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Porvoo Borgå Jukola 2023 - women's Venla relay

Elza Kuze of IGTISA of Latvia during the women's Venla relay of the orienteering Jukola 2023 event in Porvoo, Finland, on June 17, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Buddhist temples joining matchmaking boom

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Shunko Yoshino (R), chief priest of Anrakuji, a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in the city of Wakayama, and Ryushin Yasutake (C), chief priest of Dorakuji, a Buddhist temple of the Kuze Kannon sect in the town of Katsuragi, Wakayama Prefecture, accept participants in a spouse-finding hunting event in front of an altar in the main hall of Anrakuji on Feb. 11, 2013.

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Pipe maker raided over alleged illegal imports from N. Korea

KANAZAWA, Japan - The head office of Fitting Kuze Co. in Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture, raided by police on March 29 on suspicion of illegally importing pipe joints from North Korea last year.

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Aizawa questioned at Budget Committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyuki Aizawa, who took over Kimitaka Kuze as head of the Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC), speaks in reply to an opposition question at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Aug. 2. Kuze resigned after coming under fire for receiving benefits and fees from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium developer Daikyo Inc.

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Mori apologizes in Diet for giving FRC post to Kuze

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attends a question-and-answer session on policy in the House of Representatives plenary session July 31. During the session, he apologized for giving a cabinet post to Kimitaka Kuze, who resigned July 30 as head of the Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) in a scandal over payments and benefits he had received from two companies.

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New FRC Chairman Aizawa meets reporters

TOKYO, Japan - New Financial Reconstruction Commission Chairman Hideyuki Aizawa speaks to reporters at the commission office in Tokyo on July 30 after attending his attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace. Aizawa replaced Kimitaka Kuze, who resigned after coming under heavy fire for receiving benefits from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium developer Daikyo Inc.

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FRC Chairman Kuze bows after resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) Chairman Kimitaka Kuze bows at a press conference in Tokyo on July 30 after resigning in connection with the receipt of benefits and payments from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium developer Daikyo Inc. Kuze served as FRC chairman and a state minister since July 4, when Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori launched his new cabinet. Mori immediately appointed former Economic Planning Agency chief Hideyuki Aizawa as Kuze's successor.

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FRC chief Kuze to be sacked over perks

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo of Financial Reconstruction Commission chief Kimitaka Kuze, 71, who is likely to be sacked July 30 in connection with the receipt of benefits and payments from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium builder Daikyo. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has decided to fire Kuze following a new revelation that Kuze received 100 million yen from the president of Daikyo in 1991 to help him recruit new members of the Liberal Democratic Party. Kuze will be the first member of Mori's cabinet, formed July 4, to step down.

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Ex-EPA chief Aizawa likely to succeed FRC head Kuze

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo of former Economic Planning Agency chief Hideyuki Aizawa, 81, who will likely succeed top financial regulator Kimitaka Kuze. Kuze, chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission and a state minister, is likely to be sacked July 30 in connection with the receipt of benefits and payments from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium builder Daikyo.

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FRC chief Kuze received gifts from Mitsubishi Trust

TOKYO, Japan - Kimitaka Kuze, chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 28 on media reports that he received gifts from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. in the form of office and labor costs paid for by the bank. He defended the favors, saying, ''That is a matter of the past. No laws were broken.''

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Lower house panel holds heated deliberations on Sogo collapse

TOKYO, Japan - Kimitaka Kuze, chief of the Financial Reconstruction Commission, on July 17 responds during intense deliberations at the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on the collapse of major department store operator Sogo Co. Sitting right is Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Saddled with debts of 1.87 trillion yen, Sogo filed for court protection July 12 in the face of growing public criticism of its original rehabilitation scheme that would have involved the use of taxpayers' money to waive part of its debts.

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3 top Toyo Tire leaders to resign over product data falsification

Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. President Takuji Yamamoto (2nd from L) and other executives bow in apology over data falsification that led to the installation of defective earthquake shock absorbers in many buildings in Japan, at a press conference in Osaka on June 23, 2015. Yamamoto as well as Chairman Akira Nobuki and Representative Director Tetsuya Kuze (2nd from R) will step down to take responsibility for the scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pipe maker raided over alleged illegal imports from N. Korea

KANAZAWA, Japan - The head office of Fitting Kuze Co. in Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture, raided by police on March 29 on suspicion of illegally importing pipe joints from North Korea last year. (Kyodo)

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Aizawa questioned at Budget Committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyuki Aizawa, who took over Kimitaka Kuze as head of the Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC), speaks in reply to an opposition question at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Aug. 2. Kuze resigned after coming under fire for receiving benefits and fees from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium developer Daikyo Inc.

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New FRC Chairman Aizawa meets reporters

TOKYO, Japan - New Financial Reconstruction Commission Chairman Hideyuki Aizawa speaks to reporters at the commission office in Tokyo on July 30 after attending his attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace. Aizawa replaced Kimitaka Kuze, who resigned after coming under heavy fire for receiving benefits from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium developer Daikyo Inc.

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Mori apologizes in Diet for giving FRC post to Kuze

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attends a question-and-answer session on policy in the House of Representatives plenary session July 31. During the session, he apologized for giving a cabinet post to Kimitaka Kuze, who resigned July 30 as head of the Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) in a scandal over payments and benefits he had received from two companies.

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FRC chief Kuze to be sacked over perks

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo of Financial Reconstruction Commission chief Kimitaka Kuze, 71, who is likely to be sacked July 30 in connection with the receipt of benefits and payments from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium builder Daikyo. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has decided to fire Kuze following a new revelation that Kuze received 100 million yen from the president of Daikyo in 1991 to help him recruit new members of the Liberal Democratic Party. Kuze will be the first member of Mori's cabinet, formed July 4, to step down.

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FRC Chairman Kuze bows after resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) Chairman Kimitaka Kuze bows at a press conference in Tokyo on July 30 after resigning in connection with the receipt of benefits and payments from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium developer Daikyo Inc. Kuze served as FRC chairman and a state minister since July 4, when Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori launched his new cabinet. Mori immediately appointed former Economic Planning Agency chief Hideyuki Aizawa as Kuze's successor.

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Ex-EPA chief Aizawa likely to succeed FRC head Kuze

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo of former Economic Planning Agency chief Hideyuki Aizawa, 81, who will likely succeed top financial regulator Kimitaka Kuze. Kuze, chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission and a state minister, is likely to be sacked July 30 in connection with the receipt of benefits and payments from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. and condominium builder Daikyo.

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FRC chief Kuze received gifts from Mitsubishi Trust

TOKYO, Japan - Kimitaka Kuze, chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 28 on media reports that he received gifts from Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. in the form of office and labor costs paid for by the bank. He defended the favors, saying, ''That is a matter of the past. No laws were broken.''