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4 Japanese held in China military zone

TOKYO, Japan - Fujita Corp. executive Tatsuro Tsuchiya speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2010. China detained four employees of the Japanese construction company, for allegedly trespassing on a military zone in Habei Province and videotaping its premises.

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42 Japanese hurt as bus falls from cliff in S. Africa

DURBAN, South Africa - Tatsuro Nakagawa, one of the 42 Japanese people injured in a bus accident near Durban, touches his hip as he speaks of his ordeal on a bed at a hospital in eastern Durban on Feb. 9.

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Japanese artist designs Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps

LONDON, Britain - Japanese graphic illustrator Tatsuro Kiuchi's artwork features on Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps. Credit: Royal Mail.

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Japanese artist designs Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps

LONDON, Britain - Japanese graphic illustrator Tatsuro Kiuchi's artwork features on Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps. Credit: Royal Mail.

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3 hotels in Japan suspend business over building safety concerns

KUWANA, Japan -Tatsuro Nakano, managing director of Sanco Inn Kuwana-Ekimae, located in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, speaks on suspension of operations of his hotel at a press conference in Kuwana on Nov. 23. Sanco Inn Kuwana-Ekimae is one of three hotels in Aichi, Mie and Shizuoka prefectures which have found that an architect at the center of an unfolding scandal involving dozens of defective buildings played a part in construction of their properties.

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(2)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (C) of the city of Kagoshima, the world's oldest person, receives flowers from Kagoshima Governor Tatsuro Suga (L) in a photo taken in April 2002. Hongo died on Oct. 31 at the age of 116 in a hospital in Kagoshima.

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(2)Group rallies over registry network

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a citizens' group, protesting against a national resident registry network launched Aug. 5, hand a bag containing torn notices of individual code numbers for the system to Tatsuro Yoshiyama (C), an official of the public management ministry, at the ministry's office in Tokyo on Aug. 12.

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Asahi Bank scraps adviser posts, cuts exec salaries

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Yanase, the new president of Asahi Bank, said at a news conference Oct. 26 in Tokyo that the bank will abolish adviser posts as part of measures to improve the bank's management. Yanase assumed the presidency the same day to replace Tatsuro Ito.

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Daiwa, Asahi banks agree to integrate management

OSAKA, Japan - Nara Bank President Masao Nomura (L), Asahi Bank President Tatsuro Ito (2nd from L), Daiwa Bank President Yasuhisa Katsuta (2nd from R) and Kinki Osaka Bank President Yasuhiro Takatani join hands at a press conference at Daiwa Bank's head office in Osaka on Sept. 21. They announced the formation of Japan's fifth-largest banking group with 50.4 trillion yen in combined assets.

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Asahi to pull out from integration with Sanwa, Tokai

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Bank President Tatsuro Ito speaks at a news conference June 15 on his bank's decision to pull out of a planned integration of operations with two other major commercial banks -- Tokai Bank and Sanwa Bank. He said Asahi will realize its own strategy of evolving into a multiregional bank focusing on the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Asahi, Tokai banks to form holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Bank President Tatsuro Ito (L) and Tokai Bank President Hideo Ogasawara speak at a joint press conference Oct. 7 on an agreement to set up a joint holding company in October 2000 with the aim of integrating their operations. The integration will create a new banking group that will be the third largest in Japan with combined assets of some 59 trillion yen.

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Hirayama receives Order of Culture award

Emperor Akihito (left) hands the Order of Culture medal to artist Ikuo Hirayama in a ceremony held Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace. Other recipients of this year's awards are: calligrapher Santo Murakami, historian Tatsuro Yamamoto, architect Yoshinobu Ashihara and immunologist Tadamitsu Kishimoto. (Pool photo)

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Recipients of Order of Culture awards

Five recipients of this year's Order of Culture awards and their spouses pose for camera Nov. 3 after receiving the medals from Emperor Akihito. Front row, from left to right: artist Ikuo Hirayama, calligrapher Santo Murakami, historian Tatsuro Yamamoto, architect Yoshinobu Ashihara and immunologist Tadamitsu Kishimoto. Back row, from left to right: Mrs. Michiko Hirayama, Mrs. Hatsuko Ashihara and Mrs. Chizuko Kishimoto. The five received the awards in a ceremony held at the Imperial Palace.

