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[Breaking News]Japan megaquake alert ends

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Japanese disaster management minister Yoshifumi Matsumura meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2024, as a megaquake advisory around the Nankai Trough along the Pacific coast officially ended at 5 p.m. The advisory was issued by the weather agency after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8. (Kyodo)

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Japanese disaster management minister Yoshifumi Matsumura meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2024, as a megaquake advisory around the Nankai Trough along the Pacific coast officially ended at 5 p.m. The advisory was issued by the weather agency after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8.

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Hiroshima resets "peace clock"

Yoshifumi Ishida, director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, looks at a "peace clock" monument on May 19, 2024, at the museum in the city of Hiroshima, which counts the number of days since the last nuclear test. The clock was reset from "976" to "5" the same day, after the city learned that the United State conducted a subcritical nuclear experiment on May 14.

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Taiheiyo Cement President Change Press Conference

Taiheiyo Cement President Change Press Conference. From left: Yoshifumi Taura, President and Representative Director (currently, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer); Masafumi Fujihara, Chairman of the Board (currently, President and Representative Director) =Date:Febuary 27, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Taiheiyo Cement President Change Press Conference

Taiheiyo Cement President Change Press Conference. From left: Yoshifumi Taura, President and Representative Director (currently, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer); Masafumi Fujihara, Chairman of the Board (currently, President and Representative Director) =Date:Febuary 27, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Taiheiyo Cement President Change Press Conference

Taiheiyo Cement President Change Press Conference. Yoshifumi Taura Next President and Representative Director (currently Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer) =Date:Febuary 27, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Strong quake jolts Sea of Japan area

Japanese disaster management minister Yoshifumi Matsumura (C) arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2024, after a strong earthquake rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle

New Japanese Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Yoshifumi Matsumura (R) attends an attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023, after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) reshuffled his Cabinet. (Pool photo)

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Koike sends off SDF mission to Golan Heights

KOBE, Japan - Defense Minister Yuriko Koike (L) hands the contingent's flag to Maj. Yoshifumi Ogura during a sendoff ceremony in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 19 for a Self-Defense Force contingent to join the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights. Ogura will command the group for six moths from late August.

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Motion adopted to send N. Korea rights issue to ICC

NEW YORK, United States - Yoshifumi Okamura, a deputy Japanese ambassador, responds to reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Dec. 18, 2014, as the U.N. General Assembly formally endorsed a resolution slamming North Korea's human rights record and urging for the first time that the Security Council consider taking the issue to the International Criminal Court.

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Hospital succeeds in heart surgery on 2-month-old boy

MATSUE, Japan - Yoshifumi Fujimoto (R), a heart surgeon at Shimane University Hospital, attends a press conference on Oct. 8, 2014, in the western Japan city of Izumo. The hospital team successfully performed arterial switch operations on the heart of a 2-month-old baby who was suffering from a serious congenital heart disease.

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Kyoto temple documents to be recommended for UNESCO listing

KYOTO, Japan - Yoshifumi Takaishi, head of the Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives, expresses his pleasure in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 12, 2014, following a UNESCO advisory panel's decision to recommend historical documents at Toji Temple, called "Toji Hyakugo Monjo" (Toji Temple's 100 boxes of documents), for inclusion in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

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Sunken Mongol Empire ship found off Nagasaki Pref.

NAGASAKI, Japan - Yoshifumi Ikeda (R), a professor at the University of the Ryukyus, speaks at a press conference in Nagasaki on Oct. 24, 2011. Ikeda announced a recent discovery of the hull of a ship off the island of Takashima in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture, which is believed to be part of a Mongol Empire ship that apparently sank during an invasion attempt against Japan. In the second attack by the Yuan Dynasty in 1281, a large number of vessels are believed to have sunk off the island due to a storm.

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Hand-built shelter saves 60 people in Miyagi

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshifumi Sato, 76, stands in front of his self-made shelter in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011. Sato's shelter built on a high hill spared the lives of some 60 residents who took refuge there when the killer tsunami hit the city on March 11, inundating a designated evacuation site nearby and killing many. The evacuees at Sato's shelter were stranded there for about three days but were able to survive on stockpiled food and water.

