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Oslo on eve of Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Atomic bomb survivor Fumiko Hashizume (L), 93, from Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture, describes her experiences in Hiroshima during an event in Oslo co-hosted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, on Dec. 9, 2024, the eve of the award ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, won by Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors.

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Oslo on eve of Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Atomic bomb survivor Fumiko Hashizume, 93, from Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture, describes her experiences in Hiroshima during an event in Oslo co-hosted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, on Dec. 9, 2024, the eve of the award ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, won by Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors.

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Oslo on eve of Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Atomic bomb survivor Fumiko Hashizume (L), 93, from Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture, describes her experiences in Hiroshima during an event in Oslo co-hosted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, on Dec. 9, 2024, the eve of the award ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, won by Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors.

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Celebrities attend event marking 400th anniv. of Osaka siege

OSAKA, Japan - Celebrities in traditional armor suits pose in front of Osaka Castle in western Japan during an event on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the 400th anniversary of the "Winter Siege of Osaka" in feudal Japan. From R: Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui, kabuki actor Ainosuke Kataoka, singer Akiko Wada, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and event executive committee head Shinya Hashizume.

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Celebrities start event for 400th anniv. of Osaka siege

OSAKA, Japan - Celebrities in traditional armor suits cut the ribbon to open an event commemorating the 400th anniversary of the "Winter Siege of Osaka" in feudal Japan. From L: Kabuki actor Ainosuke Kataoka, singer Akiko Wada, Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and event executive committee head Shinya Hashizume.

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People forced to vacate homes for Haneda airport recall memories

Katsumi Hashizume recalls in an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015, how his family and neighbors were ordered by U.S.-led occupation forces to evacuate their homes within 48 hours in September 1945 to make way for the expansion of Haneda airport in the Japanese capital. Amid government plans for further expansion of the airport ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Hashizume and other former residents, most over 80 years old, want the public to remember their sacrifices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Planting cherry trees as tsunami caution

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Takumi Hashizume, representative of the cherry tree-planting project ''Sakura Line 311'' in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, stands on March 2, 2012, by a cherry tree planted last November. Hashizume and other project members aim to plant about 17,000 trees along a 170-kilometer line through the coastal city marking the furthest inland points reached by the tsunami, to warn future generations about a repeat of the catastrophe. (Kyodo)

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Celebrities attend event marking 400th anniv. of Osaka siege

OSAKA, Japan - Celebrities in traditional armor suits pose in front of Osaka Castle in western Japan during an event on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the 400th anniversary of the "Winter Siege of Osaka" in feudal Japan. From R: Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui, kabuki actor Ainosuke Kataoka, singer Akiko Wada, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and event executive committee head Shinya Hashizume. (Kyodo)