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Kadokawa to open pop culture academies throughout Asia

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (2nd from R), chairman of major Japanese publishing house Kadokawa Corp., poses during a press conference in Tokyo on July 2, 2014. Kadokawa said his company will open academies in East and Southeast Asia, starting with Taiwan and Singapore in the fall, to teach the animation and design skills at the core of Japanese pop culture.

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Japanese e-book sellers vexed by Amazon.com

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, chairman of major Japanese publishing house Kadokawa Corp., speaks at a public forum in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013, demanding equal taxation of e-books and other digital contents purchased from overseas vendors such as the U.S.-based Amazon.com Inc. Overseas companies are now exempt from the consumption tax, which will be raised to 8 percent in April from 5 percent now, and to 10 percent in October 2015.

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Kadokawa-Gree tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (L), chairman of publisher Kadokawa Group Holdings Inc., shakes hands with Yoshikazu Tanaka, president of social networking service provider Gree Inc., in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2011, as the two companies announced they will cooperate to distribute e-book contents to smartphone and other gadget users.

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Kadokawa Group to promote Japanese videos via YouTube

TOKYO, Japan - David Eun (L), Google Inc. vice president of content partnerships, and Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, chairman of Kadokawa Group Holdings Inc., shake hands during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 25. They announced that Kadokawa will set up an official page around early February inside the YouTube video-sharing website of Google Inc. to distribute videos created by Japanese artists.

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Tokyo Olympic ex-exec faces fresh bribery charge

Prosecutors on Tuesday served a fresh arrest warrant on Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive already embroiled in suspected corruption cases, for allegedly accepting bribes totaling 76 million yen ($54,000) from major publisher Kadokawa Corp. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office also arrested former Kadokawa executive Toshiyuki Yoshihara, 64, and another person for allegedly bribing Takahashi, 78, as well as Kazumasa Fukami, 73, who heads a consulting firm, for allegedly receiving bribes from the publisher. The prosecutors also searched the home of the publisher's chairman, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, over the case. The move comes after the prosecutors searched on Monday the offices of Daiko Advertising Inc., including its Osaka headquarters and branch in Tokyo, on suspicion of bribery.

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Publishing company Kadokawa's chairman

Kadokawa Corp. Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2022, amid speculation that the Japanese publishing company made payments to Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive, in exchange for preferential treatment in the process of selecting Olympic sponsors.

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Publishing company Kadokawa's chairman

Kadokawa Corp. Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2022, amid speculation that the Japanese publishing company made payments to Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive, in exchange for preferential treatment in the process of selecting Olympic sponsors.

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Kadokawa Group to promote Japanese videos via YouTube

TOKYO, Japan - David Eun (L), Google Inc. vice president of content partnerships, and Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, chairman of Kadokawa Group Holdings Inc., shake hands during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 25. They announced that Kadokawa will set up an official page around early February inside the YouTube video-sharing website of Google Inc. to distribute videos created by Japanese artists. (Kyodo)

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Comic publisher to pick 88 "pilgrimage" spots to promote tourism

Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (C in 2nd row), chairman of Japanese comic publisher Kadokawa Corp., announces in Hong Kong on July 20, 2016, the "Anime Tourism 88-Stop Pilgrimage" project, under which the company will hold a vote on 88 top spots chosen from hundreds of scenes in its anime and manga to promote tourism in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Comic publisher to pick 88 "pilgrimage" spots to promote tourism

Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, chairman of Japanese comic publisher Kadokawa Corp., announces in Hong Kong on July 20, 2016, the "Anime Tourism 88-Stop Pilgrimage" project, under which the company will hold a vote on 88 top spots chosen from hundreds of scenes in its anime and manga to promote tourism in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kadokawa opens 1st Japanese anime school in Bangkok

Japanese publisher Kadokawa Corp. holds a ceremony in Bangkok on March 7, 2016, to mark the opening of its first animation academy in the Thai capital. Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (4th from L), chairman of the company, was among the attendees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Cool Japan Forest" project to be launched in western Tokyo suburb

Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (6th from L), chairman of publisher Kadokawa Corp., joins Mayor Masato Fujimoto (7th from L) of Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, architect Kengo Kuma (4th from L) and others at a press conference in Tokyo on June 4, 2015, to announce a "Cool Japan Forest" project to build cultural, manufacturing and logistics facilities in the city on the western outskirts of the Japanese capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Publisher Kadokawa pitches for Hong Kong Book Fair

Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, chairman of publisher Kadokawa Corp., speaks at a gathering in Tokyo on May 26, 2015, of people concerned with the annual Hong Kong Book Fair to be held in the Chinese city on July 15-21. The gathering was organized by the publisher and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to publicize the fair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kadokawa-Gree tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (L), chairman of publisher Kadokawa Group Holdings Inc., shakes hands with Yoshikazu Tanaka, president of social networking service provider Gree Inc., in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2011, as the two companies announced they will cooperate to distribute e-book contents to smartphone and other gadget users. (Kyodo)

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Kadokawa to open pop culture academies throughout Asia

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (2nd from R), chairman of major Japanese publishing house Kadokawa Corp., poses during a press conference in Tokyo on July 2, 2014. Kadokawa said his company will open academies in East and Southeast Asia, starting with Taiwan and Singapore in the fall, to teach the animation and design skills at the core of Japanese pop culture. (Kyodo)