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New cat stationmaster

Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima holds Yontama, a calico cat appointed as the third feline stationmaster at Kishi Station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2026. Yontama succeeded Nitama, the second stationmaster who died in November, continuing a nearly two-decade tradition that has boosted tourism and helped save the line from financial trouble.

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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Station cat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is held by company President Mitsunobu Kojima during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2014, to mark seven years since the feline "took office." Her promotion to become "ultra" station master to head 14 stations on the railway's Kishigawa Line was announced at the ceremony.

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"Metal Gear Solid" to be made into Hollywood movie

TOKYO, Japan - Film producer Avi Arad (R) and Hideo Kojima, a corporate officer of Konami Digital Entertainment Co., shake hands in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2012, after announcing Konami's action game "Metal Gear Solid" will be made into a live-action Hollywood movie produced by Arad.

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

TOKYO, Japan - Bic Camera Inc. President Hiroyuki Miyajima (R) and Kojima Co. President Etsuo Terasaki shake hands after their press conference in Tokyo on May 11, 2012. Bic Camera, a home electronics chain, has decided to acquire smaller competitor Kojima, creating the second-biggest group in Japan's electronics retail industry after Yamada Denki Co.

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

TOKYO, Japan - Bic Camera Inc. President Hiroyuki Miyajima (R) and Kojima Co. President Etsuo Terasaki attend a press conference in Tokyo on May 11, 2012. Bic Camera, a home electronics chain, has decided to acquire smaller competitor Kojima, creating the second-biggest group in Japan's electronics retail industry after Yamada Denki Co.

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2012, shows the headquarters of home electronics discount chain operator Bic Camera Inc. in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. Bic Camera decided the same day to acquire its competitor Kojima Co.

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of home electronics discount chain operator Kojima Co. in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture on May 11, 2012. Its competitor, Bic Camera Inc., decided the same day to acquire Kojima.

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Cat railway president writes book

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima promotes his new book in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012. The book tells the story of efforts to revive a local railway line with the help of Tama (R), a popular calico cat assigned as a ''stationmaster.'' The other calico cat held by Kojima is Nitama, Tama's ''subordinate.''

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1st Uniqlo shop in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Ambassador to Thailand Seiji Kojima (C) takes part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Thailand's first Uniqlo casual clothing store in Bangkok on Sept. 9, 2011. It is the largest Uniqlo store, operated by Fast Retailing Co. of Japan, in Southeast Asia.

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Feline station master Tama tourism promoter

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a feline ''station master'' at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is held by President Mitsunobu Kojima (L) during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2011. Wakayama Gov. Yoshinobu Nisaka (R) designated the cat as a special tourism promoter called ''maneki daimyojin'' (a deity beckoning people).

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Railway unveils new 'cat stationmaster' building

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima holds Tama, the ''stationmaster'' of Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Wakayama Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2010. The company unveiled a station building which has a cat-shaped exterior and decorations of Tama, who has attracted tourists from across Japan.

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Mitsubishi, Aeon form business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Yorihiko Kojima (R), president of Mitsubishi Corp., and Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., shake hands after a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 16. Mitsubishi and Aeon formed a business tie-up to combat rising global competition in consumer markets and deteriorating economic conditions amid the worldwide financial turmoil.

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SMBC Deputy President Nakano to become Kansai business group head

OSAKA, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Deputy President Kenjiro Nakano (in file photo) is expected to become one of the two co-chairmen of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives in 2008, sources said on Dec. 8. Nakano, 60, will replace Atsushi Kojima, 72, chairman of Ganko Food Service Co., while the group's other co-chairman, Norihiko Saito, 61, executive vice president of Kansai Electric Power Co., will remain in office, the sources said

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Gov't again orders retailer Kojima to observe recycling law

TOKYO, Japan - Akitoshi Kojima (L), president of Kojima Co., receives an order from an official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Dec. 5 for the second time to mend its conduct and observe the recycling law after the home appliance store chain operator was found to have failed to transfer 76,745 used products to manufacturers after collecting them for recycling from consumers in numerous parts of the country.

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Gov't orders Kojima to observe home appliance recycling law

TOKYO, Japan - Maki Mori (R), a senior executive of home electrics discount retailer Kojima Co., receives a ''recommendation'' order for the company to abide by the Home Appliance Recycling Law from officials of the Environment Ministry and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry at the Environment Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 16. Kojima failed to return about 3,000 old electric appliance products to manufacturers as required by the recycling law even though it had charged customers who turned in the old products 10 million yen in recycling fees.

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Kojima to release appliances jointly developed with GE

TOKYO, Japan - Kojima Co., a large-scale discount retailer of home electronics, said June 25 it will release on July 18 a refrigerator and two other appliances (in photo) jointly developed with General Electric Co. (GE) of the United States. The 320-liter refrigerator, free of environmentally harmful chlorofluorocarbon, will be offered for 128,000 yen, Kojima said.

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Gov't orders Kojima to observe home appliance recycling law

TOKYO, Japan - Maki Mori (R), a senior executive of home electrics discount retailer Kojima Co., receives a ''recommendation'' order for the company to abide by the Home Appliance Recycling Law from officials of the Environment Ministry and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry at the Environment Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 16. Kojima failed to return about 3,000 old electric appliance products to manufacturers as required by the recycling law even though it had charged customers who turned in the old products 10 million yen in recycling fees. (Kyodo)

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Gov't again orders retailer Kojima to observe recycling law

TOKYO, Japan - Akitoshi Kojima (L), president of Kojima Co., receives an order from an official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Dec. 5 for the second time to mend its conduct and observe the recycling law after the home appliance store chain operator was found to have failed to transfer 76,745 used products to manufacturers after collecting them for recycling from consumers in numerous parts of the country. (Kyodo)

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SMBC Deputy President Nakano to become Kansai business group hea

OSAKA, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Deputy President Kenjiro Nakano (in file photo) is expected to become one of the two co-chairmen of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives in 2008, sources said on Dec. 8. Nakano, 60, will replace Atsushi Kojima, 72, chairman of Ganko Food Service Co., while the group's other co-chairman, Norihiko Saito, 61, executive vice president of Kansai Electric Power Co., will remain in office, the sources said (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi, Aeon form business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Yorihiko Kojima (R), president of Mitsubishi Corp., and Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., shake hands after a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 16. Mitsubishi and Aeon formed a business tie-up to combat rising global competition in consumer markets and deteriorating economic conditions amid the worldwide financial turmoil. (Kyodo)

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Book about cat stationmaster Tama released

Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., attends an event at Kishi Station with cat stationmaster Nitama to introduce a book about Tama, Nitama's predecessor, in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on July 15, 2016. Tama, who died aged 16 in June 2015, is credited with rescuing the railway operator from financial difficulties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stationmaster cat Nitama

Fans take photos of Nitama, a female calico cat held in the arms of Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., after an official event at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Sept. 6, 2015. The event was held to unveil a wooden bench donated to the station. Nitama is Kishi Station's honorary stationmaster, having succeeded Tama, the previous feline holder of the post, who died aged 16 in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stationmaster Nitama attends official event

Nitama, a female calico cat seen in the arms of Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., attends an official event at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Sept. 6, 2015. The event was held to unveil a wooden bench donated to the station. Nitama succeeded Tama, the previous feline stationmaster, who died aged 16 in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Nitama (Tama the Second), a five-year-old female cat, held in the arms of Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., faces the Tama Shrine at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Aug. 11, 2015. Nitama assumed the role of stationmaster that day to succeed Tama, a cat credited with rescuing the railway from financial difficulties before dying aged 16 in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Nitama (Tama the Second), a five-year-old female cat, held in the arms of Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., "offers prayers" to the Tama Shrine at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Aug. 11, 2015. At front is a bronze statue of Tama, a cat credited with rescuing the railway from financial difficulties before dying aged 16 in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dai-ichi Life tops Nippon Life in premium income for 1st time

