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Saikawa wins bronze in men's Greco-Roman 98 kg

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Norikatsu Saikawa (R) wins the bronze in the men's Greco-Roman 98 kg at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2014.

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Nissan to invest $358 mil. to build new plant in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Hiroto Saikawa speaks during a press conference in Bangkok on Nov. 2, 2012. The Japanese automaker said it is investing $358 million to build a new plant in Thailand as it aims to increase its annual production capacity in the country and boost sales in the Southeast Asian region.

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TEPCO reactivates 4th reactor following scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) reactivated a reactor in Niigata Prefecture on July 22, making it the fourth reactor restarted after shutdowns in the aftermath of a damage cover-up scandal in 2002. Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (R) gave Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) their consent for restarting the No. 4 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant.

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Local gov't leaders approve resumption of TEPCO reactor

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (R), Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (C) and Hiroo Shinada (L), head of Kariwa village, hold talks at the Niigata prefectural office on May 7. They approved the resumption of operations at the No. 6 reactor in Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor is one of 17 TEPCO nuclear reactors that were shut down following a defect cover-up scandal.

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(1)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) watches his wife Yukiko receive a letter of appointment from Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of Kashiwazaki, on April 1. The Kashiwazaki city government assigned Kaoru to its public relations department and Yukiko to the children's department. The couple will work on a one-year contract. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes to be employed as temporary city workers

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (R) meets with Kaoru Hasuike (C) and his wife Yukiko (L) at their home in Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture on Feb. 2. The mayor later said the couple will be employed by the Kashiwazaki city government as temporary workers from April. (Pool photo)

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Hasuike to begin working at Kashiwazaki city hall

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike, who was abducted to North Korea in the late 1970s and now back to his homeland, speaks to reporters following his meeting with Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa on Dec. 22. The mayor said Hasuike may start working at the Kashiwazaki city hall as early as February.

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Niigata gov't leaders to urge TEPCO to scrap MOX plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada (L), mayor of the village of Kariwa, Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of the city of Kashiwazaki meet June 1 in Kashiwazaki to discuss a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) plan to use recycled nuclear fuel at a local nuclear plant. They agreed to urge TEPCO to scrap the plan.

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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance

YOKOHAMA, Japan, March 12 Kyodo - (From L) Renault SA CEO Thierry Bollore, Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard, Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Osamu Masuko pose for photos after a press conference at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on March 12, 2019. They announced that they will set up a new body to manage their alliance, after the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of the three companies, the previous November.

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Nissan Chairman Ghosn arrested for alleged financial misconduct

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 20 Kyodo - Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa meets the press in Yokohama on Nov. 19, 2018, following the arrest earlier in the day of Chairman Carlos Ghosn over alleged financial misconduct.

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Niigata gov't leaders to urge TEPCO to scrap MOX plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada (L), mayor of the village of Kariwa, Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of the city of Kashiwazaki meet June 1 in Kashiwazaki to discuss a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) plan to use recycled nuclear fuel at a local nuclear plant. They agreed to urge TEPCO to scrap the plan.

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Nissan to boost domestic production amid weak yen

Hiroto Saikawa (R), chief competitive officer of Nissan Motor Co., and Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa (C) attend an event at Nissan Motor Kyushu Co.'s plant in Kanda Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on July 9, 2015, to commemorate the factory's cumulative output topping 15 million vehicles. Nissan disclosed the same day that it will increase its domestic production to over 1.1 million units around fiscal 2018 from about 870,000 units in fiscal 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Major Japanese companies to raise pay scales as requested by Abe

Hiroto Saikawa, chief competitive officer of Nissan Motor Co., holds a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on March 18, 2015, after the automaker offered increasing it wage scale by 5,000 yen, the biggest rise among manufacturers, to conclude the spring wage talks. Saikawa said "it is important to invest in personnel." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan Motor CEO Saikawa

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa meets the press in front of his home in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2019, following media reports that he intends to step down. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renault chairman Senard in Tokyo

Photo shows Renault SA's new chairman Jean-Dominique Senard upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 14, 2019. Senard is expected to meet Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa to discuss the future of their business alliance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan reports preventive steps to gov't after fabrication scandal

Nissan Motor Co. President Hiroto Saikawa speaks to reporters after submitting a report containing preventive measures against any further fabrication of exhaust emissions and fuel efficiency data to Tetsuya Okada, a senior official of the transport ministry, in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan reports preventive steps to gov't after fabrication scandal

Nissan Motor Co. President Hiroto Saikawa (L) submits a report containing preventive measures against any further fabrication of exhaust emissions and fuel efficiency data to Tetsuya Okuda, a senior official of the transport ministry, in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan reports preventive steps to gov't after fabrication scandal

Nissan Motor Co. President Hiroto Saikawa speaks to reporters after submitting a report containing preventive measures against any further fabrication of exhaust emissions and fuel efficiency data to Tetsuya Okada, a senior official of the transport ministry, in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan reports preventive steps to gov't after fabrication scandal

Nissan Motor Co. President Hiroto Saikawa speaks to reporters after submitting a report containing preventive measures against any further fabrication of exhaust emissions and fuel efficiency data to Tetsuya Okada, a senior official of the transport ministry, in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan reports preventive steps to gov't after fabrication scandal

Nissan Motor Co. President Hiroto Saikawa (L) submits a report containing preventive measures against any further fabrication of exhaust emissions and fuel efficiency data to Tetsuya Okuda, a senior official of the transport ministry, in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan CEO Ghosn to become chairman, Saikawa to be sole CEO

Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn, seen in this undated photo, will step down from the post and become chairman of the company on April 1, 2017, the Japanese automaker said on Feb. 23. Hiroto Saikawa, a co-CEO with Ghosn, will become the sole CEO of Nissan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Saikawa wins bronze in men's Greco-Roman 98 kg

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Norikatsu Saikawa (R) wins the bronze in the men's Greco-Roman 98 kg at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Nissan CEO Saikawa's resignation

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa speaks at a press conference in Yokohama on Sept. 9, 2019. Saikawa is set to resign a week's time amid mounting pressure following reports he received improper remuneration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan CEO Saikawa's resignation

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa prepares to leave a press conference in Yokohama on Sept. 9, 2019. Saikawa is set to resign in a week's time amid mounting pressure following reports of receiving improper remuneration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan's board

Yasushi Kimura (2nd from L), independent outside director at Nissan Motor Co., attends a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 9, 2019, after chairing a board meeting earlier in the day. Nissan President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa is set to resign on Sept. 16 after admitting to getting more money than he was entitled to from the company's equity-linked remuneration scheme. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan CEO Saikawa's resignation

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa speaks at a press conference in Yokohama on Sept. 9, 2019. Saikawa is set to resign a week later after admitting to getting more money than he was entitled to from the company's equity-linked remuneration scheme. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan CEO Saikawa's resignation

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa speaks at a press conference in Yokohama on Sept. 9, 2019. Saikawa is set to resign a week later after admitting to getting more money than he was entitled to from the company's equity-linked remuneration scheme. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan's board

Yasushi Kimura, independent outside director at Nissan Motor Co., speaks at a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 9, 2019, after chairing a board meeting earlier in the day. Nissan President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa is set to resign on Sept. 16 after admitting to getting more money than he was entitled to from the company's equity-linked remuneration scheme. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan's board

Yasushi Kimura (2nd from L), independent outside director at Nissan Motor Co., speaks at a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 9, 2019, after chairing a board meeting earlier in the day. Nissan President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa is set to resign on Sept. 16 after admitting to getting more money than he was entitled to from the company's equity-linked remuneration scheme. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renault's Senard, Nissan's Saikawa

Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard (L) and Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa exchange words during a press conference at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on March 12, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa attends a press conference at the automaker's headquarters in Yokohama on March 12, 2019. Renault SA, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said that they will set up a new body to manage their alliance, after the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of the three companies, the previous November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance

Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard (L) and Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa attend a press conference at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on March 12, 2019. Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. announced that they will set up a new body to manage their alliance, after the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of the three companies, the previous November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance

(Behind table, from L) Renault SA CEO Thierry Bollore, Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard, Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Osamu Masuko pose for photos after a press conference at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on March 12, 2019. They announced that they will set up a new body to manage their alliance, after the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of the three companies, the previous November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance

(From L) Renault SA CEO Thierry Bollore, Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard, Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Osamu Masuko pose for photos after a press conference at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on March 12, 2019. They announced that they will set up a new body to manage their alliance, after the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of the three companies, the previous November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan Motor's next CEO

Undated file photo shows Nissan Motor Co.'s next CEO Makoto Uchida. The automaker said on Oct. 8, 2019, it has appointed the currently senior vice president as its next CEO, replacing Hiroto Saikawa who stepped down the previous month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan CEO Saikawa's resignation

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa attends a press conference in Yokohama on Sept. 9, 2019. Saikawa is set to resign a week later after admitting to getting more money than he was entitled to from the company's equity-linked remuneration scheme. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan CEO Saikawa's resignation

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa speaks at a press conference in Yokohama on Sept. 9, 2019. Saikawa is set to resign a week later after admitting to getting more money than he was entitled to from the company's equity-linked remuneration scheme. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan's board

Nissan Motor Co. board members hold a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 9, 2019. The board said CEO Hiroto Saikawa will step down from his post as of Sept. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa, seen in this file photo, said on Sept. 9, 2019 that he intends to step down, but appeared to rule out a swift departure, after admitting getting more money than he was entitled to from the company's equity-linked remuneration scheme. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan Motor CEO Saikawa

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa meets the press in front of his home in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2019, following media reports that he intends to step down. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa, seen in this file photo, admitted on Sept. 5, 2019, that he received more equity-linked remuneration than he was entitled. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Nissan chief speaks on Ghosn's press conference

Ex-Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa meets the press on Jan. 9, 2020, to comment on Carlos Ghosn's press conference in Lebanon the previous night. Former Nissan chairman Ghosn, accused of underreporting his pay for years and misappropriating Nissan funds, skipped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon in late 2019. Saikawa said that Ghosn "escaped for fear of being found guilty." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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