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JFR, DBJ, and IGP-VP establish "Pride Fund," a business succession fund

JFR, DBJ, and IGP-VP establish "Pride Fund," a business succession fund. (Photo from left to right: Seiji Tomosada, Managing Executive Officer (DBJ), Keiichi Ono, President and Representative Executive Officer (J. Front Retailing), and Yuki Tashiro, Representative Director (Ignition Point Venture Partners) at the press conference. =Date:March 28, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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JFR, DBJ, and IGP-VP establish "Pride Fund," a business succession fund

JFR, DBJ, and IGP-VP establish "Pride Fund," a business succession fund. (Photo from left to right: Seiji Tomosada, Managing Executive Officer (DBJ), Keiichi Ono, President and Representative Executive Officer (J. Front Retailing), and Yuki Tashiro, Representative Director (Ignition Point Venture Partners) at the press conference. =Date:March 28, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Key takeaways of China's "two sessions": GDP growth target

STORY: Key takeaways of China's "two sessions": GDP growth target SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: March 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:05:19 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAMES KIMONYO, Ambassador of Rwanda to China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MICHAEL CAMPBELL, Ambassador of Nicaragua to China 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CHRISTINE SUSANNA TJHIN, Director of Strategic Research, Gentala Institute, Indonesia 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): NASSER ABDEL-AAL, Professor of Chinese language at Cairo-based Ain Shams University 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): BERNARD DEWIT, Chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (BCECC) 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Japanese): HIDETOSHI TASHIRO, Chief Economist, Japan's Infinity LLC. 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): BENJAMIN MGANA, Chief Editor of Foreign News of The Guardian, Tanzania 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): ANNA MALINDOG-UY, Vice President of the Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute, the Philippines 10. SOUNDBITE 9 (Engli

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Japan's women win world team silver

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Yasukazu Murakami, Japan's women table tennis manager, and team members -- Sakura Mori, Saki Tashiro, Yuka Ishigaki, Sayaka Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa -- celebrate at the award ceremony after winning silver at the table tennis team world championships at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on May 5, 2014. China won the gold.

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Japan's women win world team silver

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Yasukazu Murakami, Japan's women table tennis manager, and team members -- Sakura Mori, Saki Tashiro, Yuka Ishigaki, Sayaka Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa -- show off the silver medals they won at the table tennis team world championships at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on May 5, 2014. China won the gold.

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Yokohama beat Manchester Utd in friendly

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Manchester United striker Robin van Persie prepares to shoot during the first half of a friendly match against Yokohama F Marinos at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama near Tokyo on July 23, 2013. At left is Yokohama defender Masakazu Tashiro. Yokohama won 3-2.

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WHO recommends full publication of avian flu studies

GENEVA, Switzerland - Yoshihiro Kawaoka (L), a professor of the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo, and Masato Tashiro from Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, hold a press conference in Geneva on Feb. 17, 2012. The World Health Organization recommended the same day that two reports on avian flu studies by Japanese and European researchers, including one by the University of Tokyo institute, be published in full. A U.S. government panel had called on two leading scientific journals not to print them completely over fears that detailed information about the lethal virus could be used in bioterrorism. Kawaoka called the WHO recommendation a ''reasonable conclusion.''

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'Cat island' seeks reconstruction from disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman plays with a cat near a fishing cooperative on Tashiro Island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The island, with less than 100 residents and about 100 cats, is seeking support from the public for its reconstruction efforts from the March quake and tsunami by making use of its name ''cat island.''

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Tourists fatten up cats and economy at outlying island

SENDAI, Japan - A tourist shares a happy moment with cats on Tashiro Island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 20.

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46-yr-old pitcher Kudo earns 1st win in 2 yrs

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama BayStars veteran pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo shakes hands with the club's acting manager Tomio Tashiro at Yokohama Stadium on May 25. The 46-year-old lefty took his first win since September 2007 retiring three batters in the last and ninth inning of a game against the Rakuten Eagles in his club's 6-5 come-from-behind victory.

