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Image of Omi Railway

Image of Omi Railway=October 30,2025,Japan

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Image of Omi Railway

Image of Omi Railway=October 30,2025,Japan

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Image of Omi Railway

Image of Omi Railway=October 30,2025,Japan

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Image of Omi Railway

Image of Omi Railway=October 30,2025,Japan

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Image of Omi Railway

Image of Omi Railway=October 30,2025,Japan

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Image of Omi Railway

Image of Omi Railway=October 30,2025,Japan

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LVMH Innovation Award Ceremony At Vivatech - Paris

Antoine Arnault, Image and Environment Director at LVMH with Gal Rapoport, Co-Founder and CEO of Kahoona, who receives Best business prize, Adrienne de Malleray, Co-founder of Genesis, who receives Best impact prize, and Hugo Borensztein, co-founder and CEO of OMI, who receives Most promising prize, during the LVMH Innovation Award ceremony at the Viva Technology at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 12, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LVMH Innovation Award Ceremony At Vivatech - Paris

Antoine Arnault, Image and Environment Director at LVMH with Gal Rapoport, Co-Founder and CEO of Kahoona, who receives Best business prize, Adrienne de Malleray, Co-founder of Genesis, who receives Best impact prize, and Hugo Borensztein, co-founder and CEO of OMI, who receives Most promising prize, during the LVMH Innovation Award ceremony at the Viva Technology at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 12, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LVMH Innovation Award Ceremony At Vivatech - Paris

Antoine Arnault, Image and Environment Director at LVMH with Gal Rapoport, Co-Founder and CEO of Kahoona, who receives Best business prize, Adrienne de Malleray, Co-founder of Genesis, who receives Best impact prize, and Hugo Borensztein, co-founder and CEO of OMI, who receives Most promising prize, during the LVMH Innovation Award ceremony at the Viva Technology at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 12, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LVMH Innovation Award Ceremony At Vivatech - Paris

Antoine Arnault, Image and Environment Director at LVMH with Gal Rapoport, Co-Founder and CEO of Kahoona, who receives Best business prize, Adrienne de Malleray, Co-founder of Genesis, who receives Best impact prize, and Hugo Borensztein, co-founder and CEO of OMI, who receives Most promising prize, during the LVMH Innovation Award ceremony at the Viva Technology at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 12, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clock festival at shrine in western Japan

A woman wearing a traditional Japanese court dress offers a clock to a priest during an annual clock festival at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on June 10, 2025. Omi Jingu enshrines Emperor Tenji, who is said to have established a system to measure time in seventh-century Japan by setting up a water clock.

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Clock festival at shrine in western Japan

A woman wearing a traditional Japanese court dress attends an annual clock festival at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on June 10, 2025. Omi Jingu enshrines Emperor Tenji, who is said to have established a system to measure time in seventh-century Japan by setting up a water clock.

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Japanese "karuta" card game championships

Seira Yajima (L) and Naho Inoue warm up for the women's final of the Japanese "karuta" traditional card-taking championships at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, on Jan. 11, 2025.

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Japanese "karuta" card game championships

Sojiro Jimi (R) and Seira Yajima pose with their trophies on Jan. 11, 2025, after winning the men's and women's final of the "karuta" traditional card-taking championships at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, on Jan. 11, 2025.

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Japanese "karuta" card game championships

Sojiro Jimi (R) and Seira Yajima pose with their trophies on Jan. 11, 2025, after winning the men's and women's final of the "karuta" traditional card-taking championships at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, on Jan. 11, 2025.

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Japanese "karuta" card game championships

Sojiro Jimi (L) and Masayoshi Kawase warm up for the men's final of the Japanese "karuta" traditional card-taking championships at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, on Jan. 11, 2025.

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Ex-Japan top COVID-19 adviser Omi

Shigeru Omi reflects on his time as the Japanese government's top COVID-19 adviser during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2023.

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Ex-Japan top COVID-19 adviser Omi

Shigeru Omi reflects on his time as the Japanese government's top COVID-19 adviser during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2023.

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Japan's top COVID-19 adviser Omi in China

The Japanese government's top coronavirus adviser Shigeru Omi speaks at an international conference in Kunming in China on June 29, 2023.

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Japan's top COVID-19 adviser Omi in China

The Japanese government's top coronavirus adviser Shigeru Omi speaks at an international conference in Kunming in China on June 29, 2023.

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Clock festival at shrine in western Japan

A woman wearing a traditional Japanese court dress attends an annual clock festival at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on June 10, 2023. Omi Jingu enshrines Emperor Tenji, who is said to have established a system to measure time in seventh-century Japan.

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Clock festival at shrine in western Japan

Women wearing traditional Japanese court dresses attend an annual clock festival at Omi Jingu shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on June 10, 2023. Omi Jingu enshrines Emperor Tenji, who is said to have established a system to measure time in seventh-century Japan.

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Japan's top medical adviser Shigeru Omi

The Japanese government's top medical adviser Shigeru Omi speaks on the new COVID-19 guidelines for mask-wearing at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2023.

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Japan's top medical adviser Shigeru Omi

The Japanese government's top medical adviser Shigeru Omi speaks on the new COVID-19 guidelines for mask-wearing at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2023.

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Japan, S. Korea upbeat on global economy despite market turmoil

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi (L) and his South Korean counterpart Kwon O Kyu shake hands in Seoul on Aug. 22 prior to their talks.

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Japan gov't coronavirus task force

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 21 Kyodo - Shigeru Omi (C), who heads the Japanese government's task force on the novel coronavirus, attends a meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2020. Health minister Katsunobu Kato (L) and economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (R) also attended the meeting.

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Various clocks dedicated to shrine at time festival in western Japan

OTSU, Japan, June 15 Kyodo - Women dressed in ancient court attire dedicate new clocks and wristwatches at a festival at Omi Shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on June 10, 2015, known as Time Day. The festival is held to commemorate the day when Emperor Tenji reportedly used the first water clock in Japan in 671.

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'Karuta' queen competition in Otsu

OTSU, Japan - Participants of the Japanese traditional card game competition try to snag a card for the ''karuta'' queen title at Omi Jingu, a Shinto shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 8, 2011. The karuta game using ''Ogura Hyakunin Isshu,'' one hundred ''waka'' poem cards, is a typical New Year event in Japan.

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'Karuta' players compete for title of queen

OTSU, Japan - Saki Kusunoki (R) competes to defend her title of queen of the traditional ''karuta'' card game during a competition at the Omi shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 9, 2010. Kusunoki won the match, involving a set of 100 poem cards, for the sixth straight year.

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Shinohara to replace Watanabe as Japan's top currency diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi has decided to appoint Naoyuki Shinohara (file photo), director general of his ministry's International Bureau, as vice finance minister for international affairs, replacing incumbent Hiroshi Watanabe, government sources said June 26. Omi is expected to announce the appointment after the ongoing Diet session adjourns in early July, the sources said. Watanabe, 58, will retire from the ministry.

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Japan to donate $100 mil. to set up new funds at ADB

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi delivers a keynote speech at the start of a two-day annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Kyoto on May 6. Omi, who chairs the meeting, unveiled a plan to contribute $100 million to the Asian Development Bank to set up two new funds to fight global warming and facilitate the investment climate in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Omi, Paulson hold talks amid global stock falls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi (R) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson prior to their talks in Tokyo on March 5 to discuss domestic and overseas economies, as well as the foreign exchange market, amid global stock falls.

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Omi pledges consumption tax debate in fall, to improve finances

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi delivers his fiscal policy speech at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on Jan. 26.

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Omi calls for debate on raising consumption tax rate

LONDON, England - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi speaks with reporters following his talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown in London on Jan. 11. Omi called for a debate in Japan on a possible hike in the consumption tax rate, saying that cutting expenditures alone will be insufficient for the country to restore its fiscal health.

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Finance Minister Omi gives speech in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi delivers a speech in Washington on Jan. 8.

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Cabinet adopts 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi meets the press at the Finance Ministry on Dec. 24 after the Cabinet approved an 82,908.8 billion yen national budget for fiscal 2007.

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Cabinet adopts 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) and three key Cabinet members -- Finance Minister Koji Omi, Defense Agency Director-General Fumio Kyuma and Foreign Minister Taro Aso (from L to R) -- pose for photographers prior to a Cabinet meeting Dec. 24 that approved an 82,908.8 billion yen national budget for fiscal 2007.

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Japan can achieve budget surplus before FY2011: Omi

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi said Dec. 20 that Japan can achieve a budget surplus on a primary balance basis ahead of the government target of fiscal 2011. The Finance Ministry proposed earlier in the day a draft state budget for fiscal 2007 totaling 82,908.8 billion yen.

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Finance Ministry to propose 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi presides over a meeting of his ministry officials called to discuss a draft of the state budget for fiscal 2007 on Dec. 19. The ministry is set to propose a draft budget totaling 82.91 trillion yen, up from 79.69 trillion yen initially projected for the fiscal 2006 budge.

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No-confidence motion voted down in lower house

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Koji Omi bow in appreciation after the House of Representatives voted down a no-confidence motion submitted by four opposition parties against the Cabinet on Dec. 15.

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Indian Prime Minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) is in talks with Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 14. (Pool photo)

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Japan to propose N. Korean nuke issue for agenda of G-20 talks: Omi

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi speaks to reporters in Melbourne on Nov. 17. Omi is in Melbourne to attend a two-day gathering of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging economies in Melbourne Nov. 18.

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Biggest Japan business lobby calls for tax breaks for investment

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi (standing) addresses a meeting with executives of the Japan Business Federation at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 8.

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All regions see recovery in July-September for 4th straight qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi (standing) addresses a meeting of ministry regional bureau chiefs at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24.

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Finance MInister Omi

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, newly appointed finance minister, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Finance MInister Omi

TOKYO, Japan - New Finance Minister Koji Omi arrives at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Vories' structures facing crisis of deterioration

OMI-HACHIMAN, Japan - Participants in a symposium held by the Japan National Trust of Tokyo stand in front of the wooden-structured Zucker Haus in the city of Omi-Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture on Jan. 29, 2006.

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Tokyo bird flu confab concludes with proposals for cooperation

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Omi (L), the World Health Organization's regional director for the Western Pacific, speaks at a press conference after conclusion of the two-day international conference on bird flu in Tokyo on Jan. 13.

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Memorial service held for 7 Brazilians killed in pileup

OTSU, Japan - A memorial service for seven Brazilian men killed in a Nov. 13 seven-vehicle expressway pileup is held in Omi Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 20. About 60 people, including the family of the seven, attended the service.

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8 people get bird in Vietnam, 6 dead

HANOI, Vietnam - Shigeru Omi (C), director of the Western Pacific Region Office of the World Health Organization, tells reporters in Hanoi, on Jan. 27 the number of human cases of bird flu in Vietnam has risen to eight, with ''many more'' on the horizon. Six of the infected people, mostly children, have died. Omi, in Hanoi for talks with Vietnamese officials, said that since the virus is so widespread in poultry, it will have many opportunities to mutate to a form that is transmissible between humans.