Teijin's EV concept car

Teijin's EV concept car

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Teijin Ltd.'s prototype electric vehicle with a cabin frame made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic weighing only 47 kilograms, roughly one-fifth the weight of a conventional car's cabin frame, in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 9, 2011.

Year's first fawn born at Nara Park

Year's first fawn born at Nara Park

NARA, Japan - A fawn, the first born at Nara Park in Nara Prefecture this year, is presented to the news media on May 13. The fawn, born May 10, weighs 2.2 kilograms and is 47 centimeters long.

GSDF personnel look back on experiences in Samawah

GSDF personnel look back on experiences in Samawah

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Japanese ground troops, who have completed their withdrawal from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, attend a lecture on mental healthcare at the U.S. Camp Virginia in Kuwait on July 18. One of them, a 47-year-old second lieutenant from Hokkaido said, ''I had lost 5 kilograms when I returned home, from probably stress.''

GSDF personnel look back on experiences in Samawah

GSDF personnel look back on experiences in Samawah

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Japanese ground troops, who have completed their withdrawal from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, attend a lecture on mental healthcare at the U.S. Camp Virginia in Kuwait on July 18. One of them, a 47-year-old second lieutenant from Hokkaido said, ''I had lost 5 kilograms when I returned home, from probably stress.'' (Kyodo)

Year's first fawn born at Nara Park

Year's first fawn born at Nara Park

NARA, Japan - A fawn, the first born at Nara Park in Nara Prefecture this year, is presented to the news media on May 13. The fawn, born May 10, weighs 2.2 kilograms and is 47 centimeters long. (Kyodo)

Teijin's EV concept car

Teijin's EV concept car

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Teijin Ltd.'s prototype electric vehicle with a cabin frame made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic weighing only 47 kilograms, roughly one-fifth the weight of a conventional car's cabin frame, in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 9, 2011. (Kyodo)