Idemitsu Kosan signage and logo

Idemitsu Kosan signage and logo

Idemitsu Kosan signage and logo=Date:November 10, 2023, Place:Tokyo

Idemitsu Kosan signage and logo

Idemitsu Kosan signage and logo

Idemitsu Kosan signage and logo=Date:November 10, 2023, Place:Tokyo

Idemitsu Kosan signage and logo

Idemitsu Kosan signage and logo

Idemitsu Kosan signage and logo=Date:November 10, 2023, Place:Tokyo

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Toyota Motor and Idemitsu Kosan have joined hands to develop and mass-produce all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, the companies said on 12 Oct. Koji Sato, president of Toyota Motor, speaks while Shunichi Kito, president and CEO of Idemitsu Kosan=Date:October 12, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Toyota Motor and Idemitsu Kosan have joined hands to develop and mass-produce all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, the companies said on 12 Oct. Koji Sato, president of Toyota Motor, speaks while Shunichi Kito, president and CEO of Idemitsu Kosan=Date:October 12, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Toyota Motor and Idemitsu Kosan have joined hands to develop and mass-produce all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, the companies said on 12 Oct. Koji Sato, president of Toyota Motor, speaks while Shunichi Kito, president and CEO of Idemitsu Kosan=Date:October 12, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Toyota Motor and Idemitsu Kosan have joined hands to develop and mass-produce all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, the companies said on 12 Oct. Koji Sato, president of Toyota Motor, speaks while Shunichi Kito, president and CEO of Idemitsu Kosan=Date:October 12, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Toyota Motor and Idemitsu Kosan have joined hands to develop and mass-produce all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, the companies said on 12 Oct. Koji Sato, president of Toyota Motor, speaks while Shunichi Kito, president and CEO of Idemitsu Kosan=Date:October 12, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Toyota, Idemitsu to tie up in next-generation batteries

Toyota, Idemitsu to tie up in next-generation batteries

Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato (L) and Shunichi Kito, president of energy company Idemitsu Kosan Co., attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, as the two companies announce they will tie up to develop technology for the mass production of next-generation all-solid-state batteries.

Toyota, Idemitsu to tie up in next-generation batteries

Toyota, Idemitsu to tie up in next-generation batteries

Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato (L) and Shunichi Kito, president of energy company Idemitsu Kosan Co., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after the two companies announced they will tie up to develop technology for the mass production of next-generation all-solid-state batteries.

Toyota, Idemitsu to tie up in next-generation batteries

Toyota, Idemitsu to tie up in next-generation batteries

Toyota Motor Corp. President Koji Sato (L) and Shunichi Kito, president of energy company Idemitsu Kosan Co., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after the two companies announced they will tie up to develop technology for the mass production of next-generation all-solid-state batteries.

Spa Resort Hawaiians to have new hula, facility

Spa Resort Hawaiians to have new hula, facility

IWAKI, Japan - President Naomi Inoue (L) of Jaban Kosan Co., an operator of Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, is flanked by the new mascot character "Big Sister CoCo" on Dec. 11, 2014. Inoue said the hot spring theme park in northeastern Japan will introduce new hula dancing performances and a big aquarium in 2015 to celebrate the resort's 50th anniversary.

TonenGeneral to buy Mitsui Oil to create 3rd largest oil wholesaler

TonenGeneral to buy Mitsui Oil to create 3rd largest oil wholesaler

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Muto, president of oil wholesaler TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K., announces at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, that the company will acquire a stake of nearly 90 percent in Mitsui Oil Co. for 24.9 billion yen from the trader on Feb. 4. The acquisition would allow the TonenGeneral group to rival Cosmo Oil Co. as Japan's third-largest oil wholesaler in terms of sales following JX Holdings Inc. and Idemitsu Kosan Co.

Idemitsu founding family, management at odds over merger with rival

Idemitsu founding family, management at odds over merger with rival

TOKYO, Japan, July 11 Kyodo - Takujiro Hamada, representing the founding family of Japanese oil distributor Idemitsu Kosan Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 11, 2016, after talks with the company's management. The two sides remained at odds over Idemitsu's merger with rival Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.