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Yokohama's acting manager Tashiro fails to make victory debut

CHIBA, Japan - Tomio Tashiro, acting manager of the Yokohama BayStars, tells home plate umpire the name of a relief pitcher in the sixth inning of his first game in charge after replacing effectively sacked Akihiko Oya at Chiba Marine Stadium on May 19. Tashiro's debut as manager saw the BayStars beaten by the Lotte Marines 1-2.

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Tashiro replaces Yokohama manager Oya

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama BayStars manager Akihiko Oya speaks to reporters at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama on May 18 after being replaced by farm team manager Tomio Tashiro following a string of disappointing results. Yokohama team president Kuniaki Sasaki said that Oya is being ''rested,'' but the 61-year-old appears to have effectively been sacked.

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Tashiro replaces Yokohama manager Oya

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama BayStars' farm team manager Tomio Tashiro speaks at a news conference in Yokohama on May 18 after the Central League baseball club announced that the team's manager Akihiko Oya has been replaced by him after a string of disappointing results. Yokohama team president Kuniaki Sasaki told a news conference that Oya is being ''rested,'' but the 61-year-old appears to have effectively been sacked.

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Japan, South Korea draw in East Asia Football Championship

CHONGQING, China - Japan striker Yuzo Tashiro gets in a header during the second half of a match against South Korea the East Asia Football Championship at the Olympic Sports Center in Chongqing on Feb. 23. The match ended 1-1.

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(3)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

TOKYO, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Wa Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Takuo Takihana, Japanese pro baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro, Orix BluWave owner Yoshihiko Miyauchi (from left to right) attend a press conference in a Tokyo hotel Sept. 8 after the owners of Japan's 12 professional ballclubs approved the Orix-Kintestu merger and decided to keep the two-league system.

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(3)Another merger between PL baseball clubs in works

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Kazu Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Tsuneo Watanabe and Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro meet reporters at a Tokyo hotel July 7 after a meeting of owners of the 12 Japanese professional baseball clubs. It was disclosed the same day that a merger between Pacific League professional baseball clubs is in the works in addition to the ongoing merger talks between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes.

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Tomen Pres. Tashiro to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Morihiko Tashiro (R), president of financially troubled Japanese trading house Tomen Corp., announces in Tokyo on Dec. 27 that he will give up his post to take the blame for the company's poor business results. Tomen announced the same day a rehabilitation plan featuring help from the Toyota Motor Corp. group.

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Mitsui executive apologizes for employees' arrest

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Tashiro (L), vice president of Mitsui & Co., apologizes at the Tokyo head office July 3 over the arrest of three employees on suspicion of interfering in the bidding process for a government-funded power project on Russian-held Kunashiri Island in 2000.

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2 Osaka business lobby groups to merge in April 2003

OSAKA, Japan - Wa Tashiro (R), chairman of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Daisho), and Shinichiro Ryoki, chairman of the Osaka Industrial Association (Osaka Kogyo Kai), shake hands at a news conference in Osaka's Chuo Ward on March 11. They announced that the two business organizations will merge as early as April 2003.

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1 of Japan's 2 remaining coal mines to close

NAGASAKI, Japan - Tsutomu Tashiro, president of Matsushima Coal Mining Co., operator of Ikeshima Mine in Nagasaki Prefecture, announced the company's plan to close the mine on Nov. 29 at a press conference in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on Oct. 12. The mine, one of Japan's two remaining coal mines, began operations in 1959 and production peaked at 1.53 million tons in fiscal 1985.

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Tomen, Nichimen tie up in agrochemical, drug business

TOKYO, Japan - Morihiko Tashiro (L), president of Tomen Corp., and Toru Hanbayashi, president of Nichimen Corp., speak at a news conference Jan. 9 on an agreement to integrate their agrochemical and pharmaceutical divisions.

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(3)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

TOKYO, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Wa Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Takuo Takihana, Japanese pro baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro, Orix BluWave owner Yoshihiko Miyauchi (from left to right) attend a press conference in a Tokyo hotel Sept. 8 after the owners of Japan's 12 professional ballclubs approved the Orix-Kintestu merger and decided to keep the two-league system. (Kyodo)

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Japan, South Korea draw in East Asia Football Championship

CHONGQING, China - Japan striker Yuzo Tashiro gets in a header during the second half of a match against South Korea the East Asia Football Championship at the Olympic Sports Center in Chongqing on Feb. 23. The match ended 1-1. (Kyodo)

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Tashiro replaces Yokohama manager Oya

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama BayStars' farm team manager Tomio Tashiro speaks at a news conference in Yokohama on May 18 after the Central League baseball club announced that the team's manager Akihiko Oya has been replaced by him after a string of disappointing results. Yokohama team president Kuniaki Sasaki told a news conference that Oya is being ''rested,'' but the 61-year-old appears to have effectively been sacked. (Kyodo)

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Tashiro replaces Yokohama manager Oya

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama BayStars manager Akihiko Oya speaks to reporters at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama on May 18 after being replaced by farm team manager Tomio Tashiro following a string of disappointing results. Yokohama team president Kuniaki Sasaki said that Oya is being ''rested,'' but the 61-year-old appears to have effectively been sacked. (Kyodo)

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Yokohama's acting manager Tashiro fails to make victory debut

CHIBA, Japan - Tomio Tashiro, acting manager of the Yokohama BayStars, tells home plate umpire the name of a relief pitcher in the sixth inning of his first game in charge after replacing effectively sacked Akihiko Oya at Chiba Marine Stadium on May 19. Tashiro's debut as manager saw the BayStars beaten by the Lotte Marines 1-2. (Kyodo)

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46-yr-old pitcher Kudo earns 1st win in 2 yrs

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama BayStars veteran pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo shakes hands with the club's acting manager Tomio Tashiro at Yokohama Stadium on May 25. The 46-year-old lefty took his first win since September 2007 retiring three batters in the last and ninth inning of a game against the Rakuten Eagles in his club's 6-5 come-from-behind victory. (Kyodo)

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2 Osaka business lobby groups to merge in April 2003

OSAKA, Japan - Wa Tashiro (R), chairman of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Daisho), and Shinichiro Ryoki, chairman of the Osaka Industrial Association (Osaka Kogyo Kai), shake hands at a news conference in Osaka's Chuo Ward on March 11. They announced that the two business organizations will merge as early as April 2003.

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(3)Another merger between PL baseball clubs in works

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Kazu Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Tsuneo Watanabe and Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro meet reporters at a Tokyo hotel July 7 after a meeting of owners of the 12 Japanese professional baseball clubs. It was disclosed the same day that a merger between Pacific League professional baseball clubs is in the works in addition to the ongoing merger talks between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Tashiro loses in women's 63-kg q'finals at world judo meet

Japan's Miku Tashiro (lower) loses to France's Clarisse Agbegnenou with a "waza-ari" lopsided decision in the women's 63-kilogram quarterfinals at the World Judo Championships in Kazakhstan's capital Astana on Aug. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Tashiro settles for 63-kg bronze at world judo meet

Japan's Miku Tashiro shows a bronze medal in the women's 63-kilogram division at the World Judo Championships in Kazakhstan's capital Astana on Aug. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Entertainer Tashiro confesses stimulant use

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows arrested Japanese entertainer Masashi Tashiro. Tashiro confessed to his use of illegal stimulants after his arrest on Sept. 16, 2010 for possessing cocaine. (Kyodo)

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Singer held for cocaine possession

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Singer Masashi Tashiro (front) is escorted to the Kanagawa prefectural police headquarters in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, after being arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine on Sept. 16, 2010. (Kyodo)

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'Cat island' seeks reconstruction from disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman plays with a cat near a fishing cooperative on Tashiro Island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The island, with less than 100 residents and about 100 cats, is seeking support from the public for its reconstruction efforts from the March quake and tsunami by making use of its name ''cat island.'' (Kyodo)

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Entertainer Tashiro gets 3.5-year prison term for drugs

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese entertainer Masashi Tashiro. He was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on July 1, 2011, for using illegal stimulants and possessing cocaine, the third time he has been found guilty of illegal drug use. (Processed photo with original image taken Sept. 16, 2010, when Tashiro is escorted to the Kanagawa prefectural police headquarters in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, after being arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine.) (Kyodo)

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WHO recommends full publication of avian flu studies

GENEVA, Switzerland - Yoshihiro Kawaoka (L), a professor of the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo, and Masato Tashiro from Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, hold a press conference in Geneva on Feb. 17, 2012. The World Health Organization recommended the same day that two reports on avian flu studies by Japanese and European researchers, including one by the University of Tokyo institute, be published in full. A U.S. government panel had called on two leading scientific journals not to print them completely over fears that detailed information about the lethal virus could be used in bioterrorism. Kawaoka called the WHO recommendation a ''reasonable conclusion.'' (Kyodo)

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Judo: Clarisse Agbegnenou

File photo taken in August 2019 shows Clarisse Agbegnenou (R) of France after she won her fourth 63-kilogram title at the world judo championships in Tokyo, alongside runner-up Miku Tashiro of Japan. Agbegnenou has been on Reunion, the French overseas department in the Indian Ocean, since March 2020 to get away from Europe while it struggles to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo: Dusseldorf Grand Slam

Miku Tashiro (2nd from L) of Japan poses for a photo after winning the women's 63-kilogram class at a Grand Slam judo event in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Feb. 22, 2020, alongside runner-up Tina Trstenjak (L) of Slovenia, third-place Maylin del Toro Carvajal (2nd from R) of Cuba and third-place Gankhaich Bold of Mongolia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo: Women's 63-kilogram final at World Championships

Clarisse Agbegnenou (L) of France beats Miku Tashiro of Japan in the women's 63-kilogram final at the judo World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sept. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo: Tashiro at world championships

Japan's Miku Tashiro poses with her silver medal for the women's 63-kilogram event at the judo World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sept. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan defeated by U.S. in volleyball quarterfinal

Japan's Kanami Tashiro (L) and Jordan-Burbach Larson of the United States vie for the ball at the net in a women's volleyball quarterfinal match at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 16, 2016. The United States won 3-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tomen Pres. Tashiro to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Morihiko Tashiro (R), president of financially troubled Japanese trading house Tomen Corp., announces in Tokyo on Dec. 27 that he will give up his post to take the blame for the company's poor business results. Tomen announced the same day a rehabilitation plan featuring help from the Toyota Motor Corp. group. (Kyodo)

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Mitsui executive apologizes for employees' arrest

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Tashiro (L), vice president of Mitsui & Co., apologizes at the Tokyo head office July 3 over the arrest of three employees on suspicion of interfering in the bidding process for a government-funded power project on Russian-held Kunashiri Island in 2000.

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1 of Japan's 2 remaining coal mines to close

NAGASAKI, Japan - Tsutomu Tashiro, president of Matsushima Coal Mining Co., operator of Ikeshima Mine in Nagasaki Prefecture, announced the company's plan to close the mine on Nov. 29 at a press conference in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward on Oct. 12. The mine, one of Japan's two remaining coal mines, began operations in 1959 and production peaked at 1.53 million tons in fiscal 1985.

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Tomen, Nichimen tie up in agrochemical, drug business

TOKYO, Japan - Morihiko Tashiro (L), president of Tomen Corp., and Toru Hanbayashi, president of Nichimen Corp., speak at a news conference Jan. 9 on an agreement to integrate their agrochemical and pharmaceutical divisions.