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City to file kamikaze pilots' mementos for world memory

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kanpei Shimoide, mayor of Minamikyushu in Kagoshima Prefecture, shows an application form at Chiran Peace Museum in the city on Feb. 4, 2014, before filing to have kamikaze suicide pilots' mementos registered in the UNESCO Memory of the World program.

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Kamikaze pilots' mementos for world memory

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kanpei Shimoide, mayor of Minamikyushu in Kagoshima Prefecture, meets reporters at Chiran Peace Museum in the city on Feb. 4, 2014, about the municipal government's imminent filing to have kamikaze suicide pilots' mementos registered in the UNESCO Memory of the World program.

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Marinos' Tomisawa meets comedian Kanpei Hazama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Seitaro Tomisawa (L) of Yokohama F Marinos poses with comedian Kanpei Hazama at the Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium in Yokohama on March 15, 2014, after the J1 club's victory over Tokushima Vortis.

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Comedian finishes relay in 2011 disaster-hit north Japan region

Comedian Kanpei Hazama, the last runner in an 11-day long-distance charity relay held every year since 2012 to encourage those affected by the 2011 disaster in the northeastern Japanese prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, reaches Spa Resort Hawaiians in Fukushima's Iwaki on Aug. 21, 2015. A hula girl at the resort placed a lei garland around his neck. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese mayor views suicide pilots' photos at U.S. memorial museum

Mayor Kanpei Shimoide of Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, looks at pictures of Japanese "kamikaze" pilots at the USS Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on April 11, 2015. He visited the ship for an exhibit of mementos left by the pilots on their suicide missions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese visitors commemorate WWII suicide pilots in Pearl Harbor

Mayor Kanpei Shimoide (2nd from L) of Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, joins other compatriots in commemorating World War II "kamikaze" pilots at the USS Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on April 11, 2015. They visited the ship for an exhibit of mementos left by the pilots on their suicide missions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documentary film on wheelchair-bound "rakugoka" hits screens

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, at Asakusa Engei Hall theater in central Tokyo, shows Hayashiya Kanpei, a speech-impaired, wheelchair-bound "rakugoka" storyteller. His struggle to return to the stage after suffering a stroke is the focus of the new documentary film "Namidano Kazudake Warao-yo (Let's Laugh As Many Times As We Cry)." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Comedian Kanpei runs relay to encourage quake victims

Comedian Kanpei Hazama responds to cheers from people in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2015. He was the first runner in an 11-day long distance relay held every year since 2012 to encourage those affected by the 2011 disaster in the northeastern Japanese prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo