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Press Conference on Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Submarine Repair Project.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. press conference on submarine repair business. Photo shows Yasuhiko Hashimoto, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. explains the project.=December 27,2024,Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Tokyo Head Office Minato-ku, Tokyo

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Press Conference on Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Submarine Repair Project.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. press conference on submarine repair business. Photo shows (from right) Yasuhiko Hashimoto, President and CEO of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Motohiko Nishimura, Senior Managing Executive Officer and President of Energy Solution & Marine Company of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. explaining the project.=December 27,2024,Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Tokyo Head Office Minato-ku, Tokyo

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Press Conference on Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Submarine Repair Project.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. press conference on submarine repair business. Photo shows (from right) Yasuhiko Hashimoto, President and CEO of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Motohiko Nishimura, Senior Managing Executive Officer and President of Energy Solution & Marine Company of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. explaining the project.=December 27,2024,Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Tokyo Head Office Minato-ku, Tokyo

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Press Conference on Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Submarine Repair Project.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. press conference on submarine repair business. Photo shows (from right) Yasuhiko Hashimoto, President and CEO of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Motohiko Nishimura, Senior Managing Executive Officer and President of Energy Solution & Marine Company of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. explaining the project.=December 27,2024,Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Tokyo Head Office Minato-ku, Tokyo

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Capital and business alliance with Nippon Life Insurance Rike

Capital and business alliance with Nippon Life Insurance and Rike. Pictured from right to left: Kazuo Sato, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Nippon Life Insurance; Yasuhiko Okamoto, Chairman, President and Group CEO, Laiku.=November 14,2024,Tokyo,Japan

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Capital and business alliance with Nippon Life Insurance Co.

Nippon Life Insurance and Rike form a capital and business alliance. Pictured from left to right: Yuko Kasahara, General Manager of Life Support Business, Nippon Life Insurance; Kazuo Sato, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Nippon Life Insurance; Yasuhiko Okamoto, Chairman, President and Group CEO, Laiku.=November 14,2024,Tokyo,Japan

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Capital and business alliance with Nippon Life Insurance Rike

Capital and business alliance with Nippon Life Insurance and Rike. Pictured from left are Kazuo Sato, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Nippon Life Insurance, and Yasuhiko Okamoto, Chairman, President and Group CEO of Laiku.=November 14,2024,Tokyo,Japan

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Capital and business alliance with Nippon Life Insurance Rike

Capital and business alliance with Nippon Life Insurance and Rike. (Photo from left to right: Kazuo Sato, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Nippon Life Insurance Company, Yasuhiko Okamoto, Chairman, President and Group CEO of Rike.=November 14,2024,Tokyo,Japan

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Press Conference

Kawasaki Heavy Industries held a press conference regarding inspection irregularities in marine engines.In the foreground of the photo is President Yasuhiko Hashimoto.=September 27,2024,Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Tokyo Headquarters

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Press Conference

Kawasaki Heavy Industries held a press conference regarding inspection irregularities in marine engines.Photo shows President Yasuhiko Hashimoto.=September 27,2024,Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Tokyo Headquarters

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Press Conference

Kawasaki Heavy Industries held a press conference regarding inspection irregularities in marine engines.In the foreground of the photo is President Yasuhiko Hashimoto.=September 27,2024,Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Tokyo Headquarters

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Former abductees' family marks 10th year of reunion

TOKYO, Japan - Children of two Japanese couples are about to fly from Pyongyang's international airport to Japan in May 2004. They are (from R in front row) Kiyoshi Chimura, Emi Chimura, Shigeyo Hasuike and Yasuhiko Chimura (L in back), and Katsuya Hasuike (R in back). Their parents were abducted by North Korean agents and repatriated to Japan.

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Kennedy visits Tokyo police

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shakes hands with Yasuhiko Nishimura, superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, during her visit to its headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014.

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Toyota Crown Majesta

NAGOYA, Japan - Yasuhiko Sato, a managing director of Toyota Motor Corp., stands by the automaker's fully-remodeled Crown Majesta luxury sedan in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 9, 2013.

