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Google Japan President Okumura

Google Japan President Shinji Okuyama gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 19, 2024.

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan. Photo from left to right: Mikio Okumura, President of SOMPO Holdings; Kengo Sakurada, Representative Executive Officer and Chairman of SOMPO Holdings Group CEO. =Date:January 26, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan. Photo from left to right: Mikio Okumura, President of SOMPO Holdings; Kengo Sakurada, Representative Executive Officer and Chairman of SOMPO Holdings Group CEO. =Date:January 26, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Balentien at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien (C) apologizes over his arrest in Florida on domestic violence charges at a press conference at the Swallows' team office in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2014. At left is club president Tsuyoshi Kinugasa, while team official Masayuki Okumura is on the right.

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Japanese researcher awarded Draper Prize

WASHINGTON, United States - Yoshihisa Okumura (C), 86-year-old honorary professor of the Kanazawa Institute of Technology, on Feb. 19, 2013, attends a ceremony in Washington to receive the Charles Stark Draper Prize awarded to him and four others for pioneering contributions to the world's first cellular telephone networks, systems and standards. Okumura is the first Japanese winner of the Draper Prize, one of three prizes awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

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Japanese researcher awarded Draper Prize

WASHINGTON, United States - Yoshihisa Okumura (L), 86-year-old honorary professor of the Kanazawa Institute of Technology, on Feb. 19, 2013, attends a party prior to a ceremony in Washington to receive the Charles Stark Draper Prize awarded to him and four others for pioneering contributions to the world's first cellular telephone networks, systems and standards. Okumura is the first Japanese winner of the Draper Prize, one of three prizes awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

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Japan men's 4x200 freestyle relay swimmers qualify for London

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's Sho Uchida (upper L), Yoshihiro Okumura (upper C), Takeshi Matsuda (upper R) and Shogo Hihara gather after swimming in the preliminary round race of the men's 4x200 freestyle relay at the world swimming championships in Shanghai on July 29, 2011. The team finished second (7:10.46) of all competitors to advance to the final and secure Japan's Olympic berth for London 2012.

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Japanese men's relay team qualify for London Olympics

SHANGHAI, China - Members of the Japanese men's 4x100 freestyle relay team -- (from L) Takuro Fujii, Yoshihiro Okumura, Shogo Hihara and Takeshi Matsuda (in water) -- celebrate during the world championships in Shanghai on July 24, 2011, after qualifying for next year's London Olympics.

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura, who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, speaks to reporters at Himeji in the prefecture on Feb. 7, 2011, after seeing the wreckage of the train cars. West Japan Railway Co. allowed bereaved relatives and surviving passengers to view the wreckage of the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562.

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura (C), who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, arrives at a site where bereaved relatives and surviving passengers were allowed to view the wreckage of the accident. The wreckage was returned to West Japan Railway Co. from the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office, which had retained it as evidence in the trials of former JR West executives charged over the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562.

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Japan grabs silver in 800 relay at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Takeshi Matsuda (R), Yoshihiro Okumura (C), Yuki Kobori (2nd from L) and Sho Uchida (down L) celebrate after Japan finishing second in the men's 800-meter freestyle relay at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki A-bomb exhibition in Netherlands

OVERLOON, Netherlands - Ayako Okumura (L), who as an eight-year-old survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 but lost her family, speaks about her experience of the atomic bombing on May 31, 2010, in the village of Overloon in the southern Netherlands. The village will host the annual Hiroshima Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition from June 1 to Sept. 30.

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Emperor, empress visit art exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko walk inside a museum to view an art exhibition in Tokyo on April 26, 2010. The royal couple saw an exhibition of works by painter Togyu Okumura. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit art exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) stand near a picture at an art exhibition in Tokyo on April 26, 2010. The royal couple visited an exhibition of works by painter Togyu Okumura. (Pool photo)

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Phelps wins 200m freestyle swimming with world record

BEIJING, China - Michael Phelps of the United States (L) is congratulated by Japan's Yoshihiro Okumura after winning the men's 200-meter freestyle swimming final in the Beijing Olympic Games with a world record time of 1:42.96.

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Japan adds one gold, 2 silvers in rowing

DOHA, Qatar - (From L to R) Yu Kataoka, Yuya Higashiyama, Rokuro Okumura and Yoshinori Sato hold up their gold medals after the Japanese team won the men's four final of the rowing event at the Asian Games in Doha on Dec. 7.

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NTT East ordered to pay 66 mil. yen for employee's work-linked death

SAPPORO, Japan - Bereaved family members of Yoshikatsu Okumura, a 58-year-old employee at NTT East Corp. who died after taking part in a two-month training camp, speak at a press conference in Sapporo on March 9 after the Sapporo District Court ordered the company to pay 66 million yen in damages to them. The court recognized the family's claim that Okumura's death was related to the training camp, arranged as part of the company's restructuring program.

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Popular songs in Show period make a comeback

TOKYO, Japan - Aiko Okumura, 24, sings a popular song in the late 1940s at live house, '' Crossroad,'' in downtown Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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(1)Japan team captures bronze in 4x100 medley in Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Anchor Yoshihiro Okumura (bottom) is cheered on by (from L to R) Tomomi Morita, Kosuke Kitajima and Takashi Yamamoto as they capture the bronze in the 4x100 medley final at the Olympic Aquatic Centre on Aug. 21.

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(5)Japan team captures bronze in 4x100 medley in Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - The Japanese team of (from L to R) Tomomi Morita, Kosuke Kitajima, Takashi Yamamoto and Yoshihiro Okumura respond to cheering fans during the awards ceremony for their bronze medal in the 4x100 medley in the Athens Olympics at the Olympic Aquatic Centre on Aug. 21.

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Okumura sets new Japan record in 100m freestyle at Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Yoshihiro Okumura sets a new national record of 50.24 seconds in the men's 100-meter freestyle preliminaries in the Athens Olympic Games on Aug. 17 at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.

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Japan quartet wins Men's 4x100-meter medley relay

PUSAN, South Korea - The Japan quartet of (from L to R) Takashi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Okumura, Atsushi Nishikori and Kosuke Kitajima celebrates after winning the Asian Games men's 4x100-meter medley relay at Sajik swimming pool in Pusan on Oct. 4. (Asian Games)

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Human cells auctioned for first time

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Okumura, director general of the Japan Human Cell Society, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo late on Oct. 25 to explain the circumstance that led to the first auction of human cells in Japan. The human cells strains, used by Okumura as collateral for loans totaling 120 million yen, were bought in an auction Oct. 26 for 160 million yen by a Tokyo businessman, one of creditors of the loans.

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LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Hidetoshi Yamashita (C) lifts two bouquets into the air Oct. 22 after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Shiga Prefecture by running on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. At right is his wife Mieko. Yamashita, a 47-year-old former banker and the son of late Defense Agency chief Ganri Yamashita, beat Shunyu Norikumo, a former professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto who ran on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket. He also vanquished Takashi Kawauchi, a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Yamashita will fill a seat vacated by Tenzo Okumura, who resigned before an unsuccessful attempt to win a lower house seat as an independent in the June 25 general elections.

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New Party Sakigake dissolved

New Party Sakigake leader Masayoshi Takemura (standing) says a few words at an Oct. 20 ceremony to officially dissolve the opposition party he founded five years and four months ago. The former finance minister said he and House of Councillors member Tenzo Okumura will form a new party called Sakigake later in the day.

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Demonstration experiment of remote medical treatment using NTT DOCOMO's 5G-compatible mobile medical vehicles

Based on the results of the demonstration, the team aims to put the vehicle to practical use at an early date. A 5G-compatible mobile medical vehicle (photo) was dispatched to the Hidakagawa Town Health and Welfare Center (Hidakagawa Town, Wakayama Prefecture) to temporarily establish a communication environment. Yukihiko Okumura, director of the 5G Innovation Promotion Office, expressed his expectation, saying, "We will be able to rush to the patients' side (even in depopulated areas). NTT DOCOMO and Wakayama Prefectural University of Medical Science have been conducting a verification experiment since fiscal 2017, and this is the third time they have conducted the experiment. Hidakagawa-cho Health and Welfare Center in Hidakagawa-cho, Wakayama Prefecture on January 8, 2020. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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NTT East ordered to pay 66 mil. yen for employee's work-linked d

SAPPORO, Japan - Bereaved family members of Yoshikatsu Okumura, a 58-year-old employee at NTT East Corp. who died after taking part in a two-month training camp, speak at a press conference in Sapporo on March 9 after the Sapporo District Court ordered the company to pay 66 million yen in damages to them. The court recognized the family's claim that Okumura's death was related to the training camp, arranged as part of the company's restructuring program. (Kyodo)

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JAXA chief explains about troubled satellite

Naoki Okumura, president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, comments on communication trouble affecting the Hitomi X-ray astronomy satellite, during a press conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2016. Okamura said the agency is trying to ascertain the current situation and examining its development and production process for satellites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-American WWII veteran pays 1st postwar visit to Okinawa

U.S. war veteran Harold Okumura, who fought in the Battle of Okinawa as a U.S. military interpreter, visits the coast of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 1, 2015, the 70th anniversary of U.S. troops' landing there during World War II. Okumura, a third-generation Japanese-American living in Hawaii, visited Okinawa for the first time since working there briefly after the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-American WWII veteran pays 1st postwar visit to Okinawa

U.S. war veteran Harold Okumura (L) reunites on April 1, 2015, with islanders who were housed in a prison camp in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, during and after the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. Okumura, a third-generation Japanese-American living in Hawaii, fought in the battle as a U.S. military interpreter and worked in Okinawa between June 1945 and fall 1946. It was his first visit to Okinawa since the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eco-friendly strategies prove profitable for some Japanese firms

Takayuki Okumura, an official of Kirishima Shuzo Co., points to sweet potato scraps before they were fermented to produce methane gas in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(5)Japan team captures bronze in 4x100 medley in Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - The Japanese team of (from L to R) Tomomi Morita, Kosuke Kitajima, Takashi Yamamoto and Yoshihiro Okumura respond to cheering fans during the awards ceremony for their bronze medal in the 4x100 medley in the Athens Olympics at the Olympic Aquatic Centre on Aug. 21.(Kyodo)

