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Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe dies

Photo taken in October 2013 shows Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe (R) talking to Shigeo Nagashima, former manager of the Yomiuri Giants, during a party in Tokyo to celebrate the professional baseball club clinching the Central League pennant. Watanabe, a representative director and editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, died on Dec. 19, 2024, aged 98.

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Bridgestone lowers earnings forecasts after factory fire

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe (R), president of tire manufacturer Bridgestone Corp., tells reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 24 that the company has revised an earnings outlook taking into account the impact of a fire at its Tochigi factory, with net and pretax profit forecasts lowered for the year ending Dec. 31.

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Bridgestone cuts earnings forecast due to tire recall costs

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 4. He said the company has cut its group earnings forecast for the current fiscal year through Dec. 31 due mainly to increased costs and losses connected to massive tire recalls at its U.S. unit, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.

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Firestone orders recall of 768,000 Wilderness AT tires

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgeston Corp. President Shigeo Watanabe speaks to reporters at the company's head office in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Oct. 5 after Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., the company's subsidiary in the United States, was ordered by the National Highway Transport Safety Authority to recall 768,000 Wilderness AT tires.

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Hara named successor to Nagashima

TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (L), team owner Tsuneo Watanabe (C) and manager-appointed Tatsunori Hara (R) shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28.

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Giants Manager Nagashima resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants Manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) speaks of his resignation at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28. Tsuneo Watanabe (L), owner of the Central League club, announced the appointment of Tatsunori Hara as successor to Nagashima.

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Bridgestone to close plant in wake of tire scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., Japan's biggest tire maker, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 27 about the company's plan to shut down its Firestone plant in Decatur, Illinois, to help it recover from the tire recall scandal. He also said that the company will fall into the red on a parent-only basis in fiscal 2001 for the first time since 1961.

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Bridgestone says Ford Explorer models potentially defective

TOKYO, Jjapan - Bridgestone Corp. President Shigeo Watanabe speaks at a news conference at his head office in Tokyo on June 1. Watanabe said some of Ford Motor Co.'s Explorer models have potential defects in design and the tires made by Bridgestone's U.S. unit alone are not responsible for accidents.

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Bridgestone says ending Ford tire sales 'wrenching decision'

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., meets the press at the company's head office in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on May 22, a day after its U.S. unit, Bridgestone/Firestone, announced it would end almost 100 years of supplying tires to Ford Motor Co.

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Bridgestone cuts earnings forecast due to tire recall costs

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 4. He said the company has cut its group earnings forecast for the current fiscal year through Dec. 31 due mainly to increased costs and losses connected to massive tire recalls at its U.S. unit, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.

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Bridgestone lowers earnings forecasts after factory fire

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe (R), president of tire manufacturer Bridgestone Corp., tells reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 24 that the company has revised an earnings outlook taking into account the impact of a fire at its Tochigi factory, with net and pretax profit forecasts lowered for the year ending Dec. 31. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Yomiuri Giants pep rally

Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) and Tsuneo Watanabe, editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, attend a pep rally for the baseball club in Tokyo on March 22, 2021, four days before the start of the season. (Pool photo)

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Firestone orders recall of 768,000 Wilderness AT tires

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgeston Corp. President Shigeo Watanabe speaks to reporters at the company's head office in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Oct. 5 after Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., the company's subsidiary in the United States, was ordered by the National Highway Transport Safety Authority to recall 768,000 Wilderness AT tires.

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Hara named successor to Nagashima

TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (L), team owner Tsuneo Watanabe (C) and manager-appointed Tatsunori Hara (R) shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28.

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Giants Manager Nagashima resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants Manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) speaks of his resignation at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28. Tsuneo Watanabe (L), owner of the Central League club, announced the appointment of Tatsunori Hara as successor to Nagashima.

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Bridgestone to close plant in wake of tire scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., Japan's biggest tire maker, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 27 about the company's plan to shut down its Firestone plant in Decatur, Illinois, to help it recover from the tire recall scandal. He also said that the company will fall into the red on a parent-only basis in fiscal 2001 for the first time since 1961.

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Bridgestone says Ford Explorer models potentially defective

TOKYO, Jjapan - Bridgestone Corp. President Shigeo Watanabe speaks at a news conference at his head office in Tokyo on June 1. Watanabe said some of Ford Motor Co.'s Explorer models have potential defects in design and the tires made by Bridgestone's U.S. unit alone are not responsible for accidents.

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Bridgestone says ending Ford tire sales 'wrenching decision'

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Watanabe, president of Bridgestone Corp., meets the press at the company's head office in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on May 22, a day after its U.S. unit, Bridgestone/Firestone, announced it would end almost 100 years of supplying tires to Ford Motor Co.

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Watanabe to assume Bridgestone presidency

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shigeo Watanabe, managing director of Bridgestone Corp., who will be promoted to the presidency.