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Suzuki New “e-Vitara” Launch Event

Suzuki unveils new e-Vitara. photo shows (from right) Managing Director Yoshitake Tamakoshi, President Toshihiro Suzuki, and Chief Engineer Sumio Ono.=September 16,2025,Tokyo

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New York college receives books donated by PM Abe's wife

NEW YORK, United States - Sumio Kusaka (C), the consul general of Japan in New York, attends a ceremony to present a collection of approximately 100 Japan-related books donated by Akie Abe, wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to the City University of New York's LaGuardia Community College on Oct. 8, 2014. The books range from novels such as Haruki Murakami's "Kafka on the Shore" to Japanese-English dictionaries.

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Ceremony to honor Hideyo Noguchi held in NY

NEW YORK, United States - A ceremony to honor the life of Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi is held on May 21, 2014, the anniversary of his death, at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York, with the attendance of Yoshio Kano (far L), executive secretary of the recently established Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Society, and Sumio Kusaka (2nd from R), consul general of Japan in New York.

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Exhibition by Japanese artist starts in Manhattan, N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Masaaki Noda, an artist from Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, explains sculptures and paintings to Sumio Kusaka, Japanese consul general in New York, and his wife on the first day of Noda's exhibition in Manhattan on May 10, 2014. The exhibition runs till June 27.

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New DPJ leader

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Banri Kaieda (R) and former former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi stand on the stage before making speeches prior to an election to pick the new leader of the Democratic Party of Japan at a meeting in Tokyo of DPJ lawmakers on Dec. 25, 2012. Kaieda was elected to replace Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as party head.

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DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Sumio Mabuchi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012. Mabuchi said he will run in the upcoming election to pick the next leader of the Democratic Party of Japan in the wake of its crushing defeat in the general election.

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Noda to succeed Kan as Japan PM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (3rd from L), outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan (3rd from R) and lawmakers who ran for the presidential election of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan -- former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (L), farm minister Michihiko Kano (2nd from L), industry minister Banri Kaieda (2nd from R) and former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R) -- shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, after Noda was elected as the DPJ president. Noda will also succeed Kan as the Japanese prime minister.

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Noda to succeed Kan as Japan PM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (3rd from L), outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan (3rd from R) and lawmakers who ran for the presidential election of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan -- former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (L), farm minister Michihiko Kano (2nd from L), industry minister Banri Kaieda (2nd from R) and former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R) -- shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, after Noda was elected as the DPJ president. Noda will also succeed Kan as the Japanese prime minister.

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DPJ leader election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (C) moves toward the podium to deliver his candidate's speech during a Democratic Party of Japan meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, where members will vote to pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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DPJ presidential candidates

TOKYO, Japan - The five candidates for the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, whose winner will take over as Japan's prime minister, shake hands in a party-sponsored policy debate at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 28, 2011, on the eve of the election. They are (from L to R) former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara; former Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Sumio Mabuchi; Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda; Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda; and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano.

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Ex-transport minister Mabuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election slated for Aug. 29. Mabuchi said disaster reconstruction programs should be funded by construction bonds with a redemption period of 60 years, and was not positive about forming a grand coalition government.

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5 candidates vie for Japan's new leadership post

TOKYO, Japan - Five Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers -- (From L) former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi, industry minister Banri Kaieda, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and farm minister Michihiko Kano -- attend a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing their candidacies for the ruling party's presidential election slated for Aug. 29.

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5 candidates vie for Japan's new leadership post

TOKYO, Japan - Five Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers -- (From L) former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi, industry minister Banri Kaieda, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and farm minister Michihiko Kano -- pose for photos before a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing their candidacies for the ruling party's presidential election slated for Aug. 29.

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5 candidates to succeed PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows the five declared candidates for the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election to be held on Aug. 29, 2011, which will pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan. They are (from L to R) former Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Sumio Mabuchi, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda and former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara.

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Former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Former Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Sumio Mabuchi is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2011, held to announce his candidacy for the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election to be held on Aug. 29, 2011, which will pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Ohata replaced Sumio Mabuchi.

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Opposition censure motions

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku speaks at the House of Representatives Budget Committee in the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2010. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party said the same day it will submit censure motions to the House of Councillors on Nov. 26 against Sengoku and transport minister Sumio Mabuchi over the handling of the leak of footage of maritime collisions in disputed waters.

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Senkaku ships collision video leakage

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese transport minister Sumio Mabuchi listens to a reporter's question in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2010 on the suspected Internet leakage of footage of ship collisions taped by the Japan Coast Guard near the disputed Senkaku Islands. Mabuchi, whose ministry oversees the coast guard, refrained from stating where the footage came from.

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Senkaku ships collision video leakage

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese transport minister Sumio Mabuchi commented on a suspected Internet leakage of footage of ship collisions taped by the Japan Coast Guard near the disputed Senkaku Islands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2010. Mabuchi, whose ministry oversees the coast guard, refrained from stating where the footage came from.

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Japan, U.S. ink 'open skies' accord

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos shake hands after signing the ''open skies'' accord on Oct. 25, 2010 at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Tokyo. The accord, to take effect in mid-November, is aimed at fully liberalizing civil aviation markets of the two countries.

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Japan, U.S. ink 'open skies' accord

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos sign the ''open skies'' accord on Oct. 25, 2010 at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Tokyo. The accord, to take effect in mid-November, is aimed at fully liberalizing civil aviation markets of the two countries.

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Hokkaido minister Mabuchi views Russian-held islands

TOKYO, Japan - Sumio Mabuchi (R), Japan's minister in charge of Hokkaido development, views disputed Russian-held islands off the Japanese northernmost main island of Hokkaido from a Coast Guard boat off Nemuro on Oct. 4, 2010. Mabuchi said the same day he intended to visit the islands that Japan has claimed under a visa-free exchange program. (Pool photo)

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Land minister Mabuchi and Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Sumio Mabuchi (L), state minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima shake hands in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2010, after meeting to discuss a Japan-U.S. accord on relocating a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture. Nakaima called on the government to review the accord and move the base elsewhere.

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APEC releases tourism declaration

NARA, Japan - Japanese tourism minister Sumio Mabuchi (front, L), who chaired ministerial tourism talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and other participants attend a press conference in Nara on Sept. 23, 2010, to wrap up the two-day meeting.

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APEC tourism ministers' meeting in Nara

NARA, Japan - Top tourism officials from Pacific Rim countries, including Japanese tourism minister Sumio Mabuchi (R, front), pose for photos on the first day of a two-day ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Nara on Sept. 22, 2010. Representatives of the 21 members of the forum are aiming to produce a ''Nara Declaration on Tourism'' at the end of the gathering.

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Japan, China at loggerheads

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2010. Sengoku denied that tourism minister Sumio Mabuchi's cancellation of talks with China's Zhu Shanzhong on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's tourism ministers' meeting in Nara was a countermeasure against China's suspension of exchanges.

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Japan's transport minister Mabuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese transport and tourism minister Sumio Mabuchi smiles during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010.

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Japan's transport minister Mabuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese transport and tourism minister Sumio Mabuchi speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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New transport minister Mabuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Sumio Mabuchi, newly named land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister, walks to the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010. Mabuchi is also in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs as well as ocean policy.

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Japan appoints Tarui to ambassador in charge of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - The government appoints Sumio Tarui (file photo), 61, who served as ambassador to the Geneva-based U.N. Conference on Disarmament, as ambassador in charge of Okinawan affairs on June 9. Tarui served as ambassador at Japan's delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva but was released from the post the same day.

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Credit Saison, Mizuho to tie up credit card operations

TOKYO, Japan - Credit Saison Co. President Hiroshi Hayashino (L), Mizuho Bank President Seiji Sugiyma (C) and UC Card Co. President Sumio Uesugi (R) shake hands after announcing their business tie-up at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. The partnership between Credit Saison and Mizuho Financial Group's UC Card Co. would create Japan's second largest card business operator.

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(3)Core unit of Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), head of the contingent of noncombant troops from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, receives flowers from Mieko Tarui, wife of Ambassador to Kuwait Sumio Tarui (R), on arrival at Abudullah Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait on Feb. 22 on his way to southern Iraq to join a Japanese humanitarian mission.

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2 Japanese researchers to receive Franklin Institute awards

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, who was named winner of a 2002 Franklin Institute medal Jan. 28 along with Sumio Iijima, research fellow at NEC Corp.

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Japanese election observer team meets President Habibie

Indonesian President B.J. Habibie greets members of the Japanese government's observer team for the Indonesian election at his presidential palace June 9. The photo shows President Habibie (L) shaking hands with the team leader, Sumio Edamura, joined by other Japanese observers.

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Japanese election monitors arrive in Jakarta

Japanese election monitors, headed by former Ambassador to Indonesia Sumio Edamura (2nd from R), arrive in Jakarta on June 3.

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2 Japanese researchers to receive Franklin Institute awards

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, who was named winner of a 2002 Franklin Institute medal Jan. 28 along with Sumio Iijima, research fellow at NEC Corp.

