Elderly Fukuoka man sets out on 6,500-km hike around Japan

Elderly Fukuoka man sets out on 6,500-km hike around Japan

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Tsugio Kawatsu, a 71-year-old man from Okagaki, Fukuoka Prefecture, sets out March 1 in front of the Kitakyushu town hall on a 6,500-kilometer solo hike around the Japanese archipelago.

IHI announces aero-engine unit chief's promotion to president

IHI announces aero-engine unit chief's promotion to president

IHI Corp. Managing Executive Officer Tsugio Mitsuoka (L) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2016, alongside current President Tamotsu Saito, as the heavy machinery maker announced Mitsuoka's promotion to president, effective April 1. The 61-year-old has contributed to expanding sales and profits in IHI's aero-engine business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

IHI to promote Mitsuoka to president: sources

IHI to promote Mitsuoka to president: sources

Undated photo shows IHI Corp. Managing Executive Officer Tsugio Mitsuoka, who is poised to become the Japanese heavy machinery maker's new president on April 1, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

IHI's engine maintenance scandal

IHI's engine maintenance scandal

IHI Corp. President Tsugio Mitsuoka (R) meets the press after receiving a business improvement order from a senior official of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on April 9, 2019, in Tokyo, due to a scandal over improper maintenance work at the jet-engine maker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

IHI's engine maintenance scandal

IHI's engine maintenance scandal

IHI Corp. President Tsugio Mitsuoka (R) receives a business improvement order from a senior official of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on April 9, 2019, in Tokyo, due to a scandal over improper maintenance work at the jet-engine maker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

IHI's engine maintenance scandal

IHI's engine maintenance scandal

IHI Corp. President Tsugio Mitsuoka (R) bows after receiving a business improvement order from a senior official of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on April 9, 2019, in Tokyo, due to a scandal over improper maintenance work at the jet-engine maker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

IHI's engine maintenance scandal

IHI's engine maintenance scandal

IHI Corp. President Tsugio Mitsuoka (R) speaks to reporters after receiving a business improvement order from a senior official of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on April 9, 2019, in Tokyo, due to a scandal over improper maintenance work at the jet-engine maker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

IHI's engine maintenance scandal

IHI's engine maintenance scandal

IHI Corp. President Tsugio Mitsuoka (R) receives a business improvement order from a senior official of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on April 9, 2019, in Tokyo, due to a scandal over improper maintenance work at the jet-engine maker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Improper inspections by IHI

Improper inspections by IHI

Tsugio Mitsuoka, president of Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 8, 2019, over more than 200 cases of improper inspections of airplane engines in the past two years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Improper inspections by IHI

Improper inspections by IHI

Tsugio Mitsuoka (L), president of Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI Corp., bows in apology in Tokyo on March 8, 2019, over more than 200 cases of improper inspections of airplane engines in the past two years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Improper inspections by IHI

Improper inspections by IHI

Tsugio Mitsuoka, president of Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI Corp., bows in apology in Tokyo on March 8, 2019, over more than 200 cases of improper inspections of airplane engines in the past two years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

IHI cuts earnings projection again, projects 5 bil. yen net loss

IHI cuts earnings projection again, projects 5 bil. yen net loss

Tsugio Mitsuoka, president of Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI Corp., announces a second downward revision to the company's earnings estimates for the first half of the 2016 business year at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2016, saying it now projects a group net loss of 5 billion yen for the April to September period. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Prosecutors demand prison terms for Yamaichi ex-execs

Prosecutors demand prison terms for Yamaichi ex-execs

TOKYO, Japan - Atsuo Miki, former president of collapsed Yamaichi Securities Co., enters the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 19. Prosecutors demanded a four-year prison term for Miki, 64, for concealing losses of over 200 billion yen and paying illegal dividends to shareholders. They also demanded a three-year prison term for former Yamaichi Chairman Tsugio Yukihira, 68, for the same charges.