Etsuko Takano dies

Etsuko Takano dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2001 shows Etsuko Takano, general manager of Iwanami Hall, a Tokyo movie theater famous for screenings of foreign art films. Takano died of colon cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 9, 2013, the 45th anniversary of the founding of Iwanami Hall. She was 83 years old.

Japanese dictionary

Japanese dictionary

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2017, shows the current (L) and new editions of the best-selling Japanese dictionary "Kojien" at Iwanami Shoten, the publisher's bookstore, in Tokyo.

Woman develops men's slip-on type pants

Woman develops men's slip-on type pants

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiyo Iwanami, who has been studying nursing care wear for many years in Tokyo, shows pants with an elasticized waistband which she developed to enable disabled persons to put on off with one hand, a boon to the disabled.

Damages suit against Oe over Okinawa battle rejected

Damages suit against Oe over Okinawa battle rejected

OSAKA, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe speaks at a news conference in Osaka on March 28 after the Osaka District Court rejected a damage suit filed against him and Iwanami Shoten Publishers over his 1970 essay ''Okinawa Notes.'' The court dismissed two plaintiffs' claim that Oe wrongly stated in his book that military officers ordered civilians in Okinawa Prefecture to commit mass suicide in the closing days of World War II.

Damages suit against Oe over Okinawa battle rejected

Damages suit against Oe over Okinawa battle rejected

OSAKA, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe arrives at the Osaka District Court on March 28 to hear a court ruling on a damage suit filed against him and Iwanami Shoten Publishers over his 1970 essay ''Okinawa Notes.'' The court rejected two plaintiffs' claim that Oe wrongly stated in his book that military officers ordered civilians in Okinawa Prefecture to commit mass suicide in the closing days of World War II.

Japanese dictionary

Japanese dictionary

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2017, shows the current (L) and new editions of the best-selling Japanese dictionary "Kojien" at Iwanami Shoten, the publisher's bookstore, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Damages suit against Oe over Okinawa battle rejected

Damages suit against Oe over Okinawa battle rejected

OSAKA, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe arrives at the Osaka District Court on March 28 to hear a court ruling on a damage suit filed against him and Iwanami Shoten Publishers over his 1970 essay ''Okinawa Notes.'' The court rejected two plaintiffs' claim that Oe wrongly stated in his book that military officers ordered civilians in Okinawa Prefecture to commit mass suicide in the closing days of World War II. (Kyodo)

Damages suit against Oe over Okinawa battle rejected

Damages suit against Oe over Okinawa battle rejected

OSAKA, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe speaks at a news conference in Osaka on March 28 after the Osaka District Court rejected a damage suit filed against him and Iwanami Shoten Publishers over his 1970 essay ''Okinawa Notes.'' The court dismissed two plaintiffs' claim that Oe wrongly stated in his book that military officers ordered civilians in Okinawa Prefecture to commit mass suicide in the closing days of World War II. (Kyodo)

Visitors flock to corner for WWII books at Tokyo fair

Visitors flock to corner for WWII books at Tokyo fair

A corner for books related to the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II set up by publisher Iwanami Shoten at the Tokyo International Book Fair attracts a large number of visitors on July 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo