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Relatives remember Japanese submariners in Australian ceremony

SYDNEY, Australia - Kazutomo Ban, 74, (3rd L) and other relatives of two Japanese sailors who died in a midget submarine during an attack on Sydney Harbour during World War II, pose with Neil Roberts (2nd L), the only Australian survivor in the Australian naval vessel Kuttabul which was torpedoed during the attack, during a memorial service in Sydney on Aug. 6. After remaining lost for almost 65 years, the M24 midget submarine of Sub-Lt. Katsuhisa Ban and Petty Officer Mamoru Ashibe was discovered late last year by a group of amateur divers about 5 kilometers off Sydney's coast.

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'Missing Post Office' keeps accepting letters, postcards

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Katsuhisa Nakata, 80-year-old director of "Missing Post Office," drops a postcard into a tin box in the office on the island of Awashima in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken in November 2014. The post office was created by artist Saya Kubota to accept unaddressed postcards and letters in which senders write messages to whomever they want to, such as deceased family members.

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Visitors read postcards sent to 'Missing Post Office'

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Visitors to "Missing Post Office" on the island of Awashima in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, read postcards sent to the office as 80-year-old postmaster Katsuhisa Tanaka looks on in this file photo taken in November 2014. The post office was created by artist Saya Kubota to accept unaddressed postcards and letters in which senders write messages to whomever they want to, such as deceased family members.

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Otsuka Kagu president fends off father's attempt to oust her

Kumiko Otsuka, president of upscale furniture store operator Otsuka Kagu Ltd., holds a press conference in Tokyo in this file photo taken March 27, 2015, after winning a proxy fight with her father Katsuhisa Otsuka, founder and chairman, in a shareholders meeting. The shareholders voted in favor of the 47-year-old president continuing to manage the firm although her 71-year-old father, unsatisfied with her management policy, had wanted to oust his daughter and return as president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Feud over control of furniture seller Otsuka Kagu

Combined photo shows Katsuhisa Otsuka (L), the founder and chairman of furniture store operator Otsuka Kagu Ltd., and his daughter Kumiko Otsuka, its president, whose feud over management policy has drawn public attention. A meeting of the company shareholders was held in Tokyo on March 27, 2015, to settle a proxy fight over who should control the company, as the president has been seeking to continue managing the company while the chairman has been seeking to return as president and calling for his daughter to step down. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Feud over control of furniture seller Otsuka Kagu

People enter a building in Tokyo's Ariake district on March 27, 2015, where a meeting of shareholders of furniture store operator Otsuka Kagu Ltd. was held the same day to settle a proxy fight over who should control the company. Katsuhisa Otsuka, founder and chairman, has been seeking to return as president, while his daughter Kumiko Otsuka, current president, has been seeking to continue managing the company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Family feud at furniture chain operator Otsuka Kagu

Kumiko Otsuka, president of Otsuka Kagu Ltd., a major Japanese furniture store chain, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2015, about a feud with her farther and chairman Katsuhisa over company management. Kumiko said she will seek her father's retirement from the post at a general shareholders meeting on March 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Relatives remember Japanese submariners in Australian ceremony

SYDNEY, Australia - Kazutomo Ban, 74, (3rd L) and other relatives of two Japanese sailors who died in a midget submarine during an attack on Sydney Harbour during World War II, pose with Neil Roberts (2nd L), the only Australian survivor in the Australian naval vessel Kuttabul which was torpedoed during the attack, during a memorial service in Sydney on Aug. 6. After remaining lost for almost 65 years, the M24 midget submarine of Sub-Lt. Katsuhisa Ban and Petty Officer Mamoru Ashibe was discovered late last year by a group of amateur divers about 5 kilometers off Sydney's coast. (Kyodo)

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Retired teacher found guilty in 'Kimigayo' case

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuhisa Fujita (C), a retired high school teacher, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on May 30 after he was found guilty of disturbing a graduation ceremony by urging parents to remain seated during the singing of Japan's ''Kimigayo'' anthem. (Kyodo)

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Retired teacher again found guilty in 'Kimigayo' case

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuhisa Fujita, 67, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on May 29 after the Tokyo High Court rejected his appeal and upheld a lower court ruling that found him guilty of disturbing a graduation ceremony by urging parents to remain seated during the singing of the ''Kimigayo'' anthem. (Kyodo)

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Japan's cattle shipments ban expands to Tochigi

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Farmer Katsuhisa Hatada takes care of beef cattle in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2011. The Japanese government the same day banned cattle shipments from Tochigi Prefecture, raising to four the number of prefectures subject to the ban imposed to prevent radiation-contaminated meat from reaching the nation's store shelves. (Kyodo)

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'Missing Post Office' keeps accepting letters, postcards

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Katsuhisa Nakata, 80-year-old director of "Missing Post Office," drops a postcard into a tin box in the office on the island of Awashima in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken in November 2014. The post office was created by artist Saya Kubota to accept unaddressed postcards and letters in which senders write messages to whomever they want to, such as deceased family members. (Kyodo)