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Nishikawa's reappointment approved by Japan Post shareholders

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) attends a shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 29. He was approved to remain at the helm of Japan Post despite a series of scandals such as an aborted attempt to sell the Kampo-no-yado resort network. At left is a senior Finance Ministry official who attended as a government representative.

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Nishikawa's reappointment approved by Japan Post shareholders

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) attends a shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 29. He was approved to remain at the helm of Japan Post despite a series of scandals such as an aborted attempt to sell the Kampo-no-yado resort network.

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Minister Sato OKs Nishikawa's reappointment as Japan Post head

TOKYO, Japan - Internal affairs minister Tsutomu Sato meets the press after talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa at his office on June 22. Sato said he has decided to authorize the reappointment of Nishikawa after he offered to take a disciplinary pay cut over a scandal involving an abortive plan to sell the Kampo-no-yado nationwide resort inn network.

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Japan Post President Nishikawa offers to discipline himself

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (standing) answers questions during a House of Representatives committee session on June 18. Nishikawa offered to discipline himself over scandals, such as the company's failed sale of the Kampo-no-yado nationwide resort inn network, while suggesting that he intends to remain as president.

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Hatoyama issues business-improvement order to Japan Post

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama (L front) hands a business-improvement order to Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) at the ministry on April 3. Hatoyama issued the order following Japan Post's aborted contract to sell the ''Kampo-no-yado'' nationwide resort inn network.

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa is surrounded by reporters and photographers at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with communication minister Kunio Hatoyama. Nishikawa was quoted as telling Hatoyama that Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix.

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa. Hatoyama said Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix.

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Employee buyout pension resort gets big support

HIMI, Japan - Minoru Kakitani (2nd from L), president of Hoyo-no-Yado Himi Co., and his employees take its popular open-air bath together with hotel guests in the city of Himi, Toyoma Prefecture.

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa. Hatoyama said Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post, Orix agree to cancel 'Kampo-no-yado' inn network sale

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa is surrounded by reporters and photographers at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13 after talks with communication minister Kunio Hatoyama. Nishikawa was quoted as telling Hatoyama that Japan Post and leasing firm Orix Corp. have agreed to cancel a controversial 10.9 billion yen contract for Japan Post's sale of 70 ''Kampo-no-yado'' inns and nine housing facilities to Orix. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama issues business-improvement order to Japan Post

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama (L front) hands a business-improvement order to Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) at the ministry on April 3. Hatoyama issued the order following Japan Post's aborted contract to sell the ''Kampo-no-yado'' nationwide resort inn network. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post President Nishikawa offers to discipline himself

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (standing) answers questions during a House of Representatives committee session on June 18. Nishikawa offered to discipline himself over scandals, such as the company's failed sale of the Kampo-no-yado nationwide resort inn network, while suggesting that he intends to remain as president. (Kyodo)

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Minister Sato OKs Nishikawa's reappointment as Japan Post head

TOKYO, Japan - Internal affairs minister Tsutomu Sato meets the press after talks with Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa at his office on June 22. Sato said he has decided to authorize the reappointment of Nishikawa after he offered to take a disciplinary pay cut over a scandal involving an abortive plan to sell the Kampo-no-yado nationwide resort inn network. (Kyodo)

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Yoshie Hoyo, owner of Kominka Yado LOOF, poses in front of a hearth at an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Yoshie Hoyo, owner of Kominka Yado LOOF, poses in front of an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Photo shows the living room area of Kominka Yado LOOF, an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Naohito Tousen Watanabe teaches how to create and carve one's name for use as a traditional Japanese seal or stamp (hanko). Watanabe offers this lesson at Kominka Yado LOOF, an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging, on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Japanese house mixes nostalgia, novelty for foreign tourists

Photo shows the second floor of Kominka Yado LOOF where the bedroom is situated. It is an old traditional-style wooden house, known in Japanese as a "kominka," that has been renovated into a lodging. Photo was taken on Dec. 27, 2016, at Fuefuki city in Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hatsuishi-yado,Nikko

Hatsuishi is the last post town on the Nikko Highway. After Hatsuishi, the road leads to Shinkyo (Divine Bridge) and crosses Daiya River. Shinkyo is the entrance to the Sannai area and Toshogu. The highway is leveled and waterways can be seen on the right and left as well as in the centre. Many parts of Hatsuishi were destroyed in the fire of 1904.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐35‐0]

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Nishikawa's reappointment approved by Japan Post shareholders

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) attends a shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 29. He was approved to remain at the helm of Japan Post despite a series of scandals such as an aborted attempt to sell the Kampo-no-yado resort network. (Kyodo)

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Nishikawa's reappointment approved by Japan Post shareholders

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) attends a shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 29. He was approved to remain at the helm of Japan Post despite a series of scandals such as an aborted attempt to sell the Kampo-no-yado resort network. At left is a senior Finance Ministry official who attended as a government representative. (Kyodo)