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Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
MUFG Announces Partnership With Basketball Star Stephanie Mawuli
NEW YORK, June 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the 10 largest global financial groups, proudly announces its partnership with Stephanie Mawuli, a member of the Japanese Women's National Basketball Team. Mawuli was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan and represented Japan in both the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics. Currently playing for Casademont Zaragoza in Spain, Mawuli has also been a part of the New York Liberty's WNBA Camp Roster. Her accolades include medals in the 2018 Asian Games and the 2019 U23 3x3 World Championship. "I'm thrilled to work with MUFG," said Mawuli. "Like me, their mission is to empower a brighter future. That's what I want to do, whether it's in a WNBA training camp, European Leagues, or representing my home of Japan on the international level." The partnership, set to commence in June 2025, will see Mawuli participating in various events organized by MUFG. These include online and face-to-face events, social media engagements, and community outreach programs. "We are excited to join Stephanie's journey as she bridges international communities through sports," said Yutaka Fujishiro, Regional Head of Japanese Corporate Banking for the Americas, MUFG. "Women's basketball is still underappreciated and under-supported in many areas. This partnership underscores MUFG's commitment to empowering young talent and promoting women's sports." About MUFG and MUFG AmericasMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with approximately 2,100 locations in more than 50 countries. MUFG has nearly 160,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to be "the world's most trusted financial group" through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges. MUFG's Americas operations, including its offices in the U.S., Latin America, and Canada, are primarily organized under MUFG Bank, Ltd. and subsidiaries, and are focused on Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Japanese Corporate Banking, and Global Markets. MUFG is one of the largest internationally-headquarted financial institutions in the Americas. For locations, banking capabilities and services, career opportunities, and more, visit Media Contact: Benjamin Glaser bglaser@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE MUFG Bank, Ltd. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Japan Times
30-06-2025
- Japan Times
Man arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing woman in her apartment
Police arrested a 20-year-old man on Monday on suspicion of murdering a 19-year-old woman, whose body was found with multiple stab wounds in her apartment in the city of Toyoda, Aichi Prefecture, according to local authorities. The Aichi Prefectural Police took the suspect, Rikuto Ando, a part-time worker from the city, into custody on Monday. He admitted to the charges during questioning, police said. Ando is accused of killing company employee Chiara Higashikawa. Investigators believe he fatally stabbed her multiple times in the chest with a kitchen knife sometime between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Police discovered her body on Sunday, after Higashikawa's family reported to police through the building's property management company that they had been unable to reach her. Upon finding her body, authorities launched a murder investigation and identified Ando — believed to have been in a relationship with Higashikawa — through analyzing her personal connections. He was found in Kyoto Prefecture, where police brought him in for questioning before making the arrest. Translated by The Japan Times
Japan Times
12-06-2025
- Japan Times
Aichi police make two more arrests over Nagoya hotel robbery-murder
The Aichi Prefectural Police on Wednesday arrested a 19-year-old unemployed woman from the city of Nagoya's Nakagawa Ward on suspicion of robbery and murder, following the discovery of a man found dead in a hotel room in the city's central Sakae entertainment district. Police also arrested a 23-year-old man — Yuya Hatano from the city of Kasugai — on suspicion of extorting the victim into handing over his valuables. The two arrests follow that of 20-year-old Reon Kato, a resident of the same ward as the woman and whose occupation is unknown, on the same robbery-murder charge. According to investigators, Kato and the woman are alleged to have killed the man found in the hotel room — a 32-year-old male company employee from Kasugai — by strangling him, and stolen his valuables, including his wristwatch, between 1:00 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday. Investigators believe Hatano instructed the woman and Kato to extort the victim by threatening to report him to the police for alleged sexual misconduct. However, after the woman called Kato to the hotel, the incident escalated into a fatal robbery, police said. Police said the victim had gone to the hotel with the woman shortly after meeting her for the first time nearby. He was killed soon after by Kato, who arrived separately. Surveillance footage helped in the identification of the woman and Kato as suspects. Hatano was not present at the time of the killing. Kato was arrested on Sunday and was found in possession of the victim's belongings. He has reportedly admitted to the charges. The woman turned herself in at a local police box on Tuesday, accompanied by an acquaintance. Based on her statements, police determined that Hatano had orchestrated the extortion. Authorities are continuing to investigate the full sequence of events that led to the robbery-murder. Translated by The Japan Times
Japan Times
19-05-2025
- Health
- Japan Times
Dentists pass Japan-style oral health care to children in Vietnam
Dentists from Aichi Prefecture are working in Vietnam on an initiative to introduce the Japanese system of conducting dental checkups in school to help solve the high rate of tooth decay among children in the country. As well as visiting schools to conduct checkups to prevent cavities, the dentists teach Vietnamese dental students how to give children instructions on oral hygiene. Five years after the project was launched, oral health awareness is growing in the nation, with more children going to the dentist. One day in late March, children at Luong The Vinh Elementary School in the city of Tra Vinh in southern Vietnam's Tra Vinh province were getting a dental checkup. Students of Tra Vinh University's Faculty of Dentistry looked in their mouths to check for cavities or gum disease and wrote down the checkup results on a sheet. 'I don't like brushing my teeth very much, but I'm doing my best,' said Phuc, 8, a second grader who went through the checkup. There are no programs for regular dental checkups for children growing up in Vietnam, and awareness of cavity prevention and overall oral care is said to be low. Surveys show nearly 90% of elementary school students in the country have tooth decay, higher than the 30% among those in Japan. Attempts to introduce Japanese-style school dental checkups started in 2020 as a five-year project at the request of the government of Tra Vinh province. The provincial government asked Nagato Natsume, 68, a professor of dentistry at Aichi Gakuin University in Aichi Prefecture, who has been offering medical support in Vietnam for more than 30 years, for help. The Japanese Society of Oral Care, of which Natsume is a member, launched the project in response. Takayuki Kawana, a 45-year-old dentist who graduated from Aichi Gakuin University's Graduate School, is involved in the project as an executive director of Daishinkai, a medical corporation that operates dental clinics in Japan's Kanto region and in Vietnam. Kawana said he was shocked to see children rush to a penny candy shop inside the school in between classes. Many of them were buying sweets as they hadn't had breakfast, contributing to tooth decay. 'I thought it is necessary to change the mindset not only of children, but also of schools and their families,' Kawana said, recalling the time when the project first began. Local dental clinics also had little knowledge of measures to prevent tooth decay. In the project, aspiring dentists are educated on tips for practicing good oral care. Although the activities were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, dental checkups and lessons on oral care are currently conducted at all of the 17 elementary schools in the city. 'Through conducting checkups, I learned the importance of oral care and how to empathize with patients,' said Quyen, 21, a junior at Tra Vinh University's Faculty of Dentistry. The initiative is already showing a positive impact. After the project's launch, the percentage of first graders seeing a dentist rose from 57.6% to 64.9%. The rate of those feeling scared of dentists dropped from 39.9% to 29.3%. The activities are highly acknowledged in the community and the Japanese Society of Oral Care decided on extending the initiative five more years from this year. Natsume, who attended a signing ceremony for the extension held in Tra Vinh, said, 'We hope to make Tra Vinh province a model case to expand the project throughout Vietnam.' Maintaining oral hygiene also reduces the risk of viral and bacterial infections. 'By fundamentally reforming the system of dental checkups, we want to promote the health of children in Vietnam,' Kawana said. This section features topics and issues from the Chubu region covered by the Chunichi Shimbun. The original article was published April 23.
Japan Times
11-05-2025
- Japan Times
High school student arrested over deaths of his grandparents
A 16-year-old high school student was arrested Saturday for allegedly killing his grandfather in their home in the city of Tahara, Aichi Prefecture. He has also hinted that he murdered his grandmother, as well. The boy initially claimed that he only discovered the two bodies at his house — confirmed by police on Saturday as his grandparents, a 75-year-old resident and his 72-year-old wife, who both lived with him there — but he then later admitted to the allegation, according to investigators. Autopsies found that the couple died of hemorrhagic shock. Both of them had numerous stab and slash wounds across their bodies. The student is suspected of killing his grandfather in their home by stabbing him in the neck at around 2 a.m. on Friday. According to police, when he returned home with his 53-year-old mother on Friday at around 4:35 p.m., he told her that he had discovered his grandparents collapsed and bleeding on the floor of a bedroom on the first floor, and then asked her to make an emergency call. Later during the investigation, he confessed to police that he had killed them in the early hours of Friday. Police believe he had some troubles with his grandparents. The suspect lived in the main building with his grandparents and his parents lived in another building on the premises. Translated by The Japan Times
