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24K gold box in commemoration of shop's 80th anniversary

NAGOYA, Japan - Niimi, a jewelry and watch shop in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, shows a cashbox in Edo era (1603-1867) style made of 24-carat gold, worth 300 million yen, at a press conference in Nagoya on May 15, 2014.

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Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Teikyo University School of Medicine Associate Professor Masanori Niimi (C) poses for photos with co-awardees during an award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2013. Their group won the spoof Ig Nobel medicine prize for studying how opera music affects mice heart transplants.

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Nissan, Toyota execs in China

CHENGDU, China - Toshiyuki Shiga (L), Nissan Motor Co.'s chief operating officer, and Toyota Motor Corp. Vice President Atsushi Niimi attend a symposium in Chengdu, China, on Sept. 6, 2012.

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21 injured in school bus accident

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows a damaged school bus and a truck-mounted crane in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, after a collision on Feb. 7, 2011. Twenty elementary school students and a man were injured in the accident.

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21 injured in school bus accident

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a school bus and a truck-mounted crane in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, after a collision on Feb. 7, 2011. Twenty elementary school students and a man were injured in the accident.

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Toyota's 2nd Brazilian plant

SOROCABA, Brazil - Toyota Motor Corp. Vice President Atsushi Niimi (L) takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Japanese automaker's second Brazilian car assembly factory in the city of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, on Sept. 8, 2010.

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3 die in residential fire in Okayama

NIIMI, Japan - This photo shows a house in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2009, that burned down in a residential fire, claiming the lives of three people. Takako Ikeda, 67, and her two grandchildren -- Ayaka, 13, and Kein, 7 -- died in the fire, while Ikeda's husband, Kameo, 68, escaped the fire and was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

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3 die in residential fire in Okayama

NIIMI, Japan - Firefighters and police inspect a house in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2009, that burned down in a residential fire, claiming the lives of three people. Takako Ikeda, 67, and her two grandchildren -- Ayaka, 13, and Kein, 7 -- died in the fire, while Ikeda's husband, Kameo, 68, escaped the fire and was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

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Niimi, lawyer who fought for Chinese laborers' rights, dies at 59

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niimi (in undated file photo), a human rights lawyer who represented the rights of Chinese nationals who were forced to work at a labor camp in Akita Prefecture during World War II, died of cardiac failure on Dec. 20, his family said. He was 59. Niimi, a Nagoya native, led a five-year court battle against major Japanese construction firm Kajima Corp. through November 2000 over a 60.5 million yen damages suit filed by 11 of the survivors.

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Koizumi tries out Japan's 1st electronic voting machine

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) tries out Japan's first electronic voting machine at his office on July 19. The machine brought in to the premier's office was used in voting in the mayoral and city assembly poll in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, on June 23. Niimi Mayor Masao Ishigaki (C) showed Koizumi how to use the machine.

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(2)Japan's first electronic voting begins in Niimi, Okayama Pref.

NIIMI, Japan - Residents in the city of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, electronically cast their ballots in its mayoral and city assembly elections on June 23, using an electronic voting system introduced in Japan for the first time.

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(1)Japan's first electronic voting begins in Niimi, Okayama Pref.

NIIMI, Japan - A voter receives a voting card at a polling station in the city of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 23 in its mayoral and city assembly elections, the first to be held in Japan under an electronic voting system.

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Death sentence for ex-AUM member Niimi upheld

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo High Court on March 15 upholds the death sentence given to Tomomitsu Niimi (file photo), a former senior member of the cult formerly known as AUM Shinrikyo, by a lower court for a series of crimes including the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995. (Kyodo)

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Niimi, lawyer who fought for Chinese laborers' rights, dies at 5

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niimi (in undated file photo), a human rights lawyer who represented the rights of Chinese nationals who were forced to work at a labor camp in Akita Prefecture during World War II, died of cardiac failure on Dec. 20, his family said. He was 59. Niimi, a Nagoya native, led a five-year court battle against major Japanese construction firm Kajima Corp. through November 2000 over a 60.5 million yen damages suit filed by 11 of the survivors. (Kyodo)

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3 die in residential fire in Okayama

NIIMI, Japan - This photo shows a house in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2009, that burned down in a residential fire, claiming the lives of three people. Takako Ikeda, 67, and her two grandchildren -- Ayaka, 13, and Kein, 7 -- died in the fire, while Ikeda's husband, Kameo, 68, escaped the fire and was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. (Kyodo)

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3 die in residential fire in Okayama

NIIMI, Japan - Firefighters and police inspect a house in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2009, that burned down in a residential fire, claiming the lives of three people. Takako Ikeda, 67, and her two grandchildren -- Ayaka, 13, and Kein, 7 -- died in the fire, while Ikeda's husband, Kameo, 68, escaped the fire and was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. (Kyodo)

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21 injured in school bus accident

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a school bus and a truck-mounted crane in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, after a collision on Feb. 7, 2011. Twenty elementary school students and a man were injured in the accident. (Kyodo)

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Osaka detention center

Photo taken July 6, 2018, shows the Osaka detention center in Osaka where senior AUM Shinrikyo cult members Yoshihiro Inoue and Tomomitsu Niimi were hanged the same day for their roles in the 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system. Niimi was also involved in other AUM-related murders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota's 2nd Brazilian plant

SOROCABA, Brazil - Toyota Motor Corp. Vice President Atsushi Niimi (L) takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Japanese automaker's second Brazilian car assembly factory in the city of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, on Sept. 8, 2010. (Kyodo)

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21 injured in school bus accident

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows a damaged school bus and a truck-mounted crane in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, after a collision on Feb. 7, 2011. Twenty elementary school students and a man were injured in the accident. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan's first electronic voting begins in Niimi, Okayama Pref

NIIMI, Japan - Residents in the city of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, electronically cast their ballots in its mayoral and city assembly elections on June 23, using an electronic voting system introduced in Japan for the first time.

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(1)Japan's first electronic voting begins in Niimi, Okayama Pref

NIIMI, Japan - A voter receives a voting card at a polling station in the city of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 23 in its mayoral and city assembly elections, the first to be held in Japan under an electronic voting system.

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Koizumi tries out Japan's 1st electronic voting machine

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) tries out Japan's first electronic voting machine at his office on July 19. The machine brought in to the premier's office was used in voting in the mayoral and city assembly poll in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, on June 23. Niimi Mayor Masao Ishigaki (C) showed Koizumi how to use the machine.

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Niimi sentenced to death for sarin attacks, murders

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tomomitsu Niimi, a senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo, who was sentenced to death at the Tokyo District Court on June 26 for his involvement in a series of murders committed by the cult, including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Niimi, 38, was found guilty in a total of 11 criminal cases, including seven murder cases and two attempted murder cases that took place between February 1989 and April 1995.

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Japan Engery, Showa Shell to integrate refining operations

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiko Nomiyama (L), president of Japan Energy Corp., and Haruyuki Niimi, president and chairman of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., hold a press conference in Tokyo on March 17 in which they announced the companies have reached a basic agreement to integrate their oil refining and distribution operations.

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3 killed in Okayama head-on collision

OKAYAMA, Japan - A man, his mother and aunt are killed Oct. 11 when the station wagon (L) they were riding in collided head-on with a large truck (R) in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, police said. Killed in the 11 a.m. collision inside the Ohara Tunnel were Hiroshi Saeki, 50, his 78-year-old mother, Haruyo, and his 80-year-old aunt, Tamayo Yumba, police said. Tadataka Suzuki, the truck's 58-year-old driver, suffered minor injuries to his legs, police said.