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Lyricist Yu Aku dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Lyricist Yu Aku (file photo taken in June, 2005), famous for writing many popular hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, died of urethral cancer on Aug. 1. He was 70. Aku, whose real name is Hiroyuki Fukada, debuted as a songwriter in 1967 and produced many popular lyrics in various categories from enka (Japanese ballads) to pops.

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A-Bomb Dome rubble salvaged from river

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rubble believed to be from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, known as the Atomic Bomb Dome (seen in background), is salvaged from a nearby river by a crane with support from Hiroshima University on Jan. 22, 2014. A graduate student at the university discovered in June, 2013, granite believed to be from the building registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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A-Bomb Dome rubble salvaged from river

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rebun Kayo, a 35-year-old graduate student at Hiroshima University, helps salvage rubble believed to be from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, from a nearby river by crane on Jan. 22, 2014. Kayo discovered in June, 2013, granite believed to be from the building registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken at Miyagi prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013 shows a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is given to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) receives a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used, at the prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is presented to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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Ex-finance minister Murayama dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Former finance minister Tatsuo Murayama (file photo taken in June, 1999) died on May 20, 2010. He was 95. After serving as a finance ministry official, Murayama won a House of Representatives seat on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket in 1963 and served 12 terms, holding ministerial posts in finance and welfare affairs. He retired from politics in 2000.

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Thatcher refused 'karate ladies' for bodyguards on Japan trip

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken June, 1979, Margaret Thatcher (2nd from R), Britain's first female prime minister, poses for photographers at Tokyo's State Guest House at the Akasaka Palace with world leaders, including Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira (3rd from L), who attended a summit in Japan. According to formerly classified government files released on Dec. 30, 2009, the British premier demanded Tokyo change plans to give her an all-women team of karate experts as personal protection officers during the summit.

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Character actress Kyoko Kishida dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Kyoko Kishida (file photo taken in June, 1998) died of respiratory failure caused by a brain tumor on Dec. 17 at a Tokyo hospital. She was 76.

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Blast at SPring 8 facility injures 2 researchers

OSAKA, Japan - An explosion occurred July 2 at the SPring 8 synchrotron radiation facility in Mikazuki, Hyogo Prefecture (file photo taken in June, 2002), slightly injuring two researchers, who are from China and France.

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Narita airport dispute arbitrator Sumiya dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Sumiya (file photo taken in June, 1985), a labor economist who acted as an arbitrator in the 1990s in a thorny dispute between the central government and opponents of Narita airport, died on Feb. 22 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 86. Sumiya, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, previously served as president of the private Tokyo Woman's Christian University.

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Radioactive substance leak reported at Niigata nuclear plant+

NIIGATA, Japan - A radioactive leakage occurs at a radioactive gaseous waste disposal facility area of the No. 5 reactor in the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant (file photo taken in June, 1996) in Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 20. The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said the incident will not have any impact on the surrounding area as the radioactive substance was contained within the building.

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Deng Xiaoping and Hu Yaobang

In Beijing Bridge game contest, Deng Xiaoping and Hu Yaobang General Secretary (center). (Picture taken in June, 1984)