[Breaking News]Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku University President Teiji Tominaga holds a press conference in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 14, 2024, following the central government's decision to make the state-run university the only candidate for receiving substantial research grants under a program aimed at elevating Japanese research institutes in the global rankings.(Kyodo)

Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku University President Teiji Tominaga holds a press conference in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 14, 2024, following the central government's decision to make the state-run university the only candidate for receiving substantial research grants under a program aimed at elevating Japanese research institutes in the global rankings.

Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku Univ. to become 1st to receive new Japan gov't research grants

Tohoku University President Teiji Tominaga holds a press conference in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 14, 2024, following the central government's decision to make the state-run university the only candidate for receiving substantial research grants under a program aimed at elevating Japanese research institutes in the global rankings.

Toyota's April-June sales, profits hit records

Toyota's April-June sales, profits hit records

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Suzuki (L) and Teiji Tachibana, senior managing directors of Toyota Motor Corp., speak about the company's group earnings report for the April-June period at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 4.

Toyota raises wages as requested by unions

Toyota raises wages as requested by unions

TOYODA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. senior Managing Director Teiji Tachibana speaks at a press conference after the company's management agree to raise employees' monthly wages by 1,000 yen, fully meeting the unions' demand in the ongoing annual wage negotiations on March 15.

Transport ministry inspects JAL's safety check implementation

Transport ministry inspects JAL's safety check implementation

TOKYO, Japan - Teiji Iwasaki (2nd from L), chief of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry's Civil Aviation Bureau, inspects a pre-flight meeting of crew members of a Japan Airlines passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 28. A special ministry team, headed by Iwasaki, began inspecting airlines across Japan on their implementation of safety checks.

Critic finds own cartoon work drawn as detainee after war

Critic finds own cartoon work drawn as detainee after war

TOKYO, Japan - Teiji Kojima, 83, an entertainment and sumo wrestling critic, shows one of the cartoons he drew as a detainee after World War II. He found the cartoons, which had been lost, at his home. He said he drew them to encourage fellow prisoners.

Transport ministry inspects JAL's safety check implementation

Transport ministry inspects JAL's safety check implementation

TOKYO, Japan - Teiji Iwasaki (2nd from L), chief of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry's Civil Aviation Bureau, inspects a pre-flight meeting of crew members of a Japan Airlines passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 28. A special ministry team, headed by Iwasaki, began inspecting airlines across Japan on their implementation of safety checks. (Kyodo)

Toyota raises wages as requested by unions

Toyota raises wages as requested by unions

TOYODA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. senior Managing Director Teiji Tachibana speaks at a press conference after the company's management agree to raise employees' monthly wages by 1,000 yen, fully meeting the unions' demand in the ongoing annual wage negotiations on March 15. (Kyodo)

Toyota's April-June sales, profits hit records

Toyota's April-June sales, profits hit records

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Suzuki (L) and Teiji Tachibana, senior managing directors of Toyota Motor Corp., speak about the company's group earnings report for the April-June period at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 4. (Kyodo)

Critic finds own cartoon work drawn as detainee after war

Critic finds own cartoon work drawn as detainee after war

TOKYO, Japan - Teiji Kojima, 83, an entertainment and sumo wrestling critic, shows one of the cartoons he drew as a detainee after World War II. He found the cartoons, which had been lost, at his home. He said he drew them to encourage fellow prisoners. (Kyodo)