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Osamu Suzuki gets best father award

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Former television writer Osamu Suzuki speaks in Tokyo on June 4, 2024, after receiving the Best Father Yellow Ribbon Award.(Kyodo)

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Suzuki Motor's former leader Osamu Suzuki dies at 94

Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman and President Osamu Suzuki (far L) poses for a photo during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Alto commercial vehicle in Hamamatsu in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka in May 2009. Suzuki died of malignant lymphoma at age 94 on Dec. 25, 2024.

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Suzuki Motor's former leader Osamu Suzuki dies at 94

Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2020, shows Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki during an interview in Hamamatsu, the central Japan city where his company is based. Suzuki died of malignant lymphoma at age 94 on Dec. 25, 2024.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Yoshiwara, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party group in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 23, 2014. Yoshiwara said fellow LDP assembly member Akihiro Suzuki has admitted to having made a sexist remark while a female assembly member posed questions during a session on maternity support measures.

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Suzuki Motor releases all-new Alto minicar in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Osamu Suzuki stands by the Japanese automaker's all-new eighth-generation Alto in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2014, the launch date of the minivehicle in Japan.

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Suzuki's Hustler minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Suzuki, chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., unveils the Hustler minivehicle in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2013.

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Suzuki to remodel Carry

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman and President Osamu Suzuki holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2013. The automaker said it will fully remodel its Carry minitruck for the first time in 14 years, expanding the interior space and improving fuel efficiency.

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Suzuki Motor opens Thai plant

RAYONG, Thailand - Osamu Suzuki (C), president and chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., takes part in a tape-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the company's new plant in Rayong, eastern Thailand, on Nov. 12, 2012.

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Suzuki chairman holds talks with Haryana chief minister

NEW DELHI, India - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki answers a reporter's question at a press conference in New Delhi on Aug. 26, 2012. Suzuki met the same day with Bhupinder Singh Hooda, chief minister of India's northern state of Haryana, where a Suzuki car plant was wracked by violence the previous month following a labor dispute.

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Suzuki to set up skill development institute in India

AHMEDABAD, India - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki answers reporters' questions near Ahmedabad in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Aug. 24, 2012, after meeting with Narendra Modi, the chief minister of the state. Suzuki said in the meeting the Japanese carmaker plans to set up a skill development institute in the state to help train Indian workers.

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Suzuki Motor breaks ground for new plant in Vietnam

BIEN HOA, Vietnam - Osamu Suzuki (C), chairman and president of Suzuki Motor Corp., takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony that Vietnam Suzuki Corp. held in Bien Hoa in the province of Dong Nai, southern Vietnam, on April 25, 2012, for its new automobile plant in the city.

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Suzuki Motor breaks ground for new plant in Vietnam

BIEN HOA, Vietnam - Osamu Suzuki, chairman and president of Suzuki Motor Corp., speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony that Vietnam Suzuki Corp. held in Bien Hoa in the province of Dong Nai, southern Vietnam, on April 25, 2012, for its new automobile plant in the city.

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Suzuki to dissolve capital partnership with Volkswagen

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman and President Osamu Suzuki (C) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2011. The Japanese automaker said it has decided to dissolve its nearly two-year capital partnership with Germany's Volkswagen AG.

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Suzuki's remodeled MR Wagon minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. President and Chairman Osamu Suzuki stands by the automaker's new MR Wagon minivehicle in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2011. The car was fully remodeled for the first time in five years, equipped with a newly developed engine and continuously variable transmission.

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Suzuki's eco-friendly car

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman and President Osamu Suzuki poses for photos next to the remodeled Swift small car in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2010. The automaker said it will begin marketing a line of all-new Swift cars on Sept. 18 that will be eligible for tax breaks granted to buyers of eco-friendly vehicles.

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Suzuki to stay true to humble spirit even after Volkswagen deal

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2010. Suzuki said the automaker needs to remain humble even after its recent capital tie-up with German auto giant Volkswagen AG, warning that if the company suffers from the delusion that it is the world's top automaker, it would lead to failure.

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Suzuki launches 7th-generation Alto minicar

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki poses with his company's seventh-generation Alto minivehicle at a Tokyo hotel Dec. 16, 2009. The new automobile features improved mileage and greater interior space.

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Suzuki, Volkswagen announce tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Martin Winterkorn, chairman of Volkswagen AG (R), and Osamu Suzuki, chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2009, after the Japanese and German automakers signed a capital tie-up agreement.

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Suzuki, Volkswagen announce tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Suzuki (L), chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., and Martin Winterkorn, chairman of Volkswagen AG, shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2009, after the Japanese and German automakers signed a capital tie-up agreement.

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Suzuki, Volkswagen announce tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Suzuki (L), chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., and Martin Winterkorn, chairman of Volkswagen AG, shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2009, after the Japanese and German automakers signed a capital tie-up agreement.

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Suzuki, Volkswagen announce tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Suzuki (L), chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., and Martin Winterkorn, chairman of Volkswagen AG, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2009, after the Japanese and German automakers signed a capital tie-up agreement.

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Suzuki Motor president at press conference

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Osamu Suzuki, chairman and president of Suzuki Motor Corp., speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2009. Suzuki said the automaker will build a new passenger car plant in India in 2011.

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Suzuki has credit, debt guarantees to GM affiliates

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. President Osamu Suzuki speaks at a news conference in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 2. He said the company has 71.6 billion yen in credit, investment and debt guarantees to affiliates of failed U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. and plans to book loan-loss reserves if deemed necessary.

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Suzuki announces plan to build car plant in Russia with Itochu

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Osamu Suzuki (L in front), president of Suzuki Motor Corp. of Japan, signs a memorandum of understanding on a plan to build a car assembly plant near St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, with Russian officials June 8 in St. Petersburg. Suzuki will build the plant jointly with Japanese trading house Itochu Corp.

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Suzuki to build plant in Shizuoka Pref. for 60 billion yen

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki and President Hiroshi Tsuda tell a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that the comapny will begin building a new plant this fall at its existing manufacturing base in Shizuoka Prefecture with an investment of about 60 billion yen. The plant, capable of manufacturing 240,000 compact cars a year, will become operational in the fall of 2008, they said.

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Suzuki's small SX4 SUV developed with Fiat debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki (L) and President Hiroshi Tsuda pose beside the SX4, a compact sport-utility vehicle the company developed with Italy's Fiat S.p.A. at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4. The new SUV, which was marketed in Japan on the day, first went on sale in Europe in March. The four-wheel-drive 1.5XG model with a 1.5-liter engine under the new product line will sell for 1,858,500 yen.

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GM to reduce its 20% stake in Suzuki to 3%

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Suzuki (L), chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 6 about the company's business alliance with General Motors Corp. On his right is President Hiroshi Tsuda.

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Suzuki releases all-new MR Wagon minicar

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki (L) and President Hiroshi Tsuda (R) flank, at a Tokyo hotel, a fully remodeled MR Wagon minicar the company released Jan. 20. The new minicar targets women in their 20s and 30s who are raising young children.

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Suzuki Motor to increase total car output by 2% in 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. President Hiroshi Tsuda (L) tells a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 21 that the company plans to produce 1,935,000 vehicles in Japan and abroad in 2004, up 2% from 2003, through a substantial increase in output in India, China and Hungry. At right is chairman Osamu Suzuki.

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GM to beef up cooperation with Isuzu, Suzuki, Fuji Heavy

TOKYO, Japan - General Motors Corp. Chairman Rick Wagoner (L) speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 20 about cooperation with its three Japanese automobile affiliates in the Asia-Pacific region. Yoshinori Ida (2nd from L), president of Isuzu Motors Ltd., Osamu Suzuki, chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp. (2nd from R) and Kyoji Takenaka, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., were also at the press conference.

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Suzuki launches Twin hybrid minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki stands by his company's new environmentally friendly gasoline-electric hybrid minicar, Twin, launched at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 22. The Twin, with an engine displacement of 660 cc and seating two, is the first commercial hybrid minivehicle to be put on the market.

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Suzuki Motor to take 14.9% stake in GM-Daewoo venture

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Suzuki Motor Co. Chairman Osamu Suzuki (L) and General Motors Co. Chairman John Smith shake hands at a news conference in Hamamatsu on June 27. Suzuki Motor has agreed to take a 14.9% equity stake in an auto-making joint venture GM will set up with the creditor banks of bankrupt South Korean automaker Daewoo Motor Co. Suzuki, a GM affiliate, said it will pay $89 million for the stake in the Korean venture, GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. (GMDAT).

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Suzuki Motor to supply MR Wagon minicar to Nissan Motor

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki announces at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 16 that his company will launch a new five-door minicar called the MR Wagon, pictured behind him, on Dec. 4. It will supply the vehicle to Nissan Motor Co. starting next spring under an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement. The MR Wagon is targeted at housewives in their late 20s and 30s.

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Kawasaki Heavy, Suzuki Motor to tie up in motorcycles, ATVs+

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki (L) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. President Masamoto Tazaki shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 29. They announced their two companies will tie up in the development and production of a wide variety of motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).

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Nissan to sell minicars built by Suzuki from 2002

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn (R) and Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki shake hands after a news conference in Tokyo on April 2. They said Nissan will sell minivehicles built by Suzuki under the Nissan brand, beginning in 2002.

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GM to double stake in Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Suzuki (L), chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 14 as John Smith, chairman of General Motors Corp., listens. Smith announced that GM will double its stake in Suzuki to 20%.

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GM, Isuzu, Suzuki to jointly develop small car

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhira Seki (L), chairman of Isuzu Motors Ltd., John Smith (C), chairman of General Motors Corp. of the United States, and Osamu Suzuki (R), president of Suzuki Motor Corp., shake hands in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 19 after making the announcement that the three auto companies will jointly develop a next-generation small passenger vehicle.

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GM to become Suzuki's biggest shareholder

John Smith, chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors Corp., (R) and Osamu Suzuki, president of Japan's Suzuki Motor Ltd., speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday Sept. 16 on an agreement between the two automakers to expand their business tie-up.The U.S. auto giant agreed to raise its stake in Suzuki to become the largest shareholder in Japan's top minivehicle producer.

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Suzuki Motor to supply MR Wagon minicar to Nissan Motor

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki announces at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 16 that his company will launch a new five-door minicar called the MR Wagon, pictured behind him, on Dec. 4. It will supply the vehicle to Nissan Motor Co. starting next spring under an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement. The MR Wagon is targeted at housewives in their late 20s and 30s.

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Suzuki releases all-new MR Wagon minicar

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki (L) and President Hiroshi Tsuda (R) flank, at a Tokyo hotel, a fully remodeled MR Wagon minicar the company released Jan. 20. The new minicar targets women in their 20s and 30s who are raising young children. (Kyodo)

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GM to reduce its 20% stake in Suzuki to 3%

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Suzuki (L), chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 6 about the company's business alliance with General Motors Corp. On his right is President Hiroshi Tsuda. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki's small SX4 SUV developed with Fiat debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki (L) and President Hiroshi Tsuda pose beside the SX4, a compact sport-utility vehicle the company developed with Italy's Fiat S.p.A. at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4. The new SUV, which was marketed in Japan on the day, first went on sale in Europe in March. The four-wheel-drive 1.5XG model with a 1.5-liter engine under the new product line will sell for 1,858,500 yen. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki to build plant in Shizuoka Pref. for 60 billion yen

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki and President Hiroshi Tsuda tell a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that the comapny will begin building a new plant this fall at its existing manufacturing base in Shizuoka Prefecture with an investment of about 60 billion yen. The plant, capable of manufacturing 240,000 compact cars a year, will become operational in the fall of 2008, they said. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki announces plan to build car plant in Russia with Itochu

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Osamu Suzuki (L in front), president of Suzuki Motor Corp. of Japan, signs a memorandum of understanding on a plan to build a car assembly plant near St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, with Russian officials June 8 in St. Petersburg. Suzuki will build the plant jointly with Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki has credit, debt guarantees to GM affiliates

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. President Osamu Suzuki speaks at a news conference in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 2. He said the company has 71.6 billion yen in credit, investment and debt guarantees to affiliates of failed U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. and plans to book loan-loss reserves if deemed necessary. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki launches Twin hybrid minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki stands by his company's new environmentally friendly gasoline-electric hybrid minicar, Twin, launched at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 22. The Twin, with an engine displacement of 660 cc and seating two, is the first commercial hybrid minivehicle to be put on the market. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki Motor faces vocal shareholders

Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki (standing at podium) speaks at a general shareholders meeting in the central Japan city of Hamamatsu on June 29, 2016, where the automaker was criticized over its noncompliant vehicle fuel economy tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suzuki Motor Chairman Osamu Suzuki to leave CEO post

Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki (R) and Vice President Osamu Honda attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2016. The automaker said Suzuki will leave the post of chief executive officer, while Honda will step down to take responsibility for its use of noncompliant fuel economy testing methods. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2.14 mil. cars in Suzuki Motor's noncompliant fuel economy testing

Suzuki Motor Corp. President Toshihiro Suzuki (R) and Chairman Osamu Suzuki (C) bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on May 31, 2016. The automaker said a total of 2.14 million units in 26 models were affected by fuel economy tests that were not in accordance with Japanese regulations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2.14 mil. cars in Suzuki Motor's noncompliant fuel economy testing

Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki, one of the longest-serving leaders in the auto industry, attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 31, 2016. The company said a total of 2.14 million units in 26 models were affected by fuel economy tests that were not in accordance with Japanese regulations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo