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Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo=November 18,2025,Tokyo

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Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo=November 18,2025,Tokyo

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Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo=November 18,2025,Tokyo

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Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo

Kobe Steel Group signboard and logo=November 18,2025,Tokyo

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Kobe Steel exterior and signboard

Kobe Steel exterior and signboard=November 18,2025,Tokyo

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Kobe Steel, Ltd. new medium-term management plan

Kobe Steel, Ltd. new medium-term management plan. Photo shows Kobe Steel’s President Yoshihiko Katsukawa. ＝May 20, 2024, Japan

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Kobe Steel, Ltd. New Medium-term Management Plan Presentation

Kobe Steel, Ltd. new medium-term management plan. Photo shows Kobe Steel’s President Yoshihiko Katsukawa. ＝May 20, 2024, Japan

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Kobe Steel, Ltd. new medium-term management plan

Kobe Steel, Ltd. new medium-term management plan. Photo shows Kobe Steel’s President Yoshihiko Katsukawa. ＝May 20, 2024, Japan

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Kobe Steel, Ltd. New Medium-Term Management Plan

Kobe Steel, Ltd. new medium-term management plan. Photo shows Kobe Steel’s President Yoshihiko Katsukawa. ＝May 20, 2024, Japan

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Rugby: Kobe Steel remain unbeaten thanks to win over NEC

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 8 Kyodo - Issei Shige of Kobe Kobelco Steelers runs with the ball on his way to scoring a try in the first half of a Japan Rugby Top League match against NEC Green Rockets at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2017. The Steelers maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 29-12 victory.

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Kobe museum shows expressway portion damaged by 1995 quake

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors listen to a guide explain about a twisted steel bridge girder resulting from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at the Hanshin Expressway Technology Center's Earthquake Museum in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. Hanshin Expressway Co. opened the museum to the public during a two-day event ahead of the quake's 20th anniversary on Jan. 17.

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Vegetable factory adopts new anti-bacteria technology

OSAKA, Japan - Workers go about their business in cultivating vegetables at a TJCreate plant factory in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2014. The factory utilizes a new technology developed by Kobe Steel Ltd. to minimize pathogenic bacteria by coating its walls and floors with nickel-based alloy.

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Kobe Steel to close blast furnace in Kobe

TOKYO, Japan - Kobe Steel Ltd. President Hiroya Kawasaki holds a news conference in Tokyo on May 29, 2013. The company said the same day it will close a blast furnace at its iron mill in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, and increase utilization ratios at two other blast furnaces in the same prefecture.

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Kobe Steel eyeing hike in overseas sales ratio to 50%

TOKYO, Japan - Kobe Steel Ltd. President Hiroshi Sato briefs reporters on a medium-term business plan during a news conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2010. Sato said he hopes to boost the company's overall sales in five to 10 years' time to 3 trillion yen, up 40 percent from fiscal 2008, by expanding overseas production.

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Japan to host 2019 World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L), president of the Japan Rugby Football Union, and Kobe Steel player Daisuke Ohata react in Tokyo after the International Rugby Board chose Japan as the host of the 2019 Rugby World Cup on July 28.

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Japan to host 2019 World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L), president of the Japan Rugby Football Union, and Kobe Steel player Daisuke Ohata react in Tokyo after the International Rugby Board chose Japan as the host of the 2019 Rugby World Cup on July 28.

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Japan to host 2019 World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L), president of the Japan Rugby Football Union, and Kobe Steel player Daisuke Ohata react in Tokyo after the International Rugby Board chose Japan as the host of the 2019 Rugby World Cup on July 28.

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Kobe Steel head to resign over improper donations

KOBE, Japan - File photo shows Kobe Steel Ltd. Executive Vice President Hiroshi Sato, who will replace Yasuo Inubushi as president of the steelmaker on April 1. Inubushi will resign over inappropriate donations to local assembly candidates that were discovered recently by the company.

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3 steelmakers to consider anti-takeover measures

TOKYO, Japan - The vice presidents of three steel makers -- (from L to R) Toshio Kimura of Kobe Steel Ltd., Nobuyoshi Fujiwara of Nippon Steel Corp. and Fumio Hombe of Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. -- hold a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 29. They announced that they will jointly consider measures against hostile takeover bids.

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Kobe Steel appoints Inubushi president

TOKYO, Japan - Kobe Steel Ltd. said Feb. 24 it has decided to appoint Vice President Yasuo Inubushi (L) as its new president, replacing Koshi Mizukoshi (R), who will become chairman.

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Japan flyhalf Miller to call it a day

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan international flyhalf Andrew Miller (in photo taken on Oct. 23) said Oct. 24 he will retire at the end of this season and return to New Zealand. ''I've played in Japan for six years now and I think the time has come to end my rugby career and go home and do something new,'' said the 31-year-old whose current contract with Japanese corporate side Kobe Steel expires in March 2004.

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Suntory down Kobe Steel to win national rugby final

TOKYO, Japan - Suntory members rejoice after winning their second straight national rugby championship on Feb. 3 over Kobe Steel 28-17 at Prince Chichibu Rugby Ground in Tokyo.

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Suntory beat Kobe Steel in corporate rugby final

HIGASHI-OSAKA, Japan - Suntory members rejoice after claiming a 50-31 victory over Kobe Steel on Jan. 13 in the final of the corporate rugby championship at the Hanazono rugby ground in Osaka Prefecture.

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Nippon Steel, Kobe Steel to form alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. Vice President Makoto Kihara (L) and Kobe Steel Ltd. Vice President Noriyoshi Mitsutake meet the media in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2001. Japan's biggest and fifth-largest steelmakers said they have agreed to form a comprehensive alliance to improve competitiveness.

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(2)Kawasaki Steel, NKK to integrate operations

KOBE, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters in Kobe of Kawasaki Steel Corp., which reportedly agreed April 13 with NKK Corp. to integrate operations. Their combined annual crude steel production would total 23 million tons, close to the output of Japan's top steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp.

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Kobe Steel raided

OSAKA, Japan - Koshi Mizukoshi (L), president of Kobe Steel Ltd, speaks at a news conference at its head office in Kobe, Kyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 9 after police raided the head office the same day on suspicion the steelmaker gave 30 million yen in illegal payoffs to a ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeer in 1997.

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Logo of Kobelco Construction Machinery

Keywords: Kobelco Construction Machinery, Kobelco, construction machinery, construction machinery manufacturer, construction machinery manufacturer, machinery, Kobe Steel, Kobe Steel Group, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 4, 2019, Tokyo Headquarters, Kita Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo of Kobelco Construction Machinery

Keywords: Kobelco Construction Machinery, Kobelco, construction machinery, construction machinery manufacturer, construction machinery manufacturer, machinery, Kobe Steel, Kobe Steel Group, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 4, 2019, Tokyo Headquarters, Kita Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo of Kobelco Construction Machinery

Keywords: Kobelco Construction Machinery, Kobelco, construction machinery, construction machinery manufacturer, construction machinery manufacturer, machinery, Kobe Steel, Kobe Steel Group, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 4, 2019, Tokyo Headquarters, Kita Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Nippon Steel, Kobe Steel to form alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. Vice President Makoto Kihara (L) and Kobe Steel Ltd. Vice President Noriyoshi Mitsutake meet the media in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2001. Japan's biggest and fifth-largest steelmakers said they have agreed to form a comprehensive alliance to improve competitiveness.

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Suntory beat Kobe Steel in corporate rugby final

HIGASHI-OSAKA, Japan - Suntory members rejoice after claiming a 50-31 victory over Kobe Steel on Jan. 13 in the final of the corporate rugby championship at the Hanazono rugby ground in Osaka Prefecture.

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3 steelmakers to consider anti-takeover measures

TOKYO, Japan - The vice presidents of three steel makers -- (from L to R) Toshio Kimura of Kobe Steel Ltd., Nobuyoshi Fujiwara of Nippon Steel Corp. and Fumio Hombe of Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. -- hold a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 29. They announced that they will jointly consider measures against hostile takeover bids. (Kyodo)

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Kobe Steel head to resign over improper donations

KOBE, Japan - File photo shows Kobe Steel Ltd. Executive Vice President Hiroshi Sato, who will replace Yasuo Inubushi as president of the steelmaker on April 1. Inubushi will resign over inappropriate donations to local assembly candidates that were discovered recently by the company. (Kyodo)

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Aiming for the World Cup - International Goodwill Rugby

On January 15, the Japan Rugby Championship was held at the National Stadium, and Kobe Steel achieved its seventh consecutive victory in the Japan Championship; on February 19, a test match between the Japanese national team and the Tongan national team at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium. <Caption> The Japan Rugby Championship between Kobe Steel and the University of Tokyo at the National Stadium on January 15, Kobe Steel wins the Japan Championship for the seventh consecutive year; the test match between the Japanese national team and the Tongan national team at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium on February 19, Japan's inability to break through the goal; Japan loses 24-16; scoreboard; shooting date: January 15, 1995 January 15, 1995, February 19, 1995.

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Suntory down Kobe Steel to win national rugby final

TOKYO, Japan - Suntory members rejoice after winning their second straight national rugby championship on Feb. 3 over Kobe Steel 28-17 at Prince Chichibu Rugby Ground in Tokyo.

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Kobe Steel eyeing hike in overseas sales ratio to 50%

TOKYO, Japan - Kobe Steel Ltd. President Hiroshi Sato briefs reporters on a medium-term business plan during a news conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2010. Sato said he hopes to boost the company's overall sales in five to 10 years' time to 3 trillion yen, up 40 percent from fiscal 2008, by expanding overseas production. (Kyodo)

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Kobe museum shows expressway portion damaged by 1995 quake

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors listen to a guide explain about a twisted steel bridge girder resulting from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at the Hanshin Expressway Technology Center's Earthquake Museum in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. Hanshin Expressway Co. opened the museum to the public during a two-day event ahead of the quake's 20th anniversary on Jan. 17. (Kyodo)

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(2)Kawasaki Steel, NKK to integrate operations

KOBE, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters in Kobe of Kawasaki Steel Corp., which reportedly agreed April 13 with NKK Corp. to integrate operations. Their combined annual crude steel production would total 23 million tons, close to the output of Japan's top steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp.

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Rugby: Kobe Steel hammer Suntory to take Top League title

Fraser Anderson (L) of Kobe Kobelco Steelers eludes a tackle on his way to scoring a try during the first half of a match against Suntory Sungoliath at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2018. Kobe defeated Suntory 55-5 to claim their second Japan Rugby Top League title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Kobe Steel hammer Suntory to take Top League title

Fraser Anderson of Kobe Kobelco Steelers eludes a tackle on his way to scoring a try during the first half of a match against Suntory Sungoliath at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2018. Kobe defeated Suntory 55-5 to claim their second Japan Rugby Top League title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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