Cannes - Caught By The Tides Photocall

Cannes - Caught By The Tides Photocall

Liang Jiayan, Yu Lik Wai, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Zhou You, Jiahuan Wan and Shozo Ichiyama attend the "Caught By The Tides" Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Caught By The Tides Photocall

Cannes - Caught By The Tides Photocall

Liang Jiayan, Yu Lik Wai, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Zhou You, Jiahuan Wan and Shozo Ichiyama attend the "Caught By The Tides" Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Amy Chang, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Zhou You, Jiahuan Wan and Shozo Ichiyama attending the ‘Caught By The Tides’ Screening and Red Carpet at Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 18 2024 as part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Nicolas Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Amy Chang, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Zhou You, Jiahuan Wan and Shozo Ichiyama attending the ‘Caught By The Tides’ Screening and Red Carpet at Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 18 2024 as part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Nicolas Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Amy Chang, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Zhou You, Jiahuan Wan and Shozo Ichiyama attending the ‘Caught By The Tides’ Screening and Red Carpet at Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 18 2024 as part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Nicolas Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Amy Chang, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Zhou You, Jiahuan Wan and Shozo Ichiyama attending the ‘Caught By The Tides’ Screening and Red Carpet at Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 18 2024 as part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Nicolas Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Amy Chang, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Zhou You, Jiahuan Wan and Shozo Ichiyama attending the ‘Caught By The Tides’ Screening and Red Carpet at Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 18 2024 as part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Nicolas Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Amy Chang, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Zhou You, Jiahuan Wan and Shozo Ichiyama attending the ‘Caught By The Tides’ Screening and Red Carpet at Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 18 2024 as part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Nicolas Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Cannes Caught By The Tides Red Carpet NG

Amy Chang, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Tao, Zhou You, Jiahuan Wan and Shozo Ichiyama attending the ‘Caught By The Tides’ Screening and Red Carpet at Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France on May 18 2024 as part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Nicolas Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Emperor, Empress at folk museum in Tochigi Pref.

Emperor, Empress at folk museum in Tochigi Pref.

SANO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko look at the statue of Shozo Tanaka at a folk museum in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 21, 2014.

Glass-plate negatives recording 1896 Sanriku quake

Glass-plate negatives recording 1896 Sanriku quake

TOKYO, Japan - Shozo Fujiwara, an official of the Morioka Local Meteorological Observatory, holds some of the glass-plate negatives recording damage inflicted by the 1896 earthquake and tsunami that hit the Sanriku region on the Pacific coast in northeastern Japan, at the observatory in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on July 1, 2013.

Japan hopes to host U.N. disaster conference

Japan hopes to host U.N. disaster conference

GENEVA, Switzerland - Shozo Azuma, senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office of Japan, speaks during a biennial U.N. disaster prevention gathering in Geneva on May 10, 2011. He expressed Tokyo's intention to host a U.N. conference on disaster risk reduction.

Former baseball player Shozo Doi dies at 67

Former baseball player Shozo Doi dies at 67

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in December 1991 shows Orix BlueWave manager Shozo Doi (R, front) at a news conference to introduce Ichiro Suzuki (L, in back) and So Taguchi (L, front), who are now major leaguers, and the team's other rookies at a hotel in Kobe. Doi's family said Sept. 25, 2009, that he had died aged 67. A member of the Yomiuri Giants team that won nine consecutive Japan Series titles from 1965-73, Doi underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in March 2007.

Hayashiya Shozo

Hayashiya Shozo

Hayashiya Shozo, comic storyteller (photo taken on Oct. 31, 2007)

Death row inmate writing cards stressing innocence

Death row inmate writing cards stressing innocence

NAGOYA, Japan - Death row inmate Masaru Okunishi sent this New Year's greeting card to Shozo Ino, a supporter who is allowed to meet with him in prison.

'Rakugo' comic storyteller ordered to pay penalty, back taxes

'Rakugo' comic storyteller ordered to pay penalty, back taxes

TOKYO, Japan - ''Rakugo'' comic storyteller Hayashiya Shozo speaks with reporters in Tokyo on April 16 after being ordered by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau to pay about 40 million yen in penalty and back taxes. The bureau said Hayashiya failed to declare around 120 million yen in income for the three years through 2005.

Former Construction Minister Shozo Harada dies at 82

Former Construction Minister Shozo Harada dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - Former Construction Minister Shozo Harada died of kidney failure at a Tokyo hospital July 2, his family said. He was 82. Photo was taken in August 1989.

