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2 months since powerful quakes in southwestern Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan, June 14 Kyodo - Municipal officials of the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto fall silent on June 14, 2016, in honor of victims of a series of powerful earthquakes that hit the city and surrounding areas two months ago. Mayor Kazufumi Onishi told the officials to do their utmost for those affected by the disaster.

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Jo Sasaki wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Jo Sasaki, 59, speaks to reporters in Tokyo after winning the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction on Jan. 14, 2009. He was one of two recipients of the prize, along with Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51.

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Kazufumi Shiraishi wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51, speaks to reporters in Tokyo after winning the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction on Jan. 14, 2009. He was one of two recipients of the prize, along with Jo Sasaki, 59.

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Jo Sasaki wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jo Sasaki, 59, who on Jan. 14, 2009, won the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction. He was one of the two recipients of the prize, along with Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51.

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Kazufumi Shiraishi wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51, who on Jan. 14, 2009, won the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction. He was one of the two recipients of the prize, along with Jo Sasaki, 59.

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Mammoth's skin shown in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prof. Petr Lazarev (L) of a mammoth museum in Sakha in Russia's East Siberia, shows a piece of skin from a mammoth that was found in August in iced soil in Siberia, at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 20. Lazarev has been working with Kazufumi Kobayashi (R), head of the Creation of Mammoth Association (COM) of Japan. The association is in charge of looking into the revival of mammoths by cloning or artificial insemination.

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2 months since powerful quakes in southwestern Japan

Municipal officials of the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto fall silent on June 14, 2016, in honor of victims of a series of powerful earthquakes that hit the city and surrounding areas two months ago. Mayor Kazufumi Onishi told the officials to do their utmost for those affected by the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 months since powerful quakes in southwestern Japan

Municipal officials of the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto fall silent on June 14, 2016, in honor of victims of a series of powerful earthquakes that hit the city and surrounding areas two months ago. Mayor Kazufumi Onishi told the officials to do their utmost for those affected by the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actor Kikunosuke's son to debut in May

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke, 38, and his 2-year-old son Kazufumi Terajima, attend a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 2, 2016, held to announce that Kazufumi will make his debut on a Kabuki stage in a program starting May 2 at the Kabukiza Theatre in the Japanese capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jo Sasaki wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Jo Sasaki, 59, speaks to reporters in Tokyo after winning the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction on Jan. 14, 2009. He was one of two recipients of the prize, along with Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51. (Kyodo)

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Jo Sasaki wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jo Sasaki, 59, who on Jan. 14, 2009, won the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction. He was one of the two recipients of the prize, along with Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51. (Kyodo)

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Kazufumi Shiraishi wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51, speaks to reporters in Tokyo after winning the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction on Jan. 14, 2009. He was one of two recipients of the prize, along with Jo Sasaki, 59. (Kyodo)

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Kazufumi Shiraishi wins Naoki literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kazufumi Shiraishi, 51, who on Jan. 14, 2009, won the 142nd Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of fiction. He was one of the two recipients of the prize, along with Jo Sasaki, 59. (Kyodo)

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Imperial garden party

Emperor Akihito (3rd from L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) talk to Kumamoto city mayor Kazufumi Onishi (3rd from R) and musician Tetsuya Komuro (4th from R) during a biannual imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mammoth's skin shown in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prof. Petr Lazarev (L) of a mammoth museum in Sakha in Russia's East Siberia, shows a piece of skin from a mammoth that was found in August in iced soil in Siberia, at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 20. Lazarev has been working with Kazufumi Kobayashi (R), head of the Creation of Mammoth Association (COM) of Japan. The association is in charge of looking into the revival of mammoths by cloning or artificial insemination.

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(3)Kazufumi Goto

TOKYO, Japan - Kazufumi Goto, known in Japan as "Dr. Mammoth," gives up his post as a professor at Kagoshima University to become the head of a kindergarten. The photo was taken March 25, 1998. (Kyodo)

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(2)Kazufumi Goto

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kazufumi Goto, formerly Kagoshima University professor specializing in mammoth study, is surrounded by children at Ezu kindergarten in Kumamoto city after his career change to head the kindergarten. The photo was taken March 25, 1998. (Kyodo)

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(1)Kazufumi Goto

TOKYO, Japan - Kagoshima University professor Kazufumi Goto who specializes in mammoth study at his laboratory. The photo was taken July 25, 1997. (Kyodo)