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Hitachi, Ltd. submitted a written request for spring collective bargaining

Hitachi, Ltd. submits written demands for spring collective bargaining. Photo Shows (2nd left) Miyuki Hanzawa, President of the Central Executive Committee of the Hitachi, Ltd. labor union, handing over the written demands, and (3rd left) Susumu Takimoto, Deputy CHRO of Hitachi, Ltd.=February 13,2025,Tokyo

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Chugoku Electric Power Co. President to resign

Chugoku Electric President Natsuhiko Takimoto (C) announces his resignation in a press conference in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on March 30, 2023, to take responsibility for a cartel case over electricity sales. The Japan Fair Trade Commission ordered three major utilities, including Chugoku Electric, to pay a total of 101 billion yen ($763 million) in fines, the highest ever imposed by the antitrust watchdog.

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Chugoku Electric Power Co. president to resign

Chugoku Electric President Natsuhiko Takimoto announces his resignation in a press conference in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on March 30, 2023, to take responsibility for a cartel case over electricity sales. The Japan Fair Trade Commission ordered three major utilities, including Chugoku Electric, to pay a total of 101 billion yen ($763 million) in fines, the highest ever imposed by the antitrust watchdog.

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Chugoku Electric Power Co. President to resign

Chugoku Electric President Natsuhiko Takimoto announces his resignation in a press conference in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on March 30, 2023, to take responsibility for a cartel case over electricity sales. The Japan Fair Trade Commission ordered three major utilities, including Chugoku Electric, to pay a total of 101 billion yen ($763 million) in fines, the highest ever imposed by the antitrust watchdog.

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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years.

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Lawyer meets ex-AUM cult member Hirata

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, after meeting with Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who turned himself in to police on Dec. 31. Takimoto said Hirata, 46, who had been on the wanted list since May 1995, thinks that AUM founder Shoko Asahara ''deserves the death penalty'' and that he does not believe in the cult anymore.

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Mizayaki film at Venice festival

VENICE, Italy - Studio Ghibli President Koji Hoshino (R) and Japanese actress Miori Takimoto stand up to receive an ovation after the screening of "Kaze Tachinu" (The Wind Rises) at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 1, 2013. Hoshino said earlier in the day that the animation film's director Hayao Miyazaki has decided to retire. Takimoto was the voice of the heroine in the movie.

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Ex-AUM cult member given prison term

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2012, after the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day sentenced former AUM Shinrikyo cult follower Akemi Saito to 14 months in prison for harboring former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata, who had been on the run for nearly 17 years. Takimoto, who defended Saito in the trial, said the ruling was ''unjust.''

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Morning drama 'Teppan' off to strong start

OSAKA, Japan - Miori Takimoto (L), heroine of the new NHK morning drama series ''Teppan,'' and Nao Matsushita, who was heroine of the previous series ''Gegege no Nyobo,'' pose for photos at the television station's Osaka bureau on Sept. 17, 2010.

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (C), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a news conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after submitting a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to the ministry.

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (C), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., and other Toyota officials bow in apology during a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after submitting a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to the ministry.

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., presents a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to Takuji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, on Aug. 3.

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Gov't tells Toyota to improve management of defects

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto, vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on July 21 after receiving a written instruction urging Toyota to improve its management of vehicle defects from the ministry.

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Gov't tells Toyota to improve management of defects

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., receives a written instruction from Sadaji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, in Tokyo on July 21 urging Toyota to improve its management of vehicle defects.

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Toyota offers apology over vehicle defect

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto, vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on July 20 after submitting a report on the defect in Toyota Hilux Surf sport utility vehicles to the ministry.

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Toyota offers apology over vehicle defect

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., and other Toyota officials bow in apology during a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on July 20 after they submitted a report on the defect in Toyota Hilux Surf sport utility vehicles to the ministry.

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Takimoto takes gold in Olympic

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Makoto Takimoto is all smiles as he holds the gold medal he won in the Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo Sept. 19 at the Sydney Exhibition Center. In his first Olympic appearance, Takimoto scored a yusei victory over Cho In Chul of South Korea in the final.

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Takimoto wins gold in Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Makoto Takimoto puts his opponent Djamel Bouaras of France off-balance for a yusei victory in the semifinal before winning gold in the Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo Sept. 19 at the Sydney Exhibition Center. Takimoto beat Cho In Chul of South Korea in the final to win the gold medal in his first Olympic appearance.

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Takimoto grabs gold in Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Makoto Takimoto lifts his fists after scoring a yusei victory over Cho In Chul of South Korea in the championship final of the Sydney Olympic Games men's 81-kilogram judo Sept. 19 at the Sydney Exhibition Center. Takimoto won his first Olympic gold medal.

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Sydney gold medalist judoka Takimoto to debut in PRIDE

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympics gold medalist Makoto Takimoto (in file photo) said on Dec. 7 he will join the ranks of combatants in the Japanese mixed martial arts of PRIDE. Takimoto, who won gold in the 81-kilogram weight category in Sydney in 2000, is the second Japanese Olympic gold medalist judoka to enter the no-holds bared sport after 1992 Barcelona Olympic champion Hidehiko Yoshida, who won gold at 78 kg. (Kyodo)

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Toyota offers apology over vehicle defect

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto, vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on July 20 after submitting a report on the defect in Toyota Hilux Surf sport utility vehicles to the ministry. (Kyodo)

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Toyota offers apology over vehicle defect

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., and other Toyota officials bow in apology during a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on July 20 after they submitted a report on the defect in Toyota Hilux Surf sport utility vehicles to the ministry. (Kyodo)

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Gov't tells Toyota to improve management of defects

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto, vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on July 21 after receiving a written instruction urging Toyota to improve its management of vehicle defects from the ministry. (Kyodo)

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Gov't tells Toyota to improve management of defects

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., receives a written instruction from Sadaji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, in Tokyo on July 21 urging Toyota to improve its management of vehicle defects. (Kyodo)

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (C), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., and other Toyota officials bow in apology during a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after submitting a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to the ministry. (Kyodo)

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (L), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., presents a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to Takuji Iwasaki, director general of the Road Transport Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, on Aug. 3. (Kyodo)

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Toyota submits measures to improve recall operations

TOKYO, Japan - Masatami Takimoto (C), vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a news conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after submitting a report on measures to improve its management of vehicle defects to the ministry. (Kyodo)

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Morning drama 'Teppan' off to strong start

OSAKA, Japan - Miori Takimoto (L), heroine of the new NHK morning drama series ''Teppan,'' and Nao Matsushita, who was heroine of the previous series ''Gegege no Nyobo,'' pose for photos at the television station's Osaka bureau on Sept. 17, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Takimoto takes gold in Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Makoto Takimoto is all smiles as he holds the gold medal he won in the Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo Sept. 19 at the Sydney Exhibition Center. In his first Olympic appearance, Takimoto scored a yusei victory over Cho In Chul of South Korea in the final.

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Ex-AUM cult member given prison term

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2012, after the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day sentenced former AUM Shinrikyo cult follower Akemi Saito to 14 months in prison for harboring former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata, who had been on the run for nearly 17 years. Takimoto, who defended Saito in the trial, said the ruling was ''unjust.'' (Kyodo)

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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years. (Kyodo)

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Lawyer meets ex-AUM cult member Hirata

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, after meeting with Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who turned himself in to police on Dec. 31. Takimoto said Hirata, 46, who had been on the wanted list since May 1995, thinks that AUM founder Shoko Asahara ''deserves the death penalty'' and that he does not believe in the cult anymore. (Kyodo)

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Student donates handmade masks

Junior high school student Hime Takimoto holds a handmade face mask at the Yamanashi prefectural government office in Kofu, eastern Japan, on March 17, 2020. She donated about 600 handmade masks she and her family made for the elderly and children as the spread of the new coronavirus has led to a face mask shortage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AUM founder's daughter voids parents' rights to inherit her property

The fourth daughter of AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, who does not want to go public, speaks alongside her lawyer Taro Takimoto (R), at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2017. The Yokohama family court granted her request to nullify her parents' right to inherit her property in the event of her death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takimoto wins gold in Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Makoto Takimoto puts his opponent Djamel Bouaras of France off-balance for a yusei victory in the semifinal before winning gold in the Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo Sept. 19 at the Sydney Exhibition Center. Takimoto beat Cho In Chul of South Korea in the final to win the gold medal in his first Olympic appearance.

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Takimoto grabs gold in Olympic men's 81-kilogram judo

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Makoto Takimoto lifts his fists after scoring a yusei victory over Cho In Chul of South Korea in the championship final of the Sydney Olympic Games men's 81-kilogram judo Sept. 19 at the Sydney Exhibition Center. Takimoto won his first Olympic gold medal.