PFW AMI Men's Spring 2026 - Arrivals NB

PFW AMI Men's Spring 2026 - Arrivals NB

Dori Sakurada attends the AMI show as part of Paris Men's Spring 2026 Fashion Week on June 25, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

Dori Sakurada attends the Loewe Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 22, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

Dori Sakurada attends the Loewe Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 22, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

Dori Sakurada attends the Loewe Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 22, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

Dori Sakurada attends the Loewe Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 22, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

Dori Sakurada attends the Loewe Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 22, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

PFW - Loewe Menswear Arrivals NB

Dori Sakurada attends the Loewe Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 22, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Dior Homme Photocall

PFW Dior Homme Photocall

Dori Sakurada attending the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 21, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Dior Homme Photocall

PFW Dior Homme Photocall

Dori Sakurada attending the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 21, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

Celebs at Kenzo Men's Fashion Show - Paris

Celebs at Kenzo Men's Fashion Show - Paris

Dori Sakurada arrives at the Kenzo men's fashion show in Paris, France on June 19, 2024. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

Celebs at Kenzo Men's Fashion Show - Paris

Celebs at Kenzo Men's Fashion Show - Paris

Dori Sakurada arrives at the Kenzo men's fashion show in Paris, France on June 19, 2024. Photo by Dylan Travis/ABACAPRESS.COM

Montblanc Meisterstuck 100th Anniversary Gallery - LA

Montblanc Meisterstuck 100th Anniversary Gallery - LA

Dori Sakurada arrives at the Montblanc Meisterstuck 100th Anniversary Gallery held at Paramour Estate on May 1, 2024 in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

Montblanc Meisterstuck 100th Anniversary Gallery - LA

Montblanc Meisterstuck 100th Anniversary Gallery - LA

Dori Sakurada arrives at the Montblanc Meisterstuck 100th Anniversary Gallery held at Paramour Estate on May 1, 2024 in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan. Kengo Sakurada, Representative Executive Officer and Chairman of SOMPO Holdings Group CEO. =Date:January 26, 2024, Place: Tokyo

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan. Kengo Sakurada, Representative Executive Officer and Chairman of SOMPO Holdings Group CEO. =Date:January 26, 2024, Place: Tokyo

Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 26 Kyodo - Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, to announce he will step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal. (Kyodo)

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan. Kengo Sakurada, Representative Executive Officer and Chairman of SOMPO Holdings Group CEO. =Date:January 26, 2024, Place: Tokyo

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan. Kengo Sakurada, Representative Executive Officer and Chairman of SOMPO Holdings Group CEO. =Date:January 26, 2024, Place: Tokyo

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

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

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

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

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan

Press Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Sompo Japan. From right to left: Kengo Sakurada, SOMPO Holdings Group CEO and Chairman of the Board, and Giichi Shirakawa, President of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. =Date:January 26, 2024, Place: Tokyo

Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, to announce he will step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal.

Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, to announce he will step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal.

Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, to announce he will step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal.

Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Sompo CEO to step down over Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal

Major Japanese insurance firm Sompo Holdings Inc. CEO Kengo Sakurada (R) bows at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2024, and announces he intends to step down at the end of March to take responsibility for the company's involvement in used car dealer Bigmotor Co.'s insurance fraud scandal.

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case. Pictured from right: Kengo Sakurada, Sompo Holdings Group CEO, Chairman and Representative Executive Officer, and Giichi Shirakawa, President and Representative Director of Sompo Insurance Japan.=Date:September 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case. Pictured from right: Kengo Sakurada, Sompo Holdings Group CEO, Chairman and Representative Executive Officer, and Giichi Shirakawa, President and Representative Director of Sompo Insurance Japan.=Date:September 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case. Pictured from right: Kengo Sakurada, Sompo Holdings Group CEO, Chairman and Representative Executive Officer, and Giichi Shirakawa, President and Representative Director of Sompo Insurance Japan.=Date:September 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case. Pictured from right: Kengo Sakurada, Sompo Holdings Group CEO, Chairman and Representative Executive Officer, and Giichi Shirakawa, President and Representative Director of Sompo Insurance Japan.=Date:September 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case. Pictured from right: Kengo Sakurada, Sompo Holdings Group CEO, Chairman and Representative Executive Officer, and Giichi Shirakawa, President and Representative Director of Sompo Insurance Japan.=Date:September 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case. Pictured from right: Kengo Sakurada, Sompo Holdings Group CEO, Chairman and Representative Executive Officer, and Giichi Shirakawa, President and Representative Director of Sompo Insurance Japan.=Date:September 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case

Sompo Japan Insurance Press Conference on Big Motor Fraud Case. Pictured from right: Kengo Sakurada, Sompo Holdings Group CEO, Chairman and Representative Executive Officer, and Giichi Shirakawa, President and Representative Director of Sompo Insurance Japan.=Date:September 8, 2023,Place:Tokyo

Sandbags piled up around water gate hit by 2011 tsunami

Sandbags piled up around water gate hit by 2011 tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Fusanobu Sakurada, a victim of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is believed to have been swept away near a water gate, seen in the lower part of this file photo taken on Sept. 3, 2014, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Sandbags have been heaped up around the gate since the tidal wave hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

Woman holds urn with soil from home in memory of husband

Woman holds urn with soil from home in memory of husband

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Yoshiko Sakurada, who lost her husband Fusanobu in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku, holds an urn in this file photo of July 14, 2014, containing soil from the yard of their home in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture.

Minister checks barrier-free environment at station

Minister checks barrier-free environment at station

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Sakurada, senior vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, passes in a wheelchair through a ticket gate at East Japan Railway Co.'s Sendagaya Station in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2014, to check the environment for physically disabled people prior to the 2020 Olympic Games.

Minister checks barrier-free environment at Narita airport

Minister checks barrier-free environment at Narita airport

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Sakurada, senior vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, rides a wheelchair to check the environment for physically disabled people at Narita International Airport on Aug. 19, 2014, prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Sompo Japan, Nipponkoa presidents

Sompo Japan, Nipponkoa presidents

TOKYO, Japan - Kengo Sakurada (L), president of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., and Masaya Futamiya, president of Nipponkoa Insurance Co., shake hands before being jointly interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 10, 2012. The presidents of Sompo Japan and Nipponkoa, which will merge under the umbrella of NKSJ Holdings Inc., said synergy effects from the merger are expected to amount to over 20 billion yen a year on a pretax profit base.

NKSJ group officials

NKSJ group officials

TOKYO, Japan - NKSJ Holdings Inc. President Masatoshi Sato (C) shakes hands with the presidents of the company's two key nonlife insurance units -- Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. President Kengo Sakurada (R) and Nipponkoa Insurance Co. President Masaya Futamiya -- after a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012.

Tokyo cleaning up Imperial Palace moats amid Olympic bid

Tokyo cleaning up Imperial Palace moats amid Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - Polluted water flows into the Sakurada moat, one of the moats of the outer garden at the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo on June 1.

Duskin, Mos Food announce capital, business alliance

Duskin, Mos Food announce capital, business alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyuki Ito (L), president of Duskin Co., a provider of cleaning services and operator of the Mister Donut chain, and Atsushi Sakurada, president of hamburger restaurant chain operator Mos Food Services Inc., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20 at which they announced a capital and business alliance between the two companies.

Families of Ehime Maru form association

Families of Ehime Maru form association

HONOLULU, United States - Families of the nine missing in the Feb. 9 collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Greeneville off Hawaii talk with Japanese Parliamentary Foreign Secretary Yoshitaka Sakurada (R) in Honolulu on Feb. 19. They have formed an association to collectively demand the U.S. authorities raise the sunken ship, which has been found lying on the seabed about 600 meters underwater off Oahu Island.

Sakurada meets U.S. Pacific forces' deputy commander

Sakurada meets U.S. Pacific forces' deputy commander

HONOLULU, United States - Yoshitaka Sakurada (R), Japanese lawmaker and parliamentary foreign secretary, meets Lt. Gen. Thomas Case (3rd from L), deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific forces, at the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu on Feb. 14. Sakurada voiced his regret over the report that two civilians had been sitting at the helms position of the U.S. sub Greeneville during a rapid-surfacing drill at the time of the collision with a Japanese trawler for trainees.

Japanese emissary meets U.S. admiral over ship-sub collision

Japanese emissary meets U.S. admiral over ship-sub collision

HONOLOLU, Hawaii - Japanese government emissary Yoshitaka Sakurada (R) talks with Adm. Tom Fargo, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at the Japanese Consulate General in Honolulu on Feb. 10 after the Feb. 9 collision between Japanese fishery training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Greeneville that left nine Japanese missing. Sakurada, parliamentary foreign secretary, asked Fargo for further rescue efforts.

Japan's Sakurada wins gold in off-road wheelchair racing

Japan's Sakurada wins gold in off-road wheelchair racing

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Yoko Sakurada finishes first in the women's off-road wheelchair race for competitors in the village of Hakuba, Nagono Prefecture, on Oct. 11. The race with lower limb disabilities took place for the first time ever in Japan.

Joint Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Palantir Technologies

Joint Conference by SOMPO Holdings and Palantir Technologies

Palantir Technologies (California) , a U.S. provider of big data analysis, announced on the 18th that it has established a joint venture with SOMPO Holdings (HD) (photo). On December 1, Palantir will provide a service to analyze all kinds of data within Japanese companies and public institutions, including Excel, e-mail, and call records. The data will be used to predict the possibility of free recalls of automobile parts and to detect money laundering. The new company, Palantir Technologies Japan (Chuo Ward, Tokyo), is 50% owned by Palantir and 50% by SOMPOHD. It will be capitalized at 100 million dollars (about 10.8 billion yen), and aims to achieve sales of 100 billion yen in the medium to long term. President Kengo Sakurada expressed his hope that the company will pursue its dream of becoming a real data platformer. Photo taken on November 18, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Japan PM Suga-business lobby chief meeting

Japan PM Suga-business lobby chief meeting

Kengo Sakurada, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, is pictured during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2021. Suga asked the business lobby to help reduce the number of commuters through telework amid a continued rise in new coronavirus infections.

Japan PM Suga-business lobby chief meeting

Japan PM Suga-business lobby chief meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is pictured during a meeting with Kengo Sakurada, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2021. Suga asked the business lobby to help reduce the number of commuters through telework amid a continued rise in new coronavirus infections.

Japan PM Suga-business lobby chief meeting

Japan PM Suga-business lobby chief meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) and Kengo Sakurada, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, meet in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2021. Suga asked the business lobby to help reduce the number of commuters through telework amid a continued rise in new coronavirus infections.

Duskin, Mos Food announce capital, business alliance

Duskin, Mos Food announce capital, business alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyuki Ito (L), president of Duskin Co., a provider of cleaning services and operator of the Mister Donut chain, and Atsushi Sakurada, president of hamburger restaurant chain operator Mos Food Services Inc., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20 at which they announced a capital and business alliance between the two companies. (Kyodo)

LDP lawmaker says comfort women were "prostitutes"

LDP lawmaker says comfort women were "prostitutes"

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yoshitaka Sakurada leaves without a word after a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2016. Sakurada called women forced into wartime Japanese military brothels "prostitutes," but retracted his remarks after they drew a swift rebuke from South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo