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New Japanese ambassador to S. Korea

New Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Mizushima meets the press after arriving at Gimpo airport in Seoul on May 17, 2024.

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New Japanese ambassador to S. Korea

New Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Mizushima (L) arrives at Gimpo airport in Seoul on May 17, 2024.

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Japanese booth at Hong Kong Book Fair

HONG KONG, China - Youngsters look at comic books displayed at a booth representing Niigata, northeastern Japan, at the annual Hong Kong Book Fair in China on July 16, 2014. The Japanese city is the birthplace of renowned manga artists such as Shinji Mizushima and Rumiko Takahashi.

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Mitsubishi Motors to trim domestic production

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Mizushima plant in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 22, 2013. The automaker said the same day it will trim its annual domestic production capacity by around 20 percent, consolidating four production lines at the main factory into two around December 2013.

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Mitsubishi Motors to trim domestic production

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Mizushima plant in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 22, 2013. The automaker said the same day it will trim its annual domestic production capacity by around 20 percent, consolidating four production lines at the main factory into two around December 2013.

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Mitsubishi Motors to trim domestic production

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Mizushima plant in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 22, 2013. The automaker said the same day it will trim its annual domestic production capacity by around 20 percent, consolidating four production lines at the main factory into two around December 2013.

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Tunnel flood at refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Divers resume their search on Feb. 8, 2012, for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture.

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Tunnel flood at refinery

KURASHIKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 8, 2012, shows divers resuming their search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture.

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Tunnel flood at refinery

KURASHIKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 8, 2012, shows divers resuming their search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture.

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Tunnel flood at refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Divers search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012.

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Mitsubishi Motors' Mizushima Plant

OKAYAMA, Japan - Nov. 25, 2011 photo shows work on assembling the Minicab MiEV at the Mizushima Plant of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. The automaker aims to sell 4,000 units of the light commercial electric vehicle by the end of March 2012.

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Actor Mizushima's novel hits bookstores

TOKYO, Japan - People purchase the award-winning novel ''Kagerou'' authored by actor Hiro Mizushima under his real name Tomohiro Saito at a bookstore in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on Dec. 15, 2010. Mizushima's debut novel won Poplar Publishing Co.'s grand prize for fiction.

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Mizushima wins Poplar novel award

TOKYO, Japan - Actor-turned-writer Hiro Mizushima speaks to reporters at Poplar Publishing Co. in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2010 after the publisher selected him as the recipient of its fifth literature award for his novel ''KAGEROU.'' Mizushima said it was an honor to receive the prize, with the piece marking the first step of his writing career.

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Mitsubishi starts i-MiEV production for export to Europe

KURASHIKI, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. shows i-MiEV electric vehicles at its Mizushima plant in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2010. The automaker said it has launched production of the vehicle for export to Europe.

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(1)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) are Shinichi Mizushima, Katsumi Nakamura, Masuichi Sato, Hajime Sonoda, (from L to R, bottom) Shigeo Hirayama, Shuichi Nakajima, Yoshimasa Tsukagoshi and Yoshikazu Saida.

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Police search ex-Sogo Chairman Mizushima's home

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department enter the home of Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of failed department store operator Sogo. Co., in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on May 23 to search for evidence in connection with suspicions he hid personal assets from creditors.

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Former Sogo Chairman Mizushima denies lawsuit charges

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of faltering department store operator Sogo Co., meets the press Nov. 2 after appearing in a Tokyo court to defend himself in damages suits brought against him and 18 other former Sogo executives by the store's management. ''In no sense whatsoever was there any illegality involved,'' he said.

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Sogo ex-chairman's personal assets to be frozen

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of Sogo Co., whose personal assets the Tokyo District Court decided to seize on Aug. 2. The legal action had been sought by the Industrial Bank of Japan, the main bank of the failed department store chain operator Sogo, in a bid to collect a loan Mizushima personally guaranteed.

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Baseball manga artist Mizushima dies at 82

File photo taken in October 2009 shows baseball manga artist Shinji Mizushima speaking during a retirement ceremony for his popular manga character Abu-san at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Mizushima died of pneumonia on Jan. 10, 2022, at age 82.

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Commendation Ceremony for Koichi Mizushima of Toshiba

On April 19, Toshiba awarded a special prize to Koichi Mizushima, 78, executive fellow of Toshiba Corporation, for his contribution to the development of lithium-ion batteries. In the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Akira Yoshino, an honorary fellow of Asahi Kasei Corporation, and John Goodnough, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, U.S., who collaborated with Mr. Mizushima, were chosen to receive the prize, but Mr. Mizushima, who was expected to win the prize simultaneously, did not. Chairman Nobuaki Kurumatani said, "I am very proud of Mr. Mizushima's achievement. The University of Tokyo has announced that it will award Mizushima with the University of Tokyo President's Special Award. Shiro Saito, Executive Vice President, said, "Mr. Mizushima is still active as a researcher. From right to left: Chairman Kurumatani, Executive Fellow Mizushima, and Mr. Mizushima's wife, Ms. Kimiko, on November 19, 2019.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Plant Patrol Explosion-Proof Robot

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and JXTG Energy Corporation (JXTG) announced today that they have jointly conducted a driving test of the EX ROVR, an explosion-proof robot that patrols the plant, at JXTG's Mizushima Refinery in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. It was confirmed that the basic functional requirements were met. In the future, the company will delve deeper into the evaluation of the test results and make improvements, aiming to start receiving orders from petrochemical manufacturers and others in fiscal 2020. The JXTG Mizushima Refinery in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, March 6, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Ex-Sogo Chairman Mizushima pleads not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of failed department store chain Sogo Co., walks into the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 7, 2001. Mizushima pleaded not guilty to charges of hiding his assets to evade seizure by a creditor.

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THE BURMESE HARP

THE BURMESE HARP aka BIRUMA NO TATEGOTO SHOJI YASUI as Mizushima Date: 1956

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THE BURMESE HARP

THE BURMESE HARP aka BIRUMA NO TATEGOTO SHOJI YASUI as Mizushima Date: 1956

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THE BURMESE HARP

THE BURMESE HARP aka BIRUMA NO TATEGOTO SHOJI YASUI as Mizushima Date: 1956

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THE BURMESE HARP

THE BURMESE HARP aka BIRUMA NO TATEGOTO SHOJI YASUI as Mizushima centre Date: 1956

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M'bishi Motors resumes production of scandal-hit minicars

Workers head to Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Mizushima plant in the western Japan city of Kurashiki on July 4, 2016. The automaker the same day resumed the production of four minicar models that had been subject to its fuel economy data manipulations for the first time in about two and a half months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M'bishi Motors, Nissan restart sales of scandal-affected minicars

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman Osamu Masuko (L) meets with Kurashiki Mayor Kaori Ito in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama on July 1, 2016. Masuko apologized for the prolonged suspension of the automaker's Mizushima plant in the city of Kurashiki, which has impacted the local economy since the revelation of fuel-economy manipulations on vehicles. Mitsubishi Motors restarted sales of minicar models the same day and will resume production at the plant on July 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M'bishi Motors, Nissan restart sales of scandal-affected minicars

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman Osamu Masuko (L) and Kurashiki Mayor Kaori Ito (2nd from L) speak to the press after their meeting in the western Japan prefecture of Okayama on July 1, 2016. Masuko apologized to the mayor for the prolonged suspension of the automaker's Mizushima plant in Kurashiki, which has impacted the local economy since the revelation of fuel-economy manipulations on vehicles. Mitsubishi Motors restarted sales of minicar models the same day and will resume production at the plant on July 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Pension Service failed to prepare for cyberattacks

Toichiro Mizushima, president of the Japan Pension Service, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2015. The JPS released an internal survey report saying that the JPS had failed to prepare for cyberattacks, allowing its data on about a million people to be leaked through a cyberattack in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pension service head apologizes for data leak

Toichiro Mizushima, head of the Japan Pension Service, expresses an apology at a lower house panel in Tokyo on June 3, 2015, after announcing on June 1 that data including names and ID numbers of about 1.25 million people in Japan's universal public pension program have been leaked following unauthorized access triggered by a virus mail attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pension service head apologizes for data leak

Toichiro Mizushima, head of the Japan Pension Service, expresses an apology at a lower house panel in Tokyo on June 3, 2015, after announcing on June 1 that data including names and ID numbers of about 1.25 million people in Japan's universal public pension program have been leaked following unauthorized access triggered by a virus mail attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1.25 mil. pension data items leaked after unauthorized access

Toichiro Mizushima (front), head of the Japan Pension Service, offers an apology at a press conference at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Tokyo on June 1, 2015, after announcing that about 1.25 million data items related to public pension premium payers and benefit recipients have leaked following unauthorized access triggered by a virus mail attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Waseda Univ. professor raps security legislation

