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1964 Tokyo Olympics: wrestling

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Tokyo Olympics wrestling gold medalists from Japan (from L) Tsutomu Hanahara, Masamitsu Ichiguchi, Osamu Watanabe, Yoshikatsu Yoshida and Yojiro Uetake pose for a photo on Oct. 19, 1964.

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Comedian arouses interest in U.S. military bases in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Comedian Masamitsu Kohatsu (R) performs on stage in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in June 2014 to increase public interest in problems associated with U.S. military bases concentrated in the southernmost Japanese prefecture.

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Comedian arouses interest in U.S. military bases in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Masamitsu Kohatsu, who has been staging comedy shows to increase public interest in problems associated with U.S. military bases concentrated in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, speaks in an interview in June 2014.

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Comedian arouses interest in U.S. military bases in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Masamitsu Kohatsu (L) performs in a comedy show in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in this file photo taken in June 2014 to increase public interest in problems associated with U.S. military bases concentrated in the southernmost Japanese prefecture.

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Research on coelacanth

MANADO, Indonesia - Masamitsu Iwata, a researcher at Aquamarine Fukushima, shows an image of a coelacanth taken by an expedition team he leads off Manado, Indonesia, near Manado on June 10, 2013. The team from the aquarium in Iwaki City in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture has been conducting field surveys on the ancient fish since 2005 off Indonesia.

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Business leaders urge Japan to join TPP

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Yonekura (L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation known as Nippon Keidanren, Tadashi Okamura (C), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, shake hands in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2011, after a press conference. They urged the Japanese government to join a trans-Pacific free trade agreement, backing Prime Minister Naoto Kan's resolve to promote free trade.

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Business leaders urge Japan to join Pacific FTA negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese business leaders (From L to R) -- Masamitsu Sakurai, head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Tadashi Okamura, leader of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation -- take part in a meeting hosted by the three organizations in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2010. The participants called on the government to announce its intention to join negotiations for a U.S.-backed multilateral trans-Pacific free trade agreement at an upcoming summit in Japan of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

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PM Kan meets with business leaders over surging yen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2010. Yonekura, along with Tadashi Okamura (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Masamitsu Sakurai (L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, asked Kan to take decisive measures to counter the sharp rise of the yen and the recent steep fall of the stock market, including currency market intervention and faster implementation of the government's growth strategy.

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Businesses wary about economic recovery in 2010

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, attend a joint news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010.

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Businesses wary about economic recovery in 2010

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, join hands after their joint news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010.

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Business leaders upbeat on economy despite high oil prices, stock falls

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, hold a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 7 following the three organizations' New Year's reception. The heads of Japan's major business lobbies expressed optimism about the outlook for the Japanese economy.

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Ricoh acquires IBM's business-oriented printer business

NEW YORK, United States - Masamitsu Sakurai (R), president and chief executive officer of Ricoh Co., announced Jan. 25 that the Tokyo-based company will acquire IBM's business-oriented printer operations for 87 billion yen. He was joined by top IBM executives at a news conference in New York, where he said the global market for business-oriented digital printers will expand to 3-4 trillion yen a year from 1 trillion yen now.

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Business leaders upbeat on economy despite high oil prices, stoc

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, hold a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 7 following the three organizations' New Year's reception. The heads of Japan's major business lobbies expressed optimism about the outlook for the Japanese economy. (Kyodo)

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PM Kan meets with business leaders over surging yen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2010. Yonekura, along with Tadashi Okamura (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Masamitsu Sakurai (L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, asked Kan to take decisive measures to counter the sharp rise of the yen and the recent steep fall of the stock market, including currency market intervention and faster implementation of the government's growth strategy. (Kyodo)

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Keizai Doyukai head calls for hike in consumption tax

TOKYO, Japan - Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives known as Keizai Doyukai, speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Sakurai has urged the government to hike the consumption tax to secure stable revenues to fund its policies. (Kyodo)

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Comedian arouses interest in U.S. military bases in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Masamitsu Kohatsu (L) performs in a comedy show in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in this file photo taken in June 2014 to increase public interest in problems associated with U.S. military bases concentrated in the southernmost Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Business leaders urge Japan to join TPP

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Yonekura (L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation known as Nippon Keidanren, Tadashi Okamura (C), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, shake hands in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2011, after a press conference. They urged the Japanese government to join a trans-Pacific free trade agreement, backing Prime Minister Naoto Kan's resolve to promote free trade. (Kyodo)

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Businesses wary about economic recovery in 2010

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, join hands after their joint news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Businesses wary about economic recovery in 2010

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, attend a joint news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Businesses wary about economic recovery in 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) addresses a New Year's reception of business leaders from the Japan Business Federation, Japan Association of Corporate Executives and Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2010, with Fujio Mitarai (R), chairman of the business federation, Tadashi Okamura (2nd from R), chairman of the chamber of commerce and industry, and Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the association of corporate executives, looking on. (Kyodo)

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Ricoh acquires IBM's business-oriented printer business

NEW YORK, United States - Masamitsu Sakurai (R), president and chief executive officer of Ricoh Co., announced Jan. 25 that the Tokyo-based company will acquire IBM's business-oriented printer operations for 87 billion yen. He was joined by top IBM executives at a news conference in New York, where he said the global market for business-oriented digital printers will expand to 3-4 trillion yen a year from 1 trillion yen now. (Kyodo)

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Business leaders urge Japan to join Pacific FTA negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese business leaders (From L to R) -- Masamitsu Sakurai, head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Tadashi Okamura, leader of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation -- take part in a meeting hosted by the three organizations in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2010. The participants called on the government to announce its intention to join negotiations for a U.S.-backed multilateral trans-Pacific free trade agreement at an upcoming summit in Japan of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Kyodo)

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New Year police march in Tokyo

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department chief Masamitsu Miura delivers a speech during the annual New Year march by Tokyo police in the Japanese capital on Jan. 10, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year police march in Tokyo

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department chief Masamitsu Miura delivers a speech during the annual New Year march by Tokyo police in the Japanese capital on Jan. 11, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan wins men's team large hill ski jumping

Japanese ski jumper Masamitsu Ito (top C) sits on the shoulders of his teammates (from L) Naoki Nakamura, Yukiya Sato and Yuken Iwasa after winning the men's team large hill event at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo on Feb. 25, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 day-care chain execs sent to prosecutors over baby's death

TOKYO, Japan - Masamitsu Maekawa (R), president of a nationwide day-care chain, is driven from Tokyo's Ikebukuro Police Station on June 25 to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office for questioning. The same day, police sent to the prosecutors Maekawa and Kozue Maedomari, a director of the company, on suspicion of negligence resulting in the death in March of a baby in their care.

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DPJ's Oishi wins in Miyagi lower house by-election

SENDAI, Japan - Former Diet member Masamitsu Oishi (C) celebrates his victory in a House of Representatives by-election for the No. 6 constituency in northern Miyagi Prefecture on Feb. 27. Oishi ran on the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan ticket, defeating three other candidates.