Tora-san Museum welcomes 4 millionth visitor

Tora-san Museum welcomes 4 millionth visitor

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony is held to celebrate the 4 millionth visitor to the Tora-san Museum in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, on Nov. 8, 2014. The museum is dedicated to Tora-san, a kind-hearted vagabond in popular movie series "Otoko wa tsurai yo" directed by Yoji Yamada. From L: actor Gajiro Sato, Yamada, and museum visitors Kenji Aoyagi and his wife Eriko.

4 Kanto cities to support each other in disasters

4 Kanto cities to support each other in disasters

MITO, Japan - Utsunomiya Mayor Eiichi Sato, Mito Mayor Yasushi Takahashi, Maebashi Mayor Ryu Yamamoto and Takasaki Mayor Kenji Tomioka (from L) pose for photos at the city hall in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2014, after signing an agreement on mutual support in times of disaster.

Cherry pit-spitting contest held in Osaka

Cherry pit-spitting contest held in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Comedian Kenji Tamura (2nd from L) and other people compete in a cherry pit-spitting contest in Osaka, western Japan, on May 10, 2014. On the extreme right is Mayor Hiroki Sato of Sagae, a Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, city known for rich cherry output.

Telecom venture Heisei Denden likely to go bankrupt

Telecom venture Heisei Denden likely to go bankrupt

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Sato, president of Heisei Denden Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 17. Sato said the company, which offers low-cost fixed-line telephone services, will give up rehabilitating itself.

Telecom venture Heisei Denden likely to go bankrupt

Telecom venture Heisei Denden likely to go bankrupt

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Sato, president of Heisei Denden Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 17. Sato said the company, which offers low-cost fixed-line telephone services, will give up rehabilitating itself. (Kyodo)

1976, Collected Works, Lockheed, This Year

A compilation of 1976: The arrest of Yoshio Kodama, Kakuei Tanaka, Tomizaburo Hashimoto and Koukou Sato for bribery from the US Lockheed Corporation. <Caption> Newspaper pages reporting on the Lockheed case, Diet scene with Kenji Osano as a witness, protest march on the Lockheed case, birth of quintuplets, young people running amok on cars and motorcycles, Prime Minister Takeo Miki's press conference on Lockheed, formation of the New Liberal Club, damage from Typhoon No. 17, Kakuei Tanaka's speech on the streets, date of shooting Unknown, Release date: December 24, 1976.

Tora-san Museum welcomes 4 millionth visitor

Tora-san Museum welcomes 4 millionth visitor

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony is held to celebrate the 4 millionth visitor to the Tora-san Museum in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, on Nov. 8, 2014. The museum is dedicated to Tora-san, a kind-hearted vagabond in popular movie series "Otoko wa tsurai yo" directed by Yoji Yamada. From L: actor Gajiro Sato, Yamada, and museum visitors Kenji Aoyagi and his wife Eriko. (Kyodo)

4 Kanto cities to support each other in disasters

4 Kanto cities to support each other in disasters

MITO, Japan - Utsunomiya Mayor Eiichi Sato, Mito Mayor Yasushi Takahashi, Maebashi Mayor Ryu Yamamoto and Takasaki Mayor Kenji Tomioka (from L) pose for photos at the city hall in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2014, after signing an agreement on mutual support in times of disaster. (Kyodo)