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METI-Kansai inspects Kainan power station

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Toshinori Kobayashi (L), director general of the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, a regional branch organization of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, is briefed about the condition of Kansai Electronic Power Co.'s aging Kainan thermal power station in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 19, 2014, during an inspection.

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METI-Kansai inspects Kainan power station

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Toshinori Kobayashi (C), director general of the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, a regional branch organization of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, is briefed about the condition of Kansai Electronic Power Co.'s aging Kainan thermal power station in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 19, 2014, during an inspection.

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Kamenoi Shuzo wins Sake-1 Grand Prix

KYOTO, Japan - Toshinori Imai of Kamenoi Shuzo, a brewer from Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, holds "Kudoki Jozu Jr. White," which won the first place in the "Miyabi" category of the Sake-1 Grand Prix, at Matsuo Taisha Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, on May 25, 2014. Kamenoi Shuzo won the grand prize of the contest with the "Super Kudoki Jozu."

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Success of new treatment for pancreatitis

OSAKA, Japan - Toshinori Ito, professor at Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, holds a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2013. Doctors at Osaka University Hospital in July successfully removed a chronically inflamed pancreas from a pancreatitis patient before separating the organ's insulin-producing islets and transplanting them back into the patient, marking a new form of treatment, Ito said.

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Muto wins Kansai Open Championship

SAKAI, Japan - Toshinori Muto holds the victor's trophy after winning the Kansai Open Championship with an 18-under 266 at Izumigaoka Country Club in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2012. In bagging his fifth career victory, Muto became the first golfer this season on the JGTO tour to lead from start to finish.

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Muto wins Dunlop Phoenix

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Japan's Toshinori Muto holds the victor's trophy after winning the Dunlop Phoenix golf at Phoenix Country Club in Miyazaki Prefecture on Nov. 20, 2011.

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Japan's envoy escapes injury in stone-throwing incident

SEOUL, South Korea - Security officials seize a man (C) who threw a stone at Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie during a question-and-answer session after an address by Shigeie in Seoul on July 7, 2010. The man was found to be carrying leaflets of a political group that asserts South Korea's sovereignty over a pair of islets disputed between the two countries.

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S. Korea irked by Japan's textbooks calling islets Japanese

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (R) summons Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie (L) to his office to deliver a strong protest after the Japanese education ministry approved history textbooks for elementary schools that describe a pair of South Korea-controlled islets claimed by Japan as Japanese territory. Yu demanded that Japan retract the approval.

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Muto wins The Championship by Lexus for 3rd career title

BANDO, Japan - Toshinori Muto poses with the winner's trophy after his victory at The Championship by Lexus golf tournament at Otone Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 8, 2009. Muto won his third career title.

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Muto wins The Championship by Lexus for 3rd career title

BANDO, Japan - Toshinori Muto reacts after winning The Championship by Lexus golf tournament at Otone Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 8, 2009. Muto won his third career title.

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Police raid Asai over tainted rice sale

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshinori Asai (R), president of Nagoya-based glue maker Asai, accompanied by police, leaves his home in Nagoya Oct. 10 as police began searching several locations related to his company to build a criminal case against him on suspicion of selling tainted rice to a wholesaler knowing it would be later resold as food.

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Muto wins Tokai Classic for 2nd career win

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshinori Muto holds up the winner's trophy after his victory in the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic golf tournament at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 5.

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S. Korea calls on Japan not to claim disputed islets

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (L) meets with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 19 over Japan's plan to mention its sovereignty over disputed islets in the Sea of Japan in Japanese educational guidelines.

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Japan's renewed claim on disputed islets draws S. Korea's ire

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (R) meets with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie (L) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 19 over Japan's plan to mention its sovereignty over disputed islets in the Sea of Japan in Japanese educational guidelines. South Korea demanded that the Japanese government withdraw the plan immediately.

