New Japanese ambassador to S. Korea

New Japanese ambassador to S. Korea

New Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Mizushima meets the press after arriving at Gimpo airport in Seoul on May 17, 2024.

New Japanese ambassador to S. Korea

New Japanese ambassador to S. Korea

New Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Mizushima (L) arrives at Gimpo airport in Seoul on May 17, 2024.

Commendation Ceremony for Koichi Mizushima of Toshiba

Commendation Ceremony for Koichi Mizushima of Toshiba

On April 19, Toshiba awarded a special prize to Koichi Mizushima, 78, executive fellow of Toshiba Corporation, for his contribution to the development of lithium-ion batteries. In the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Akira Yoshino, an honorary fellow of Asahi Kasei Corporation, and John Goodnough, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, U.S., who collaborated with Mr. Mizushima, were chosen to receive the prize, but Mr. Mizushima, who was expected to win the prize simultaneously, did not. Chairman Nobuaki Kurumatani said, "I am very proud of Mr. Mizushima's achievement. The University of Tokyo has announced that it will award Mizushima with the University of Tokyo President's Special Award. Shiro Saito, Executive Vice President, said, "Mr. Mizushima is still active as a researcher. From right to left: Chairman Kurumatani, Executive Fellow Mizushima, and Mr. Mizushima's wife, Ms. Kimiko, on November 19, 2019.

S. Korean protest against Japan's annual event to promote island claim

S. Korean protest against Japan's annual event to promote island claim

Koichi Mizushima (C), minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, enters the head office of the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2018, as the ministry summons him to protest an annual event held by a local Japanese municipality earlier in the day to highlight Japan's claim to sovereignty over a South Korean-administered group of islets, called Takeshima by Japan and Dokdo by South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea protests Japan's claim to islets, summons diplomats

S. Korea protests Japan's claim to islets, summons diplomats

Koichi Mizushima, minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, is summoned to the South Korean Foreign Ministry on Aug. 8, 2017. South Korea lodged a strong protest after Japan reiterated its claim to sovereignty over a pair of South Korean-controlled islets in its annual defense report. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo