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Director, actor of award-winning film

Director, actor of award-winning film

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese actor Koji Yakusho (L), star of the award-winning film ''Chronicle of My Mother'' (''Waga Haha no Ki'' in Japanese), speaks during a press conference in Kyoto on Sept. 1, 2011. ''Chronicle of My Mother'', directed by Masato Harada (R), won a special jury award at the 35th Montreal World Film Festival in Canada earlier in the week.

Boys join ranks of Aceh independence fighters

Boys join ranks of Aceh independence fighters

ACEH, Indonesia - A young boy takes aim with a rifle while training in an area controlled by the Free Aceh Movement, an anti-Indonesia, pro-independence group fighting the Indonesian military in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia on the northwestern tip of Sumatra. The photo was taken by Koji Harada of Kyodo News, who recently became the first Japanese photojournalist to visit the area since tensions there intensified. (1st of the 6-photo series)

Fukushima town remains empty, but nuclear slogan disappears

Fukushima town remains empty, but nuclear slogan disappears

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2016 shows the inside of a gymnasium in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, with fallen ceiling panels and other damage left untouched since the 2011 earthquake. Photo by Koji Harada. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fukushima town remains empty, but nuclear slogan disappears

Fukushima town remains empty, but nuclear slogan disappears

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2016 shows the entrance of an elementary school's gymnasium in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, with red-and-white curtains draped on the walls, indicating preparations were being made for a graduation ceremony when the powerful earthquake struck in March 2011. Photo by Koji Harada. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fukushima town remains empty, but nuclear slogan disappears

Fukushima town remains empty, but nuclear slogan disappears

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2016 shows Yuji Onuma standing in front of the sign which used to read "Nuclear power: the energy for a bright future" in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. Onuma, a Futaba resident now evacuated to Ibaraki Prefecture north of Tokyo, created the slogan, the lettering of which was removed in December 2015. The signboard itself was taken away in early March 2016. Photo by Koji Harada. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nuclear crisis still hampering Fukushima reconstruction 5 years on

Nuclear crisis still hampering Fukushima reconstruction 5 years on

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2016 shows a view of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from the coast of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. (Photo by Koji Harada)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Director, actor of award-winning film

Director, actor of award-winning film

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese actor Koji Yakusho (L), star of the award-winning film ''Chronicle of My Mother'' (''Waga Haha no Ki'' in Japanese), speaks during a press conference in Kyoto on Sept. 1, 2011. ''Chronicle of My Mother'', directed by Masato Harada (R), won a special jury award at the 35th Montreal World Film Festival in Canada earlier in the week. (Kyodo)

Boys join ranks of Aceh independence fighters

Boys join ranks of Aceh independence fighters

ACEH, Indonesia - A young boy takes aim with a rifle while training in an area controlled by the Free Aceh Movement, an anti-Indonesia, pro-independence group fighting the Indonesian military in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia on the northwestern tip of Sumatra. The photo was taken by Koji Harada of Kyodo News, who recently became the first Japanese photojournalist to visit the area since tensions there intensified. (1st of the 6-photo series)

Boys join ranks of Aceh independence fighters

Boys join ranks of Aceh independence fighters

ACEH, Indonesia - A young boy takes aim with a rifle while training in an area controlled by the Free Aceh Movement, an anti-Indonesia, pro-independence group fighting the Indonesian military in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia on the northwestern tip of Sumatra. The photo was taken by Koji Harada of Kyodo News, who recently became the first Japanese photojournalist to visit the area since tensions there intensified. (1st of the 6-photo series)