2 regional banks to merge under holding company

2 regional banks to merge under holding company

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kagoshima Bank President Motohiro Kamimura attends a press conference on Nov. 10, 2014, in the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima, as the bank reached a basic agreement with another regional bank, Higo Bank, to merge by setting up a holding company in October next year.

Tokyo Skytree opens

Tokyo Skytree opens

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Morimoto smiles in front of a dish resembling Tokyo Skytree that he ordered at Soba Dokoro Kamimura, a Japanese restaurant near the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, on May 22, 2012, its opening day. The 1,800-yen dish is a bowl of rice topped with deep-fried prawns and vegetables. The prawns are leaned against the bowl's lid to create a tower-like figure.

Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Departures; Okuribito (2008)

Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo & Masahiro Motoki Characters: Ikuei Sasaki,Yuriko Kamimura & Daigo Kobayashi Film: Departures; Okuribito (JP 2008) Director: Yojiro Takita 23 August 2008 Date: 23 August 2008

Japanese firms welcome new faces at start of business year

Japanese firms welcome new faces at start of business year

Motohiro Kamimura (far L), president of Kagoshima Bank, welcomes new recruits of the bank at a ceremony in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on April 1, 2015. Similar welcome ceremonies are held by many other firms nationwide on April 1, the start of a new fiscal year in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Growing trend of Filipinos visiting Japan seen to continue

Growing trend of Filipinos visiting Japan seen to continue

Atsushi Kamimura (R), a manager at Tokyo Metro Co., participates in a promotion activity to invite Filipino tourists to Japan during the 2017 Travel Tour Expo in the Philippine capital Manila on Feb. 10, 2017. Travel and tour executives expect an increasing number of Filipinos visiting Japan to continue in the coming years because of Japan's relaxed visa policy, the affordable travel cost, and the financial stability of more Filipinos. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Health ministry official arrested over postal discount abuse

Health ministry official arrested over postal discount abuse

OSAKA, Japan - Tsutomu Kamimura, a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry official in charge of administration pertaining to the handicapped, looks down as he arrives at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office in Osaka on May 26. Kamimura was arrested on suspicion of falsifying public documents and using them in postal system abuse. (Kyodo)

Tokyo Skytree opens

Tokyo Skytree opens

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Morimoto smiles in front of a dish resembling Tokyo Skytree that he ordered at Soba Dokoro Kamimura, a Japanese restaurant near the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, on May 22, 2012, its opening day. The 1,800-yen dish is a bowl of rice topped with deep-fried prawns and vegetables. The prawns are leaned against the bowl's lid to create a tower-like figure. (Kyodo)