Nobel Peace Prize event in Oslo

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 12 Kyodo - Jiro Hamasumi (far L), who was exposed to radiation while in his mother's womb when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and a deputy secretary general of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group, speaks during an event to share his experience at Kuben high school in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the group received the Nobel Peace Prize. (Kyodo)

Japan's legendary 1980s disco revived in Osaka

Japan's legendary 1980s disco revived in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kunitoshi Tamaki has resurrected Maharaja, the legendary disco and symbol of Japan's bubble economy in the late 1980s, in Osaka, the birthplace of the disco.

Usuki gets sculpture of Dutch ship

Usuki gets sculpture of Dutch ship

OITA, Japan - Dutch sculptor Louise Helianthe van Meurs (L) presents Usuki, Oita Prefecture, Mayor Kunitoshi Goto (R) and Toru Matsuzaki, president of the Usuki Junior Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on April 18 with a sculpture she made of the Liefde, a Dutch ship which exactly 400 years ago ran ashore in Usuki's harbor. The event is largely credited with opening ties between Japan and the Netherlands.

Japan's legendary 1980s disco revived in Osaka

Japan's legendary 1980s disco revived in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kunitoshi Tamaki has resurrected Maharaja, the legendary disco and symbol of Japan's bubble economy in the late 1980s, in Osaka, the birthplace of the disco. (Kyodo)

Usuki gets sculpture of Dutch ship

Usuki gets sculpture of Dutch ship

OITA, Japan - Dutch sculptor Louise Helianthe van Meurs (L) presents Usuki, Oita Prefecture, Mayor Kunitoshi Goto (R) and Toru Matsuzaki, president of the Usuki Junior Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on April 18 with a sculpture she made of the Liefde, a Dutch ship which exactly 400 years ago ran ashore in Usuki's harbor. The event is largely credited with opening ties between Japan and the Netherlands.