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[Breaking News]Prudential Life Insurance sets up independent panel over fraud

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 10 Kyodo - Hiromitsu Tokumaru, new president and CEO of Prudential Life Insurance Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2026, announcing the launch of a third-party panel to look into revelations that over 100 of its current and former employees engaged in improper conduct including defrauding clients. (Kyodo)

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Prudential Life Insurance sets up independent panel over fraud

Hiromitsu Tokumaru (2nd from R), new president and CEO of Prudential Life Insurance Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2026, announcing the launch of a third-party panel to look into revelations that over 100 of its current and former employees engaged in improper conduct including defrauding clients.

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Prudential Life Insurance sets up independent panel over fraud

Hiromitsu Tokumaru, new president and CEO of Prudential Life Insurance Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2026, announcing the launch of a third-party panel to look into revelations that over 100 of its current and former employees engaged in improper conduct including defrauding clients.

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Prudential Life Insurance sets up independent panel over fraud

Hiromitsu Tokumaru, new president and CEO of Prudential Life Insurance Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2026, announcing the launch of a third-party panel to look into revelations that over 100 of its current and former employees engaged in improper conduct including defrauding clients.

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Steel's takeover of Sapporo would harm shareholder interest

TOKYO, Japan - Shunko Muto, chairman of Sapporo Holdings Ltd.'s independent advisory panel, tells a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4 that the panel has judged that U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners' proposed takeover of the major Japanese brewer would be detrimental to the interests of Sapporo's shareholders.

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kawai, an attorney representing those who sought criminal responsibility of Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 31, 2014, after an independent judicial panel of citizens decided that the three former TEPCO executives merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. -- former chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) as well as two former vice presidents Sakae Muto (C) and Ichiro Takekuro. An independent judicial panel of citizens has decided that the three merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa found not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawyers serving as prosecutors in former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa's trial enter the Tokyo District Court on April 26, 2012, ahead of a ruling on charges of false political funds reporting. Ozawa, who faced the charges after an independent judicial panel of citizens determined criminal indictment was warranted, even after public prosecutors decided not to indict him, was found not guilty.

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Experts' panel on Fukushima nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Yotaro Hatamura, a researcher on human error who is leading an independent panel of experts on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, speaks at the first meeting of the panel in Tokyo on June 7, 2011. Japan has started probing the causes of the crisis under the panel.

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Kan at experts' panel meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at the first meeting of an independent panel of experts on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on June 7, 2011, in Tokyo. Kan told the panel members that he is willing to be questioned as part of the panel's probing process.

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Japan sets up probe panel on nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yotaro Hatamura, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. The Japanese government on May 24, 2011, set up an independent panel headed by Hatamura to probe the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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DPJ kingpin Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa leaves home in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2010. An independent judicial panel recommended the previous day that Ozawa should be indicted over a political funds scandal involving his fund management body, making him the first politician to be indicted under the review system.

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Inquest into Ozawa's non-indictment

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (R) shakes hands with his key supporter, former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2010. An independent judicial panel has reportedly launched its second review of whether decisions by prosecutors not to indict Ozawa over false financial reporting by his political fund management body were appropriate.

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Prosecutors question Ozawa over political fund reports

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C), secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, leaves a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 15, 2010, after being questioned by prosecutors over his fund management body's alleged false reporting of political funds. The third round of questioning over the fund reports was conducted after an independent judicial panel decided last month that Ozawa merits indictment over the allegation.

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Prosecutors question Ozawa over political fund reports

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media gather in front of a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 15, 2010, as prosecutors inside questioned Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa. Tokyo prosecutors and Ozawa met for a third round of questioning after an independent judicial panel decided last month that he merits indictment over his fund management body's alleged false reporting of political funds.

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Watanabe forms new group with independent lawmaker, experts

TOKYO, Japan - Former Cabinet minister Yoshimi Watanabe (2nd from L) joins hands with members of a new political group he has formed just three days after leaving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at a news conference at the No. 2 House of Representatives lawmakers' building in Tokyo on Jan. 16. The group consists of Watanabe, independent lawmaker Kenji Eda (L), Taro Yayama (2nd from R), a renowned political analyst, and Katsuhiko Eguchi (R), president of the PHP research institute, who heads a government panel on reorganizing Japan's prefectural system.

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Independent Hokuetsu panel OKs anti-takeover steps vs. Oji

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiji Sato, chairman of Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd.'s independent panel, speaks with reporters late Aug. 8 after recommending that the company initiate measures to try to foil a hostile takeover bid by industry leader Oji Paper Co.

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Japan poised to ease beef import ban, backed by panel report

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's independent Food Safety Commission's prion research group discusses in Tokyo on Oct. 24 whether Japan may ease its two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports. The panel later released a draft report saying the risk of mad cow disease being found in North American beef is ''extremely low'' if import terms are met properly.

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Food Safety Commission OKs easing of all-cow testing for BSE

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's independent Food Safety Commission is in session in Tokyo on May 6 on the issue of the country's import ban on American beef. The panel approved an easing of the blanket testing of all cows for mad cow disease, paving the way for lifting the ban imposed after the December 2003 discovery of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease.

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Panel seeks cuts in state subsidies for local gov'ts

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Moroi (R), chairman of the Committee for the Promotion of Decentralization, an advisory body to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, hands him a written proposal at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Aug. 8. The panel proposed abolishing or cutting state subsidies for local governments in a bid to promote independent fiscal management by municipalities.

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Minister asks for advice on fostering students' independence

TOKYO, Japan - Education Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) on May 29 asks his advisory panel to launch a study on how to foster independent decision-making among students to help them succeed in a rapidly changing society. Nakasone requested the Central Council for Education, chaired by Jiro Nemoto (L), to develop a continuous curriculum that could be applied to youth beginning in infant stages through to university students.

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Huawei ICT Incubator program announces winners in Bangladesh

STORY: Huawei ICT Incubator program announces winners in Bangladesh DATELINE: Oct. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the "Huawei ICT Incubator 2022" event in Dhaka, Bangladesh STORYLINE: Huawei Bangladesh has announced six startups as winners of the Huawei ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Incubator 2022 program in Bangladesh. The announcement came in a gala event held Wednesday in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, which was organized by Huawei Bangladesh with the cooperation of strategic partners Startup Bangladesh Limited and iDEA Bangladesh. The program has two categories, and the champions are Insure Cow for the Idea Stage and Jahaji Limited for the Early Stage. The six winners will get seed funding and global cloud computing resource as the award in addition to the opportunity to meet global startups for knowledge sharing. An independent jury panel comprising iDEA Bangladesh, Huawei Bangladesh, Startup Bangladesh and other renowned leaders

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Veterans Affairs Hearing - Washington

United States Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent of Vermont) listens to the panel during a Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing to Consider Pending Legislation in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Veterans Affairs Hearing - Washington

United States Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent of Vermont) listens to the panel during a Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing to Consider Pending Legislation in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Safety Commission OKs easing of all-cow testing for BSE

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's independent Food Safety Commission is in session in Tokyo on May 6 on the issue of the country's import ban on American beef. The panel approved an easing of the blanket testing of all cows for mad cow disease, paving the way for lifting the ban imposed after the December 2003 discovery of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease. (Kyodo)

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Independent Hokuetsu panel OKs anti-takeover steps vs. Oji

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiji Sato, chairman of Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd.'s independent panel, speaks with reporters late Aug. 8 after recommending that the company initiate measures to try to foil a hostile takeover bid by industry leader Oji Paper Co. (Kyodo)

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Steel's takeover of Sapporo would harm shareholder interest

TOKYO, Japan - Shunko Muto, chairman of Sapporo Holdings Ltd.'s independent advisory panel, tells a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4 that the panel has judged that U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners' proposed takeover of the major Japanese brewer would be detrimental to the interests of Sapporo's shareholders. (Kyodo)

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Watanabe forms new group with independent lawmaker, experts

TOKYO, Japan - Former Cabinet minister Yoshimi Watanabe (2nd from L) joins hands with members of a new political group he has formed just three days after leaving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at a news conference at the No. 2 House of Representatives lawmakers' building in Tokyo on Jan. 16. The group consists of Watanabe, independent lawmaker Kenji Eda (L), Taro Yayama (2nd from R), a renowned political analyst, and Katsuhiko Eguchi (R), president of the PHP research institute, who heads a government panel on reorganizing Japan's prefectural system. (Kyodo)

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Japan poised to ease beef import ban, backed by panel report

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's independent Food Safety Commission's prion research group discusses in Tokyo on Oct. 24 whether Japan may ease its two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports. The panel later released a draft report saying the risk of mad cow disease being found in North American beef is ''extremely low'' if import terms are met properly. (Kyodo)

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Minister asks for advice on fostering students' independence

TOKYO, Japan - Education Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) on May 29 asks his advisory panel to launch a study on how to foster independent decision-making among students to help them succeed in a rapidly changing society. Nakasone requested the Central Council for Education, chaired by Jiro Nemoto (L), to develop a continuous curriculum that could be applied to youth beginning in infant stages through to university students.

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TV watchdog raps gov't, LDP for pressuring NHK over documentary

The Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization, led by Yoshiharu Kawabata (2nd from L), holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2015. The independent panel criticized the government and ruling party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for exercising pressure on public broadcaster NHK over possible fraud in its documentary. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO chief meets with reporters

Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose meets with reporters in Tokyo on July 31, 2015, following a decision by an independent judicial panel of citizens that three former TEPCO executives merit indictment over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Hirose said, "I will push forward various measures to enhance the security of nuclear plants." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel says ex-TEPCO execs should face mandatory indictment

Ruiko Muto (C), who heads a group that lodged a complaint against Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, and its lawyer (R) hold banners reading "Mandatory Indictment" and "Justice for Citizens" in Tokyo on July 31, 2015. That day an independent judicial panel of citizens said that three former TEPCO executives should be indicted and tried for professional negligence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-TEPCO execs to face mandatory indictment given panel decision

File photo taken on March 17, 2011, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, six days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's northeast, triggering meltdowns at the plant. An independent judicial panel of citizens said July 31, 2015, it has decided that three former executives of the utility merit indictment over the nuclear disaster, setting the stage for them to face mandatory prosecution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-TEPCO execs to face mandatory indictment given panel decision

Photo shows (from L) Tsunehisa Katsumata, 75, who was chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and former TEPCO vice presidents Sakae Muto, 65, and Ichiro Takekuro, 69. An independent judicial panel of citizens said July 31, 2015, it has decided that the three former executives merit indictment over the disaster, setting the stage for them to face mandatory prosecution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel recommends U.N. to put emphasis on conflict prevention

Former Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta (L), chair of the high-level independent panel on peace operations, gives a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 16, 2015, to explain a report compiled by the panel. The report recommends that the United Nations should put emphasis on the prevention of conflicts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-TEPCO execs to face mandatory indictment given panel decision

Men hold banners reading "Mandatory indictment" and "Justice for citizens" in front of the Tokyo District Court on July 31, 2015, following a decision by an independent judicial panel of citizens that three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, setting the stage for them to face mandatory prosecution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ kingpin Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa leaves home in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2010. An independent judicial panel recommended the previous day that Ozawa should be indicted over a political funds scandal involving his fund management body, making him the first politician to be indicted under the review system. (Kyodo)

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Inquest into Ozawa's non-indictment

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (R) shakes hands with his key supporter, former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2010. An independent judicial panel has reportedly launched its second review of whether decisions by prosecutors not to indict Ozawa over false financial reporting by his political fund management body were appropriate. (Kyodo)

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Kan at experts' panel meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at the first meeting of an independent panel of experts on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on June 7, 2011, in Tokyo. Kan told the panel members that he is willing to be questioned as part of the panel's probing process. (Kyodo)

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Experts' panel on Fukushima nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Yotaro Hatamura, a researcher on human error who is leading an independent panel of experts on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, speaks at the first meeting of the panel in Tokyo on June 7, 2011. Japan has started probing the causes of the crisis under the panel. (Kyodo)

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Japan sets up probe panel on nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yotaro Hatamura, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. The Japanese government on May 24, 2011, set up an independent panel headed by Hatamura to probe the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors question Ozawa over political fund reports

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C), secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, leaves a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 15, 2010, after being questioned by prosecutors over his fund management body's alleged false reporting of political funds. The third round of questioning over the fund reports was conducted after an independent judicial panel decided last month that Ozawa merits indictment over the allegation. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors question Ozawa over political fund reports

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media gather in front of a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 15, 2010, as prosecutors inside questioned Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa. Tokyo prosecutors and Ozawa met for a third round of questioning after an independent judicial panel decided last month that he merits indictment over his fund management body's alleged false reporting of political funds. (Kyodo)

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Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa found not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawyers serving as prosecutors in former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa's trial enter the Tokyo District Court on April 26, 2012, ahead of a ruling on charges of false political funds reporting. Ozawa, who faced the charges after an independent judicial panel of citizens determined criminal indictment was warranted, even after public prosecutors decided not to indict him, was found not guilty. (Kyodo)

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. -- former chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) as well as two former vice presidents Sakae Muto (C) and Ichiro Takekuro. An independent judicial panel of citizens has decided that the three merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kawai, an attorney representing those who sought criminal responsibility of Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 31, 2014, after an independent judicial panel of citizens decided that the three former TEPCO executives merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Czech sculptor Petr Vana, author of the Marian column replica, stores a copy of the panel painting of the so-called Virgin Mary Rynecka to a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Czech sculptor Petr Vana, author of the Marian column replica, stores a copy of the panel painting of the so-called Virgin Mary Rynecka to a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

A copy of the panel painting of the so-called Virgin Mary Rynecka was stored to a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)