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Japan picks Okinawa envoy to be new ambassador to S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japan has decided to appoint Toshinori Shigeie (file photo), ambassador in charge of Okinawan affairs, as the country's top envoy to South Korea, government sources said June 20. His appointment will be formally decided on by the Cabinet soon. He is expected to assume his post sometime in August, the sources said.

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Muto wins career 1st at Munsingwear Open KSB Cup

TAMANO, Japan - Toshinori Muto holds up the trophy after winning his first career title at the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club in Okayama Prefecture on May 21.

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Suzuki said to have pressured Foreign Ministry to bar NGOs

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, smiles as he walks in the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Toshinori Shigeie, a senior Foreign Ministry official, admitted that Suzuki had pressured the ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from an international Afghan donor conference.

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Senior Foreign Ministry official admits Suzuki's role

TOKYO, Japan - Toshinori Shigeie, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, admits at the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 28 that Muneo Suzuki, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pressured the ministry to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations from an international donors' conference on Afghanistan.

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Suzuki said to have pressured Foreign Ministry to bar NGOs

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, smiles as he walks in the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Toshinori Shigeie, a senior Foreign Ministry official, admitted that Suzuki had pressured the ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from an international Afghan donor conference.

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Muto wins career 1st at Munsingwear Open KSB Cup

TAMANO, Japan - Toshinori Muto holds up the trophy after winning his first career title at the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club in Okayama Prefecture on May 21. (Kyodo)

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Japan picks Okinawa envoy to be new ambassador to S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japan has decided to appoint Toshinori Shigeie (file photo), ambassador in charge of Okinawan affairs, as the country's top envoy to South Korea, government sources said June 20. His appointment will be formally decided on by the Cabinet soon. He is expected to assume his post sometime in August, the sources said. (Kyodo)

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Muto wins Tokai Classic for 2nd career win

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshinori Muto holds up the winner's trophy after his victory in the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic golf tournament at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 5. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Steel to buy Nisshin Steel in response to China slowdown

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. President Kosei Shindo (L) and Nisshin Steel Co. President Toshinori Miki attend a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2016. Nippon Steel said it will buy Nisshin Steel in an attempt to address falling demand and price competition amid China's economic slowdown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Steel to buy Nisshin Steel in response to China slowdown

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. President Kosei Shindo (L) and Nisshin Steel Co. President Toshinori Miki shake hands before attending a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2016. Nippon Steel said it will buy Nisshin Steel in an attempt to address falling demand and price competition amid China's economic slowdown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aoyama Gakuin Univ. defends Hakone Ekiden title

Aoyama Gakuin University runner Toshinori Watanabe crosses the finish line in Tokyo as the school successfully defended its Hakone Collegiate Ekiden road relay championship on Jan. 3, 2016. Aoyama Gakuin became the first team to lead the two-day event from wire to wire in 39 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aoyama Gakuin Univ. defends Hakone Ekiden title

Aoyama Gakuin University runner Toshinori Watanabe crosses the finish line in Tokyo as the school successfully defended its Hakone Collegiate Ekiden road relay championship on Jan. 3, 2016. Aoyama Gakuin became the first team to lead the two-day event from wire to wire in 39 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muto in 3rd round of ISPS Handa Global Cup

Toshinori Muto plays in the third round of the ISPS Handa Global Cup at Vintage Golf Club in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, on June 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muto congratulated after winning ISPS golf

Japan's Toshinori Muto is congratulated by Toru Taniguchi (L) and others after winning the ISPS Handa Global Cup at the Vintage Golf Club in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, on June 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Muto wins ISPS Handa Global Cup in playoff

Japan's Toshinori Muto holds the victor's trophy at the Vintage Golf Club in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, on June 28, 2015, after beating Angelo Que of the Philippines on the second playoff hole to clinch the ISPS Handa Global Cup. Both players finished on 14-under-par 270 in regulation play. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hitachi Chemical earmarks Thailand as export hub for auto batteries

Toshinori Osumi, newly appointed Japanese chief executive officer of Thai Storage Battery Public Co., speaks at a press conference in Bangkok on Sept. 20, 2017, following the company's acquisition by Hitachi Chemical Co. in July. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan envoy to S. Korea says islet row must not harm close ties

SEOUL, South Korea - With media representatives looking on, Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie (L) meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Yoo Myung Hwan to hear a South Korean protest over Japan's description of two disputed islets in the Sea of Japan as part of its territory. Shigeie said the issue must not be allowed to harm bilateral ties. (Kyodo)

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Japan's renewed claim on disputed islets draws S. Korea's ire

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (R) meets with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie (L) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 19 over Japan's plan to mention its sovereignty over disputed islets in the Sea of Japan in Japanese educational guidelines. South Korea demanded that the Japanese government withdraw the plan immediately. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea calls on Japan not to claim disputed islets

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (L) meets with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 19 over Japan's plan to mention its sovereignty over disputed islets in the Sea of Japan in Japanese educational guidelines. (Kyodo)

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Japan congratulates S. Korean President-elect Lee

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President-elect Lee Myung Bak (L) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie at the headquarters of the Grand National Party in Seoul. Shigeie conveyed to Lee congratulatory messages from Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Police raid Asai over tainted rice sale

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshinori Asai (R), president of Nagoya-based glue maker Asai, accompanied by police, leaves his home in Nagoya Oct. 10 as police began searching several locations related to his company to build a criminal case against him on suspicion of selling tainted rice to a wholesaler knowing it would be later resold as food. (Kyodo)

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Japan's envoy escapes injury in stone-throwing incident

SEOUL, South Korea - Security officials seize a man (C) who threw a stone at Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie during a question-and-answer session after an address by Shigeie in Seoul on July 7, 2010. The man was found to be carrying leaflets of a political group that asserts South Korea's sovereignty over a pair of islets disputed between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea irked by Japan's textbooks calling islets Japanese

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (R) summons Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Toshinori Shigeie (L) to his office to deliver a strong protest after the Japanese education ministry approved history textbooks for elementary schools that describe a pair of South Korea-controlled islets claimed by Japan as Japanese territory. Yu demanded that Japan retract the approval. (Kyodo)

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METI-Kansai inspects Kainan power station

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Toshinori Kobayashi (C), director general of the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, a regional branch organization of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, is briefed about the condition of Kansai Electronic Power Co.'s aging Kainan thermal power station in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 19, 2014, during an inspection. (Kyodo)

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Muto wins Dunlop Phoenix

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Japan's Toshinori Muto holds the victor's trophy after winning the Dunlop Phoenix golf at Phoenix Country Club in Miyazaki Prefecture on Nov. 20, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Drinking incident by JAL crew

Toshinori Shin (C), general manager of Japan Airlines Co.'s Flight Operations Division, bows in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2018, after a JAL pilot was detained by British police for drinking alcohol before a flight from London to Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drinking incident by JAL crew

Toshinori Shin (R), general manager of Japan Airlines Co.'s Flight Operations Division, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2018, about a JAL pilot being detained by British police for drinking alcohol before a flight from London to Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muto wins The Championship by Lexus for 3rd career title

BANDO, Japan - Toshinori Muto poses with the winner's trophy after his victory at The Championship by Lexus golf tournament at Otone Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 8, 2009. Muto won his third career title. (Kyodo)

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Muto wins The Championship by Lexus for 3rd career title

BANDO, Japan - Toshinori Muto reacts after winning The Championship by Lexus golf tournament at Otone Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 8, 2009. Muto won his third career title. (Kyodo)

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New Japanese ambassadors appointed

TOKYO, Japan - Ambassadorial and other Foreign Ministry appointments approved by the cabinet on Feb. 15 are shown in these file photos. Pictured in the upper row (from left) are Motoi Okubo (ambassador to Greece), Sadaaki Numata (ambassador to Pakistan) and Hideaki Kobayashi (ambassador to the United Nations). Pictured in the bottom row (from left) are Toshinori Shigeie (envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States) and Ryuichiro Yamazaki (Foreign Ministry spokesman).