Hayashiya Shozo

Hayashiya Shozo

Hayashiya Shozo, comic storyteller (photo taken on March 21, 2005)

Hayashiya Shozo

Hayashiya Shozo

Hayashiya Shozo, comic story teller (photo taken on Feb.22, 2005)

Renown, D'urban to unify operations

Renown, D'urban to unify operations

TOKYO, Japan - Renown Inc. President Shozo Watanabe (L) and D'urban Inc. President Yasuhisa Oka pose for photos at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10 after announcing an agreement to integrate their operations under a holding company they will jointly establish March 1, 2004.

Tokyo Stadium to be renamed Ajinomoto Stadium from next March

Tokyo Stadium to be renamed Ajinomoto Stadium from next March

TOKYO, Japan - Ajinomoto Co. President Kunio Egashira (L), Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (C) and Tokyo Stadium President Shozo Toi hold up an ''Ajinomoto Stadium'' sign during a ceremony at Tokyo Metropolitan City Hall on Nov. 29. The seasoning maker obtained naming rights to Tokyo Stadium, a soccer field in Chofu run by a public-private third-sector entity, for five years for 1.2 billion yen.

Snow Brand Food president resigns

Snow Brand Food president resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Snow Brand Food Co. President Shozo Yoshida wipes his tears at an emergency news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29 where he announced his resignation to take the blame for a series of scandals involving false labeling of beef in connection with mad cow disease. His resignation came a few hours after police began questioning Snow Brand Food executives in the meat marketing division of the Tokyo head office.

Snow Brand chieff suggests he may quit

Snow Brand chieff suggests he may quit

TOKYO, Japan - Snow Brand Food Co. President Shozo Yoshida arrives at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Jan. 25 for talks on the role his firm played in a new scandal related to mad cow disease. Yoshida indicated later he may resign to take responsibility for the company's fraudulent actions.

(2)Snow Brand Food disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

(2)Snow Brand Food disguises Ausie beef as Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Shozo Yoshida (L), president of Snow Brand Food Co., bows in apology at a news conference at his company Jan. 23. The subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. admitted it had disguised imported Australian beef as Japanese to take advantage of a government subsidy system introduced during the mad cow scare.

Opposition demands LDP members speak under oath on KSD

Opposition demands LDP members speak under oath on KSD

TOKYO, Japan - Kanju Sato (L), a member of the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan, submits to Shozo Harada, chairman of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, an opposition request that a extraordinary committee session be held to investigate bribery allegations involving scandal-hit mutual aid foundation KSD. The Diet is in recess until the next ordinary session, scheduled to start Jan. 31.

Mitsui Trust, Chuo Trust aim to merge by April 2000

Mitsui Trust, Chuo Trust aim to merge by April 2000

Mitsui Trust and Banking Co. President Keiu Nishida (L), Chuo Trust and Banking Co. President Shozo Endo (R) shake hands Jan. 19 after they announced the two banks have reached basic agreement to merge by April 2000 to create Japan's top trust bank during a press meeting at the Bank of Japan.

Mystery writer Nishimura dies at 91

Mystery writer Nishimura dies at 91

File photo taken in June 2014 shows Japanese novelist Kyotaro Nishimura during an interview in the Kanagawa Prefecture town of Yugawara, eastern Japan. Nishimura, best known for his train mystery series featuring police detective Shozo Totsugawa, died of liver cancer on March 3, 2022. He was 91.

Snow Brand chieff suggests he may quit

Snow Brand chieff suggests he may quit

TOKYO, Japan - Snow Brand Food Co. President Shozo Yoshida arrives at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Jan. 25 for talks on the role his firm played in a new scandal related to mad cow disease. Yoshida indicated later he may resign to take responsibility for the company's fraudulent actions.

Snow Brand Food president resigns

Snow Brand Food president resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Snow Brand Food Co. President Shozo Yoshida wipes his tears at an emergency news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29 where he announced his resignation to take the blame for a series of scandals involving false labeling of beef in connection with mad cow disease. His resignation came a few hours after police began questioning Snow Brand Food executives in the meat marketing division of the Tokyo head office.

Former Construction Minister Shozo Harada dies at 82

Former Construction Minister Shozo Harada dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - Former Construction Minister Shozo Harada died of kidney failure at a Tokyo hospital July 2, his family said. He was 82. Photo was taken in August 1989. (Kyodo)

Tokyo Stadium to be renamed Ajinomoto Stadium from next March

Tokyo Stadium to be renamed Ajinomoto Stadium from next March

TOKYO, Japan - Ajinomoto Co. President Kunio Egashira (L), Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (C) and Tokyo Stadium President Shozo Toi hold up an ''Ajinomoto Stadium'' sign during a ceremony at Tokyo Metropolitan City Hall on Nov. 29. The seasoning maker obtained naming rights to Tokyo Stadium, a soccer field in Chofu run by a public-private third-sector entity, for five years for 1.2 billion yen. (Kyodo)

Kajima, translator of Faulkner, Twain, dies at 92

Kajima, translator of Faulkner, Twain, dies at 92

Photo taken June 2012 shows Shozo Kajima, a poet as well as translator of William Faulkner, Mark Twain and Agatha Christie. It was reported on Jan. 6, 2016, that Kajima died of old age at 92 on Dec. 25, 2015. After studying in the United States, Kajima taught English and American literature at Shinshu University and Yokohama National University. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-site of reverberatory furnace in Kagoshima built in 19th century

Ex-site of reverberatory furnace in Kagoshima built in 19th century

Shozo Tamura, chief of the Shoko Shuseikan Museum in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, explains the site of the former Meiji era reverberatory furnace in what once was an industrial complex built in the 19th century on June 12, 2015. The site is one of the "Sites of the Meiji Industrial Revolution" which Japan aims to register as a World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Former baseball player Shozo Doi dies at 67

Former baseball player Shozo Doi dies at 67

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in December 1991 shows Orix BlueWave manager Shozo Doi (R, front) at a news conference to introduce Ichiro Suzuki (L, in back) and So Taguchi (L, front), who are now major leaguers, and the team's other rookies at a hotel in Kobe. Doi's family said Sept. 25, 2009, that he had died aged 67. A member of the Yomiuri Giants team that won nine consecutive Japan Series titles from 1965-73, Doi underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in March 2007. (Kyodo)

'Rakugo' comic storyteller ordered to pay penalty, back taxes

'Rakugo' comic storyteller ordered to pay penalty, back taxes

TOKYO, Japan - ''Rakugo'' comic storyteller Hayashiya Shozo speaks with reporters in Tokyo on April 16 after being ordered by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau to pay about 40 million yen in penalty and back taxes. The bureau said Hayashiya failed to declare around 120 million yen in income for the three years through 2005. (Kyodo)

The entrance to Mt. Nunobiki

The entrance to Mt. Nunobiki

Mid to late Meiji Period. The road in the centre led to Nunobuki Falls and thus was called Takimichi (waterfall road). Although not visible in this photograph, the residence of Kawasaki Shozo, founder of present-day Kawasaki Ship Building, Co. Inc, was located nearby. Kawasaki also founded a museum in 1890. His family temple, Tokukoin Temple, which no longer exists, used to be on the other side of Isagoyama Mountain, visible here on the right.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐23‐0]

The hondo (inner sanctuary),Daikoji Temple,Nagasaki

The hondo (inner sanctuary),Daikoji Temple,Nagasaki

The main hall of Daikoji, a temple of the Jodoshin Sect located in Kajiya-machi, Nagasaki City. It was donated by Totsuji Yosouemon. In the cemetery is the tomb of Motoki Shozo, pioneer of modern printing in Japan. There is a photograph in which Ueno Hikoma poses just like the man in this photograph, taken by F. Beato at the end of the Edo Period (Cabinet No:66-27). It is assumed that Kuichi used the same composition in this photograph taken when he visited Nagasaki in 1872. There are the same photos of colored (Cabinet No:15-28, 66-2) and not-colored (Cabinet No:66-3) in collection too.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐28‐0]

Mitsui Trust, Chuo Trust aim to merge by April 2000+

Mitsui Trust, Chuo Trust aim to merge by April 2000+

Mitsui Trust and Banking Co. President Keiu Nishida (L), Chuo Trust and Banking Co. President Shozo Endo (R) shake hands Jan. 19 after they announced the two banks have reached basic agreement to merge by April 2000 to create Japan's top trust bank during a press meeting at the Bank of Japan. ==Kyodo

Japan hopes to host U.N. disaster conference

Japan hopes to host U.N. disaster conference

GENEVA, Switzerland - Shozo Azuma, senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office of Japan, speaks during a biennial U.N. disaster prevention gathering in Geneva on May 10, 2011. He expressed Tokyo's intention to host a U.N. conference on disaster risk reduction. (Kyodo)

Renown, D'urban to unify operations

Renown, D'urban to unify operations

TOKYO, Japan - Renown Inc. President Shozo Watanabe (L) and D'urban Inc. President Yasuhisa Oka pose for photos at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10 after announcing an agreement to integrate their operations under a holding company they will jointly establish March 1, 2004. (Kyodo)