Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Toshimasa Tomiyama, publisher of Nikkan San, a Japanese community paper based in Los Angeles, holds a copy of the paper in Gardena, California, on Oct. 16, 2014. Nikkan San is published five days a week.

Toymakers Takara, Tomy to merge next March

Toymakers Takara, Tomy to merge next March

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Takara Co. Chairman Keita Sato, Tomy Co. President Kantaro Tomiyama and Index Corp. Chairman Masami Ochiai pose for photos during a news conference in Tokyo on May 13. Takara, Japan's No. 2 toymaker, and Tomy, the third largest, agreed to merge March 1 next year. Index Corp. is Takara's largest shareholder.

Evacuation order lifted for residents near Mt. Usu

Evacuation order lifted for residents near Mt. Usu

DATE, Japan - Returning home July 18, Mineko Tomiyama looks up at the ceiling of her living room which has been heavily damaged by volcanic rocks from Mt. Usu. The town of Abuta in southwestern Hokkaido, where her house is located, lifted the evacuation order for 285 residents of the west side of the Toya hot-spring district at the foot of the 732-meter volcano.

Toymakers Takara, Tomy to merge next March

Toymakers Takara, Tomy to merge next March

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Takara Co. Chairman Keita Sato, Tomy Co. President Kantaro Tomiyama and Index Corp. Chairman Masami Ochiai pose for photos during a news conference in Tokyo on May 13. Takara, Japan's No. 2 toymaker, and Tomy, the third largest, agreed to merge March 1 next year. Index Corp. is Takara's largest shareholder. (Kyodo)

Evacuation order lifted for residents near Mt. Usu

Evacuation order lifted for residents near Mt. Usu

DATE, Japan - Returning home July 18, Mineko Tomiyama looks up at the ceiling of her living room which has been heavily damaged by volcanic rocks from Mt. Usu. The town of Abuta in southwestern Hokkaido, where her house is located, lifted the evacuation order for 285 residents of the west side of the Toya hot-spring district at the foot of the 732-meter volcano.

Tokyo exhibition on Havana Declaration

Tokyo exhibition on Havana Declaration

TOKYO, Japan - Taeko Tomiyama speaks about an upcoming exhibition of 40 block prints on the theme of the 1960 Havana Declaration at a Tokyo museum during an interview at her home in Tokyo on April 6, 2010, beside her 1964 painting ''Song of Cuba.'' Tomiyama brought the 40 prints to Japan after her trip to Cuba in 1962. (Kyodo)

Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Toshimasa Tomiyama, publisher of Nikkan San, a Japanese community paper based in Los Angeles, holds a copy of the paper in Gardena, California, on Oct. 16, 2014. Nikkan San is published five days a week. (Kyodo)

50th anniversary of Tomica die-cast toy cars

50th anniversary of Tomica die-cast toy cars

Kantaro Tomiyama (C), chairman and CEO of Japanese toy maker Tomy Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2020, marking the 50th anniversary of the company's release of its first Tomica die-cast toy car model. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

50th anniversary of Tomica die-cast toy cars

50th anniversary of Tomica die-cast toy cars

Kantaro Tomiyama (C), chairman and CEO of Japanese toy maker Tomy Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2020, marking the 50th anniversary of the company's release of its first Tomica die-cast toy car model. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo