Kirin's beer-flavored drink logs 10 bil.-unit sales

Kirin's beer-flavored drink logs 10 bil.-unit sales

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichi Matsuzawa (L) and comedian Tomomitsu Yamaguchi (R) attend an event in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2011 to commemorate cumulative sales of Kirin's Nodogoshi Nama brand of beer-flavored drink surpassing 10 billion units in terms of 350-milliliter cans since its launch in April 2005. Yamaguchi appears in the product's TV commercials.

Panel member leaked draft report on fatal train crash to JR West

Panel member leaked draft report on fatal train crash to JR West

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Koichi Yamaguchi, a then member of the government's transport accident investigation commission who, according to government officials on Sept. 25, 2009, leaked a draft report on the 2005 fatal train derailment accident in Hyogo Prefecture to the railway operator, West Japan Railway Co.,

Veteran activists urge citizens to think, act for democracy

Veteran activists urge citizens to think, act for democracy

Nonfiction writer Shinobu Yoshioka (2nd from R) speaks at a symposium on grassroots civic campaigns at Keio University in Tokyo on July 19, 2015, with Koichi Takakusagi (L), Takemoto Takahashi (2nd from L) and Yukio Yamaguchi listening to him. Keio Prof. Takakusagai organized the symposium to hear the experiences of the other three about their involvement in the anti-Vietnam War protests and other civil movements. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Panel member leaked draft report on fatal train crash to JR West

Panel member leaked draft report on fatal train crash to JR West

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Koichi Yamaguchi, a then member of the government's transport accident investigation commission who, according to government officials on Sept. 25, 2009, leaked a draft report on the 2005 fatal train derailment accident in Hyogo Prefecture to the railway operator, West Japan Railway Co., (Kyodo)

Kirin's beer-flavored drink logs 10 bil.-unit sales

Kirin's beer-flavored drink logs 10 bil.-unit sales

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichi Matsuzawa (L) and comedian Tomomitsu Yamaguchi (R) attend an event in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2011 to commemorate cumulative sales of Kirin's Nodogoshi Nama brand of beer-flavored drink surpassing 10 billion units in terms of 350-milliliter cans since its launch in April 2005. Yamaguchi appears in the product's TV commercials. (Kyodo)