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Automatic translation device at rental car shop

A foreign tourist (L) speaks to a rental car shop clerk through an automatic translation device at Chitose airport in northern Japan on April 26, 2024. Orix Auto Corp. introduced the device the same day on a trial basis, with the transparent display set up in front of customers showing what they say in their native languages -- with 13 languages including English, Chinese and Korean available.

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Electric vehicle for one-way car-sharing service unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Mercedes-Benz Japan Co., ORIX Auto Corp. and Amano Corp. unveil an electric vehicle in Tokyo on July 24, 2014, for use in their joint one-way car-sharing service to be launched in Yokohama on Sept. 1.

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Vegetables harvested at artificially lit factory

OSAKA, Japan - Workers harvest lettuce and other vegetables on June 17, 2014, at an agricultural factory using artificial light in Yabu, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. The factory was built by remodeling a local elementary school gymnasium in a joint project between Orix Real Estate Corp. and the Yabu city government.

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Orix chairman shows lettuce at artificially lit factory

OSAKA, Japan - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L) shows lettuce on June 17, 2014, grown at an agricultural factory using artificial light in Yabu, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. The factory was built by remodeling an elementary school gymnasium in a joint project between Orix Real Estate Corp., an Orix Corp. unit, and the Yabu city government.

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Orix names Inoue as president

TOKYO, Japan - Financial services firm Orix Corp. vice president Makoto Inoue (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010, after the company named him as next president and chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1. Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L) will remain as Orix group chief executive officer.

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa is surrounded by reporters and photographers at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with communication minister Kunio Hatoyama. Nishikawa was quoted as telling Hatoyama that Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix.

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa. Hatoyama said Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix.

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Orix's Miyauchi denies special treatment for BOJ Gov. Fukui

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 29. Miyauchi said that neither he nor his company has ever given special treatment to Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui in connection with Fukui's personal investments.

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Panel calls for outsourcing public services

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L), who heads a government advisory panel, the Council for Regulatory Reform, presents a report on updating Japan's three-year deregulation program to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the premier's office Dec. 12. The program features proposals that public services be outsourced to the private sector.

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Panel calls for 'special regulatory reform zones'

TOKYO, July 23 Kyodo - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L), who chairs the government Council for Regulatory Reform, speaks at a news conference July 23 on his panel's report which called for ''special regulatory reform zones'' to promote Japan's deregulatory efforts and help reinvigorate the slumping economy.

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Miyauchi pledges to make recommendations in short period of time

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi, who heads an advisory panel for Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, speaks with the media following the first meeting of the panel March 6. He said his panel will work to make effective recommendations within a short period of time. The 13-member panel includes from the private sector, the media and academia as well as former diplomats.

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New deregulation panel to compile basic plan by end of July

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi poses with Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L), the head of his new advisory panel on deregulation, at the start of the panel's inaugural meeting May 11. The Council for Regulatory Reform agreed to draw up a basic policy on regulatory reforms and reach a decision on which areas they will target by the end of July.

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NCB begins operations under new owners

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Credit Bank (NCB) opens Sept. 4 for its first official day of business under the ownership of a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp., following 21 months of state control that ended Sept. 1. The new management is expected to adopt a plan to rename the institution Aozora Bank in January 2001. Aozora means ''blue sky'' in Japanese. Photo shows new NCB executives (from L to R) of Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank Corp., Tadayo Homma, a former executive director of the Bank of Japan, who is expected to become president of the new bank, and Yoshihiko Miyauchi, chairman of Orix Corp.

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FRC inks accord to sell NCB to Softbank-led group

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayo Homma (L), next president of Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), joins hand with Shunsuke Takeda (2nd from L), vice president of leasing company Orix Corp., Softbank Corp. founder and President Masayoshi Son (3rd from L), and Tomochika Iwashita (R), managing director of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., at a Tokyo hotel on June 6 after the government's Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) and Deposit Insurance Corp. (DIC) signed a basic agreement earlier in the day to sell the nationalized NCB to the tripartite consortium led by Softbank.

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Orix to list on NYSE

Yoshihiko Miyauchi (C), president of Orix Corp., joins a ''taiko'' drum performance to celebrate his company's listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday Sept. 16. Orix, the largest leasing firm in Japan, became the country's first company since 1994 to list on the NYSE. Richard Grasso (second from R), chairman of the NYSE, also joined the performance outside the NYSE building.

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Miyauchi pledges to make recommendations in short period of time

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi, who heads an advisory panel for Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, speaks with the media following the first meeting of the panel March 6. He said his panel will work to make effective recommendations within a short period of time. The 13-member panel includes from the private sector, the media and academia as well as former diplomats.

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Orix's Miyauchi denies special treatment for BOJ Gov. Fukui

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 29. Miyauchi said that neither he nor his company has ever given special treatment to Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui in connection with Fukui's personal investments. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa. Hatoyama said Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa is surrounded by reporters and photographers at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with communication minister Kunio Hatoyama. Nishikawa was quoted as telling Hatoyama that Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix. (Kyodo)

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Panel calls for 'special regulatory reform zones'

TOKYO, July 23 Kyodo - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L), who chairs the government Council for Regulatory Reform, speaks at a news conference July 23 on his panel's report which called for ''special regulatory reform zones'' to promote Japan's deregulatory efforts and help reinvigorate the slumping economy.