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'Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin'

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, creator of the comic book series '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin,'' is seen at his office in Saitama Prefecture in July 2011.

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Saizeriya to pay back charges for its pizzas

YAMATO, Japan - Italian restaurant chain operator Saizeriya Co. President Yasuhiko Shogaki (R) speaks during a news conference at Zaizeriya's processing plant in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Oct. 21. He said the company will return money to customers who consumed its pizzas, some of which have been found tainted with the industrial chemical melamine.

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KDDI, Rostelecom to launch fiber-optic submarine cables

TOKYO, Japan - Konstantin Solodukhin (L), general director of Rostelecom, Russia's largest long-distance telecom carrier, and Yasuhiko Ito, executive vice president of Japanese telecommunications firm KDDI Corp., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5 to announce that the two companies will begin operating fiber-optic undersea cables between the two countries for high-speed data transmission.

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Japanese major leaguers at final stage of spring training

SURPRISE, United States - Kansas City Royals right-hander Yasuhiko Yabuta (R) speaks with manager Trey Hillman (L) and catcher Miguel Olivo (C) after allowing three hits and two runs during a preseason outing against the Texas Rangers in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27. (MLB)

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Yabuta at ease with Hillman at the helm

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals' manager Trey Hillman (L) and newly-acquired pitcher Yasuhiko Yabuta of Japan shake hands during a press conference in Kansas City on Nov. 29. Yabuta signed a two-year contract with the Royals with an option for 2010.

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Japan vs Bulgaria friendly

OSAKA, Japan - Japan midfielder Yasuhiko Endo (L) and defender Akira Kaiji (R) attempt to block Bulgaria striker Svetoslav Todorov (C) in the first half of their pre-World Cup friendly at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on May 9.

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(2)Names of Chimuras' children unveiled

OBAMA, Japan - Repatriated abductees Yasushi Chimura and his wife Fukie unveiled the names of their three children from North Korea on May 31. (From L to R in this file photo) Their second son Kiyoshi, 16, daughter Emi, 22, and the eldest son Yasuhiko, 20.

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(4)Names of Chimuras' children unveiled

OBAMA, Japan - File photo shows Yasuhiko Chimura, the 20-year-old son of Japanese abductees Yasushi Chimura and his wife Fukie. Yasuhiko came to Japan on May 22 from North Korea with his younger brother Kiyoshi, 16, and his sister Emi, 22.

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(3)Names of Chimuras' children unveiled

OBAMA, Japan - File photo shows Kiyoshi Chimura, the 16-year-old second son of Japanese abductees Yasushi Chimura and his wife Fukie. Kiyoshi came to Japan on May 22 from North Korea with his brother Yasuhiko, 20, and sister Emi, 22.

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(5)Names of Chimuras' children unveiled

OBAMA, Japan - File photo shows Emi Chimura, the 22-year-old daughter of Japanese abductees Yasushi Chimura and his wife Fukie. Emi came to Japan on May 22 from North Korea with her two brothers Yasuhiko, 20, and Kiyoshi, 16.

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(1)Names of Chimuras' children unveiled

OBAMA, Japan - Japanese repatriated abductees Yasushi Chimura (C) and his wife Fukie (R) register at the Obama municipal office in Fukui Prefecture on May 31 the change of address of their three children, Emi, Yasuhiko and Kiyoshi, who came to Japan from North Korea on May 22.

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Education panel to review local education board system

TOKYO, Japan - Education minister Takeo Kawamura (L) speaks at a meeting of the Central Education Council on March 4. He urged the advisory panel to drastically review local education boards to update the nation's 55-year-old board system, as Council Chairman Yasuhiko Torii listens.

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Panel urges drastic change to education law

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (L), chairman of the Central Education Council, a government advisory panel, hands a report recommending a drastic revision of the basic education law to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on March 20. The report specifically advocated the idea of cultivating patriotism and public spirit in schools with an emphasis on individual dignity.

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Education panel recommends mandating student community work

TOKYO, July 29 Kyodo - Atsuko Toyama (L), Japan's education minister, receives a report on education policy from Yasuhiko Torii, chairman of an advisory panel to Toyama, at a hotel July 29 in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The panel recommended schoolchildren be required to take part in community activities, and that this be a part of student evaluations.

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Education panel proposes dismissed teachers surrender licenses

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (R), chairman of the Central Education Council, presents an interim report summarizing his panel's recommendations on education reform to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on Dec. 25. The panel proposed taking away the licenses of teachers who are dishonorably dismissed.

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Gov't asks panel to consider education law revisions

TOKYO, Japan - Education minister Atsuko Toyama (L) asks Yasuhiko Torii, chairman of the Central Council for Education, her advisory panel, on Nov. 26 to recommend within a year whether Japan's 1947 Fundamental Law of Education should be revised. Toyama said a study of revisions to the law is necessary to deal with changes in the times and society, nurture creativity, and foster respect for tradition and culture.

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Nissan's Ghosn chosen as one of six 'most ideal fathers'

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn (2nd from R), a father of four, was one of six men chosen as ''most ideal fathers'' in a contest in Tokyo on June 5 ahead of Father's Day on June 17. Japan Men's Fashion Unity also gave the 20th Yellow Ribbon Award to (from L to R) Yasuhiko Okudera, a former pro soccer player and current Yokohama athletic club head, actor Naoki Hosaka, Yoshiharu Habu, a master of ''shogi'' Japanese chess, Heizo Takenaka, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, and Mie Gov. Masayasu Kitagawa (R).

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(1)World Cup ticket sales on Internet postponed

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Ando (R), secretary general of the Japanese World Cup organizing committee (JAWOC), speaks at a news conference Feb. 15 on the FIFA decision to put off Internet ticket applications in Japan and South Korea for next year's World Cup finals to be co-hosted by the two countries.

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Education panel selects Keio Univ. head Torii as chief

TOKYO, Japan - Keio University President Yasuhiko Torii (R) addresses a meeting of the Central Education Council in Tokyo on Feb. 1 after being chosen as head of the advisory panel to education minister Nobutaka Machimura (L). It was the Council's first meeting with new members since a major shakeup of central government entities in January.

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JAWOC calls for names for 2002 World Cup mascots

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Endo, secretary general of the Japanese organizing committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC), calls for names for the event's mascots at a press conference Jan. 16 in Tokyo. The announcement coincided with the start of a 500-day countdown to the opening of the finals, which are to be co-hosted with South Korea.

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Hankyu President Takata reports on release of hostages

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Takata, president of Hankyu Express International Co., meets the press at the company's Tokyo office in Minato Ward on Nov. 5 after a group of Japanese tourists was freed unharmed on Nov. 4. Thirty-three Japanese were released after a nearly eight-hour hijacking ordeal in Greece.

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Father of freed hostage smiles on news of son's release

MIYOTA, Japan - Yasuhiko Harada, father of Japanese mining engineer Haruo Harada, who was abducted by Islamic rebels in August in Kyrgyzstan, smiles at his home in Miyota, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 25 after hearing his son was released along with three other Japanese and a Kyrgyz national.

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Kawasaki, Mitsui tie up in shipbuilding

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Ono (L), vice president of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., and Hiroshi Kitajima (R), vice president of Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co., shake hands after announcing an agreement on broad cooperation in commercial shipbuilding operations at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 22.

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2002 World Cup logo unveiled

Yasuhiko Endo (L), secretary-general of the Japanese Organizing Committee of the 2002 World Cup, and Shunichiro Okano, president of the Football Association of Japan, unveil the official logo for the 2002 World Cup in Tokyo on May 31. The logo features an image of the famous golden trophy within a multicolored circle, designed to represent human characteristics such as passion, strength and hope.

