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World Exposition in Osaka

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (2nd from L), Wakayama Deputy Gov. Izumi Miyazaki (3rd from L) and Shiga Gov. Taizo Mikazuki (4th from L) carry a portable mikoshi shrine in front of the Kansai Pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 6, 2025, in honor of the late Wakayama Gov. Shuhei Kishimoto who died in April. The Kansai Pavilion showcases exhibitions from nine prefectures in the Kansai region.

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World Exposition in Osaka

(from L) Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai, Shiga Gov. Taizo Mikazuki, and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura make a toast during an event to pitch Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai Pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 6, 2025. The pavilion showcases exhibitions from nine prefectures in the Kansai region.

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Osaka Expo pavilion

Shiga Gov. Taizo Mikazuki (C) speaks to reporters during a press preview of the Kansai Pavilion, a showcase by nine prefectures, including Shiga Prefecture, from the Kansai region in western Japan for the 2025 World Exposition, on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Expo's six-month run starting in April 2025, on an artificial island in Osaka, western Japan.

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Wrestling: Asian championships

Japan's Taizo Yoshida poses on the podium after winning gold in the men's Greco-Roman 82-kilogram division at the Asian wrestling championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on April 16, 2024.

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Wrestling: Asian championships

Taizo Yoshida (back) of Japan competes against Rasoul Sadegh Garmsiri of Iran in the men's Greco-Roman 82-kilogram final at the Asian wrestling championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on April 16, 2024.

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Wrestling: Asian championships

Taizo Yoshida (L) of Japan grapples with Rasoul Sadegh Garmsiri of Iran in the men's Greco-Roman 82-kilogram final at the Asian wrestling championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on April 16, 2024.

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Wrestling: Asian championships

Taizo Yoshida (R) of Japan grapples with Rasoul Sadegh Garmsiri of Iran in the men's Greco-Roman 82-kilogram final at the Asian wrestling championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on April 16, 2024.

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Wrestling: Asian championships

Taizo Yoshida of Japan celebrates after winning the men's Greco-Roman 82-kilogram title at the Asian wrestling championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on April 16, 2024.

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Wrestling: Asian championships

Taizo Yoshida of Japan celebrates after winning the men's Greco-Roman 82-kilogram title at the Asian wrestling championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on April 16, 2024.

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Brazil group calls for continued JAL flights to Sao Paulo

TOKYO, Japan - Kokei Uehara (L), honorary chairman of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture and Social Services, meets with senior vice transport minister Taizo Mikazuki at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2010. Uehara asked Mikazuki to help Japan Airlines Corp., currently undergoing state-backed rehabilitation, to review a plan to suspend flights to Sao Paulo from September.

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3 Japan Post group firms to go public as early as Oct.: pres.

KANAZAWA, Japan, June 17 Kyodo - Taizo Nishimuro (L), president and CEO of Japan Post Holdings Co., speaks in a meeting of the Japan Post group's labor union in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on June 17, 2015. He said that Japan Post and its banking and insurance arms will be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October or November.

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Japan Post to list shares along with banking, insurance arms

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2014. The company said it will list its shares sometime after the middle of the next fiscal year starting in April, together with those of its banking and insurance arms, in one of the biggest stock listings in the country.

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Sino-Japanese ties very important: China's Li

BEIJING, China - Taizo Nishimuro (L), president of Japan Post Holdings Co. who heads the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century on the Japanese side, talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2014. The committee, an advisory body to the two governments, held a formal meeting for the first time since October 2011. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Sino-Japanese ties very important: China's Li

BEIJING, China - Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co. who heads the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century on the Japanese side, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2014, after talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

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Nishimuro addresses meeting of Japan-China expert panel

BEIJING, China - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Taizo Nishimuro addresses a meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, the first gathering in over three years, as head of the Japanese side at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Dec. 3, 2014.

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Japan-China panel of experts hold 1st meeting in 3 yrs

BEIJING, China - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Taizo Nishimuro (L) and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2014. They represented each side of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, which is expected to formulate a set of proposals for improved bilateral ties. The formal meeting was held for the first time in more than three years. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan prefectural governors meet press in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese prefectural governors attend a press conference on the occasion of a gubernatorial forum between Japan and China in Beijing on Oct. 28, 2014. From L: Hiroshima Deputy Gov. Yoshiaki Nakashita, Shiga Gov. Taizo Mikazuki, Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai, Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada serving as president of the National Governors Association, Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida, Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe, and Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka.

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Sugitani wins bronze in equestrian individual jumping

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Taizo Sugitani competes in the equestrian individual jumping event at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2014. Sugitani captured bronze.

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Candidate supporting nuclear phaseout elected Shiga governor

OTSU, Japan - Former lawmaker Taizo Mikazuki (C) celebrates in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on July 13, 2014, after winning the Shiga gubernatorial election to succeed incumbent Gov. Yukiko Kada (L). Mikazuki, 43, a former Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker who supports phasing out nuclear power, won a three-way race, beating a candidate backed by the ruling parties by a narrow margin.

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Candidate supporting nuclear phaseout elected Shiga governor

OTSU, Japan - Former lawmaker Taizo Mikazuki (R) receives flowers from Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on July 13, 2014, after winning the Shiga gubernatorial election to succeed her. Mikazuki, 43, a former Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker who supports phasing out nuclear power, won a three-way race, beating a candidate backed by the ruling parties by a narrow margin.

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New Japan-China friendship panel's informal meeting

NAGASAKI, Japan - The New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century holds an informal meeting in Nagasaki City on June 5, 2014, with the attendance of Taizo Nishimuro (2nd from L), president of Japan Post Holding Co., and Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (2nd from R).

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New Japan-China friendship panel's informal meeting

NAGASAKI, Japan - Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., addresses an informal meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century on June 5, 2014, in Nagasaki City.

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New Japan-China friendship panel's informal meeting

NAGASAKI, Japan - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (R) and Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., shake hands before the start of an informal meeting of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century in Nagasaki City on June 5, 2014.

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Shiga governor

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (R) and House of Representatives member Taizo Mikazuki are pictured during a festival in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, on May 4, 2014. Sources close to her said on May 7, 2014, that Kada has decided, apparently after meeting Mikazuki, a prospective gubernatorial candidate of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, not to run in an upcoming gubernatorial election.

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Japan Post chief Nishimuro

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2014. Nishimuro said Japan Post has agreed with China Post Group to enhance cooperation in delivering goods for online shopping.

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Japan Post to invest 1.3 tril. yen over 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., briefs reporters on the company's three-year business plan in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2014. Nishimuro said Japan Post Holdings will invest 1.3 trillion yen over a three-year period from April to enhance its business base in preparation for its initial public offering planned in spring 2015.

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Japan Post to invest 1.3 tril. yen over 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., briefs reporters on the company's three-year business plan in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2014. Nishimuro said Japan Post Holdings will invest 1.3 trillion yen over a three-year period from April to enhance its business base in preparation for its initial public offering planned in spring 2015.

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Japan Post to launch new education insurance

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2014, after the government gave Japan Post Insurance Co. approval to launch a new savings-oriented education insurance product.

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Japan Post to launch new education insurance

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Nishimuro, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2014, after the government gave Japan Post Insurance Co. approval to launch a new savings-oriented education insurance product.

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Heart-shaped lemon

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Taizo Noda of a local agricultural cooperative holds a lemon grown in a heart-shaped frame on Ikuchi Island in the Seto Inland Sea in the city of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, in December 2013.

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Japan Post, Aflac expand ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Taizo Nishimuro (R) and Aflac Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Amos sign documents on their expanded business collaboration in Tokyo on July 26, 2013. Japan Post Group said it will expand ties with American Family Life Assurance Co. to sharply increase sales outlets handling the U.S. insurer's cancer policies and jointly develop cancer insurance products.

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Japan Post, Aflac expand ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Taizo Nishimuro (R) and Aflac Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Amos join hands after a press conference in Tokyo on July 26, 2013. Japan Post Group said it will expanded business collaboration with American Family Life Assurance Co. to sharply increase sales outlets handling the U.S. insurer's cancer policies and jointly develop cancer insurance products.

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Japan Post new president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Taizo Nishimuro. Japan Post Holdings Co. on May 22, 2013, announced a plan to appoint former Toshiba Corp. Chairman Nishimuro, who currently serves as chairman of a committee to oversee progress in the privatization of the postal system, as its president to replace Atsuo Saka.

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Nishimuro tapped as Japan Post head

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Atsuo Saka (L), president of Japan Post Holdings Co., and Taizo Nishimuro, a former head of Toshiba Corp. The government is considering replacing Saka with Nishimuro in June 2013, only six months after Saka assumed the post at the state-owned firm, government sources said May 10.

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Japan-China friendship committee meeting

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (R) and adviser to the board of Toshiba Corp. Taizo Nishimuro, who head the Chinese and Japanese delegations of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, an advisory panel to the two governments, smile during the opening ceremony of a meeting by the panel on Oct. 23, 2011, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. The panel meets through Oct. 25. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan-China friendship committee meeting

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (R) and adviser to the board of Toshiba Corp. Taizo Nishimuro, who head the Chinese and Japanese delegations to the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, an advisory panel to the two governments, exchange words during the opening ceremony of a meeting of the panel on Oct. 23, 2011, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. The panel meets through Oct. 25. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Okinawa protests at U.S. military over accident

NAHA, Japan - People gather at a rally in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 13, 2009, protesting the U.S. military's handling of last month's fatal hit-and-run accident in the village. Yomitan Mayor Taizo Yasuda and other key participants demanded that the U.S. military hand over a serviceman suspected of involvement in the accident to Japanese police.

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Fiscal panel urges Japan to renew pledge on debt cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Nishimuro (L), chairman of the Fiscal System Council, submits a set of proposals to Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on June 3.

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TSE opens office in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Taizo Nishimura, chairman of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc., speaks during a ceremony in Beijing on Feb. 22 to mark the opening of its local representative office, the fourth of its kind for TSE, following those in New York, London and Singapore.

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Panel calls for maximum spending cuts in FY 2008 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Nishimuro (R), chairman of the Fiscal System Council, submits a recommendation to Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 19. The recommendation calls for ''maximum spending cuts'' in compiling the fiscal 2008 state budget in areas such as social security as part of efforts to put its debt-ridden finances in order.

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'Koizumi's children' face changing political climate

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Sugimura (top right, clockwise), Kuniko Inoguchi, Koichi Yamauchi and Satsuki Katayama, and Yukari Sato (center) are among the so-called ''Koizumi's children'' who won seats in the House of Representatives in the 2005 general election on the coattails of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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China's Asia Media makes TSE debut

TOKYO, Japan - Cui Jianping, chief executive officer of China's Asia Media Co., rings a bell during a ceremony to mark the company's debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers market for start-up companies at the TSE in Tokyo on April 26, with TSE President Taizo Nishimuro looking on.

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Ex-IRCJ head Saito named as TSE president

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. said at a press conference on March 27 that it has appointed Atsushi Saito (in file photo), former president of the just-disbanded Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, as its new president to replace Taizo Nishimuro, who will become the bourse's chairman.

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LEAD:Ex-IRCJ head Saito named as TSE president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Atsushi Saito, former president of the just-disbanded Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, who was appointed March 27 as president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. Saito, 67, replaces Taizo Nishimuro, who will become the bourse's chairman.

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TSE found no evidence of organized accounting fraud at Nikko Cordial

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange President Taizo Nishimuro, testifying at a parliamentary panel, says the exchange has decided to keep Nikko Cordial Corp. listed on its first section as it has failed to find any evidence that the securities firm committed accounting fraud in an organized way.

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TSE OKs continued listing of Nikko Cordial despite accounting fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange President Taizo Nishimuro briefs reporters on March 12 on the TSE's decision to keep Nikko Cordial Corp., Japan's third-largest brokerage group, listed on the Tokyo bourse despite its falsification of financial statements.

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TSE OKs continued listing of Nikko Cordial despite accounting fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange President Taizo Nishimuro briefs reporters on March 12 on the TSE's decision to keep Nikko Cordial Corp., Japan's third-largest brokerage group, listed on the Tokyo bourse despite its falsification of financial statements.

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TSE, LSE ink cooperation accord

LONDON, Britain - Chris Gibson-Smith (L), chairman of the London Stock Exchange, Clara Furse (C), CEO of the LSE, and Taizo Nishimuro, president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, shake hands at the LSE in central London on Feb. 23. The two exchanges signed an agreement aimed at enhancing their international presence through cooperation over access arrangements and development of new products.

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TSE, NYSE close to reaching tie-up accord, Nishimuro says

NEW YORK, United States - Tokyo Stock Exchange President Taizo Nishimuro (R) New York Stock Exchange Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Thain pose for a photo in New York on Jan. 30. Nishimuro said that the two exchanges are ''very close'' to reaching agreement to form an alliance.

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TSE, NYSE announce tie-up accord, eye cross-shareholdings

NEW YORK, United States - John Thain (L), chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange Group Inc., and Taizo Nishimuro, president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, shake hands during a press conference in New York on Jan. 31. They announced that the two exchanges have agreed to cooperate in various fields, including jointly developing trading systems and investment products, and consider a possible capital alliance.