Kansai Electric Power seeks hikes in home charges

Kansai Electric Power seeks hikes in home charges

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi (R) presents a formal application to Takayuki Ueda, commissioner of the Natural Resources and Energy Agency, for an additional increase in electricity bills for households on Dec. 24, 2014.

Aeon, Marubeni agree to integrate 3 food supermarket chains

Aeon, Marubeni agree to integrate 3 food supermarket chains

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the Aeon retail group, Marubeni Corp. and two food supermarket chains pose in Tokyo on May 19, 2014, after announcing their agreement to integrate three supermarket chains. From R: Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada, Marubeni Senior Executive Vice President Mitsuru Akiyoshi, Maruetsu Inc. President Makoto Ueda and Kasumi Co. Chairman Hiromasa Kohama.

Gov't OKs Kansai Electric's latest electricity bill hike

Gov't OKs Kansai Electric's latest electricity bill hike

Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi (R) receives in Tokyo a certificate from Takayuki Ueda, chief of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, for the company's plan to raise household electricity bills on May 18, 2015. "We will do our utmost to reactivate nuclear plants that have been confirmed safe as soon as possible to lower electricity bills," Yagi told reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan-Ukraine friendly

Japan-Ukraine friendly

The Japan national team players -- (bottom row, L to R) Makoto Hasebe, Gaku Shibasaki, Yuto Nagatomo, Hotaru Yamaguchi, Gotoku Sakai; (upper row) Eiji Kawashima, Genki Haraguchi, Naomichi Ueda, Tomoaki Makino, Kenyu Sugimoto, Keisuke Honda -- pose before a World Cup warm-up against Ukraine in Liege, Belgium, on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo