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Paris 2024 - Rugby Sevens - Japan v Ireland

Team Ireland forward Jack Kelly (1) and Team Japan forward Yu Okudaira (11) during the Rugby Sevens men’s Pool C match between Japan and Ireland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on July 24, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Rugby Sevens - Japan v Ireland

Team Ireland forward Jack Kelly (1) and Team Japan forward Yu Okudaira (11) during the Rugby Sevens men’s Pool C match between Japan and Ireland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on July 24, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Rugby Sevens - Japan v Ireland

Team Ireland forward Jack Kelly (1) and Team Japan forward Yu Okudaira (11) during the Rugby Sevens men’s Pool C match between Japan and Ireland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on July 24, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Rugby Sevens - Japan v Ireland

Team Ireland forward Jack Kelly (1) and Team Japan forward Yu Okudaira (11) during the Rugby Sevens men’s Pool C match between Japan and Ireland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on July 24, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Rugby Sevens - Japan v Ireland

Team Ireland forward Jack Kelly (1) and Team Japan forward Yu Okudaira (11) during the Rugby Sevens men’s Pool C match between Japan and Ireland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on July 24, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Daihatsu President Soichiro Okudaira. =Date:Febuary 9, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. From right, Daihatsu President Soichiro Okudaira and Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tetsuo Saito submit measures to prevent recurrence. =Date:Febuary 9, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. From right, Daihatsu President Soichiro Okudaira and Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tetsuo Saito submit measures to prevent recurrence. =Date:Febuary 9, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira (back, 2nd from R) meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

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Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

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Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

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Daihatsu compiles remedial measures against improper safety testing

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2024, after submitting remedial measures to the transport minister following the revelation that the small-car unit of Toyota Motor Corp. rigged safety tests when applying to obtain certification for mass production.

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Daihatsu Motor president Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira (R, back) meets the press at Japan's transport ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2024, over the automaker's improper safety testing scandal.

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Daihatsu Motor president Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira meets the press at Japan's transport ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2024, over the automaker's improper safety testing scandal.

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Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud

Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud. Soichiro Okudaira, President and Representative Director, Daihatsu Motor Co.=Date:December 20, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud

Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud. From left: Hiromasa Hoshika, Vice President, Soichiro Okudaira, President and Representative Director, Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hiroki Nakajima, Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Toyota Motor Corp. =Date:December 20, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud

Joint press conference by Daihatsu and Toyota Motor on crash test fraud. From left: Soichiro Okudaira, President and Representative Director, Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hiroki Nakajima, Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Toyota Motor Corp. =Date:December 20, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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Daihatsu Motor President Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2023. The Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary said the same day it will stop all shipments in domestic and overseas markets after it found most of its car models were affected by improper vehicle tests.

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Daihatsu Motor President Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira (C) speaks about his company's improper vehicle tests at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2023. The Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary announced the same day that it will stop all shipments in domestic and overseas markets as most of its car models are affected.

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Daihatsu Motor President Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira speaks about his company's improper vehicle tests at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2023. The Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary announced the same day that it will stop all shipments in domestic and overseas markets as most of its car models are affected.

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Daihatsu Motor President Okudaira

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Soichiro Okudaira (C) bows at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2023, as he apologizes over his company's improper vehicle tests. The Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary announced the same day it will stop all shipments in domestic and overseas markets as most of its car models are affected.

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On-demand bus service for evacuees

KAMAISHI, Japan - Takenori Noda (R), mayor of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, and Soichiro Okudaira, an executive of Toyota Motor Corp., shake hands after concluding an agreement in Kamaishi on Aug. 9, 2012, to jointly test an on-demand bus system linking temporary housing units in the city affected by the 2011 great earthquake and tsunami with its downtown area from October 2012 until March 2015.

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Daihatsu Motor's new Tanto

On April 9, Daihatsu announced the launch of the fully remodeled Tanto (photo), a tall minicar, the fourth generation since the first generation Tanto was launched in 2003. Based on DNGA, a new development platform for minicars and compact cars, the vehicle's chassis and powertrain have been completely redesigned to improve basic performance such as handling stability and flat ride comfort. The price including consumption tax ranges from 1,224,400 to 1,873,800 yen. The sales target is 12,500 units per month. At a press conference held in Tokyo on the same day, President Soichiro Okudaira expressed his confidence in the new model, saying, "Basic performance such as handling stability and quietness have been raised to a very high level, raising the car's status one or two notches. Inside the vehicle, the driver's seat slides backward 54cm to create a passageway to the rear seat, and the sliding door automatically opens and closes to make it easier to get in and out from the sidewalk.

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1977, Japan.

The 1977 compilation of the Japan-Soviet 200 nautical mile problem. Children chase supercars. Mt. Usu eruption. Suguru Egawa refuses to join the Crown. Illustrations of a map of the 200 nautical mile area, a fishing boat in the sea, a Soviet ship, a meeting of party leaders, an illustration of a map of the four northern islands, a Japan-Soviet fishery agreement being exchanged, housewives arranging for food to be shipped directly from its place of origin, a pawn shop thriving, a supercar display event, happy children, a tardiness chart imitating a timetable, a long A long telephone receiver, a housewife using a gas stove for toilet gas, the eruption of Mount Usu, volcanic ash falling on the city, a home run by Oh, pitching by Taku Egawa, six Japanese Army personnel allowed to leave prison after the Japan Airlines hijacking incident, people resisting the Narita Airport issue and the Sanrizuka struggle. date unknown Date of shooting unknown, Release date: December 23, 1977.

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Gathering to remember late Okudaira's desire for peace

Novelist Kenzaburo Oe (far R) speaks at a meeting in memory of the late Yasuhiro Okudaira, an inaugural member of the Article 9 Association for defending the pacifist Japanese Constitution who died in January 2015 at age 85, at a memorial service in Chofu, Tokyo, on April 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Constitutional professor's legacy alive and kicking

Photo shows the last book of Yasuhiro Okudaira, a prominent constitutional scholar who died on Jan. 26, 2015, titled "Continuing to Gather Threads of Constitutional Narrative." Like-minded constitutional scholars are intent on continuing his legacy in the face of the government's push to reinterpret the Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota fills Daihatsu, Hino senior positions to strengthen group ties

Soichiro Okudaira, senior managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., seen in this file photo, will become the president of Daihatsu Motor Co., Toyota representatives said on March 1, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo