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UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

Toray Industries CEO Mitsuo Ohya speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

Toray Industries CEO Mitsuo Ohya speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

Toray Industries CEO Mitsuo Ohya speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

Toray Industries CEO Mitsuo Ohya speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sheep-faced kites made before Year of Sheep in 2015

SAPPORO, Japan - Mitsuo Tanaka in Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido is busy producing sheep-faced kites on Dec. 16, 2014, before the start of 2015, the Year of the Sheep under the Chinese zodiac calendar. Heading a group of kite enthusiasts, Tanaka plans to fly a 100-meter kite train at the turn of the year.

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Sapporo man to fly 100-m kite train in Year of Sheep

SAPPORO, Japan - Mitsuo Tanaka, head of a kite-loving group in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, makes kites with sheep face drawings on Dec. 16, 2014. He plans to fly a 100-meter kite train in January as 2015 is the Year of the Sheep under the Chinese zodiac.

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Retired Yanagisawa, Nakata pose with Ogasawara

SENDAI, Japan - Atsushi Yanagisawa (L) of Vegalta Sendai and Koji Nakata (R) of Kashima Antlers, both former Japan internationals, pose with Mitsuo Ogasawara of Kashima after a charity soccer match at the Yurtec Stadium Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2014. Yanagisawa and Nakata called it quits as active players at the end of this season.

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Japan, Taiwan sign 4 MOUs with eye to eventual FTA

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Mitsuo Ohashi (L), chairman of the Japan Interchange Association, and Lee Chia-chin, chairman of Taiwan's East Asian Relations Commission, shake hands at a hotel in Taipei on Nov. 20, 2014, after signing four memoranda of understanding. The signing of the four documents is expected to move one more step toward a full-fledged free trade agreement.

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'Attack on Titan' cartoonist's event to be held in hometown

OITA, Japan - Mitsuo Isayama (C), father of Hajime Isayama, a Japanese manga artist known for his popular "Attack on Titan" comic series, and others hold posters for a fan event about the author in his hometown of Hita, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 16, 2014, ahead of the event on Nov. 1.

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A-bomb survivor publishes book, warns of radiation damage

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mitsuo Kodama, who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima from within a 1-kilometer radius from the hypocenter and was exposed to an extremely high dosage of approximately 4,600 millisieverts of radiation, poses in front of the Atomic Dome in Hiroshima with his book "Hibakusha, Hiroshima karano Message" (Hibakusha, Message from Hiroshima) on March 25, 2014.

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Taiwan, Japan sign 5 pacts

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Mitsuo Ohashi (L), chairman of the Japan Interchange Association, and Lee Chia-chin, chairman of Taiwan's East Asian Relations Commission, shake hands during a signing ceremony for five mostly trade-related pacts between Japan and Taiwan at a hotel in Taipei on Nov. 5, 2013.

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Japan, Taiwan sign deal on fisheries near Senkakus

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo taken in Taipei on April 10, 2013, shows Japan's Interchange Association Chairman Mitsuo Ohashi (L) and Taiwan's Association of East Asian Relations Chairman Liao Liou-yi shaking hands after signing a bilateral fisheries agreement allowing Taiwanese fishing trawlers to operate in part of Japan's exclusive economic zone near the disputed Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, known as the Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan and the Diaoyu Islands in China.

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Kikkoman's Horikiri to become president

TOKYO, Japan - Kikkoman Corp. President Mitsuo Someya (L) shakes hands with Senior Executive Corporate Officer Noriaki Horikiri, his successor, at a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2013. Horikiri will take the helm of the holding company of leading soy sauce maker Kikkoman Food Products Co. in late June.

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A-bomb survivors pass on own experiences to support Fukushima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken March 6, 2013 in the city of Hiroshima shows atomic-bomb survivor Mitsuo Kodama with a photo of his damaged chromosomes. Kodama has continued efforts to raise public awareness about the horrors of radiation by showing people the photo when giving his testimonies of his ordeal.

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Abe, Yoshikawa win MVP awards

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants catcher Shinnosuke Abe (L) and Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Mitsuo Yoshikawa are pictured in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, after winning MVP awards for the first time for the Central League and Pacific League, respectively. Nippon Professional Baseball announced the same day that Abe was a near-unanimous selection, when the results of the Most Valuable Player voting were released.

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'Loach' aphorism mentioned by Noda

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhito Aida, the son of popular aphorist Mitsuo Aida and director of the Mitsuo Aida Museum, holds a copy of his late father's book ''Okagesan'' in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2011. Aida shows a page on which is written the aphorism ''A loach does not have to emulate a goldfish,'' cited by Japan's incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Noda compared himself to the loach, an unspectacular bottom-dwelling fish.

