Keizai Doyukai Ordinary General Meeting Press Conference

Keizai Doyukai Ordinary General Meeting Press Conference

Press conference at the Ordinary General Meeting of Keizai Doyukai. Photo shows, from left, Nambu Toshikazu (newly appointed), Keizai Doyukai Representative Director Takeshi Niinami, Yasuhito Hirota (newly appointed), and Tetsuro Yoshimatsu (newly appointed).=April 28,2025,Tokyo

Keizai Doyukai Ordinary General Meeting Press Conference

Keizai Doyukai Ordinary General Meeting Press Conference

Press conference at the Ordinary General Meeting of Keizai Doyukai. Photo shows, from left, Nambu Toshikazu (newly appointed), Keizai Doyukai Representative Director Takeshi Niinami, Yasuhito Hirota (newly appointed), and Tetsuro Yoshimatsu (newly appointed).=April 28,2025,Tokyo

2012 Miss International

2012 Miss International

TOKYO, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu, the 2012 Miss International winner, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013. Yoshimatsu said she was asked by the Miss International organizer to refrain from attending the 2013 pageant after she had received threats. She was absent from the event the following day despite tradition that the previous year's winner crowns the new title holder.

Miss International, Peter, Paul & Mary member

Miss International, Peter, Paul & Mary member

SAGA, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu (R), the 2012 Miss International winner, and Peter Yarrow of musical trio Peter, Paul & Mary, sing with children at Tosu-Kita Elementary School in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2013. Yoshimatsu, who used to go to the school, visited there with Yarrow as part of a goodwill mission she has been undertaking to foster friendship among children around the world.

Miss International at U.S. school

Miss International at U.S. school

NEW YORK, United States - Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Miss International 2012, (2nd from left) is pictured showing third graders at public school Brooklyn P.S. 307 how to fold a paper frog as part of a surprise visit. She hopes to link the New York students with third graders at an elementary school in her hometown of Tosu, in Saga Prefecture. Picture taken at the school on Jan. 24, 2013.

Parade for Miss International winner

Parade for Miss International winner

TOSU, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu waves during a parade in her hometown of Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2012, to celebrate her winning the Miss International contest in October. She is the first Japanese woman to win the title.

Parade for Miss International winner

Parade for Miss International winner

TOSU, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu is seen during a parade in her hometown of Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2012, to celebrate her winning the Miss International contest in October. She is the first Japanese woman to win the title.

Parade for Miss International winner

Parade for Miss International winner

TOSU, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu waves during a parade in her hometown of Tosu, Saga Prefecture, on Dec. 1, 2012, to celebrate her winning the Miss International contest in October. She is the first Japanese woman to win the title.

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu (R front) poses at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after winning the Miss Photogenic award. Yoshimatsu was also the first Japanese woman to win the title of Miss International.

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu (C) holds the trophy at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after becoming the first Japanese woman to win the title. Yoshimatsu also won the Miss Photogenic award.

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu (L) gives a speech at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012. Yoshimatsu was the first Japanese woman to win the title and also won the Miss Photogenic award.

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu smiles at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after becoming the first Japanese woman to win the title. Yoshimatsu also won the Miss Photogenic award.

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu (L) is helped to wear the crown at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after becoming the first Japanese woman to win the title. Yoshimatsu also won the Miss Photogenic award.

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu (L) smiles at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after becoming the first Japanese woman to win the title. Yoshimatsu also won the Miss Photogenic award.

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu (C) holds the trophy at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after becoming the first Japanese woman to win the title. Yoshimatsu also won the Miss Photogenic award.

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

Japanese woman wins Miss International title

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ikumi Yoshimatsu holds the trophy at the Miss International contest in Naha, capital of the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Oct. 21, 2012, after becoming the first Japanese woman to win the title. Yoshimatsu also won the Miss Photogenic award.

Japan's two major Coca-Cola bottlers to merge in April

Japan's two major Coca-Cola bottlers to merge in April

(From L) Tim Brett, president of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Tamio Yoshimatsu, president of Coca-Cola West Co. and Calin Dragan, chief executive officer of Coca-Cola East Japan Co., pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016. Coca-Cola West, based in Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, and Coca-Cola East will integrate their businesses in April, the officials said the same day in their latest effort to shore up profitability in a shrinking domestic market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo