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Daiei founder Nakauchi dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2000 shows Daiei Inc. founder Isao Nakauchi (L) waving at fans, flanked by Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oho, during a parade celebrating his team's victory in the Japan Series.

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Daiei founder Nakauchi dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Inc. founder Isao Nakauchi (in file photo), once dubbed the king of Japan's retail business, died of a stroke at a hospital in Kobe on Sept. 19, the University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences said. He was 83. Nakauchi had been undergoing medical treatment since suffering a stroke in late August.

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Daiei founder Nakauchi fell in Aug. due to stroke

OSAKA, Japan - Daiei Inc. founder Isao Nakauchi (file photo) has been under medical treatment since he fell in late August due to a stroke, the University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences said on Sept. 14. Nakauchi, 83, former chairman of the retail giant, is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Nakauchi Gakuen Education Foundation that created the university.

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(1)Hawks parade to celebrate Japan Series victory

FUKUOKA, Japan - Daiei Hawks owner Tadashi Nakauchi (fore), accompanied by manager Sadaharu Oh (R) and infielder Nobuhiko Matsunaka (L), waves at fans during an open-car parade in Fukuoaka on Nov. 1 to celebrate the club's Japan Series victory.

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Daiei release Kokubo to Yomiuri

FUKUOKA, Japan - Daiei Hawks infielder Hiroki Kokubo (L) speaks about his transfer to the Yomiuri Giants during a press conference at Fukuoka Dome on Nov. 3, with Daiei owner Tadashi Nakauchi sitting next to him.

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Daiei denies it plans to sell Hawks baseball team

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tadashi Nakauchi, owner of Pacific League baseball club Daiei Hawks, is surrounded by reporters at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka City on May 23 following a newspaper report that Daiei Inc., the struggling supermarket chain operator, is considering selling the club. Nakauchi denied the report, saying he and the Daiei management have reconfirmed their policy of keeping the team.

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Daiei Hawks owner Nakauchi to resign as director at 4 units

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tadashi Nakauchi, the owner of the professional baseball club Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, speaks at a press conference at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 10 about his intention to retain his current post. But Nakauchi said he will step down as director at four other subsidiaries of ailing retailer Daiei Inc. by the end of October. Nakauchi is a son of Isao Nakauchi, the founder and former chairman of Daiei.

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Nakauchi's son asked to give up Hawks' stakes

TOKYO, Japan - An undated file photo shows Tadashi Nakauchi who has been asked by struggling supermarket operator Daiei Inc. and its three major creditor banks have asked to surrender his stakes in pro-baseball team Fukuoka Daiei Hawks to Daiei voluntarily and free of charge. He is the son of Daiei founder and former chairman Isao Nakauchi.

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Nakauchi steps down from all executive posts in Daiei group

TOKYO, Japan - Supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. founder and former chairman Isao Nakauchi (in file photo) has stepped down from all his executive posts at Daiei group companies, including that of honorary chairman at Recruit Co., Daiei officials said Feb. 6. Among other jobs Nakauchi resigned are chairman of the Daiei Hawks professional baseball team and senior advisory posts at restaurant chain Volks Inc. and department store Printemps Ginza S.A.

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Daiei owner downplays possible sale of Hawks

FUKUOKA, Japan - Daiei Hawks owner Tadashi Nakauchi (R) speaks at a meeting of the team's manager and coaches Jan. 11 in Fukuoka about reports that Daiei Inc., the team's parent company, plans to sell a major stake in the Fukuoka-based baseball club. Daiei manager Sadaharu Oh sits beside Nakauchi.

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Nakauchi gives up all Daiei group representation positions

TOKYO, Japan - An undated file photo shows Isao Nakauchi, founder of the troubled supermarket chain Daiei Inc., who has given up the right to represent any of the companies in the Daiei group. This means that Nakauchi, once dubbed as king of Japan's retail business, could no longer wield any direct influence within the Daiei group beyond his capacity as a major shareholder.

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Daiei shareholders approve new management team

KOBE, Japan - Isao Nakauchi (L), founder of ailing supermarket-chain operator Daiei Inc., Daiei Chairman Jiro Amagai (2nd from L), and Daiei President Kunio Takagi (3rd from L) speak at a press conference at a hotel in Kobe's Nishi Ward on Jan. 30 after the company's extraordinary shareholders' meeting. The launch of a new management team was approved at the meeting, formally ending Nakauchi's 43-year reign over Japan's largest supermarket-chain operator.

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Nakauchi will never return to Daiei's management: Amagai

TOKYO, Japan - Jiro Amagai, chairman-designate of Daiei Inc., Japan's largest supermarket chain operator, meets with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 22. In the interview, he ruled out the possibility of charismatic founder Isao Nakauchi returning to the management of the ailing company.

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Daiei chairman, president quit over stock scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Nakauchi, founder and chairman of Daiei Inc., is surrounded by reporters Oct. 10 after he announced at a news conference both he and President Tadasu Toba are resigning following a stock trading scandal involving Toba. Nakauchi said he will serve as a supreme adviser with the right to represent the company and added he will step down as a board member at a shareholders' meeting next May.

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Daiei manager Oh in motorcade

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh (R) responds to cheers from fans Nov. 7 during a parade in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, marking the Pacific League champions' victory in the Japan Series. Oh and Chihiro Hamana (L), head of the Hawks' players association, raise their hands on a convertible, with team owner Isao Nakauchi, chairman of major supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc., behind Hamana.

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Daiei owner apologizes to pitcher Kudo

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Hawks owner Isao Nakauchi walks out of talks with pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 3. Nakauchi apologized to the veteran southpaw over the displeasure he felt during the negotiation process for a new contract.

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Daiei's Oh hands winning ball to team owner Nakauchi

NAGOYA, Japan - Sadaharu Oh (L), manager of the Daiei Hawks, hands the winning ball to Isao Nakauchi, the baseball team's owner, at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 28, after the Hawks won the 1999 Japan Series title by defeating the Chunichi Dragons 6-4 in Game 5 of the series. The phrase ''No. 1 in Japan'' is written on the ball.

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Daiei unveils restructuring plan

Chairman Isao Nakauchi (R) and President Tadasu Toba of Japan's top supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. speak at a news conference in Tokyo on March 25. They announced a three-year restructuring plan that called for a reduction of 3,000 jobs and halving the number of directors.

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Daiei's Nakauchi to give up presidency

Daiei Inc. founder and chairman Isao Nakauchi (R) meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 20, saying he will relinquish day-to-day control of the struggling supermarket chain by giving his job as president to Vice President Tadasu Toba (L). Nakauchi apparently sought to assuage creditor banks, who have been unhappy about the performance of Japan's largest supermarket chain.

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Nakauchi gives up all Daiei group representation positions

TOKYO, Japan - An undated file photo shows Isao Nakauchi, founder of the troubled supermarket chain Daiei Inc., who has given up the right to represent any of the companies in the Daiei group. This means that Nakauchi, once dubbed as king of Japan's retail business, could no longer wield any direct influence within the Daiei group beyond his capacity as a major shareholder.

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(7)Japan trying to meet 2 possible soldiers from World War II in

OCHI, Japan - Shizuko Nakauchi, sister-in-law of Tsuzuki Nakauchi believed to be alive in the Philippines, speaks May 27 about his early childhood. (Kyodo)

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(9)Japan trying to meet 2 possible soldiers from World War II in

OCHI, Japan - The grave of Tsuzuki Nakauchi, one of the two former Japanese soldiers reported to be alive in the Philippines on May 27. (Kyodo)

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Daiei founder Nakauchi fell in Aug. due to stroke

OSAKA, Japan - Daiei Inc. founder Isao Nakauchi (file photo) has been under medical treatment since he fell in late August due to a stroke, the University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences said on Sept. 14. Nakauchi, 83, former chairman of the retail giant, is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Nakauchi Gakuen Education Foundation that created the university. (Kyodo)

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Daiei founder Nakauchi dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2000 shows Daiei Inc. founder Isao Nakauchi (L) waving at fans, flanked by Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oho, during a parade celebrating his team's victory in the Japan Series. (Kyodo)

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Daiei founder Nakauchi dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Inc. founder Isao Nakauchi (in file photo), once dubbed the king of Japan's retail business, died of a stroke at a hospital in Kobe on Sept. 19, the University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences said. He was 83. Nakauchi had been undergoing medical treatment since suffering a stroke in late August. (Kyodo)

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Daiei's Nakauchi to give up presidency

Daiei Inc. founder and chairman Isao Nakauchi (R) meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 20, saying he will relinquish day-to-day control of the struggling supermarket chain by giving his job as president to Vice President Tadasu Toba (L). Nakauchi apparently sought to assuage creditor banks, who have been unhappy about the performance of Japan's largest supermarket chain. ==Kyodo

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Daiei owner downplays possible sale of Hawks

FUKUOKA, Japan - Daiei Hawks owner Tadashi Nakauchi (R) speaks at a meeting of the team's manager and coaches Jan. 11 in Fukuoka about reports that Daiei Inc., the team's parent company, plans to sell a major stake in the Fukuoka-based baseball club. Daiei manager Sadaharu Oh sits beside Nakauchi.

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Daiei denies it plans to sell Hawks baseball team

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tadashi Nakauchi, owner of Pacific League baseball club Daiei Hawks, is surrounded by reporters at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka City on May 23 following a newspaper report that Daiei Inc., the struggling supermarket chain operator, is considering selling the club. Nakauchi denied the report, saying he and the Daiei management have reconfirmed their policy of keeping the team. (Kyodo)

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Daiei's very 1st store in Osaka

File photo shows the first Daiei store, a drugstore, in front of Keihan Electric Railway Co.'s Senbayashi Station in Osaka in September 1957. Founder Isao Nakauchi (1922-2005) at one point made Daiei the largest retail chain in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daiei founder Nakauchi takes part in store-closing sale

Daiei retail chain founder Isao Nakauchi (1922-2005)(far R) and employees sell merchandise during a store-closing sale at Daiei's first store in front of Senbayashi Station in Osaka in 1974. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daiei founder Nakauchi takes part in store-closing sale

Daiei retail chain founder Isao Nakauchi (1922-2005)(far R) and employees sell merchandise during a store-closing sale at Daiei's first store in front of Senbayashi Station in Osaka in 1974. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daiei Hawks owner Nakauchi to resign as director at 4 units

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tadashi Nakauchi, the owner of the professional baseball club Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, speaks at a press conference at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 10 about his intention to retain his current post. But Nakauchi said he will step down as director at four other subsidiaries of ailing retailer Daiei Inc. by the end of October. Nakauchi is a son of Isao Nakauchi, the founder and former chairman of Daiei. (Kyodo)

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Nakauchi's son asked to give up Hawks' stakes

TOKYO, Japan - An undated file photo shows Tadashi Nakauchi who has been asked by struggling supermarket operator Daiei Inc. and its three major creditor banks have asked to surrender his stakes in pro-baseball team Fukuoka Daiei Hawks to Daiei voluntarily and free of charge. He is the son of Daiei founder and former chairman Isao Nakauchi.

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Nakauchi steps down from all executive posts in Daiei group

TOKYO, Japan - Supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. founder and former chairman Isao Nakauchi (in file photo) has stepped down from all his executive posts at Daiei group companies, including that of honorary chairman at Recruit Co., Daiei officials said Feb. 6. Among other jobs Nakauchi resigned are chairman of the Daiei Hawks professional baseball team and senior advisory posts at restaurant chain Volks Inc. and department store Printemps Ginza S.A.

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(1)Hawks parade to celebrate Japan Series victory

FUKUOKA, Japan - Daiei Hawks owner Tadashi Nakauchi (fore), accompanied by manager Sadaharu Oh (R) and infielder Nobuhiko Matsunaka (L), waves at fans during an open-car parade in Fukuoaka on Nov. 1 to celebrate the club's Japan Series victory. (Kyodo)

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Daiei release Kokubo to Yomiuri

FUKUOKA, Japan - Daiei Hawks infielder Hiroki Kokubo (L) speaks about his transfer to the Yomiuri Giants during a press conference at Fukuoka Dome on Nov. 3, with Daiei owner Tadashi Nakauchi sitting next to him. (Kyodo)

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Nakauchi will never return to Daiei's management: Amagai

TOKYO, Japan - Jiro Amagai, chairman-designate of Daiei Inc., Japan's largest supermarket chain operator, meets with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 22. In the interview, he ruled out the possibility of charismatic founder Isao Nakauchi returning to the management of the ailing company.

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Daiei chairman, president quit over stock scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Nakauchi, founder and chairman of Daiei Inc., is surrounded by reporters Oct. 10 after he announced at a news conference both he and President Tadasu Toba are resigning following a stock trading scandal involving Toba. Nakauchi said he will serve as a supreme adviser with the right to represent the company and added he will step down as a board member at a shareholders' meeting next May.

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Daiei to sell stake in Lawson to Mitsubishi

TOKYO, Jan. 17 Kyodo - (From L to R) Kenji Fujiwara, president of Lawson Inc., Isao Nakauchi, president of Daiei Inc., and Mikio Sasaki, president of Mitsubishi Corp., shake hands at a news conference Jan. 17 following an agreement on the sale of part of the Daiei group's stake in Lawson to Mitsubishi. The sale is part of efforts by Japan's biggest supermarket chain operator to pay off debts.

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Daiei manager Oh in motorcade

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh (R) responds to cheers from fans Nov. 7 during a parade in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, marking the Pacific League champions' victory in the Japan Series. Oh and Chihiro Hamana (L), head of the Hawks' players association, raise their hands on a convertible, with team owner Isao Nakauchi, chairman of major supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc., behind Hamana.

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Daiei owner apologizes to pitcher Kudo

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Hawks owner Isao Nakauchi walks out of talks with pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 3. Nakauchi apologized to the veteran southpaw over the displeasure he felt during the negotiation process for a new contract.

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Daiei's Oh hands winning ball to team owner Nakauchi

NAGOYA, Japan - Sadaharu Oh (L), manager of the Daiei Hawks, hands the winning ball to Isao Nakauchi, the baseball team's owner, at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 28, after the Hawks won the 1999 Japan Series title by defeating the Chunichi Dragons 6-4 in Game 5 of the series. The phrase ''No. 1 in Japan'' is written on the ball.

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Daiei unveils restructuring plan

Chairman Isao Nakauchi (R) and President Tadasu Toba of Japan's top supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. speak at a news conference in Tokyo on March 25. They announced a three-year restructuring plan that called for a reduction of 3,000 jobs and halving the number of directors. ==Kyodo