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SDF sailors acquitted over fatal destroyer collision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mitsuo Kichisei, a younger brother of a fisherman who died in a maritime collision, weeps at a press conference in Yokohama on May 11, 2011. The Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture on the same day acquitted two Maritime Self-Defense Force members of charges including professional negligence resulting in death over the 2008 collision between an MSDF destroyer and a fishing boat off Chiba Prefecture that killed two fishermen.

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Quake charity soccer match

OSAKA, Japan - Mitsuo Ogasawara (R) of a J-League select team and Yasuyuki Konno of the Japan national team, both from quake-hit northeastern Japan, respond to the crowd at Osaka's Nagai Stadium on March 29, 2011, after a charity match dedicated to the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern and eastern Japan. The national team won 2-1.

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Report on faulty reactor inspections

MATSUE, Japan - Vice President Mitsuo Matsui (C) and other officials of Chugoku Electric Power Co. bow after the utility revealed it had failed to properly inspect reactors at its Shimane nuclear plant in a press conference in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on June 3, 2010. The final report released by the company said it had neglected to perform regular inspections or component replacements at the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors of the plant in Matsue.

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Kashima knocked out of ACL

KASHIMA, Japan - Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara (L) tries his luck in the first half of an Asian Champions League match in the round of 16 against Pohang Steelers at Kashima Stadium on May 12, 2010. Kashima lost 0-1 and were eliminated from the tournament as the last Japanese club.

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Kashima knocked out of ACL by holders Pohang

KASHIMA, Japan - Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara (L) dodges a tackle by Pohang Steelers striker No Byung Jun (C) in the first half of an Asian Champions League match in the round of 16 at Kashima Stadium on May 12, 2010. Kashima lost 0-1 and were eliminated from the tournament as the last Japanese club.

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Kashima Antlers beat Changchun Yatai FC 1-0 in ACL

CHANGCHUN, China - Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara (L) vies for the ball during the first half of a game against China's Changchun Yatai FC in Group F of the Asian Champions League at Changchun City Stadium in Changchun, China, on April 14, 2010. Kashima won 1-0.

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Kashima into ACL knockout stage

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara (C) fights for the ball in the second half of an Asian Champions League match against Indonesia's Persipura Jayapura on March 30, 2010. The Japanese team secured its passage into the knockout stage with a 3-1 win, maintaining a perfect record of four wins out of four in Group F.

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Endo snatches victory for Kashima in Asian Champions League

JEONJU, South Korea - Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogawawara (R) fights for the ball with Jeonbuk Motors midfielder Jung Hoon at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, South Korea, on March 9, 2010, during a Group F opening round match of the AFC Champions League. Kashima beat the South Korean team 2-1.

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Japan-Venezuela friendly ends in 0-0 draw

OITA, Japan - Japan midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara vies with Venezuela defender Giovanny Romero during the first half of an international friendly at Kyushu Oil Dome in Oita Prefecture on Feb. 2, 2010. The game ended in a goalless draw.

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Kashima's Ogasawara named J-League Player of the Year

TOKYO, Japan - Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara smiles with the J-League Player of the Year trophy during an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009.

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Toyota expecting 1st red ink in FY 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Kinoshita, vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., announced in Tokyo on Feb. 6 that Japan's top automaker will report a group net loss of 350 billion yen for the 2008 business year to March, the first red ink since it began releasing net data in 1963. Toyota revised its earnings forecast for the third time due to plummeting sales amid the deepening global economic crisis.

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Toyota forecasts 73.6% dive in operating profit for FY 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Kinoshita, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks about the company's earnings forecasts for fiscal 2008 during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 6.

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Toyota forecasts 73.6% dive in operating profit for FY 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Kinoshita, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks about the company's earnings forecasts for fiscal 2008 during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 6.

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Mikasa Foods head admits involvement in sale of tainted rice

OSAKA, Japan - Mitsuo Fuyuki, president of rice miller Mikasa Foods, holds a news conference in Osaka on Sept. 6. Fuyuki said his company began disguising non-edible tainted rice as edible and selling it five or six years ago at his instruction to help overcome unfavorable business conditions.

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Mikasa Foods head admits involvement in sale of tainted rice

OSAKA, Japan - Mitsuo Fuyuki, president of rice miller Mikasa Foods, bows in apology during a news conference in Osaka on Sept. 6. Fuyuki said his company began disguising non-edible tainted rice as edible and selling it five or six years ago at his instruction to help overcome unfavorable business conditions.

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Toyota sees April-June net profit fall 28.1%

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Kinoshita, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., is surrounded by reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 7 after a press conference to announce Toyota group's earnings report for the April-June quarter.

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Toyota sees April-June net profit fall 28.1%

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Kinoshita, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., briefs reporters on Toyota group's earnings report for the April-June quarter at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 7.

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Toyota sees April-June net profit fall 28.1%

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Kinoshita (R), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., briefs reporters on Toyota group's earnings report for the April-June quarter at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 7.

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Ruling recognizing 2 people as A-bomb sufferers upheld

SENDAI, Japan - Mitsuo Niinuma (center R), 84, and Akemi Hatano (center L), 69, celebrate after the Sendai High Court on May 28 upheld a lower court ruling that recognized them as suffering from radiation illnesses caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, while dismissing their demand for compensation. Hatano was on a street about 1.8 kilometers from ground zero in Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped, and Niinuma was at barracks about 2 km away.

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Toyota sees record 1st-half business results, raises forecasts

NAGOYA, Japan - Mitsuo Kinoshita, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the April-September first half of the current business year at the Nagoya Stock Exchange in Nagoya on Nov. 7.

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Toyota sees record 1st-half business results, raises forecasts

NAGOYA, Japan - Mitsuo Kinoshita, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the April-September first half of the current business year at the Nagoya Stock Exchange in Nagoya on Nov. 7.

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High court raises damages amount over air drill noise

KANAZAWA, Japan - Mitsuo Hirose, representing some 1,600 plaintiffs, speaks at a gathering April 16 in Kanazawa after the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court raised the damages, to 1,118 million yen, the state must pay 1,580 people living around the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, over noise pollution from air drills.

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Ogasawara in Messina vs Florentina match

FLORENCE, Italy - Japanese midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara (R) on the attack in the Italian Serie A match Florence, Italy on Dec. 23 where Messina was defeated by Florentina 4-0. Ogasawara was substituted in the 29th minute.

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Son of legendary wrestler Rikidozan still active at age 58

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Momota, 58, son of the legendary Rikidozan and the oldest wrestler appearing in matches on a regular basis, is in action at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

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Toyota posts record 1st-half sales, net profit

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Vice President Mitsuo Konishita speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on Nov. 7. The automaker reported its biggest-ever group net profit and sales for the April-September period, led by a weaker yen and strong demand for its fuel-efficient vehicles in the United States and Europe.

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2 ex-skating fed. execs served fresh arrest warrants

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuichiro Hisanaga (L in file photo), a former president of the Japan Skating Federation, and the federation's former director Mitsuo Matsumoto (R in file photo) were served fresh arrest warrants on Oct. 24 on breach of trust charges for allegedly causing 16 million yen in losses to the organization by making a travel agency overcharge for travel fees, police said.

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Ogasawara completes loan deal with Messina

MESSINA, Italy - Japanese World Cup midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara (L) and Pietro Franza, president of Italian club Messina, pose at the San Filippo stadium in Messina on Aug. 29 after Ogasawara signed a deal with Messina for him to play for them on loan.

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World Cup midfielder Ogasawara joins Messina on loan

NARITA, Japan - Kashima Antlers' World Cup midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara is about to depart from Narita airport on Aug. 28 for Europe to join Italian club Messina on a one-year loan deal. The pint-sized 27-year-old said before departing that he had mixed feelings about leaving Kashima. ''I did have the option of staying with Kashima but I have a stronger desire to play over there (in Italy),'' Ogasawara told reporters.

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Japan beaten by Brazil 4-1 in World Cup Group F match

DORTMUND, Germany - Japan midfielders Hidetoshi Nakata (L) and Mitsuo Ogasawara (R) check Brazil midfielder Ronaldinho during the first half of their World Cup Group F match at Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, Germany, on June 22.

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Japan vs. Brazil in World Cup

DORTMUND, Germany - Japan's Mitsuo Ogasawara (L) passes during the second half of the World Cup Group F match between Japan and Brazil at FIFA World Cup Stadium in Dortmund on June 22. At right is Brazil's Kaka.

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Japan vs. Croatia in World Cup

NUREMBERG, Germany - Japan midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara (2nd from R) keeps the ball during the first half of the World Cup Group F match between Japan and Croatia at Franken-Stadion in Nuremberg on June 18. At right is Japan forward Atsushi Yanagisawa.

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Japan in training session in Nuremberg

NUREMBERG, Germany - Japan's Mitsuo Ogasawara (R) and Hidetoshi Nakata smile during a training session in Nuremberg June 17 ahead of the June 18 World Cup Group F match against Croatia.

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Japan in training session in Nuremberg

NUREMBERG, Germany - Japan's Mitsuo Ogasawara (L in center) practices with teammates in Nuremberg June 17 ahead of the June 18 World Cup Group F match against Croatia. At right in center is Yuji Nakazawa.

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Japan in training session in Nuremberg

NUREMBERG, Germany - Japan's Mitsuo Ogasawara (L) practices in Nuremberg June 17 ahead of the June 18 World Cup Group F match against Croatia.