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Economic analyst Takuro Morinaga

File photo taken in Tokorozawa in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on March 2, 2021, shows Japanese economic analyst Takuro Morinaga. Morinaga died of cancer on Jan. 28, 2025, at age 67.

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Matsui, others unveil charity baseball game for Tohoku kids

TOKYO, Japan - Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui (L) and current Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (R) pose at a press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014, to announce a plan to hold a "Tomodachi Charity Baseball Game" next March for children in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. Flanked by Matsui and Hara is Toru Arai, president of confectioner Morinaga & Co. which will cosponsor the event

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Ueda wins Morinaga Ladies golf tournament

ICHIHARA, Japan - Momoko Ueda celebrates after making a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the Hisako Higuchi Morinaga Ladies golf tournament at Morinaga Takataki Country Club in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2014. Ueda won the title with a 10-under 206.

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Ueda wins Morinaga Ladies golf tournament

ICHIHARA, Japan - Momoko Ueda poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the Hisako Higuchi Morinaga Ladies golf tournament at Morinaga Takataki Country Club in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2014. Ueda won the title with a 10-under 206.

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Jeon wins Hisako Higuchi Ladies

ICHIHARA, Japan - South Korea's Jeon Mi Jeong holds the victor's trophy after the final round of the Hisako Higuchi Ladies at Morinaga Takataki Country Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 28, 2012. Jeon won the tournament with a score of 12-under 204, claiming her fourth title of the season.

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Jeon wins Hisako Higuchi Ladies

ICHIHARA, Japan - South Korea's Jeon Mi Jeong watches her shot during the final round of the Hisako Higuchi Ladies at Morinaga Takataki Country Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 28, 2012. Jeon won the tournament with a score of 12-under 204, claiming her fourth title of the season.

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Olympic silver medalist Ota employed by Morinaga

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Ota, who won the men's foil silver in Beijing to become the first Japanese Olympic medalist in fencing, shows off his Morinaga & Co. name card in Tokyo on Oct. 23 as he has accepted a job offer from the confectionary manufacturer. Ota, 22, is scheduled to start working as a marketing official on Nov. 1, while continuing his fencing career with an eye on competing in the London Olympic Games in 2012.

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Morinaga wins gold in long jump in Bangkok

Masaki Morinaga (C) receives the gold medal in the men's long jump at the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok on Dec. 15, marking a leap of 8.10 meters. Morinaga currently owns the Japanese record of 8.25 meters. Winning silver was Liu Hongning (R) of China, setting 8.05 meters, and A. Faraji from Qatar, won bronze with 7.99 meters.

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Golf: 2013 Morinaga Weider Ladies

South Korean golfer Lee Bo Mee celebrates after winning the Japan LPGA Tour's Morinaga Weider Ladies on Nov. 3, 2013, at Morinaga Takataki Country Club in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture.

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Olympic silver medalist Ota employed by Morinaga

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Ota, who won the men's foil silver in Beijing to become the first Japanese Olympic medalist in fencing, shows off his Morinaga & Co. name card in Tokyo on Oct. 23 as he has accepted a job offer from the confectionary manufacturer. Ota, 22, is scheduled to start working as a marketing official on Nov. 1, while continuing his fencing career with an eye on competing in the London Olympic Games in 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ginza at night, Tokyo, Japan

Ginza at night, Tokyo, Japan. Ginza is a district of Chuo, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyobashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yurakucho and Uchisaiwaicho, and north of Shinbashi. Known as an upscale area with numerous department stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses. One of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world. Date: circa 1959

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2 Morinaga group firms may reopen merger talks

Photo taken July 14, 2019, shows a building in Tokyo housing the head offices of Morinaga Milk Industry Co. and confectionery company Morinaga (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Morinaga snack, dairy makers eye business integration

File photo taken in January 2015 shows the building housing snack maker Morinaga & Co. and dairy producer Morinaga Milk Industry Co. The two companies are considering bolstering business ties, including integrating operations to boost their competitiveness overseas, sources close to the matter said on Feb. 24, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Investigative task force for Glico-Morinaga case disbanded

OSAKA, Japan - An Osaka prefectural police officer Feb. 16 takes down a signboard outside the headquarters of the investigation task force for the unsolved ''Glico-Morinaga'' case, which involved extortion, attempted murder and the poisoning of confectionery dating back to 1984. Osaka and Kyoto prefectural police forces formally disbanded their task forces for the case the same day as they sent notification to public prosecutors of the expiration of the statute of limitations and investigative reports on the case.

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Police formally end probe into Glico-Morinaga case

OSAKA, Japan - At midnight Feb. 12, police formally end their 16-year investigation of the ''Glico-Morinaga'' case, which involved extortion, attempted murder and the poisoning of confectionery dating back to 1984. At midnight, when the statute of limitations expired on the last of the charges that could be brought, police called it quits after mobilizing a total of 1.3 million officers during the 16-year probe into 28 related incidents.

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Morinaga wins gold in long jump in Bangkok

Masaki Morinaga (C) receives the gold medal in the men's long jump at the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok on Dec. 15, marking a leap of 8.10 meters. Morinaga currently owns the Japanese record of 8.25 meters. Winning silver was Liu Hongning (R) of China, setting 8.05 meters, and A. Faraji from Qatar, won bronze with 7.99 meters.