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Actress Oyama, voice of iconic anime character Doraemon, dies at 90

Keisuke Sagawa, husband of Japanese voice actress Nobuyo Oyama, holds a book he wrote about her life after the onset of her dementia during a media event in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2015. Best known for providing the voice of the robotic cat Doraemon in the popular Japanese anime series, Oyama died on Sept. 29, 2024, aged 90.

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Japanese wins European inventor award

Japanese inventor and materials scientist Masato Sagawa, who created the world's most powerful permanent magnets crucial for various high-tech applications, holds a trophy after winning the European Inventor Award for non-member countries of the European Patent Office. Sagawa is an adviser to Japanese specialty steel manufacturer Daido Steel Co. ==Kyodo

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SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings Co., Ltd. (C&F Holdings) Announce Takeover Bid

SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings Co., Ltd. (C&F Holdings) at a press conference regarding the tender offer. Photo shows, from left to right; C&F Logistics HD President Hiromasa Aya, SGHD President Hidekazu Matsumoto, and Sagawa Express President Masahide Kimura. ＝May 31, 2024, Tokyo, Japan

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

TOKYO, Japan, March 27 Kyodo - Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness.

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Sagawa Express opens center with medieval-style couriers

KYOTO, Japan - A parcel delivery service center, at which staff dress like ''hikyaku'' foot couriers from medieval Japan, was opened in Kyoto by Sagawa Express Co. on June 21, 2010. The new center is located in a renovated house in Kyoto's popular Gion entertainment district, offering pickup and delivery services by four staff members dressed in traditional happi coats.

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Hyogo supermarket to grow vegetables in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Kanji Sagawa (L), president of Kobe Bussan Co., a food supermarket mainly for businesses, and an Egyptian government official exchange documents in Cairo on Nov. 13. The two sides agreed that Kobe Bussan will create a farm in Egypt to cultivate an array of vegetables for export to Japan.

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31 mil. yen stolen in attack on cash transport vehicle

CHIBA, Japan - Police officials investigate near a cash transport van in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 19, from which about 31.1 million yen in cash and checks were stolen earlier in the day. The vehicle was stormed by four or five men when two security guards returned to the car after collecting cash from the Kamogawa office of Sagawa Express Co.

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Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

On August 22, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that three convenience store companies, Seven-Eleven Japan, FamilyMart, and Lawson, will begin a demonstration experiment for joint delivery. For one week from August 1, the delivery trucks will be sent from each company's distribution bases to XFRONTIER, a joint delivery center of Sagawa Express (Koto Ward, Tokyo). They will then deliver beverages, confectionery, daily goods and other items to a total of 40 stores in the bay area of Tokyo. Seiichi Aoyama, General Manager of the QC and Logistics Management Division of Seven-Eleven Japan; Toru Oka, General Manager of the SCM and Quality Management Division of FamilyMart; and Hitoshi Fujii, General Manager of the Product Division of Lawson. (From left: Toru Oka, General Manager, SCM and Quality Control Division, FamilyMart; Hitoshi Fujii, General Manager, Merchandise Division, Lawson.

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Hyogo supermarket to grow vegetables in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Kanji Sagawa (L), president of Kobe Bussan Co., a food supermarket mainly for businesses, and an Egyptian government official exchange documents in Cairo on Nov. 13. The two sides agreed that Kobe Bussan will create a farm in Egypt to cultivate an array of vegetables for export to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Prime Minister Hosokawa steps down after eight months in office - Prime Minister's Office

Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa announces his resignation after his own borrowing of 100 million yen from Sagawa Express and the purchase of NTT stock stalled Diet deliberations. The film was shot at a press conference where Prime Minister Hosokawa announced his resignation, date of shooting unknown, release date: May 1, 1994.

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Sagawa, Hitachi to tie up to create No. 2 Japanese logistics provider

(From L to R) Sagawa Express Co. President Hideo Araki, SG Holdings Co. President Tadashi Machida, Hitachi Transport System Ltd. President Yasuo Nakatani and Hitachi Ltd. Vice President Yutaka Saito shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2016. Hitachi Transport System and SG Holdings said they will form a capital and business alliance that will create Japan's second-largest distribution service provider. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawson, Sagawa agree to tie up in delivery services

Genichi Tamatsuka (2nd from L), president of Lawson Inc., and Tadashi Machida (3rd from R), president of SG Holdings Co., pose for a photo after a press conference in Tokyo on April 7, 2015. The two companies said they will offer a delivery service out of convenience stores. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawson, Sagawa agree to tie up in delivery services

Two women show the uniforms of a joint venture to be set up by Lawson Inc. and SG Holdings Co. in June 2015. The two companies announced at a press conference on April 7 that they plan to offer a delivery service out of convenience stores. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum in west Japan tells of villagers' forced relocation in WWII

