Inamura Promontory moon at daybreak

Inamura Promontory moon at daybreak

Inamura Promontory moon at daybreak (Inamurgasaki no akebono no tsuki) from the album 'The Hundred Moons' - Warrior Nitta no Yoshisada praying before the retreating sea. Date: 1885

Japan oil distributor Idemitsu to buy 33% stake in rival Showa Shell

Japan oil distributor Idemitsu to buy 33% stake in rival Showa Shell

Tsuyoshi Kameoka (L), chief executive officer of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., and Takashi Tsukioka, chief executive officer of Idemitsu Kosan Co., hold a joint news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on July 30, 2015. They announced that Idemitsu, Japan's second-largest oil distributor, will acquire about a 33 percent stake in Showa Shell Sekiyu from Royal Dutch Shell PLC for around 169 billion yen ($1.4 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan oil distributor Idemitsu to buy 33% stake in rival Showa Shell

Japan oil distributor Idemitsu to buy 33% stake in rival Showa Shell

Tsuyoshi Kameoka (L), chief executive officer of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., and Takashi Tsukioka, chief executive officer of Idemitsu Kosan Co., shake hands after a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on July 30, 2015. They announced that Idemitsu, Japan's second-largest oil distributor, will acquire about a 33 percent stake in Showa Shell Sekiyu from Royal Dutch Shell PLC for around 169 billion yen ($1.4 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Actress Yumeji Tsukioka dies at 95

Actress Yumeji Tsukioka dies at 95

Japanese actress Yumeji Tsukioka poses in this file photo taken in August 1967. The former top actress in the Takarazuka all-female musical troupe died of pneumonia at the age of 95 at a Tokyo hospital on May 3, 2017, her office said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Actress Yumeji Tsukioka dies at 95

Actress Yumeji Tsukioka dies at 95

Photo taken in 1983 shows Japanese actress Yumeji Tsukioka. The former top actress in the Takarazuka all-female musical troupe died of pneumonia at the age of 95 at a Tokyo hospital on May 3, 2017, her office said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Oil wholesalers Idemitsu Kosan, Showa Shell to delay merger

Oil wholesalers Idemitsu Kosan, Showa Shell to delay merger

Tsuyoshi Kameoka (L), chief executive officer of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2016, as Takashi Tsukioka, chief executive officer of Idemitsu Kosan Co. listens. The two oil distributors announced that they have decided to suspend their planned April merger, as Idemitsu has yet to gain consent for the deal from the founding family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Oil wholesalers Idemitsu Kosan, Showa Shell to delay merger

Oil wholesalers Idemitsu Kosan, Showa Shell to delay merger

Tsuyoshi Kameoka (L), chief executive officer of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., and Takashi Tsukioka, chief executive officer of Idemitsu Kosan Co., hold a joint news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2016. The two oil distributors announced that they have decided to suspend their planned April merger, as Idemitsu has yet to gain consent for the deal from the founding family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo