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Kyoto, March 19 (Jiji Press)--Kyoto University professor emeritus Heisuke Hironaka, an acclaimed Japanese mathematician who won the Fields Medal in 1970, died on Wednesday. He was 94. Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, Hironaka studied at Kyoto University and then at Harvard University. Specializing in algebraic geometry, he became the second Japanese mathematician to win the F......

Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)--A group of researchers including Wataru Kojima, an associate professor of animal ecology at Yamaguchi University's Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, has found that most female Japanese rhinoceros beetles mate only once in their lifetime, which is rare for an insect. Usually, females of other insect species mate on multiple occasions. ......

Tokyo, March 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese police arrested on Saturday seven individuals, including senior members of groups linked to the Yamaguchi-gumi and Sumiyoshi-kai crime syndicates, on suspicion of robbing a group of people of three suitcases containing a total of 423 million yen in cash in Tokyo in January. About three hours after the incident, a group carrying cash worth about 190 mil......

Kobe, March 9 (Jiji Press)--Koji Yamaguchi, a 38-year-old schoolteacher in Kobe, western Japan, has made it his mission to share his experiences of two catastrophes with younger generations. He grew up in Hyogo Prefecture and went on to attend university in Miyagi Prefecture, each home to communities devastated by large-scale natural disasters. "I have a responsibility to speak as someon......

Current President Tom Sumner to Retire Later in 2026BUENA PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Seiichi Yamaguchi has been named President of Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA), effective April 1, 2026. Current President Tom Sumner will retire later in 2026. Seiichi Yamaguchi is currently Managing Executive Officer and Executive General Manager of the Musical Instruments Business Unit of Yamaha Corporation. Since beginning his career at Yamaha in 1985, Yamaguchi has held a variety of key leadership roles at the company. In a few of his key roles prior to his current position, he served as Chairman and Managing Director of Yamaha Music and Electronics China, Managing Officer and General Manager of the Musical Instruments and Audio Sales Unit and Managing Director of Yamaha Scandinavia. He also worked at YCA earlier in his career and established an early digital sheet music venture, Yamaha Music Interactive, in New York City. “I am looking forward to working with the great team at YCA to expand the brand...

Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Pref., Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking to stop operations of the No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in the western Japan prefecture of Ehime. "It cannot be acknowledged that there exists any concrete danger to the plaintiffs' lives or bodies," Presiding Judge Akira Ogawa of the Iwakuni br......

Yamaguchi, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)--A fire at a Buddhist temple and two nearby buildings in the city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, in the small hours of Friday resulted in the deaths of five people, according to local police and fire authorities. At around 2:25 a.m., a neighbor of Shorinji temple in the Toyoura-cho Kawatana district of the city reported fire and smoke ......

Yuko Yamaguchi has been responsible since 1980 for the design of Kitty, overseeing her rise to the epitome of Japan's kawaii soft power....

TOKYO, Feb. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, today announced that it will support Yamaguchi Financial Group (Yamaguchi FG) in building an integrated platform for its core banking system. This will enable......

Yamaguchi, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--A male diver died Saturday after falling ill during a survey to search for the remains of victims of the 1942 underwater coal mine disaster off Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. Around noon, there was an emergency call reporting that a diver had collapsed at the former site of the Chosei coal mine. The diver was sent to hospital but was confirmed dead......

Ube, Yamaguchi Pref., Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--A memorial ceremony was held in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Saturday to mark the 1942 underwater coal mine disaster in the western Japan prefecture that left 183 people dead. The event took place near the former site of the Chosei coal mine. Yoko Inoue, head of a civic group that hosted the ceremony, voiced a determination to return the victim......

Tokyo, Feb. 1 (Jiji Press)--The Liberal Democratic Party is expected to face an uphill battle in the No. 2 constituency in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, in the upcoming general election as the governing party can no longer count on votes from supporters of Komeito, which has dissolved its coalition with the LDP, even though the electoral district is traditionally its stronghold. In t......

Squarepoint Capital is backing a hedge fund launch led by Point72 Asset Management's former Japan head Tomohiro Yamaguchi and ex-Citadel money manager Takeo Serizawa....

Fukuoka, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--A man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in a stabbing incident near the Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka told investigators he was targeting members of the idol group HKT48, investigative sources said Friday. The suspect, Naoya Yamaguchi, 30, who is unemployed, has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to kill a 4......

Yamaguchi, 61, will assume the post, which has been vacant since former Suntory Chairman and CEO Takeshi Niinami resigned in September, at the start of 2026....

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, decided Tuesday to appoint IBM Japan Ltd. General Manager and President Akio Yamaguchi as its new chairman. Yamaguchi, 61, will assume the post, which has been vacant since Takeshi Niinami resigned on Sept. 30 over a police investigation into supplements he bought. The appointment, approved at an ......

Fukuoka, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--A 30-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of attempted murder in an incident in which a man and a woman were attacked near the Mizuho PayPay Dome stadium in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. The Fukuoka prefectural police arrested Naoya Yamaguchi, an unemployed man from the prefecture's Itoshima, for allegedly stabbing the 44-year-old man in the......

Takeo Serizawa will become chief investment officer of Hong Kong-based Invictus Investment Partners, while Tomohiro Yamaguchi will become CEO....

Former Citadel portfolio manager Takeo Serizawa will join a new Japan-focused hedge fund, teaming up with one-time Point72 Asset Management LP's Japan head Tomohiro Yamaguchi, to tap investor interest in the country....

Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--An All Nippon Airways flight returned to Tokyo's Haneda Airport Monday evening, about an hour after takeoff, as it was discovered that the aircraft had hit runway lights. None of the 174 passengers and crew members on the flight to Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, were injured. The Boeing 737-800 plane, an ANA 639 flight opera......