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Orix-led consortium begins running airports in western Japan

Aircraft are parked on April 1, 2016, at Kansai International Airport near Osaka. Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport in western Japan began running the same day under the management of Kansai Airports, a consortium led by Japanese leasing company Orix Corp. and Vinci Airports of France, replacing a debt-saddled state-backed company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Orix-led consortium begins running airports in western Japan

Posters in a lobby at Kansai International Airport near Osaka announce a change in the airport's management on April 1, 2016. Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport in western Japan began running the same day under the management of Kansai Airports, a consortium led by Japanese leasing company Orix Corp. and Vinci Airports of France, replacing a debt-saddled state-backed company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Orix-led consortium begins running airports in western Japan

A "maiko" apprentice geisha welcomes a foreign tourist at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on April 1, 2016. Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport in western Japan began running the same day under the management of Kansai Airports, a consortium led by Japanese leasing company Orix Corp. and Vinci Airports of France, replacing a debt-saddled state-backed company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Orix-led companies secure rights for west Japan airports

New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando attends a press conference at the western Japan airport on Nov. 10, 2015, announcing the company has decided to sell the rights to operate the airport and Osaka International Airport to a consortium led by Orix Corp. and Vinci Airports of France. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Orix-led companies secure rights for west Japan airports

New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando attends a press conference at the western Japan airport on Nov. 10, 2015, announcing the company has decided to sell the rights to operate the airport and Osaka International Airport to a consortium led by Orix Corp. and Vinci Airports of France. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Real estate firms offering location sites for dramas, movies

TOKYO, Japan - The Mark Springs, a town with condominiums and detached houses Orix Real Estate Corp. developed in Yokohama's Seta Ward, has proved to be a successful location site for TV dramas, movies and commercials such as the popular TV drama ''At-home Dad.'' (Kyodo)

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Orix chairman shows lettuce at artificially lit factory

OSAKA, Japan - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L) shows lettuce on June 17, 2014, grown at an agricultural factory using artificial light in Yabu, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. The factory was built by remodeling an elementary school gymnasium in a joint project between Orix Real Estate Corp., an Orix Corp. unit, and the Yabu city government. (Kyodo)

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Orix names Inoue as president

TOKYO, Japan - Financial services firm Orix Corp. vice president Makoto Inoue (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010, after the company named him as next president and chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1. Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L) will remain as Orix group chief executive officer. (Kyodo)

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Orix Auto to begin car-sharing service using Toyota FCVs

Photo taken at a hydrogen station in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2019, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s MIRAI fuel cell vehicle. Orix Auto Corp. will begin a car-sharing service in Tokyo on Nov. 19, initially using four Toyota MIRAIs and expanding the number to 36 by the end of December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Orix to build Japan's highest condo building in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - The Orix Corp. group said March 11 it will join forces with two real estate developers to build Japan's highest condominium building (shown in a designer's image) in Osaka. The 54-story skyscraper, to be completed in August 2006, will be 200 meters high, surpassing the 186-meter-high Elza Tower in Kawaguchi, north of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Panel calls for outsourcing public services

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L), who heads a government advisory panel, the Council for Regulatory Reform, presents a report on updating Japan's three-year deregulation program to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the premier's office Dec. 12. The program features proposals that public services be outsourced to the private sector. (Kyodo)

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New deregulation panel to compile basic plan by end of July

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi poses with Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L), the head of his new advisory panel on deregulation, at the start of the panel's inaugural meeting May 11. The Council for Regulatory Reform agreed to draw up a basic policy on regulatory reforms and reach a decision on which areas they will target by the end of July.

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Orix Credit Chairman Maruyama to head NCB

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Credit Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Maruyama meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 20 after Nippon Credit Bank (NCB) decides to name him as its new president, effective Dec. 5, filling the vacancy left by the suicide of former NCB head Tadayo Homma two months ago. Maruyama, 64, was also named as an adviser to NCB, effective Nov. 20.

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NCB begins operations under new owners

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Credit Bank (NCB) opens Sept. 4 for its first official day of business under the ownership of a consortium led by Internet investor Softbank Corp., following 21 months of state control that ended Sept. 1. The new management is expected to adopt a plan to rename the institution Aozora Bank in January 2001. Aozora means ''blue sky'' in Japanese. Photo shows new NCB executives (from L to R) of Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank Corp., Tadayo Homma, a former executive director of the Bank of Japan, who is expected to become president of the new bank, and Yoshihiko Miyauchi, chairman of Orix Corp.

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FRC inks accord to sell NCB to Softbank-led group

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayo Homma (L), next president of Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), joins hand with Shunsuke Takeda (2nd from L), vice president of leasing company Orix Corp., Softbank Corp. founder and President Masayoshi Son (3rd from L), and Tomochika Iwashita (R), managing director of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., at a Tokyo hotel on June 6 after the government's Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) and Deposit Insurance Corp. (DIC) signed a basic agreement earlier in the day to sell the nationalized NCB to the tripartite consortium led by Softbank.

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Orix to list on NYSE

Yoshihiko Miyauchi (C), president of Orix Corp., joins a ''taiko'' drum performance to celebrate his company's listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday Sept. 16. Orix, the largest leasing firm in Japan, became the country's first company since 1994 to list on the NYSE. Richard Grasso (second from R), chairman of the NYSE, also joined the performance outside the NYSE building.