Yamato Life becomes 1st Japan financial firm to fail on subprime

Yamato Life becomes 1st Japan financial firm to fail on subprime

TOKYO, Japan - Takeo Nakazono (C), president of Yamato Life Insurance Co., speaks about the company's bankruptcy at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10. Yamato went bankrupt due to losses related to the U.S. subprime crisis, becoming the first Japanese financial institution to fail amid the ongoing global financial meltdown.

Pioneer of spy fiction Nakazono dies at 81

Pioneer of spy fiction Nakazono dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Nakazono (file photo), one of Japan's pioneer writers of spy fiction who used the pseudonym Eisuke Nakazono, died on April 9 of pneumonia at a hospital in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 81. His novel ''Rachi,'' (Abduction) which deals with the abduction of now South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, has been made into a film, ''KT,'' to be released in May.

Pioneer of spy fiction Nakazono dies at 81

Pioneer of spy fiction Nakazono dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Nakazono (file photo), one of Japan's pioneer writers of spy fiction who used the pseudonym Eisuke Nakazono, died on April 9 of pneumonia at a hospital in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 81. His novel ''Rachi,'' (Abduction) which deals with the abduction of now South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, has been made into a film, ''KT,'' to be released in May.

Yamato Life becomes 1st Japan financial firm to fail on subprime

Yamato Life becomes 1st Japan financial firm to fail on subprime

TOKYO, Japan - Takeo Nakazono (C), president of Yamato Life Insurance Co., speaks about the company's bankruptcy at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10. Yamato went bankrupt due to losses related to the U.S. subprime crisis, becoming the first Japanese financial institution to fail amid the ongoing global financial meltdown. (Kyodo)

Professor explains 12th-century tiles linked to China

Professor explains 12th-century tiles linked to China

Satoru Nakazono (L), professor of archaeology at the International University of Kagoshima in southwestern Japan, speaks about 12th-century tiles found in Fukuoka city during a press conference at the Kagoshima prefectural government office on July 9, 2015. The university says its research found that the tiles, produced with the same mold as those made in Ningbo, southern China, must have been transported some 1,000 kilometers from the continent in trade with the Song dynasty (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kyukeiren, Fukuoka sign MOU with Shanghai business group

Kyukeiren, Fukuoka sign MOU with Shanghai business group

Zheng Yonggang (L), chairman of the Shanghai Entrepreneur Association, Kyushu Economic Federation Chairman Yutaka Aso (C) and Fukuoka Deputy Mayor Masanao Nakazono pose for photos in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 15, 2015, after signing a memorandum of understanding to promote economic exchanges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gymnastics: Japan wins bronze in synchro trampoline at World Games

Gymnastics: Japan wins bronze in synchro trampoline at World Games

Japanese gymnast pair Takato Nakazono (L) and Yamato Ishikawa celebrate after winning the bronze in the men's synchronized trampoline at the World Games in Wroclaw, Poland, July 24, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo