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[Breaking News]Mitsubishi to exit from offshore wind projects in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 28 Kyodo - Mitsubishi Corp. President Katsuya Nakanishi meets Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoji Muto at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2025, over the major trading company's decision to exit from domestic offshore wind power generation projects. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi to exit from offshore wind projects in Japan

Mitsubishi Corp. President Katsuya Nakanishi (L) meets Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoji Muto (R) at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2025, over the major trading company's decision to exit from domestic offshore wind power generation projects.

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Japan economy minister Muto

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto speaks to reporters over the government's measures to subsidize the energy bills of households and businesses during the summer amid inflation, in Tokyo on May 27, 2025.

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Japan-EU economic dialog

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (R) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (C) attend a Japan-European Union high-level economic dialog in Tokyo on May 8, 2025.

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Japan-EU economic dialog

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (2nd from R), European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic (2nd from L) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (3rd from R) attend a Japan-European Union high-level economic dialog in Tokyo on May 8, 2025.

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Japan-EU economic dialog

(from L) Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto pose for a photo at the outset of a Japan-European Union high-level economic dialog in Tokyo on May 8, 2025.

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Japanese trade minister Muto

Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto (2nd from R) speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 3, 2025.

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Japanese trade minister Muto

Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 3, 2025.

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Japan, China-S. Korea trade meeting

(From L) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto, South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk Geun and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao pose for a photo ahead of their trilateral talks in Seoul on March 30, 2025.

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Japan, China-S. Korea trade meeting

(From L) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto, South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk Geun and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao pose for a photo ahead of their trilateral talks in Seoul on March 30, 2025.

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Japan, China-S. Korea trade meeting

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto speaks during a meeting with South Korea's Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk Geun and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Seoul on March 30, 2025.

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Japanese trade minister Muto

Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto speaks at a press conference in Washington on March 10, 2025.

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"2-plus-2" economic meeting

(From L) British Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto pose for a photo at the outset of a "two-plus-two" economic meeting in Tokyo on March 7, 2025. (Pool photo)

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"2-plus-2" economic meeting

British Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds (2nd from L), British Foreign Secretary David Lammy (far L), Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (2nd from R) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (3rd from R) hold a "two-plus-two" economic meeting in Tokyo on March 7, 2025. (Pool photo)

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"2-plus-2" economic meeting

(From L) British Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto hold a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2025, following a "two-plus-two" economic meeting. (Pool photo)

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Japanese trade minister Muto

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto speaks at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2025.

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Animator Miyazaki

keyword: "Princess Mononoke", STUDIO GHIBLI INC., Hayao Miyazaki, Yuriko Ishida, Yōji Matsuda=March 10, 1997,Tokyo (Kyodo)

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Japanese film director Yamada

Japanese film director Yoji Yamada gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2024.

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Japanese film director Yamada

Japanese film director Yoji Yamada gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2024.

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Japanese film director Yamada

Japanese film director Yoji Yamada gives an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2024.

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Ministers visit World Expo 2025 site

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (4th from R) and Yoshitaka Ito (3rd from R), minister for the World Expo 2025, visit the exposition site in Osaka on Oct. 6, 2024, ahead of the six-month event to be held in the western Japan city from mid-April 2025.

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Lineup of Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet

Yoji Muto, who is set to become economy, trade and industry minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, before his attestation in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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JR Kyushu and SkyDrive tie up in flying taxi business

SkyDrive Inc. CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa (R) and Kyushu Railway Co. President Yoji Furumiya shake hands in Tokyo on July 4, 2024, after the two companies concluded a business partnership accord to study the feasibility of commercializing a flying taxi service at railway stations operated by the JR company on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu and commercial facilities in the Kyushu region in 2026 at the earliest.

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Database private image. Yoji Yamada

Yoji Yamada. Dalian China.

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Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada is interviewed at Toho Studios in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014, on the death of actor Ken Takakura, who starred in Yamada's 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief."

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Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada bites his lip while being interviewed at Toho Studios in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014, regarding the death of actor Ken Takakura, who starred in Yamada's 1977 film "The Yellow Handkerchief."

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Film director Yamada's bust unveiled at museum

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada smiles by his bust unveiled at the Yamada Yoji Museum in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on Nov. 8, 2014.

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Tora-san Museum welcomes 4 millionth visitor

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony is held to celebrate the 4 millionth visitor to the Tora-san Museum in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, on Nov. 8, 2014. The museum is dedicated to Tora-san, a kind-hearted vagabond in popular movie series "Otoko wa tsurai yo" directed by Yoji Yamada. From L: actor Gajiro Sato, Yamada, and museum visitors Kenji Aoyagi and his wife Eriko.

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Tokyo metropolis names 3 people honorary citizens

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo metropolitan government recognizes three people as honorary citizens of the capital at its office on Oct. 1, 2014. From L: retired professional baseball star Shigeo Nagashima, figurative artist Kunitami Mitsuhashi and film director Yoji Yamada.

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Farmer from Chiba Pref. wins giant pumpkin competition

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Yoji Miyamoto poses with his giant pumpkin on Shodo Island in Kagawa Prefecture on Sept. 21, 2014, after the pumpkin weighing 458.1 kilograms won the giant pumpkin competition. Miyamto started growing giant pumpkins in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, about eight years ago.

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Actress, director show scale model of 'Totto-chan's Square'

TOKYO, Japan - Actress and TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (2nd from R) and movie director Yoji Yamada (2nd from L) stand before a scale model of "Totto-chan's Square" in Tokyo on May 22, 2014. The square is to be built at the Chihiro Art Museum featuring illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki in Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. "Totto-chan" is a lead character in "The Little Girl at the Window" authored by Kuroyanagai, who also is director of the museum.

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Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum celebrates 20th anniversary

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yoji Iwaoka, head of the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, poses in a replica street of the 1950s at the food-themed amusement park in Yokohama just west of Tokyo on March 6, 2014. The museum, which attracted over 150,000 foreign visitors in 2013, celebrated its 20th anniversary the same day.

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Humble actress achieves success at young age

BERLIN, Germany - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2014 shows Japanese actress Haru Kuroki holding the Silver Bear trophy at a press conference in Berlin, Germany. Kuroki won the best actress award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival for her part in director Yoji Yamada's "The Little House."

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Haru Kuroki wins best actress award at Berlin film festival

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese actress Haru Kuroki (R) and director Yoji Yamada hold a trophy for the Silver Bear for best actress award at the 64th Berlin International Festival in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 15, 2014. Kuroki received the award for her part in Yamada's "The Little House."

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Haru Kuroki wins best actress award at Berlin film festival

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese actress Haru Kuroki speaks at a press conference in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 15, 2014, after winning the Silver Bear for best actress at the 64th Berlin International Festival for her part in director Yoji Yamada's "The Little House."

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Film director Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada speaks at Kyodo News head office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2013.

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Film director Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada speaks at Kyodo News head office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2013.

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Wake for Nagisa Oshima

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada attends a wake for fellow moviemaker Nagisa Oshima at Tsukiji Hongan-ji temple in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Oshima, known for directing "In the Realm of the Senses" and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," died of pneumonia on Jan. 15 at the age 80.

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Museum decidated to works of film director Yoji Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada (2nd from L) visits a museum dedicated to his works, which opened in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on Dec. 15, 2012. Yamada's works include the hit series "Otoko wa Tsuraiyo" (It's Tough Being a Man).

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Museum dedicated to works of film director Yoji Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada (C) attends a ceremony marking the opening of a museum dedicated to his works, in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward, on Dec. 15, 2012. Yamada's works include the hit series "Otoko wa Tsuraiyo" (It's Tough Being a Man).

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Person claiming responsibility for online threats sends message

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Yoji Ochiai holds a tablet computer in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2012. An unidentified person sent an e-mail to Ochiai and several news organizations on Nov. 13, claiming to be the culprit behind a spate of threatening messages posted online or sent as e-mails from remotely controlled personal computers, investigative sources said on Nov. 14.

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Person claiming responsibility for online threats sends message

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 14, 2012, shows message e-mailed by an unidentified person to lawyer Yoji Ochiai and several news organizations on Nov. 13, claiming to be the culprit behind a spate of threatening messages posted online or sent as e-mails from remotely controlled personal computers.

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Cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Recipients of Japan's Order of Culture pose for photos after receiving the awards at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2012. From L are art critic Shuji Takashina, film director Yoji Yamada, international law scholar Shigeru Oda, Japanese-style painter Toshio Matsuo, plant cell and molecular biology authority Yasuyuki Yamada and Nobel Prize in medicine laureate Shinya Yamanaka.

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Japan culture award

TOKYO, Japan - Film director Yoji Yamada is pictured in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. The "It's Tough Being a Man" series director was selected on Oct. 30 among the six recipients of the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, for the year.

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Dynam Japan debuts on H.K. bourse

HONG KONG, China - Pachinko parlor operator Dynam Japan Holdings Co. President Yoji Sato (R) shakes hands with Chow Chung-kong, chairman of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd., during a ceremony marking the pinball arcade company's debut on the Hong Kong bourse on Aug. 6, 2012.

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Reporter publishes book on Kim Jong Nam

TOKYO, Japan - Yoji Gomi, a reporter for the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. He published a book based on interviews with and emails from Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Japan-China cultural exchange events

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R) and Japanese film director Yoji Yamada (R) attend a press conference in Beijing on June 8, 2011, before an opening ceremony for cultural events to introduce Japanese films, TV dramas and animation in China.

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Film director Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows film director Yoji Yamada. Film production company Shochiku Co. said on April 14, 2011, the production of his new movie ''Tokyo Kazoku'' (Tokyo Family) will be put off due to the March 11 quake and tsunami. Yamada said the situation after the disaster will be reflected in a rewritten script.

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Yoji Yamada to shoot film based on 'Tokyo Story'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada takes part in a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010. The 79-year-old director, who will mark 50 years next year since his debut, said he will shoot a film ''Tokyo Kazoku (family)'' based on Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece ''Tokyo Story,'' shifting the setting to the present day.

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Hatoyama meets with filmmaker Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and prizewinning filmmaker Yoji Yamada shake hands at the premier's office on April 19, 2010. Yamada, who was awarded a prize at the Berlin film festival in February, called on the government to boost support for the movie industry.