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KDDI's 'au Wallet' prepaid card program

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. President Takashi Tanaka shows an "au Wallet" card for its new prepaid card program in Tokyo on May 8, 2014. This service will be available from May 21 for au brand mobile network subscribers.

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KDDI, Softbank release iPad mini cellular model

TOKYO, Japan - TV-personality Satomi Shigemori (R) holds the iPad mini, while KDDI Corp. President Takashi Tanaka holds the new iPad 4 at KDDI's unveiling event for the tablet devices in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. the same day began selling Apple Inc.'s iPad mini with cellular connectivity compatible with high-speed data communication using the LTE network service.

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Apple's new iPhone hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tanaka (C, man wearing suit), president of mobile phone carrier KDDI Corp., attends the iPhone 5 launch event in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Sept. 21, 2012. A new version of Apple Inc.'s iPhone hit shelves, with hundreds of people lining up at retail outlets including the company's flagship store in Tokyo hours before the release to obtain the popular smartphone.

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tanaka, president of KDDI Corp., attends a ceremony marking the launch of the iPhone 4S at one of the company's outlets in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc.

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KDDI to expand WiMAX-equipped smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tanaka, president of KDDI Corp., holds one of the company's new models of smartphones during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2011. The operator of the ''au'' mobile phone service will increase the number of smartphones featuring WiMAX high-speed wireless communications when it releases six new models from early October.

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Tanaka to become KDDI's new president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows KDDI Corp. Senior Vice President Takashi Tanaka who will replace Tadashi Onodera as president of the telecommunications firm on Dec. 1, 2010.

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Tanaka to become KDDI's new president

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. Senior Vice President Takashi Tanaka speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010, after the telecommunications firm announced his promotion to president. Tanaka will replace President and Chairman Tadashi Onodera (L) on Dec. 1.

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Tanaka to become KDDI's new president

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. President and Chairman Tadashi Onodera (L) and Senior Vice President Takashi Tanaka shake hands during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010, after the telecommunications firm announced Tanaka's promotion to president, replacing Onodera on Dec. 1.

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Tanaka to become KDDI's new president

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. Senior Vice President Takashi Tanaka speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010, after the telecommunications firm announced his promotion to president. Tanaka will replace President and Chairman Tadashi Onodera on Dec. 1.

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New party launched by LDP rebels

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hiroyuki Arai, a member of the House of Councillors, Takashi Aoyama, former House of Representatives member, Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka, and former lower house members Koki Kobayashi and Makoto Taki join hands Aug. 21 to launch a new political party, named Nippon. The four lawmakers broke ranks with the Liberal Democratic Party and voted against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatization bills.

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2 Japanese university professors monitor Venezuelan referendum

CARACAS, Venezuela - Takashi Tanaka (C, back), a professor at Chubu University in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, monitors a Venezuelan national referendum in Caracas on Aug. 15 on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez. Tanaka and Hiroyuki Urabe, an assistant professor at Aikoku Gakuen University in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, were members of the monitoring team formed by the Organization of American States.

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Takashi Yoshimoto, new president of Tohoku University

SENDAI, Japan - Takashi Yoshimoto has become new president of Tohoku University, where 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Koichi Tanaka studied.

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Japan's Olympic team swimmers meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japanese Olympic swimming team meet the press in Tokyo on April 24 following the formal announcement of the 21-member team by the Japan Amateur Swimming Federation. L to R are Masami Tanaka, Mai Nakamura, Tomoko Hagiwara, Yasuko Tajima and Takashi Yamamoto.

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2 Japanese university professors monitor Venezuelan referendum

CARACAS, Venezuela - Takashi Tanaka (C, back), a professor at Chubu University in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, monitors a Venezuelan national referendum in Caracas on Aug. 15 on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez. Tanaka and Hiroyuki Urabe, an assistant professor at Aikoku Gakuen University in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, were members of the monitoring team formed by the Organization of American States. (Kyodo)

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New party launched by LDP rebels

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hiroyuki Arai, a member of the House of Councillors, Takashi Aoyama, former House of Representatives member, Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka, and former lower house members Koki Kobayashi and Makoto Taki join hands Aug. 21 to launch a new political party, named Nippon. The four lawmakers broke ranks with the Liberal Democratic Party and voted against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatization bills. (Kyodo)

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The Grudge 2 (2006)

Ohga Tanaka Characters: Toshio Film: The Grudge 2 (2006) Director: Takashi Shimizu 12 October 2006 DF-03606 - Oga Tanaka stars in Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures

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The Grudge 2 (2006)

Ohga Tanaka Characters: Toshio Film: The Grudge 2 (2006) Director: Takashi Shimizu 12 October 2006 Date: 12 October 2006

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The Grudge 2 (2006)

Teresa Palmer & Ohga Tanaka Characters: Vanessa & Toshio Film: The Grudge 2 (2006) Director: Takashi Shimizu 12 October 2006 Date: 12 October 2006

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Families of Japanese victims of Dhaka attack to fly to site: gov't

Takashi Tanaka, a younger brother of Hiroshi Tanaka, 80, one of the seven Japanese killed in a terrorist attack in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, speaks to reporters in front of Hiroshi's home in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on July 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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iPhone 4S launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tanaka, president of KDDI Corp., attends a ceremony marking the launch of the iPhone 4S at one of the company's outlets in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Oct. 14, 2011. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. launched the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular smartphone in Japan the same day, starting a fierce competition by the two rival mobile phone operators to chase market leader NTT Docomo Inc. (Kyodo)

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Journalist Tachibana dies at 80

File photo taken in July 1987 shows journalist Takashi Tachibana meeting the press in Tokyo after a high court ruling on a bribery scandal involving U.S. aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Corp. Tachibana, whose investigative reporting played a vital role in revealing the Lockheed scandal and forcing Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to step down in 1974, died of acute coronary syndrome at 80 on April 30, 2021.

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Journalist Tachibana dies at 80

Photo taken Dec. 25, 2013, shows critic and journalist Takashi Tachibana giving an interview in Tokyo. Tachibana, whose investigative reporting played a vital role in revealing a bribery scandal involving the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in the 1970s, died of acute coronary syndrome aged 80 on April 30, 2021.

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Journalist Tachibana dies at 80

Photo taken in December 1993 shows critic and journalist Takashi Tachibana speaking at a press conference in Tokyo. Tachibana, whose investigative reporting played a vital role in revealing a bribery scandal involving the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in the 1970s, died of acute coronary syndrome aged 80 on April 30, 2021.

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Journalist Tachibana dies at 80

File photo taken in April 2016 shows critic and journalist Takashi Tachibana. Tachibana, whose investigative reporting played a vital role in revealing a bribery scandal involving the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in the 1970s, died of acute coronary syndrome aged 80 on April 30, 2021.

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Tanaka to become KDDI's new president

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. Senior Vice President Takashi Tanaka speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010, after the telecommunications firm announced his promotion to president. Tanaka will replace President and Chairman Tadashi Onodera on Dec. 1. (Kyodo)

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Tanaka to become KDDI's new president

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. President and Chairman Tadashi Onodera (L) and Senior Vice President Takashi Tanaka shake hands during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010, after the telecommunications firm announced Tanaka's promotion to president, replacing Onodera on Dec. 1. (Kyodo)

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KDDI to expand WiMAX-equipped smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tanaka, president of KDDI Corp., holds one of the company's new models of smartphones during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2011. The operator of the ''au'' mobile phone service will increase the number of smartphones featuring WiMAX high-speed wireless communications when it releases six new models from early October. (Kyodo)

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Tanaka to become KDDI's new president

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. Senior Vice President Takashi Tanaka speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010, after the telecommunications firm announced his promotion to president. Tanaka will replace President and Chairman Tadashi Onodera (L) on Dec. 1. (Kyodo)

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Tanaka to become KDDI's new president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows KDDI Corp. Senior Vice President Takashi Tanaka who will replace Tadashi Onodera as president of the telecommunications firm on Dec. 1, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Toritani gets 2,000th career hit

Takashi Toritani (L) of the Hanshin Tigers receives flowers from Hiroyasu Tanaka of the DeNA BayStars after picking up his 2,000th career hit in the second inning of a game at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on Sept. 8, 2017. Toritani became the 50th player in Japanese baseball history to reach the plateau. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takashi Yoshimoto, new president of Tohoku University

SENDAI, Japan - Takashi Yoshimoto has become new president of Tohoku University, where 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Koichi Tanaka studied. (Kyodo)