Japan: JAXA Successfully Launches Next-Generation H3 Rocket Into Space 2

JAXA (The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) launched its new flagship H3 rocket into space in a second attempt on Saturday, February 17, and announced that it confirmed the rocket has reached orbit as planned. The H3 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima at 9:22 a.m., JST.

Toyota ups profit outlook

Toyota ups profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2012. The automaker raised its group operating profit projection for the current business year through March to 1.05 trillion yen, from an earlier projected 1 trillion yen, on brisk sales in Southeast Asia and North America, despite declining sales in China.

Toyota ups profit outlook

Toyota ups profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2012. The automaker raised its group operating profit projection for the current business year through March to 1.05 trillion yen, from an earlier projected 1 trillion yen, on brisk sales in Southeast Asia and North America, despite declining sales in China.

Toyota ups profit outlook

Toyota ups profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2012. The automaker raised its group operating profit projection for the current business year through March to 1.05 trillion yen, from an earlier projected 1 trillion yen, on brisk sales in Southeast Asia and North America, despite declining sales in China.

Toyota halves FY 2011 net profit forecast

Toyota halves FY 2011 net profit forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2011. The Japanese automaker slashed its full-year net profit forecast to 180 billion yen from 390 billion yen, reflecting the impact of the strong yen and supply chain disruptions triggered by the flooding in Thailand.

Toyota Executive Vice Pres. Ozawa

Toyota Executive Vice Pres. Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa briefs reporters on the automaker's earnings for the April-September first half of the business year at its Tokyo office on Nov. 8, 2011.

Toyota Executive Vice President Ozawa

Toyota Executive Vice President Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Ozawa (C), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., is surrounded by reporters after holding a press conference on the company's earnings prospects in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept.

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa is surrounded by reporters after a press conference in Tokyo announcing the company's financial results for the April-September first half of fiscal 2010 on Nov. 5, 2010. Toyota returned to the black in the period as robust global sales more than offset the impact of the strong yen.

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept., raises profit outlook

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept., raises profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo to announce the company's financial results for the April-September first half of fiscal 2010 on Nov. 5, 2010. Toyota returned to the black in the period as robust global sales more than offset the impact of the strong yen.

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept.

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa is surrounded by reporters after a press conference in Tokyo announcing the company's financial results for the April-September first half of fiscal 2010 on Nov. 5, 2010. Toyota returned to the black in the period as robust global sales more than offset the impact of the strong yen.

Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOYOTA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Director Satoshi Ozawa speaks about the management's reply to the union's demand for a pay hike at a news conference at Toyota's headquarters in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on March 17, 2010, as annual spring labor-management wage bargaining reached a peak.

Toyota Executive Vice President Ozawa

Toyota Executive Vice President Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Ozawa (C), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., is surrounded by reporters after holding a press conference on the company's earnings prospects in Tokyo on June 10, 2011. (Kyodo)

Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOYOTA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Director Satoshi Ozawa speaks about the management's reply to the union's demand for a pay hike at a news conference at Toyota's headquarters in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on March 17, 2010, as annual spring labor-management wage bargaining reached a peak. (Kyodo)

Toyota halves FY 2011 net profit forecast

Toyota halves FY 2011 net profit forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2011. The Japanese automaker slashed its full-year net profit forecast to 180 billion yen from 390 billion yen, reflecting the impact of the strong yen and supply chain disruptions triggered by the flooding in Thailand. (Kyodo)

Toyota Executive Vice Pres. Ozawa

Toyota Executive Vice Pres. Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa briefs reporters on the automaker's earnings for the April-September first half of the business year at its Tokyo office on Nov. 8, 2011. (Kyodo)

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept., raises profit outlook

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept., raises profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo to announce the company's financial results for the April-September first half of fiscal 2010 on Nov. 5, 2010. Toyota returned to the black in the period as robust global sales more than offset the impact of the strong yen. (Kyodo)

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept.

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa is surrounded by reporters after a press conference in Tokyo announcing the company's financial results for the April-September first half of fiscal 2010 on Nov. 5, 2010. Toyota returned to the black in the period as robust global sales more than offset the impact of the strong yen. (Kyodo)

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept.

Toyota returns to black in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa is surrounded by reporters after a press conference in Tokyo announcing the company's financial results for the April-September first half of fiscal 2010 on Nov. 5, 2010. Toyota returned to the black in the period as robust global sales more than offset the impact of the strong yen. (Kyodo)

Conductor Ozawa among 3 recipients of honorable Tokyo citizen awards

Conductor Ozawa among 3 recipients of honorable Tokyo citizen awards

The Tokyo metropolitan government holds a ceremony at its offices on Oct. 3, 2016, to bestow its Honorable Citizen of the Year awards on (from L) Satoshi Omura, 81, who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, conductor Seiji Ozawa, 81, and two-time Olympic weightlifting champion Yoshinobu Miyake, 76. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo