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CIIE provides us with precious platform: Japanese beauty giant

STORY: CIIE provides us with precious platform: Japanese beauty giant SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 9, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): TORU NISHIGUCHI, Kao Corporation Senior Managing Executive Officer STORYLINE: A Japanese chemical and cosmetics company has attended all six editions of the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai. A senior managing executive officer of Kao Corporation said that the CIIE provides a valuable platform for the company to showcase its products to a broader audience in China. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): TORU NISHIGUCHI, Kao Corporation Senior Managing Executive Officer "Kao has been participating in the CIIE for the sixth consecutive year since the first one. Kao places the CIIE in a very important position. Firstly, through the CIIE, we can introduce the products of Kao to everyone. Secondly, we can help everyone understand the technolog

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Nishiguchi pitches Seibu to 3rd straight win

OSAKA, Japan - Fumiya Nishiguchi threw seven innings of one-run ball as the Seibu Lions beat the Orix Buffaloes 4-1 for their third consecutive win in the Pacific League at Kyocera Dome on April 7.

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Zuleta homers lift Hawks past Lions in PL

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Softbank Hawks infielder Julio Zuleta watches the ball after hitting a three-run homer off Seibu Lions starter Fumiya Nishiguchi in the fourth inning at Invoice Seibu Dome on May 6. The Hawks trounced the Pacific League-leading Lions 11-3.

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Pro baseball season begins with PL games

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions starter Fumiya Nishiguchi (R) leaves the mound in the sixth inning of the team's opening games against the Orix Buffaloes at Invoice Seibu Dome on March 25. The Buffaloed defeated the Lions 5-2. Japan's 2006 pro baseball season began with three Pacific League games.

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Kawamura to succeed Nishiguchi as Kyocera president

KYOTO, Japan - Kyocera Corp. Managing Executive Officer Makoto Kawamura, who will succeed Yasuo Nishiguchi as resident, smiles at a press conference in Kyoto on April 14.

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Carlyle, Kyocera finalize deal on DDI Pocket purchase

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Onodera (L), president of KDDI, Tamotsu Adachi (2nd from L), Japanese representative of U.S. investment firm Carlyle Group, Yasuo Nishiguchi, president of Kyocera Corp. (2n from R) and Takeo Yamashita, president of DDI Pocket Inc., pose for photos during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on June 21. They announced that Carlyle Group and Kyocera will buy DDI Pocket, an affiliate of KDDI, 220 billion yen.

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Kyocera to enter luminescent display market

KYOTO, Japan - Kyocera Corp. President Yasuo Nishiguchi presents a flat-panel organic electroluminescent (EL) display in Kyoto Jan. 13. The ceramics maker said it will start commercial production of 2-8 inch displays in October 2005. EL displays consume less electricity and have greater resolution than liquid crystal displays.

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Kyocera to make Toshiba Chemical wholly owned unit Aug. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Nishiguchi (R), president of Kyocera Corp., and Iwao Yamazaki, president of Toshiba Chemical Corp, shake hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 16. They announced that Kyocera Corp. will make Toshiba Chemical Corp. a wholly owned subsidiary through an equity swap on Aug. 1.

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Nishiguchi picks 1,000th career strikeout

CHIBA, Japan - Seibu Lions starter Fumiya Nishiguchi is presented with flowers after collecting his 1,000th career strikeout in a game against the Lotte Marines at Chiba Marine Stadium on May 4. Nishiguchi allowed only four hits over seven innings and struck out nine to notch his third victory of the season as the Lions beat the Marines 5-1.

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Kyocera inks accord on cell-phone joint venture in China

BEIJING - Japan's Kyocera Corp. on Saturday agreed with Zhenhua Technology Corp. of China to set up a joint venture to produce and market cellular phones. Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi (L) shake hands with Chen Qingjie, chairman of Zhenhua Technology, based in Guizhou Province, after signing the agreement in Beijing on Sept. 22.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara cuts tape at opening of Oedo Line

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (2nd from R) and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi (3rd from R) cut a tape Dec. 11 at a ceremony at Shinjuku-Nishiguchi Station to celebrate the completion of the Oedo Line, Tokyo's fourth city-run subway. The 41-kilometer quasi-loop subway runs beneath downtown Tokyo, passing under the Shinjuku, Roppongi, Shiodome, Ryogoku, Ueno and Kagurazaka districts.

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Japan's three telecom firms to merge next Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp. announced they have agreed to merge into a single company Oct. 1 next year. DDI is a long-distance carrier belonging to the Kyocera Corp. group, while IDO is a mobile phone operator affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp. KDD is Japan's largest international telecom carrier, in which Toyota is a major shareholder. Posing at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Dec. 16 are (from L to R) Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera Honorary Chairman Kazuo Inamori, KDD President Tadashi Nishimoto, DDI President Yusai Okuyama, IDO President Satoshi Nakagawa, Toyota Chairman Hiroshi Okuda and Toyota President Fujio Cho.

