Ex-JFE Holdings chief Sudo to become TEPCO chairman

Ex-JFE Holdings chief Sudo to become TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Sudo, former president of steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc., answers reporters' questions after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. Sudo will become chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. on April 1, replacing Kazuhiko Shimokobe.

Late human rights lawyer Fuse draws renewed interest

Late human rights lawyer Fuse draws renewed interest

TOKYO, Japan - Teacher Kazuhiko Abe (L in back) teaches third-year students at Onagawa No. 4 Junior High School in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, a Korean man who kept mentioning human rights lawyer Tatsuji Fuse's achievements in the protection of human rights.

Okinawa papers rap Abe's fellow lawmakers over anti-media remarks

Okinawa papers rap Abe's fellow lawmakers over anti-media remarks

Kazuhiko Taketomi (L), editor-in-chief of the Okinawa Times, and Yoshikazu Shiohira, editor-in-chief of The Ryukyu Shimpo, speak at a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 2, 2015. They also spoke at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan and rapped some lawmakers of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party for calling for pressure to be applied to media critical of the government, including the two Okinawa papers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Late human rights lawyer Fuse draws renewed interest

Late human rights lawyer Fuse draws renewed interest

TOKYO, Japan - Teacher Kazuhiko Abe (L in back) teaches third-year students at Onagawa No. 4 Junior High School in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, a Korean man who kept mentioning human rights lawyer Tatsuji Fuse's achievements in the protection of human rights. (Kyodo)