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Blind musician Tsujii wins international piano competition

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Tsujii (C), a blind Japanese pianist who shared the first prize at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas, returns to Japan on June 9, accompanied by his mother Itsuko.

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Van Cliburn piano competition winner Tsujii returns home

NARITA, Japan - Blind Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii (L), who shared first prize with Chinese pianist Zhang Haochen at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition on June 7, speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on June 9 after returning home from Fort Worth, Texas. At right is his mother Itsuko.

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Japan to publish Saddam Hussein's novel on May 19

TOKYO, Japan - Itsuko Hirata, translator of a novel by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, holds up a Japanese copy of the book, ''Akuma no Dance (Devil's Dance).'' Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co. said May 12 the novel has been published nowhere else. It will hit bookstores May 19.

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Taipei capital plaza to be redesigned

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Taipei city government plans to redesign the area around Taiwan's Presidential Office (file photo) to underline the island's emergence as a modern democratic society. Ten internationally-known architects and urban planners -- including Japan's Fumihiko Maki and Itsuko Hasegawa and Malaysia's Ken Yeang -- have been invited to enter a design competition.

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Van Cliburn piano competition winner Tsujii returns home

NARITA, Japan - Blind Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii (L), who shared first prize with Chinese pianist Zhang Haochen at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition on June 7, speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on June 9 after returning home from Fort Worth, Texas. At right is his mother Itsuko. (Kyodo)

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Japan to publish Saddam Hussein's novel on May 19

TOKYO, Japan - Itsuko Hirata, translator of a novel by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, holds up a Japanese copy of the book, ''Akuma no Dance (Devil's Dance).'' Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co. said May 12 the novel has been published nowhere else. It will hit bookstores May 19. (Kyodo)

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Taipei capital plaza to be redesigned

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Taipei city government plans to redesign the area around Taiwan's Presidential Office (file photo) to underline the island's emergence as a modern democratic society. Ten internationally-known architects and urban planners -- including Japan's Fumihiko Maki and Itsuko Hasegawa and Malaysia's Ken Yeang -- have been invited to enter a design competition.