Man reunited with chicken after 4 weeks

Man reunited with chicken after 4 weeks

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Chuichi Toma holds a rooster in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, after the bird was rescued the same day from a chicken shack lying under rubble, about four weeks after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Toma said he was amazed the bird had survived.

Chuichi Nagumo, Admiral During WW‡U

Chuichi Nagumo, Admiral During WW‡U

Chuichi Nagumo(1887`1994j, Admiral During WW‡U

Star Wars parody items on display in Osaka

Star Wars parody items on display in Osaka

Chuichi Temura (R), an avid collector of movie goods, explains an item to a visitor at an exhibition of some 600 parody items of epic SF movie Star Wars series in Osaka on Sept. 15, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Man reunited with chicken after 4 weeks

Man reunited with chicken after 4 weeks

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Chuichi Toma holds a rooster in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011, after the bird was rescued the same day from a chicken shack lying under rubble, about four weeks after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Toma said he was amazed the bird had survived. (Kyodo)

Japan holds panel meeting to decide emperor's abdication date

Japan holds panel meeting to decide emperor's abdication date

(From L) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima and House of Councillors President Chuichi Date attend an Imperial House Council meeting at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2017, to discuss the timing of Emperor Akihito's abdication. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan enacts law to allow 1st emperor abdication in 200 years

Japan enacts law to allow 1st emperor abdication in 200 years

House of Councillors President Chuichi Date (L) and House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2017, after Japan's parliament enacted a law to allow Emperor Akihito to pass the throne to his elder son, Crown Prince Naruhito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Parliament proposes abdication law applying only to current emperor

Parliament proposes abdication law applying only to current emperor

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R), standing beside Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (far R), receives a Diet proposal regarding abdication by Emperor Akihito, from House of Councillors President Chuichi Date (far L) and House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima, in Tokyo on March 17, 2017. The proposal adopted by Japan's ruling and opposition parties calls on the government to prepare legislation specifically enabling the 83-year-old emperor to abdicate, and applying only to the current emperor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan PM Abe calls for deeper Diet talks on emperor's abdication

Japan PM Abe calls for deeper Diet talks on emperor's abdication

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R), alongside Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (R), presents an interim report compiled by a government panel on Emperor Akihito's possible abdication to House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima (2nd from L) and House of Councillors President Chuichi Date (L) in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2017. Abe urged the heads of both houses to deepen discussions on the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan PM Abe calls for deeper Diet talks on emperor's abdication

Japan PM Abe calls for deeper Diet talks on emperor's abdication

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) presents an interim report compiled by a government panel on Emperor Akihito's possible abdication to House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima (3rd from R) and House of Councillors President Chuichi Date (3rd from L) in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2017. Abe urged the heads of both houses to deepen discussions on the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ruling, opposition camps to begin discussing emperor's abdication law

Ruling, opposition camps to begin discussing emperor's abdication law

House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima (R) and his House of Councillors counterpart Chuichi Date meet in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2017. After the meeting, Oshima said that members of both houses of the Diet will begin joint discussions on possible legislation enabling Emperor Akihito to abdicate despite a range of differing opinions being held across the party spectrum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Abe sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

Abe sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

The "masakaki" tree offerings sent by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chuichi Date, president of the House of Councillors, are placed at Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, a source of diplomatic friction between Japan and some of its Asian neighbors, on Oct. 17, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo