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Huge iron pan made for national dumpling festival

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Members of an organizing committee for the fifth national "gyoza" dumpling festival pose before a huge iron pan in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 16, 2014. Capable of making 1,000 dumplings at a time and manufactured in cooperation with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s local Yahata mill, the pan will be an eye-catcher in the festival to be held in the southwestern Japan city on Oct. 4 and 5.

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Nippon Steel shows U.S. plant run jointly with ArcelorMittal

CALVERT, United States - A U.S. steel sheet plant in Calvert, Alabama, acquired jointly by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. of Japan and ArcelorMittal S.A. of Luxembourg from Germany's ThyssenKrupp AG is shown to the press in this file photo taken on Oct. 8, 2013.

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Nippon Steel shows U.S. plant run jointly with ArcelorMittal

CALVERT, United States - A senior official at a U.S. steel sheet plant in Calvert, Alabama, acquired jointly by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. of Japan and ArcelorMittal S.A. of Luxembourg from Germany's ThyssenKrupp AG, briefs reporters in this file photo taken on Oct. 8, 2013.

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15 workers injured in blast at Nippon Steel plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Smokes are seen rising from a Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. plant in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 3, 2014, following a blast near its coke oven. A total of 15 workers were injured, five of them seriously.

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Shale gas expected to boost demand for steel pipes

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s steel pipes are seen in this photo taken in December 2013 in Wakayama City. The demand for the pipes is expected to grow in light of an increase in businesses related to shale gas.

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Fire at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a fire having broken out at a steel plant of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 17, 2014.

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Fire at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a fire having broken out at a steel plant of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 17, 2014.

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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Kosei Shindo, vice president of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014, after being named president. Shindo will assume the presidency on April 1, replacing Hiroshi Tomono.

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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Kosei Shindo, vice president of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014, after being named president. Shindo will assume the presidency on April 1, replacing Hiroshi Tomono.

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Nippon Steel to buy U.S. auto steel sheet plant

TOKYO, Japan - Shinya Higuchi, vice president of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2013. Higuchi said Nippon Steel has agreed to acquire Germany's ThyssenKrupp AG's U.S. automobile steel sheet plant jointly with ArcelorMittal S.A. for about $1.55 billion.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka (2nd from R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day. At right is Yasuhiro Yamashita, a 1984 Olympic judo gold medalist who became vice president of the federation. At left is Hiromasa Uno, who was named secretary general, and 2nd from left is Yasuhiro Chikaishi, who was chosen as executive director.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka (L) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day. At right is Yasuhiro Yamashita, a 1984 Olympic judo gold medalist who became the vice president of the federation.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Shoji Muneoka at the Kodokan hall in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Ruling on wartime labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Yeo Woon Taek (L), one of the plaintiffs in a wartime labor lawsuit, answers a reporter's question in front of the Seoul High Court on July 10, 2013. The court ordered the same day Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay compensation to four South Koreans who were forced to work at the company's steel mill in Japan during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ruling on wartime labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Yeo Woon Taek (2nd from R), one of the plaintiffs in a wartime labor lawsuit, raises his fist with supporters outside the Seoul High Court on July 10, 2013. The court ordered later the same day Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay compensation to four South Koreans who were forced to work at the company's steel mill in Japan during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ruling on wartime labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Yeo Woon Taek, one of the plaintiffs in a wartime labor lawsuit, speaks at a press conference on July 10, 2013. The Seoul High Court ordered the same day Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay compensation to four South Koreans who were forced to work at the company's steel mill in Japan during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. Chairman Shoji Muneoka (R) and President Hiroshi Tomono shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012, after the company was established by the merger of major steelmakers Nippon Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. to become the world's second-largest steelmaker.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. Chairman Shoji Muneoka (R) and President Hiroshi Tomono shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012, after the company was established by the merger of major steelmakers Nippon Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. to become the world's second-largest steelmaker.

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Nippon Steel group named to lead Mitsui Mining reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui Mining Co. President Taro Yamaho (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 16 after the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan named a Japanese consortium led by Nippon Steel Corp. to sponsor the reconstruction of the ailing mining firm. The consortium, which includes trading house Sumitomo Corp. and Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investment Co., an investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group Inc., has competed for the sponsorship with U.S. investment fund WL Ross & Co.

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Nippon Steel to set up JV with Arcelor, Baoshan

SHANGHAI, China - Representatives from Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan, Arcelor S.A. of Luxembourg and Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. (Bao Steel) of China sign an agreement to set up a joint venture to manufacture high-quality steel sheets for vehicles at a Shanghai hotel Dec. 23.

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Nippon Steel, Shanghai Baoshan ink joint venture accord

SHANGHAI, China - Representatives from Nippon Steel Corp. and Shanghai Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., China's largest steelmaker, sign an agreement at a Shanghai hotel on July 22 to set up a joint venture to manufacture steel sheets for automobiles.

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Nippon Steel, POSCO launch strategic business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Chihaya (L), president of Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan, and Yoo Sang Boo, chairman of Pohang Iron & Steel Co. of South Korea, shake hands prior to a news conference in Tokyo Aug. 2. The world's two largest steelmakers announced they have signed a contract for a strategic business alliance.

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Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

Photo taken April 16, 2015, shows a passageway newly built for visitors to see the exterior of the first headquarters office (back) of Imperial Yawata Steel Works, which now belongs to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu. The city built the passageway to add impetus to government efforts to have old industrial facilities representing Japan's industrialization, including the ironwork, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

A sign attached on the fence denotes that taking pictures or shooting videos of the exterior of the first headquarters office (back) built in 1899 of Imperial Yawata Steel Works, which now belongs to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., is prohibited even from a passageway newly built for visitors to view its exterior in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu on April 16, 2015. The city built the passageway to add impetus to government efforts to have old industrial facilities representing Japan's industrialization, including the ironwork, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PET bottle recycling center in Kitakyushu

(From R) President of Nishi-Nippon PET-Bottle Recycle Co. Kimiharu Kanakogi, former Kitakyushu Mayor Koichi Sueyoshi and Junichi Kawasaki, a former employee of Nippon Steel Corp (now Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.), visit NPR's plant in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in October 2014. NPR was established in 1997 as the first Eco-Town facility in Japan. (Photo by Hitoshi Takano) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PET bottle recycling center in Kitakyushu

(From R) President of Nishi-Nippon PET-Bottle Recycle Co. Kimiharu Kanakogi, former Kitakyushu Mayor Koichi Sueyoshi and Junichi Kawasaki, a former employee of Nippon Steel Corp (now Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.), visit NPR's PET bottle recycling center in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in October 2014. NPR was established in 1997 as the first Eco-Town facility in Japan. (Photo by Hitoshi Takano) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Steel to buy Nisshin Steel in response to China slowdown

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. President Kosei Shindo (L) and Nisshin Steel Co. President Toshinori Miki attend a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2016. Nippon Steel said it will buy Nisshin Steel in an attempt to address falling demand and price competition amid China's economic slowdown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Steel to buy Nisshin Steel in response to China slowdown

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. President Kosei Shindo (L) and Nisshin Steel Co. President Toshinori Miki shake hands before attending a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2016. Nippon Steel said it will buy Nisshin Steel in an attempt to address falling demand and price competition amid China's economic slowdown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Steel to buy Nisshin Steel in response to China slowdown

Combined photo shows the building (L) housing the headquarters of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. and that housing the headquarters of Nisshin Steel Co. Nippon Steel, Japan's biggest steelmaker, is set to buy Nisshin Steel, the fourth-largest player in the domestic market, sources close to the matter said Feb. 1, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo: London bronze medalist Nishiyama calls it quits

Undated photo shows Japanese judoka Masashi Nishiyama, who won a bronze medal in the men's 90-kilogram division at the 2012 London Olympics. Nishiyama's corporate sponsor Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. announced on Jan. 12, 2016, that the 30-year-old Nishiyama will retire from the sport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seoul court orders Japanese company to compensate wartime laborers

South Koreans who were forced to work at one of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s predecessor companies during wartime react in front of the Seoul Central District Court on Nov. 13, 2015, after the court ordered the Japanese company to pay them compensation totaling 700 million won for long-lasting physical and mental pain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan business group meets Chinese leader for 1st time since 2009

Shoji Muneoka (L), head of a Japanese business delegation and chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 4, 2015. The two sides agreed there is great untapped potential for greater economic cooperation. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows black smoke rising from a Nippon Steel & Sumikin Pipe Co. plant in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, where fire broke out on Aug. 24, 2015. No one was reported injured, while flight schedules at Haneda airport (above), located nearby, were not affected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Nippon Steel & Sumikin Pipe Co. plant in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, where fire broke out on Aug. 24, 2015. No one was reported injured, while flight schedules at Haneda airport, located nearby, were not affected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Nippon Steel & Sumikin Pipe Co. plant in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, where fire broke out on Aug. 24, 2015. No one was reported injured, while flight schedules at Haneda airport, located nearby, were not affected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Nippon Steel & Sumikin Pipe Co. plant in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, where fire broke out on Aug. 24, 2015. No one was reported injured, while flight schedules at Haneda airport, located nearby, were not affected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Photo shows a Nippon Steel & Sumikin Pipe Co. plant in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, where a fire broke out on Aug. 24, 2015. No one was reported injured, while flight schedules at Haneda airport, located nearby, were not affected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Photo shows a Nippon Steel & Sumikin Pipe Co. plant in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, where a fire broke out on Aug. 24, 2015. No one was reported injured, while flight schedules at Haneda airport, located nearby, were not affected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

Visitors view the first headquarters office (back) built in 1899 of Imperial Yawata Steel Works, which now belongs to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., on April 17, 2015, from a passageway newly built for visitors to see its exterior in the southwestern Japanese city of Kitakyushu. The city built the passageway to add impetus to government efforts to have old industrial facilities representing Japan's industrialization, including the ironwork, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

Photo taken April 16, 2015, shows a passageway newly built for visitors to see the exterior of the first headquarters office (back) of Imperial Yawata Steel Works, which now belongs to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., in the southwestern Japanese city of Kitakyushu. The city built the passageway to add impetus to government efforts to have old industrial facilities representing Japan's industrialization, including the ironwork, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

The first headquarters office built in 1899 of Imperial Yawata Steel Works, which now belongs to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., is seen from a passageway newly built for visitors to view its exterior in the southwestern Japanese city of Kitakyushu on April 16, 2015. The city built the passageway to add impetus to government efforts to have old industrial facilities representing Japan's industrialization, including the ironwork, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

A sign attached on the fence denotes that taking pictures or shooting videos of the exterior of the first headquarters office (back) built in 1899 of Imperial Yawata Steel Works, which now belongs to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., is prohibited even from a passageway newly built for visitors to view its exterior in the southwestern Japanese city of Kitakyushu on April 16, 2015. The city built the passageway to add impetus to government efforts to have old industrial facilities representing Japan's industrialization, including the ironwork, entered on UNESCO's list of World Heritage cultural sites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crown Prince visits Japan's major steel facility

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) is briefed by a staff of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s Kimitsu Manufacturing Base during his visit to the facility in the city of Kimitsu, east of Tokyo, on March 5, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crown Prince visits Japan's major steel facility

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) is briefed by a staff of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s Kimitsu Manufacturing Base during his visit to the facility in the city of Kimitsu, east of Tokyo, on March 5, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crown Prince visits Japan's major steel facility

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) is briefed by a staff of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s Kimitsu Manufacturing Base during his visit to the facility in the city of Kimitsu, east of Tokyo, on March 5, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Steel headquarters in Tokyo

Photo taken in October 2018 shows Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Huge iron pan made for national dumpling festival

Nippon Steel shows U.S. plant run jointly with ArcelorMittal

Nippon Steel shows U.S. plant run jointly with ArcelorMittal

15 workers injured in blast at Nippon Steel plant

Shale gas expected to boost demand for steel pipes

Fire at Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal plant

Fire at Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal plant

Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal's new president

Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal's new president

Nippon Steel to buy U.S. auto steel sheet plant

Japan judo federation renews leadership

Japan judo federation renews leadership

Japan judo federation renews leadership

Japan judo federation renews leadership

Japan judo federation renews leadership

Japan judo federation renews leadership

Japan judo federation renews leadership

Ruling on wartime labor

Ruling on wartime labor

Ruling on wartime labor

Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal merge

Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal merge

Nippon Steel group named to lead Mitsui Mining reconstruction

Nippon Steel to set up JV with Arcelor, Baoshan

Nippon Steel, Shanghai Baoshan ink joint venture accord

Nippon Steel, POSCO launch strategic business tie-up

Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

PET bottle recycling center in Kitakyushu

PET bottle recycling center in Kitakyushu

Nippon Steel to buy Nisshin Steel in response to China slowdown

Nippon Steel to buy Nisshin Steel in response to China slowdown

Nippon Steel to buy Nisshin Steel in response to China slowdown

Judo: London bronze medalist Nishiyama calls it quits

Seoul court orders Japanese company to compensate wartime laborers

Japan business group meets Chinese leader for 1st time since 2009

Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Fire breaks out at Kawasaki plant

Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

Public allowed to see exterior of Yawata ironworks command center

Crown Prince visits Japan's major steel facility

Crown Prince visits Japan's major steel facility

Crown Prince visits Japan's major steel facility

Nippon Steel headquarters in Tokyo

Fire at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal plant

Fire at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal plant

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president