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Press conference for the change of the President of MS&AD Insurance Group HD

Press conference on the change of the president of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. Photo shows, from left, Shinichiro Funabiki, President-elect and Group CEO, and Noriyuki Hara, President and Group CEO.

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Press conference for the change of the President of MS&AD Insurance Group HD

Press conference on the change of the president of MS&AD Insurance Group HD. Photo shows Shinichiro Funabiki, President-elect and Group CEO, in Tokyo on April 26, 2024.

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Press Conference by President Change of MS&AD Insurance Group HD

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. president change press conference. Photo shows, from left, President and Group CEO Shinichiro Funabiki and President and Group CEO Noriyuki Hara, in Tokyo on April 26, 2024.

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JAXA's lunar lander to reach moon surface on Jan. 20, 2024

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Shinichiro Sakai, Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) project manager, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, announcing that the lunar lander will conduct its moon landing on Jan. 20, 2024. An H2A rocket carrying the lander was launched on Sept. 7.

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Japanese painter, Egyptian children pose before mural

GIZA, Egypt - Japanese painter Shinichiro Higashi (R) and Egyptian children strike a pose in Giza near Cairo in front of his peace-advocating mural on Jan. 8, 2015.

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Egyptians gather before Japanese artist's peace mural

GIZA, Egypt - People gather in front of a mural drawn by Japanese painter Shinichiro Higashi to express his hope for peace in Giza near Cairo on Jan. 8, 2015.

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Japan business leaders visit China to boost ties

BEIJING, China - Yasuchika Hasegawa (L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, and ANA Holdings Inc. President Shinichiro Ito give a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014, in Beijing after meeting with Chinese business leaders to deepen bilateral economic ties.

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ANA to order 70 new aircraft from Boeing, Airbus

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Ito, president of ANA Holdings Inc., the holding company of the All Nippon Airways group, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2014. ANA said the company will order a total of 70 new Boeing and Airbus aircraft.

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77-yr-old performs lion dance in tsunami-hit Tohoku

SENDAI, Japan - Shinichiro Tsuda, the oldest member of the Omagarihama Shishimai (lion dance) preservation group, explains the lion's movements during an interview on Nov. 7, 2013 in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Preservation of A-bomb heritage growing more difficult

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shinichiro Kirihara, president of a container materials factory in Hiroshima, speaks about his decision to tear down a flat brick building registered with the city office as remains of the atomic bombing. Kirihara is standing in front of a part of the brick wall, retained as a reminder of the bombing, on the premises of the plant on July 10, 2013.

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ANA president on B-787

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 1, 2013. Ito said Boeing Co. is making progress in fixing the 787 Dreamliner battery problem, expressing hope that the advanced jet will soon go back into service.

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Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Ito, president of All Nippon Airways Co., speaks with reporters after meeting transport minister Akihiro Ota at the transport ministry in Tokyo on the afternoon of Jan. 16, 2013. A Boeing 787 jet operated by ANA made an emergency landing in the morning at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew aboard the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

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1st commercial flight of Boeing 787

NARITA, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito (C) smiles at Narita international airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2011, prior to the first commercial flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet bound for Hong Kong.

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Ceremony to mark 1st Boeing 787 delivery

EVERETT, United States - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito (L front) receives a ceremonial key from Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Jim Albaugh (C) during a ceremony to celebrate the first delivery of Boeing 787 Dreamliner to ANA adjacent to the factory where the airplane was assembled in Everett in the state of Washington on Sept. 26, 2011. It is the first mid-size airplane capable of flying long-range routes and will allow airlines to open new, non-stop routes preferred by the traveling public, according to Boeing.

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ANA, AirAsia to set up joint budget airline

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Ito, president of All Nippon Airways Co., speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on July 21, 2011, announcing that the Japanese airline and AirAsia Bhd. of Malaysia will establish AirAsia Japan Co., a joint budget airline that will begin domestic and international flights from Narita airport near Tokyo by August 2012.

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ANA to fly Boeing 787

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito (L) and James Albaugh, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, shake hands on a boarding ramp after emerging from a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Haneda airport in Tokyo on July 4, 2011. ANA will become the first airline in the world to operate the airplane as early as in September 2011.

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ANA President, Boeing Exec. Vice President at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito (4th from L) and James Albaugh (4th from R), president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, shake hands in front of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Haneda international airport in Tokyo on July 4, 2011. ANA is the first airline in the world to take delivery of a Dreamliner, and will conduct test flights of the new airliner before introducing into service as soon as September on domestic routes, with Haneda-Hiroshima and Haneda-Okayama the first.

