Ex-school teacher stays committed to antinuclear movement

Ex-school teacher stays committed to antinuclear movement

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken April 24, 2014 shows Hidefumi Owada, a former school teacher and antinuclear activist, holding a crane figurine belonging to the abandoned garden of his home in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The amount of radiation in the garden remains high, leaving no time for Owada, a devoted gardener, to attend to his once-proud garden. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

Okinawa, Australia to cooperate in reducing starfish

Okinawa, Australia to cooperate in reducing starfish

NAHA, Japan - Hidefumi Toma (L), head of the Okinawa prefectural government's ecological life department, and Jamie Oliver, research director of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, shake hands in Naha on March 5, 2014, after concluding an agreement on cooperation to get rid of the swarms of crown-of-thorns starfish that threaten corals in seas around Okinawa.

Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Hidefumi Kimura (R), president of Kimura Drink Co., pitches his company's products to local traders in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products overseas hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Niko Niko Do seeks court protection

Niko Niko Do seeks court protection

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Tomono (L) and Hidefumi Kawamura, former and new presidents of Niko Niko Do, Kumamoto-based supermarket chain operator, speak at a press conference in Kumamoto on April 9 about the company's filing for court protection under the Civil Corporate Rehabilitation Law. The company's group liabilities total some 130 billion yen.

Niko Niko Do seeks court protection

Niko Niko Do seeks court protection

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Tomono (L) and Hidefumi Kawamura, former and new presidents of Niko Niko Do, Kumamoto-based supermarket chain operator, speak at a press conference in Kumamoto on April 9 about the company's filing for court protection under the Civil Corporate Rehabilitation Law. The company's group liabilities total some 130 billion yen.

Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Hidefumi Kimura (R), president of Kimura Drink Co., pitches his company's products to local traders in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products overseas hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. (Kyodo)