Hisako Kamiyama (R), a survivor of the Japanese government's forced relocation of villagers from what is now the city of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, during World War II to Manchuria (northeastern China), and Yoshiaki Sagawa, a former member of the local education board, look at exhibits about the tragedy at a refurbished local museum in the western Japan city on Aug. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sagawa Express opens center with medieval-style couriers

KYOTO, Japan - A parcel delivery service center, at which staff dress like ''hikyaku'' foot couriers from medieval Japan, was opened in Kyoto by Sagawa Express Co. on June 21, 2010. The new center is located in a renovated house in Kyoto's popular Gion entertainment district, offering pickup and delivery services by four staff members dressed in traditional happi coats. (Kyodo)

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (R, seated) looks down during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, when he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sagawa Express courier

A Sagawa Express Co. courier pushes a dolly full of parcels in Saitama, near Tokyo, on June 29, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sagawa Express courier

A Sagawa Express Co. courier pushes a dolly full of parcels in Saitama, near Tokyo, on June 29, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in document scandal

Undated photo shows Nobuhisa Sagawa, former head of the Financial Bureau of Japan's Finance Ministry (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Combined photo shows former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa showing a variety of facial expressions during sworn testimony before parliament in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (C) leaves after testifying before the House of Representatives Budget Committee as a sworn witness in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (C) leaves after testifying before the House of Representatives Budget Committee as a sworn witness in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (bottom L) attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa (L) bows after testifying before the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Pedestrians in Osaka watch a broadcast of sworn testimony being given by former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa at parliament on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

People protest around parliamentary buildings in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, calling into question the testimony of former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa being given at the Diet the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa, testifying as a sworn witness during a House of Councillors session in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, bows in apology for the government's falsification of documents related to the heavily discounted sale of state land at the center of favoritism allegations plaguing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, where he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, where he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks during a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, where he testified as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa attends a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, to testify as a sworn witness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa signs a written oath before giving testimony at a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa takes the oath before testifying at a session of the House of Councillors' Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa arrives at the parliament in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, when he will testify before the House of Councillors' Budget Committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal

Former National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa arrives at the parliament in Tokyo on March 27, 2018, when he will testify before the House of Councillors' Budget Committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal to testify in Diet

The House of Councillors budget committee decides in Tokyo on March 20, 2018, that former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa will give sworn testimony in the Diet on March 27 over the falsification of government documents linked to cronyism allegations against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Key ex-bureaucrat in Japan document scandal to testify in Diet

The House of Councillors budget committee decides in Tokyo on March 20, 2018, that former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa will give sworn testimony in the Diet on March 27 over the falsification of government documents linked to cronyism allegations against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency chief Sagawa steps down over land-sale controversy

National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks to the media in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. The government the same day accepted Sagawa's offer to resign to take responsibility for a lingering controversy linked to the sale of a piece of state-owned land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency chief Sagawa steps down over land-sale controversy

National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa (C) speaks to the media in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. The government the same day accepted Sagawa's offer to resign to take responsibility for a lingering controversy linked to the sale of a piece of state-owned land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency chief Sagawa steps down over land-sale controversy

National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks to the media in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. The government the same day accepted Sagawa's offer to resign to take responsibility for a lingering controversy linked to the sale of a piece of state-owned land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency chief Sagawa steps down over land-sale controversy

National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa speaks to the media in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. The government the same day accepted Sagawa's offer to resign to take responsibility for a lingering controversy linked to the sale of a piece of state-owned land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency chief Sagawa steps down over land-sale controversy

National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa heads to Finance Minister Taro Aso's office at his ministry in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. The government the same day accepted Sagawa's offer to resign to take responsibility for lingering controversy linked to the sale of a piece of state-owned land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Finance Minister Aso

Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) is surrounded by reporters as he heads to his office at his ministry in Tokyo on March 9, 2018. Aso will meet with the press over National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa, who decided to step down to take responsibility over the controversy linked to a state-owned land sale. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax Agency chief Sagawa to resign

File photo taken in March 2017 shows Nobuhisa Sagawa, head of the National Tax Agency speaking at a session of the House of Councillors budget committee in Tokyo. Sagawa has decided to step down to take responsibility for a blunder linked to a state-owned land sale, a government source said on March 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax Agency chief Sagawa to resign

Undated file photo shows Nobuhisa Sagawa, head of the National Tax Agency. Sagawa has decided to step down to take responsibility for a blunder linked to a state-owned land sale, a government source said on March 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against Prime Minister Abe

People protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa in front of the tax agency head office in Tokyo on March 3, 2018, calling for their resignation over a dubious land deal involving the government and a Finance Ministry bureau once headed by Sagawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against Prime Minister Abe

People protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and National Tax Agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa in front of the tax agency head office in Tokyo on March 3, 2018, calling for their resignation over a dubious land deal involving the government and a Finance Ministry bureau once headed by Sagawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo