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Avigan could be formally approved as Ebola drug early 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetaka Komori, chief executive officer of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2014, announcing that the company expects its Avigan anti-influenza drug to be formally approved early next year for treating people infected with the Ebola virus.

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Futuristic personal vehicle

KYOTO, Japan - Masaharu Komori, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Kyoto University, on March 22, 2012 in Kyoto operates the Permoveh, a prototype vehicle he developed. Permoveh, or Personal Mobile Vehicle, can move back and forth, from side to side, or obliquely as it uses omnidirectional wheels.

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Fujifilm to make Toyama Chemical subsidiary via tender offer

TOKYO, Japan - Fujifilm Holdings Corp. President Shigetaka Komori, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. President Akira Uehara and Toyama Chemical Co. President Masuji Sugata (L to R) shake hands Feb. 13 after attending a news conference in Tokyo where Fujifilm said it will launch a friendly tender offer for shares in Toyama Chemical and turn the drug maker into a subsidiary. Fujifilm will acquire 66.7 percent of Toyama while Taisho, Toyama's current top shareholder with a 21.8 percent stake, will raise its stake by acquiring an additional 14.93 million Toyama shares.

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Fujifilm to make Toyama Chemical subsidiary via tender offer

TOKYO, Japan - Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. President Akira Uehara, Fujifilm Holdings Corp. President Shigetaka Komori and Toyama Chemical Co. President Masuji Sugata, (L to R) shake hands Feb. 13 after attending a news conference in Tokyo where Fujifilm said it will launch a friendly tender offer for shares in Toyama Chemical and turn the drug maker into a subsidiary. Fujifilm will acquire 66.7 percent of Toyama while Taisho, Toyama's current top shareholder with a 21.8 percent stake, will raise its stake by acquiring an additional 14.93 million Toyama shares.

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NHK chief Hashimoto resigns over insider trading scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetaka Komori (R), chairman of public broadcaster NHK's management board, speaks about the resignation of NHK President Genichi Hashimoto at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24. Hashimoto resigned to take responsibility for an insider stock trading scandal involving several NHK employees.

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Kanebo Trinity to change company, brand names to Kracie

TOKYO, Japan - Kanebo Trinity Holdings Ltd. President Tetsuo Komori (L) with the company's chairman Akiyoshi Nakajima at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 27 announcing that Kanebo Trinity will change the company and brand names to Kracie on July 1 to project an image of a company starting anew. The costs necessitated by the name changes are estimated at well over 1 billion yen.

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Fuji Photo to shift to holding firm system, diversify operations

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetaka Komori, president and chief executive officer of Fuji Photo Film Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 19 about the company's plan to reorganize its businesses under a holding company in October.

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Fuji Film to cut 5,000 jobs, to book 165 bil. yen expenses

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetaka Komori, president of Fuji Photo Film Co., announces the company's plan to cut 5,000 jobs by Sept. 30 at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31.

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Kanebo names ex-Ascii chief Komori as president

TOKYO, Japan - Struggling Kanebo Ltd. said Jan. 20 it has decided to cede its presidency to Tetsuo Komori, the 47-year-old former president of computer information magazine publisher Ascii Corp., succeeding Takehiko Ogi. Photo shows Komori speaking during news conference in Tokyo the same day.

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Film critic Komori dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Popular film critic Kazuko Komori (in file photo taken in 1993) died of respiratory failure at her home in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 8, her family said on Jan. 9. She was 95. Starting her career as a magazine reporter, Komori became popular after the end of World War II as a frequent film commentator on radio and TV programs. She was known for her characteristic phrases, such as ''more better.''

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Film critic Komori dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Popular film critic Kazuko Komori (in file photo taken in 1993) died of respiratory failure at her home in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 8, her family said on Jan. 9. She was 95. Starting her career as a magazine reporter, Komori became popular after the end of World War II as a frequent film commentator on radio and TV programs. She was known for her characteristic phrases, such as ''more better.''

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(1)Japan's women suffer second loss in Athens hockey

ATHENS, Greece - Tomomi Komori of Japan is in action during her preliminary Pool A hockey match against Argentina at the Olympic Hockey Center on Aug. 16.

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Guitars to be presented to Chinese president

A group of guitar makers, two from Hokkaido and one from Tokyo, hand three classical guitars to Wang Taiping (2nd from R), Chinese Consul General in Sapporo, on Nov. 17 as presents to Chinese President Jiang Zemin on the occasion when he visits Japan in late November. Hiroshi Komori (L), said, ''We decided to present the guitars to Mr. Jiang as we learned he loves guitars.''

