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Based on 9 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

Jade Donavanik, a prime ministerial candidate for the Rakchat Party, surprised many by performing a sword dance combat ritual during his visit to the shrine of King Taksin the Great in Chanthaburi province yesterday. [1]

TOKYO -- Japan Post Holdings has named Japan Post Bank President Masatsugu Nagato to replace hospitalized President Taizo Nishimuro, a surprise leadership change that comes just five months after the listing of three group companies. [2]

TOKYO -- Taizo Nishimuro, a former president for both Toshiba and Japan Post Holdings who also served on government advisory panels, has died at age 81, it was learned Wednesday. [3]

TOKYO -- Japan Post Holdings plans to go public this autumn with subsidiaries Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance, potentially raising a combined 1 trillion yen to 2 trillion yen ($8.31 billion to $16.6 billion). [4]

TOKYO -- Japan Post Holdings aims to leave past mistakes behind and prepare for a coming share sale with a multibillion-dollar write-down on an Australian logistics unit, but investors may not be able to look past such a huge loss. [5]

Toyota has had a number of epoch-making leaders, and Taizo Ishida, who was president when I joined the company, was one of them. [6]

TOKYO/OSAKA -- Shimano's showroom at its headquarters in Osaka is a shrine to the technology that has made the company a household name in global cycling. Shimano President Taizo Shimano poses at the company's headquarters in Osaka. [7]

Dozens of casualties in the fighting between government forces and Houthi in southern Yemen At least 23 Shi'ite rebels, 13 regular soldiers killed in battle of Taiz. The Houthis conquer a Saudi outpost in the border region of Jizan. [8]

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[1] TH world.thaipbs.or.th · 2026-01-19 · 33% match

PM hopeful’s double sword dance sparks buzz

Jade Donavanik, a prime ministerial candidate for the Rakchat Party, surprised many by performing a sword dance combat ritual during his visit to the shrine of King Taksin the Great in Chanthaburi province yesterday.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-03-17 · 65% match

President's illness forces Japan Post to change horses midstream

TOKYO -- Japan Post Holdings has named Japan Post Bank President Masatsugu Nagato to replace hospitalized President Taizo Nishimuro, a surprise leadership change that comes just five months after the listing of three group companies.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-10-19 · 65% match

Taizo Nishimuro, who led Toshiba revamp, dies at 81

TOKYO -- Taizo Nishimuro, a former president for both Toshiba and Japan Post Holdings who also served on government advisory panels, has died at age 81, it was learned Wednesday.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-01-08 · 65% match

Japan Post Holdings, 2 units eye autumn listing

TOKYO -- Japan Post Holdings plans to go public this autumn with subsidiaries Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance, potentially raising a combined 1 trillion yen to 2 trillion yen ($8.31 billion to $16.6 billion).

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-22 · 65% match

Toll write-down exposes cracks in Japan Post's global strategy

TOKYO -- Japan Post Holdings aims to leave past mistakes behind and prepare for a coming share sale with a multibillion-dollar write-down on an Australian logistics unit, but investors may not be able to look past such a huge loss.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-07-30 · 65% match

Shoichiro Toyoda (15): Protecting the 'castle'

Toyota has had a number of epoch-making leaders, and Taizo Ishida, who was president when I joined the company, was one of them.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-07-16 · 65% match

Shimano pedals faster as COVID pandemic propels cycling boom

TOKYO/OSAKA -- Shimano's showroom at its headquarters in Osaka is a shrine to the technology that has made the company a household name in global cycling. Shimano President Taizo Shimano poses at the company's headquarters in Osaka.

[8] MM asianews.it · 69% match

Dozens of casualties in the fighting between government forces and Houthi in southern Yemen

Dozens of casualties in the fighting between government forces and Houthi in southern Yemen At least 23 Shi'ite rebels, 13 regular soldiers killed in battle of Taiz. The Houthis conquer a Saudi outpost in the border region of Jizan.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-05 · 38% match

Analysis: Question mark hangs over Xi Jinping regime's strength

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

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