Disaster-hit Japanese daily awarded

Disaster-hit Japanese daily awarded

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hiroyuki Takeuchi (R), editor-in-chief of the Japanese newspaper Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, attends the International Press Institute's annual world congress and general assembly in Taipei on Sept. 25, 2011, as the daily received a special award for its publication efforts in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The daily continued to publish using handwritten papers (L) posted on walls, despite loss of power and damage to printing machines due to the disaster.

Disaster-hit Japanese daily awarded

Disaster-hit Japanese daily awarded

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hiroyuki Takeuchi (R), editor-in-chief of the Japanese newspaper Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, attends the International Press Institute's annual world congress and general assembly in Taipei on Sept. 25, 2011, as the daily received a special award for its publication efforts in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The daily continued to publish using handwritten papers (L) posted on walls, despite loss of power and damage to printing machines due to the disaster. (Kyodo)

Handwritten newspaper in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

Handwritten newspaper in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Hiroyuki Takeuchi, editor-in-chief of the daily Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun, shows a handwritten copy of the ''wall paper'' in its office in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20, 2011. The company's handwritten newspapers were posted at shelters and convenience stores for six days after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami ravaged the city. (Kyodo)

Olympus appoints new president

Olympus appoints new president

Hiroyuki Sasa (L), president of Japanese camera and medical device maker Olympus Corp., and Vice President Yasuo Takeuchi hold a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2019, at which Takeuchi's promotion to president on April 1 was announced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Olympus appoints new president

Olympus appoints new president

Hiroyuki Sasa (L), president of Japanese camera and medical device maker Olympus Corp., shakes hands with Vice President Yasuo Takeuchi at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2019, at which Takeuchi's promotion to president on April 1 was announced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo