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Small plane belly-lands at island airport in Tokyo, no one hurt

TOKYO, Japan - A small propeller plane carrying six people belly-landed at an airport on Kozu Island, about 170 kilometers south of Tokyo in the Pacific, on Aug. 3, but no one was hurt, an airport official said.

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Metalworkers' unions presenting pay-hike demands

TOKYO, Japan - Rikio Kozu (R), chairman of the labor union at Nippon Steel Corp., presents the union's wage demands to company director Kizo Hirayama at its head office in Tokyo on Feb. 10 as labor unions at steel and heavy machinery makers and shipbuilding companies began this year's wage negotiations.

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Japan wins men's 4x10-kilometer relay

OWANI, Japan - Members of Japan's men's cross country skiing team -- (From L to R) Mitsuo Horigome, Hiroyuki Imai, Masaaki Kozu and Katsuhito Ebisawa -- celebrate their victory in the men's 4x10-kilometer relay of the Winter Asian Games at Aomori Ajara Cross-Country Course on Feb. 7.

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M6 quake triggers landslide on Kozushima Island

TOKYO, Japan - A landslide triggered by a fairly strong earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale blocks traffic on Kozu Island on July 9. The 3:57 a.m. quake's focus was estimated to be 10 km under the seabed in waters near the island, which is roughly 170 km south of Tokyo in the Izu chain of islands. The quake caused at least 10 landslides on the island, which has a population of 2,300, but there were no reports of casualties. The aerial photo was taken at 7:30 a.m. by a helicopter chartered by Kyodo News.

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GSDF's Osprey in disaster drill

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is pictured before landing on Kozu Island, part of the Izu island chain south of Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2022, during a disaster drill based on the scenario of a massive earthquake.

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GSDF's Osprey in disaster drill

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is pictured before landing on Kozu Island, part of the Izu island chain south of Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2022, during a disaster drill based on the scenario of a massive earthquake.

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Japan's largest labor body Rengo gets 1st female chief

Tomoko Yoshino became the first-ever female chief of Japan's largest labor organization Rengo on Wednesday after her promotion from vice president was approved at a regular convention. Yoshino, 55, from a labor union mainly representing small and medium-sized manufacturers in Japan, will serve a two-year term, succeeding Rikio Kozu, who led the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, as Rengo is formally known, for six years. It is the first time since the establishment of Rengo in 1989 that a woman has taken the helm of the organization that has around 7 million members.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on Kozu Island, part of the Izu island chain off Tokyo, on July 15, 2021. The relay has been canceled in most parts of the Japanese capital amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Metalworkers' unions presenting pay-hike demands

TOKYO, Japan - Rikio Kozu (R), chairman of the labor union at Nippon Steel Corp., presents the union's wage demands to company director Kizo Hirayama at its head office in Tokyo on Feb. 10 as labor unions at steel and heavy machinery makers and shipbuilding companies began this year's wage negotiations. (Kyodo)

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Rengo labor union pares back support for Democratic Party

Rikio Kozu, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, Japan's largest labor group, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2016, after its central executive committee decided to downgrade the support it officially offers to the newly formed opposition Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ Governor Kuroda attends event hosted by Rengo

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (L) shakes hands with Rikio Kozu, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, during a New Year meeting hosted by Rengo at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2016. Kuroda attended the event for the second straight year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kozu elected as new Rengo chief

Rikio Kozu addresses a general meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015. Kozu was elected as its new chief to replace Nobuaki Koga. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rengo to pick new president

Combination photo shows Rikio Kozu (L), secretary general of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, and Naoto Omi, chairman of the Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, Commercial, Service and General Worker's Unions, or UA Zensen. It was reported on June 24, 2015, that the largest trade union of Japan is considering appointing Kozu as its new chief to replace the retiring Nobuaki Koga, and Omi as the secretary general. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trade union, 2 opposition parties in Japan

(From L) Yukio Edano, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Rikio Kozu, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, and Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the Democratic Party for the People, meet the press after their talks in Tokyo on April 9, 2021.

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Japanese national labor center leader meets press in Tokyo

Rikio Kozu, new president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Rengo held a Central Steering Committee meeting the same day to discuss strategy for annual wage negotiations in spring 2016. Rengo is poised to demand an average pay hike of around 2 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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National trade union center Rengo picks Kozu as new president

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, better known as Rengo, elects Rikio Kozu as its new president at its convention in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kozu chosen as new head of national labor union center Rengo

Rikio Kozu speaks in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015, after his election as president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, better known as Rengo, at its convention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kozu assumes presidency of Japan's national trade union Rengo

Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2015, shows Rikio Kozu, who has become the new president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, better known as Rengo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Music CD made to remember Japanese journalist killed by Islamic militants

Artist Nakaba Kozu shows a compact disc collection of music loved by Kenji Goto, a Japanese video journalist killed by Islamic State militants, in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2015. The CD, titled "by your side," was produced by Kozu and other friends of Goto to remember his work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Small plane belly-lands at island airport in Tokyo, no one hurt

TOKYO, Japan - A small propeller plane carrying six people belly-landed at an airport on Kozu Island, about 170 kilometers south of Tokyo in the Pacific, on Aug. 3, but no one was hurt, an airport official said. (Kyodo)

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Kozu-sha,Osaka

Legend has it that Emperor Nintoku, now enshrined at Takatsu Shinto Shrine, canceled all taxation for a period of three years after noting from the top of this hill that no smoke was coming out of the chimneys of houses below. The shrine is located on the cliff at Ue-machi and commands a panoramic view of the city of Osaka. Probably taken in the second decade of the Meiji Period (1877-1887).==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐12‐0]

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Odawara

The Oyaki Bridge which still exists today in steel in Kozu of Odawara City. The pine tree exists in the same style on both sides of the bridge. The river below the bridge is the Morito River. This bridge is an important location on the Tokaido, and still has much traffic on the road today.==Date:unknown, Place:Odawara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐98‐0]

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KOUFUZU

Presently Kozu of Odawara City, this place was an important crossroad for transportation on the Tokaido. A rickshaw stands on the bridge in this picture of the city during the early years of the Meiji era. The structure of the thatched roofs and wooden bridge can be observed. The Oyaki Bridge of Kozu is the same as in the picture numbered 37-98.==Date:unknown, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐4‐0]

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Yumoto Spa

This photo was taken after 1888, because Yumoto Station of the horse-drawn railway in the centre which connected Yumoto and Kozu was built that rear. The truss bridge to the left of the station is Asahi bridge, and it was moved to a location further upstream in 1893, so the photo was taken before that time.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐5‐0]

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Japan's largest labor union to demand 4% pay hike in wage talks

Rikio Kozu, head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, addresses a meeting of the labor organization in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2017. Rengo decided to demand a pay hike of around 4 percent in annual wage talks starting in early 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Labor union withdraws support for white-collar overtime exemption

Rikio Kozu, head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation known as Rengo, attends a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 27, 2017, after an extraordinary meeting of the organization's central executive committee. Kozu said Rengo decided to withdraw its support for a controversial government plan to allow merit-based pay systems for highly skilled jobs with high incomes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Labor union gives de facto OK to white-collar overtime exemption

Rikio Kozu, the head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, meets with reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 13, 2017, following talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Japan's largest labor union gave the green light to a long-stalled government plan to introduce merit-based pay system for highly skilled jobs, on condition that tougher overwork prevention measures are imposed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Labor union gives de facto OK to white-collar overtime exemption

Rikio Kozu, the head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, meets with reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 13, 2017, following talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Japan's largest labor union gave the green light to a long-stalled government plan to introduce merit-based pay system for highly skilled jobs, on condition that tougher overwork prevention measures are imposed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's MSDF escorts U.S. Navy ship for 1st time under new security laws

The Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Izumo (rear), Japan's largest postwar naval vessel, and a U.S. Navy supply ship are pictured near Kozu Island, part of the Izu island chain off Tokyo on May 1, 2017. It marked the MSDF's first protection mission under Japan's new security legislation, with tensions running high in the region over North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's MSDF escorts U.S. Navy ship for 1st time under new security laws

The Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Izumo (rear), Japan's largest postwar naval vessel, and a U.S. Navy supply ship are pictured near Kozu Island, part of the Izu island chain off Tokyo on May 1, 2017. It marked the MSDF's first protection mission under Japan's new security legislation, with tensions running high in the region over North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Keidanren, labor body Rengo agree to introduce 100-hour overtime cap

Sadayuki Sakakibara (L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Rikio Kozu, chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, meet the press after holding talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his office in Tokyo on March 13, 2017. Japan's most powerful business lobby Keidanren and the pan labor union Rengo agreed to limit monthly overtime work to 100 hours during busy periods. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual wage negotiations go into full swing

Rikio Kozu, head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, attends a meeting with representatives from management, including Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara, in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2017, as annual wage negotiations got into full swing. In addition to pay hikes, the two sides are also expected to discuss how to tackle prolonged working hours. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe meets with labor union chief

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets with Rikio Kozu, chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the nation's largest labor union body known as Rengo, at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2016. They exchanged views over the way of working. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M6 quake triggers landslide on Kozushima Island

TOKYO, Japan - A landslide triggered by a fairly strong earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale blocks traffic on Kozu Island on July 9. The 3:57 a.m. quake's focus was estimated to be 10 km under the seabed in waters near the island, which is roughly 170 km south of Tokyo in the Izu chain of islands. The quake caused at least 10 landslides on the island, which has a population of 2,300, but there were no reports of casualties. The aerial photo was taken at 7:30 a.m. by a helicopter chartered by Kyodo News.