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JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from left, incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui and President Masamichi Terabatake.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

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JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from left, incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui and President Masamichi Terabatake.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

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JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from left, incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui and President Masamichi Terabatake.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

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JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from left, incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui and President Masamichi Terabatake.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

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JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from left, incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui and President Masamichi Terabatake.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

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Folding screen picture drawn by Takehiko Inoue

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 16 Kyodo - A folding screen picture drawn by manga artist Takehiko Inoue, titled "Shinran," the founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, is shown to the press at Higashi Honganji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 26, 2011.

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Foreign-invested companies eye opportunities in China's Wuhan

STORY: Foreign-invested companies eye opportunities in China's Wuhan DATELINE: Sept. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the roundtable meeting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SAEKI TAKEHIKO, Director of Japan External Trade Organization's Wuhan office 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MEI BAOCHUN, Vice President of Smith Group China 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YU XIN, Greater China General Manager of Government Affairs with Dow STORYLINE: Around 90 representatives from transnational companies and foreign chambers of commerce in China gathered for an economic roundtable in China's Wuhan on Wednesday. Many of the attendees voiced hope for enhancing trade relations with China, eyeing more opportunities in the Chinese market. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SAEKI TAKEHIKO, Director of Japan External Trade Organization's Wuhan office "What I am currently interested in are consumer-related aspects, as well as energy conservation and environmental protection. As China's pursuit o

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"Slam Dunk" big hit in S. Korea

A woman takes a photo of her child in front of a "Slam Dunk" poster at a movie theater in Seoul on Jan. 23, 2023. The manga-to-film adaptation of Takehiko Inoue's 1990s sports anime series has drawn more than 1 million moviegoers in South Korea in the two weeks since its release.

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"Slam Dunk" big hit in S. Korea

A special section for "Slam Dunk" comic books is created at a bookstore in Seoul on Jan. 23, 2023. The manga-to-film adaptation of Takehiko Inoue's 1990s sports anime series has drawn more than 1 million moviegoers in South Korea in the two weeks since its release.

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Expats see opportunities through China's local "two sessions"

STORY: Expats see opportunities through China's local "two sessions" DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:01 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): TIAN ZHONGQUAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEVE CARPENTER, President of AmCham China's Central China Chapter 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SAEKI TAKEHIKO, Director of Japan External Trade Organization's Wuhan office 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JEFF LAING, Principal of Wuhan Maple Leaf Foreign National School 5. various of Wuhan STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): TIAN ZHONGQUAN, Xinhua correspondent "Hello, I am in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. At the beginning of each year, local "two sessions" are regularly held across China, which aims to discuss local development in the past year and make plans for the year to come. In the past 2022, Hubei's economy has shown great vitality. And the ongoing "two sessions" of Hubei continue to attach great importance on the development of economy, education, envi

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Vice farm minister Kobayashi resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Kobayashi (L), who has resigned as Japan's vice farm minister, and his successor Toshiro Shirasu attend a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7. Kobayashi had been criticized for not tackling the misuse of farm subsidies by a farmers' association, which forced Takehiko Endo to resign as farm minister on Sept. 4, only a week after he was appointed to the post.

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New farm minister Wakabayashi pledges to restore trust

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo after assuming the post Sept. 4. Wakabayashi, who replaced scandal-tainted Takehiko Endo, pledged to restore trust. Endo resigned on Sept. 3 over the misuse of farm subsidies involving a farmers' mutual aid association he headed.

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Farm minister Endo quits over scandal 1 week after taking office

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takehiko Endo speaks at a news conference at the farm ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after submitting his resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the misuse of farm subsidies.

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Farm minister Endo quits over scandal 1 week after taking office

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takehiko Endo speaks at a news conference at the farm ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after submitting his resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the misuse of farm subsidies.

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Ex-environment minister Wakabayashi appointed as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Former Environment Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after being appointed by Prime Minister Shizo Abe as new agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister to replace Takehiko Endo. Earlier in the day, Endo submitted his resignation to Abe over the misuse of farm subsidies.

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Farm minister Endo quits over scandal 1 week after taking office

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takehiko Endo (L) speaks at a news conference at the farm ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after submitting his resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the misuse of farm subsidies.

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Farm minister Endo quits over scandal 1 week after taking office

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takehiko Endo leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Endo submitted his resignation to Abe over the misuse of farm subsidies.