Waseda University professor Asaho Mizushima speaks against security bills that would expand the scope of overseas operations by the Self-Defense Forces during a gathering at the Diet building in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. He said exercising the right to collective self-defense would invite retaliations against Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pension service head apologizes for data leak

Toichiro Mizushima, head of the Japan Pension Service, expresses an apology at a lower house panel in Tokyo on June 3, 2015, after announcing on June 1 that data including names and ID numbers of about 1.25 million people in Japan's universal public pension program have been leaked following unauthorized access triggered by a virus mail attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pension service head apologizes for data leak

Toichiro Mizushima, head of the Japan Pension Service, expresses an apology at a lower house panel in Tokyo on June 3, 2015, after announcing on June 1 that data including names and ID numbers of about 1.25 million people in Japan's universal public pension program have been leaked following unauthorized access triggered by a virus mail attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tunnel flood at refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Divers resume their search on Feb. 8, 2012, for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tunnel flood at refinery

KURASHIKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 8, 2012, shows divers resuming their search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tunnel flood at refinery

KURASHIKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 8, 2012, shows divers resuming their search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction the previous day at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Tunnel flood at refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Divers search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012.(Kyodo)

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Japanese booth at Hong Kong Book Fair

HONG KONG, China - Youngsters look at comic books displayed at a booth representing Niigata, northeastern Japan, at the annual Hong Kong Book Fair in China on July 16, 2014. The Japanese city is the birthplace of renowned manga artists such as Shinji Mizushima and Rumiko Takahashi. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Actor Mizushima's novel hits bookstores

TOKYO, Japan - CORRECTING AUTHOR'S FAMILY NAME People purchase the award-winning novel ''Kagerou'' authored by actor Hiro Mizushima under his real name Tomohiro Saito at a bookstore in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on Dec. 15, 2010. Mizushima's debut novel won Poplar Publishing Co.'s grand prize for fiction. (Kyodo)

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Actor Mizushima's novel hits bookstores

TOKYO, Japan - People purchase the award-winning novel ''Kagerou'' authored by actor Hiro Mizushima under his real name Tomohiro Mizushima at a bookstore in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on Dec. 15, 2010. Mizushima's debut novel won Poplar Publishing Co.'s grand prize for fiction. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Motors' Mizushima Plant

OKAYAMA, Japan - Nov. 25, 2011 photo shows work on assembling the Minicab MiEV at the Mizushima Plant of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. The automaker aims to sell 4,000 units of the light commercial electric vehicle by the end of March 2012. (Kyodo)

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Mizushima wins Poplar novel award

TOKYO, Japan - Actor-turned-writer Hiro Mizushima speaks to reporters at Poplar Publishing Co. in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2010 after the publisher selected him as the recipient of its fifth literature award for his novel ''KAGEROU.'' Mizushima said it was an honor to receive the prize, with the piece marking the first step of his writing career. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi starts i-MiEV production for export to Europe

KURASHIKI, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. shows i-MiEV electric vehicles at its Mizushima plant in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2010. The automaker said it has launched production of the vehicle for export to Europe. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean protest against Japan's annual event to promote island claim

Koichi Mizushima (C), minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, enters the head office of the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2018, as the ministry summons him to protest an annual event held by a local Japanese municipality earlier in the day to highlight Japan's claim to sovereignty over a South Korean-administered group of islets, called Takeshima by Japan and Dokdo by South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea protests Japan's claim to islets, summons diplomats

Koichi Mizushima, minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, is summoned to the South Korean Foreign Ministry on Aug. 8, 2017. South Korea lodged a strong protest after Japan reiterated its claim to sovereignty over a pair of South Korean-controlled islets in its annual defense report. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Long-running baseball manga "Dokaben"

Photo taken June 28, 2018, at a bookstore in Tokyo shows the latest issue of weekly comic magazine Shonen Champion carrying the final episode of "Dokaben," a popular Japanese baseball manga series by Shinji Mizushima. It was serialized for 46 years in the magazine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Long-running baseball manga "Dokaben"

Photo taken June 28, 2018, at a bookstore in Tokyo shows the latest issue of weekly comic magazine Shonen Champion carrying the final episode of "Dokaben," a popular Japanese baseball manga series by Shinji Mizushima. It was serialized for 46 years in the magazine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo