Marinos manager Kimura dismissed

Marinos manager Kimura dismissed

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kazushi Kimura, manager of Yokohama F Marinos, speaks with reporters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 30, 2011, after he was fired following the club's loss in the Emperor's Cup semifinals to second division team Kyoto Sanga. Kimura, 53, will be replaced by 50-year-old coach Yasuhiro Higuchi.

Ventforet sack manager Higuchi

Ventforet sack manager Higuchi

Photo taken April 29, 2015 shows Ventforet Kofu manager Yasuhiro Higuchi (front) walking off the field at Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium in the eastern Japanese city of Kofu after the club's sixth consecutive loss in the J-League soccer first division. Higuchi has been fired, Ventforet said on May 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Marinos manager Kimura dismissed

Marinos manager Kimura dismissed

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kazushi Kimura, manager of Yokohama F Marinos, speaks with reporters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 30, 2011, after he was fired following the club's loss in the Emperor's Cup semifinals to second division team Kyoto Sanga. Kimura, 53, will be replaced by 50-year-old coach Yasuhiro Higuchi. (Kyodo)

Japan names new ambassadors to Greece, El Salvador, Georgia

Japan names new ambassadors to Greece, El Salvador, Georgia

Undated combined photo shows (from L) Tadaharu Uehara, an adviser to Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Kazuyoshi Higuchi, a senior official of Sumitomo Corp., and Yasuhiro Shimizu, a former chief of the Secretariat of the Nuclear Regulation Authority. The Japan government on June 20, 2017 appointed Uehara, Higuchi and Shimizu as ambassadors to Georgia, El Salvador and Greece, respectively. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo