France, Japan hold debate over women's empowerment

France, Japan hold debate over women's empowerment

TOKYO, Feb. 11 Kyodo - Former Japanese Defense Minister Yuriko Koike speaks in the France-Japan debate at the French National Assembly in Paris on Feb. 11, 2016, on women's roles in politics and business.

Maeda leaves for U.S. to join Dodgers' spring camp

Maeda leaves for U.S. to join Dodgers' spring camp

NARITA, Japan, Feb. 11 Kyodo - Kenta Maeda speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 11, 2016, before leaving for the United States to join a Los Angeles Dodgers' spring training camp. Former Hiroshima Carp ace Maeda concluded an eight-year deal with the Dodgers in January.

19th-century daimyo mansion model found in Vienna

19th-century daimyo mansion model found in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - Photo shows a 19th-century scale model of the mansion of a Japanese daimyo feudal lord at the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna on Feb. 11, 2013. At center in the front is a ''noh'' performance stage. The wooden model, which was sent by the government of Meiji era Japan for the fifth world exposition held in Vienna in 1873 and found at the museum's depot in 1995, will be repaired as a major exhibit at the museum from around 2016.

19th-century daimyo mansion model found in Vienna

19th-century daimyo mansion model found in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - Bettina Zorn, head of the East Asian Collections at the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna, explains a 19th-century scale model of the mansion of a Japanese daimyo feudal lord at the museum on Feb. 11, 2013. The wooden model, which was sent by the government of Meiji era Japan for the fifth world exposition held in Vienna in 1873 and found at the museum's depot in 1995 by Zorn, will be repaired as a major exhibit at the museum from around 2016.

19th-century daimyo mansion model found in Vienna

19th-century daimyo mansion model found in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - Photo shows the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna on Feb. 11, 2013. A 19th-century scale model of the mansion of a Japanese daimyo feudal lord, which was sent by the government of Meiji era Japan for the fifth world exposition held in Vienna in 1873, was found at the museum's depot in 1995. The wooden model will be repaired as a major exhibit at the museum from around 2016.