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Kadota, Yamada, 3 others inducted into Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Three-time Pacific League home run king Hiromitsu Kadota (R) and Hisashi Yamada (C), ace pitcher for the Hankyu Braves in their heyday in the 1970s, have been inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, the selection panel said Jan. 10. Three others also inducted are former Chunichi Dragons infielder Morimichi Takagi (2nd from R), former baseball commissioner Hiromori Kawashima (4th from R) and former Nishitetsu Lions infielder and baseball commentator Yasumitsu Toyoda (L).

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Hikari Tsushin's Shigeta gives up post at Softbank

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows Hikari Tsushin Inc. President Yasumitsu Shigeta, who resigned April 26 as outside director at Softbank Corp. in order to concentrate on running his own company. Hikari Tsushin anticipates a loss of 11.60 billion yen for the current business year through Aug. 31, instead of the profit of 8.0 billion yen it projected last August.

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Forbes picks Japan's Shigeta among world's five richest men

TOKYO, Japan - This is a file photo of Yasumitsu Shigeta, president of Japanese cellular phone retailer Hikari Tsushin Inc., who has been named as the world's fifth richest man by Forbes Global magazine. The business magazine said Shigeta has the fastest-growing fortune in the world. Shigeta, 34, owns 62 percent of Hikari Tsushin. The company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's First Section in September.

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Kadota, Yamada, 3 others inducted into Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Three-time Pacific League home run king Hiromitsu Kadota (R) and Hisashi Yamada (C), ace pitcher for the Hankyu Braves in their heyday in the 1970s, have been inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, the selection panel said Jan. 10. Three others also inducted are former Chunichi Dragons infielder Morimichi Takagi (2nd from R), former baseball commissioner Hiromori Kawashima (4th from R) and former Nishitetsu Lions infielder and baseball commentator Yasumitsu Toyoda (L). (Kyodo)

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Shogi body names new head after cheating claim

Yasumitsu Sato (C), new head of the Japan Shogi Association, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2017. His predecessor stepped down before the end of his term in June to take responsibility for the flawed manner in which the association dealt with a claim that a top-ranked player cheated in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hikari Tsushin's Shigeta gives up post at Softbank

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows Hikari Tsushin Inc. President Yasumitsu Shigeta, who resigned April 26 as outside director at Softbank Corp. in order to concentrate on running his own company. Hikari Tsushin anticipates a loss of 11.60 billion yen for the current business year through Aug. 31, instead of the profit of 8.0 billion yen it projected last August.

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Japan's Hikari Tsushin to become tenant at Hong Kong's Cyber-Por

HONG KONG, China - Yasumitsu Shigeta (R), president and chief executive officer of Japanese mobile phone giant Hikari Tsushin Inc., and Richard Li (L), chairman of Hong Kong's Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. (PCCW), sign a memorandum of understanding Jan. 14. Hikari Tsushin has agreed to become an anchor tenant of Cyber-Port, a high-tech business park being developed by (PCCW) with support from the Hong Kong government.

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Forbes picks Japan's Shigeta among world's five richest men

TOKYO, Japan - This is a file photo of Yasumitsu Shigeta, president of Japanese cellular phone retailer Hikari Tsushin Inc., who has been named as the world's fifth richest man by Forbes Global magazine. The business magazine said Shigeta has the fastest-growing fortune in the world. Shigeta, 34, owns 62 percent of Hikari Tsushin. The company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's First Section in September.