Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiaki Nambu (L), priest at Yasukuni Shrine, Chu Gyu HO (C), minister at the South Korean Embassy, and Keishiro Fukushima, parliamentary secretary at the Foreign Ministry, join hands at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 12 during a ceremony to return an 18th-century Korean stone monument to South Korea. The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, and had been kept at the shrine since Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

Best Matsuzaka cow auctioned for 25.8 mil. yen

Best Matsuzaka cow auctioned for 25.8 mil. yen

Keishiro Hata stands with Fukuharu 5 after the three-year old, 690-kilogram cow won this year's top prize at a fair in Matsuzaka, Mie Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2016. The cow was later priced at 25.8 million yen in an auction. Matsuzaka-brand beef is known for being tender and juicy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lacquerware artist Shioda dies at 80

Lacquerware artist Shioda dies at 80

KANAZAWA, Japan - Living national treasure and lacquerware artist Keishiro Shioda died of pneumonia at a hospital in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 24, his family said Sept. 25. He was 80. Photo was provided by the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry. (Kyodo)

Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiaki Nambu (L), priest at Yasukuni Shrine, Chu Gyu HO (C), minister at the South Korean Embassy, and Keishiro Fukushima, parliamentary secretary at the Foreign Ministry, join hands at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 12 during a ceremony to return an 18th-century Korean stone monument to South Korea. The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, and had been kept at the shrine since Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. (Kyodo)