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Kawamura to succeed Nishiguchi as Kyocera president

KYOTO, Japan - Kyocera Corp. Managing Executive Officer Makoto Kawamura, who will succeed Yasuo Nishiguchi as resident, smiles at a press conference in Kyoto on April 14.

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Carlyle, Kyocera finalize deal on DDI Pocket purchase

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Onodera (L), president of KDDI, Tamotsu Adachi (2nd from L), Japanese representative of U.S. investment firm Carlyle Group, Yasuo Nishiguchi, president of Kyocera Corp. (2n from R) and Takeo Yamashita, president of DDI Pocket Inc., pose for photos during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on June 21. They announced that Carlyle Group and Kyocera will buy DDI Pocket, an affiliate of KDDI, 220 billion yen.

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Kyocera to enter luminescent display market

KYOTO, Japan - Kyocera Corp. President Yasuo Nishiguchi presents a flat-panel organic electroluminescent (EL) display in Kyoto Jan. 13. The ceramics maker said it will start commercial production of 2-8 inch displays in October 2005. EL displays consume less electricity and have greater resolution than liquid crystal displays.

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Kyocera to make Toshiba Chemical wholly owned unit Aug. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Nishiguchi (R), president of Kyocera Corp., and Iwao Yamazaki, president of Toshiba Chemical Corp, shake hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 16. They announced that Kyocera Corp. will make Toshiba Chemical Corp. a wholly owned subsidiary through an equity swap on Aug. 1.

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Kyocera inks accord on cell-phone joint venture in China

BEIJING - Japan's Kyocera Corp. on Saturday agreed with Zhenhua Technology Corp. of China to set up a joint venture to produce and market cellular phones. Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi (L) shake hands with Chen Qingjie, chairman of Zhenhua Technology, based in Guizhou Province, after signing the agreement in Beijing on Sept. 22.

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Japan's three telecom firms to merge next Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp. announced they have agreed to merge into a single company Oct. 1 next year. DDI is a long-distance carrier belonging to the Kyocera Corp. group, while IDO is a mobile phone operator affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp. KDD is Japan's largest international telecom carrier, in which Toyota is a major shareholder. Posing at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Dec. 16 are (from L to R) Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera Honorary Chairman Kazuo Inamori, KDD President Tadashi Nishimoto, DDI President Yusai Okuyama, IDO President Satoshi Nakagawa, Toyota Chairman Hiroshi Okuda and Toyota President Fujio Cho.

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Kyocera inks accord on cell-phone joint venture in China

BEIJING - Japan's Kyocera Corp. on Saturday agreed with Zhenhua Technology Corp. of China to set up a joint venture to produce and market cellular phones. Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi (L) shake hands with Chen Qingjie, chairman of Zhenhua Technology, based in Guizhou Province, after signing the agreement in Beijing on Sept. 22.

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Kawamura to succeed Nishiguchi as Kyocera president

KYOTO, Japan - Kyocera Corp. Managing Executive Officer Makoto Kawamura, who will succeed Yasuo Nishiguchi as resident, smiles at a press conference in Kyoto on April 14. (Kyodo)

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Carlyle, Kyocera finalize deal on DDI Pocket purchase

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Onodera (L), president of KDDI, Tamotsu Adachi (2nd from L), Japanese representative of U.S. investment firm Carlyle Group, Yasuo Nishiguchi, president of Kyocera Corp. (2n from R) and Takeo Yamashita, president of DDI Pocket Inc., pose for photos during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on June 21. They announced that Carlyle Group and Kyocera will buy DDI Pocket, an affiliate of KDDI, 220 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Kyocera to make Toshiba Chemical wholly owned unit Aug. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Nishiguchi (R), president of Kyocera Corp., and Iwao Yamazaki, president of Toshiba Chemical Corp, shake hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 16. They announced that Kyocera Corp. will make Toshiba Chemical Corp. a wholly owned subsidiary through an equity swap on Aug. 1.

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Japan's three telecom firms to merge next Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp. announced they have agreed to merge into a single company Oct. 1 next year. DDI is a long-distance carrier belonging to the Kyocera Corp. group, while IDO is a mobile phone operator affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp. KDD is Japan's largest international telecom carrier, in which Toyota is a major shareholder. Posing at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Dec. 16 are (from L to R) Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera Honorary Chairman Kazuo Inamori, KDD President Tadashi Nishimoto, DDI President Yusai Okuyama, IDO President Satoshi Nakagawa, Toyota Chairman Hiroshi Okuda and Toyota President Fujio Cho.