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Legendary 'anime' Galaxy Express 999 mural put up at station

TOKYO, Japan - A 12.7-meter-wide, 2.8-meter-high mural of the legendary ''anime'' film ''Galaxy Express 999'' is put up at Oizumi Gakuen Station of Seibu Railway Co. in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, dubbed the birthplace of Japanese animated films.

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Japan's oldest boat-shaped wooden coffin excavated in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 21 shows part of what is believed to be Japan's oldest boat-shaped coffin which was excavated in the Hiratecho ruins in Nagoya's Kita Ward. The city's Board of Education said the coffin is believed to be made some 2,000 years ago, or in the latter period of the mid-Yayoi Era. The 2.8-meter-long, 80-centimeter-wide ''boat'' is placed with its bow facing northwest. Hisao Suzuki, who heads the board's cultural assets conservation section, said it is presumed that the bow faced the sunset as ancient people thought the coffin was a vehicle to take the deceased person to the afterlife.

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Low-cost experimental rocket lifts off in Hokkaido

TAIKI, Japan - An experimental rocket that uses liquid oxygen and polyethylene as composite propellant lifts off from Taichi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23. The 2.8-meter rocket soared to an altitude of about 1,000 meters in 10 seconds. Developers say the rocket, developed by Harunori Nagata, professor of space engineering at Hokkaido University, takes just about one-10th of the launch cost for a conventional solid-fuel rocket.

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Kyoto's Byodoin Temple completes repair of Amidanyorai statue

KYOTO, Japan - A ceremony to mark the completion of repair work on Byodoin Temple's Amidanyorai statue, a national treasure dating back to the 11th century, is held at the temple in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 30. Repairs on the 2.8 meter-tall wooden statue were conducted for the first time in about 50 years.

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Low-cost experimental rocket lifts off in Hokkaido

TAIKI, Japan - An experimental rocket that uses liquid oxygen and polyethylene as composite propellant lifts off from Taichi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23. The 2.8-meter rocket soared to an altitude of about 1,000 meters in 10 seconds. Developers say the rocket, developed by Harunori Nagata, professor of space engineering at Hokkaido University, takes just about one-10th of the launch cost for a conventional solid-fuel rocket. (Kyodo)

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Legendary 'anime' Galaxy Express 999 mural put up at station

TOKYO, Japan - A 12.7-meter-wide, 2.8-meter-high mural of the legendary ''anime'' film ''Galaxy Express 999'' is put up at Oizumi Gakuen Station of Seibu Railway Co. in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, dubbed the birthplace of Japanese animated films. (Kyodo)

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Relief installed at airport to encourage disaster-hit areas

Cartoonist Katsuhiro Otomo unveils a huge relief at Sendai Airport in northeastern Japan on March 12, 2015. Otomo, known for his comic "AKIRA," created the original drawing of the 2.8-meter-high, 8.7-meter-long relief, which depicts a child overcoming angry waves, to encourage people in the areas severely damaged by the March 11, 2011, earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Relief installed at airport to encourage disaster-hit areas

Cartoonist Katsuhiro Otomo unveils a huge relief at Sendai Airport in northeastern Japan on March 12, 2015. Otomo, known for his comic "AKIRA," created the original drawing of the 2.8-meter-high, 8.7-meter-long relief, which depicts a child overcoming angry waves, to encourage people in the areas severely damaged by the March 11, 2011, earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto's Byodoin Temple completes repair of Amidanyorai statue

KYOTO, Japan - A ceremony to mark the completion of repair work on Byodoin Temple's Amidanyorai statue, a national treasure dating back to the 11th century, is held at the temple in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 30. Repairs on the 2.8 meter-tall wooden statue were conducted for the first time in about 50 years. (Kyodo)

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Japan's oldest boat-shaped wooden coffin excavated in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 21 shows part of what is believed to be Japan's oldest boat-shaped coffin which was excavated in the Hiratecho ruins in Nagoya's Kita Ward. The city's Board of Education said the coffin is believed to be made some 2,000 years ago, or in the latter period of the mid-Yayoi Era. The 2.8-meter-long, 80-centimeter-wide ''boat'' is placed with its bow facing northwest. Hisao Suzuki, who heads the board's cultural assets conservation section, said it is presumed that the bow faced the sunset as ancient people thought the coffin was a vehicle to take the deceased person to the afterlife. (Kyodo)

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Assembly of dinosaur skeleton almost complete

The assembly of a complete "Hesperosaurus" skeleton is almost completed at Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in the central Japan city of Katsuyama on Feb. 1, 2017. Bones of the six-meter-long, 2.8-meter-tall dinosaur were found in the United States in 1986. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monks sound bell on trial basis

Monks sound a bell on a trial basis on Dec. 27, 2016, at Chion-In in Kyoto, prior to New Year's Eve. The 3.3-meter-tall, 70-ton, 2.8-meter in diameter bell, created in 1636, is one of the biggest in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monks sound bell on trial basis

Monks sound a bell on a trial basis on Dec. 27, 2016, at Chion-In in Kyoto, prior to New Year's Eve. The 3.3-meter-tall, 70-ton, 2.8-meter in diameter bell, created in 1636, is one of the biggest in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monks sound bell on trial basis

Monks sound a bell on a trial basis on Dec. 27, 2016, at Chion-In in Kyoto, prior to New Year's Eve. The 3.3-meter-tall, 70-ton, 2.8-meter in diameter bell, created in 1636, is one of the biggest in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo