Japan's 1st case of human mad cow disease confirmed

TOKYO, Japan - Health ministry experts confirmed in an emergency meeting Japan's first case of the human variant of mad cow disease in a Japanese man who died in December. The ministry suspects the patient in his 50s was infected with the variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in Britain where he had stayed for about a month in around 1989. (Kyodo)

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000027829

Registered date
2005/2/04 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source

Media size
1795 × 1078 pixel

Resolution
72 dpi

Deployment size
279.03(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

G-7 finance chiefs' meeting amid coronavirus pandemic

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2020, after attending a videoconference of finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrialized nations. The G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors agreed to provide debt relief to help developing countries finance emergency measures against the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

G-7 finance chiefs' meeting amid coronavirus pandemic

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) prepares to hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2020, after attending a videoconference of finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrialized nations. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda can be seen on the right. The G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors agreed to provide debt relief to help developing countries finance emergency measures against the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

G-7 finance chiefs' meeting amid coronavirus pandemic

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2020, after attending a videoconference of finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrialized nations. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda can be seen on the right. The G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors agreed to provide debt relief to help developing countries finance emergency measures against the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kick-off event for the MLIT Digital Data Platform

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has established the National Land Transport Data Council to build a "National Land Transport Data Platform" that will serve as a foundation for linking data on national land and economic activities held by industry, academia and government. The council will recruit members who will utilize the platform and provide data. A prototype version of the platform will be made available to members, and issues will be identified to hasten its practical application. Members will be recruited from corporations, experts, government agencies, and individuals. We want the prototype to be used as soon as possible, and we want to bring together the knowledge and expertise of industry, government and academia to develop and improve the system," he said, expressing his hopes for the private sector. (October 31, 2019, Tokyo, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

King Jim to release sleeping bag for emergency use

TOKYO, Japan - A man uses sleeping gear, including a wearable blanket and air mat, developed by King Jim Co. for use in times of disaster. The item will go on sale on Sept. 26, 2014. (Kyodo)

Japan-N. Korea informal talks

NARITA, Japan - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 4, 2014. Ono and Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, held informal talks the previous day in Shenyang, China, on the sidelines of a meeting of the two countries' Red Cross societies.

U.S. documents show Britain supported atomic bombing of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2013 shows copies of documents declassified by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The documents show Britain expressed support for the use of atomic bombs by the United States against Japan in World War II about a month before the first one was dropped on Hiroshima.

U.S. documents show Britain supported atomic bombing of Japan

BOJ upgrades economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - The Policy Board of the Bank of Japan holds a meeting at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on July 11, 2013. The central bank decided to upgrade its assessment of the Japanese economy for the seventh consecutive month during the meeting. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

BOJ upgrades economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda arrives at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on July 11, 2013. The central bank decided to upgrade its assessment of the Japanese economy for the seventh consecutive month during a Policy Board meeting later in the day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)