Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Takao Makino, who is set to become reconstruction minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, before an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

Makino Milling Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. signboard and logo=August 1,2025,Kanagawa

Makino Milling Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. signboard and logo=August 1,2025,Kanagawa

Makino Milling Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. signboard and logo=August 1,2025,Kanagawa

Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation held a press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Mfg. Photo shows, from left, Tatsuya Nishimoto, Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Machinery Business Division, and Takamitsu Araki, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Office.=February 26,2025,Shinagawa, Tokyo

Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation held a press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Mfg. Photo shows Tatsuya Nishimoto, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Machinery Business Division.=February 26,2025,Shinagawa, Tokyo

Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation held a press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Mfg. Photo shows Takamitsu Araki, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Office.=February 26,2025,Shinagawa, Tokyo

Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Co.

Nidec Corporation held a press conference on TOB for Makino Milling Machine Mfg. Photo shows, from left, Tatsuya Nishimoto, Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Machinery Business Division, and Takamitsu Araki, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Office.=February 26,2025,Shinagawa, Tokyo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo=January 22,2025,Osaka

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo=January 22,2025,Osaka

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo=January 22,2025,Osaka

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo=January 22,2025,Osaka

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo=January 22,2025,Osaka

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo=January 22,2025,Osaka

Press Conference on Makino Milling Machine TOB by Nidec

Press Conference on Makino Milling Machine TOB by Nidec

Nidec's press conference regarding the Makino Milling Machine TOB. Photo shows Mr. Tatsuya Nishimoto, Vice President and General Manager of the Machinery Business Division of Nidec Corporation (right) and Mr. Mitsuya Kishida, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nidec Corporation, explaining the TOB.=January 23,2025,Tokyo

Press Conference on Makino Milling Machine TOB by Nidec

Press Conference on Makino Milling Machine TOB by Nidec

Nidec's press conference regarding the TOB of Makino Milling Machine. The photo shows Nidec's vice president and general manager of the Machinery Business Division, Tatsuya Nishimoto (second from the front), and others explaining.=January 23,2025,Tokyo

Press Conference on Makino Milling Machine TOB by Nidec

Press Conference on Makino Milling Machine TOB by Nidec

Nidec's press conference regarding the TOB of Makino Milling Machine. The photo shows Nidec's vice president and general manager of the Machinery Business Division, Tatsuya Nishimoto (second from the front), and others explaining.=January 23,2025,Tokyo

Makino Milling Machine signboard, logo

Makino Milling Machine signboard, logo

Makino Seiki's signboard and logo. (Taken at JIMTOF2024.) Makino Milling Machine signboard and logo.=November 6,2024,Tokyo,Japan

Signboards and logos of Makino Milling Machine Mfg.

Signboards and logos of Makino Milling Machine Mfg.

Signboard and logo of Makino Milling Machine Mfg. (Taken at JIMTOF2024.) Signboard and logo of Makino Milling Machine Mfg.=November 6,2024,Tokyo,Japan

CORRECTED: Asian Games: Swimming

CORRECTED: Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Bronze medalist Hiroko Makino, gold medalist Zhang Yufei of China and silver medalist Yu Liyan of China pose during an award ceremony for the women's 200-meter butterfly event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 24, 2023.

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230924) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yufei (C) and Yu Liyan (R) of China, Makino Hiroko of Japan pose for photo after attending the awarding ceremony of the women's 200m butterfly final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230924) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Makino Hiroko of Japan reacts during the awarding ceremony for women's 200m butterfly at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230924) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Zhang Yufei (C) of China, silver medalist Yu Liyan (L) of China and bronze medalist Makino Hiroko of Japan pose for group pictures during the awarding ceremony for women's 200m butterfly at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230924) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Zhang Yufei (C) of China, silver medalist Yu Liyan (L) of China and bronze medalist Makino Hiroko of Japan pose for group pictures during the awarding ceremony for women's 200m butterfly at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

Japan crown prince in Kochi

Japan crown prince in Kochi

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (R) visits a research lab at the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden in the western Japan city of Kochi on May 30, 2023. (Pool photo)

Japan crown prince in Kochi

Japan crown prince in Kochi

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (R) visits the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden in the western Japan city of Kochi on May 30, 2023. (Pool photo)

Endangered orchids in Kochi

Endangered orchids in Kochi

"Ganzeki" orchids, on the endangered species list, are unveiled to the media at the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden in the western Japan city of Kochi on May 12, 2023, a day before it opens to the public for a limited time.

Endangered orchids in Kochi

Endangered orchids in Kochi

"Ganzeki" orchids, on the endangered species list, are unveiled to the media at the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden in the western Japan city of Kochi on May 12, 2023, a day before it opens to the public for a limited time.

Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino receives a bouquet at a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Ex-Japan defender Makino to retire

Former Japan defender Tomoaki Makino attends a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, following his earlier announcement that the 35-year-old, now at the Vissel Kobe J-League football team, will retire at the end of the current season. Makino represented Japan at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Soccer: Makino double helps Reds rally to beat Tokyo

Soccer: Makino double helps Reds rally to beat Tokyo

SAITAMA, Japan, June 22 Kyodo - Tomoaki Makino scores the equalizer in Urawa Reds' 3-2 come-from-behind victory at home to FC Tokyo in a rescheduled J-League first-division game on June 22, 2016.

Quake-hit Kobe firm's sake brewed in 1995

Quake-hit Kobe firm's sake brewed in 1995

KOBE, Japan - Japanese brewery Sawanotsuru Co.'s Hideki Makino (L) and Hiroyuki Konno on Jan. 8, 2015, in Kobe, hold a bottle of old vintage sake brewed in 1995, the year when the Kobe-based sake company was severely damaged by the Great Hanshin Earthquake in western Japan. Reservations have already made for all 50 bottles.

Leader of Okinawa independence drive holds banner

Leader of Okinawa independence drive holds banner

TOKYO, Japan - Chosuke Yara (C), a leader of the Kariyushi Club formerly called the Ryukyu Independence Party, and his supporters hold a banner calling for Okinawa's independence from Japan in Naha in the southernmost Japanese prefecture as seen in this file photo taken on Oct. 13, 2014. (Photo by Toshiki Makino)

Leaders of drive for Okinawa independence stand by U.S. base

Leaders of drive for Okinawa independence stand by U.S. base

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Matsushima (L) and Shinako Oyakawa, founders of a study group over Okinawa's independence from Japan, stand by the U.S. Kadena Air Base in the southernmost Japanese prefecture in this file photo taken on Oct. 13, 2014. (Photo by Toshiki Makino)

Plan to build climate change center in Samoa

Plan to build climate change center in Samoa

APIA, Samoa - Takao Makino (C), Japan's parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, attends a meeting held by the Japanese and Spanish governments to enhance cooperation for island nations on climate change and disaster prevention in Samoa on Sept. 2, 2014, at the U.N. Conference on Small Island Developing States. Makino said there is a plan to build a climate change center in Samoa to tackle local environmental problems.

Makino scores as Urawa thrash Grampus in Nabisco Cup

Makino scores as Urawa thrash Grampus in Nabisco Cup

SAITAMA, Japan - Tomoaki Makino of Urawa Reds celebrates with Genki Haraguchi (L) after scoring in the second half of a Nabisco Cup game against Nagoya Grampus on June 1, 2014, leading Urawa, who had already clinched a quarterfinal spot, to a 5-2 win at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Mathematicians expanding exchanges with industry

Mathematicians expanding exchanges with industry

TOKYO, Japan - Kyushu University professor Masato Wakayama (far R) converses with other participants in a symposium on mathematics for industry at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo, in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Feb. 22, 2014. (Photo by Toshiki Makino)

Conference on aid for Syrian people

Conference on aid for Syrian people

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japan's Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Takao Makino (C) attends the International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait City on Jan. 15, 2014.

Hatsune Miku brings about change in Japan music scene

Hatsune Miku brings about change in Japan music scene

TOKYO, Japan - Songwriter Hachioji P responds to cheers from the audience during a live concert in Tokyo on July 14, 2012, featuring the Hatsune Miku computer-generated idol singer. He wrote a song for Miku and took the role of DJ for the concert. (Photo by Toshiki Makino)

Japanese garden to study Myanmar plant life

Japanese garden to study Myanmar plant life

KOCHI, Japan - Photo shows specimens of plants collected in Myanmar and kept at the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden in the city of Kochi. A foundation that operates the botanical garden said on Nov. 6, 2012, it will launch a joint study in January 2013 on plant life in Myanmar with the country's forestry administration and other entities.

Google, Twitter to analyze Net data to help disaster victims

Google, Twitter to analyze Net data to help disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoe Makino, partnership director of the Japanese unit of social media Twitter, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2012. The Japanese units of U.S. Internet giant Google Inc. and Twitter said the same day they will analyze data circulated on the Internet after the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan to explore ways to support disaster victims more effectively.

Another reactor at Oi power plant reactivated

Another reactor at Oi power plant reactivated

OI, Japan - Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Seishu Makino (front) attends a press conference in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on the afternoon of July 18, 2012. The No. 4 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town was reactivated around 9 p.m. the same day, becoming only the second reactor to resume operation after being shut down for regular checks since the Fukushima nuclear crisis began in March 2011.

Japan regains nuclear power supply

Japan regains nuclear power supply

OI, Japan - Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Seishu Makino (far L) witnesses work to resume nuclear power supply from the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi plant in Fukui Prefecture on July 5, 2012. Japan regained supply of nuclear-generated electricity when the reactor was connected to the generator and transmission grid, with all other reactors in the country remaining idled for prolonged checkups in the wake of last year's Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Reactor restarted at Oi plant in Fukui Pref.

Reactor restarted at Oi plant in Fukui Pref.

OI, Japan - Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Seishu Makino speaks prior to the reboot of the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on July 1, 2012. The utility reactivated the reactor by pulling out control rods from around 9 p.m. the same day. (Pool photo)

Fukui gov. calls on gov't to clarify nation's nuclear policy

Fukui gov. calls on gov't to clarify nation's nuclear policy

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa gives a press conference at the prefectural government building in the city of Fukui on May 15, 2012, after holding talks with senior vice industry minister Seishu Makino. Nishikawa told Makino that the central government should clearly outline the nation's nuclear policy as it seeks to restart two offline reactors in the prefecture.

Japan eyes reactivating Oi reactors

Japan eyes reactivating Oi reactors

OTSU, Japan - Senior vice industry minister Seishu Makino (L) and Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (front R) at the Shiga prefectural government office in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on April 23, 2012. The vice minister traveled to the prefecture in the Japanese government's bid to win support for reactivating two offline reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in neighboring Fukui Prefecture.

Japan beat Iceland 3-1

Japan beat Iceland 3-1

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Tomoaki Makino jumps with joy after scoring his team's third goal during the second half of an international friendly against Iceland at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Feb. 24, 2012. Japan won 3-1.