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New Kimono style in summer

New way to wear yukata Usamajyo. Yukata is a traditional Japanese costume that was born in the Heian period (794-1192) and is also a type of kimono. Unlike a formal kimono, you can wear yukata freely. The number of places to wear it has expanded, and the number of people who wear it increased. People wear it to go to festivals, fireworks and V-kei bands the demand for these special yukatas is increasing. August 5, 2011 , Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fujifilm HD Chairman Komori emphasizes the significance of the acquisition.

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (HD), which will acquire Hitachi, Ltd.'s diagnostic imaging systems such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance tomography (MRI), as well as electronic medical record (EMR) related services, held a press conference in Tokyo on April 18, and Chairman Shigetaka Komori emphasized the significance of the acquisition, saying, "The healthcare domain is a market with high growth potential. In particular, the company has positioned the "Diagnostics" business, including diagnostic imaging systems and medical IT, as its core business. Kenji Sukeno, President and CEO, said, "This acquisition is a combination of products with little overlap and highly complementary technologies. In September, the company acquired Yokogawa Medical Solutions, a maker of medical information systems. (Photo taken on December 18, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Fujifilm HD Chairman Komori (left) and Fujifilm HD President Sukeno

FUJIFILM Holdings (HD) announced on November 5 that it will make Fuji Xerox its wholly owned subsidiary in early November. The company will acquire 25% of Fuji Xerox's shares and its stake in its U.S. affiliates, and pay a total of $2.3 billion (about 253 billion yen) to Xerox. When Xerox fell into financial difficulties, Fujifilm HD announced in 2006 that it would acquire shares in Xerox and aim for a management integration between Xerox and Fuji Xerox. However, shareholders opposed to the acquisition of Xerox filed a lawsuit to stop the acquisition, and a U.S. court ruled to temporarily halt the acquisition, and the newly-elected management team of Xerox announced the cancellation of the acquisition agreement at the shareholders' meeting. As a result of Xerox's cancellation of the agreement, Fujifilm HD had filed a claim for damages, but has now given up on the acquisition of Xerox. Photo taken on November 5, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Film critic Komori dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Popular film critic Kazuko Komori (in file photo taken in 1993) died of respiratory failure at her home in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 8, her family said on Jan. 9. She was 95. Starting her career as a magazine reporter, Komori became popular after the end of World War II as a frequent film commentator on radio and TV programs. She was known for her characteristic phrases, such as ''more better.'' (Kyodo)

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Kanebo names ex-Ascii chief Komori as president

TOKYO, Japan - Struggling Kanebo Ltd. said Jan. 20 it has decided to cede its presidency to Tetsuo Komori, the 47-year-old former president of computer information magazine publisher Ascii Corp., succeeding Takehiko Ogi. Photo shows Komori speaking during news conference in Tokyo the same day. (Kyodo)

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Fuji Film to cut 5,000 jobs, to book 165 bil. yen expenses

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetaka Komori, president of Fuji Photo Film Co., announces the company's plan to cut 5,000 jobs by Sept. 30 at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31. (Kyodo)

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Fuji Photo to shift to holding firm system, diversify operations

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetaka Komori, president and chief executive officer of Fuji Photo Film Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 19 about the company's plan to reorganize its businesses under a holding company in October. (Kyodo)

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Kanebo Trinity to change company, brand names to Kracie

TOKYO, Japan - Kanebo Trinity Holdings Ltd. President Tetsuo Komori (L) with the company's chairman Akiyoshi Nakajima at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 27 announcing that Kanebo Trinity will change the company and brand names to Kracie on July 1 to project an image of a company starting anew. The costs necessitated by the name changes are estimated at well over 1 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Fujifilm to make Toyama Chemical subsidiary via tender offer

TOKYO, Japan - Fujifilm Holdings Corp. President Shigetaka Komori, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. President Akira Uehara and Toyama Chemical Co. President Masuji Sugata (L to R) shake hands Feb. 13 after attending a news conference in Tokyo where Fujifilm said it will launch a friendly tender offer for shares in Toyama Chemical and turn the drug maker into a subsidiary. Fujifilm will acquire 66.7 percent of Toyama while Taisho, Toyama's current top shareholder with a 21.8 percent stake, will raise its stake by acquiring an additional 14.93 million Toyama shares. (Kyodo)

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Fujifilm to make Toyama Chemical subsidiary via tender offer

TOKYO, Japan - Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. President Akira Uehara, Fujifilm Holdings Corp. President Shigetaka Komori and Toyama Chemical Co. President Masuji Sugata, (L to R) shake hands Feb. 13 after attending a news conference in Tokyo where Fujifilm said it will launch a friendly tender offer for shares in Toyama Chemical and turn the drug maker into a subsidiary. Fujifilm will acquire 66.7 percent of Toyama while Taisho, Toyama's current top shareholder with a 21.8 percent stake, will raise its stake by acquiring an additional 14.93 million Toyama shares. (Kyodo)

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Photo collection of Hokkaido-born centenarians to be published