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Japan appoints Tarui to ambassador in charge of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - The government appoints Sumio Tarui (file photo), 61, who served as ambassador to the Geneva-based U.N. Conference on Disarmament, as ambassador in charge of Okinawan affairs on June 9. Tarui served as ambassador at Japan's delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva but was released from the post the same day. (Kyodo)

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Japanese election observer team meets President Habibie

Indonesian President B.J. Habibie greets members of the Japanese government's observer team for the Indonesian election at his presidential palace June 9. The photo shows President Habibie (L) shaking hands with the team leader, Sumio Edamura, joined by other Japanese observers.

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NEC claims discovery of "carbon nanobrush"

Sumio Iijima, a senior research fellow with NEC Corp., attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 30, 2016. The company said it has discovered a new carbon material with a diameter of 100 nanometers (nano is a billionth) that has high electrical conductivity. The new substance, named "carbon nanobrush" by NEC, could be used for rapid electric vehicle charging and for the production of artificial muscle for robots. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NEC claims discovery of "carbon nanobrush"

Sumio Iijima, a senior research fellow with NEC Corp., attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 30, 2016. The company said it has discovered a new carbon material with a diameter of 100 nanometers (nano is a billionth) that has high electrical conductivity. The new substance, named "carbon nanobrush" by NEC, could be used for rapid electric vehicle charging and for the production of artificial muscle for robots. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NEC claims discovery of "carbon nanobrush"

Sumio Iijima, a senior research fellow with NEC Corp., wears a model of a nano carbon material on his head in jest during a press conference in Tokyo on June 30, 2016. The company said it has discovered a new carbon material with a diameter of 100 nanometers (nano is a billionth) that has high electrical conductivity. The new substance, named "carbon nanobrush" by NEC, could be used for rapid electric vehicle charging and for the production of artificial muscle for robots. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Australia returns Japanese company records seized during WWII

Takeo Kato (C), president of the National Archives of Japan, and Sumio Kusaka (R), Japanese ambassador to Australia, hold a document box presented by David Fricker (L), during a ceremony in Canberra on Nov. 21, 2017. The box is a replica of one of the 3,300 containing Japanese wartime company records seized by the Australian government during World War II which were formally handed over to Japan the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Confession" expected to prove innocence of Teigin suspect

Sumio Hamada (C), professor emeritus at Nara Women's University, addresses a meeting of those working to exonerate a late death row inmate involved in the "Teigin" mass-poisoning case in Tokyo on May 28, 2016. Hamada said the interrogation records of Sadamichi Hirasawa show he lacked awareness of the crime, proving his innocence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan envoy, Cowra mayor lay flowers at Japanese cemetery

Japanese Ambassador to Australia Sumio Kusaka (L) and Cowra Mayor Bill West jointly pay floral tribute to dead Japanese prisoners of war at the Japanese cemetery in Cowra, eastern Australia, on Aug. 5, 2015, 71 years after the prison breakout that resulted in the death of 231 Japanese prisoners. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Land minister Mabuchi and Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Sumio Mabuchi (L), state minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima shake hands in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2010, after meeting to discuss a Japan-U.S. accord on relocating a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture. Nakaima called on the government to review the accord and move the base elsewhere. (Kyodo)

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Gov't approves new Pakistan envoy

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government approved in a cabinet meeting Sept. 27 the appointment of Honolulu consul general Minoru Shibuya as ambassador to Pakistan (L) and former Defense Agency official Sumio Tarui as ambassador to Kuwait. (Kyodo)

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APEC releases tourism declaration

NARA, Japan - Japanese tourism minister Sumio Mabuchi (front, L), who chaired ministerial tourism talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and other participants attend a press conference in Nara on Sept. 23, 2010, to wrap up the two-day meeting. (Kyodo)

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Ohata replaced Sumio Mabuchi. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido minister Mabuchi views Russian-held islands

TOKYO, Japan - Sumio Mabuchi (R), Japan's minister in charge of Hokkaido development, views disputed Russian-held islands off the Japanese northernmost main island of Hokkaido from a Coast Guard boat off Nemuro on Oct. 4, 2010. Mabuchi said the same day he intended to visit the islands that Japan has claimed under a visa-free exchange program. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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APEC tourism ministers' meeting in Nara

NARA, Japan - Top tourism officials from Pacific Rim countries, including Japanese tourism minister Sumio Mabuchi (R, front), pose for photos on the first day of a two-day ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Nara on Sept. 22, 2010. Representatives of the 21 members of the forum are aiming to produce a ''Nara Declaration on Tourism'' at the end of the gathering. (Kyodo)