Nippon Oil, Kyushu Oil agree on management integration

Nippon Oil, Kyushu Oil agree on management integration

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio (L) and Kyushu Oil Co. President Makoto Kihara shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on March 18 after announcing that Nippon Oil, Japan's largest oil distributor, has agreed with its smaller peer Kyushu Oil on management integration on Oct. 1.

Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to begin talks on alliance

Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to begin talks on alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. Vice President Makoto Kihara (L) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. Vice President Masaaki Tachibana speak at a media briefing in Tokyo on Dec. 12. They said Japan's biggest and fourth-largest steelmakers will start negotiations on a business alliance with a view to slashing production, distribution and material procurement costs.

Nippon Steel, Kobe Steel to form alliance

Nippon Steel, Kobe Steel to form alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. Vice President Makoto Kihara (L) and Kobe Steel Ltd. Vice President Noriyoshi Mitsutake meet the media in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2001. Japan's biggest and fifth-largest steelmakers said they have agreed to form a comprehensive alliance to improve competitiveness.

Nippon Steel, Usinor sign global alliance deal

Nippon Steel, Usinor sign global alliance deal

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Kihara (R), executive vice president of Nippon Steel Corp., and Jean-Louis Ricaud, senior executive vice president of Usinor SA, shake hands at a press conference in Nippon Steel's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 23. Nippon Steel, the world's second-largest steelmaker, and France's Usinor, Europe's largest steelmaker, signed an alliance agreement in the business of steel sheets for use in automobiles.

Nippon Steel, Kobe Steel to form alliance

Nippon Steel, Kobe Steel to form alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. Vice President Makoto Kihara (L) and Kobe Steel Ltd. Vice President Noriyoshi Mitsutake meet the media in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2001. Japan's biggest and fifth-largest steelmakers said they have agreed to form a comprehensive alliance to improve competitiveness.

Nippon Oil, Kyushu Oil agree on management integration

Nippon Oil, Kyushu Oil agree on management integration

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio (L) and Kyushu Oil Co. President Makoto Kihara shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on March 18 after announcing that Nippon Oil, Japan's largest oil distributor, has agreed with its smaller peer Kyushu Oil on management integration on Oct. 1. (Kyodo)

Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to begin talks on alliance

Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to begin talks on alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. Vice President Makoto Kihara (L) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. Vice President Masaaki Tachibana speak at a media briefing in Tokyo on Dec. 12. They said Japan's biggest and fourth-largest steelmakers will start negotiations on a business alliance with a view to slashing production, distribution and material procurement costs.

Nippon Steel, Usinor sign global alliance deal

Nippon Steel, Usinor sign global alliance deal

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Kihara (R), executive vice president of Nippon Steel Corp., and Jean-Louis Ricaud, senior executive vice president of Usinor SA, shake hands at a press conference in Nippon Steel's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 23. Nippon Steel, the world's second-largest steelmaker, and France's Usinor, Europe's largest steelmaker, signed an alliance agreement in the business of steel sheets for use in automobiles.