Nidec Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024

Nidec's financial results briefing for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. Photo shows Shigenobu Nagamori, Representative Director and President of the Global Group. ＝(In Tokyo on April 24, 2024)

Nidec Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024

Nidec's financial results briefing for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. Pictured from right to left are Shigenobu Nagamori, Representative Director and Head of Global Group, and Mitsuya Kishida, President and Chief Executive Officer. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

Nidec Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024

Nidec's financial results briefing for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. Pictured from right to left are Shigenobu Nagamori, Representative Director and Head of Global Group, and Mitsuya Kishida, President and Chief Executive Officer. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

Nidec Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024

Nidec's financial results briefing for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. Pictured are Shigenobu Nagamori, Representative Director and Global Group CEO (second from right), and Mitsuya Kishida, President and Chief Executive Officer (third from right). ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

Nidec Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024

Nidec's financial results briefing for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. Photo shows Shigenobu Nagamori, Representative Director and President of the Global Group. ＝(In Tokyo on April 24, 2024)

Daughter of ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, one of the main characters in the documentary film "Children of the Revolution," is pictured in this undated photo. Her mother is Fusako Shigenobu, a former Japanese Red Army leader who is serving a 20-year prison sentence.

School teacher continues to release rainbow trout downstream

MAEBASHI, Japan - Shigenobu Fujii, a school teacher in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, tries fly fishing at the Momonoki River in a suburb of the prefectural capital on April 20, 2013. Fujii has been releasing rainbow trout caught in a fishing pond into the small river over the past decade, hoping that the river will become "a place where kids play with fish and people gather."

Carp's Shima belts grand slam

HONAGO, Japan - Shigenobu Shima hts a grand slam in the eighth inning, helping the Hiroshima Carp stop a three-game losing steak with a 13-0 rout of the Chunichi Dragons at Yonago Stadium on April 23.

Carp's Shima belts grand slam

HONAGO, Japan - Shigenobu Shima hts a grand slam in the eighth inning, helping the Hiroshima Carp stop a three-game losing steak with a 13-0 rout of the Chunichi Dragons at Yonago Stadium on April 23.

Daughter slams rights abuse of convicted Japanese Red Army founder

TOKYO, Japan - May Shigenobu, daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, the convicted founder of the leftist Japanese Red Army group, speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 8. May said her mother may be suffering from a parotid tumor but is being barred from receiving proper medical treatment in detention.

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizure

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu (L), eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, speaks at a press conference, after her mother, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974.

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizure

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, arrives at the Tokyo District Court to hear a court ruling on her mother. The court later sentenced Fusako to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974.

(2)MLB All-Stars - Game 5

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshima Carp outfielder Shigenobu Shima comes home in the second inning of Game 5 of a series of U.S.-Japanese exhibition games at Osaka Dome on Nov. 10. The Japanese All-Star team beat major league players 3-1 for their first victory in five games. At left is Atlanta Braves' Johnny Estrada. (MLB)

Takaaki Kato

Born Jan. 3, 1860 and died Jan. 28, 1926. Kato served as Japan's 24th prime minister, from June 11, 1924 to Jan. 28, 1926. When serving as foreign minister in the cabinet of Shigenobu Okuma in January 1915, Kato sent the so-called ''21 demands'' to China, arousing fierce opposition both at home and abroad over Japan's attempt to secure hegemony over China. Kato's cabinet achieved the passage of the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law in April 1925, which granted the vote to all male citizens over the age of 25.

Murofushi calm ahead of world hammer meet

EDMONTON, Canada - Japanese hammer champion Koji Murofushi (L) gives a news conference in Edmonton on Aug. 2, flanked by his father and coach Shigenobu Murofushi. Koji looked relaxed and confident, saying ''I'm just preparing as I always do. I don't care about the rankings, I just hope I can compete with the other foreign athletes.''

Shigenobu denies charges in Hague embassy seizure

TOKYO, Japan - People seeking admission tickets for the first day of hearings in the trial of Japanese Red Army founder Fusako Shigenobu gather at the Tokyo District Court on April 23. Shigenobu pleaded not guilty to charges of illegal detention and attempted murder in the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

Shigenobu's daughter arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, 28, the daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, founder of the Japanese Red Army guerrilla group who was arrested in Japan last year after decades on the run, arrives at Narita airport on the evening of April 3 from her home in Lebanon. She did not say a word but repeatedly made peace signs to the press corps packed in the airport lobby.

Police search room where Red Army's Shigenobu stayed

OSAKA, Japan - Police on Nov. 14 walk to a hotel in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, to search a room where Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu spent the night before she was arrested last week after almost 30 years on the run.

Shigenobu arrested outside Osaka hotel

OSAKA, Japan - This is a hotel in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, in front of which Fusako Shigenobu, founder of the Japanese Red Army, was arrested on the morning of Nov. 8.

Lecture by ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu (top) delivers a lecture at an event in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 2022. The 77-year-old was released from prison in May after serving a 20-year sentence for masterminding the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

Lecture by ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu delivers a lecture at an event in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 2022. The 77-year-old was released from prison in May after serving a 20-year sentence for masterminding the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

Lecture by ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu delivers a lecture at an event in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 2022. The 77-year-old was released from prison in May after serving a 20-year sentence for masterminding the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

Lecture by ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu delivers a lecture at an event in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 2022. The 77-year-old was released from prison in May after serving a 20-year sentence for masterminding the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

Daughter of ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Mei Shigenobu, the daughter of former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on May 26, 2022. Her mother, 76, will finish serving a 20-year-prison term for the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague on May 28.

Daughter of ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Mei Shigenobu, the daughter of former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on May 26, 2022. Her mother, 76, will finish serving a 20-year-prison term for the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague on May 28.