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Baseball: Former Red Sox pitcher Matsuzaka's last game

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) poses for photos after receiving flowers from Seibu Lions pitching coach Fumiya Nishiguchi (L) during a press conference in Tokorozawa, Japan, on Oct. 19, 2021, before taking the mound for the Lions in the final game of his career later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Former Red Sox pitcher Matsuzaka's last game

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) poses for photos after receiving flowers from Seibu Lions pitching coach Fumiya Nishiguchi (L) during a press conference in Tokorozawa, Japan, on Oct. 19, 2021, before taking the mound for the Lions in the final game of his career later in the day. (Pool photo)

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UNIQLO temporarily closes due to the declaration of a state of emergency

UNIQLO stores will be temporarily closed from April 10, 2020 due to the declaration of a state of emergency to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19). (Shinjuku Nishiguchi Store, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, April 10, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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UNIQLO temporarily closes due to the declaration of a state of emergency

UNIQLO stores will be temporarily closed from April 10, 2020 due to the declaration of a state of emergency to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19). (Shinjuku Nishiguchi Store, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, April 10, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Pro baseball season begins with PL games

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions starter Fumiya Nishiguchi (R) leaves the mound in the sixth inning of the team's opening games against the Orix Buffaloes at Invoice Seibu Dome on March 25. The Buffaloed defeated the Lions 5-2. Japan's 2006 pro baseball season began with three Pacific League games. (Kyodo)

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Zuleta homers lift Hawks past Lions in PL

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Softbank Hawks infielder Julio Zuleta watches the ball after hitting a three-run homer off Seibu Lions starter Fumiya Nishiguchi in the fourth inning at Invoice Seibu Dome on May 6. The Hawks trounced the Pacific League-leading Lions 11-3. (Kyodo)

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Nishiguchi pitches Seibu to 3rd straight win

OSAKA, Japan - Fumiya Nishiguchi threw seven innings of one-run ball as the Seibu Lions beat the Orix Buffaloes 4-1 for their third consecutive win in the Pacific League at Kyocera Dome on April 7. (Kyodo)

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Nishiguchi pitches Seibu to 3rd straight win

OSAKA, Japan - Fumiya Nishiguchi threw seven innings of one-run ball as the Seibu Lions beat the Orix Buffaloes 4-1 for their third consecutive win in the Pacific League at Kyocera Dome on April 7. (Kyodo)

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China, Japan communists begin ta

Leaders of the Japanese and Chinese Communist parties shake hands in Beijing on June 6 before resuming talks for the first time in 13 years to normalize their relations, which were cut more than 30 years ago. The JCP's International Department chief Hikaru Nishiguchi is at left and Dai Binggou, the CCP's head of the International Liaison Department, is at right. ==Kyodo

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Kyocera inks accord on cell-phone joint venture in China

BEIJING - Japan's Kyocera Corp. on Saturday agreed with Zhenhua Technology Corp. of China to set up a joint venture to produce and market cellular phones. Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi (L) shake hands with Chen Qingjie, chairman of Zhenhua Technology, based in Guizhou Province, after signing the agreement in Beijing on Sept. 22.

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Kawamura to succeed Nishiguchi as Kyocera president

KYOTO, Japan - Kyocera Corp. Managing Executive Officer Makoto Kawamura, who will succeed Yasuo Nishiguchi as resident, smiles at a press conference in Kyoto on April 14. (Kyodo)

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Carlyle, Kyocera finalize deal on DDI Pocket purchase

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Onodera (L), president of KDDI, Tamotsu Adachi (2nd from L), Japanese representative of U.S. investment firm Carlyle Group, Yasuo Nishiguchi, president of Kyocera Corp. (2n from R) and Takeo Yamashita, president of DDI Pocket Inc., pose for photos during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on June 21. They announced that Carlyle Group and Kyocera will buy DDI Pocket, an affiliate of KDDI, 220 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Kyocera to make Toshiba Chemical wholly owned unit Aug. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Nishiguchi (R), president of Kyocera Corp., and Iwao Yamazaki, president of Toshiba Chemical Corp, shake hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 16. They announced that Kyocera Corp. will make Toshiba Chemical Corp. a wholly owned subsidiary through an equity swap on Aug. 1.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara cuts tape at opening of Oedo Line

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (2nd from R) and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi (3rd from R) cut a tape Dec. 11 at a ceremony at Shinjuku-Nishiguchi Station to celebrate the completion of the Oedo Line, Tokyo's fourth city-run subway. The 41-kilometer quasi-loop subway runs beneath downtown Tokyo, passing under the Shinjuku, Roppongi, Shiodome, Ryogoku, Ueno and Kagurazaka districts.

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Japan's three telecom firms to merge next Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp. announced they have agreed to merge into a single company Oct. 1 next year. DDI is a long-distance carrier belonging to the Kyocera Corp. group, while IDO is a mobile phone operator affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp. KDD is Japan's largest international telecom carrier, in which Toyota is a major shareholder. Posing at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Dec. 16 are (from L to R) Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera Honorary Chairman Kazuo Inamori, KDD President Tadashi Nishimoto, DDI President Yusai Okuyama, IDO President Satoshi Nakagawa, Toyota Chairman Hiroshi Okuda and Toyota President Fujio Cho.