two firms said Jan. 28, 2011.

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SMFG's Miyata to be promoted to president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Koichi Miyata, senior managing director of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. The bank holding company is considering appointing Miyata to succeed President Teisuke Kitayama, who is likely to retire, company sources said Dec. 30, 2010.

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SMFG lists on New York Stock Exchange

NEW YORK, United States - Teisuke Kitayama (C in front), president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 1, 2010. SMFG listed its American Depository Receipts on the NYSE on the same day, becoming the last of Japan's three biggest banking groups to trade on the NYSE, following Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

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SMFG lists on New York Stock Exchange

NEW YORK, United States - Teisuke Kitayama, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., speaks at a press conference at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 1, 2010, the day SMFG listed its American Depository Receipts on the NYSE. Kitayama said the listing would be the important first step for the company to compete in the global market.

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SMFG to buy Nikko Cordial, bulk of Nikko Citigroup for 545 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Teisuke Kitayama (L), president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., along with Citigroup Vice Chairman Stephen Volk (R), announces at a Tokyo hotel on May 1 that SMFG has reached an agreement with Citigroup to acquire Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. and the bulk of Nikko Citigroup Ltd. for 545 billion yen.

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SMFG to buy Nikko Cordial, bulk of Nikko Citigroup for 545 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 1 after announcing they have reached an agreement that SMFG will acquire Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. and the bulk of Nikko Citigroup Ltd. for 545 billion yen. (From L) Nikko Cordial Securities President Eiji Watanabe, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Masayuki Oku, SMFG President Teisuke Kitayama, Citigroup Vice Chairman Stephen Volk, and Nikko Citi Holdings Inc. Chairman and President Douglas Peterson.

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SMFG's net profit down over 50% in 1st half of FY 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. President Teisuke Kitayama (L) speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14. He said its group net profit fell 51.2 percent to 83.28 billion yen in the six months through September from a year earlier as the fallout from the global financial turmoil weighed on its balance sheet.

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Ex-JFBA chief Kitayama dies at 85

KOBE, Japan - Rokuro Kitayama (file photo), former chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, died of heart failure on Jan. 4 at a hospital in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, his family said Jan. 7. He was 85. Kitayama served as JFBA head from April 1986 to March 1988.

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Sumitomo Mitsui's 1st-half net profit down 30%

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. President Teisuke Kitayama on Nov. 19 attends a news conference in Tokyo where the company said its consolidated net profit for the first half of fiscal 2007 dropped 30.0 percent from a year before to 170.59 billion yen. SMFG blamed the lowered earnings on losses incurred from its subprime-related securities products and slumping stocks of affiliated consumer loan companies.

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Sumitomo Mitsui's 1st-half group net profit dives 37.9%

TOKYO, Japan - Teisuke Kitayama, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., speaks about the company's earnings report for the first-half of fiscal 2006 at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on Nov. 22.

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SMFG sinks into red

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Vice President Teisuke Kitayama speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 24. Kitayama, who is to assume the presidency in June, said that hefty bad-loan disposal costs sent his group into the red in the year to March 31.

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(2)Kitayama to succeed Nishikawa as SMFG president

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Deputy President Masayuki Oku (L), who will promoted to the presidency, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 19 flanked by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Deputy President Teisuke Kitayama (R), who was named to succeed Yoshifumi Nishikawa as president. The top management reshuffle will take effect on June 29, the financial group said.

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Kitayama to succeed Nishikawa as SMFG president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Deputy President Teisuke Kitayama who was named April 19 to succeed Yoshifumi Nishikawa as president. The top management reshuffle will take effect on June 29, the financial group said.

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Tourists enjoy rafting on river

KITAYAMA, Japan - Tourists experience rafting down the Kitayama River in Oku-Kumano, Wakayama Prefecture, on May 3 as the rafting season opened the same day. The event is open to the public until the end of September.

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Canoe race on rapid-stream river in western Japan

A canoe race is held on the rapid-stream Kitayama River, well known for raft tour, in the Wakayama Prefecture village of Kitayama, western Japan, on July 2, 2022.

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Canoe race on rapid-stream river in western Japan

A canoe race is held on the rapid-stream Kitayama River, well known for raft tour, in the Wakayama Prefecture village of Kitayama, western Japan, on July 2, 2022.

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Canoe race on rapid-stream river in western Japan

A canoe race is held on the rapid-stream Kitayama River, well known for raft tour, in the Wakayama Prefecture village of Kitayama, western Japan, on July 2, 2022.

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Rafting tour in western Japan

A rafting tour for 2022 starts on a river in the Wakayama Prefecture village of Kitayama, western Japan, during the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2022.

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Boat tour around Doro gorge in western Japan

A boat tour resumes operations along the Kitayama River, offering tourists views of Doro gorge in Shingu in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama and nearby areas on March 30, 2022, following a suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Boat tour around Doro gorge in western Japan

A boat tour resumes operations along the Kitayama River, offering tourists views of Doro gorge in Shingu in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama and nearby areas on March 30, 2022, following a suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Harvest of jabara in western Japan

Cropping of jabara, a citrus fruit, begins in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Kitayama, western Japan, on Nov. 4, 2021.

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Harvest of jabara in western Japan

Cropping of jabara, a citrus fruit, begins in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Kitayama, western Japan, on Nov. 4, 2021.

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Kitayama to succeed Nishikawa as SMFG president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Deputy President Teisuke Kitayama who was named April 19 to succeed Yoshifumi Nishikawa as president. The top management reshuffle will take effect on June 29, the financial group said. (Kyodo)

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(2)Kitayama to succeed Nishikawa as SMFG president

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Deputy President Masayuki Oku (L), who will promoted to the presidency, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 19 flanked by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Deputy President Teisuke Kitayama (R), who was named to succeed Yoshifumi Nishikawa as president. The top management reshuffle will take effect on June 29, the financial group said. (Kyodo)

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SMFG sinks into red

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Vice President Teisuke Kitayama speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 24. Kitayama, who is to assume the presidency in June, said that hefty bad-loan disposal costs sent his group into the red in the year to March 31. (Kyodo)

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Sumitomo Mitsui's 1st-half group net profit dives 37.9%

TOKYO, Japan - Teisuke Kitayama, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., speaks about the company's earnings report for the first-half of fiscal 2006 at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on Nov. 22. (Kyodo)

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Sumitomo Mitsui's 1st-half net profit down 30%

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. President Teisuke Kitayama on Nov. 19 attends a news conference in Tokyo where the company said its consolidated net profit for the first half of fiscal 2007 dropped 30.0 percent from a year before to 170.59 billion yen. SMFG blamed the lowered earnings on losses incurred from its subprime-related securities products and slumping stocks of affiliated consumer loan companies. (Kyodo)

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SMFG's net profit down over 50% in 1st half of FY 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. President Teisuke Kitayama (L) speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14. He said its group net profit fell 51.2 percent to 83.28 billion yen in the six months through September from a year earlier as the fallout from the global financial turmoil weighed on its balance sheet. (Kyodo)

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SMFG to buy Nikko Cordial, bulk of Nikko Citigroup for 545 bil. y

TOKYO, Japan - Teisuke Kitayama (L), president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., along with Citigroup Vice Chairman Stephen Volk (R), announces at a Tokyo hotel on May 1 that SMFG has reached an agreement with Citigroup to acquire Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. and the bulk of Nikko Citigroup Ltd. for 545 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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SMFG to buy Nikko Cordial, bulk of Nikko Citigroup for 545 bil. y

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 1 after announcing they have reached an agreement that SMFG will acquire Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. and the bulk of Nikko Citigroup Ltd. for 545 billion yen. (From L) Nikko Cordial Securities President Eiji Watanabe, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Masayuki Oku, SMFG President Teisuke Kitayama, Citigroup Vice Chairman Stephen Volk, and Nikko Citi Holdings Inc. Chairman and President Douglas Peterson. (Kyodo)

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Ex-JFBA chief Kitayama dies at 85

KOBE, Japan - Rokuro Kitayama (file photo), former chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, died of heart failure on Jan. 4 at a hospital in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, his family said Jan. 7. He was 85. Kitayama served as JFBA head from April 1986 to March 1988. (Kyodo)

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Megabank personnel shake-up

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Senior Managing Director Takeshi Kunibe (L) and Koichi Miyata, another senior managing director of the major Japanese bank. Kunibe will succeed Masayuki Oku as president of SMBC, while Miyata will replace Teisuke Kitayama as president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., SMBC's holding company, on April 1, 2011, the two firms said Jan. 28, 2011. (Kyodo)

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SMFG's Miyata to be promoted to president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Koichi Miyata, senior managing director of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. The bank holding company is considering appointing Miyata to succeed President Teisuke Kitayama, who is likely to retire, company sources said Dec. 30, 2010. (Kyodo)

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SMFG lists on New York Stock Exchange

NEW YORK, United States - Teisuke Kitayama, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., speaks at a press conference at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 1, 2010, the day SMFG listed its American Depository Receipts on the NYSE. Kitayama said the listing would be the important first step for the company to compete in the global market. (Kyodo)

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SMFG lists on New York Stock Exchange

NEW YORK, United States - Teisuke Kitayama (C in front), president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 1, 2010. SMFG listed its American Depository Receipts on the NYSE on the same day, becoming the last of Japan's three biggest banking groups to trade on the NYSE, following Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (Kyodo)