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(1)Japan team captures bronze in 4x100 medley in Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Anchor Yoshihiro Okumura (bottom) is cheered on by (from L to R) Tomomi Morita, Kosuke Kitajima and Takashi Yamamoto as they capture the bronze in the 4x100 medley final at the Olympic Aquatic Centre on Aug. 21.(Kyodo)

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Okumura sets new Japan record in 100m freestyle at Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Yoshihiro Okumura sets a new national record of 50.24 seconds in the men's 100-meter freestyle preliminaries in the Athens Olympic Games on Aug. 17 at the Olympic Aquatic Centre. (Kyodo)

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Phelps wins 200m freestyle swimming with world record

BEIJING, China - Michael Phelps of the United States (L) is congratulated by Japan's Yoshihiro Okumura after winning the men's 200-meter freestyle swimming final in the Beijing Olympic Games with a world record time of 1:42.96. (Kyodo)

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Japan adds one gold, 2 silvers in rowing

DOHA, Qatar - (From L to R) Yu Kataoka, Yuya Higashiyama, Rokuro Okumura and Yoshinori Sato hold up their gold medals after the Japanese team won the men's four final of the rowing event at the Asian Games in Doha on Dec. 7. (Kyodo)

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Great Nobi Earthquake (rescue station at Okumura)

The wounded in the earthquake are treated in the tent. Most of the wounded seem to be women. This is probably immediately after the earthquake.==Date:unknown, Place:Aichi, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number39‐24‐0]

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Great Nobi Earthquake (rescue station at Okumura)

Victims of the Nobi earthquake which took place early in the morning of October 28, 1891. Rice and water etc. are provided at a square.==Date:unknown, Place:Aichi, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number39‐23‐0]

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura, who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, speaks to reporters at Himeji in the prefecture on Feb. 7, 2011, after seeing the wreckage of the train cars. West Japan Railway Co. allowed bereaved relatives and surviving passengers to view the wreckage of the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562. (Kyodo)

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Japan grabs silver in 800 relay at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Takeshi Matsuda (R), Yoshihiro Okumura (C), Yuki Kobori (2nd from L) and Sho Uchida (down L) celebrate after Japan finishing second in the men's 800-meter freestyle relay at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan men's 4x200 freestyle relay swimmers qualify for London

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's Sho Uchida (upper L), Yoshihiro Okumura (upper C), Takeshi Matsuda (upper R) and Shogo Hihara gather after swimming in the preliminary round race of the men's 4x200 freestyle relay at the world swimming championships in Shanghai on July 29, 2011. The team finished second (7:10.46) of all competitors to advance to the final and secure Japan's Olympic berth for London 2012. (Kyodo)

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Japanese men's relay team qualify for London Olympics

SHANGHAI, China - Members of the Japanese men's 4x100 freestyle relay team -- (from L) Takuro Fujii, Yoshihiro Okumura, Shogo Hihara and Takeshi Matsuda -- celebrate during the world championships in Shanghai on July 24, 2011, after qualifying for next year's London Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki A-bomb exhibition in Netherlands

OVERLOON, Netherlands - Ayako Okumura (L), who as an eight-year-old survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 but lost her family, speaks about her experience of the atomic bombing on May 31, 2010, in the village of Overloon in the southern Netherlands. The village will host the annual Hiroshima Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition from June 1 to Sept. 30. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit art exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko walk inside a museum to view an art exhibition in Tokyo on April 26, 2010. The royal couple saw an exhibition of works by painter Togyu Okumura. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit art exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) stand near a picture at an art exhibition in Tokyo on April 26, 2010. The royal couple visited an exhibition of works by painter Togyu Okumura. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura (C), who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, arrives at a site where bereaved relatives and surviving passengers were allowed to view the wreckage of the accident. The wreckage was returned to West Japan Railway Co. from the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office, which had retained it as evidence in the trials of former JR West executives charged over the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562. (Kyodo)

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Parasols for men trend in Japan

Noriaki Fukuhara (L) and Takeshi Okumura, Saitama prefectural government officials promoting parasols for men in Japan, pose for photos on July 24, 2018, before the local government office in Saitama near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parasols for men trend in Japan

Noriaki Fukuhara (L) and Takeshi Okumura, Saitama prefectural government officials promoting parasols for men in Japan, pose for photos on July 24, 2018, before the local government office in Saitama near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan quartet wins Men's 4x100-meter medley relay

PUSAN, South Korea - The Japan quartet of (from L to R) Takashi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Okumura, Atsushi Nishikori and Kosuke Kitajima celebrates after winning the Asian Games men's 4x100-meter medley relay at Sajik swimming pool in Pusan on Oct. 4. (Asian Games) (Kyodo)

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Human cells auctioned for first time

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Okumura, director general of the Japan Human Cell Society, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo late on Oct. 25 to explain the circumstance that led to the first auction of human cells in Japan. The human cells strains, used by Okumura as collateral for loans totaling 120 million yen, were bought in an auction Oct. 26 for 160 million yen by a Tokyo businessman, one of creditors of the loans.