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ANA president discusses budget airlines

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2010. Ito said ANA will not enter an expected ticket price competition among low-cost international carriers using the new international terminal at Tokyo's Haneda airport.

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ANA President Ito in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Ito, All Nippon Airways Co. president, speaks during an interview at the airline's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2010. Ito said reservations have been strong for regular ANA international flights from Tokyo's Haneda airport.

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ANA starts offering Starbucks coffee while in flight

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Ito (L), president of All Nippon Airways Co., holds up a cup of Starbucks coffee during a promotional event at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 14, 2010. ANA started offering Starbucks coffee in flight on domestic routes, with the instant coffee free of charge till the end of May.

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ANA calls for 'fair' competition on JAL turnaround

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Jan. 20, 2010. Ito said he called for a ''fair'' environment for competition referring to a state-supervised rehabilitation of Japan Airlines Corp.

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FOCUS: Airlines hoping Haneda-Beijing route may become gold mine

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai, Parliamentary Secretary for Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism Takashi Nagayasu, All Nippon Airways President Shinichiro Ito and Japan Airlines President Haruka Nishimatsu celebrate the opening of a charter flight route between Haneda airport and Beijing airport Oct. 25 at a ''kagami-biraki'' ceremony at Haneda airport.

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New ANA chief hints at more route closures, flight cuts in FY 09

TOKYO, Japan - New All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. Ito, 58, suggested the company will implement route closures and flight cuts in fiscal 2009 in addition to those already conducted on 11 routes in fiscal 2008 if demand for air travel continues to decline.

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ANA's Vice President Ito to be promoted to president in April

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. Senior Executive Vice President Shinichiro Ito speaks during a news conference at the airline's headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 16.

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ANA's Vice President Ito to be promoted to president in April

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Mineo Yamamoto (L) and Senior Executive Vice President Shinichiro Ito, who will succeed Yamamoto in April, hold a model of an ANA plane during a news conference at the airline's headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 16.

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Former Suntory Chairman Shinichiro Torii dies of pneumonia

OSAKA, Japan - Former Suntory Ltd. Chairman Shinichiro Torii (in an undated file photo) died of pneumonia on July 5, his family said on July 6. He was 66. Torii, grandson of the founder of Japan's top whisky manufacturer, served as president of the company for 11 years from 1990.

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(1)Nagashima may have suffered stroke

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Nagashima, the Yomiuri Giants' former manager and currently national baseball team manager, has been hospitalized at a Tokyo hospital. His doctor, Shinichiro Uchiyama (R), said March 5 that Nagashima was diagnosed with a possible stroke with numbness on the right side of his body. At left is Nagashima's son, Kazushige.

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Yuasa, Japan Storage Battery to merge next April

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Storage Battery Co. President Shinichiro Murakami (L) and Yuasa Corp. President Naruo Ohtsubo pose at a news conference in Osaka on July 11 after announcing an agreement to integrate their businesses under a joint holding company on April 1, 2004.

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Over 200,000 World Cup tickets yet to be delivered in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Misono (L), a senior official from the Japan Organizing Committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) in charge of tickets for World Cup matches to be held in Japan, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 16 about a delay in ticket delivery. JAWOC said over 200,000 tickets for the World Cup soccer finals, or nearly 30% of all sold domestically, had not been delivered to buyers as of May 16.

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2 Osaka business lobby groups to merge in April 2003

OSAKA, Japan - Wa Tashiro (R), chairman of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Daisho), and Shinichiro Ryoki, chairman of the Osaka Industrial Association (Osaka Kogyo Kai), shake hands at a news conference in Osaka's Chuo Ward on March 11. They announced that the two business organizations will merge as early as April 2003.

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Hokuriku Bank president to resign

TOYAMA, Japan - Hokuriku Bank President Shinichiro Inushima tells a press conference in Toyama on Oct. 29 that he will resign after a shareholders' meeting in June next year to take responsibility for the bank's failure to pay any dividends on preferred shares held by the government.

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President-appointed Saji meets the media

OSAKA, Japan - Suntory Ltd. Vice President Nobutada Saji speaks at a news conference in Osaka on March 9 following his appointment as president. Saji will assume the top post of Japan's largest whiskey maker March 27, replacing Shinichiro Torii.

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Suntory Vice President Saji to assume presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Nobutada Saji, vice president of Suntory Ltd., who will assume the presidency of the nation's largest whiskey maker March 27, replacing Shinichiro Torii. The appointment of Saji, 55, son of former Suntory Chairman Keizo Saji, will be officially approved at a board meeting slated for March 27.

