Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in August 2010 shows Osaka University Hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. A boy aged between 10 and 14 was declared brain-dead with family consent for the first time in Japan on April 12, 2011. The boy's heart is set to be transplanted to a male patient aged under 20 at the Osaka hospital.

Ex-justice minister Mikazuki dies

Ex-justice minister Mikazuki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Akira Mikazuki, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and former justice minister under Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa from August 1993 to April 1994. Mikazuki, a recipient of the Order of Culture, died at the age of 89 at his home in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2010.

N. Korea children sing song believed to hail heir apparent

N. Korea children sing song believed to hail heir apparent

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean middle school students march the streets of Pyongyang holding signs marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of Workers' Party of Korea on August 14, 2010. Schoolchildren have been marching daily singing a song believed to hail Kim Jong Un, third son of the country's leader Kim Jong Il, who is expected to receive a key post at the party's upcoming conference, paving the way for him to succeed his father as leader.

Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in August 2010 shows Osaka University Hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. A boy aged between 10 and 14 was declared brain-dead with family consent for the first time in Japan on April 12, 2011. The boy's heart is set to be transplanted to a male patient aged under 20 at the Osaka hospital. (Kyodo)

Ex-justice minister Mikazuki dies

Ex-justice minister Mikazuki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Akira Mikazuki, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and former justice minister under Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa from August 1993 to April 1994. Mikazuki, a recipient of the Order of Culture, died at the age of 89 at his home in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2010. (Kyodo)