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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Japan's oldest film festival opens in Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - "Kagura," a Shinto theatrical dance, is performed in front of a screen to commemorate the start of the traditional Yufuin Film Festival on Aug. 27, 2014, the oldest movie festa in Japan, in Yufu, Oita Prefecture. This year's festival in the southwestern hot-spring resort will feature 20 Toho Co. movies mainly produced in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Toho Gas prepares for Nankai Trough quake

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. workers install the firm's own electrical power generator at its plant in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014, in preparation for the possible occurrence of a devastating earthquake along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan.

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Mockup Godzilla hand grabs giant popular character

NAGOYA, Japan - Movie giant Toho Co. unveils a mockup Godzilla hand grabbing "Nana-chan," a 6-meter-tall popular mannequin character, at Meitesu Department Store in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 23, 2014, as a promotional event for the Hollywood movie "Godzilla" hitting the screen from July 25. This year marks the 60th anniversary of both the release of the first Godzilla movie and the opening of the department store.

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'Smart house' achieves 90% cut in energy consumption

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. exhibits a "Smart Energy House" with high energy-saving efficiency in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on May 29, 2014. The developer of the house says it has achieved a cut of around 90% in energy consumption.

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LNG tank

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. shows reporters a large tank for liquefied natural gas under construction in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Huge tank under construction shown to press

CHITA, Japan - A huge underground liguefied natural gas tank, now under construction at a Toho Gas Co. plant in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, is shown to the press on Feb. 25. The tank, 74 meters in diameter and 47 meters in depth, is claimed to be one of the largest of its kind in the world and can provide 300,000 houses with the gas for a year.

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Godzilla to join Hollywood's Walk of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - A Godzilla mascot holds a certificate for Hollywood's Walk of Fame at the Tokyo head office of Toho Co., the Japanese movie maker that created the Godzilla character, Oct 20. The fire-breathing lizard-like monster will be honored in a ceremony Nov. 29 on Hollywood Boulevard where a star-shaped nameplate of Godzilla will be showcased.

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Toyota delivers fuel-cell cars to Aichi, Nagoya, firms

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. delivers its fuel-cell powered vehicle to the government of Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 22. The prefectural government, along with the Nagoya municipal government, is the first local entities to lease the company's fuel-cell cars. Toyota also delivered fuel-cell cars to its first corporate customers, including Tokyo Gas Co., Nippon Oil Corp., and Toho Gas Co. the same day.

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Toho to buy Virgin Cinemas Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Matsuoka (L), president of major movie distributor Toho Co., and Simon Wright, president of Virgin Cinemas Co., a Tokyo-based operator of cinema complexes, shake hands at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Feb. 25. They announced that Toho will buy all shares in Virgin Cinemas, known as Virgin Cinemas Japan, for some 10 billion yen.

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Toho Gas builds first hydrogen fuel station

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. said Oct. 4 it has established a fuel station (photo) at its research laboratory in Aichi Prefecture to provide hydrogen to fuel cell-powered vehicles. Toho is the first Japanese company to build such a fuel station, which uses a high-pressure filling device to supply hydrogen to vehicles. Hydrogen made from city gas is compressed before being stored in the station's tank.

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Toho Gas to absorb 3 units

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. President Toshio Hayakawa speaks at a news conference Aug. 7 on his firm's decision to absorb three of its gas supply subsidiaries on April 2003 to strengthen its foothold in the industry, where competition is intensifying as a result of deregulation of the energy-supply business. Japan's third-largest city gas company said the three subsidiaries, based respectively in Gifu, Mie and Aichi prefectures, will be dissolved through stock-swap deals and become branches.

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6 workers injured in Gunma smelter accident

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Annnaka Smelter Toho Zinc Co. in Gunma Prefecture, where six workers were hit by flying melted alloy and hospitalized with burns. Police said one of the six was in serious condition.

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Teijin announces takeover bid for Toho Rayon

TOKYO, Japan - Shosaku Yasui (C), president of Teijin Ltd., Japan's leading polyester maker, announces at a news conference Sept. 9 an open takeover bid for Toho Rayon Co., aiming to take a majority stake in the company renowned for its carbon fibers. At right is Toho Rayon President Toshio Furue. At left is Akihiro Mochizuki, president of Nisshinbo Industries Inc., currently Toho Rayon's largest shareholder.

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Toho Mutual Life ordered to halt business

The Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA) orders Toho Mutual Life Insurance Co. on June 4 to partially suspend business following a surge in the number of cancellations by policyholders of insurance contracts. The photo shows FSA chief Masaharu Hino explaining his agency's order at a news conference in Tokyo.

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Toho Gas' "Air Ratio Visualization System" for Monitoring Combustion Conditions

Toho Gas Co., Ltd. has developed the "Air Ratio Visualization System," a system to monitor the combustion condition of gas burners for industrial furnaces used in heat treatment and aluminum melting by measuring the difference between the theoretical required amount of air and the amount of air during combustion. The system can be done at low cost, employing general-purpose products such as oxygen sensors for automobile exhaust gas and EMS controllers for information transmission equipment. The system will be used to strengthen services as a solution for energy saving and efficient maintenance. The system has been narrowed down to the oxygen concentration measurement function, making it easier to use general-purpose products. However, if an automotive exhaust gas sensor is used as is, it will lose its output after about six months, so we developed our own control logic to extend its life. (Photo taken on July 12, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Godzilla to join Hollywood's Walk of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - A Godzilla mascot holds a certificate for Hollywood's Walk of Fame at the Tokyo head office of Toho Co., the Japanese movie maker that created the Godzilla character, Oct 20. The fire-breathing lizard-like monster will be honored in a ceremony Nov. 29 on Hollywood Boulevard where a star-shaped nameplate of Godzilla will be showcased. (Kyodo)

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Huge tank under construction shown to press

CHITA, Japan - A huge underground liguefied natural gas tank, now under construction at a Toho Gas Co. plant in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, is shown to the press on Feb. 25. The tank, 74 meters in diameter and 47 meters in depth, is claimed to be one of the largest of its kind in the world and can provide 300,000 houses with the gas for a year. (Kyodo)

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6 workers injured in Gunma smelter accident

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Annnaka Smelter Toho Zinc Co. in Gunma Prefecture, where six workers were hit by flying melted alloy and hospitalized with burns. Police said one of the six was in serious condition.

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3 textile firms raided for alleged cartel in U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of Toray Industries Inc. in Tokyo, which prosecutors searched along with offices of Toho Rayon Co. and Mitsubishi Rayon Co. on March 15 on suspicion the three illegally concluded a price-fixing agreement on carbon fiber in the United States in violation of the U.S. antitrust law.

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Godzilla film (1954)

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Godzilla film (1954)

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"Godzilla head" landmark transformed to promote gargling medicine

The "life-size" Godzilla head on the eighth-floor outdoor terrace of the Shinjuku Toho Building overlooks people walking in the major entertainment area of Kabukicho in Tokyo on April 4, 2016, after being transformed to advertize a gargling medicine. For the promotion by Mundipharma K.K. in collaboration with Toho Co. until April 10, the monster's left front leg holding a huge cup has been added to the existing head statue, with the cup said to be able to hold about 30 tons of the medicine sold as Isodine in Japan and as Betadine overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Godzilla head" landmark transformed to promote gargling medicine

The "life-size" Godzilla head on the eighth-floor outdoor terrace of the Shinjuku Toho Building in the major entertainment area of Kabukicho in Tokyo has been transformed to advertize a gargling medicine, as seen on April 4, 2016. For the promotion by Mundipharma K.K. in collaboration with Toho Co. until April 10, the monster's left front leg holding a huge cup has been added to the existing head statue, with the cup said to be able to hold about 30 tons of the medicine sold as Isodine in Japan and as Betadine overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Godzilla head" landmark transformed to promote gargling medicine

The "life-size" Godzilla head on the eighth-floor outdoor terrace of the Shinjuku Toho Building in the major entertainment area of Kabukicho in Tokyo has been transformed to advertize a gargling medicine, as seen on April 4, 2016. For the promotion by Mundipharma K.K. in collaboration with Toho Co. until April 10, the monster's left front leg holding a huge cup has been added to the existing head statue, with the cup said to be able to hold about 30 tons of the medicine sold as Isodine in Japan and as Betadine overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gas tank construction uses air pressure to install roof atop

An underground liquefied natural gas storage tank under construction in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is shown to the press by Toho Gas Co. on June 1, 2015. The tank's dome-shaped roof was lifted from the bottom by air pressure, a procedure that takes less time than the conventional method of using jacks and other tools. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Actress-TV personality Shiozawa dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Actress and TV personality Toki Shiozawa (in undated file photo) died of stomach cancer at a Tokyo hospital on May 17, talent agency Toho Entertainment Co. said on May 18. She was 79. (Kyodo)

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Japan's oldest film festival opens in Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - "Kagura," a Shinto theatrical dance, is performed in front of a screen to commemorate the start of the traditional Yufuin Film Festival on Aug. 27, 2014, the oldest movie festa in Japan, in Yufu, Oita Prefecture. This year's festival in the southwestern hot-spring resort will feature 20 Toho Co. movies mainly produced in the 1960s and 1970s. (Kyodo)

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Toho Gas prepares for Nankai Trough quake

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. workers install the firm's own electrical power generator at its plant in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014, in preparation for the possible occurrence of a devastating earthquake along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Mockup Godzilla hand grabs giant popular character

NAGOYA, Japan - Movie giant Toho Co. unveils a mockup Godzilla hand grabbing "Nana-chan," a 6-meter-tall popular mannequin character, at Meitesu Department Store in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 23, 2014, as a promotional event for the Hollywood movie "Godzilla" hitting the screen from July 25. This year marks the 60th anniversary of both the release of the first Godzilla movie and the opening of the department store. (Kyodo)

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Mao Asada

Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada attends a press conference in Nagoya on Nov. 5, 2019, to introduce Toho Gas Co.'s new TV commercial in which she appears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mao Asada

Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada attends a press conference in Nagoya on Nov. 5, 2019, to introduce Toho Gas Co.'s new TV commercial in which she appears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mao Asada

Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada attends a press conference in Nagoya on Nov. 5, 2019, to introduce Toho Gas Co.'s new TV commercial in which she appears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lalaport shopping mall

Photo taken Sept. 25, 2018, shows the Lalaport shopping mall which will open Sept. 28 in Nagoya's Minato Aquls commercial complex, formerly a factory site of Toho Gas Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Helicopter crash northwest of Tokyo

Investigators inspect on Nov. 9, 2017, the site where a helicopter crashed the previous day in the village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Four Toho Air Service Co. employees aboard were killed in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Helicopter crash northwest of Tokyo

Investigators inspect on Nov. 9, 2017, the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed a day earlier in the village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Four Toho Air Service Co. employees aboard were killed in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Helicopter crash northwest of Tokyo

Investigators inspect on Nov. 9, 2017, the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed a day earlier in the village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Four Toho Air Service Co. employees aboard were killed in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Helicopter crash northwest of Tokyo

Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2017, shows the scene where a helicopter crashed the previous day in the village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Four Toho Air Service Co. employees aboard were killed in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 killed in helicopter crash in village northwest of Tokyo

Photo taken Nov. 8, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the scene of a helicopter crash in which four Toho Air Service Co. employees aboard were killed in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 killed in helicopter crash in village northwest of Tokyo

Photo taken Nov. 8, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the scene of a helicopter crash in which four Toho Air Service Co. employees aboard were killed in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 killed in helicopter crash in village northwest of Tokyo

A Toho Air Service Co. official (facing camera) is questioned by reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2017, after its helicopter crashed the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, killing four employees of the helicopter service company who were aboard. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 killed in helicopter crash in village northwest of Tokyo

A Toho Air Service Co. official (L) is questioned by reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2017, after its helicopter crashed in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, killing four employees of the helicopter service company who were aboard. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota delivers fuel-cell cars to Aichi, Nagoya, firms

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. delivers its fuel-cell powered vehicle to the government of Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 22. The prefectural government, along with the Nagoya municipal government, is the first local entities to lease the company's fuel-cell cars. Toyota also delivered fuel-cell cars to its first corporate customers, including Tokyo Gas Co., Nippon Oil Corp., and Toho Gas Co. the same day. (Kyodo)

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Toho to buy Virgin Cinemas Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Matsuoka (L), president of major movie distributor Toho Co., and Simon Wright, president of Virgin Cinemas Co., a Tokyo-based operator of cinema complexes, shake hands at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Feb. 25. They announced that Toho will buy all shares in Virgin Cinemas, known as Virgin Cinemas Japan, for some 10 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Toho Gas builds first hydrogen fuel station

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. said Oct. 4 it has established a fuel station (photo) at its research laboratory in Aichi Prefecture to provide hydrogen to fuel cell-powered vehicles. Toho is the first Japanese company to build such a fuel station, which uses a high-pressure filling device to supply hydrogen to vehicles. Hydrogen made from city gas is compressed before being stored in the station's tank. (Kyodo)

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Toho Gas to absorb 3 units

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. President Toshio Hayakawa speaks at a news conference Aug. 7 on his firm's decision to absorb three of its gas supply subsidiaries on April 2003 to strengthen its foothold in the industry, where competition is intensifying as a result of deregulation of the energy-supply business. Japan's third-largest city gas company said the three subsidiaries, based respectively in Gifu, Mie and Aichi prefectures, will be dissolved through stock-swap deals and become branches. (Kyodo)

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Teijin announces takeover bid for Toho Rayon

TOKYO, Japan - Shosaku Yasui (C), president of Teijin Ltd., Japan's leading polyester maker, announces at a news conference Sept. 9 an open takeover bid for Toho Rayon Co., aiming to take a majority stake in the company renowned for its carbon fibers. At right is Toho Rayon President Toshio Furue. At left is Akihiro Mochizuki, president of Nisshinbo Industries Inc., currently Toho Rayon's largest shareholder.

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Toho Mutual Life ordered to halt business

The Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA) orders Toho Mutual Life Insurance Co. on June 4 to partially suspend business following a surge in the number of cancellations by policyholders of insurance contracts. The photo shows FSA chief Masaharu Hino explaining his agency's order at a news conference in Tokyo. ==Kyodo