Signboard and logo of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Signboard and logo of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Signboard and logo of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.=May 16,2025,Tokyo

Signboard and logo of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Signboard and logo of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Signboard and logo of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.=May 16,2025,Tokyo

Signboard and logo of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Signboard and logo of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Signboard and logo of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.=May 16,2025,Tokyo

21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala 2024 - LA

21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala 2024 - LA

Mi-kaisha arrives at the 21st Annual G'Day USA (American Australian Association) Arts Gala 2024 held at the Skirball Cultural Center on February 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala 2024 - LA

21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala 2024 - LA

Mi-kaisha arrives at the 21st Annual G'Day USA (American Australian Association) Arts Gala 2024 held at the Skirball Cultural Center on February 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala - LA

21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala - LA

Mi-kaisha, At The 21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA, USA on February 1 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala - LA

21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala - LA

Mi-kaisha, At The 21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA, USA on February 1 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala - LA

21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala - LA

Mi-kaisha, At The 21st Annual G'Day USA Arts Gala at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA, USA on February 1 2024. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

2 Japanese food firms to set up instant noodle JVs in India, Nigeria

2 Japanese food firms to set up instant noodle JVs in India, Nigeria

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Ito (L), president of Ajinomoto Co., and Kazuo Obata, president of Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd., shake hands after a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013. They announced that their companies have agreed to set up instant noodle joint ventures in India and Nigeria as they aim to meet growing demand and catch up with foreign rivals.

Giving 'little gifts' a fad among young people

Giving 'little gifts' a fad among young people

TOKYO, Japan - A staffer at Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd.'s "100% Chocolate Cafe" in Tokyo holds a set of chocolates to be sold chiefly as "little gifts" on Sept. 4, 2014. Many confectionary companies are developing their own goodies as today's young people often give small presents to their bosses, colleagues, etc. irrespective of the season.

Gigantic billboard for chocolate bar contends for world record

Gigantic billboard for chocolate bar contends for world record

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 8, 2011, shows a big billboard -- about 166 meters in width and 28 m in height -- in the form of a chocolate bar in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture. Confectionery maker Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. set up the billboard along the outer surface of its factory ahead of Valentine's Day on Feb. 14 when it is customary in Japan for women to give chocolates to men. The company has applied to Guinness World Records for the billboard to be registered as the world's biggest advertising board made of plastic.

Meiji Dairies, Meiji Seika announce management integration

Meiji Dairies, Meiji Seika announce management integration

TOKYO, Japan - Naotada Sato (L), president of major confectionary maker Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd., and Shigetaro Asano, president of dairy products maker Meiji Dairies Corp., shake hands after a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11. They announced the two companies have agreed to integrate their managements in April.

Sweets maker resumes sale after suspension over mislabeling

Sweets maker resumes sale after suspension over mislabeling

ISE, Japan - A time-honored Japanese sweets maker, Ofuku Mochi Honke Yugen Kaisha, resumed sales Dec. 5 of its Ofuku Mochi rice cake for the first time since voluntarily suspending business Oct. 30 over false-labeling of the product's production dates and ingredients. Photo shows a customer buying the rice cake at the company's head office in Ise, Mie Prefecture.

Ishihara Sangyo convicted of dumping industrial waste

Ishihara Sangyo convicted of dumping industrial waste

MIE, Japan - Fujio Tamura, president of Japanese chemical maker Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd., faces the press at the Mie prefectural office on June 25 after the Tsu District Court fined the company 50 million yen and convicted two of its former officials for illegally dumping industrial waste as a recycled product.

U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

KHOR FAKKAN, United Arab Emirates - The 299,999-ton crude tanker Mogamigawa of Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. is berthed off the United Arab Emirates port of Khor Fakkan on Jan. 9 after its collision with the U.S. nuclear submarine USS Newport News near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 8. No injuries and no oil or radiation leaks were reported.

U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

KHOR FAKKAN, United Arab Emirates - The 299,999-ton crude tanker Mogamigawa of Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. is berthed off the United Arab Emirates port of Khor Fakkan on Jan. 9 after its collision with the U.S. nuclear submarine USS Newport News near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 8. No injuries and no oil or radiation leaks were reported.

Ishihara Sangyo head to resign over noncompliance

Ishihara Sangyo head to resign over noncompliance

OSAKA, Japan - Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. President Fujio Tamura (R) and his aides bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 18. Tamura said he will resign by next September to take the blame for the major titanium oxide maker's noncompliance involving contaminated recycled products.

Police search Ishihara Sangyo plant over disposal violation

Police search Ishihara Sangyo plant over disposal violation

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Photo shows the factory of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, which police searched on Nov. 8 on suspicion of violating the waste management law by selling contaminated recycled products to unlicensed garbage disposal firms.

Police search Ishihara Sangyo plant over disposal violation

Police search Ishihara Sangyo plant over disposal violation

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Police officers walk into the factory of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on Nov. 8 for investigation on suspicion of violating the waste management law by selling contaminated recycled products to unlicensed garbage disposal firms.

Police urged to charge Ishihara Sangyo with disposal law violation

Police urged to charge Ishihara Sangyo with disposal law violation

TSU, Japan - Two Mie Prefectural government officials hold a press conference at their office on Nov. 5 after their government filed criminal complaints with local police against Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd., saying the Osaka-based major chemical firm violated the waste management law by selling controversial recycle products to unlicensed garbage disposal firms.

(2)England soccer star Beckham in Japan

(2)England soccer star Beckham in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - England soccer star David Beckham waves to about 1,000 fans June 20 at Tokyo International Forum in central Tokyo. Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd., a major confectionery maker that has a TV commercial contract with Beckham, sponsored the event.

(1)England soccer star Beckham in Japan

(1)England soccer star Beckham in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - England soccer star David Beckham (R) kisses a fan June 20 at Tokyo International Forum during an event sponsored by major confectionery maker Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. About 1,000 selected fans flocked to the event.

U.S. jury indicts Ishihara Sangyo for price-fixing

U.S. jury indicts Ishihara Sangyo for price-fixing

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows the head office in Osaka of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd., which a U.S. federal grand jury indicted along with three of its executives July 25 on charges of participating in a conspiracy to fix prices of materials used in the manufacture of videotapes.

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi was appointed as an ambassador of Super Dry Museum. The photo shows the ambassador inauguration ceremony held at the Super Dry Museum on April 9, 2021. Super Dry Museum, Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, April 9, 2021 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi was appointed as an ambassador of Super Dry Museum. The photo shows the ambassador inauguration ceremony held at the Super Dry Museum on April 9, 2021. Super Dry Museum, Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, April 9, 2021 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi was appointed as an ambassador of Super Dry Museum. The photo shows the ambassador inauguration ceremony held at the Super Dry Museum on April 9, 2021. Super Dry Museum, Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, April 9, 2021 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi was appointed as an ambassador of Super Dry Museum. The photo shows the ambassador inauguration ceremony held at the Super Dry Museum on April 9, 2021. Super Dry Museum, Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, April 9, 2021 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi was appointed as an ambassador of Super Dry Museum. The photo shows the ambassador inauguration ceremony held at the Super Dry Museum on April 9, 2021. Super Dry Museum, Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, April 9, 2021 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi was appointed as an ambassador of Super Dry Museum. The photo shows the ambassador inauguration ceremony held at the Super Dry Museum on April 9, 2021. Super Dry Museum, Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, April 9, 2021 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi was appointed as an ambassador of Super Dry Museum. The photo shows the ambassador inauguration ceremony held at the Super Dry Museum on April 9, 2021. Super Dry Museum, Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, April 9, 2021 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Kyushu Electric Power signs LNG bunkering contracts for coal with two shipping companies

Kyushu Electric Power signs LNG bunkering contracts for coal with two shipping companies