Kazuhiro Kojima, director of Nippon Life Insurance Co., briefs reporter on the company's consolidated financial results for fiscal 2014 in Tokyo on May 28, 2015. Nippon Life lost its position as Japan's largest earner of life insurance premiums to rival Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. in the year for the first time in postwar Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zoids toy models

Tomy Co. President Kazuhiro Kojima (C) poses in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2018, near a new model of Zoids, the company's new animal-inspired toy series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Feline station master Tama tourism promoter

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a feline ''station master'' at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is held by President Mitsunobu Kojima (L) during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2010. Wakayama Gov. Yoshinobu Nisaka (R) designated the cat as a special tourism promoter called ''maneki daimyojin'' (a deity beckoning people). (Kyodo)

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1st Uniqlo shop in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Ambassador to Thailand Seiji Kojima (C) takes part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Thailand's first Uniqlo casual clothing store in Bangkok on Sept. 9, 2011. It is the largest Uniqlo store, operated by Fast Retailing Co. of Japan, in Southeast Asia. (Kyodo)

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Railway unveils new 'cat stationmaster' building

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima holds Tama, the ''stationmaster'' of Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Wakayama Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2010. The company unveiled a station building which has a cat-shaped exterior and decorations of Tama, who has attracted tourists from across Japan. (Kyodo)

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

TOKYO, Japan - Bic Camera Inc. President Hiroyuki Miyajima (R) and Kojima Co. President Etsuo Terasaki shake hands after their press conference in Tokyo on May 11, 2012. Bic Camera, a home electronics chain, has decided to acquire smaller competitor Kojima, creating the second-biggest group in Japan's electronics retail industry after Yamada Denki Co. (Kyodo)

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

TOKYO, Japan - Bic Camera Inc. President Hiroyuki Miyajima (R) and Kojima Co. President Etsuo Terasaki attend a press conference in Tokyo on May 11, 2012. Bic Camera, a home electronics chain, has decided to acquire smaller competitor Kojima, creating the second-biggest group in Japan's electronics retail industry after Yamada Denki Co. (Kyodo)

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2012, shows the headquarters of home electronics discount chain operator Bic Camera Inc. in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. Bic Camera decided the same day to acquire its competitor Kojima Co. (Kyodo)

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of home electronics discount chain operator Kojima Co. in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture on May 11, 2012. Its competitor, Bic Camera Inc., decided the same day to acquire Kojima. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Cat railway president writes book

WAKAYAMA, Japan - CORRECTING NAME OF 2ND CAT Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima promotes his new book in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012. The book tells the story of efforts to revive a local railway line with the help of Tama (R), a popular calico cat assigned as a ''stationmaster.'' The other calico cat held by Kojima is Nitama, Tama's ''subordinate.'' (Kyodo)

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Japanese railway commemorates 10th anniversary of cat stationmaster

Yontama (L), an 8-month-old calico cat, receives a letter of appointment from Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on Jan. 5, 2017, making it an apprentice stationmaster at Idakiso Station on the Kishigawa Line. Nitama (R), a cat stationmaster at Kishi Station, held by Mitsunobu Kojima, president of the railway operator, also attended the event held at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, which included a ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the appointing of Tama, the first feline stationmaster at Kishi Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kojima to release appliances jointly developed with GE

TOKYO, Japan - Kojima Co., a large-scale discount retailer of home electronics, said June 25 it will release on July 18 a refrigerator and two other appliances (in photo) jointly developed with General Electric Co. (GE) of the United States. The 320-liter refrigerator, free of environmentally harmful chlorofluorocarbon, will be offered for 128,000 yen, Kojima said. (Kyodo)