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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe (C), a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., and other executives of the financial group bow after a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe (C), a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., bows in a gesture of apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., bows in a gesture of apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Racehorse Symboli Rudolf dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Symboli Rudolf (10) and jockey Yukio Okabe winning the Japanese Derby in Tokyo in 1984. The seven-time Grade One winner in Japan died on Oct. 4, 2011, in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, at the age of 30. The thoroughbred was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Japan's ski jumpers get pepped ahead of Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ski jumpers for the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games (from L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Daiki Ito and Takanobu Okabe, pose during a pep rally in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010, ahead of their participation in the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

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Japanese Winter Olympic delegation launched

TOKYO, Japan - Seiko Hashimoto(L), head of the Japanese delegation for the Vancouver Winger Olympic Games, speed skater Tomomi Okazaki (C), Japan flag bearer at the Olympics, and ski jumper and Japan captain Takanobu Okabe pose during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, after a ceremony to officially launch the delegation.

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Japanese Winter Olympic delegation launched

TOKYO, Japan - Takanobu Okabe (C), a ski jumper and Japan captain for the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, with Seiko Hashimoto (L), head of the Japanese delegation for the Olympics, and speed skater and Japan's flag bearer Tomomi Okazaki listening to him. Earlier in the day, a ceremony to officially launch the delegation took place.

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Japanese Winter Olympic delegation launched

TOKYO, Japan - Speed skater Tomomi Okazaki, Japan's flag bearer at the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, holds up the delegation flag during a ceremony to officially launch the delegation for the Olympics at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, with ski jumper and Japan captain Takanobu Okabe standing by her side.

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Veteran ski jumper Okabe wins World Cup event in Finland

KUOPIO, Finland - Gold medalist Takanobu Okabe of Japan (C) is flanked by silver medalist Simon Ammann of Switzerland (L) and bronze medalist Adam Malysz of Poland on the podium during the award ceremony for the FIS World Cup Ski Jumping event in Kuopio, Finland, on March 10. Okabe became the oldest man to win a World Cup ski jump event at 38 years and four months.

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Veteran ski jumper Okabe wins World Cup event in Finland

KUOPIO, Finland - Gold medalist Takanobu Okabe of Japan (C), silver medalist Simon Ammann of Switzerland (L) and bronze medalist Adam Malysz of Poland pose for photos after the FIS World Cup Ski Jumping event in Kuopio, Finland, on March 10. Okabe became the oldest man to win a World Cup ski jump at 38 years and four months.

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Veteran jumper Okabe of Japan wins at World Cup in Finland

KUOPIO, Finland - Veteran ski jumper Takanobu Okabe, 38, of Japan celebrates after winning the FIS World Cup Ski Jumping event in Kuopio, Finland, on March 10.

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe, Daiki Ito and Noriaki Kasai pose for photos in front of the jumping slope after capturing the bronze medal in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships in Liberec on Feb. 28.

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Takanobu Okabe, Shohei Tochimoto, Noriaki Kasai and Daiki Ito celebrate their bronze medal in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships in Liberec on Feb. 28.

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Daiki Ito, Noriaki Kasai and Takanobu Okabe smile about their bronze medals in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships during the award ceremony in Liberec on Feb. 28.

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe, Daiki Ito and Noriaki Kasai show off their bronze medals in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships during the award ceremony in Liberec on Feb. 28.

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Red-hot Okabe wins 6th title of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Takanobu Okabe soars through the air at the HBC Cup ski jumping meet on the K-120 Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 12. Okabe won his sixth title in seven events in Japan this winter.

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Okabe picks up 5th domestic win of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Takanobu Okabe soars through the air to win the STV Cup international ski jumping meet on the K-120 Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 11.

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Veteran Okabe wins Snow Brand title

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Takanobu Okabe nailed the day's longest jump of 97 meters on his first attempt en route to winning his third straight domestic event of the season at the Snow Brand Cup on the Miyanomori hill in Hokkaido on Jan. 4.

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Takano wins HBC Cup, Okabe in 2nd

SAPPORO, Japan - Teppei Takano soars through the air on the K-120 Okurayama hill at the HBC Cup ski jumping competition in Sapporo on Jan. 14. Takano won the event with a jump of 126 meters in the final, collecting 125.8 points.

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Japan wins bronze in men's large hill team ski jump

SAPPORO, Japan - Host country Japan captures bronze Feb. 25 in the men's large hill team ski jump to follow Austria's gold and Norway's silver at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. (From L to R) Noriaki Kasai, Shohei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe and Daiki Ito pose for the camera.

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Japanese team binds together for Nordic World Ski meet

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese team members hold a binding-together meeting for the Nordic World Ski Championships Feb. 22 ahead of its opening later in the day. The team captain and ski jumper, Takanobu Okabe, pledges the team's best efforts to gain as many medals as possible in the event.

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Kirin Brewery to launch friendly tender offer for Mercian shares

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyasu Kato (L), president of Kirin Brewery Co., and Yuji Okabe, president of Mercian Corp., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16. They announced that Kirin will launch a friendly tender offer for Mercian shares for a capital and business alliance to create the strongest liquor business group in Japan.

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Okabe places 8th in large hill ski jump

PRAGELATO, Italy - Takanobu Okabe, who placed eight in the large hill ski jump, performs his second leap at the Turin Olympics on Feb. 18.

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Japan's Kasai finishes first in ski jump qualifying round

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai finished first in the qualifying round with a solid effort of 126 meters on the K-125 hill in Pragelato on Feb. 17, which gave him a place in the Feb. 18 competition along with fellow qualifiers Daiki Ito and Tsuyoshi Ichinohe as well as Takanobu Okabe who had earlier earned a bye into the final.

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Norway's Ljoekelsoey wins World Cup meet in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Norwegian Roar Ljoekelsoey (C), sandwiched by Daiki Ito (L) and Takanobu Okabe of Japan on the podium, celebrates his victory in the World Cup jumping competition at Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 22. Ito came in second and Okabe placed third.

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Ski jumping: Okabe comes 3rd, Norwegians steal show

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's Takanobu Okabe soars into the air during the second jump in the World Cup Sapporo Ski Jumping at Sapporo's Okurayama hill Jan. 21. Okabe came in third with 256.6 points, while Norwegians Bjoern Einar Romoeren and Roar Ljoekelsoey surged from behind to claim a 1-2 finish.

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Okabe wins 3 in a row with STV Cup victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Takanobu Okabe continued his resurgent form to claim yet another overwhelming victory Jan. 15, winning the STV Cup for his third title in as many days in a ski jumping series in Hokkaido.

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Okabe wins HTB Cup for back-to-back titles

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran Olympic ski jumper Takanobu Okabe outclassed the field to win the HTB Cup with a pair of mammoth leaps Jan. 14, claiming his second title in as many days at the K-120 Okurayama hill in Hokkaido.

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Nippon Express to appoint Kawai as next president

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Express Co. Vice President Masanori Kawai (R) speaks at a press conference on April 15 after being named to succeed President Masahiko Okabe (L). Okabe will become chairman with the right to represent the company.

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(1)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, announced his retirement from horse racing at a press conference in Tokyo on March 10. Okabe, at 56 the oldest active JRA jockey, debuted in 1967 and quickly stole the limelight with 54 victories the following year. ''I'm no longer able to move my body the way I want to when I'm racing,'' Okabe said.

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(2)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) veteran jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, poses with Taiki Shuttle after winning the Prix Jacques le Marois Grade-One race in France in August 1998. The 56-year-old Okabe said March 10 he will retire from horse racing after 38 years.

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Veteran jockey Okabe is set to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, is set to announce his retirement, sources close to him said March 9. Photo shows Okabe jockeying Symbolirudolf (10) in the 51st Japan Derby at Tokyo Race Course in May 1984.

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Okabe makes history with 2,900th win in JRA

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Yukio Okabe (file photo) won a race in Fukushima on Pione on June 19 to become the first Japan Racing Association jockey in history to earn his 2,900th career victory.

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Nissan begins leasing fuel-cell vehicles

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Itaru Koeda (L), co-chairman of Nissan Motor Co., gives Cosmo Oil Co. Chairman and President Keiichiro Okabe a key for an X-Trail FCV fuel-cell vehicle March 29 in Yokohama. Nissan began leasing the vehicle the same day following in the footsteps of rivals Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. in efforts to promote commercial use of environment-friendly fuel-cell cars.

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Okabe captures SBC Cup ski jumping national c'ship crown+

HAKUBA, Japan - Nagano Olympic gold medalist Takanobu Okabe came from behind to clinch his second straight national title by winning the SBC Cup ski jumping meet at Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture on Feb. 16. Despite poor visibility due to heavy snow, Okabe produced the best results of the day in moving into second after a jump of 116.5 meters and sewing up his third national title with a second effort of just 112 meters at the K-120 large hill.

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Symboli Kris S wins Tenno-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Symboli Kris S (L) crosses the finishing line to win the Tenno-sho (Emperor's Cup) at Nakayama horse race course on Oct. 27, giving jockey Yukio Okabe his sixth victory in the prestigious Grade One race.

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Okabe wins HBC Cup large hill ski jumping meet

SAPPORO, Japan - Takanobu Okabe sails through during the second jump in the HBC Cup large hill competition at Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 14. Okabe won the cup with the day's longest leap of 139.5 meters.

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Happonen victorious, Harada sets hill record at STV Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Finnish teenager Janne Happonen (C) wins the STV Cup large hill ski jumping meet in Sapporo on Jan. 13, beating runner-up Takanobu Okabe (L) and third-place Masahiko Harada (R). Harada set a hill record with a mammoth 141-meter leap.

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Nippon Mitsubishi, Cosmo announce broad alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Hidejiro Osawa (L), president of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp., and Keiichiro Okabe, president of Cosmo Oil Co., shake hands after announcing an agreement to form a wide-ranging business alliance at a press conference at Tokyo's Keidanren Kaikan on Oct. 12.

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Japanese win team gold medal

Japanese skiers respond the cheers of the spectators after winning the gold medal in the Nagano Olympic large hill ski jumping team event Feb. 17 in the central Japan village of Hakuba. From left: Kazuyoshi Funaki, Masahiko Harada, Takanobu Okabe and Hiroya Saito.

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Okabe wins HBC Cup large hill ski jumping meet

SAPPORO, Japan - Takanobu Okabe sails through during the second jump in the HBC Cup large hill competition at Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 14. Okabe won the cup with the day's longest leap of 139.5 meters.

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Veteran jockey Okabe is set to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, is set to announce his retirement, sources close to him said March 9. Photo shows Okabe jockeying Symbolirudolf (10) in the 51st Japan Derby at Tokyo Race Course in May 1984. (Kyodo)

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(2)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) veteran jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, poses with Taiki Shuttle after winning the Prix Jacques le Marois Grade-One race in France in August 1998. The 56-year-old Okabe said March 10 he will retire from horse racing after 38 years. (Kyodo)

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(1)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, announced his retirement from horse racing at a press conference in Tokyo on March 10. Okabe, at 56 the oldest active JRA jockey, debuted in 1967 and quickly stole the limelight with 54 victories the following year. ''I'm no longer able to move my body the way I want to when I'm racing,'' Okabe said. (Kyodo)

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Okabe wins HTB Cup for back-to-back titles

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran Olympic ski jumper Takanobu Okabe outclassed the field to win the HTB Cup with a pair of mammoth leaps Jan. 14, claiming his second title in as many days at the K-120 Okurayama hill in Hokkaido. (Kyodo)