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Doctor returns to Japan after release from abduction in Ethiopia

NAGOYA, Japan - Aid group doctor Keiko Akahane speaks during a news conference at Central Japan International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on Jan. 13 after returning to Japan earlier in the day. Akahane, who was abducted in Ethiopia with a Dutch nurse, was released after being held for three and a half months.

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Japanese doctor expresses gratitude for efforts for her release

PARIS, France - Dutch nurse Wilhem Sools (L) and Japanese doctor Keiko Akahane, who were freed Jan. 7 after having been abducted in Ethiopia in September, attend a news conference at the headquarters of the medical aid group Doctors of the World in Paris on Jan. 10. They arrived in Paris earlier in the day after staying in Nairobi following their release.

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Japanese doctor expresses gratitude for efforts for her release

PARIS, France - Japanese doctor Keiko Akahane, who was freed Jan. 7 after having been abducted in Ethiopia in September, speaks at a news conference at the headquarters of the medical aid group Doctors of the World in Paris on Jan. 10. Akahane and Dutch nurse Wilhem Sools arrived in Paris earlier in the day after staying in Nairobi following their release.

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Kin head to Paris to meet aid group doctor freed from abductors

NAGOYA, Japan - Aid group doctor Keiko Akahane's mother and elder brother prepare to leave Central Japan International Airport in Aichi Prefecture for Paris on Jan. 9 to meet her, following her release after three-and-a-half months of detention by an armed group in Ethiopia and Somalia.

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Abducted Japanese doctor, Dutch nurse freed

TOKYO, Japan - Gael Austin, president of Doctors of the World Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 8 after the release of Japanese doctor Keiko Akahane and Dutch nurse Wilhem Sools, who were abducted by an armed group in Ethiopia in September. Austin said he is very happy at news the two were freed.

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Japanese doctor abducted in Ethiopia, freed in Kenya

INA, Japan - Chihiro Akahane, 34, brother of Keiko Akahane, 32, and her mother Chieko, 64, appear before reporters at a relative's house in Ina, Nagano Prefecture, Jan. 8 after Keiko, a female Japanese doctor abducted in Ethiopia, was freed in Kenya. Keiko was abducted by an armed group in Ethiopia on Sept. 22, 2008.

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Paracycles developed by IchiGoo

Professor Satoshi Nishimura of Jichi Medical University (Shimono City, Tochigi Prefecture) and Yuko Akaba, president of TDC (Rifu Town, Miyagi Prefecture), a metal processing company, established the university-originated venture "IchiGoo" with the aim of developing devices that enable physically challenged people to live comfortably. As its first product, the company has developed the "Para Cycle" (photo), a bicycle that can be ridden by people with disabilities in one leg. The company aims to spread the product through hospitals and other institutions. The company is based in the University's Molecular Pathology Research Department, with President Akahane serving as CEO and Professor Nishimura as CTO. The Paracycle shifts the central axis of the front gear and the crank, which are coaxial in a normal bicycle, so that the gears operate more when the pedals are pushed from top to bottom with the healthy leg.

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Abducted Japanese doctor, Dutch nurse freed

TOKYO, Japan - Gael Austin, president of Doctors of the World Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 8 after the release of Japanese doctor Keiko Akahane and Dutch nurse Wilhem Sools, who were abducted by an armed group in Ethiopia in September. Austin said he is very happy at news the two were freed. (Kyodo)

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Japanese doctor abducted in Ethiopia, freed in Kenya

INA, Japan - Chihiro Akahane, 34, brother of Keiko Akahane, 32, and her mother Chieko, 64, appear before reporters at a relative's house in Ina, Nagano Prefecture, Jan. 8 after Keiko, a female Japanese doctor abducted in Ethiopia, was freed in Kenya. Keiko was abducted by an armed group in Ethiopia on Sept. 22, 2008. (Kyodo)

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Doctor returns to Japan after release from abduction in Ethiopia

NAGOYA, Japan - Aid group doctor Keiko Akahane speaks during a news conference at Central Japan International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on Jan. 13 after returning to Japan earlier in the day. Akahane, who was abducted in Ethiopia with a Dutch nurse, was released after being held for three and a half months. (Kyodo)

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Doctor returns to Japan after release from abduction in Ethiopia

NAGOYA, Japan - Abducted doctor Keiko Akahane (2nd from L) smiles on arriving at Central Japan International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on Jan. 13 with her mother Chieko and older brother Chihiro. Akahane returned to Japan following her release three and a half months after being abducted in Ethiopia in September. (Kyodo).

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Japanese doctor expresses gratitude for efforts for her release

PARIS, France - Dutch nurse Wilhem Sools (L) and Japanese doctor Keiko Akahane, who were freed Jan. 7 after having been abducted in Ethiopia in September, attend a news conference at the headquarters of the medical aid group Doctors of the World in Paris on Jan. 10. They arrived in Paris earlier in the day after staying in Nairobi following their release. (Kyodo)

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Japanese doctor expresses gratitude for efforts for her release

PARIS, France - Japanese doctor Keiko Akahane, who was freed Jan. 7 after having been abducted in Ethiopia in September, speaks at a news conference at the headquarters of the medical aid group Doctors of the World in Paris on Jan. 10. Akahane and Dutch nurse Wilhem Sools arrived in Paris earlier in the day after staying in Nairobi following their release. (Kyodo)