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Presidents of 'happoshu' makers oppose tax hike plan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Suntory Ltd. President Shinichiro Torii, Kirin Brewery Co. President Yasuhiro Sato and Sapporo Breweries Ltd. President Tatsushi Iwama give a joint news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16. The three major brewers that produce ''happoshu,'' a low-malt, beer-like beverage, voiced strong opposition to government plans to raise taxes on the increasingly popular drink. Happoshu, which is priced less than beer due to lower tax rates, is attracting a growing number of consumers and has captured about 25% of the overall beer market.

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Welfide, Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Shinichiro Iida (L), president of Welfide Corp., and Ryuichi Tomizawa, president of Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals Inc., shake hands at a news conference in Osaka on Nov. 1 after announcing an agreement to start talks on merging on an equal basis Oct. 1 next year, a move which would create the seventh largest pharmaceutical firm in Japan.

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Japanese Paralympic team launched

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Paralympic team for the Oct. 18-29 Paralympic Games in Sydney is formally launched in ceremonies Oct. 12 in Tokyo. Photo shows the delegation's chef de mission Shinichiro Fujiwara hoisting the flag for the delegation.

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Masuzoe announces his candidacy

Yoichi Masuzoe (L), 50, a scholar of international politics, announces his candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in April at a press conference Feb. 12. Shaking hands with him is Shinichiro Kurimoto, a member of the House of Representatives, whom Masuzoe said will appoint deputy governor once elected.

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ANA's Vice President Ito to be promoted to president in April

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Mineo Yamamoto (L) and Senior Executive Vice President Shinichiro Ito, who will succeed Yamamoto in April, hold a model of an ANA plane during a news conference at the airline's headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 16. (Kyodo)

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ANA's Vice President Ito to be promoted to president in April

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. Senior Executive Vice President Shinichiro Ito speaks during a news conference at the airline's headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 16. (Kyodo)

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New ANA chief hints at more route closures, flight cuts in FY 09

TOKYO, Japan - New All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. Ito, 58, suggested the company will implement route closures and flight cuts in fiscal 2009 in addition to those already conducted on 11 routes in fiscal 2008 if demand for air travel continues to decline. (Kyodo)

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Yuasa, Japan Storage Battery to merge next April

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Storage Battery Co. President Shinichiro Murakami (L) and Yuasa Corp. President Naruo Ohtsubo pose at a news conference in Osaka on July 11 after announcing an agreement to integrate their businesses under a joint holding company on April 1, 2004. (Kyodo)

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2 Osaka business lobby groups to merge in April 2003

OSAKA, Japan - Wa Tashiro (R), chairman of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Daisho), and Shinichiro Ryoki, chairman of the Osaka Industrial Association (Osaka Kogyo Kai), shake hands at a news conference in Osaka's Chuo Ward on March 11. They announced that the two business organizations will merge as early as April 2003.

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Gang rape ringleader given 14-year prison term

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on Nov. 2 sentenced Shinichiro Wada (file photo), a former student at Waseda University and organizer of the so-called 'Super Free' event-planning circle, to 14 years in prison on charges of gang raping a female college student in May last year at a party the group hosted with other members as well as another rape in December 2001. (Kyodo)

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NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED TO TOMONAGA IN JAPAN

NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED TO TOMONAGA IN JAPAN==Date:Jan, 1966, Place:Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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(1)Shinichiro Wada

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Wada poses on the brochure of Waseda University event circle, "Super Free". The date of the photo is unknown. (Kyodo)

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(2)Shinichiro Wada

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Shinichiro Wada, who is indicted on sexual assault charges. The date of the photo is unknown. (Kyodo)

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(3)Shinichiro Wada

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Shinichiro Wada, who is indicted on sexual assault charges. The date of the photo is unknown. (Kyodo)

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World Cup ticket chaos

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Misono (L), a senior official from the Japan Organizing Committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) in charge of tickets for World Cup matches to be held in Japan, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 21 about a delay in ticket delivery from Byrom PLC, the British World Cup ticket-processing company.

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ANA taps Vice President Katanozaka as new chief executive

Shinya Katanozaka (R), senior executive vice president of ANA Holdings Inc., under which All Nippon Airways Co. operates, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 13, 2015, after he was named new president and chief executive, replacing Shinichiro Ito (L), effective April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA taps Vice President Katanozaka as new chief executive

Shinya Katanozaka, senior executive vice president of ANA Holdings Inc., under which All Nippon Airways Co. operates, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 13, 2015, after he was named new president and chief executive, replacing Shinichiro Ito, effective April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo