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Adventurer gives up solo trek to North Pole

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yasunaga Ogita, a Japanese adventurer. He gave up his solo and unassisted trek on foot across about 800 kilometers of Arctic ice to the North Pole due to worsening weather conditions, his support office said March 16, 2012.

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Japanese adventurer to start for solo trek to North Pole

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Japanese adventurer Yasunaga Ogita poses in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2012. In March 2012, Ogita plans to begin an unassisted solo trek of about 800 kilometers across Arctic ice from Ward Hunt Island in northern Canada to the North Pole.

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Asahi Breweries to promote Izumiya to president

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Izumiya, senior managing director of Asahi Breweries Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010, after being nominated as the successor to President Hitoshi Ogita, who will become chairman. Izumiya will assume the presidency at a board meeting March 26.

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Asahi aiming for 1.6 tril. yen in sales by 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Ogita, president of Asahi Breweries Ltd., briefs reporters on the company's long-term business plan during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Ogita said the company is aiming to increase sales to 1.6 trillion yen in its 2012 business year as it looks to growth in Asia and other overseas beverage markets amid saturated demand at home.

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Asahi Breweries seeking to quadruple overseas sales to 200 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Breweries President Hitoshi Ogita speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Asahi Breweries Ltd. will seek to quadruple its annual overseas sales from 50 billion yen at present to 200 billion yen through aggressive mergers and acquisitions, Ogita said.

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Asahi Breweries to buy 10% stake in Kagome to form business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Kagome Co. President Koji Yoshioka (L) and Asahi Breweries Ltd. President Hitoshi Ogita attend a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6 after the two companies agreed to form a capital and operational alliance that will make Asahi the biggest shareholder in Kagome.

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Asahi Breweries names Asahi Soft Drinks chief Ogita as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Ogita, president of Asahi Soft Drinks, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10 after being appointed to succeed Koichi Ikeda as president of Asahi Breweries Ltd.

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Asahi Breweries names Asahi Soft Drinks chief Ogita as new presi

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Ogita, president of Asahi Soft Drinks, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10 after being appointed to succeed Koichi Ikeda as president of Asahi Breweries Ltd. (Kyodo)

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Asahi Breweries to buy 10% stake in Kagome to form business tie-

TOKYO, Japan - Kagome Co. President Koji Yoshioka (L) and Asahi Breweries Ltd. President Hitoshi Ogita attend a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6 after the two companies agreed to form a capital and operational alliance that will make Asahi the biggest shareholder in Kagome. (Kyodo)

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Asahi Breweries seeking to quadruple overseas sales to 200 bil. y

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Breweries President Hitoshi Ogita speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Asahi Breweries Ltd. will seek to quadruple its annual overseas sales from 50 billion yen at present to 200 billion yen through aggressive mergers and acquisitions, Ogita said. (Kyodo)

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Ogita to become Asahi Soft Drinks president

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Ogita (file photo), vice president of Asahi Soft Drinks Co., will be promoted to president March 27, succeeding Masumi Uematsu, company officials said Feb. 21. (Kyodo)

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Hotel Okura unveils plan to open outlet in Cappadocia, Turkey

Toshihiro Ogita, president of Hotel Okura Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 8, 2015, about the company's plan to open a hotel in 2017 in Cappadocia, a popular tourist spot and UNESCO World Heritage site in central Turkey. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"The Lion King" attracts 10 mil. spectators in Japan

Yoko Ogita (R), the 10 millionth spectator for "The Lion King," a popular musical put on by Shiki Theater Company, poses with an actor for a photo at the Osaka Shiki Theater in Osaka, western Japan, on April 24, 2015. The number of spectators has marked the largest in Japan's theater world. The musical, which was first performed in Tokyo in 1998, is still running in Tokyo and Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Adventurer gives up solo trek to North Pole

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yasunaga Ogita, a Japanese adventurer. He gave up his solo and unassisted trek on foot across about 800 kilometers of Arctic ice to the North Pole due to worsening weather conditions, his support office said March 16, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Asahi Breweries to promote Izumiya to president

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Izumiya, senior managing director of Asahi Breweries Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010, after being nominated as the successor to President Hitoshi Ogita, who will become chairman. Izumiya will assume the presidency at a board meeting March 26. (Kyodo)

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Japanese adventurer to start for solo trek to North Pole

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Japanese adventurer Yasunaga Ogita poses in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2012. In March 2012, Ogita plans to begin an unassisted solo trek of about 800 kilometers across Arctic ice from Ward Hunt Island in northern Canada to the North Pole. (Kyodo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Former Asahi Breweries Ltd. CEO Hitoshi Ogita (L) delivers a speech in front of Japanese Emperor Naruhito during a ceremony for conferment of grand cordons at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 31, 2020. Attendees wear face masks amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to former Asahi Breweries Ltd. CEO Hitoshi Ogita at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 31, 2020. Attendees wear face masks amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Opening of Okura Tokyo

Officials cut the tape at the redeveloped luxury hotel Okura Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2019, to mark its opening, with its president Toshihiro Ogita and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike seen at 4th and 5th from right in the line. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asahi aiming for 1.6 tril. yen in sales by 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Ogita, president of Asahi Breweries Ltd., briefs reporters on the company's long-term business plan during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Ogita said the company is aiming to increase sales to 1.6 trillion yen in its 2012 business year as it looks to growth in Asia and other overseas beverage markets amid saturated demand at home. (Kyodo)