IHI unveils tsunami lifeboat

IHI unveils tsunami lifeboat

OSAKA, Japan - The interior of a tsunami lifeboat developed by shipbuilder IHI Corp. is shown to the press on March 5, 2014, at its plant in Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. The 8.4-meter-long boat, capable of accommodating up to 25 persons and toilet facilities as well as a week's supply of water and food, can withstand the impact from hitting a concrete structure while moving at a maximum speed of 36 kilometers per hour.

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

Pages of a list handwritten by revolutionary 19th-century scholar and teacher Yoshida Shoin are among 68 items of historical materials found recently and shown to the press on March 24, 2015, by a museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. The document lists manuscript copies produced to earn income for running his school. The list, which recorded the names of publications transcribed and persons involved as well as the amount of payments received, bears Shoin's real first name Norikata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

A handwritten list by revolutionary 19th-century scholar and teacher Yoshida Shoin of manuscript copies produced to earn income for running his school is among 68 items of historical materials found recently and shown to the press on March 24, 2015, by a museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. The list, which recorded the names of publications transcribed and persons involved as well as the amount of payments received, bears Shoin's real first name Norikata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Final words, belongings of Class A war criminals shown at temple

Final words, belongings of Class A war criminals shown at temple

Photo taken at Sorinji, a Buddhist temple in Kanazawa, central Japan, on Sept. 12, 2015, shows a copy of signatures written in ink by seven Japanese Class A war criminals, including that of wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo (3rd from R), just before they were hanged on Dec. 23, 1948. It is one of items shown on public display at the temple. They were given by the criminals' kin and other persons involved to chief priest Shocho Hanayama's grandfather Shinsho, who served as a chaplain at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo and was the only Japanese present to witness the Class A criminals being hanged. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo