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Taiheiyo Cement President Change Press Conference

Taiheiyo Cement President Change Press Conference. From left: Yoshifumi Taura, President and Representative Director (currently, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer); Masafumi Fujihara, Chairman of the Board (currently, President and Representative Director) =Date:Febuary 27, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Taiheiyo Cement President Change Press Conference

Taiheiyo Cement President Change Press Conference. From left: Yoshifumi Taura, President and Representative Director (currently, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer); Masafumi Fujihara, Chairman of the Board (currently, President and Representative Director) =Date:Febuary 27, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Head of high speed railway association meets reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Masafumi Shukuri, head of the International High Speed Railway Association, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 10, 2014. He said the association aims to contribute to the development of railways around the world by promoting Japan's high speed railway system as a global standard.

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Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

OSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (next to the emperor) offer silent prayers in an area hit hard by mudslides triggered by a powerful typhoon in October 2013 on Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2014. Oshima Mayor Masafumi Kawashima is also seen in left. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

OSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (far R) visit an area hit hard by mudslides triggered by a powerful typhoon in October 2013 on Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2014. Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (far L) and Oshima Mayor Masafumi Kawashima (2nd from L) guided the imperial couple. (Pool photo)

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Man becomes scrivener to support foreigners

TSU, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2013 in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, shows Masafumi Inagaki, an administrative scrivener who provides free consultations to foreigners over procedures to apply for a visa or to marry Japanese among other issues. Inagaki became a scrivener in his 50s to support foreign residents who he believes are socially vulnerable yet will become important members of fast-aging Japanese society.

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TEPCO supervisory panel's 1st meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Dale Klein (L), a former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission who leads Japan's Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee, speaks at the panel's first meeting at the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2012. Barbara Judge (C), former chairwoman of Britain's Atomic Energy Authority, and lawyer Masafumi Sakurai are among the members of the panel of experts monitoring TEPCO's efforts to reform its under-fire nuclear division.

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Censure motions against 2 Cabinet members

TOKYO, Japan - Upper house Diet affairs chiefs Masashi Waki (R) of the Liberal Democratic Party and Yuichiro Uozumi (C) of the New Komeito party, submit censure motions against Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa and Kenji Yamaoka, who concurrently serves as minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and minister for the abduction issue, to Masafumi Hashimoto, secretary general of the upper house, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2011.

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Sharp to launch 3-D TVs in summer

TOKYO, Japan - Masafumi Matsumoto, executive vice president of Sharp Corp., announces a plan to launch three-dimensional liquid crystal display televisions at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 12, 2010. Matsumoto said the Japanese electronics maker will start to sell the products in the summer.

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Nomura swings back to black for 1st time in 6 quarters

TOKYO, Japan - Nomura Holdings Inc. Chief Financial Officer Masafumi Nakada speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on July 29. Nakada said Nomura Holdings returned to the black in the April-June period for the first time in six quarters as a recent recovery in financial markets helped to boost its retail and stock underwriting businesses.

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Nomura sees record net loss in FY 2008, 2nd straight year of red ink

TOKYO, Japan - Nomura's Executive Managing Director Masafumi Nakada speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on April 24.

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Nomura posts 492.36 bil. yen net loss for April-Dec. period

TOKYO, Japan - Masafumi Nakada, chief financial officer of Nomura Holdings Inc., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the first nine months of fiscal 2008 during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27.

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Toyama police officers reprimanded for concealing case

NAGOYA, Japan - Masafumi Ueda refuses to speak to a reporter in Nagoya on Nov. 9, 2001 after he resigned earlier in the day as head of the Chubu Regional Police Bureau of the National Police Agency. He is one of nine police officers reprimanded for concealing a drug case in 1995.

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Makiyama takes aim in win over Kazak archer

SYDNEY, Australia - Masafumi Makiyama takes aim in the first round of the men's individual archery competition at Sydney International Archery Park on Sept. 18 at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Makiyama defeated Kazakstan's Alexandr Li 151-150 to advance to the second round.

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Japanese experts begin checking waste dumped in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - A team of Japanese government officials and environmental experts inspect waste illegally shipped to the Philippines from Japan in July at a Manila harbor. Masafumi Ishii of Japan's Foreign Ministry leads the seven-man team in inspecting the containers packed with soiled adult diapers, plastic pouches bearing Japanese characters, plastic cases for syringe needles, and other hospital waste.

