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JAL CEO Tottori

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after submitting a set of recurrence prevention measures to the transport ministry in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, following a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft.(Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]JAL CEO Tottori

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after submitting a set of recurrence prevention measures to the transport ministry in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, following a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft.(Kyodo)

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JAL CEO Tottori

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori bows when meeting the press at the transport ministry in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, over a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft. JAL submitted a set of recurrence prevention measures to the ministry the same day.

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JAL CEO Tottori

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after submitting a set of recurrence prevention measures to the transport ministry in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, following a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft.

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JAL CEO Tottori

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after submitting a set of recurrence prevention measures to the transport ministry in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, following a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft.

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Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Daihatsu President Soichiro Okudaira. =Date:Febuary 9, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. From right, Daihatsu President Soichiro Okudaira and Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tetsuo Saito submit measures to prevent recurrence. =Date:Febuary 9, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Daihatsu Submission of measures to prevent recurrence to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. From right, Daihatsu President Soichiro Okudaira and Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tetsuo Saito submit measures to prevent recurrence. =Date:Febuary 9, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Xinhua Headlines: Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2023

(231230) -- BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians conduct rescue work at destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Oct. 25, 2023. Top 10 world news events in 2023 7. Israeli-Palestinian conflict highlights intensifying turbulence globally On Oct. 7, a new round of conflict erupted between Israel and Palestine. Over the past two months, the conflict has resulted in the deaths of more than 20,000 Palestinians, leading to a severe humanitarian crisis. More than 1,000 Israelis have also lost their lives. The international call for the protection of civilians and a cessation of hostilities keeps growing. The fundamental solution to the frequent recurrence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies in implementing the two-state solution, restoring the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, and establishing an independent Palestinian state. Since the beginning of this year, the Ukraine crisis has dragged on, armed conflicts have broken out in Sudan, and coups have taken pla

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Thailand aims to ensure safety, restore tourists confidence after deadly mall shooting

STORY: Thailand aims to ensure safety, restore tourists confidence after deadly mall shooting DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:34 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Siam Paragon Mall 2. various of Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin giving an interview to reporters 3. various of press briefing by the Thai Foreign Ministry 4. various of police searching the residence of the suspect 5. various of scenes after the shooting STORYLINE: Thailand will take steps to ensure safety and restore confidence among tourists, officials said on Wednesday, one day after a shooting at a renowned shopping mall in downtown Bangkok that killed two people and injured five others. The Thai government has attached great importance to this matter and will implement measures to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said after joining a one-minute silence at the mall and expressing condolences to the deceased. He added that the government will be working on the i

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Mizuho FG chief vows to prevent recurrence after loan scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Sato, President of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., pledges at its shareholders' meeting in Tokyo on June 24, 2014, to improve corporate governance to prevent recurrence of a scandal involving loans to members of organized crime groups. "We will try to regain the public's trust through renewed efforts to sever ties with antisocial groups," he said.

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Japan summons China envoy to protest over plane encounter

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua responds to questions from reporters at Japan's Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 12, 2014, after meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki. Saiki lodged a protest over the second near-miss incident involving their military planes in less than three weeks and urged China to prevent a recurrence.

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Japan summons China envoy to protest over plane encounter

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki responds to questions from reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 12, 2014, after meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua. Saiki lodged a protest over the second near-miss incident involving their military planes in less than three weeks and urged China to prevent a recurrence.

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ANA unit urged to devise steps following belly-up incident

TOKYO, Japan - Futoshi Osada (far L), director general of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Civil Aviation Bureau, gives a written directive to Koichi Uchizono (2nd from L), president of Air Nippon Co., a unit of All Nippon Airways Co., at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2011. The ministry ordered the company to take steps to prevent a recurrence of an in-flight operational error that caused one of its aircraft to briefly fly almost belly up when traveling from Okinawa to Tokyo in September.

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China advocates joint study with Japan on nuke accident

BEIJING, China - Tang Jiaxuan, former Chinese state councilor, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Beijing on June 8, 2011. Tang advocated a joint study with Japan to analyze the cause of radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture and prevent a recurrence of similar crises.

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Japan offers China talks on preventing ship collisions

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a meeting hosted by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2010. Maehara said Japan is ready to discuss with China measures to prevent a recurrence of the maritime collisions in the East China Sea last month that have ignited a diplomatic row and severely strained bilateral ties.

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Japan offers China talks on preventing ship collisions

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a meeting hosted by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2010. Maehara said Japan is ready to discuss with China measures to prevent a recurrence of the maritime collisions in the East China Sea last month that have ignited a diplomatic row and severely strained bilateral ties.

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Japan offers China talks on preventing ship collisions

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a meeting hosted by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2010. Maehara said Japan is ready to discuss with China measures to prevent a recurrence of the maritime collisions in the East China Sea last month that have ignited a diplomatic row and severely strained bilateral ties.

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Japan offers China talks on preventing ship collisions

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a meeting hosted by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2010. Maehara said Japan is ready to discuss with China measures to prevent a recurrence of the maritime collisions in the East China Sea last month that have ignited a diplomatic row and severely strained bilateral ties.

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Japan offers China talks on preventing ship collisions

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a meeting hosted by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2010. Maehara said Japan is ready to discuss with China measures to prevent a recurrence of the maritime collisions in the East China Sea last month that have ignited a diplomatic row and severely strained bilateral ties.

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Sports minister urges sumo circles to sever ties with gangs

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Tatsuo Kawabata speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010, after talks with acting Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hiroyoshi Murayama. Kawabata urged Murayama to sever ties with mobsters to prevent a recurrence of the gambling scandal rocking the sport.

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Aso heads for Washington to attend global financial summit

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso waves at Haneda airport on Nov. 13 before leaving for Washington to attend a two-day global financial summit which will explore ways to overcome the current economic crisis and to try to prevent a recurrence.

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Aso arrives in U.S. to attend global financial summit

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Nov. 13 to attend a two-day global financial summit which will explore ways to overcome the current economic crisis and try to prevent a recurrence. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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APEC finance ministers begin talks to debate financial crisis

TRUJILLO, Peru - Participants at a meeting of the Pacific Rim finance ministers listen to an opening speech as they began a two-day meeting in Trujillo, Peru, on Nov. 5. They will discuss ways to prevent deterioration of the global financial crisis and any possible recurrence.

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Okinawa lawmakers demand measures against U.S. bases

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Oyakawa (2nd from R), an Okinawa Prefectural Assembly member and chairman of the assembly's special committee on U.S. bases, hands a paper to Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (3rd from R) in Tokyo on Feb. 18, calling for effective measures to prevent recurrence of criminal cases by U.S. bases' staff. Oyakawa met Ishiba following the arrest Feb. 11 of a 38-year-old Marine staff sergeant based at Camp Courtney in the prefecture on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl the previous day.

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Gov't deplores alleged rape, urges U.S. to prevent recurrence

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka (L) meets with Joseph Donovan, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Japan, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 12 over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine in Okinawa. Japan has lodged a protest with the United States over the incident and has called for thorough measures to prevent similar occurrences, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said.

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Japan, China agree to cooperate over dumpling food poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren (R) and his Japanese counterpart Fukushiro Nukaga (L) are in talks at the Ministry of Finance on Feb. 10. The two ministers agreed to cooperate on clarifying the cause and preventing a recurrence of the recent food-poisoning incidents in Japan involving Chinese-made frozen dumplings.

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Japan, China agree to cooperate over dumpling food poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren (L) and his Japanese counterpart Fukushiro Nukaga pose for a photo prior to their talks at the Ministry of Finance on Feb. 10. The two ministers agreed to cooperate on clarifying the cause and preventing a recurrence of the recent food-poisoning incidents in Japan involving Chinese-made frozen dumplings.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata (C), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters on April 20 after his company, along with three others, was ordered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Yamashita, president of Chugoku Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters on April 20 after his company, along with three others, was ordered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (far left) orders officials from four power companies to conduct additional checks, along with regular inspections, on their seven nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (L) hands a letter to Isao Nagahara, president of Hokuriku Electric Power Co., at his ministry on April 20, ordering the company, along with three others, to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plant to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari speaks at a press conference at his ministry on April 20 after ordering four power companies to conduct additional checks, along with regular inspections, on their seven nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Lower house adopts resolution over Minamata disease

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yuriko Koike speaks at the Diet on April 25 after the House of Representatives unanimously adopted a resolution vowing to prevent the recurrence of health problems caused by pollution ahead of the 50th anniversary of Minamata disease's official recognition on May 1.

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Gov't panel adopts new measures to toughen penalties on architects

TOKYO, Japan - A land ministry panel is in session at the ministry on Feb. 22, The panel adopted a set of new measures, including tougher penalties on architects and construction companies, to prevent a recurrence of a scandal involving the falsification of quake-resistance structural data for condominiums and hotels.

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USDA unveils investigation report on beef exports to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese farm minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks with journalists after his talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer on U.S. beef exports to Japan on Feb. 17. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced in Washington a report into how banned material found its way into a U.S. beef shipment to Japan, and what measures are being taken to prevent a recurrence.

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USDA unveils investigation report on beef exports to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer answers media questions following his talks with Japanese farm minister Shoichi Nakagawa in Tokyo on Feb. 17. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced in Washington a report into how banned material found its way into a U.S. beef shipment to Japan, and what measures are being taken to prevent a recurrence.

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Firefighting drills conducted at Horyuji Temple in Nara

IKARUGA, Japan - Monks and firefighters participate in firefighting drills conducted at Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 26 to prevent recurrence of the 1949 fire that destroyed wall paintings at its Kondo main hall.

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Japan, U.S. to work to prevent recurrence of banned beef shipment

TOKYO, Japan - J.B. Penn, U.S. undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 24 after a round of talks with Japanese foreign, farm and health ministry officials. Japan and the United States agreed to continue efforts to prevent a recurrence of the Jan. 20 incident in which a risk material for mad cow disease, banned in Japan, was discovered in a shipment of U.S. beef to Tokyo, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said.

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Japan urges U.S. to prevent recurrence of risky beef shipment

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick (L) and Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe are in talks in Tokyo on Jan. 23. Abe urged the U.S. government to act promptly to find out why spinal columns banned under a bilateral agreement on beef exports to Japan were contained in a U.S. beef shipment to Japan.

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Japan urges U.S. to prevent recurrence of risky beef shipment

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick (L) and Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe pose for photos prior to their talks in Tokyo on Jan. 23. Abe urged the U.S. government to act promptly to find out why spinal columns banned under a bilateral agreement on beef exports to Japan were contained in a U.S. beef shipment to Japan.

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M'shita vows to prevent recurrence of faulty heaters mishaps

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Toda (C), executive vice president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., bows in apology for carbon monoxide poisoning caused by the company's defective kerosene heaters, during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 6.

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TSE to set up panel to find causes of system failure

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange President Takuo Tsurushima bows in a gesture of apology at a press conference at his office on Nov. 2. He said TSE will set up a committee, with members from outside the bourse, to look into why its trading systems failed the previous day and how it can prevent a recurrence.

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Transport minister Kitagawa inspects JR West

OSAKA, Japan - Transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa (L) visits West Japan Railway Co. in Osaka for an inspection on May 29 and called for measures to prevent a recurrence of the April 25 derailment -- Japan's worst train disaster in 40 years -- that claimed 107 lives. At right is JR West President Takeshi Kakiuchi.

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JR West head tells staff to ensure safety

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takeshi Kakiuchi instructs staff to work together to prevent a recurrence of accidents at the company headquarters in Osaka on May 1, indicating he has no plans to resign over Japan's fourth deadliest postwar train accident on April 25.

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Transport ministers pledge safe air, sea transportation

TOKYO, Japan - Transport ministers from 20 countries meet the press at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 15 after adopting a statement pledging to protect air and sea transportation against terrorist attacks on the first day of their two-day meeting. The ministers and other high-level representatives from 14 European countries, Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and the United States exchanged views on preventing a recurrence of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. as well as combating sea and air pollution.

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900,000 spectators view Tokyo's Sumida River fireworks

TOKYO, Japan - An estimated 900,000 spectators turned out July 28 to watch about 20,000 fireworks go off at an annual Sumida River fireworks show. Some 10,000 policemen and guards patrolled streets and riverbanks in Taito and Sumida wards to prevent a recurrence of the fatal stampede that occurred in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture a week ago, leaving 11 people dead and injuring more than 120.

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Mayor asks Kono to prevent surprise U.S. sub calls

TOKYO, Japan - Sasebo Mayor Akira Mitsutake (R) calls on Foreign Minister Yohei Kono at the Foreign Ministry on April 4. The mayor asked Kono to investigate what caused a U.S. nuclear submarine to stop at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture without prior notification and to prevent a recurrence.

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Foreign Ministry bans credit card payment of expenses

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono speaks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 2 about measures to prevent the recurrence of scandals such as the suspected embezzlement of secret government funds by a senior diplomat. He said the ministry will ban its staff from using credit cards to pay for official expenses.

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ASEM finance ministers pledge regional economic teamwork

KOBE, Japan - Asian and European finance ministers pose for photographers after wrapping up two days of talks Jan. 14 at a hotel in Kobe's Chuo Ward. The ministers from the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) reached an agreement to strengthen regional economic and monetary cooperation to prevent a recurrence of the currency crisis that jolted Asia in 1997 and 1998.