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Nippon Paper Group taps Director Haga as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Haga, who will become president of Nippon Paper Group Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 2. Haga, a director of the company, will succeed Masatomo Nakamura following approval at a shareholders meeting and a subsequent board meeting scheduled for late June.

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Nippon Paper head to quit over false recycled paper claims

TOKYO, Japan - Masatomo Nakamura (C), president of Nippon Paper Group Inc., and other senior company executives bow in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after the company acknowledged that it has sold recycled paper products containing smaller-than-claimed amounts of used paper. Nakamura says he will step down to take responsibility.

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Nippon Paper Group to cut production capacity by 231,000 tons

TOKYO, Japan - Masatomo Nakamura, president of Nippon Paper Group Inc., Japan's second-largest papermaker, tells reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 24 the company will reduce its manufacturing capacity for paper products by about 231,000 tons a year, or about 5 percent of annual output, by closing down facilities at three plants next year due to a glut in the domestic market.

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Sumitomo, Nippon Paper, Rengo to form trilateral tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Otsubo (L), president of Rengo Co., Motoyoshi Oka (C), president of Sumitomo Corp., and Masatomo Nakamura, president of Nippon Paper Group Inc., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20 at which they announced the companies have agreed to form a trilateral tie-up in an attempt to sharpen their competitiveness and better cope with growing demand for paper products in Asia.

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Hokuetsu to form business tie-up with Nippon Paper

TOKYO, Japan - Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. President Masaaki Miwa (L) shakes hands with Nippon Paper Group Inc. President Masatomo Nakamura in Tokyo on Sept. 12. Hokuetsu, the recent target of an unsuccessful hostile takeover bid by Japan's largest paper mill Oji Paper Co., said the same day it will consider forming a business tie-up with Nippon Paper Industries Co.

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Nippon Paper eyes equity stake in Hokuetsu to block Oji bid

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Paper Group Inc. President Masatomo Nakamura speaks at a news conference in Tokyo Aug. 3 as his company said it will buy Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. shares to block an Oji Paper Co. bid to merge with Hokuetsu.

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Female crested ibis arrives from China for mating

NIIGATA, Japan - Masatomo Kawai (R), vice minister at Japan's Environment Agency, and Li Yucai, deputy director of China's State Forestry Bureau, shake hands Oct. 14 after exchanging a note on the delivery at Niigata airport of a young female crested ibis. The bird, named ''Mei Mei,'' was donated to Japan by China for mating purposes under an environmental accord adopted the previous day in Tokyo between Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji. The 18-month-old Mei Mei was transported to the Sado Crested Ibis Conservation Center on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, to mate with Yu Yu, which was hatched in Japan.

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Nippon Paper eyes equity stake in Hokuetsu to block Oji bid

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Paper Group Inc. President Masatomo Nakamura speaks at a news conference in Tokyo Aug. 3 as his company said it will buy Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. shares to block an Oji Paper Co. bid to merge with Hokuetsu. (Kyodo)

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Hokuetsu to form business tie-up with Nippon Paper

TOKYO, Japan - Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. President Masaaki Miwa (L) shakes hands with Nippon Paper Group Inc. President Masatomo Nakamura in Tokyo on Sept. 12. Hokuetsu, the recent target of an unsuccessful hostile takeover bid by Japan's largest paper mill Oji Paper Co., said the same day it will consider forming a business tie-up with Nippon Paper Industries Co. (Kyodo)

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Sumitomo, Nippon Paper, Rengo to form trilateral tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Otsubo (L), president of Rengo Co., Motoyoshi Oka (C), president of Sumitomo Corp., and Masatomo Nakamura, president of Nippon Paper Group Inc., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20 at which they announced the companies have agreed to form a trilateral tie-up in an attempt to sharpen their competitiveness and better cope with growing demand for paper products in Asia. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Paper Group to cut production capacity by 231,000 tons

TOKYO, Japan - Masatomo Nakamura, president of Nippon Paper Group Inc., Japan's second-largest papermaker, tells reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 24 the company will reduce its manufacturing capacity for paper products by about 231,000 tons a year, or about 5 percent of annual output, by closing down facilities at three plants next year due to a glut in the domestic market. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Paper head to quit over false recycled paper claims

TOKYO, Japan - Masatomo Nakamura (C), president of Nippon Paper Group Inc., and other senior company executives bow in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after the company acknowledged that it has sold recycled paper products containing smaller-than-claimed amounts of used paper. Nakamura says he will step down to take responsibility. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Paper Group taps Director Haga as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Haga, who will become president of Nippon Paper Group Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 2. Haga, a director of the company, will succeed Masatomo Nakamura following approval at a shareholders meeting and a subsequent board meeting scheduled for late June. (Kyodo)

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Female crested ibis arrives from China for mating+

NIIGATA, Japan - Masatomo Kawai (R), vice minister at Japan's Environment Agency, and Li Yucai, deputy director of China's State Forestry Bureau, shake hands Oct. 14 after exchanging a note on the delivery at Niigata airport of a young female crested ibis. The bird, named ''Mei Mei,'' was donated to Japan by China for mating purposes under an environmental accord adopted the previous day in Tokyo between Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji. The 18-month-old Mei Mei was transported to the Sado Crested Ibis Conservation Center on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, to mate with Yu Yu, which was hatched in Japan.