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Kose's HD Transition and President Change Press Conference

Press conference announcing the change in president following Kose's transition to HD. photo shows, from left: Koichi Shibusawa, incoming president of Kose Holdings; Kazutoshi Kobayashi, president of Kose (incoming chairman of Kose Holdings).=October 31,2025,Tokyo

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Volunteer turned Shinto priest at tsunami-damaged shrine

SENDAI, Japan - Kazutoshi Fujimoto is seen at a Shinto shrine in Yamamoto Town, Miyagi Prefecture, in November 2014. He became a priest after helping as a volunteer in the rebuilding of the shrine damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori smiles during a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses.

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Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori speaks at a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses.

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NTT West unveils project to make music from heart beats

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Ai Otsuka (L) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. President Kazutoshi Murao announce "Smart Hikari Heart Beat Project" on June 10, 2014, in Tokyo. Otsuka will create a piece of music by incorporating heart beats of various people for the project.

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Japanese securities industry leader on bitcoin trading

NEW YORK, United States - Kazutoshi Inano, chairman of the Japan Securities Dealers Association, talks with reporters in New York on March 5, 2014. Inano said people trading in bitcoins should understand that they do so at their own risk, after the recent bankruptcy of Tokyo-based major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox.

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Arabian Oil to withdraw from oilfield development business

TOKYO, Japan - Arabian Oil Co. President Kazutoshi Hoyano (R) and Fumio Sekiya, president of its parent AOC Holdings Inc., hold a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. Arabian Oil will virtually withdraw from its long-standing oilfield development activities and significantly scale down operations, the parent company said the same day.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Yoshitaka Abe (R), director of Aquamarine Fukushima, unveils the name of a harbor seal pup at the reopening ceremony of the aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium had been closed since the March 11 tsunami. Kazutoshi Arai (L), director of Kamogawa Seaworld in Chiba Prefecture where the seal pup was born, also attended the ceremony.

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Nissan's restyled GT-R sports car has improved performance

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co.'s restyled 11MY Nissan GT-R sports car is shown at the company headquarters in Yokohama on Oct. 18, 2010. Kazutoshi Mizuno, chief engineer for the GT-R project, stands beside the car.

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Kumagai Gumi, Tobishima to scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Kumagai Gumi Co. President Kazutoshi Torikai (L) and Tobishima Corp. President Yoshiharu Tomimatsu tell reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 15 that the two struggling second-tier construction companies will scrap their merger plan set for April 1, 2005.

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Kumagai Gumi eyes 300 bil. yen bailout

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutoshi Torikai, president of ailing construction firm Kumagai Gumi Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 4. He said the company will ask its main creditor banks for 300 billion yen in a financial bailout under a fresh three-year restructuring plan, while seeking a merger with industry peer Tobishima Corp.

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Painting inspired by Kobe quake victim donated to hometown

KOBE, Japan - Alexandra Nechita (R), a U.S. teenager who was inspired by the tale of a young victim of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, donates a painting to Kobe Mayor Kazutoshi Sasayama (L) in Kobe on Jan. 15. The story goes that after the death of the 11-year-old Haruka Kato, sunflower seeds that she had fed her parrot sprouted up through the rubble of her home and local residents began planting the new seeds in their own backyards.

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Kumagai Gumi wins informal OK from banks

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutoshi Torigai, president of troubled construction firm Kumagai Gumi Co., tells a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28 that the company's creditor banks have informally approved a revision to its restructuring plan. Under the new plan, Kumagai Gumi will ask its 15 creditor banks to forgive 430 billion yen in loans, down from the 450 billion yen it had previously requested.

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Kumagai Gumi, Tobishima to scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Kumagai Gumi Co. President Kazutoshi Torikai (L) and Tobishima Corp. President Yoshiharu Tomimatsu tell reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 15 that the two struggling second-tier construction companies will scrap their merger plan set for April 1, 2005. (Kyodo)

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17 states seek to prevent nuke proliferation after N. Korea test

Kazutoshi Aikawa (C in front row), director general of the Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks at the outset of a meeting in Tokyo between senior officials from Japan, the United States, Canada and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations on Jan. 20, 2016. They discussed export controls and other measures to effectively prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons in the wake of North Korea's recent nuclear test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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No member quits Japan aquarium body over dolphin hunt ban

Kazutoshi Arai (L), chairman of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums, speaks at a press conference following a two-day general meeting in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 29, 2015. While some association members remained dissatisfied over the group's recent ban on acquiring dolphins caught in drive hunts, none of them have left the body over the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan zoo, aquarium body meeting starts, dolphin hunt among topics

Kazutoshi Arai, head of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums, speaks to reporters in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 28, 2015, as the association started a two-day regular general meeting. The association explained to its member bodies about the recent decision to ban them from acquiring dolphins caught in controversial drive hunts in western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese aquariums to stop acquiring Taiji drive hunt dolphins

Kazutoshi Arai (L), chairman of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums, wipes sweat off his face during a press conference at the Environment Ministry in Tokyo on May 20, 2015. The association said the same day it will prohibit members from acquiring dolphins caught in drive hunts off the town of Taiji in western Japan, after the association faced being expelled from a global zoo body that has criticized the practice as cruel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese aquariums to stop acquiring Taiji drive hunt dolphins

Kazutoshi Arai (L), chairman of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums, holds a press conference at the Environment Ministry in Tokyo on May 20, 2015. The association said the same day it will prohibit members from acquiring dolphins caught in drive hunts off the town of Taiji in western Japan, after the association faced being expelled from a global zoo body that has criticized the practice as cruel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan's restyled GT-R sports car has improved performance

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co.'s restyled 11MY Nissan GT-R sports car is shown at the company headquarters in Yokohama on Oct. 18, 2010. Kazutoshi Mizuno, chief engineer for the GT-R project, stands beside the car. (Kyodo)

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Kumagai Gumi eyes 300 bil. yen bailout

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutoshi Torikai, president of ailing construction firm Kumagai Gumi Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 4. He said the company will ask its main creditor banks for 300 billion yen in a financial bailout under a fresh three-year restructuring plan, while seeking a merger with industry peer Tobishima Corp. (Kyodo)

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Yoshitaka Abe (R), director of Aquamarine Fukushima, unveils the name of a harbor seal pup at the reopening ceremony of the aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium had been closed since the March 11 tsunami. Kazutoshi Arai (L), director of Kamogawa Seaworld in Chiba Prefecture where the seal pup was born, also attended the ceremony. (Kyodo)

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Volunteer turned Shinto priest at tsunami-damaged shrine

SENDAI, Japan - Kazutoshi Fujimoto is seen at a Shinto shrine in Yamamoto Town, Miyagi Prefecture, in November 2014. He became a priest after helping as a volunteer in the rebuilding of the shrine damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori smiles during a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses. (Kyodo)

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Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori speaks at a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses. (Kyodo)

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NTT West unveils project to make music from heart beats

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Ai Otsuka (L) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. President Kazutoshi Murao announce "Smart Hikari Heart Beat Project" on June 10, 2014, in Tokyo. Otsuka will create a piece of music by incorporating heart beats of various people for the project. (Kyodo)

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Kazutoshi Narita in conversation with the editor-in-chief of Gault&Millau.

Granvista Hotel & Resort, Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan) has developed four types of sweets in collaboration with Gault & Millau, the world's leading gastronomic guide, for the first time. The sweets are available at the Sapporo Grand Hotel and Sapporo Park Hotel operated by the company for a limited time in November 2018. At the press conference, he took the stage for a talk session. Left: Editor-in-Chief of Gault&Millau. Right: Mr. Kazutoshi Narita, winner of the 2017 Asia's Best Pastry Chef Award, the most high-profile individual award in the Asia category of the World's 50 Best Restaurants, a restaurant ranking that influences global food trends. Mr. Narita

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Chef and Kazutoshi Narita

Kazutoshi Narita (center) poses for a photo with the patissiers of Sapporo Grand Hotel and Sapporo Park Hotel, who will be working with the executive chefs of Sapporo Grand Hotel and Sapporo Park Hotel to develop special winter sweets in November 2018. The three of them pose for a commemorative photo at the press conference announcing the project.

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Kazutoshi Hando, who penned works on Japan's wartime history, dies at 90

File photo taken in December 2018 shows Kazutoshi Hando, who wrote a number of works on Japan's wartime history. Hando died at his home in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2021, at age 90.

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Musicians set up bank to support environment projects

TOKYO, Japan - Music producer Takeshi Kobayashi speaks April 28 about a bank he set up with two other musicians to finance environmental protection projects. His partners are composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and Kazutoshi Sakurai, a member of the pop band Mr. Children. AP Bank, which stands for alternative power and artist power, will start accepting applications for loans from May 1 to 31. (Kyodo)

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Painting inspired by Kobe quake victim donated to hometown

KOBE, Japan - Alexandra Nechita (R), a U.S. teenager who was inspired by the tale of a young victim of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, donates a painting to Kobe Mayor Kazutoshi Sasayama (L) in Kobe on Jan. 15. The story goes that after the death of the 11-year-old Haruka Kato, sunflower seeds that she had fed her parrot sprouted up through the rubble of her home and local residents began planting the new seeds in their own backyards.

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Kumagai Gumi wins informal OK from banks

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutoshi Torigai, president of troubled construction firm Kumagai Gumi Co., tells a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28 that the company's creditor banks have informally approved a revision to its restructuring plan. Under the new plan, Kumagai Gumi will ask its 15 creditor banks to forgive 430 billion yen in loans, down from the 450 billion yen it had previously requested.