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Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe dies

Photo taken in October 2013 shows Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe (R) talking to Shigeo Nagashima, former manager of the Yomiuri Giants, during a party in Tokyo to celebrate the professional baseball club clinching the Central League pennant. Watanabe, a representative director and editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, died on Dec. 19, 2024, aged 98.

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Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe dies

Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe heads to a pep rally for the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club in Tokyo in March 2012. Watanabe, a representative director and editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, died on Dec. 19, 2024, aged 98.

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Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe dies

File photo taken in January 2014 shows Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe. Watanabe, a representative director and editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, died on Dec. 19, 2024, aged 98.

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State secrecy panel

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuneo Watanabe, chairman of a panel of seven experts on rules for how to designate and disclose state secrets, speaks as the panel began discussions on the issue at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2014. Watanabe heads newspaper group Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings.

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Ex-Giants manager to become lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tsuneo Horiuchi, former manager of professional baseball team the Yomiuri Giants. Horiuchi is set to become a House of Councillors member after the death July 31, 2013, of Hirohiko Nakamura, a House of Councillors member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Horiuchi will take up Nakamura's proportional representation seat in the Diet.

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U.N. votes for sanctions on N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Tsuneo Nishida holds a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 7, 2013, after the U.N. Security Council unanimously voted for tough new sanctions against North Korea for its third nuclear test in February 2013.

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80-yr-old Japan climber leads team to success on Pakistani peak

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Japanese mountain climber Tsuneo Miyamori, 80, speaks on July 31, 2012, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, about the joint expedition of Japanese and Pakistani climbers he led that successfully conquered a previously unscaled 6,105-meter peak in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan earlier the same month.

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Japan welcomes U.N. response to rocket launch

NEW YORK, United States - Tsuneo Nishida, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, answers a reporter's question at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 16, 2012, after the adoption of a U.N. Security Council statement strongly condemning North Korea's recent failed rocket launch.

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Ex-Giants GM Kiyotake at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Hidetoshi Kiyotake, the former Yomiuri Giants representative and general manager who was dismissed after criticizing Chairman Tsuneo Watanabe, speaks in a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011. Kiyotake expressed an intention to file a lawsuit over his dismissal in the not-too-distant future.

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Giants chairman Watanabe

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants chairman Tsuneo Watanabe (C) is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2011. Watanabe, one of the most influential figures in Japanese baseball for many years, commented on an internal conflict involving the Tokyo-based team.

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Yomiuri's Kiyotake accuses outspoken chairman of meddling

TOKYO, Japan - Hidetoshi Kiyotake, representative and general manager of the Yomiuri Giants, wipes tears during a press conference at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2011. Kiyotake criticized Tsuneo Watanabe, chairman of the baseball club and an influential figure in Japanese baseball, for interfering in the club's personnel affairs.

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Yomiuri's Kiyotake accuses outspoken chairman of meddling

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photos show Hidetoshi Kiyotake (L), representative and general manager of the Yomiuri Giants, and Tsuneo Watanabe, chairman of the baseball club. During a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2011, Kiyotake criticized Watanabe, former Giants owner and an influential figure in Japanese baseball, for interfering in the club's personnel affairs.

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Japan signs Nagoya Protocol on biodiversity

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Tsuneo Nishida smiles as he signs the Nagoya Protocol on biodiversity at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 11, 2011. The multilateral protocol is aimed at setting rules for the use of genetic resources and sharing of benefits from their utilization, and has been joined also by Guatemala, Indonesia, South Africa, India, Norway, Switzerland and Tunisia.

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura, who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, speaks to reporters at Himeji in the prefecture on Feb. 7, 2011, after seeing the wreckage of the train cars. West Japan Railway Co. allowed bereaved relatives and surviving passengers to view the wreckage of the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562.

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Wreckage of derailed train shown to bereaved relatives

HIMEJI, Japan - Tsuneo Okumura (C), who lost his 21-year-old daughter in the 2005 derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, arrives at a site where bereaved relatives and surviving passengers were allowed to view the wreckage of the accident. The wreckage was returned to West Japan Railway Co. from the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office, which had retained it as evidence in the trials of former JR West executives charged over the accident, which killed 107 people and injured 562.

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Ex-Giants manager Horiuchi faces voters in upper house poll

KOFU, Japan - Tsuneo Horiuchi, former manager of the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club, makes his first election campaign speech in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 24, 2010. He is running for a seat in the July 11 House of Councillors with its official campaigning getting under way the same day.

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Ex-Giants manager Horiuchi to run in election on LDP ticket

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants manager Tsuneo Horiuchi (L) shakes hands with opposition Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on April 22, 2010. The LDP announced it would field Horiuchi on its ticket in the upcoming House of Councillors election.

