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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 30 Kyodo - Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Niinami resigns

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 2 Kyodo - Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobuhiro Torii and Vice President Kenji Yamada bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after announcing the resignation of the company's Chairman Takeshi Niinami, also chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. The 66-year-old was under police investigation over dietary supplements he allegedly purchased, according to the major Japanese brewer. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - Takeshi Niinami, former chairman of Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd., holds a regular press conference as head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2025. Niinami said he will step back from his duties as chief of the association but stressed he did not breach Japanese law in connection with the purchase of a dietary supplement. (Kyodo)

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Takeshi Niinami Resigns, Holds Press Conference

Suntory Holdings holds press conference following Chairman Takeshi Niinami's resignation. photo shows President Nobuhiro Torii and Vice President Kenji Yamada from left.=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Takeshi Niinami Resigns, Holds Press Conference

Suntory Holdings holds press conference following Chairman Takeshi Niinami's resignation. photo shows President Nobuhiro Torii.=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Takeshi Niinami Resigns, Holds Press Conference

Suntory Holdings holds press conference following Chairman Takeshi Niinami's resignation. photo shows President Nobuhiro Torii.=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Exterior of Suntory Holdings

Exterior of Suntory Holdings=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Takeshi Niinami Resigns, Holds Press Conference

Suntory Holdings holds press conference following Chairman Takeshi Niinami's resignation. photo shows President Nobuhiro Torii and Vice President Kenji Yamada from left.=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Exterior of Suntory Holdings

Exterior of Suntory Holdings=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Takeshi Niinami Resigns, Holds Press Conference

Suntory Holdings holds press conference following Chairman Takeshi Niinami's resignation. photo shows President Nobuhiro Torii.=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Takeshi Niinami Resigns, Holds Press Conference

Suntory Holdings holds press conference following Chairman Takeshi Niinami's resignation. photo shows President Nobuhiro Torii and Vice President Kenji Yamada from left.=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Takeshi Niinami Resigns, Holds Press Conference

Suntory Holdings holds press conference following Chairman Takeshi Niinami's resignation. photo shows President Nobuhiro Torii.=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Takeshi Niinami Resigns, Holds Press Conference

Suntory Holdings holds press conference following Chairman Takeshi Niinami's resignation. photo shows President Nobuhiro Torii.=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Takeshi Niinami Resigns, Holds Press Conference

Suntory Holdings holds press conference following Chairman Takeshi Niinami's resignation. photo shows President Nobuhiro Torii.=September 2,2025,Tokyo

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami

Takeshi Niinami, former chairman of Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd., bows during a regular press conference as head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2025. Niinami said he will step back from his duties as chief of the association but stressed he did not breach Japanese law in connection with the purchase of a dietary supplement.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami

Takeshi Niinami, former chairman of Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd., holds a regular press conference as head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2025. Niinami said he will step back from his duties as chief of the association but stressed he did not breach Japanese law in connection with the purchase of a dietary supplement.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami

Takeshi Niinami, former chairman of Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd., holds a regular press conference as head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2025. Niinami said he will step back from his duties as chief of the association but stressed he did not breach Japanese law in connection with the purchase of a dietary supplement.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami

Takeshi Niinami, former chairman of Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd., holds a regular press conference as head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2025. Niinami said he will step back from his duties as chief of the association but stressed he did not breach Japanese law in connection with the purchase of a dietary supplement.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami

Takeshi Niinami, former chairman of Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd., holds a regular press conference as head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2025. Niinami said he will step back from his duties as chief of the association but stressed he did not breach Japanese law in connection with the purchase of a dietary supplement.

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Niinami to step back from duty as business body chief

Takeshi Niinami speaks at a regular press conference of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2025, saying he will step back from his duties as chief of the major business body. Suntory Holdings Ltd. said the previous day he resigned as its chairman due to an ongoing investigation over the alleged purchase of a dietary supplement suspected to be illegal in Japan.

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Niinami resigns

Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobuhiro Torii (L) and Vice President Kenji Yamada bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after announcing the resignation of the company's Chairman Takeshi Niinami, also chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. The 66-year-old was under police investigation over dietary supplements he allegedly purchased, according to the major Japanese brewer.

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Niinami resigns

Nobuhiro Torii, president of Suntory Holdings Ltd., announces the resignation of the company's Chairman Takeshi Niinami at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025. Niinami, a prominent Japanese business figure, serves as chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Niinami resigns

Nobuhiro Torii, president of Suntory Holdings Ltd., announces the resignation of the company's Chairman Takeshi Niinami at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025. Niinami, a prominent Japanese business figure, serves as chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. ==Kyodo

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Volleyball: SV.League men's championship

Suntory Sunbirds Osaka players celebrate after claiming the inaugural men's title of Japanese volleyball's rebranded SV.League with a win over JTEKT Stings Aichi in Game 2 of the best-of-three final in Funabashi near Tokyo on May 5, 2025.

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Volleyball: SV.League men's championship

Suntory Sunbirds Osaka players celebrate after claiming the inaugural men's title of Japanese volleyball's rebranded SV.League with a win over JTEKT Stings Aichi in Game 2 of the best-of-three final in Funabashi near Tokyo on May 5, 2025.

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Volleyball: SV.League men's championship

Suntory Sunbirds Osaka players celebrate after claiming the inaugural men's title of Japanese volleyball's rebranded SV.League with a win over JTEKT Stings Aichi in Game 2 of the best-of-three final in Funabashi near Tokyo on May 5, 2025.

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Blue carnations under shipment

Work to ship rare blue carnations, airlifted from Colombia and Ecuador, is under way at a wholesaler company in Shibayama in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 30, 2025, ahead of Mother's Day on May 11. The carnation named Moondust was developed by the horticulture arm of major Japanese whiskey maker Suntory using gene engineering, with sales starting in 1997.

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World Exposition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, April 2 Kyodo - Video taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October. (Kyodo)

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 1, 2025, shows a water show unveiled to the media at the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka, ahead of the start of the event on April 13. The 20-minute "Under the Midnight Rainbow" show, sponsored by Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Daikin Industries Ltd., will be held every night during the expo through mid-October.

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Suntory Holdings President Change Press Conference

Suntory Holdings President Change Press Conference. Photo: Nobuhiro Torii, President-elect, at the press conference.=December 12,2024,都内

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Suntory Holdings President Change Press Conference

Suntory Holdings president change press conference. Photo shows Nobuhiro Torii (right), president-elect, and Takeshi Niinami, president, at the press conference.=December 12,2024,都内

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Suntory Holdings President Change Press Conference

Suntory Holdings president change press conference. Photo shows Nobuhiro Torii (right), president-elect, and Takeshi Niinami at the press conference. Nobuhiro Torii (right) and Takeshi Niinami shake hands.=December 12,2024,都内

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Suntory Holdings President Change Press Conference

Suntory Holdings president change press conference. Photo shows Nobuhiro Torii (right) and Takeshi Niinami shaking hands.=December 12,2024,都内

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Suntory Holdings President Change Press Conference

Suntory Holdings president change press conference. Photo shows Nobuhiro Torii (right) and Takeshi Niinami shaking hands.=December 12,2024,都内

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Suntory Holdings President Change Press Conference

Suntory Holdings president change press conference. Photo shows Nobuhiro Torii (right), president-elect, and Takeshi Niinami, president, at the press conference.=December 12,2024,都内

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Suntory Holdings President Change Press Conference

Suntory Holdings president change press conference. Photo shows Nobuhiro Torii (right), president-elect, and Takeshi Niinami, president, at the press conference.=December 12,2024,都内

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Suntory President Niinami

Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Takeshi Niinami gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2024.

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Suntory President Niinami

Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Takeshi Niinami gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2024.

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Suntory President Niinami

Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Takeshi Niinami gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2024.

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Japan business leader meets China vice president

Takeshi Niinami (L), president of Japanese beverage and food maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. and chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, holds talks with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 4, 2024.

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Japan business leader meets China vice president

Takeshi Niinami, president of Japanese beverage and food maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. and chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, holds talks with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 4, 2024.