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Alliance between Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Optimum

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Optimum Corporation announced today that they will form a business alliance to utilize the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) in the fields of precision machinery and robots. The two companies will build a platform (foundation) for AI analysis of data collected from hydraulic equipment and robots, aiming at early development and commercialization of new solutions such as more efficient maintenance work. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the alliance. Medicaloid has been developing surgical support robots with the aim of bringing them to market by the end of fiscal 2007. (Photo: Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Director and Managing Executive Officer of Kawaju (left) and Shunji Sugaya, President of Optimum) (November 1, 2019, photo credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Gov't asks panel to consider education law revisions

TOKYO, Japan - Education minister Atsuko Toyama (L) asks Yasuhiko Torii, chairman of the Central Council for Education, her advisory panel, on Nov. 26 to recommend within a year whether Japan's 1947 Fundamental Law of Education should be revised. Toyama said a study of revisions to the law is necessary to deal with changes in the times and society, nurture creativity, and foster respect for tradition and culture.

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Education panel proposes dismissed teachers surrender licenses

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (R), chairman of the Central Education Council, presents an interim report summarizing his panel's recommendations on education reform to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on Dec. 25. The panel proposed taking away the licenses of teachers who are dishonorably dismissed.

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Japan vs Bulgaria friendly

OSAKA, Japan - Japan midfielder Yasuhiko Endo (L) and defender Akira Kaiji (R) attempt to block Bulgaria striker Svetoslav Todorov (C) in the first half of their pre-World Cup friendly at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on May 9. (Kyodo)

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Yabuta inks 2-yr deal with Royals

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows right-handed pitcher Yasuhiko Yabuta whom the Kansas City Royals signed to a two-year contract with an option for 2010. The reliever has spent his entire 12-year professional career pitching for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Pacific League from 1996 to 2007. (Kyodo)

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KDDI, Rostelecom to launch fiber-optic submarine cables

TOKYO, Japan - Konstantin Solodukhin (L), general director of Rostelecom, Russia's largest long-distance telecom carrier, and Yasuhiko Ito, executive vice president of Japanese telecommunications firm KDDI Corp., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5 to announce that the two companies will begin operating fiber-optic undersea cables between the two countries for high-speed data transmission. (Kyodo)

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Saizeriya to pay back charges for its pizzas

YAMATO, Japan - Italian restaurant chain operator Saizeriya Co. President Yasuhiko Shogaki (R) speaks during a news conference at Zaizeriya's processing plant in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Oct. 21. He said the company will return money to customers who consumed its pizzas, some of which have been found tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. (Kyodo)

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2002 World Cup logo unveiled

Yasuhiko Endo (L), secretary-general of the Japanese Organizing Committee of the 2002 World Cup, and Shunichiro Okano, president of the Football Association of Japan, unveil the official logo for the 2002 World Cup in Tokyo on May 31. The logo features an image of the famous golden trophy within a multicolored circle, designed to represent human characteristics such as passion, strength and hope.

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Education panel recommends mandating student community work

TOKYO, July 29 Kyodo - Atsuko Toyama (L), Japan's education minister, receives a report on education policy from Yasuhiko Torii, chairman of an advisory panel to Toyama, at a hotel July 29 in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The panel recommended schoolchildren be required to take part in community activities, and that this be a part of student evaluations. (Kyodo)

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Yasuhiko Endo, Secretary General of the Japanese World Cup Organizing Committee (JAWOC)

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Japanese reporter had no intention of defaming ROK leader: academic

Tatsuya Kato (R), former Seoul bureau chief for the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun, and Yasuhiko Tajima, professor at Sophia University in Tokyo, enter the Seoul Central District Court on Aug. 17, 2015. Tajima testified that Kato had no intention of defaming South Korean President Park Geung Hye in his story that cited local news reports saying that Park was absent for several hours during the Sewol ferry disaster in April 2014 because she was with a man. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Kyodo News Pres. Yasuhiko Inukai dies at 87

Undated photo shows Yasuhiko Inukai, a grandson of former Prime Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai and an adviser to Kyodo News who was its president in the 1990s. Inukai died of heart disease on July 12, 2015, at the age of 87, according to his family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo