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Nishimatsu Construction signboard and logo

Nishimatsu Construction signboard and logo=August 19,2025,Tokyo

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Nishimatsu Construction signboard and logo

Nishimatsu Construction signboard and logo=August 19,2025,Tokyo

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Nishimatsu Construction signboard and logo

Nishimatsu Construction signboard and logo=August 19,2025,Tokyo

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Signs and logos of Nishimatsu Construction Co.

Signs and logos of Nishimatsu Construction Co. =Date:November 29, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Signs and logos of Nishimatsu Construction Co.

Signs and logos of Nishimatsu Construction Co. =Date:November 29, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu (R), former president of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, with Hiroshige Nishizawa, president of the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, listening, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu, former president of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu (C), former president of Japan Airlines Corp., bows in apology during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu (R), former president of Japan Airlines Corp., and Hiroshige Nishizawa, president of the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, attend a joint news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy protection. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu, former president of Japan Airlines Corp., bows at the outset of a news conference on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy protection. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.

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Former JAL presidents agree to return retirement benefits

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2009. Nishimatsu said six former heads of JAL and its subsidiaries have agreed to return part of their retirement benefits as the struggling airline undergoes state-supervised turnaround efforts.

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Former JAL presidents agree to return retirement benefits

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2009. Nishimatsu said six former heads of JAL and its subsidiaries have agreed to return part of their retirement benefits as the struggling airline undergoes state-supervised turnaround efforts.

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JAL president speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks to reporters after a meeting with the company's retirees in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2009. The embattled company urged its retirees to approve a cut in pension benefits of approximately 30 percent.

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JAL president speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks to reporters after a meeting with the company's retirees in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2009. The embattled company urged its retirees to approve a cut in pension benefits of approximately 30 percent.

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JAL incurs net loss of 131.2 bil. yen in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu listens to a question from a reporter during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009. Nishimatsu announced that JAL incurred a net loss of 131.22 billion yen in the April-September period.

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JAL incurs net loss of 131.2 bil. yen in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks about the company's midterm earnings report for fiscal 2009 at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009.

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JAL incurs net loss of 131.2 bil. yen in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks about the company's midterm earnings report for fiscal 2009 at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009.

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FOCUS: Airlines hoping Haneda-Beijing route may become gold mine

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai, Parliamentary Secretary for Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism Takashi Nagayasu, All Nippon Airways President Shinichiro Ito and Japan Airlines President Haruka Nishimatsu celebrate the opening of a charter flight route between Haneda airport and Beijing airport Oct. 25 at a ''kagami-biraki'' ceremony at Haneda airport.

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Nishimatsu agrees on redress fund with former forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng, one of five Chinese victims of forced labor during World War II, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009, after Nishimatsu Construction Co. agreed to set up a 250 million yen trust fund to compensate the five and 360 former co-workers.

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Nishimatsu agrees on redress fund with former forced laborers

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Yicheng (L), one of five Chinese victims of forced labor during World War II, shakes hands with a lawyer representing Nishimatsu Construction Co. during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009, after Nishimatsu agreed to set up a 250 million yen trust fund to compensate the five and 360 former co-workers.

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JAL seeks public funds to boost capital for restructuring

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu is surrounded by reporters at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2009 after talks with transport minister Seiji Maehara on JAL's restructuring measures.

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JAL seeks public funds to boost capital for restructuring

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu prepares to hold talks with transport minister Seiji Maehara at the ministry building on Sept. 24, 2009. Nishimatsu said he asked for the injection of public funds to boost JAL's financial standing to enable it to push through drastic restructuring measures.

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JAL seeks public funds to boost capital for restructuring

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara prepares to hold talks with Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu at his ministry on Sept. 24, 2009. Nishimatsu said he asked for the injection of public funds to boost JAL's financial standing to enable it to push through drastic restructuring measures.

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JAL's headquarters in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The Sept. 9, 2009 photo shows the headquarters of Japan Airlines Corp. in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. JAL President Haruka Nishimatsu said Sept. 15 that the company plans to conclude capital tie-up talks with multiple foreign airlines by mid-October.

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Nishimatsu Construction head to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Nishimatsu Construction Co. President Tadashi Ishibashi, who will step down over a political fund scandal involving the top secretary to opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa, apologizes for the scandal at a news conference in Tokyo on May 15.

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LDP lawmaker Nikai faces new political donations scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Toshihiro Nikai responds to questions from reporters at the ministry building on March 26. Sources said a company linked to Nishimatsu Construction Co., at the center of a widening political scandal, leased an office and provided dubious donations to Nikai.

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Nikai says he has no recollection of Nishimatsu donations

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai is surrounded by reporters after a House of Councillors Budget Committee session on March 9. He told the session he has no recollection of receiving donations from the scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co.

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Uruma says his remarks as 'senior gov't official' misdirected

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Iwao Uruma responds to questions at a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 9. Uruma said his remarks last week on a Nishimatsu Construction Co.-linked fundraising scandal were misdirected when he was quoted by the media as an unidentified ''senior government official.''

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Prosecutors target suspicious donations to LDP lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai responds to questions during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 6. Prosecutors are planning to investigate whether accountants of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, including Nikai, were aware of the illegality of donations from two political organizations related to Nishimatsu Construction Co.

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Ozawa political group alleged to have received illegal donations

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office enter a building in Tokyo on March 3 which houses an office of a political group of Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, to investigate the group on suspicion of receiving illegal corporate donations from scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co.

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Ozawa political group alleged to have received illegal donations

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office enter a building in Tokyo on March 3 which houses an office of a political group of Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, to investigate the group on suspicion of receiving illegal corporate donations from scandal-tainted Nishimatsu Construction Co.

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Nishimatsu slush fund may have been given to person close to Nagano gov.

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Jin Murai (C) is surrounded by reporters at the Nagano prefectural hall on Feb. 26. Investigative sources said that part of a 70 million slush fund alleged to have been illegally brought into Japan by a former Nishimatsu Construction Co. official may have been provided to a person close to the Nagano governor.

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Prosecutors arrest 4 in Nishimatsu Construction scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 14 shows the headquarters of Nishimatsu Construction Co. in Tokyo's Toranomon district. A former vice president of the company and three others were arrested the same day in connection with a case involving a former Nishimatsu official who allegedly embezzled about 100 million yen.

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JAL unveils new medium-term business plan

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu (R), president of Japan Airlines Corp., briefs reporters on the company's new three-year medium-term business plan at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 29. The plan features a capital increase of 151.5 billion yen and additional cost-cutting measures.

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JAL, Aeon to form alliance, collaborate on card business

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu (R), president of Japan Airlines Corp., and Motoya Okada, president of retail giant Aeon Co., pose for photographs after announcing a tie-up deal in Tokyo on Oct. 9 that envisions cooperation in wide-ranging business activities.

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JAL to fall into red in FY 2006 for 2nd year running

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Haruka Nishimatsu speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 2 where he announced the airline has revised its group earnings forecast for the 2006 business year which ended in March 31 to a net loss of 16.2 billion yen from an earlier projected profit of 3 billion yen. The airline reported a loss of 47.24 billion yen in fiscal 2005.

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JAL to cut 4,300 jobs over next 3 years to revamp business

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu says at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6 that the company will aim to slash 4,300 jobs by the end of fiscal 2009 in an attempt to put its business on the right track at an early date.

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JAL to expand international flight services in FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu, president of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17. Nishimatsu said JAL will expand busy international operations in fiscal 2007 in a bold review of its domestic and overseas services.

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JAL group operating profit tumbles 48.3% on flight troubles, cost rise

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Nov. 8. He said the company's consolidated operating profit plunged 48.3 percent year on year in the April-September period to 8.16 billion yen due to soaring fuel costs and flight troubles that turned away many prospective customers. The nation's top air carrier, however, managed to secure a group net profit of 1.51 billion yen, a turnaround from a loss of 12.04 billion yen a year earlier, by unloading its shareholdings.

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JAL resolved to achieve profit target for FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu, president of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 12.

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Victims' relatives mark 21st anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

MAEBASHI, Japan - Japan Airlines President Haruka Nishimatsu prays for the 520 victims of a 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet disaster in front of a monument at the crash site in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, the 21st anniversary of the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history. (Pool photo)

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JAL, Skymark heads testify at Diet over flight troubles

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu, president-designate of Japan Airlines Corp., testifies as an unsworn witness at a session of the House of Representatives' Committee on Land, Infrastructure and Transport on April 11, with current company President Toshiyuki Shimmachi sitting by him.

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JAL unveils new 5-year business plan

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu, senior vice president of Japan Airlines Corp., briefs reporters on the company's medium-term business plan in Tokyo on March 2. Nishimatsu will replace Toshiyuki Shinmachi as JAL president in June.

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JAL head Shinmachi to step down to settle internal strife

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Toshiyuki Shinmachi (L) and Senior Vice President Haruka Nishimatsu hold a press conference in Tokyo on March 1. They announced that Nishimatsu will replace Shinmachi as president in June. Shinmach will become chairman without the right to represent the company.

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JAL head Shinmachi to resign in June, to be replaced by Nishimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Toshiyuki Shinmachi (L) plans to step down in June amid a growing internal management conflict and his position is expected to be taken over by Haruka Nishimatsu (R), a senior vice president in charge of financial matters, JAL sources said on March 1.

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JAL posts 1st interim group net loss since FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. executive Haruka Nishimatsu (L) said in Tokyo on Nov. 7 its group business sank into the red in the six months to Sept. 30 for the first time since fiscal 2003, as the airline was hit by high fuel costs and a decline of passengers following a series of air safety problems.

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(1)Court awards damages to Chinese in wartime forced-labor case

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A supporter of a group of Chinese plaintiffs holds a banner reading ''suit won'' after the Hiroshima High Court awarded damages in full on July 9 to the group who said they were forced to work in severe conditions at a construction site in Hiroshima Prefecture during World War II. The high court overturned a July 2002 lower court ruling that rejected the lawsuit brought by Shao Yicheng, 78, and four other plaintiffs four years earlier against Nishimatsu Construction Co., a construction firm based in Tokyo.

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(2)Court awards damages to Chinese in wartime forced-labor case

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Plaintiffs, accompanied by their lawyers and supporters, walk into the Hiroshima High Court on July 9 to hear a ruling on their damages suit. The high court awarded damages in full by overturning a July 2002 lower court ruling that rejected the lawsuit brought by Shao Yicheng, 78, and four other plaintiffs four years earlier against Nishimatsu Construction Co., a construction firm based in Tokyo.

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Hiroshima court rejects forced labor suit

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lu Xuewen from China's Shandong Province, a former forced laborer who sued Nishimatsu Construction Co. to seek compensation, speaks at a rally in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on July 9 after the Hiroshima District Court rejected the lawsuit. Lu and four other Chinese demanded a total of 27.5 million yen in compensation from Nishimatsu, claiming they were forcibly brought to Japan during World War II and made to work in Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Witness joins H.K. rally against Japan militarism

HONG KONG, China July 7 - Kaoru Kurusu, 71, a witness to wartime abuse against Chinese forced laborers, calls for protesters in Hong Kong on July 7 to join in a campaign to demand Nishimatsu Construction Co. apologize and compensate 360 Chinese forced laborers who were exploited and maltreated by the Japanese company in Hiroshima in 1944.