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Tokai, Asahi banks to tie up

Tatsuro Ito (L), president of Asahi Bank, and Hideo Ogasawara(R), president of Tokai Bank, shake hands at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 28 after announcing a broad-based tie-up deal that features cross-shareholding and joint development of financial products for sale to consumers. Tokai and Asahi banks are Japan's seventh and eighth largest, respectively, among the nation's nine major commercial banks.

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Toyota to build new plant in Malaysia

Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Tatsuro Takami (C) attends a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on May 25, 2016, announcing that the automaker will build a new plant in Malaysia as demand is expected to increase in line with the country's economic growth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota Motor, labor union agree on pay-scale raise

Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Tatsuro Ueda attends a press conference in the central Japan city of Toyota on March 16, 2016, following an agreement with its labor union during annual wage talks of a pay-scale raise of 1,500 yen ($13) a month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SoftBank-led team to compete in America's Cup sailing race

SoftBank Corp. and other partners announce in Tokyo on April 30, 2015, a team led by the Japanese mobile phone giant will take part in the 2017 America's Cup sailing yacht competition in Bermuda for the first participation from Japan in 17 years. Posing for photos at a press conference announcing the participation of SoftBank Team Japan are (from L) SoftBank corporate branding director Tatsuro Kurisaka, Japan Sailing Federation head Hirobumi Kawano, team general manager Kazuhiko Sofuku and Kansai Yacht Club leader Ko Watanabe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Major Japanese companies to raise pay scales as requested by Abe

Tatsuro Ueda, a Toyota Motor Corp. executive, holds a press conference in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture on March 18, 2015, after the automaker formally offered its biggest pay hikes ever to conclude the spring wage talks, raising average monthly pay scales by 4,000 yen. Ueda said the offer was "the maximum the company could offer." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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42 Japanese hurt as bus falls from cliff in S. Africa

DURBAN, South Africa - Tatsuro Nakagawa, one of the 42 Japanese people injured in a bus accident near Durban, touches his hip as he speaks of his ordeal on a bed at a hospital in eastern Durban on Feb. 9. (Kyodo)

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Japanese artist designs Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps

LONDON, Britain - Japanese graphic illustrator Tatsuro Kiuchi's artwork features on Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps. Credit: Royal Mail. (Kyodo)

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Japanese artist designs Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps

LONDON, Britain - Japanese graphic illustrator Tatsuro Kiuchi's artwork features on Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps. Credit: Royal Mail. (Kyodo)

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3 hotels in Japan suspend business over building safety concerns

KUWANA, Japan -Tatsuro Nakano, managing director of Sanco Inn Kuwana-Ekimae, located in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, speaks on suspension of operations of his hotel at a press conference in Kuwana on Nov. 23. Sanco Inn Kuwana-Ekimae is one of three hotels in Aichi, Mie and Shizuoka prefectures which have found that an architect at the center of an unfolding scandal involving dozens of defective buildings played a part in construction of their properties. (Kyodo)

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4 Japanese held in China military zone

TOKYO, Japan - Fujita Corp. executive Tatsuro Tsuchiya speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2010. China detained four employees of the Japanese construction company, for allegedly trespassing on a military zone in Habei Province and videotaping its premises. (Kyodo)

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2 months on after disaster

YAMADA, Japan - Tatsuro Yamane prays for his missing grandchild after offering flowers at a location where his house once stood in the town of Yamada in Iwate Prefecture, on May 11, 2011, two months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan. His grandchild was visiting him at the time of the disaster. (Kyodo)

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(2)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (C) of the city of Kagoshima, the world's oldest person, receives flowers from Kagoshima Governor Tatsuro Suga (L) in a photo taken in April 2002. Hongo died on Oct. 31 at the age of 116 in a hospital in Kagoshima. (Kyodo)

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(2)Group rallies over registry network

