Metalworkers' unions presenting pay-hike demands

Metalworkers' unions presenting pay-hike demands

TOKYO, Japan - Rikio Kozu (R), chairman of the labor union at Nippon Steel Corp., presents the union's wage demands to company director Kizo Hirayama at its head office in Tokyo on Feb. 10 as labor unions at steel and heavy machinery makers and shipbuilding companies began this year's wage negotiations.

Metalworkers' unions presenting pay-hike demands

Metalworkers' unions presenting pay-hike demands

TOKYO, Japan - Rikio Kozu (R), chairman of the labor union at Nippon Steel Corp., presents the union's wage demands to company director Kizo Hirayama at its head office in Tokyo on Feb. 10 as labor unions at steel and heavy machinery makers and shipbuilding companies began this year's wage negotiations. (Kyodo)

Kobe mayor speaks at Asia-Pacific city summit

Kobe mayor speaks at Asia-Pacific city summit

Kobe Mayor Kizo Hisamoto gives a lecture at the 2015 Asia Pacific Cities Summit & Mayors' Forum in Brisbane, Australia, on July 6, 2015, about the Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster, a major project in rebuilding the local economy following the 1995 earthquake devastation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kobe mayor promotes local specialties at fair in San Francisco

Kobe mayor promotes local specialties at fair in San Francisco

Kobe Mayor Kizo Hisamoto (L) speaks to guests during a fair at the official residence of the Japanese consul general in San Francisco on June 16, 2015, to promote "wagyu" beef, "sake" rice wine and other products from the western Japanese port city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kobe football stadium to host mass COVID-19 vaccinations

Kobe football stadium to host mass COVID-19 vaccinations

Kobe Mayor Kizo Hisamoto (L) has a video conference in Kobe, western Japan, with Rakuten Group Inc. Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani on May 21, 2021. Noevir Stadium Kobe, home of J-League football club Vissel Kobe, is set to host a mass coronavirus vaccination site, the city and the e-commerce company said.