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Hakuho on east as rankings see shakeup after scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho shows off a new rankings list for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament between Sept. 12 and Sept. 26 at his stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Aug. 30, 2010. The lone yokozuna, who is on an amazing 47-bout winning run, is positioned on the prestigious east side on the list.

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Toyota chief calls for once-in-a-century shakeup

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda delivers a speech at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2009. Toyoda said a ''once-in-a-century shakeup'' is necessary to free the battered auto industry from oil dependence and promised to bring the company back to its roots in pursuing a customer-first policy.

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Ishiba sacks MSDF chief, punishes 88 over collision, scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 21 on the shakeup of the leadership of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. Ishiba effectively sacked MSDF chief Adm. Eiji Yoshikawa and punished 88 people for a series of MSDF-related fiascos since last year as part of his efforts to restore public confidence

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Chinese Foreign Minister Li leaves post, Yang takes over

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing left his post on April 27 and is being succeeded by former ambassador to the United States Yang Jiechi (in file photo) as part of a Cabinet shakeup that also included three other ministerial changes.

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Sony to slash 6,000 jobs overseas, 4,000 in Japan by March 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman and group Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer (L) and President Ryoji Chubachi hold up the company's new Walkman digital music devices during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 22. They announced a sweeping management shakeup, including cutting 10,000 jobs worldwide.

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Nakatani holds press conference over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani speaks at a news conference at his office in Tokyo on June 11. He indicated he will consider a shakeup of top defense brass once an in-house probe reports on an information privacy scandal at the agency.

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Education panel selects Keio Univ. head Torii as chief

TOKYO, Japan - Keio University President Yasuhiko Torii (R) addresses a meeting of the Central Education Council in Tokyo on Feb. 1 after being chosen as head of the advisory panel to education minister Nobutaka Machimura (L). It was the Council's first meeting with new members since a major shakeup of central government entities in January.

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NTT to be reorganize

Hidekazu Inoue (L), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., and Kazuo Asada (R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., speak at a news conference June 30 following establishment of their new companies under a major shakeup of Japan's telecom giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT). Seated between them is Sho Nasu, chairman of a special panel that prepared for NTT's reorganization.

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Jordan's PM reshuffles cabinet

STORY: Jordan's PM reshuffles cabinet DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:45 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of new ministers taking oath before King Abdullah II STORYLINE: Jordan's Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh reshuffled his cabinet on Thursday. According to a royal court statement, King Abdullah II approved the reshuffle. The latest cabinet reshuffle changed nearly a third of cabinet ministers. The finance, foreign and interior ministers were kept in place. Of 11 new ministers, three are women. The new ministers were sworn in before King Abdullah II. It was the fifth cabinet shakeup under al-Khasawneh, who had been appointed by King Abdullah in 2020. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Amman. (XHTV)

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TSE shakeup of trading sections

Photo taken April 1, 2022, shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The bourse is set to launch three new trading sections on April 4.

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TSE shakeup of trading sections

The content of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's data screens is confirmed at the bourse in Tokyo on April 1, 2022, ahead of the April 4 launch of three new trading sections.

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TSE shakeup of trading sections

The content of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's data screens is confirmed at the bourse in Tokyo on April 1, 2022, ahead of the April 4 launch of three new trading sections.

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Ishiba sacks MSDF chief, punishes 88 over collision, scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 21 on the shakeup of the leadership of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. Ishiba effectively sacked MSDF chief Adm. Eiji Yoshikawa and punished 88 people for a series of MSDF-related fiascos since last year as part of his efforts to restore public confidence (Kyodo)

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Sony to slash 6,000 jobs overseas, 4,000 in Japan by March 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman and group Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer (L) and President Ryoji Chubachi hold up the company's new Walkman digital music devices during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 22. They announced a sweeping management shakeup, including cutting 10,000 jobs worldwide. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Life Insurance eyes buying Japanese peer Mitsui Life

Photo taken Aug. 26, 2015, shows Nippon Life Insurance Co.'s head office in Osaka. The company is considering buying Mitsui Life Insurance Co. in an attempt to regain the crown as Japan's top premium revenue earner through what would be the first major shakeup of the country's insurance sector in roughly 11 years, people familiar with the matter said on Aug. 26, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Life Insurance eyes buying Japanese peer Mitsui Life

Photo taken Aug. 26, 2015, shows the building in Tokyo that includes Mitsui Life Insurance Co.'s head office. Nippon Life Insurance Co. is considering buying Mitsui Life in an attempt to regain the crown as Japan's top premium revenue earner through what would be the first major shakeup of the country's insurance sector in roughly 11 years, people familiar with the matter said on Aug. 26, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cabinet OKs bill to achieve final stage of power sector reform

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa attends a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on March 3, 2015, after the Cabinet approved a bill to implement the separation of electricity generation and transmission in April 2020 as the final stage of a three-stage shakeup of Japan's power industry in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese Foreign Minister Li leaves post, Yang takes over

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing left his post on April 27 and is being succeeded by former ambassador to the United States Yang Jiechi (in file photo) as part of a Cabinet shakeup that also included three other ministerial changes. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho on east as rankings see shakeup after scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho shows off a new rankings list for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament between Sept. 12 and Sept. 26 at his stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Aug. 30, 2010. The lone yokozuna, who is on an amazing 47-bout winning run, is positioned on the prestigious east side on the list. (Kyodo)

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet to boost support, picks Kono as top envoy

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces the new lineup of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuffled Cabinet in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017. The shakeup is an attempt by the premier to regain public support hurt by a series of scandals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet to boost support, picks Kono as top envoy

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces the new lineup of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuffled Cabinet in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017. The shakeup is an attempt by the premier to regain public support hurt by a series of scandals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe to dump defense, justice ministers in Aug. shakeup: sources

Undated combined photo shows Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (L) and Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to replace them in a Cabinet reshuffle in the first week of August 2017, attempting to revive his fortunes after a stinging defeat in Tokyo metropolitan elections, according to government and party sources. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Renho face off in 1st debate since Democratic Party shakeup

Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party chief Shinzo Abe (standing) speaks to Democratic Party chief Renho (R) in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2016, in their first leaders' debate in the Diet since Renho took the reins of the largest opposition party in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Renho face off in 1st debate since Democratic Party shakeup

Democratic Party leader Renho (standing) speaks to Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party chief Shinzo Abe (L) in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2016, in their first leaders' debate in the Diet since Renho took the reins of the largest opposition party in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Renho face off in 1st debate since Democratic Party shakeup

Combined photo taken Dec. 7, 2016, shows Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party chief Shinzo Abe (L) and Democratic Party leader Renho debating in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2016, their first leaders' debate in the Diet since Renho took the reins of the largest opposition party in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe to meet hospitalized LDP executive Tanigaki

Photo taken July 11, 2016, shows Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Sadakazu Tanigaki, who underwent surgery after sustaining a cervical spinal cord injury while cycling. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to meet Tanigaki to see if he can continue to serve as secretary general before a shakeup of the cabinet and LDP leadership on Aug. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota chief calls for once-in-a-century shakeup

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda delivers a speech at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2009. Toyoda said a ''once-in-a-century shakeup'' is necessary to free the battered auto industry from oil dependence and promised to bring the company back to its roots in pursuing a customer-first policy. (Kyodo)

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Nakatani holds press conference over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani speaks at a news conference at his office in Tokyo on June 11. He indicated he will consider a shakeup of top defense brass once an in-house probe reports on an information privacy scandal at the agency.

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Education panel selects Keio Univ. head Torii as chief

TOKYO, Japan - Keio University President Yasuhiko Torii (R) addresses a meeting of the Central Education Council in Tokyo on Feb. 1 after being chosen as head of the advisory panel to education minister Nobutaka Machimura (L). It was the Council's first meeting with new members since a major shakeup of central government entities in January.

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NTT to be reorganize

Hidekazu Inoue (L), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., and Kazuo Asada (R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., speak at a news conference June 30 following establishment of their new companies under a major shakeup of Japan's telecom giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT). Seated between them is Sho Nasu, chairman of a special panel that prepared for NTT's reorganization.

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NTT to be reorganize

Hidekazu Inoue (L), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., and Kazuo Asada (R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., speak at a news conference June 30 following establishment of their new companies under a major shakeup of Japan's telecom giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT). Seated between them is Sho Nasu, chairman of a special panel that prepared for NTT's reorganization.