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Remote Japanese island trying to bolster ties with Taiwan

NAHA, Japan - Tsuneo Uechi, chief of the Yonaguni fisheries cooperative, shows off a white marlin in Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 8 .

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Murata Mfg. to promote vice president Murata to presidency

KYOTO, Japan - Murata Manufacturing Co. President Yasutaka Murata (L) and his younger brother Tsuneo, corporate vice president, pose for photographers at a news conference in Kyoto on April 10 with the announcement that Yasutaka will become board chairman and Tsuneo company president in June.

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Japan's new ambassadors to Canada, Egypt

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (from left to right) Tsuneo Nishida who was appointed as ambassador to Canada and Kaoru Ishikawa who was appointed as ambassador to Egypt on Jan. 16.

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Yabunaka appointed deputy foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mitoji Yabunaka, who was appointed deputy foreign minister in charge of political affairs on Jan. 16. He replaces Tsuneo Nishida who was appointed as ambassador to Canada the same day.

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Baseball: Hara confirmed as new Yomiuri manager

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsunori Hara (R) shakes hands with Takuo Takihana, owner of the Yomiuri Giants, at a news conference Oct. 5. The Giants announced the appointment of Hara as manager of the Central League club to take over from Tsuneo Horiuchi.

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Watanabe to take over as Yomiuri team chairman

TOKYO, Japan - The Yomiuri Giants said June 7 former team owner Tsuneo Watanabe (file photo) will be appointed team chairman of the Central League club. The 79-year-old Watanabe, chairman of the Yomiuri Shimbun Group Honsha, will be formally appointed to the new post after as a stockholders' meeting on June 23.

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Nishi-Nippon City Bank aims to become No. 1 bank in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nishi-Nippon City Bank Chairman Masahiro Honda (L) and President Tsuneo Shindo shake hands at a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 1 following inauguration of the bank through the merger of Nishi-Nippon Bank and Fukuoka City Bank. The president of the new bank pledged to make the bank No. 1 in the Kyushu region.

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Baseball's Watanabe continues reign from behind scenes

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuneo Watanabe, owner of the Yomiuri Giants, is about to leave a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward after a press conference following a meeting of pro-baseball owners on July 7.

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(2)Yomiuri Giants owner Watanabe steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Takuo Takihana, president of the Tokyo headquarters of the Yomiuri Shimbun, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 13 after being named to take over Tsuneo Watanabe as owner of the Yomiuri Giants.

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(1)Yomiuri Giants owner Watanabe steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 7, 2004 shows Tsuneo Watanabe who is stepping down as owner of the Yomiuri Giants. The departure of Watanabe, who is considered one of the most influential figures in Japanese professional baseball, was endorsed at a board meeting of the Central League ball club on Aug. 13.

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(3)Another merger between PL baseball clubs in works

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Kazu Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Tsuneo Watanabe and Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro meet reporters at a Tokyo hotel July 7 after a meeting of owners of the 12 Japanese professional baseball clubs. It was disclosed the same day that a merger between Pacific League professional baseball clubs is in the works in addition to the ongoing merger talks between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes.

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(1)Central League baseball seasons open

TOKYO, Japan - Defending champion Hanshin Tigers manager Akinobu Okada (R) and Yomiuri Giants manager Tsuneo Horiuchi shake hands at Tokyo Dome on April 2 as the Central League baseball season opened.

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(1)Devil Rays beat Yankees in MLB opener in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R), along with former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and Tsuneo Watanabe, owner of Japan's Central League baseball club Yomiuri Giants, watches an opener of the Major League Baseball between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devils at Tokyo Dome on March 30. The Devil Rays won 8-3.

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(11)Yomiuri vs Yankees in Tokyo friendly

TOKYO, Japan - New York Yankees manager Joe Torre (L) and Yomiuri Giants manager Tsuneo Horiuchi (88) exchange caps in a ceremony ahead of their friendly at Tokyo Dome on March 28. (MLB)

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(3)Welcome party held for Yankees, Devil Rays

TOKYO, Japan - New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui (R), major league baseball commissioner Bub Selig, (2nd from R) and Yomiuri Giants' owner Tsuneo Watanabe (C) chat at a welcome party for the Yankees and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays who are visiting Japan for the 2004 major league season opener at Tokyo Dome on March 30-31. (Pool photo)

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(1)Baseball players ready to kick off spring training

GUAM - Yomiuri Giants manager Tsuneo Horiuchi (2nd from L) inspects a baseball field in the Pacific resort island of Guam on Jan. 31 where his team kicks off the preseason training on Feb. 1.

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(4)Japan's pro baseball teams kick off spring training

GUAM - Yomiuri Giants new manager Tsuneo Horiuchi watches as his men kick off the 2004 preseason training in the Pacific resort island of Guam on Feb. 1.

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(3)Hara to step down as Yomiuri manager

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara, team owner Tsuneo Watanabe and Tsuneo Horiuchi, a former right-handed pitcher and coach for the Giants, attend a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 26. At the conference, Hara said he was stepping down at the end of the 2003 season because of his team's poor showing, to be succeeded by Horiuchi.

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(2)Hara to step down as Yomiuri manager

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuneo Horiuchi, a former pitcher and coach for the Yomiuri Giants, speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 26. He will take over as manager of the Central League club from Tatsunori Hara, who is stepping down at the end of this season.

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(1)Hokuriku Bank, Hokkaido Bank to merge in FY 2004

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Bank President Tsuneo Fujita speaks at a news conference at his office in Sapporo on May on an agreement with Hokuriku Bank to integrate their businesses under a joint holding company in fiscal 2004. The merger will creatie Japan's second largest regional bank in terms of deposits after the Bank of Yokohama.

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Yomiuri wins Japan Series

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants owner Tsuneo Watanabe (L) greets manager Tatsunori Hara, who visited the head office of the Yomiuri Shimbun in Tokyo on Oct. 31 to report on his team's victory over the Seibu Lions in the Japan Series championship the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Nishi-Nippon Bank, Fukuoka City Bank to merge

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nishi-Nippon Bank President Tsuneo Shindo (L) and Fukuoka City Bank President Tsukasa Shishima shake hands as they announced an agreement to merge in Oct. 2004.

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Univ. of Tokyo to set up museum research unit in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiro Kamiuchi (R), a Hitachi Ltd. engineer, architect Makoto Kikuchi (C), and Tsuneo Ko, a producer at design firm Tanseisha Co., will serve as visiting professors at a new research unit of the University Museum of the University of Tokyo. The donation-funded unit will be launched Oct. 1 in partnership with Tanseisha to provide research into running museums.

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Nishi-Nippon Bank, Fukuoka City Bank to integrate

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nishi-Nippon Bank President Tsuneo Shindo (L) and Fukuoka City Bank President Tsukasa Shishima, speak at a news conference in Fukuoaka on April 19. The two regional banks have agreed in principle to integrate their operations under a holding company in April 2003.

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Hara named successor to Nagashima

TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (L), team owner Tsuneo Watanabe (C) and manager-appointed Tatsunori Hara (R) shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28.

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Giants Manager Nagashima resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants Manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) speaks of his resignation at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28. Tsuneo Watanabe (L), owner of the Central League club, announced the appointment of Tatsunori Hara as successor to Nagashima.

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LTCB executives apologizes

Tsuneo Suzuki (C), president of the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), flanked by other bank executives, offers an apology to shareholders and clients in Tokyo on Oct. 23 for any inconveniences the bank's decision to come under state control has brought. The LTCB, one of three Japanese long-term credit banks, is the first bank to be nationalized under a law enacted earlier this month to avoid the possibility of its severing credit lines to its corporate borrowers and defaulting on its obligations to creditors.

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Upper house by-election in western Japan

Former parliamentary vice industry minister Tsuneo Kitamura (C) celebrates after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on Oct. 24, 2021.

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Upper house by-election in western Japan

Former parliamentary vice industry minister Tsuneo Kitamura (R) celebrates after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on Oct. 24, 2021.

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(2)Yomiuri Giants owner Watanabe steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Takuo Takihana, president of the Tokyo headquarters of the Yomiuri Shimbun, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 13 after being named to take over Tsuneo Watanabe as owner of the Yomiuri Giants. (Kyodo)

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(1)Yomiuri Giants owner Watanabe steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 7, 2004 shows Tsuneo Watanabe who is stepping down as owner of the Yomiuri Giants. The departure of Watanabe, who is considered one of the most influential figures in Japanese professional baseball, was endorsed at a board meeting of the Central League ball club on Aug. 13. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan trying to meet 2 possible soldiers from World War II in

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuneo Kobayashi (C), division chief of Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau in the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, speaks at a press conference on May 27 on two men believed to be former Japanese soldiers from World War II. (Kyodo)

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Watanabe to take over as Yomiuri team chairman

TOKYO, Japan - The Yomiuri Giants said June 7 former team owner Tsuneo Watanabe (file photo) will be appointed team chairman of the Central League club. The 79-year-old Watanabe, chairman of the Yomiuri Shimbun Group Honsha, will be formally appointed to the new post after as a stockholders' meeting on June 23. (Kyodo)