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Japan joins U.N. pact against int'l organized crime

NEW YORK, Japan, July 12 Kyodo - Hiroshi Minami (L), deputy permanent representative of Japan to the United Nations, submits an instrument of acceptance of the U.N. Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, to a U.N. official in New York on July 11, 2017, to become the 188th signatory of the convention.

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Robot attendant at shop

OSAKA, Japan - Robot Minami (R) makes its debut as an attendant on the apparel floor of a Takashimaya department store in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 30, 2013. The female robot, developed by a team led by robot scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro, professor of Osaka University, can give explanations about goods and interact with customers using a limited number of phrases.

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Robot attendant at shop

OSAKA, Japan - Robot Minami (R) makes its debut as an attendant on the apparel floor of a Takashimaya department store in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 30, 2013. The female robot, developed by a team led by robot scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro, professor of Osaka University, can give explanations about goods and interact with customers using a limited number of phrases.

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Talking humanoid robot

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a female humanoid robot called Minami (L front) and another robot made to resemble Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro (R front) at a Takashimaya department store in Osaka on Nov. 2, 2012. Minami, the latest creation of robot expert Ishiguro, entertained shoppers that day, responding to prepared questions while changing her facial expressions and blinking.

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Talking humanoid robot

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a female humanoid robot called Minami at a Takashimaya department store in Osaka on Nov. 2, 2012. Minami, the latest creation of Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, a robot expert, entertained shoppers that day, responding to prepared questions while changing her facial expressions and blinking.

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Nintendo names new president

KYOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Kyoto's Minami Ward on May 24 about his retirement as president. Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by director Satoru Iwata, 42, effective May 31. Yamauchi has been president for 52 years and is responsible for turning the Kyoto-based entertainment equipment maker into one of the world's leading video game console makers.

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Social psychology pioneer Minami dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pioneer social psychologist Hiroshi Minami (file photo) died Dec. 17 of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. He was 87. Minami, a professor emeritus at the state-run Hitotsubashi University, wrote numerous books, including ''Shakai Shinrigaku'' (Social Psychology) in 1949, which has been used as a standard textbook at Japanese universities.

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Social psychology pioneer Minami dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pioneer social psychologist Hiroshi Minami (file photo) died Dec. 17 of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. He was 87. Minami, a professor emeritus at the state-run Hitotsubashi University, wrote numerous books, including ''Shakai Shinrigaku'' (Social Psychology) in 1949, which has been used as a standard textbook at Japanese universities.

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Nintendo names new president

KYOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Kyoto's Minami Ward on May 24 about his retirement as president. Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by director Satoru Iwata, 42, effective May 31. Yamauchi has been president for 52 years and is responsible for turning the Kyoto-based entertainment equipment maker into one of the world's leading video game console makers.

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Japan ratifies Paris climate accord

Hiroshi Minami (L), a Japanese ambassador at the United Nations, submits a ratification instrument to a U.N. official in New York on Nov. 8, 2016, for the Paris Agreement on fighting global warming. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo names new president

KYOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Kyoto's Minami Ward on May 24 about his retirement as president. Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by director Satoru Iwata, 42, effective May 31. Yamauchi has been president for 52 years and is responsible for turning the Kyoto-based entertainment equipment maker into one of the world's leading video game console makers.