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Memorial service for ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji

A memorial service is held for former yokozuna Kitanofuji, a 10-time grand sumo tournament champion, whose real name was Katsuaki Takezawa, in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024. The former yokozuna, who mentored two grand champions including the legendary Chiyonofuji before becoming a popular TV sumo pundit, died on Nov. 12, 2024, at the age of 82.

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82

Yokozuna Kitanofuji performs his ring-entering ritual at a grand sumo tournament in January 1971 in Tokyo. The 10-time grand sumo tournament champion, whose real name was Katsuaki Takezawa and who mentored two grand champions including the legendary Chiyonofuji before becoming a popular TV sumo pundit, died on Nov. 12, 2024, at the age of 82, according to media.

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82

Yokozuna Kitanofuji forces fellow yokozuna Tamanoumi out of the ring in Tokyo in May 1971, winning the summer grand tournament without losing a single match. The 10-time grand sumo tournament champion, whose real name was Katsuaki Takezawa and who mentored two grand champions including the legendary Chiyonofuji before becoming a popular TV sumo pundit, died on Nov. 12, 2024, at the age of 82, according to media.

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82

Sumo wrestler Kitanofuji celebrates his first career victory at a grand tournament in Osaka, western Japan, in March 1967, with the trophy. The 10-time grand sumo tournament champion and former yokozuna, whose real name was Katsuaki Takezawa and who mentored two grand champions including the legendary Chiyonofuji before becoming a popular TV sumo pundit, died on Nov. 12, 2024, at the age of 82, according to media.

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82

File photo taken in August 2016 shows former yokozuna Kitanofuji, a 10-time grand sumo tournament champion, whose real name was Katsuaki Takezawa. The former yokozuna, who mentored two grand champions including the legendary Chiyonofuji before becoming a popular TV sumo pundit, died on Nov. 12, 2024, at the age of 82, according to media.

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82

Yokozuna Kitanofuji performs his ring-entering ritual at a grand sumo tournament in January 1971 in Tokyo. The 10-time tournament champion, whose real name was Katsuaki Takezawa and who mentored two grand champions including the legendary Chiyonofuji before becoming a popular TV sumo pundit, died on Nov. 12, 2024, at the age of 82, according to media.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-WRESTLING(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Endo Katsuaki of Japan attends the awarding ceremony for Men's Greco-Roman 67Kg Match of Wrestling at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-WRESTLING(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Endo Katsuaki (R) of Japan competes during Men's Greco-Roman 67Kg Match of Wrestling at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-WRESTLING(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Endo Katsuaki of Japan celebrates winning Men's Greco-Roman 67Kg Match of Wrestling at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-WRESTLING(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Endo Katsuaki (down) of Japan competes during Men's Greco-Roman 67Kg Match of Wrestling at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-WRESTLING(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meiirzhan Shermakhanbet (L) of Kazakhstan competes against Endo Katsuaki of Japan during Men's Greco-Roman 67Kg Match of Wrestling at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-WRESTLING(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Endo Katsuaki (R) of Japan competes during Men's Greco-Roman 67Kg Match of Wrestling at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-WRESTLING(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Endo Katsuaki of Japan celebrates winning Men's Greco-Roman 67Kg Match of Wrestling at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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Yokosuka begins ChatGPT trial use

Yokosuka Mayor Katsuaki Kamiji speaks to officials of the city in eastern Japan as it introduces ChatGPT at its city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on April 20, 2023. Yokosuka became the first local government in Japan to start trial use of the artificial intelligence chatbot the same day.

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Toyota plans to sell more than 10 million vehicles in 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31 about the company's management strategy for the coming years. Watanabe said Toyota is aiming to sell about 10.4 million cars and trucks on a group basis in 2009, up from projected sales of 9.34 million units for this year.

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Toyota plans to sell more than 10 million vehicles in 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31 about the company's management strategy for the coming years. Watanabe said Toyota is aiming to sell about 10.4 million cars and trucks on a group basis in 2009, up from projected sales of 9.34 million units for this year.

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Toyota plans to sell more than 10 million vehicles in 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31 about the company's management strategy for the coming years. Watanabe said Toyota is aiming to sell about 10.4 million cars and trucks on a group basis in 2009, up from projected sales of 9.34 million units for this year.

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Toyota launches new mid-size SUV Vanguard in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuaki Watanabe, president of Toyota Motor Corp., stands by the company's new midsize sport utility vehicle named Vanguard during a presentation in Tokyo on Aug. 30.

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Toyota wants to be 'front runner in quality,' president says

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe, addressing an audience in Nagoya on Sug. 27, says his company will target becoming a ''front runner in quality'' even as it stands poised to become the world's No. 1 automobile seller this year. ''It is possible to attain annual sales of 10 million vehicles soon, but we want to be a front runner in quality, not quantity.''

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City, store chains ink health checkup accord

SAGA, Japan - Katsuaki Sakai (R), president of Lawson Inc.'s Kyushu branch, Saga Mayor Toshiyuki Hideshima (C) and Yasuhiro Mizokami, chairman of the Miz drugstore chain, pose at the municipal government office in Saga, southwestern Japan, on July 16, 2014, after signing a deal to let consumers receive metabolism checkups in examination cars in the compounds of Lawson convenience stores.

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Japan's Susa loses to Cuban Ramirez Carrazana in Olympic flyweight boxing

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Katsuaki Susa (L) throws a punch at Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana in the first round of the men's flyweight boxing at the London Olympics at the ExCel venue on July 30, 2012. Susa lost to Ramirez Carrazana 7-19.

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Japan's Susa loses to Cuban Ramirez Carrazana in Olympic flyweight boxing

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Katsuaki Susa (back, R) loses to Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana (front) in the first round of the men's flyweight boxing at the London Olympics at the ExCel venue on July 30, 2012. Susa lost to Ramirez Carrazana 7-19.

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Japan's Susa loses to Cuban Ramirez Carrazana in Olympic flyweight boxing

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Katsuaki Susa (L) throws a punch at Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana in the first round of the men's flyweight boxing at the London Olympics at the ExCel venue on July 30, 2012. Susa lost to Ramirez Carrazana 7-19.

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Tsugaru folk music played in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese musicians Shigeri Kitsu (L) and Katsuaki Sawada (R), a Tsugaru shamisen player, play folk music from northeastern Japan with Russian musicians in Vladivostok, Russia, on March 9, 2011.

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Tsugaru folk music played in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese musicians including Katsuaki Sawada (R front) sing and play folk music from northeastern Japan with Russian musicians in Vladivostok, Russia, on March 9, 2011.

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Toyota's Watanabe becomes Nippon Keidanren vice chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks at a news conference after becoming a vice chairman of the Japan Business Federation in Tokyo on May 28.

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Toyota logs 1st operating loss in 71 years

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2008 during a press conference in Tokyo on May 8. Toyota logged its first group operating loss in 71 years in the business year that ended March 31 and it anticipates an even bigger operating loss of 850 billion yen for fiscal 2009.

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Toyota logs 1st operating loss in 71 years

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2008 during a press conference in Tokyo on May 8. Toyota logged its first group operating loss in 71 years in the business year that ended March 31 and it anticipates an even bigger operating loss of 850 billion yen for fiscal 2009.

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Shanghai Int'l Auto Show begins

SHANGHAI, China - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks at the Shanghai International Auto Show in Shanghai on April 20, the opening day of the event. The show will be open to the public from April 22 to April 28.

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Toyota Vice Pres. Akio Toyoda to become president in June

NAGOYA, Japan - (From L to R) Toyota Motor Corp.'s current President Katsuaki Watanabe, Executive Vice President Akio Toyoda, who will become president in June, and Chairman Fujio Cho attend a news conference in Nagoya on Jan. 20. Japan's top automaker announced its decision on Toyoda's promotion to president.

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Toyota Vice Pres. Akio Toyoda to become president in June

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Akio Toyoda (L), who will be promoted to president of Japan's top automaker in June, speaks during a news conference in Nagoya on Jan. 20 after the company announced its decision on his promotion. At right is current President Katsuaki Watanabe, who will become vice chairman.

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Toyota Vice Pres. Akio Toyoda to become president in June

NAGOYA, Japan - (From L to R) Toyota Motor Corp.'s current President Katsuaki Watanabe, Executive Vice President Akio Toyoda, who will become president in June, and Chairman Fujio Cho join hands after a news conference in Nagoya on Jan. 20. Japan's top automaker announced its decision on Toyoda's promotion to president earlier in the day.

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Akio Toyoda of founder's family likely to be Toyota pres.

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 22 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, shows Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Akio Toyoda, great-grandson of Sakichi Toyoda who founded what has become Japan's No. 1 automaker, who will likely become president to replace Katsuaki Watanabe.

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Toyota expects 1st operating loss in FY 2008

NAGOYA, Japan - Katsuaki Watanabe, president of Toyota Motor Corp., responds to questions from reporters at a press conference in Nagoya on Dec. 22. Toyota said it expects an operating loss of 150 billion yen for fiscal 2008 group business, the first group loss in its history, due to shrinking global auto sales and the yen's further appreciation.

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Toyota opens 2nd plant in Canada, bullish on N. America market

WOODSTOCK, Canada - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe (C in front) and Canadian Minister of Industry Tony Clement (R in front) join a photo session Dec. 4 during an opening ceremony for Toyota's second car plant in Woodstock in Canada's Ontario.

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Toyota opens 2nd plant in Canada, bullish on N. America market

WOODSTOCK, Canada - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe (C in front) joins a photo session Dec. 4 during the opening ceremony for Toyota's second car plant in Woodstock in Canada's Ontario.

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Toyota cuts global sales target for 2009 to 9.7 mil. units

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe responds to questions from reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 28. Japan's largest automaker revised downward its global sales forecast for 2009, pushing back its target of becoming the world's first automaker to sell more than 10 million vehicles a year amid slowing U.S. and European demand.

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Toyota chief sees tough market as chance to improve business

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe delivers a speech at a hotel in Nagoya on Aug. 20.

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Toyota eyes next-generation battery amid soaring gas prices

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks about the company's eco-friendly business policies in Tokyo on June 11. The policies include developing a next-generation battery in a bid to further boost the automaker's presence in the ''green'' car market.

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Toyota to start hybrid production in Australia in early 2010

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe (L) poses with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at a news conference in Nagoya on June 10, where Toyota announced that it will begin producing a gasoline-electric hybrid version of the Camry sedan in Australia in early 2010, with an annual production target of 10,000 vehicles.

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Toyota aims to spur minivan market with remodeled Alphard

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe unveils the fully remodeled Alphard minivan (R) and its new sister model the Vellfire (L) at a Tokyo hotel on May 12. Toyota launched the fully remodeled vehicles aiming to spur the domestic minivan market in which the Japanese automaker maintains top market share.

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Toyota expects 1st operating profit fall in 9 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 8 on the automaker's business results in fiscal 2007. Toyota posted record-high sales and profits in fiscal 2007 as solid vehicle sales in emerging economies and oil-producing nations offset adverse factors. But its group operating profit is projected to fall 29.5 percent to 1.6 trillion yen in fiscal 2008, down for the first time in nine years, due chiefly to the strong yen against the dollar and other key currencies and a slump in the North American auto market.

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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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Toyota unveils ultra-small hybrid car at Geneva Motor Show

GENEVA, Switzerland - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils the prototype of its ultra-small hybrid passenger car iQ at the Geneva Auto Show on March 4, with Toyota President Katsuaki Wanabe (3rd from L) in attendance. Toyota says it plans to launch the four-seat vehicle in Europe and Japan.

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Toyota launches remodeled Crown luxury sedan

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe poses for photos at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 18 with a fully-remodeled Crown luxury sedan, which features better safety devices and stylish designs.

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Toyota eyes building new plants in China, India

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the company's head office in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 14. Watanabe indicated Toyota is planning to build new plants in China and India to meet fast-growing demand in those emerging economies.

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Toyota eyes building new plants in China, India

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the company's head office in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 14. Watanabe indicated Toyota is planning to build new plants in China and India to meet fast-growing demand in those emerging economies.

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Toyota to sell lithium-ion battery-powered hybrid by 2010

DETROIT, United States - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe announces at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 13 that the company is planning to market a lithium-ion battery-powered hybrid car that can be charged with electricity using a household outlet by 2010.

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Toyota likely to outdistance GM in 2008 global output

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe smiles during a news conference in Nagoya on Dec. 25. He said Toyota's global auto production is expected to increase 5 percent from a year earlier to 9.95 million units on a group basis in 2008, against the backdrop of continued robust sales in China, the Middle East, Russia and other emerging economies.

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Toyota fetes opening of 1st Russia plant

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe (L) and Director and Adviser Hiroshi Okuda show Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) around Toyota's car assembly plant on the outskirts of St. Petersburg on Dec. 21 after the opening ceremony for the plant. Toyota is the first Japanese automaker to start production in Russia.