U.N. forest hero

U.N. forest hero

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's fisherman-turned-environmentalist Shigeatsu Hatakeyama holds the English version of his book before a ceremony for six recipients including him of the United Nations Forum on Forests' Forest Hero award at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 9, 2012. Hatakeyama, from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is founder and chairman of Mori wa Umi no Koibito (Forests are Lovers of the Sea), a nonprofit environmental conservation organization. Kesennuma is one of the areas hardest-hit by the March 2011 tsunami.

Shiroi Koibito cookie output resumes after expiry date scandal

Shiroi Koibito cookie output resumes after expiry date scandal

SAPPORO, Japan - Confectionery maker Ishiya Trading Co. resumes production of its mainstay Shiroi Koibito chocolate cookies in Sapporo on Nov. 15 after being suspended in mid-August due to falsification of expiry dates.

Shiroi Koibito cookie output resumes after expiry date scandal

Shiroi Koibito cookie output resumes after expiry date scandal

SAPPORO, Japan - Confectionery maker Ishiya Trading Co. resumes production of its mainstay Shiroi Koibito chocolate cookies in Sapporo on Nov. 15 after being suspended in mid-August due to falsification of expiry dates. (Kyodo)

U.N. forest hero

U.N. forest hero

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's fisherman-turned-environmentalist Shigeatsu Hatakeyama holds the English version of his book before a ceremony for six recipients including him of the United Nations Forum on Forests' Forest Hero award at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 9, 2012. Hatakeyama, from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is founder and chairman of Mori wa Umi no Koibito (Forests are Lovers of the Sea), a nonprofit environmental conservation organization. Kesennuma is one of the areas hardest-hit by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)