Daughter of ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Mei Shigenobu, the daughter of former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on May 26, 2022. Her mother, 76, will finish serving a 20-year-prison term for the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague on May 28.

Logo mark of Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Technology

Keywords: Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, KUAS, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Nagamori Shigenobu, Kyoto Gakuen University, Nagamori Gakuen Educational Corporation, private university, private, educational corporation, logo, logo mark = July 1, 2020, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Logo mark of Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Technology

Keywords: Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, KUAS, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Nagamori Shigenobu, Kyoto Gakuen University, Nagamori Gakuen Educational Corporation, private university, private, educational corporation, logo, logo mark = July 1, 2020, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Logo mark of Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Technology

Keywords: Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, KUAS, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Nagamori Shigenobu, Kyoto Gakuen University, Nagamori Gakuen Educational Corporation, private university, private, educational corporation, logo, logo mark = July 1, 2020, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Logo mark of Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Technology

Keywords: Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, KUAS, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Nagamori Shigenobu, Kyoto Gakuen University, Nagamori Gakuen Educational Corporation, private university, private, educational corporation, logo, logo mark = July 1, 2020, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Logo mark of Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Technology

Keywords: Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, KUAS, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Nagamori Shigenobu, Kyoto Gakuen University, Nagamori Gakuen Educational Corporation, private university, private, educational corporation, logo, logo mark = July 1, 2020, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Logo mark of Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Technology

Keywords: Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, KUAS, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Nagamori Shigenobu, Kyoto Gakuen University, Nagamori Gakuen Educational Corporation, private university, private, educational corporation, logo, logo mark = July 1, 2020, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Logo mark of Kyoto University of Advanced Science and Technology

Keywords: Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, KUAS, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Nagamori Shigenobu, Kyoto Gakuen University, Nagamori Gakuen Educational Corporation, private university, private, educational corporation, logo, logo mark = July 1, 2020, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Japan appoints envoy to Jordan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan appointed Shigenobu Kato, 61, as new ambassador to Jordan on Feb. 17 effective the same day. Kato was previously ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago from July 2003. (Kyodo)

Carp's Shima belts grand slam

HONAGO, Japan - Shigenobu Shima hts a grand slam in the eighth inning, helping the Hiroshima Carp stop a three-game losing steak with a 13-0 rout of the Chunichi Dragons at Yonago Stadium on April 23. (Kyodo)

TOKYO - Yutaka Shigenobu, executive producer of Japan International Contents Festival, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 18, 2010. (Kyodo)

Red Army hijacker may have been killed by colleagues

TOKYO, Japan - An internationally wanted Japanese terrorist leader has suggested one of the nine Red Army faction members who defected to North Korea after hijacking a plane in 1970 was killed by fellow hijackers, supporters of the leader say July 20 in Tokyo. Fusako Shigenobu, the 53-year-old leader of the Japanese Red Army she founded in 1971, said Takeshi Okamoto (file photo), who reportedly died around 1988, was ''purged just as with the case of the United Red Army,'' the supporters tell Kyodo News.

Red Army hijacker may have been killed by colleagues

TOKYO, Japan - An internationally wanted Japanese terrorist leader has suggested one of the nine Red Army faction members who defected to North Korea after hijacking a plane in 1970 was killed by fellow hijackers, supporters of the leader say July 20 in Tokyo. Fusako Shigenobu, the 53-year-old leader of the Japanese Red Army she founded in 1971, said Takeshi Okamoto (file photo), who reportedly died around 1988, was ''purged just as with the case of the United Red Army,'' the supporters tell Kyodo News.

(1)Mei Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, daughter of Fusako Shigenobu who is a founder of the Japanese Red Army. The photo was taken June 29, 2002. (Kyodo)

(2)Mei Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, daughter of Fusako Shigenobu who is a founder of the Japanese Red Army. The photo was taken April 23, 2001. (Kyodo)

(1)Fusako Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Fusako Shigenobu, a founder of the Japanese Red Army and a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970's. (Kyodo)

(2)Fusako Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Fusako Shigenobu, a founder of the Japanese Red Army and a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970's, was arrested Nov. 8, 2000. (Kyodo)

(3)Fusako Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Fusako Shigenobu, a founder of the Japanese Red Army who was a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970's, waved at reporters from a train after her arrest on Nov. 8, 2000. (Kyodo)

(6)Fusako Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Fusako Shigenobu (L), the founder of the Japanese Red Army and a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970s, smiles on arrival in Tokyo on Nov. 8 from Osaka Prefecture, where she was arrested earlier in the day.

Artist displays 600 children's shoes on sand from disaster-hit Fukushima beach

Some 600 shoes of children are displayed on sand brought from a beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, at a public facility in Hirakaka, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 6, 2015. Contemporary artist Shigenobu Yoshida produced the work to console the souls of children killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo snapshot: Asakura Museum of Sculpture

A woman looks at a sculpture of Shigenobu Okuma (L), a former Japanese prime minister and founder of Waseda University, at the Asakura Museum of Sculpture in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2015. The museum was once a studio and residence of the late sculptor Fumio Asakura (1883-1964). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Festival to start this week, showcasing Japanese pop culture now

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Shigenobu, executive producer of the Japan International Contents Festival, talks about this year's highlights of the month-long event starting this week at an office of the Visual Industry Promotion Organization in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2009. (Kyodo)

Daughter slams rights abuse of convicted Japanese Red Army found

TOKYO, Japan - May Shigenobu, daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, the convicted founder of the leftist Japanese Red Army group, speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 8. May said her mother may be suffering from a parotid tumor but is being barred from receiving proper medical treatment in detention. (Kyodo)

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu (L), eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, speaks at a press conference, after her mother, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974. (Kyodo)

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu (L), eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, speaks at a press conference, after her mother, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974. (Kyodo)