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a citizens' group, protesting against a national resident registry network launched Aug. 5, hand a bag containing torn notices of individual code numbers for the system to Tatsuro Yoshiyama (C), an official of the public management ministry, at the ministry's office in Tokyo on Aug. 12. (Kyodo)

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Former Toyota Pres. Tatsuro Toyoda dies at 88

Former Toyota Motor Corp. President Tatsuro Toyoda, seen in this undated photo, died of pneumonia on Dec. 30, 2017, at the age of 88. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daiwa, Asahi banks agree to integrate management

OSAKA, Japan - Nara Bank President Masao Nomura (L), Asahi Bank President Tatsuro Ito (2nd from L), Daiwa Bank President Yasuhisa Katsuta (2nd from R) and Kinki Osaka Bank President Yasuhiro Takatani join hands at a press conference at Daiwa Bank's head office in Osaka on Sept. 21. They announced the formation of Japan's fifth-largest banking group with 50.4 trillion yen in combined assets.

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Asahi to pull out from integration with Sanwa, Tokai

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Bank President Tatsuro Ito speaks at a news conference June 15 on his bank's decision to pull out of a planned integration of operations with two other major commercial banks -- Tokai Bank and Sanwa Bank. He said Asahi will realize its own strategy of evolving into a multiregional bank focusing on the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Sanwa, Tokai, Asahi banks to form banking group

TOKYO, Japan - Sanwa Bank, Tokai Bank and Asahi Bank announce March 14 they will set up a joint holding company in April 2001 to form Japan's 2nd largest banking group. Photo shows the three banks' presidents -- (from L to R) Kaneo Muromachi of Sanwa Bank, Tatsuro Ito of Asahi Bank and Hideo Ogasawara of Tokai Bank -- after making the announcement at a Tokyo hotel.

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Public debate for Osaka gubernatorial by-election held

OSAKA, Japan - Three candidates in the Feb. 6 Osaka gubernatorial by-election participate in a public debate in Osaka on Jan. 19. They are (from L) Tatsuro Hiraoka, who runs a number of private schools in Osaka, Fusae Ota, former bureaucrat at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and Makoto Ajisaka, professor emeritus at Kansai University. The election is being held to replace disgraced former Gov. Knock Yokoyama, who resigned in December just before being indicted for allegedly molesting a female campaign worker in April last year.

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Asahi, Tokai banks to form holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Bank President Tatsuro Ito (L) and Tokai Bank President Hideo Ogasawara speak at a joint press conference Oct. 7 on an agreement to set up a joint holding company in October 2000 with the aim of integrating their operations. The integration will create a new banking group that will be the third largest in Japan with combined assets of some 59 trillion yen.

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Recipients of Order of Culture awards

Five recipients of this year's Order of Culture awards and their spouses pose for camera Nov. 3 after receiving the medals from Emperor Akihito. Front row, from left to right: artist Ikuo Hirayama, calligrapher Santo Murakami, historian Tatsuro Yamamoto, architect Yoshinobu Ashihara and immunologist Tadamitsu Kishimoto. Back row, from left to right: Mrs. Michiko Hirayama, Mrs. Hatsuko Ashihara and Mrs. Chizuko Kishimoto. The five received the awards in a ceremony held at the Imperial Palace. ==Kyodo

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Hirayama receives Order of Culture award

Emperor Akihito (left) hands the Order of Culture medal to artist Ikuo Hirayama in a ceremony held Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace. Other recipients of this year's awards are: calligrapher Santo Murakami, historian Tatsuro Yamamoto, architect Yoshinobu Ashihara and immunologist Tadamitsu Kishimoto. ==Kyodo

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Tokai, Asahi banks to tie up

Tatsuro Ito (L), president of Asahi Bank, and Hideo Ogasawara (R), president of Tokai Bank, shake hands at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 28 after announcing a broad-based tie-up deal that features cross-shareholding and joint development of financial products for sale to consumers. Tokai and Asahi banks are Japan's seventh and eighth largest, respectively, among the nation's nine major commercial banks. ==Kyodo