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Japan Olympic delegation head

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows Seiko Hashimoto (C), Japan delegation head of the Sochi Olympics, with Hidehito Ito (L) and Toshimasa Furukawa, members of the delegation, after a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 2, 2014.

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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.

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1st freshwater-bred bluefin tuna auctioned in Japan

OKAYAMA, Japan - Toshimasa Yamamoto, an associate professor at Okayama University of Science, shows a freshwater-bred tuna, the only one successfully raised among 30 in the university's laboratory, auctioned at a wholesale market in Okayama, western Japan, on May 15, 2014. The tuna grew up in freshwater containing sodium and other elements of seawater.

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Information booth operated by homeless

SAPPORO, Japan - Toshimasa Kikuchi helps a visitor at an information booth on an underground street in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 12, 2011. The booth opened the same day at which staff members, who are or have been homeless, offer assistance for tourists and sell the Japanese version of the Big Issue magazine, as part of efforts to help such people become financially independent.

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3 Universities to collaborate for radiation study

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Three university presidents, Toshimasa Asahara (L) of Hiroshima University, Osamu Nittono of Fukushima University (C) and Shigeru Katamine of Nagasaki University, are seen at a ceremony in Fukushima City on July 28, 2011, for the conclusion of an agreement to partner on radiation research. The three universities will work together on studies including the effects of radiation, decontamination of radioactive substances as well as education and social support for children who face greater health risks in the aftermath of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Sanyo approves Iue's resignation, Sano to become new president

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. President Toshimasa Iue (L) and Vice President Seiichiro Sano at a news conference in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture on March 28, where Iue announced that Sano will take over his job on April 1. The move puts an end to the founding family-led management of Sanyo's 60-year history.

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Sanyo expects net loss for 3rd straight year, 2,200 jobs to be cut

TOKYO, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. President Toshimasa Iue announces a major downward revision of the company's earnings estimate for the current fiscal year at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24.

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Sanyo Electric remains in red with bigger loss in FY 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. President Toshimasa Iue speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 18. He said the Osaka-based consumer electronics company fell deeper into the red in fiscal 2005, incurring a consolidated net loss of 205.66 billion yen in the year ended in March.

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Sanyo to stop developing advanced organic EL displays with Kodak

OSAKA, Japan - Tomoyo Nonaka (L), chairwoman of Sanyo Electric Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 31. At right is President Toshimasa Iue.

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Sanyo to suffer huge loss, cut back on home appliances

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. CEO and Chairman Tomoyo Nonaka (C) answers questions as President Toshimasa Iue (R) listens at a press conference at the company head office in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 18. The company said it will substantially reduce the size of its divisions making semiconductors and ''white goods'' such as refrigerators as it expects to incur a group net loss of 233 billion yen for fiscal 2005.

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Sanyo to suffer huge loss, cut back on home appliances

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. President Toshimasa Iue is surrounded by reporters as he leaves a press conference room at the company head office in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 18. The company told the press conference it will substantially reduce the size of its divisions making semiconductors and ''white goods'' such as refrigerators as it expects to incur a group net loss of 233 billion yen for fiscal 2005.

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Sanyo Electric releases restructuring plan

OSAKA, Japan - Tomoyo Nonaka (L), chairman of Sanyo Electric Co., and President Toshimasa Iue hold a press conference at the company headquarters Sept. 28. Sanyo released details of its restructuring plan ranging from the closure of factories in Japan and China and delisting of its shares from European stock exchanges to selling or securitization of assets, including its headquarters.

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Sanyo to shut 20% of plants in Japan in 3 years

MORIGUCHI, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. Chairwoman Tomoyo Nonaka announces a new management plan at a press conference in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on July 5 as President Toshimasa Iue (fore) listens.

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(1)Sanyo Electric appoints journalist Nonaka as chairwoman, CEO

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co., which suffered its biggest group net loss in the just-ended fiscal year, said April 8 it will appoint freelance journalist and television celebrity Tomoyo Nonaka (L) as its new chairwoman and chief executive officer. Sanyo will also appoint Vice President Toshimasa Iue (R) to succeed Yukinori Kuwano as president.

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Sanyo Electric reshuffles top management to curb losses

OSAKA, Japan - Satoshi Iue (L), the chairman of Sanyo Electric Co., speaks at a news conference about the reshuffle of the company's top management at a hotel in Osaka on April 8, with freelance journalist Tomoyo Nonaka (C) and Vice President Toshimasa Iue attending. Nonaka will become chairman, and Toshimasa Iue, the eldest son of Satoshi Iue, will be the new president.

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(1)Sanyo Electric appoints journalist Nonaka as chairwoman, CEO

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co., which suffered its biggest group net loss in the just-ended fiscal year, said April 8 it will appoint freelance journalist and television celebrity Tomoyo Nonaka (L) as its new chairwoman and chief executive officer. Sanyo will also appoint Vice President Toshimasa Iue (R) to succeed Yukinori Kuwano as president. (Kyodo)

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Sanyo to shut 20% of plants in Japan in 3 years

MORIGUCHI, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. Chairwoman Tomoyo Nonaka announces a new management plan at a press conference in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on July 5 as President Toshimasa Iue (fore) listens. (Kyodo)

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Sanyo Electric releases restructuring plan

OSAKA, Japan - Tomoyo Nonaka (L), chairman of Sanyo Electric Co., and President Toshimasa Iue hold a press conference at the company headquarters Sept. 28. Sanyo released details of its restructuring plan ranging from the closure of factories in Japan and China and delisting of its shares from European stock exchanges to selling or securitization of assets, including its headquarters. (Kyodo)

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Sanyo to suffer huge loss, cut back on home appliances

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. President Toshimasa Iue is surrounded by reporters as he leaves a press conference room at the company head office in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 18. The company told the press conference it will substantially reduce the size of its divisions making semiconductors and ''white goods'' such as refrigerators as it expects to incur a group net loss of 233 billion yen for fiscal 2005. (Kyodo)

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Sanyo to suffer huge loss, cut back on home appliances

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. CEO and Chairman Tomoyo Nonaka (C) answers questions as President Toshimasa Iue (R) listens at a press conference at the company head office in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 18. The company said it will substantially reduce the size of its divisions making semiconductors and ''white goods'' such as refrigerators as it expects to incur a group net loss of 233 billion yen for fiscal 2005. (Kyodo)

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Sanyo to stop developing advanced organic EL displays with Kodak

OSAKA, Japan - Tomoyo Nonaka (L), chairwoman of Sanyo Electric Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 31. At right is President Toshimasa Iue. (Kyodo)

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Sanyo Electric remains in red with bigger loss in FY 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. President Toshimasa Iue speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 18. He said the Osaka-based consumer electronics company fell deeper into the red in fiscal 2005, incurring a consolidated net loss of 205.66 billion yen in the year ended in March. (Kyodo)

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Sanyo expects net loss for 3rd straight year, 2,200 jobs to be c

TOKYO, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. President Toshimasa Iue announces a major downward revision of the company's earnings estimate for the current fiscal year at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24. (Kyodo)

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Sanyo approves Iue's resignation, Sano to become new president

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. President Toshimasa Iue (L) and Vice President Seiichiro Sano at a news conference in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture on March 28, where Iue announced that Sano will take over his job on April 1. The move puts an end to the founding family-led management of Sanyo's 60-year history. (Kyodo)

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Sanyo Electric reshuffles top management to curb losses

OSAKA, Japan - Satoshi Iue (L), the chairman of Sanyo Electric Co., speaks at a news conference about the reshuffle of the company's top management at a hotel in Osaka on April 8, with freelance journalist Tomoyo Nonaka (C) and Vice President Toshimasa Iue attending. Nonaka will become chairman, and Toshimasa Iue, the eldest son of Satoshi Iue, will be the new president. (Kyodo)

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2 Japanese teen snowboarders banned for marijuana use

Toshimasa Furukawa, a senior official of the Ski Association of Japan, attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 27, 2016. The association banned two teenage snowboarders from competing indefinitely after they were found to have used marijuana on a tour to the United States in December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gay people call for legalization of same-sex marriage in Japan

Petitioners hold a press conference in Tokyo on July 7, 2015, after filing a request with the Japan Federation of Bar Associations to recommend that the government and parliament legislate for the legalization of same-sex marriages in the country: (From L to R) Asako Makimura, who is married to a French woman in France, Akiyoshi Tanaka and his partner Yuki Kawata, and Toshimasa Yamashita, who heads the defense team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Families speak of children's deaths from overwork before students

Lawyer Toshimasa Yamashita teaches junior high school students in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2017, how to cope with work-related problems they may encounter in the future, as deaths from overwork come under a renewed spotlight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Developer of artificial freshwater to breed sea fish

Photo taken in Okayama city, western Japan, on Sept. 11, 2015, shows Toshimasa Yamamoto, associate professor at Okayama University of Science, who has developed a "third water" system for producing artificial freshwater to breed sea fish on land without using saltwater. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 Universities to collaborate for radiation study

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Three university presidents, Toshimasa Asahara (L) of Hiroshima University, Osamu Nittono of Fukushima University (C) and Shigeru Katamine of Nagasaki University, are seen at a ceremony in Fukushima City on July 28, 2011, for the conclusion of an agreement to partner on radiation research. The three universities will work together on studies including the effects of radiation, decontamination of radioactive substances as well as education and social support for children who face greater health risks in the aftermath of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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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)

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Information booth operated by homeless

SAPPORO, Japan - Toshimasa Kikuchi helps a visitor at an information booth on an underground street in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 12, 2011. The booth opened the same day at which staff members, who are or have been homeless, offer assistance for tourists and sell the Japanese version of the Big Issue magazine, as part of efforts to help such people become financially independent. (Kyodo)

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Asian Games: Japan team attends ceremony in Sapporo

Go Tanaka, captain of the Japanese men's ice hockey team, receives the national flag from Toshimasa Furukawa, chief of Japan's delegation for the Asian Winter Games, during a ceremony in Sapporo on Feb. 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan team attends ceremony in Sapporo

Go Tanaka, captain of the Japanese men's ice hockey team, receives the national flag from Toshimasa Furukawa, chief of Japan's delegation for the Asian Winter Games, during a ceremony in Sapporo on Feb. 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo