Daiichi Sankyo to acquire Zepharma from Astellas

Daiichi Sankyo to acquire Zepharma from Astellas

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Shoda (R), president of Daiichi Sankyo Co., and Masaji Oe, president of Zepharma Inc., stellas Pharma Inc.'s nonprescription drug unit, shake hands at a news conference at Daiichi Sankyo's head office in Tokyo on March 31. They announced Daiichi Sankyo will buy Zepharma for 23.5 billion yen.

Nippon Shinpan to merge with UFJ Card

Nippon Shinpan to merge with UFJ Card

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Shinpan Co. President Kazuhiro Omori (L), UFJ Bank President Masaji Teranishi (C) and UFJ Card Co. President Mitsutaka Ando pose at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20 after announcing a deal to merge the two credit card firms in March 2005 or later. The deal will give the UFJ Group the largest credit card operations among the Japan's four megabanks.

Taiwan representative apologizes to Japan over SARS doctor

Taiwan representative apologizes to Japan over SARS doctor

TOKYO, Japan - Lo Fu-chuan (L), head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, the island's de facto diplomatic mission in Japan, meets with Masaji Takahashi, head of the Intercha

Daiichi Sankyo to acquire Zepharma from Astellas

Daiichi Sankyo to acquire Zepharma from Astellas

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Shoda (R), president of Daiichi Sankyo Co., and Masaji Oe, president of Zepharma Inc., stellas Pharma Inc.'s nonprescription drug unit, shake hands at a news conference at Daiichi Sankyo's head office in Tokyo on March 31. They announced Daiichi Sankyo will buy Zepharma for 23.5 billion yen. (Kyodo)

Nippon Shinpan to merge with UFJ Card

Nippon Shinpan to merge with UFJ Card

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Shinpan Co. President Kazuhiro Omori (L), UFJ Bank President Masaji Teranishi (C) and UFJ Card Co. President Mitsutaka Ando pose at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20 after announcing a deal to merge the two credit card firms in March 2005 or later. The deal will give the UFJ Group the largest credit card operations among the Japan's four megabanks. (Kyodo)

Tsunami-hit hospital to make new start in replaced building

Tsunami-hit hospital to make new start in replaced building

Photo taken on Nov. 25, 2015, shows physician Masaji Saito looking at a clock that used to hang on a wall of the tsunami-hit Shizugawa Public Hospital in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, and which is now exhibited at its newly completed replacement, Minamisanriku Hospital. The clock stopped at 3:27 p.m., the time the tsunami struck and engulfed the five-story hospital in the northeastern Japanese town, reaching up to the ceiling of the fourth floor and killing 74 patients and staff members there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cabinet reshuffle amid waning support for PM Abe

Cabinet reshuffle amid waning support for PM Abe

Liberal Democratic Party upper house member Masaji Matsuyama arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017, to be named as minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens in a Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former volleyball player Masaji Ogino runs in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Takahama in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on May 29, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former volleyball player Masaji Ogino runs in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Takahama in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on May 29, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former volleyball player Masaji Ogino runs in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Takahama in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on May 29, 2021.

Cabinet reshuffle amid waning support for PM Abe

Cabinet reshuffle amid waning support for PM Abe

Liberal Democratic Party upper house member Masaji Matsuyama arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017, to be named as minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens in a Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Opposition calls on LDP to summon school operator as scandal widens

Opposition calls on LDP to summon school operator as scandal widens

Democratic Party lawmaker Kazuya Shimba (L), chair of the party's Diet Affairs Committee, and his Liberal Democratic Party counterpart Masaji Matsuyama meet at the parliamentary building in Tokyo on March 3, 2017. Shimba requested Matsuyama cooperate to summon as an unsworn witness a representative of Moritomo Gakuen, a company that will operate a school linked to a land purchase controversy that has engulfed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Ito, Hoshino, Hiramatsu inducted into Hall of Fame

Baseball: Ito, Hoshino, Hiramatsu inducted into Hall of Fame

(From L) Senichi Hoshino, Tsutomu Ito and Masaji Hiramatsu pose for a photo in Tokyo after being inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Former Whales pitcher Hiramatsu inducted into Hall of Fame

Baseball: Former Whales pitcher Hiramatsu inducted into Hall of Fame

File photo taken in 1977 shows Taiyo Whales pitcher Masaji Hiramatsu, who was inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Ito, Hoshino, Hiramatsu inducted into Hall of Fame

Baseball: Ito, Hoshino, Hiramatsu inducted into Hall of Fame

(From L) Tsutomu Ito, Senichi Hoshino and Masaji Hiramatsu pose for a photo in Tokyo after being inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Taiwan representative apologizes to Japan over SARS doctor

Taiwan representative apologizes to Japan over SARS doctor

TOKYO, Japan - Lo Fu-chuan (L), head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, the island's de facto diplomatic mission in Japan, meets with Masaji Takahashi, head of the Intercha