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5 Japanese players selected for NFL Europe league

TOKYO, Japan - Five Japanese players have been selected for the NFL Europe (NFLE) for the 2000 season after a series of tryouts held in Japan over the weekend, NFLE officials said. Posing for photographers, with two NFLE officials at the center, Dec. 6 are (from L to R) Onward Oaks quarterback Takayuki Sunaga, former Ritsumeikan defensive back Kohei Satomi, Kajima Deers wide receiver Masato Itai and Recruit Seagulls tight end Nachi Abe. A fifth player, Ritsumeikan University coach and linebacker Masafumi Kawaguchi is not in the photo.

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Toyama police officers reprimanded for concealing case

NAGOYA, Japan - Masafumi Ueda refuses to speak to a reporter in Nagoya on Nov. 9, 2001 after he resigned earlier in the day as head of the Chubu Regional Police Bureau of the National Police Agency. He is one of nine police officers reprimanded for concealing a drug case in 1995.

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Ex-Toyama police chief gets suspended 1-yr term for cover-up

TOYAMA, Japan - Masafumi Ueda, former chief of the Toyama prefectural police, enters the Toyama District Court on April 11. He was sentenced to a one-year prison term suspended for four years for covering up illegal drug use by a police informant in 1995.

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Nomura posts 492.36 bil. yen net loss for April-Dec. period

TOKYO, Japan - Masafumi Nakada, chief financial officer of Nomura Holdings Inc., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the first nine months of fiscal 2008 during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27. (Kyodo)

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Nomura sees record net loss in FY 2008, 2nd straight year of red

TOKYO, Japan - Nomura's Executive Managing Director Masafumi Nakada speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on April 24. (Kyodo)

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High-speed rail body to promote Shinkansen system abroad

Masafumi Shukuri, chairman of the International High-Speed Rail Association, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015. He said the Tokyo-based organization will promote the export of Japan's Shinkansen bullet train system by informing other countries of its advantages over other systems. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR Shikoku to introduce electric Anpanman Train

Masafumi Izumi, president of Shikoku Railway Co., shows images of an Anpanman Train, decorated with characters from the popular picture book and anime series Anpanman, in Takamatsu, western Japan, on Sept. 28, 2015. Anpanman Trains will be introduced as the company's electric trains around March 2016. Anpanman Train made its debut as a diesel-powered train in October 2000. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New species of miniature frog discovered in Malaysia

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in August 2008 shows a new species of miniature narrow-mouthed frog, named Microhyla malang, discovered at Kubah National Park in Sarawak state on the island of Borneo in Malaysia. (Photo courtesy of Kyoto University professor Masafumi Matsui) (Kyodo)

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New species of miniature frog discovered in Malaysia

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a new species of narrow-mouthed frog Microhyla malang (R) and long taxonomically confused sister species Microhyla borneensis. (Photo courtesy of Kyoto University professor Masafumi Matsui) (Kyodo)

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Sharp to launch 3-D TVs in summer

TOKYO, Japan - Masafumi Matsumoto, executive vice president of Sharp Corp., announces a plan to launch three-dimensional liquid crystal display televisions at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 12, 2010. Matsumoto said the Japanese electronics maker will start to sell the products in the summer. (Kyodo)

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Censure motions against 2 Cabinet members

TOKYO, Japan - Upper house Diet affairs chiefs Masashi Waki (R) of the Liberal Democratic Party and Yuichiro Uozumi (C) of the New Komeito party, submit censure motions against Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa and Kenji Yamaoka, who concurrently serves as minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and minister for the abduction issue, to Masafumi Hashimoto, secretary general of the upper house, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Makiyama takes aim in win over Kazak archer

SYDNEY, Australia - Masafumi Makiyama takes aim in the first round of the men's individual archery competition at Sydney International Archery Park on Sept. 18 at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Makiyama defeated Kazakstan's Alexandr Li 151-150 to advance to the second round.

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Japanese experts begin checking waste dumped in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - A team of Japanese government officials and environmental experts inspect waste illegally shipped to the Philippines from Japan in July at a Manila harbor. Masafumi Ishii of Japan's Foreign Ministry leads the seven-man team in inspecting the containers packed with soiled adult diapers, plastic pouches bearing Japanese characters, plastic cases for syringe needles, and other hospital waste.

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5 Japanese players selected for NFL Europe league.

TOKYO, Dec. 6 Kyodo - Five Japanese players have been selected for the NFL Europe (NFLE) for the 2000 season after a series of tryouts held in Japan over the weekend, NFLE officials said. Posing for photographers, with two NFLE officials at the center, Dec. 6 are (from L to R) Onward Oaks quarterback Takayuki Sunaga, former Ritsumeikan defensive back Kohei Satomi, Kajima Deers wide receiver Masato Itai and Recruit Seagulls tight end Nachi Abe. A fifth player, Ritsumeikan University coach and linebacker Masafumi Kawaguchi is not in the photo.