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Japan provides rescue boats to Malaysian military

Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia Noriyuki Shikata (far L) attends a ceremony in the state of Selangor on Oct. 1, 2025, as Japan provides rescue boats to the Malaysian military to help enhance the country's maritime safety.

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Japan provides drones to Malaysian military

Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia Noriyuki Shikata (L) attends a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 22, 2025, as Japan provides surveillance drones to the Malaysian military to help enhance the country's maritime safety.

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Japan provides drones to Malaysian military

Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia Noriyuki Shikata (4th from R) attends a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 22, 2025, as Japan provides surveillance drones to the Malaysian military to help enhance the country's maritime safety.

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Human remains wearing 'eboshi' hat found

OKAYAMA, Japan - Human remains wearing "eboshi" headgear, discovered in a grave of the early 14th century in the Shikata Site in Okayama City, western Japan, are pictured on July 11, 2014.

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Human remains wearing 'eboshi' hat found

OKAYAMA, Japan - Human remains wearing "eboshi" headgear, discovered in a grave of the early 14th century in the Shikata Site in Okayama City, western Japan, are pictured on July 11, 2014.

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Court orders shutdown of Japan's 2nd-largest nuke reactor

KANAZAWA, Japan - Local people, who filed a lawsuit demanding Hokuriku Electric Power Co. stop operating the second reactor at its Shikata nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture, celebrate in front of the Kanazawa District Court on March 24.

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Mycal chief quits, Urano becomes new president

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Urano (R), the new president of Mycal Corp., the bankrupt supermarket chain, accompanied by his predecessor Kozo Yamashita, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28. Yamashita, who resigned the same day, took over the company's presidency from Osamu Shikata on Sept. 14 when Mycal filed for court protection from creditors with 1,742.8 billion yen in debts.

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Mycal's interest-bearing debts to come to 1.05 tril. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Mycal Corp. President Osamu Shikata speaks at a press conference in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Aug. 30 about a plan to rehabilitate the ailing supermarket-chain operator. He said the company's interest-bearing debts will come to around 1.05 trillion yen on a consolidated basis as of the end of this month.

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Mycal to cut 410 bil. yen debts, 2,700 jobs in 3 years

OSAKA, Japan - Osamu Shikata (R), president-elect of Mycal Corp., and Toshiyuki Sugawara, managing director, announced a three-year restructuring plan at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 24. Under the plan, the financially troubled retailer will eliminate 410 billion yen in debt and 2,700 employees on a consolidated basis. Shikata, 70, former chief of the Osaka prefectural police, will succeed Kotaro Utsunomiya as president, effective March 1.

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Ex-chief of Osaka police headquarters to head Mycal

OSAKA, Japan - Osamu Shikata (R), who has been appointed to succeed Kotaro Utsunomiya (L) as president of retailer Mycal Corp., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 11. The 70-year-old Shikata, former chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, is currently president of Japan Maintenance Co., a Mycal subsidiary specializing in the maintenance of buildings.

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Mycal's interest-bearing debts to come to 1.05 tril. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Mycal Corp. President Osamu Shikata speaks at a press conference in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Aug. 30 about a plan to rehabilitate the ailing supermarket-chain operator. He said the company's interest-bearing debts will come to around 1.05 trillion yen on a consolidated basis as of the end of this month.

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Japan's NPA official lectures at Sao Paulo police academy

Ko Shikata, director of the Japanese National Police Agency's International Affairs Division, lectures at a military police academy in Sao Paulo on June 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court orders shutdown of Japan's 2nd-largest nuke reactor

KANAZAWA, Japan - Local people, who filed a lawsuit demanding Hokuriku Electric Power Co. stop operating the second reactor at its Shikata nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture, celebrate in front of the Kanazawa District Court on March 24. (Kyodo)

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Human remains wearing 'eboshi' hat found

OKAYAMA, Japan - Human remains wearing "eboshi" headgear, discovered in a grave of the early 14th century in the Shikata Site in Okayama City, western Japan, are pictured on July 11, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China in maritime talks to avoid accidental clash

Senior officials of Japan and China hold a meeting on bilateral maritime affairs in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on June 29, 2017. The meeting was attended by Noriyuki Shikata, deputy director-general of Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, and Xiao Jianguo, deputy director-general of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs at China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China in maritime talks to avoid accidental clash

Noriyuki Shikata (R), deputy director-general of Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, and Xiao Jianguo, deputy director-general of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs at China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shake hands during a meeting on bilateral maritime affairs in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on June 29, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mycal chief quits, Urano becomes new president

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Urano (R), the new president of Mycal Corp., the bankrupt supermarket chain, accompanied by his predecessor Kozo Yamashita, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28. Yamashita, who resigned the same day, took over the company's presidency from Osamu Shikata on Sept. 14 when Mycal filed for court protection from creditors with 1,742.8 billion yen in debts.

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Mycal to cut 410 bil. yen debts, 2,700 jobs in 3 years

OSAKA, Japan - Osamu Shikata (R), president-elect of Mycal Corp., and Toshiyuki Sugawara, managing director, announced a three-year restructuring plan at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 24. Under the plan, the financially troubled retailer will eliminate 410 billion yen in debt and 2,700 employees on a consolidated basis. Shikata, 70, former chief of the Osaka prefectural police, will succeed Kotaro Utsunomiya as president, effective March 1.

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Ex-chief of Osaka police headquarters to head Mycal

OSAKA, Japan - Osamu Shikata (R), who has been appointed to succeed Kotaro Utsunomiya (L) as president of retailer Mycal Corp., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 11. The 70-year-old Shikata, former chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, is currently president of Japan Maintenance Co., a Mycal subsidiary specializing in the maintenance of buildings.