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Japanese business delegation in Beijing

Masakazu Tokura (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, Kosei Shindo, (C) head of the Japan-China Economic Association, and Ken Kobayashi (L), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, attend a meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing on Feb. 18, 2025.

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Japanese business delegation in Beijing

Masakazu Tokura (C), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, Kosei Shindo, (L) head of the Japan-China Economic Association, and Ken Kobayashi (R), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, attend a meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing on Feb. 18, 2025.

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Japanese business delegation in Beijing

Masakazu Tokura (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, Kosei Shindo, (L) head of the Japan-China Economic Association, and other Japanese delegation members hold talks with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing on Feb. 18, 2025.

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Japanese business delegation in Beijing

Masakazu Tokura (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, Kosei Shindo, (L) head of the Japan-China Economic Association, and other Japanese delegation members hold talks with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing on Feb. 18, 2025.

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Japan business delegation in Beijing

(Front, from L) Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and Kosei Shindo, chairman of the Japan-China Economic Association, pose for photos ahead of their meeting in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Yasukuni shrine

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, seen by Japan's Asian neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism as it honors the souls of Japan's more than 2.4 million war dead as well as the country's wartime leaders convicted as war criminals, on Aug. 15, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Yasukuni shrine

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, as the Shinto shrine's three-day spring festival begins.

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Yasukuni shrine

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yoshitaka Shindo meets the press after visiting the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, as the Shinto shrine's three-day spring festival begins.

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Kazakhstan: Strong Quake Jolts Almaty

A strong temblor jolted Almaty on Monday, March 4. Locals rushed out of buildings as alarm sirens went off. The epicenter of the earthquake was recorded 31 kilometers (19.2 miles) south of Almaty according to authorities. Local reports said the magnitude of the quake was 6.1 while other reports said around 5.

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI QIANG-JAPANESE BUSINESS DELEGATION-MEETING (CN)

(240125) -- BEIJING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with a Japanese business delegation visiting China, led by Chairman of the Japan Business Federation Masakazu Tokura, Chairman of the Japan-China Economic Association Kosei Shindo, and Chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ken Kobayashi, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

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Japan business delegation in Beijing

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura (C) and Japan-China Economic Association head Kosei Shindo (L), part of a Japanese business delegation visiting China, hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 25, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan business delegation in Beijing

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura (C) and Japan-China Economic Association head Kosei Shindo (L), part of a Japanese business delegation visiting China, hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 25, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan business delegation in Beijing

Japanese business delegation members, including Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura (front, L) and Japan-China Economic Association head Kosei Shindo (front, R), pose for a photo with Chinese Premier Li Qiang (front, C) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 25, 2024. (Pool photo)

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PFW - Street Style

Street style, Maria Shindo arriving at Courreges Spring Summer 2024 show, held at Parc des expositions, Paris, France, on September 27, 2023. Photo by Marie-Paola Bertrand-Hillion/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yasukuni shrine

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japanese minister in charge of economic revitalization, visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2023, as the Shinto shrine's autumn festival begins.

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Yasukuni shrine

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japanese minister in charge of economic revitalization, visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2023, as the Shinto shrine's autumn festival begins.

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Japan economic revitalization minister Shindo

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japanese minister in charge of economic revitalization, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2023.

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Japan economic revitalization minister Shindo

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japanese minister in charge of economic revitalization, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle

Yoshitaka Shindo (R), new Japanese minister in charge of economic revitalization, 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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Meeting on National Strategic Special Zone in Kansai

OSAKA, Japan - Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (from L) give a press conference in Osaka on June 23, 2014, after a meeting on establishing a National Strategic Special Zone covering Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures, western Japan, as a base for medical innovation.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo, Internal Affairs and Communications Minister, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Yasukuni visit by three Cabinet ministers including him drew criticism from China and South Korea.

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Japan minister at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 22, 2014.

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Japan minister at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 22, 2014.

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Japan, Myanmar exchange MOU on help for postal services

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (L) exchanges a memorandum of understanding with U Win Than, Myanmar's deputy minister for communications, posts and telegraphs, in Tokyo on April 21, 2014. Japan has agreed to assist Myanmar in introducing a Japanese-style postal service system.

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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Kosei Shindo, vice president of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014, after being named president. Shindo will assume the presidency on April 1, replacing Hiroshi Tomono.

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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Kosei Shindo, vice president of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014, after being named president. Shindo will assume the presidency on April 1, replacing Hiroshi Tomono.

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Japan minister visits Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Cabinet minister Yoshitaka Shindo answers reporters' questions after visiting Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2014. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a surprise visit to the Shinto shrine on Dec. 26, 2013, sparking sharp criticism from Japan's Asian neighbors and disappointing the United States.

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Japan minister visits Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Cabinet minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2014. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a surprise visit to the Shinto shrine on Dec. 26, 2013, sparking sharp criticism from Japan's Asian neighbors and disappointing the United States.

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Internal affairs minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (front) leaves the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2013, after offering prayers during its annual autumn festival.

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Internal affairs minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2013, to offer prayers during its annual autumn festival.

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Transgender boxer overcomes struggles to become world champion

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Go Shindo (L), the world women's boxing flyweight champion, practices against Tetsuya Harada, head of the Kuratoki Boxing Gym, at the gym in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture on July 29, 2013.

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Transgender boxer overcomes struggles to become world champion

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Go Shindo becomes the new women's WBC flyweight champion on May 19, 2013, winning her first world title at Wakayama Big Wave in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture.

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Transgender boxer overcomes struggles to become world champion

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Go Shindo, the world women's boxing flyweight champion, speaks about her struggle with gender identity disorder during an interview on July 29, 2013 in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo visits Yasukuni Shrine, the World War II-related Shinto shrine, in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2013, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Myanmar communications minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar Communications and Information Technology Minister Myat Hein (R) and Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo shake hands in Tokyo on May 22, 2013.

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Factory fire in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a factory of copper product maker Nippon Shindo Co. in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, after a fire on April 9, 2013. One man died and three others were injured.

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Factory fire in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters gather at a factory of copper product maker Nippon Shindo Co. in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, after a fire on April 9, 2013. One man died and three others were injured.

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Factory fire in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters gather at a factory of copper product maker Nippon Shindo Co. in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, after a fire on April 9, 2013. One man died and three others were injured.

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Factory fire in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters gather at a factory of copper product maker Nippon Shindo Co. in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, after a fire on April 9, 2013. One man died and three others were injured.

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Factory fire in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a factory of copper product maker Nippon Shindo Co. in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, after a fire on April 9, 2013. One man died and three others were injured.

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Year's 1st Cabinet meeting

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attend the first Cabinet meeting of the year at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2013. Reporters were permitted to photograph the meeting, only at the outset, the second such time after the completion of the building of the Japanese premier's new office in 2002. (Pool photo)

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Abe Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, after being named internal affairs minister by Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, who took office as Japan's new prime minister the same day.

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Film director Kaneto Shindo dies at 100

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2010 shows renowned Japanese film director and screen writer Kaneto Shindo during an interview. Shindo, known for such works as "Children of Hiroshima" and "A Last Note," died at his home in Tokyo on May 29, 2012. He was 100.

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Del Toro in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hollywood actor Benicio del Toro (2nd from L) offers flowers at a cenotaph in Hiroshima on May 11, 2012, for people killed in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city. Del Toro is in Japan to attend an event to celebrate the 100th birthday the country's oldest active film director, Kaneto Shindo.

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Film director Shindo's 100th birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Shinobu Otake (L front), actor Naomasa Musaka (L back), actor Etsushi Toyokawa (R back) and actress Maiko Kawakami (R front) gather around Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo (C) to celebrate Shindo's 100th birthday at a party in Tokyo on April 22, 2012.

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama hold a press conference in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day.

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama (C) return to the port in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day.

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Bronze head of Japanese film director Shindo in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia - A bronze head of renowned Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo, made by Russian sculptor Grigori Potocki, a friend of Shindo, is unveiled in a park in Moscow on Nov. 5, 2011. Shindo, 99, is a three-time winner of the Grand Prix at the Moscow international film festival.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo, holding flowers, gives a speech on the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo receives applause as he heads for the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

Japanese business delegation in Beijing

Japanese business delegation in Beijing

Japanese business delegation in Beijing

Japanese business delegation in Beijing

Japan business delegation in Beijing

Yasukuni shrine

Yasukuni shrine

Yasukuni shrine

Kazakhstan: Strong Quake Jolts Almaty

CHINA-BEIJING-LI QIANG-JAPANESE BUSINESS DELEGATION-MEETING (CN)

Japan business delegation in Beijing

Japan business delegation in Beijing

Japan business delegation in Beijing

PFW - Street Style

Yasukuni shrine

Yasukuni shrine

Japan economic revitalization minister Shindo

Japan economic revitalization minister Shindo

Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle

Meeting on National Strategic Special Zone in Kansai

Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

Japan minister at Yasukuni

Japan minister at Yasukuni

Japan, Myanmar exchange MOU on help for postal services

Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal's new president

Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal's new president

Japan minister visits Yasukuni

Japan minister visits Yasukuni

Internal affairs minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

Internal affairs minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

Transgender boxer overcomes struggles to become world champion

Transgender boxer overcomes struggles to become world champion

Transgender boxer overcomes struggles to become world champion

Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

Myanmar communications minister in Japan

Factory fire in Osaka

Factory fire in Osaka

Factory fire in Osaka

Factory fire in Osaka

Factory fire in Osaka

Year's 1st Cabinet meeting

Abe Cabinet

Film director Kaneto Shindo dies at 100

Del Toro in Hiroshima

Film director Shindo's 100th birthday

Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

Bronze head of Japanese film director Shindo in Moscow

Japanese film director Shindo's new work

Japanese film director Shindo's new work

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president