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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to integrate under holding firm in April

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio speaks during a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 30, 2009, after his company and Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. signed an agreement to integrate under a new holding company in April next year. Nishio will become chairman of the holding company, JX Holdings Inc., while Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. President Mitsunori Takahagi will become president of the holding firm.

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to integrate under holding firm in April

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. President Mitsunori Takahagi speaks during a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 30, 2009, at which he announced a plan to integrate the company with Nippon Oil Corp. under a new holding company, JX Holdings Inc., in April next year. Takahagi will become president of JX Holdings, while the post of chairman of the holding firm will go to Nippon Oil President Shinji Nishio.

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to integrate under holding firm in April

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio (L) and Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. President Mitsunori Takahagi shake hands during a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 30 , 2009, at which they said their companies have signed an agreement to integrate under a new holding company in April next year.

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Nishio (L), president of Nippon Oil Corp., the largest oil distributor in Japan, and Mitsunori Takahagi (R), president of Nippon Mining Holdings Inc., the country's sixth-largest oil distributor, shake hands during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 4. They announced the two companies will merge their businesses in October 2009 in a move that will create the world's eighth-largest oil company in terms of group sales.

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009 amid slumping oil demand

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil President Shinji Nishio (L) and Nippon Mining President Mitsunori Takahagi (R) talk at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 4 as they announced the merger of the two oil distributors.

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Nippon Oil, Kyushu Oil agree on management integration

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio (L) and Kyushu Oil Co. President Makoto Kihara shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on March 18 after announcing that Nippon Oil, Japan's largest oil distributor, has agreed with its smaller peer Kyushu Oil on management integration on Oct. 1.

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Nippon Oil to form capital, business tie-up with S. Korea's SK

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio tells a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 22 that Japan's largest oil distributor will form a business and capital alliance with South Korea's largest oil refiner SK Corp. in an effort to sharpen its global competitiveness and keep up with growing demand for energy in Asia's fast-growing economies such as India and China.

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Nippon Oil, Japan Energy enter broad-based business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio (L) and Japan Energy Corp. President Mitsunori Takahagi pose at a press conference in Tokyo after announcing a broad-based tie-up agreement between the two companies on June 20.

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Nippon Oil to cede presidency to vice president Nishio

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Fumiaki Watari (L) and Vice President Shinji Nishio pose for photos at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. The company said that it has informally appointed Nishio to replace Watari, who would assume its chairmanship.

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Nippon Oil to cede presidency to vice president Nishio

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Fumiaki Watari (L) and Vice President Shinji Nishio pose for photos at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. The company said that it has informally appointed Nishio to replace Watari, who would assume its chairmanship. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Oil, Japan Energy enter broad-based business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio (L) and Japan Energy Corp. President Mitsunori Takahagi pose at a press conference in Tokyo after announcing a broad-based tie-up agreement between the two companies on June 20. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Oil to form capital, business tie-up with S. Korea's SK

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio tells a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 22 that Japan's largest oil distributor will form a business and capital alliance with South Korea's largest oil refiner SK Corp. in an effort to sharpen its global competitiveness and keep up with growing demand for energy in Asia's fast-growing economies such as India and China. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Oil, Kyushu Oil agree on management integration

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio (L) and Kyushu Oil Co. President Makoto Kihara shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on March 18 after announcing that Nippon Oil, Japan's largest oil distributor, has agreed with its smaller peer Kyushu Oil on management integration on Oct. 1. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009 amid slumping oil de

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil President Shinji Nishio (L) and Nippon Mining President Mitsunori Takahagi (R) talk at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 4 as they announced the merger of the two oil distributors. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Nishio (L), president of Nippon Oil Corp., the largest oil distributor in Japan, and Mitsunori Takahagi (R), president of Nippon Mining Holdings Inc., the country's sixth-largest oil distributor, shake hands during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 4. They announced the two companies will merge their businesses in October 2009 in a move that will create the world's eighth-largest oil company in terms of group sales. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to integrate under holding firm in Apri

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio (L) and Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. President Mitsunori Takahagi shake hands during a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 30 , 2009, at which they said their companies have signed an agreement to integrate under a new holding company in April next year. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to integrate under holding firm in Apri

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Shinji Nishio speaks during a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 30, 2009, after his company and Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. signed an agreement to integrate under a new holding company in April next year. Nishio will become chairman of the holding company, JX Holdings Inc., while Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. President Mitsunori Takahagi will become president of the holding firm. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to integrate under holding firm in Apri

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. President Mitsunori Takahagi speaks during a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 30, 2009, at which he announced a plan to integrate the company with Nippon Oil Corp. under a new holding company, JX Holdings Inc., in April next year. Takahagi will become president of JX Holdings, while the post of chairman of the holding firm will go to Nippon Oil President Shinji Nishio. (Kyodo)