The cost of the project and the share of the cost with Kyushu Electric Power Co. will not be disclosed. The two shipping companies mentioned the spread of LNG-fueled vessels. Hitoshi Nagasawa, president of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), said, "We will basically use LNG-fueled vessels for car carriers. Junichiro Ikeda, president of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), expressed his willingness to work on infrastructure development, including fuel supply. The fuel will be supplied by Kyushu Electric Company (Tobata Ward, Kitakyushu City) at its onshore shipping facilities. Kyushu Electric will also consider cultivating other customers and supplying them with coal. Photo shows (from left) NYK President Nagasawa, Kyuden President Ikebe, and MOL President Ikeda shaking hands on December 25, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Police search Ishihara Sangyo plant over disposal violation

Police search Ishihara Sangyo plant over disposal violation

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Police officers walk into the factory of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on Nov. 8 for investigation on suspicion of violating the waste management law by selling contaminated recycled products to unlicensed garbage disposal firms. (Kyodo)

Police search Ishihara Sangyo plant over disposal violation

Police search Ishihara Sangyo plant over disposal violation

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Photo shows the factory of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, which police searched on Nov. 8 on suspicion of violating the waste management law by selling contaminated recycled products to unlicensed garbage disposal firms. (Kyodo)

Ishihara Sangyo head to resign over noncompliance

Ishihara Sangyo head to resign over noncompliance

OSAKA, Japan - Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. President Fujio Tamura (R) and his aides bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 18. Tamura said he will resign by next September to take the blame for the major titanium oxide maker's noncompliance involving contaminated recycled products. (Kyodo)

Ishihara Sangyo convicted of dumping industrial waste

Ishihara Sangyo convicted of dumping industrial waste

MIE, Japan - Fujio Tamura, president of Japanese chemical maker Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd., faces the press at the Mie prefectural office on June 25 after the Tsu District Court fined the company 50 million yen and convicted two of its former officials for illegally dumping industrial waste as a recycled product. (Kyodo)

Sweets maker resumes sale after suspension over mislabeling

Sweets maker resumes sale after suspension over mislabeling

ISE, Japan - A time-honored Japanese sweets maker, Ofuku Mochi Honke Yugen Kaisha, resumed sales Dec. 5 of its Ofuku Mochi rice cake for the first time since voluntarily suspending business Oct. 30 over false-labeling of the product's production dates and ingredients. Photo shows a customer buying the rice cake at the company's head office in Ise, Mie Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Meiji Dairies, Meiji Seika announce management integration

Meiji Dairies, Meiji Seika announce management integration

TOKYO, Japan - Naotada Sato (L), president of major confectionary maker Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd., and Shigetaro Asano, president of dairy products maker Meiji Dairies Corp., shake hands after a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11. They announced the two companies have agreed to integrate their managements in April. (Kyodo)

(2)England soccer star Beckham in Japan

(2)England soccer star Beckham in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - England soccer star David Beckham waves to about 1,000 fans June 20 at Tokyo International Forum in central Tokyo. Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd., a major confectionery maker that has a TV commercial contract with Beckham, sponsored the event. (Kyodo)

Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan

Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan

Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan. The mian image shows Kusunoki Masashige, a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo, taking leave of his son at Sakurai-no-Eki before heading off to war. The inset image shows the Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan. Date: 14th century

Japan - Yokohama - The Grand Pier

Japan - Yokohama - The Grand Pier

Japan - Yokohama - The Grand Pier. The HMS Rawalpindi (left) was a British armed merchant cruiser (a converted passenger ship - as it was at the time of this photograph - as the P&O vessel the SS Rawalpindi) that was sunk in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the first months of Second World War. On the right is the Hikawa Maru - a Japanese ocean liner that was built for the Nippon Yusen KK line by the Yokohama Dock Company. She was launched on 30 September 1929, and made her maiden voyage from Kobe to Seattle on 13 May 1930. Date: circa 1931