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Japanese ambassador rescued after attack in Ivory Coast

TOKYO, Japan - Still image taken from footage uploaded on the French Defense Ministry website on April 7, 2011, shows Japanese Ambassador to Ivory Coast Yoshifumi Okamura boarding a helicopter. Okamura and local employees were rescued by the French military the previous night after an armed group broke into the envoy's official residence in Abidjan.

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Japan-U.S. 'sakura' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Gen. Yoshifumi Hibako (L), chief of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and Gen. George Casey, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, shake hands at the Japanese Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2010, after a ''sakura'' tree planting ceremony. Hibako said he hoped bilateral relations will grow like the symbolic tree of Japan.

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Chunichi beats Lotte

NAGOYA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons right fielder Kei Nomoto fails to come up with a double off the bat of Lotte Marines' Yoshifumi Okada during the fifth inning of Game 2 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on Oct. 31, 2010. The Dragons won 12-1.

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Ex-Vice Finance Minister Saito tapped as Japan Post chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Finance Minister Jiro Saito, who has been picked as Japan Post Holdings Co. president to succeed Yoshifumi Nishikawa, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21.

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Kamei taps former vice finance minister Saito to succeed Nishikawa

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei, state minister in charge of postal reform, speaks during a press conference at the Financial Services Agency on Oct. 21, 2009, saying he will appoint former Vice Finance Minister Jiro Saito as Japan Post Holdings Co. president to succeed Yoshifumi Nishikawa.

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Vice finance minister Saito to succeed Nishikawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows portrait of former Vice Finance Minister Jiro Saito who is appointed as Japan Post Holdings Co. president to succeed Yoshifumi Nishikawa.

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Japan Post head Nishikawa announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa looks glum during a news conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2009. Nishikawa announced his intention to step down amid calls for his resignation from the new government, which has adopted a policy to overhaul Japan's postal privatization.

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Japan Post head Nishikawa announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa speaks at a news conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2009. Nishikawa announced his intention to step down amid calls for his resignation from the new government, which has adopted a policy to overhaul Japan's postal privatization.

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Minister asks Japan Post to postpone parcel service integration

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Tsutomu Sato (L) holds talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 11. Sato requested Nishikawa to postpone the planned integration in October of the parcel delivery operations of Japan Post and private-sector trucking company Nippon Express Co.

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Nishikawa's reappointment as head of Japan Post authorized

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshifumi Nishikawa speaks to reporters at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on June 29 after his reappointment as president of government-owned Japan Post Holdings Co. was authorized by Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Tsutomu Sato.

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Nishikawa's reappointment as head of Japan Post authorized

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Tsutomu Sato (L) hands over to Yoshifumi Nishikawa documents authorizing Nishikawa's reappointment as president of government-owned Japan Post Holdings Co. at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on June 29.

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Nishikawa's reappointment approved by Japan Post shareholders

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) attends a shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 29. He was approved to remain at the helm of Japan Post despite a series of scandals such as an aborted attempt to sell the Kampo-no-yado resort network. At left is a senior Finance Ministry official who attended as a government representative.

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Nishikawa's reappointment approved by Japan Post shareholders

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) attends a shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 29. He was approved to remain at the helm of Japan Post despite a series of scandals such as an aborted attempt to sell the Kampo-no-yado resort network.

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Japan Post submits business improvement plans

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) submits a set of business improvement plans to Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Tsutomu Sato at Saito's ministry in Tokyo on June 24.

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Minister Sato OKs Nishikawa's reappointment as Japan Post head

TOKYO, Japan - Internal affairs minister Tsutomu Sato meets the press after talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa at his office on June 22. Sato said he has decided to authorize the reappointment of Nishikawa after he offered to take a disciplinary pay cut over a scandal involving an abortive plan to sell the Kampo-no-yado nationwide resort inn network.

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Minister Sato meets Japan Post Pres. Nishikawa

TOKYO, Japan - Internal affairs minister Tsutomu Sato (L) holds talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) at his office on June 22.

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Japan Post President Nishikawa offers to discipline himself

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (standing) answers questions during a House of Representatives committee session on June 18. Nishikawa offered to discipline himself over scandals, such as the company's failed sale of the Kampo-no-yado nationwide resort inn network, while suggesting that he intends to remain as president.

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Hatoyama leaves Cabinet over Japan Post row

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 12 after submitting his resignation to Prime Minister Taro Aso. The move came after Aso decided to have Yoshifumi Nishikawa stay in the post of president of the government-owned Japan Post.

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Japan Post Holdings reports 422.79 bil. yen net profit for FY 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 22.

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Hatoyama issues business-improvement order to Japan Post

TOKYO, Japan - Internal affairs minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks at a news conference at the ministry on April 3 after delivering a business-improvement order to Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa.

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Hatoyama issues business-improvement order to Japan Post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 3 after receiving a business-improvement order from internal affairs minister Kunio Hatoyama.

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Hatoyama issues business-improvement order to Japan Post

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama (L front) hands a business-improvement order to Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) at the ministry on April 3. Hatoyama issued the order following Japan Post's aborted contract to sell the ''Kampo-no-yado'' nationwide resort inn network.

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Minister urges Japan Post to make Kampo inn network profitable

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama (L) hands over to Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., a note to approve Japan Post's business program for fiscal 2009 at his office in Tokyo on March 31.

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa is surrounded by reporters and photographers at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with communication minister Kunio Hatoyama. Nishikawa was quoted as telling Hatoyama that Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix.

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa. Hatoyama said Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix.

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Japan Post sees higher than expected profits in 1st 6 months

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Japan Post Holdings Co., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the first six months of its 10-year privatization process in Tokyo on May 30.

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Japan Post forms comprehensive business alliance with Lawson

TOKYO, Japan - Lawson Inc. President Takeshi Niinami (L) and Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa pose for photographers at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12 after the two companies announced they have signed an agreement to form a comprehensive business alliance that includes developing around 800 joint stores throughout Japan in three years.

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Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony to launch the process of privatizing Japan's state-run postal services is held in Tokyo on Oct. 1. From L to R are former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, former Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta, Japan Post President Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Hiroya Masuda.

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Japan Post profit dives 51% on halving of savings division's gains

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post President Yoshifumi Nichikawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 23. He said that the company's net profit in fiscal 2006 plunged 51.0 percent from the year before to 947.7 billion yen as net profit from its postal savings section, its biggest division, more than halved to 941.6 billion yen.

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Japan Post to review business ties for profitability: new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post President Yoshifumi Nishikawa said April 2 the public entity for postal services will review its business and capital relations with some 70 companies and affiliates in a bid to streamline operations before its privatization in October.

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NTT DoCoMo, M'bishi Electric to recall cellphone battery packs

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Ishikawa (R), vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., and Yoshifumi Ito, vice president of Mitsubishi Electric Corp., speak to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 7 about a recall of battery packs used in Mitsubishi-made FOMA D902i cellphone handsets for NTT DoCoMo's FOMA mobile phone services.

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Privatized postal services may lose their teeth

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R), president of Japan Post Holdings, hands a working plan for privatization of Japan Post to Heizo Takenaka, internal affairs and communications minister, at the ministry in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on July 31.

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Japan Post plans service expansion after privatization

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) and Internal Affairs and Communication Minister Heizo Takenaka (L) hold a news conference in Tokyo on July 31 after Nishikawa handed Takenaka an outline of its 10-year postal privatization road map.

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Japan Post plans service expansion after privatization

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) hands an outline of the company's 10-year postal privatization road map to Internal Affairs and Communication Minister Heizo Takenaka on July 31.

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Postal privatization planning firm begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshifumi Nishikawa (L), president of Japan Post Corp., a new stock company set up by the public corporation Japan Post, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23 after a ceremony to begin operations of the new company in the buildup to Japan's postal privatization from October 2007.

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Postal privatization planning firm begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshifumi Nishikawa (L), president of Japan Post Corp., a new stock company set up by the public corporation Japan Post, and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Heizo Takenaka (R) cut the tape in a ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 23 as the new company began operations the same day in the buildup to Japan's postal privatization from October 2007.