Publisher Mitsunobu Yamamoto (R) and photographer Manabu Komori pose in March 2015 in Sapporo with a collection of pictures of people, born in Hokkaido, Japan, who were 100 years old or older. The collection is expected to be published in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm Holdings to acquire U.S. biotech venture for $307 million

Shigetaka Komori, chairman of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., announces at a press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2015, that the company will buy U.S. biotechnology venture company Cellular Dynamics International Inc. through a tender offer for $307 million. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Artists hold exhibit of works on post-disaster life in Rikuzentakata

Artists Haruka Komori (L) and Natsumi Seo pose beside their artworks at an exhibition titled "under the wave, on the ground" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 25, 2015. The exhibition was themed on life in the northeastern Japan city after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Japan's women suffer second loss in Athens hockey

ATHENS, Greece - Tomomi Komori of Japan is in action during her preliminary Pool A hockey match against Argentina at the Olympic Hockey Center on Aug. 16. (Kyodo)

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NHK chief Hashimoto resigns over insider trading scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetaka Komori (R), chairman of public broadcaster NHK's management board, speaks about the resignation of NHK President Genichi Hashimoto at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24. Hashimoto resigned to take responsibility for an insider stock trading scandal involving several NHK employees. (Kyodo)

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Futuristic personal vehicle

KYOTO, Japan - Masaharu Komori, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Kyoto University, on March 22, 2012 in Kyoto operates the Permoveh, a prototype vehicle he developed. Permoveh, or Personal Mobile Vehicle, can move back and forth, from side to side, or obliquely as it uses omnidirectional wheels. (Kyodo)

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Avigan could be formally approved as Ebola drug early 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetaka Komori, chief executive officer of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2014, announcing that the company expects its Avigan anti-influenza drug to be formally approved early next year for treating people infected with the Ebola virus. (Kyodo)

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Fujifilm to buy Takeda's chemical research unit for 155 bil. yen

Shigetaka Komori (L), chief executive officer of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., announces a plan to purchase Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd., the chemical research unit of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2016. Fuji will buy the Osaka-based Wako, Japan's top reagent maker, for roughly 154.7 billion yen ($1.3 billion) to enhance its pharmaceutical and regenerative medicine business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm gives up on Xerox acquisition

Shigetaka Komori, chairman of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2019. Fujifilm said it has scrapped a plan to take a majority stake in Xerox Corp. and will dissolve their joint venture, terminating 57 years of partnership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm gives up on Xerox acquisition

Shigetaka Komori, chairman of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2019. Fujifilm said it has scrapped a plan to take a majority stake in Xerox Corp. and will dissolve their joint venture, terminating 57 years of partnership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm gives up on Xerox acquisition

Shigetaka Komori, chairman of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2019. Fujifilm said it has scrapped a plan to take a majority stake in Xerox Corp. and will dissolve their joint venture, terminating 57 years of partnership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm gives up on Xerox acquisition

Shigetaka Komori (L), chairman of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2019. Fujifilm said it has scrapped a plan to take a majority stake in Xerox Corp. and will dissolve their joint venture, terminating 57 years of partnership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm to buy Biogen unit

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. President Shigetaka Komori meets the press in Tokyo on March 12, 2019, over the company's plan to buy a unit of U.S. drugmaker Biogen Inc. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm may withdraw from Xerox purchase deal if deadlock continues

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. Chairman Shigetaka Komori speaks during an interview in Tokyo on June 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm may withdraw from Xerox purchase deal if deadlock continues

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. Chairman Shigetaka Komori speaks during an interview in Tokyo on June 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm may withdraw from Xerox purchase deal if deadlock continues

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. Chairman Shigetaka Komori speaks during an interview in Tokyo on June 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm's CEO Komori

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. Chief Executive Officer Shigetaka Komori speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 29, 2018, regarding a deal to acquire biomedical companies Irvine Scientific Sales Co. and IS Japan Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm Holdings Corp. Chairman Komori

Shigetaka Komori, chairman of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo, on Jan. 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm Holdings Corp. Chairman Komori

Shigetaka Komori, chairman of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo, on Jan. 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm Holdings Corp. Chairman Komori

Shigetaka Komori, chairman of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo, on Jan. 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shigetaka Komori

TOKYO, Japan - Shigetaka Komori, president of Fuji Photo Film Co. The photo was taken May 29, 2000. (Kyodo)

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Guitars to be presented to Chinese president

A group of guitar makers, two from Hokkaido and one from Tokyo, hand three classical guitars to Wang Taiping (2nd from R), Chinese Consul General in Sapporo, on Nov. 17 as presents to Chinese President Jiang Zemin on the occasion when he visits Japan in late November. Hiroshi Komori (L), said, ''We decided to present the guitars to Mr. Jiang as we learned he loves guitars.''