Japan oil distributor Idemitsu mulls buying rival Showa Shell

Japan oil distributor Idemitsu mulls buying rival Showa Shell

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo taken Dec. 20, 2014, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward shows the signboards of gas stations affiliated with Idemitsu Kosan Co. (R) and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., respectively. Idemitsu, Japan's second-largest oil distributor, is considering acquiring fifth-ranked Showa Shell through a tender offer, sources familiar with the move said the same day.

Japan oil distributor Idemitsu mulls buying rival Showa Shell

Japan oil distributor Idemitsu mulls buying rival Showa Shell

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 20, 2014, shows the building housing the headquarters of Idemitsu Kosan Co., Japan's second-largest oil distributor, in Tokyo's Marunouchi district. Idemitsu is considering acquiring fifth-ranked Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. through a tender offer, sources familiar with the move said the same day.

Japan oil distributor Idemitsu mulls buying rival Showa Shell

Japan oil distributor Idemitsu mulls buying rival Showa Shell

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the building housing the headquarters of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Japan's fifth-ranked oil distributor, in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Idemitsu Kosan Co., the country's second-largest oil distributor, is considering acquiring Showa Shell through a tender offer, sources familiar with the move said Dec. 20, 2014.

'Hula girls' company gives donation to quake victims

'Hula girls' company gives donation to quake victims

TOKYO, Japan - President Naomi Inoue (2nd from front L) of Joban Kosan Co., an operator of hot spring theme park Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, poses with "hula girls" and others for a photo commemorating the company's donation of revenue from a recent hula performance to the Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Initiatives Foundation at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2014.

2 scrolls of 'Choju-giga' shown to press

2 scrolls of 'Choju-giga' shown to press

OSAKA, Japan - Part of the third scroll of "Choju-jinbutsu-giga" (Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans) is shown to the press at the Kyoto National Museum in Kyoto City, western Japan, on July 7, 2014. All four scrolls will be on display from Oct. 7 to Nov. 24 at the exhibition "Masterpieces of Kosan-ji Temple: Commemorating the Restoration of the National Treasure Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans."

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2011, shows a Chinese character (C) on a wall of a stone chamber in the Kosan-dong No. 1 tomb dating back to the early sixth century, one of the Koguryo tombs in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2011, shows a black tortoise, one of the four guardian deities and the guardian of the north, painted on a stone chamber wall at the Kosan-dong No. 1 tomb, one of the Koguryo tombs in Pyongyang, North Korea, dating back to the early sixth century. The tomb was recently excavated by a team of Japanese and North Korean researchers after being first unearthed in 1936.

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Oct. 10, 2011, shows the Kosan-dong No. 1 tomb, one of the Koguryo tombs, in Pyongyang, North Korea, dating back to the early sixth century during the Koguryo dynasty, which was recently excavated by a team of Japanese and North Korean researchers after being first unearthed in 1936. North Korea may file an application with the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the No. 1 and two other tombs to be recognized as World Heritage sites.

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Son Su Ho (R), director of North Korea's Archaeological Institute, and Masahiro Saotome, a Japanese archaeologist and professor at the University of Tokyo, on Oct. 8, 2011, probe the Kosan-dong No. 1 tomb, one of the Koguryo tombs in Pyongyang, North Korea, dating back to the early sixth century. The tomb was recently excavated by a team of Japanese and North Korean researchers after being first unearthed in 1936.

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Infrared photo dated Oct. 9, 2011, shows a wall of a stone chamber at the Kosan-dong No. 1 tomb, one of the Koguryo tombs in Pyongyang, North Korea. The tomb, dating back to the early sixth century during the Koguryo dynasty, was recently excavated by a team of Japanese and North Korean researchers after being first unearthed in 1936.

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Oct. 9, 2011, shows a pair of black tortoises, one of the four guardian deities and the guardian of the north, painted on a stone chamber wall at the Kosan-dong No. 1 tomb, one of the Koguryo tombs in Pyongyang, North Korea. The tomb, dating back to the early sixth century during the Koguryo dynasty, was recently excavated by a team of Japanese and North Korean researchers after being first unearthed in 1936.

