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Allure of taiko drums resonating across Pacific

KANAZAWA, Japan - Katsuji Asano (R) and his father Akitoshi (L) of centuries-old Japanese taiko drum maker Asano Taiko Co. have been preparing to open a Los Angeles shop and launch taiko lessons in July 2013. Photo was taken Dec. 17, 2012, at a shop of the taiko maker in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Gov't again orders retailer Kojima to observe recycling law

TOKYO, Japan - Akitoshi Kojima (L), president of Kojima Co., receives an order from an official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Dec. 5 for the second time to mend its conduct and observe the recycling law after the home appliance store chain operator was found to have failed to transfer 76,745 used products to manufacturers after collecting them for recycling from consumers in numerous parts of the country.

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Gov't again orders retailer Kojima to observe recycling law

TOKYO, Japan - Akitoshi Kojima (L), president of Kojima Co., receives an order from an official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Dec. 5 for the second time to mend its conduct and observe the recycling law after the home appliance store chain operator was found to have failed to transfer 76,745 used products to manufacturers after collecting them for recycling from consumers in numerous parts of the country. (Kyodo)

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Nagasaki soccer team donates special A-bomb anniv. jersey to museum

Players of professional soccer team V-Varen Nagasaki deliver goodwill paper cranes and a special team jersey, designed for the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, to Akitoshi Nakamura (C), head of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, in the southwestern Japanese city on Aug. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Telemedical care helps patients in remote area

MIHORO, Japan - A male patient (R) at the Mihoro National Insurance Hospital in the town of Mihoro, Hokkaido, is diagnosed by Akitoshi Yoshida, a doctor at Asahikawa Medical College in the city of Asahikawa, seen on a TV screen (background) on March 30. (Kyodo)

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AUM seeks court injunction against gov't surveillance

TOKYO, Japan - Akitoshi Hirosue (L), a senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, and a fellow member speak at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8 after filing an injunction against ongoing government inspections of AUM facilities. The group also filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court alleging that monitoring by the Public Security Investigation Agency and police violates constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion. The cult now calls itself ''Aleph.''

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Japanese and Panamanian vessels collide off Shimonoseki

FUKUOKA, Japan - A 1,591-ton Japanese tanker, the Seihomaru No. 2, shows damage it suffered on its starboard side after colliding with a 3,683-ton Panamanian-registered cargo ship, New Prosperity, off Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecutre, on Aug. 26. Some gasoline the Seihomaru was carrying leaked, and its captain, Akitoshi Miyashita, suffered a cut in the face.