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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa receives a bouquet from a student after performing at a junior high school in Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2010. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, of heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa performs during a training session for young people in Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, of heart failure.

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78th Hiroshima A-bomb anniversary

Ukrainian ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky (R) observes a moment of silence in Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2023, the exact time of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima 78 years ago.

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78th Hiroshima A-bomb anniversary

Ukrainian ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky (2nd from L) observes a moment of silence in Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2023, the exact time of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima 78 years ago.

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Skiing for Ukrainian peace

People holding Ukrainian flags pose in the early hours of New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2023, at a ski resort in the Nagano Prefecture town of Yamanouchi, central Japan. They skied earlier in the day in the hope of realizing peace in Ukraine.

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Skiing for Ukrainian peace

People holding Ukrainian flags pose in the early hours of New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2023, at a ski resort in the Nagano Prefecture town of Yamanouchi, central Japan. They skied earlier in the day in the hope of realizing peace in Ukraine.

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Seiji Ozawa at work in Nagano

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Seiji Ozawa conducts during a training session for young musicians at Mori no Ongakudo music hall in the city of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2010.

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Seiji Ozawa at work in Nagano

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Seiji Ozawa receives a bouquet after conducting a concert at Yamanouchi Junior High School in the city of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010.

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Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese macaques soak in an outdoor hot spring at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 15, 2014. The sight "snow monkeys" soaking in an outdoor hot spring is popular among tourists from Japan and abroad.

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Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese macaques cling to a hot water pipe at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 14, 2014. The sight of "snow monkeys" soaking in an outdoor hot spring is popular among tourists from Japan and abroad.

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Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - A young Japanese macaque touches a tourist's camera at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 15, 2014. The sight of monkeys soaking in an outdoor hot spring is popular as "snow monkeys" among tourists from Japan and abroad.

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Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists take photos of Japanese macaques soaking in an outdoor hot spring at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 15, 2014. The sight is popular "snow monkeys" among tourists from Japan and abroad.

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Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese macaques soak in an outdoor hot spring at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 14, 2014. The sight "snow monkeys" soaking is popular among tourists from Japan and abroad.

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Mazda holds ceremony to formally open Mexican plant

SALAMANCA, Mexico - Takashi Yamanouchi (far L, front), chairman of Mazda Motor Corp., and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (far R, front) emerge from the Mazda3 compact car to attend a ceremony in the central Mexico city of Salamanca on Feb. 27, 2014, to formally open the Japanese automaker's first Mexican plant.

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Mazda holds ceremony to formally open Mexican plant

SALAMANCA, Mexico - Takashi Yamanouchi (L front), chairman of Mazda Motor Corp., and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto stand in front of the Mazda3 compact car during a ceremony in the central Mexico city of Salamanca on Feb. 27, 2014, to formally open the Japanese automaker's first Mexican plant.

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Mazda to promote Kogai to president

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Masamichi Kogai (L), senior managing executive officer of Mazda Motor Corp., and Takashi Yamanouchi, chairman and president of the company, join hands in Fuchu, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 9, 2013, the day Mazda said it would promote Kogai to president on June 25 to replace Yamanouchi. Yamanouchi will remain as chairman.

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Mazda to promote Kogai to president

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Masamichi Kogai (L), senior managing executive officer of Mazda Motor Corp., and Takashi Yamanouchi, chairman and president of the company, hold a press conference in Fuchu, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 9, 2013, the day Mazda said it would promote Kogai to president on June 25 to replace Yamanouchi. Yamanouchi will remain as chairman.

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Mazda to promote Kogai to president

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Masamichi Kogai (L), senior managing executive officer of Mazda Motor Corp., and Takashi Yamanouchi, chairman and president of the company, hold a press conference in Fuchu, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 9, 2013, the day Mazda said it would promote Kogai to president on June 25 to replace Yamanouchi. Yamanouchi will remain as chairman.

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Mexico decoration

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto awards the Order of Aztec Eagle to former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata, Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi and former Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone for their contributions to bilateral friendship at the Mexican Embassy in Tokyo on April 10, 2013.

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Mazda president speaks on new Mexico plant

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the venue of the Los Angeles Auto Show on Nov. 29, 2012. Yamanouchi said the automaker intends to turn a new plant to be built in Mexico into an export base for the global market.

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Paris Motor Show

PARIS, France - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi (R) unveils the Mazda6 wagon, known as the Atenza in Japan, at the 2012 Paris Motor Show in France on Sept. 27, 2012.

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Mazda in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd from R) and Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi (3rd from L) attend an opening ceremony for a Mazda car assembly line at a plant in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 6, 2012.

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Mazda-OJSC Sollers plant in Russian Far East

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. and OJSC Sollers of Russia hold a ceremony Sept. 6, 2012, to commemorate the establishment of their joint car manufacturing plant in Vladivostok, Russia, with Russian President Vladimir Putin (far R), Mazda President Takashi Yamanouchi (far L) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (2nd from L) in attendance.

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Mazda in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi (R) unveils the automaker's remodeled Mazda6 sedan at a motor show in Moscow on Aug. 29, 2012. Yamanouchi said Mazda will initially produce 30,000 vehicles a year at its factory in Vladivostok, in the Russian Far East, scheduled to start operating in September 2012.

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Mazda's CX-5 SUV

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi stands by the company's CX-5 sport utility vehicle in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 17, 2011. The vehicle uses the company's original ''Skyactiv'' fuel-efficient technology.

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Mazda president in interview

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi is interviewed by Kyodo News in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 17, 2011. He said Mazda is prepared to provide other automakers with the company's original ''Skyactiv'' fuel-efficient technology.

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Mazda's CX-5 SUV

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi (2nd from L) stands by the company's CX-5 sport utility vehicle unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show in California on Nov. 16, 2011. The vehicle uses the company's original ''Skyactiv'' fuel-efficient technology.

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Mazda unveils SUV with clean diesel engine

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi presents the CX-5, a sport-utility vehicle equipped with a clean diesel engine, during a press briefing in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Oct. 25, 2011.

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Mazda releases new Demio

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi (R) and Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo stand beside the latest model of the automaker's mainstay Demio compact car, released at its head office in Hiroshima on June 9, 2011. The new Demio is equipped with a 1.3-liter engine that makes the vehicle as fuel-efficient as gasoline-electric hybrid cars.

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Video game tie-up in local town

TOKYO, Japan - People stroll the Shibu hot spa area in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2010, the host town of a special event featuring the smash hit video game ''Monster Hunter Portable 3.''

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Mazda president at Tokyo press club

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Yamanouchi, president of Mazda Motor Corp., speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010. Yamanouchi hinted the automaker might open plants in emerging markets such as Brazil, India and Russia.

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Ford to sell 70% of shareholding in Mazda

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi comments on a plan by Ford Motor Co. to sell around 70 percent of its shareholding in the Japanese automaker on the Tokyo stock market, during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010.

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Mazda President Yamanouchi

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi explains the company's new technology in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2010. The automaker said the same day it will release a new gasoline-powered vehicle with about the same fuel efficiency as hybrid vehicles.

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Ozawa returns to work

OKUSHIGA, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks during a news conference in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa, who was undergoing treatment for esophagus cancer, revealed that he had an operation in late January for removal of his gullet and that he has resumed his work in public in Nagano Prefecture since July 26.

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Ozawa returns to work

OKUSHIGA, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks during a news conference in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa, who was undergoing treatment for esophagus cancer, revealed that he had an operation in late January for removal of his gullet and that he has resumed his work in public in Nagano Prefecture since July 26.

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Mazda's new Premacy with idle stop technology hits Japan market

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi stands by the company's all-new Premacy minivan during a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, 2010. The seven-seat minivan is equipped with Mazda's ''i-stop'' mechanism that automatically halts the engine when the vehicle comes to a stop and restarts it immediately.

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Mazda Motor raises earnings outlooks for FY 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the April-December period and earnings forecast for fiscal 2009 during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2010.

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Fuel-efficient Mazda2 unveiled at L.A. Auto Show

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi (L) and Mazda Motor of America Inc. President James O'Sullivan unveil the Mazda2, or Demio in Japan, at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Dec. 2, 2009. Mazda decided to release the subcompact next year in the North American market, where demand is growing for fuel-efficient cars.

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Ex-JR East Chairman Yamanouchi dies at 75

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Shuichiro Yamanouchi, former chairman of East Japan Railway Co. Yamanouchi, who also served as president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, died of heart failure on Aug. 7, people close to him said Aug. 13. He was 75.

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Monkeys find escape from severe weather in hot springs

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Monkeys warm themselves in hot springs at a monkey park in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Dec. 24 as heavy snowfalls hit the Japanese archipelago.

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China's Tang denies gov't support for anti-Japan protests

BEIJING, China - Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan speaks during his meeting with Kyodo News President Toyohiko Yamanouchi in Beijing on April 12. Tang denied the view the Chinese government supported a series of anti-Japan demonstrations last weekend, calling the accusation a distortion of the facts.

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Kyodo, Xinhua sign new agreement on cooperation

BEIJING, China - Kyodo News President Toyohiko Yamanouchi (L) and Xinhua News Agency President Tian Congming make a toast April 11 in Beijing after the Japanese and Chinese news agencies signed a new agreement that boosts their cooperation in not only news articles and photographs but also multimedia information services.

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Yonhap head meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Chang Young Sup (L), president-publisher of South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 12. Chang is on a four-day visit to Japan at the invitation of Kyodo News President Toyohiko Yamanouchi.

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(2)Vietnam's Khai says 13 more states may join ASEM

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (R) meets Kyodo News President Toyohiko Yamanouchi (L) at his office in Hanoi on March 2. Khai said his country is aiming to expand the membership of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) ahead of its summit conference in Hanoi in October by inviting 13 more nations to join.

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(1)Vietnam's Khai says 13 more states may join ASEM

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai meets Kyodo News President Toyohiko Yamanouchi at his office in Hanoi on March 2. He said his country is aiming to expand the membership of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) ahead of its summit conference in Hanoi in October by inviting 13 more nations to join.

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(1)Yamanouchi, Fujisawa to merge in April 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. President Toichi Takenaka (R) and Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. President Hatsuo Aoki shake hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 24. The companies agreed to merge April 1, 2005, to create the second-largest Japanese drug maker in terms of group sales.

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(2)Yamanouchi, Fujisawa to merge in April 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. President Toichi Takenaka (R) and Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. President Hatsuo Aoki tell reporters at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 24 about their agreement to merge April 1, 2005 to create the second-largest Japanese drug maker in terms of group sales.

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(4)Japan spy satellite launch fails

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Shuichiro Yamanouchi (L) and Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Takeo Kawamura bow in apology at a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Nov. 29. The agency's launch the same day of an H-2A rocket carrying a pair of spy satellites failed.

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Kyodo, AP agree to boost ties on 70th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Kyodo News President Toyohiko Yamanouchi (L) presents commemorative gifts to Associated Press (AP) President Tom Curley at Kyodo headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 12. Curley, along with three other senior members of AP's news and management operations, is in Tokyo to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance between Kyodo's predecessor and AP.

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Russia may decide to ratify Kyoto Protocol in Sept.

MOSCOW, Russia - Russia may make a final decision on ratifying the Kyodo Protocol on curbing global warming in September, which could lead to it entering into effect as early as the beginning of 2004, Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko indicates in Moscow on Aug. 4. ''A most decisive moment will come in the fall'' on whether to ratify the protocol, Khristenko said in an interview with Kyodo News President Toyohiko Yamanouchi.