Hawaiian-style spa park in Fukushima

Hawaiian-style spa park in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Joban Kosan Co. President Kazuhiko Saito (C) and hula dancers attend a press conference in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2011. Saito said Spa Resort Hawaiians, a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, will partly reopen in October after suspending business following the massive earthquake in March and another quake in April.

Hula dancers in Tokyo

Hula dancers in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Saito (C), president of Joban Kosan Co., operator of Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the tourism ministry in Tokyo on May 12, 2011. Saito and five hula dancers from the spa resort asked tourism minister Akihiro Ohata to help restore tourism in the city of Iwaki following the March 11 quake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear crisis. The spa facility has remained closed since the disaster.

Yanagiya Kosan

Yanagiya Kosan

Yanagiya Kosan, comic storyteller (photo taken on Aug. 02, 2006)

Idemitsu makes strong debut, closes at 10,770 yen

Idemitsu makes strong debut, closes at 10,770 yen

TOKYO, Japan - Idemitsu Kosan Co. President Akihiko Tembo speaks at a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 24 after the company made a strong debut on the TSE.

Police search Idemitsu Kosan over tank fires

Police search Idemitsu Kosan over tank fires

SAPPORO, Japan - Police searched Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s oil refinery (shown) in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Oct. 4 on suspicion that a recent series of huge flammable liquid fires sparked by earthquakes was due to the company's negligence.

(2)Fire at Hokkaido oil refinery extinguished

(2)Fire at Hokkaido oil refinery extinguished

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - A filling station run by Idemitsu Kosan Co. offers free car-washes in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 30. The company offered the services after a fire that raged for 44 hours at its refinery in the city.

(1)Fire at Hokkaido oil refinery extinguished

(1)Fire at Hokkaido oil refinery extinguished

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - The charred remains of a naphtha tank (front) at the Idemitsu Kosan Co. oil refinery in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, after the fire was extinguished early Sept. 30, some 44 hours after the tank, damaged by powerful earthquakes on Sept. 26, caught fire Sept. 28.

Burning tank at oil refinery in Hokkaido collapses

Burning tank at oil refinery in Hokkaido collapses

TITOSE, Japan - Flames and smoke continue rising from an oil refinery tank at Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s refinery in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 29 after the tank's upper part collapsed. The tank caught fire on Sept. 28 due to the effects of continual earthquakes in the region.

Quakes spark 2nd fire at Hokkaido oil refinery

Quakes spark 2nd fire at Hokkaido oil refinery

SAPPORO, Japan - Flames and smoke rise from a naphtha tank at an oil refinery in Tomoakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 28 following a series of earthquakes. It was the second quake-induced blaze at the Idemitsu Kosan Co. facility since on Sept. 26.

Nippon Oil, Idemitsu to tie up in refining

Nippon Oil, Idemitsu to tie up in refining

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiko Tembo (R), president of Idemitsu Kosan Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10 about the company's alliance with Nippon Oil Corp. in the oil-refining business.

Fire extinguished at Idemitsu Kosan refinery

Fire extinguished at Idemitsu Kosan refinery

SAPPORO, Japan - A fire at Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s refinery in Tomakomai, southern Hokkaido, was extinguished at 5:30 a.m. April 16. No one was injured in the fire, which broke out around 7:15 p.m. the previous evening. Photo shows aftermath of fire at 9:10 a.m. April 16.

Wilson takes Ube Kosan Open

Wilson takes Ube Kosan Open

UBE, Japan - American Dean Wilson celebrates after winning the 140 million yen Ube Kosan golf tournament at Ube 72 Country Club in Yamaguchi on Nov. 4.

Yanagiya Kosan

Yanagiya Kosan

Yanagiya Kosan, comic storyteller (photo taken on Dec. 17, 2000)

Idemitsu Museum of Arts (Moji) opens in Kitakyushu

Idemitsu Museum of Arts (Moji) opens in Kitakyushu

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The Idemitsu Museum of Arts (Moji) opens April 21 at Moji port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref. The building is a renovation of an old warehouse in a block of historic buildings. Run by major oil distributor Idemitsu Kosan Co., the Idemitsu Museum of Arts has two other branches, in Tokyo and Osaka. It owns some 20,000 works of art.

Prosecutors raid 11 oil firms over bid rigging

Prosecutors raid 11 oil firms over bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors head for the main office of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp. in Tokyo on Oct. 14 to raid the company on suspicion of rigging bids on fuel sold to the Defense Agency. Simultaneously, 10 other wholesalers -- Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Japan Energy Corp., Cosmo Oil Co., Idemitsu Kosan Co., General Sekiyu K.K., Fuso Sekiyu K.K., Kyushu Oil Co., Kygnus Sekiyu K.K., Taiyo Oil Co. and Taiho Industries Co.-- were raided on the same suspicion.

Nippon Oil, Mitsubishi Oil announce merger

Nippon Oil, Mitsubishi Oil announce merger

Hidejiro Osawa (L), president of Nippon Oil Co., Japan's No. 2 petroleum company, and Yoshihiko Izumitani (R), president of Mitsubishi Oil Co., ranked sixth, announce a basic agreement on merger of the two companies at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday Oct. 28. The merger next April will give birth to Japan's largest petroleum company to top the present industry leader Idemitsu Kosan Co. in terms of sales and market share.

Oil factory in Chiba

Oil factory in Chiba

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an oil factory of Idemitsu Kosan Co. in Ichihara in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2021.

Wilson takes Ube Kosan Open

Wilson takes Ube Kosan Open

UBE, Japan - American Dean Wilson celebrates after winning the 140 million yen Ube Kosan golf tournament at Ube 72 Country Club in Yamaguchi on Nov. 4.

Fire extinguished at Idemitsu Kosan refinery

Fire extinguished at Idemitsu Kosan refinery

SAPPORO, Japan - A fire at Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s refinery in Tomakomai, southern Hokkaido, was extinguished at 5:30 a.m. April 16. No one was injured in the fire, which broke out around 7:15 p.m. the previous evening. Photo shows aftermath of fire at 9:10 a.m. April 16.

Idemitsu makes strong debut, closes at 10,770 yen

Idemitsu makes strong debut, closes at 10,770 yen

TOKYO, Japan - Idemitsu Kosan Co. President Akihiko Tembo speaks at a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 24 after the company made a strong debut on the TSE. (Kyodo)

Nippon Oil, Idemitsu to tie up in refining

Nippon Oil, Idemitsu to tie up in refining

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiko Tembo (R), president of Idemitsu Kosan Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10 about the company's alliance with Nippon Oil Corp. in the oil-refining business. (Kyodo)

(6)Major quakes jolt northern Japanese island of Hokkaido

(6)Major quakes jolt northern Japanese island of Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Smoke rises from a petroleum tank at an Idemitsu Kosan Co. refinery in Tomakomai, southern Hokkaido, on Sept. 26 after powerful earthquakes sparked a fire there. Photo provided by Sapporo Fire Department. (Kyodo)

Police search Idemitsu Kosan over tank fires

Police search Idemitsu Kosan over tank fires

SAPPORO, Japan - Police searched Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s oil refinery (shown) in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Oct. 4 on suspicion that a recent series of huge flammable liquid fires sparked by earthquakes was due to the company's negligence. (Kyodo)

Burning tank at oil refinery in Hokkaido collapses

Burning tank at oil refinery in Hokkaido collapses

TITOSE, Japan - Flames and smoke continue rising from an oil refinery tank at Idemitsu Kosan Co.'s refinery in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Sept. 29 after the tank's upper part collapsed. The tank caught fire on Sept. 28 due to the effects of continual earthquakes in the region. (Kyodo)

Idemitsu founding family, management at odds over merger with rival

Idemitsu founding family, management at odds over merger with rival

Daisuke Seki, executive vice president of Japanese oil distributor Idemitsu Kosan Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 11, 2016, after talks with the company's founding family. The two sides remained at odds over Idemitsu Kosan's merger with rival Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo