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Hatoyama's son to publish book in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Kiichiro Hatoyama, the son of former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, holds a copy of a book he has co-written with Moscow's traffic chief on how to reduce the infamous traffic congestion in the Russian capital on Aug. 11, 2010. The book is due to be published in Russia.

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9 Philippine "Nikkei-jin" hope to acquire Japanese citizenship

MANILA, Philippines - Second-generation Filipino-Japanese Rogelio Kimura, 69, holds photos of his Japanese father, Kiichiro Kimura, during a press conference on Aug. 6, 2013, in Manila. Kimura joins eight other Japanese descendants in a five-day trip to Japan starting on Aug. 7 to appear before a Tokyo Family Court for their petition to get Japanese citizenship.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama's son shows off new book in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Kiichiro Hatoyama (C) displays his new book as his father, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R), looks on at city hall in Moscow on Aug. 26, 2010. Kiichiro Hatoyama, an urban engineering researcher at Moscow State University, together with Moscow's traffic chief co-wrote the book, which recommends ways to improve the traffic situation in the capital.

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Hatoyama's son in Moscow drawing media attention

MOSCOW, Russia - Kiichiro Hatoyama, the eldest son of Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama, smiles during an interview with Kyodo News at Moscow State University in Moscow on Sept. 11, 2009. A visiting lecturer at the university, he has received numerous requests for interviews from media organizations since the DPJ's landslide victory in the Aug. 30 general election.

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Toyoda to become senior managing director of Toyota

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. will promote Akio Toyoda (in file photo), its managing director and widely expected to become its president in the future, to senior managing director in late June, company officials said April 8. Toyoda, 46, is a grandson of the company's founder, Kiichiro Toyoda, and the eldest son of Shoichiro Toyoda, Toyota's honorary chairman.

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Sashihara reappointed Oita City's tourism ambassador

Idol group HKT48 member Rino Sashihara poses for photos with Oita Mayor Kiichiro Sato in Oita on May 19, 2015, after she was reappointed as the southwestern Japanese city's tourism ambassador. Sashihara, hailing from the city, began her three-year term on May 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-PM Hatoyama's son shows off new book in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Kiichiro Hatoyama (C) displays his new book as his father, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R), looks on at city hall in Moscow on Aug. 26, 2010. Kiichiro Hatoyama, an urban engineering researcher at Moscow State University, together with Moscow's traffic chief co-wrote the book, which recommends ways to improve the traffic situation in the capital. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama's son to publish book in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Kiichiro Hatoyama, the son of former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, holds a copy of a book he has co-written with Moscow's traffic chief on how to reduce the infamous traffic congestion in the Russian capital on Aug. 11, 2010. The book is due to be published in Russia. (Kyodo)

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Colonial-era Japanese buildings get new lease on life in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Kiichiro Hiramatsu from the central Japanese city of Wakayama talks on May 24, 2014, about the story of Kishu An (Kishu House), which the Hiramatsu family built in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1917. The Japanese colonial building was used as a restaurant specializing in sukiyaki and Western cuisine, and has been newly restored. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa to ask gov't to be added to COVID-19 emergency areas

Deputy Okinawa Gov. Kiichiro Jahana speaks at a press conference in the southern Japan island prefecture's capital Naha on May 19, 2021. Okinawa Prefecture said the same day it has decided to ask the central government to add it to areas under a COVID-19 state of emergency, amid a surge of infections in the prefecture.

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Okinawa to ask gov't to be added to COVID-19 emergency areas

Deputy Okinawa Gov. Kiichiro Jahana speaks at a press conference in the southern Japan island prefecture's capital Naha on May 19, 2021. Okinawa Prefecture said the same day it has decided to ask the central government to add it to areas under a COVID-19 state of emergency, amid a surge of infections in the prefecture.

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Products made from Kobe beef cattle leather

Japanese leather maker Kiichi Co. owner Kiichiro Katayama shows leather goods made from world-famous Kobe beef cattle on Aug. 2, 2019, in Kobe, western Japan. Local leather companies, including Katayama's, aim to use "Kobe leather" to design shoes and purses, for example, in a bid to generate another cult name for the port city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hatoyama's son in Moscow drawing media attention

MOSCOW, Russia - Kiichiro Hatoyama, the eldest son of Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama, smiles during an interview with Kyodo News at Moscow State University in Moscow on Sept. 11, 2009. A visiting lecturer at the university, he has received numerous requests for interviews from media organizations since the DPJ's landslide victory in the Aug. 30 general election. (Kyodo)

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Toyoda to become senior managing director of Toyota

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. will promote Akio Toyoda (in file photo), its managing director and widely expected to become its president in the future, to senior managing director in late June, company officials said April 8. Toyoda, 46, is a grandson of the company's founder, Kiichiro Toyoda, and the eldest son of Shoichiro Toyoda, Toyota's honorary chairman. (Kyodo)