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Signboard and logo of The Juhachi‐Shinwa Bank

Signboard and logo of The Juhachi‐Shinwa Bank=Date:October 14, 2023, Place:Saga

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Signboard and logo of The Juhachi‐Shinwa Bank

Signboard and logo of The Juhachi‐Shinwa Bank=Date:October 14, 2023, Place:Saga

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Kyushu-Shinwa asks Fukuoka Financial Group to integrate management

FUKUOKA, Japan - President Takashige Araki of Kyushu-Shinwa Holdings Inc., a local lender in Kyushu, speaks at a news conference in Fukuoka on May 2 where he announced the bank has given up on its own efforts to turn around its business and asked Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. for a merger. Fukuoka Financial, the top lender in Kyushu and the nation's No. 4 regional bank, has replied positively and agreed to begin merger talks as soon as possible, Kyushu-Shinwa said.

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Freighter collides with Malaysian ship, 1 dead, 2 missing

MITO, Japan - The 7,633-ton Malaysian-flagged Thailine 6 suffered damage to its bow when it collided with the 498-ton Japanese freighter Shinwa Maru No. 8 off Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 30. The Japanese vessel sank, leaving one of the four crew members on the freighter dead and two others missing, Japan Coast Guard officials said.

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Kyushu-Shinwa asks Fukuoka Financial Group to integrate manageme

FUKUOKA, Japan - President Takashige Araki of Kyushu-Shinwa Holdings Inc., a local lender in Kyushu, speaks at a news conference in Fukuoka on May 2 where he announced the bank has given up on its own efforts to turn around its business and asked Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. for a merger. Fukuoka Financial, the top lender in Kyushu and the nation's No. 4 regional bank, has replied positively and agreed to begin merger talks as soon as possible, Kyushu-Shinwa said. (Kyodo)

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Fukuoka FG, Eighteenth look to create Japan's biggest regional bank

(From L) Shinwa Bank President Shunsuke Yoshizawa, Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. President Takashige Shibato and Eighteenth Bank President Takujiro Mori join hands in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2016, after agreeing to start negotiations on management integration that would create Japan's largest regional lender. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Univ. promotes full-course French cuisine depicting Izumo Myths in west Japan

A staff member at Shimane University Hospital in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, delivers, on Oct. 22, 2015, dishes from a full-course French meal created by the university in collaboration with local chefs to depict the myths of Izumo, which are tales in the western region from the birth of ancient Japan. The main dish (front) of roasted pork and vegetables represents the "kunibiki shinwa" (land-pulling legend), according to which the local deity pulled in pieces of land from offshore to enlarge the land of Izumo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Full-course French cuisine depicting Izumo Myths promoted in west Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 22, 2015, shows a main dish (L) and a dessert in a full course of French cuisine created by Shimane University in collaboration with local chefs to depict the myths of Izumo, which are tales in the western region from the birth of ancient Japan. The meal is served at the university's affiliated hospital in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The main dish of roasted pork and vegetables represents the "kunibiki shinwa" (land-pulling legend), according to which the local deity pulled in pieces of land from offshore to enlarge the land of Izumo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boy experiences wall painting at construction site

A young boy paints a wall during an event held by Shinwa Construction and Industry, a home builder, at a construction site in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, in July 2015 to attract future workers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Home builder in Sakai holds event to lure future workers

Shinwa Construction and Industry, a home builder, holds an event at a construction site in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, in July 2015 in a bid to lure future workers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-head of Shinwa bank gets 4-yr jail sentence for loans

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo shows former President Toru Tsujita of Shinwa Bank in Nagasaki Prefecture, who was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 7 to four years in prison for misusing 6.5 billion yen in bank funds. Tsujita, 74, was charged with conspiring to loan money to a Tokyo cosmetic company run by Yoshimasa Soejima, as well as two other companies from July 1993 to June 1995 with the foreknowledge that the money was not likely to be recovered. Soejima, 56, was also sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.