Japanese shipping firm Daiichi Chuo Kisen files for bankruptcy

Japanese shipping firm Daiichi Chuo Kisen files for bankruptcy

Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha President Masakazu Yakushiji (far R) bows his heads at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2015, after announcing Japan's fifth-largest shipping company has filed for bankruptcy protection. The failure is attributable to sluggish market conditions due to the slowing of the Chinese economy and higher fees to charter vessels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese shipping firm Daiichi Chuo Kisen files for bankruptcy

Japanese shipping firm Daiichi Chuo Kisen files for bankruptcy

Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha President Masakazu Yakushiji attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2015, announcing Japan's fifth-largest shipping company has filed for bankruptcy protection. The failure is attributable to sluggish market conditions due to the slowing of the Chinese economy and higher fees to charter vessels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

KHOR FAKKAN, United Arab Emirates - The 299,999-ton crude tanker Mogamigawa of Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. is berthed off the United Arab Emirates port of Khor Fakkan on Jan. 9 after its collision with the U.S. nuclear submarine USS Newport News near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 8. No injuries and no oil or radiation leaks were reported. (Kyodo)

U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

KHOR FAKKAN, United Arab Emirates - The 299,999-ton crude tanker Mogamigawa of Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. is berthed off the United Arab Emirates port of Khor Fakkan on Jan. 9 after its collision with the U.S. nuclear submarine USS Newport News near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 8. No injuries and no oil or radiation leaks were reported. (Kyodo)

Police urged to charge Ishihara Sangyo with disposal law violati

Police urged to charge Ishihara Sangyo with disposal law violati

TSU, Japan - Two Mie Prefectural government officials hold a press conference at their office on Nov. 5 after their government filed criminal complaints with local police against Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd., saying the Osaka-based major chemical firm violated the waste management law by selling controversial recycle products to unlicensed garbage disposal firms. (Kyodo)

Gigantic billboard for chocolate bar contends for world record

Gigantic billboard for chocolate bar contends for world record

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 8, 2011, shows a big billboard -- about 166 meters in width and 28 m in height -- in the form of a chocolate bar in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture. Confectionery maker Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. set up the billboard along the outer surface of its factory ahead of Valentine's Day on Feb. 14 when it is customary in Japan for women to give chocolates to men. The company has applied to Guinness World Records for the billboard to be registered as the world's biggest advertising board made of plastic. (Kyodo)

Giving 'little gifts' a fad among young people

Giving 'little gifts' a fad among young people

TOKYO, Japan - A staffer at Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd.'s "100% Chocolate Cafe" in Tokyo holds a set of chocolates to be sold chiefly as "little gifts" on Sept. 4, 2014. Many confectionary companies are developing their own goodies as today's young people often give small presents to their bosses, colleagues, etc. irrespective of the season. (Kyodo)

Western-style buildings at Umegasaki and Dejima

Western-style buildings at Umegasaki and Dejima

Dejima Island is viewed from the hill of Umegasaki. The buildings in the foreground are, from left, the newly built (1884) Nagasaki Post Office, Great Northern Telegraph Co. (No.2 Umegasaki), and the Nagasaki branch office of Yokohama Specie Bank (later Nippon Yusen Kaisha). The re-routing of Nakashima River has been completed by this time. The bridge on the right is the first-generation Dejima Bridge, and the Dejima Protestant Seminary is to the left of the bridge. Behind Dejima is the second-generation Nagasaki Prefecture Office building erected in 1876. The date is between 1892 and 1897.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐10‐0]

Ferry seen from Muroran Ferry Terminal

Ferry seen from Muroran Ferry Terminal

Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha Silver Queen seen from the waiting area on the second floor of the Muroran Ferry Terminal in Muroran, Hokkaido.

Muroran Ferry Terminal

Muroran Ferry Terminal

The Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Silver Queen docks at the Muroran Ferry Terminal in Muroran City, Hokkaido.