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Minister Endo admits farm group misconduct, rules out resignation

TOKYO, Japan - New farm minister Takehiko Endo speaks at a press conference at his ministry on Sept. 1. Endo admitted that a farmers' mutual aid association headed by him has received 1.15 million yen from the state illegally but said he has no intention of resigning from the ministerial post over the matter.

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Minister Endo admits farm group misconduct, rules out resignation

TOKYO, Japan - New farm minister Takehiko Endo ponders before replying to a media question during a press conference at his ministry on Sept. 1. Endo admitted that a farmers' mutual aid association headed by him has received 1.15 million yen from the state illegally but said he has no intention of resigning from the ministerial post over the matter.

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New farm minister Endo has actual farming experience

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Takehiko Endo speaks at his inaugural press conference on Aug. 27. Endo is a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker known as an expert on farm policies based on his agricultural and swine husbandry experiences.

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McDonald's Japan apologizes for new food-safety scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Aoki (2nd from L), senior vice president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), and other officials bow at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2015, to apologize for the contamination of some food items at its restaurants.

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ADB chief says lower oil prices will benefit Asian economies

BANGKOK, Thailand - Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao is interviewed in Bangkok on Dec. 19, 2014. Nakao said the same day that Asian economies will benefit from cheaper oil prices.

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Cartoonist paints monk Shinran on folding screen

KYOTO, Japan - A painting by cartoonist Takehiko Inoue of Shinran, a famous 13th-century Buddhist monk, drawn on a "byobu" folding screen is shown to the press at a temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 28, 2014. It will go on display at Kyoto's Higashi Honganji temple from Nov. 1 along with the famed late woodblock print artist Shiko Munakata's paintings on "fusuma" sliding doors.

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Crown Prince Naruhito visits Tokyo's Gaudi exhibit

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (C) appears at a special exhibition on Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi held at Mori Arts Center Gallery in Tokyo to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Japan-Spanish friendship on Aug. 21, 2014. Standing on the left is cartoonist Takehiko Inoue, the author of basketball manga "Slam Dunk," who served as the goodwill ambassador of the anniversary. (Pool photo)

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ADB chief Nakao

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Takehiko Nakao, president of the Asian Development Bank, holds a press conference after an annual board meeting of the ADB in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on May 5, 2014.

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ADB chief Nakao

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Takehiko Nakao, president of the Asian Development Bank, holds a press conference in the Kazakhstan capital Astana on May 2, 2014, ahead of a two-day annual meeting of the ADB starting in the city on May 4.

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ADB chief Nakao

TOKYO, Japan - Asian Development Bank chief Takehiko Nakao is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2014. He expressed concern about Japan's worsening current account balance and its budget deficit, saying "twin deficits are unhealthy."

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ADB's Nakao in Leyte

TANAUAN, Philippines - Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao visits a primary school in Tanauan on Leyte Island, the Philippines, on Feb. 11, 2014. He visited areas of the island damaged by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.

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ADB ends annual meet

MUMBAI, India - Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao speaks at a press conference in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi on May 5, 2013. The ADB wrapped up its two-day annual meeting there that day.

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Aso, ADB chief Nakao

GREATER NOIDA, India - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (R) and Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao attend a seminar in Greater Noida, northern India, on May 3, 2013.

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Ex-top Japan financial diplomat Nakao named new ADB head

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Takehiko Nakao holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on April 26, 2013, after being named new president of the Asian Development Bank.

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Candidate for ADB president Nakao

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's top financial diplomat Takehiko Nakao is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on March 8, 2013. Nakao, vice finance minister for international affairs, is the Japanese government's candidate for president of the Asian Development Bank.

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EFSF's Regling in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Klaus Regling (C), chief executive officer of the European Financial Stability Facility, heads for a meeting with Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Takehiko Nakao on Oct. 31, 2011, at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo. Regling said after the meeting that Nakao assured him of Tokyo's continued purchase of rescue bonds issued by the eurozone bailout fund in ''the same way as the last 10 months.''

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Japan's Kozuka at Skate America

ONTARIO, United States - World silver medalist Takehiko Kozuka of Japan performs at the Skate America event in Ontario, California, on Oct. 21, 2011, kicking off the Grand Prix season. Kozuka was placed second in the short program.

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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma ordered to suspend some operations

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. President Michihiro Tsuchiya (L) and Takehiko Fujii (C), president of subsidiary Bipha Corp., apologize in Tokyo on April 13, 2010, after the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry ordered Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma to suspend some of its pharmaceutical manufacturing and sales operations for 25 days over the alleged falsification of blood product test data. The subsidiary, which manufactured the product and falsified the data, was ordered to suspend its drug manufacturing business for 30 days.

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Panel compiles report to make textbook screening transparent

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Sugiyama (L), head of the Textbook Authorization Council, presents a report to education minister Ryu Shionoya on Dec. 25 as the governmental panel outlined a set of measures to make the screening process for school textbooks transparent.

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Police say killer of Yamaguchis wore 26-cm China-made shoes

SAITAMA, Japan - Police officers investigate near the home of former vice health minister Takehiko Yamaguchi and his wife Michiko in Saitama on Nov. 21. Police have determined that the murderer of the couple wore lace-up sneakers measuring around 26 centimeters in length with soles made in China.

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Woman prays at home of ex-vice minister

SAITAMA, Japan - A woman lays flowers and prays in front of the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, former vice health and welfare minister, and his wife Michiko in Saitama's Minami Ward on Nov. 20, two days after the couple were found stabbed to death at their home.

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Bloody footprints are found on the street in front of the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Nov. 19. Police also found bloody footprints at the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, another former vice welfare minister, in Saitama.

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Ex-vice health minister, wife murdered in Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the home of former vice health minister Takehiko Yamaguchi in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 18 after Yamaguchi and his wife Michiko were found dead with stab wounds to their chests at their home.

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Panel OKs references to military's role in Okinawa mass suicides

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Sugiyama (L), head of the Textbook Authorization Council, hands a report to education minister Kisaburo Tokai (R) on Dec. 26 in which the council approved requests by textbook publishers to reinstate references to the Japanese military's role in forcing civilians to commit mass suicides during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

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Dresden hosts painter Iikawa's 1st European exhibition

DRESDEN, Germany - Painter Takehiko Iikawa sits in front of a screen depicting the famous sightseeing spot of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan.

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Nissan, NEC to supply advanced lithium-ion batteries by 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Carlos Tavares (2nd R) and Nissan Senior Vice President Minoru Shinohara (R) pose with NEC Tokin Corp. President Takehiko Nakata (L) and NEC Corp. Managing Executive Officer Konosuke Kashima (2nd L) on April 13 in Tokyo after the three companies agree to set up a joint venture in Japan later this month to develop and market a new type of lithium-ion battery for gas-electric hybrid and other ecological vehicles by 2009.

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Spain beats Japan 104-55 at World Basketball Championship

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan's Takehiko Orimo passes the ball during a first-round game against Spain, with Spain's Pau Gasol behind him, at the World Basketball Championship in Hiroshima on Aug. 24. Spain won 104-55.

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Green Cross-Excutives appologise

Green Cross executives (Takehiko Kawano, the president of the Green Cross - 2nd from left) appologize at the press conference on March 14, 1996. Green Cross sold unsterilized blood products in March 1985 and did not recall the products even after the company began selling safe, heated agents in January 1986. Hundreds of hemophiliacs filed damage suits in Tokyo and Osaka against the company.

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Kanebo names ex-Ascii chief Komori as president

TOKYO, Japan - Struggling Kanebo Ltd. said Jan. 20 it has decided to cede its presidency to Tetsuo Komori, the 47-year-old former president of computer information magazine publisher Ascii Corp., succeeding Takehiko Ogi. Photo shows Komori speaking during news conference in Tokyo the same day.

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Kanebo sees group net balance back to black under rehabilitation

TOKYO, Japan - Kanebo Ltd. Chairman Akiyoshi Nakajima (L) and President Takehiko Ogi give a press conference in Tokyo on May 31. The struggling textile and household product maker said its group net balance returned to the black in the business year ended in March under rehabilitation efforts with the support of the state-backed corporate bailout agency.

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Corporate revival entity director Ogi heads Kanebo

TOKYO, Japan - Struggling textile maker Kanebo Ltd. on Nov. 1 named Takehiko Ogi (shown), managing director of the government-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, as its president. Ogi, 43, also an outside board director of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., a firm spun off from Kanebo in May, replaced Akiyoshi Nakajima, 54, who became Kanebo Ltd.'s chairman with the right to represent the company.

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Japan, China to jointly clamp down on handoff motorbikes

BEIJING, China - Yamaha Motor Co. Chairman Takehiko Hasegawa speaks at a news conference in Beijing on Feb. 27. He said Japanese and Chinese automobile industry associations have agreed to set up a dispute-settlement panel to clamp down on the production in China of knockoffs of Japanese motorcycles.