Japanese ambassadors appointed

Japanese ambassadors appointed

TOKYO, Japan - The cabinet on Sept. 20 appointed ambassadors to Russia, France and other countries. (Top, from L to R) Issei Nomura, new ambassador to Russia, Hiroshi Hirabayashi, ambassador to France, Kishichiro Amae, ambassador to the Ukraine, and Nobuko Matsubara, ambassador to Italy. (Below from L to R) Yushu Takashima, ambassador to Germany, and Shotaro Oshima, ambassador to the international organizations in Geneva, were also appointed.

Hirafuku folding screen returns to Japan after 70 years

Hirafuku folding screen returns to Japan after 70 years

TOKYO, Japan - A visitor watches a folding screen presented to Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini by the late Japanese industrialist Kishichiro Okura before World War II which was shown to the media Aug. 3 at a Tokyo hotel after almost 70 years abroad. The screen, called ''Araiso'' (Rocky Beach) and painted by Japanese artist Hyakusui Hirafuku (1877-1933), was presented to Mussolini after being displayed at an exhibition in Rome of Japanese art organized by Okura in 1930. It depicts a bird on a bare rock against a gold background.

Japanese ambassadors appointed

Japanese ambassadors appointed

TOKYO, Japan - The cabinet on Sept. 20 appointed ambassadors to Russia, France and other countries. (Top, from L to R) Issei Nomura, new ambassador to Russia, Hiroshi Hirabayashi, ambassador to France, Kishichiro Amae, ambassador to the Ukraine, and Nobuko Matsubara, ambassador to Italy. (Below from L to R) Yushu Takashima, ambassador to Germany, and Shotaro Oshima, ambassador to the international organizations in Geneva, were also appointed. (Kyodo)

Hirafuku folding screen returns to Japan after 70 years

Hirafuku folding screen returns to Japan after 70 years

TOKYO, Japan - A visitor watches a folding screen presented to Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini by the late Japanese industrialist Kishichiro Okura before World War II which was shown to the media Aug. 3 at a Tokyo hotel after almost 70 years abroad. The screen, called ''Araiso'' (Rocky Beach) and painted by Japanese artist Hyakusui Hirafuku (1877-1933), was presented to Mussolini after being displayed at an exhibition in Rome of Japanese art organized by Okura in 1930. It depicts a bird on a bare rock against a gold background.