Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

CHINA-SICHUAN-KANGDING-HEALTHCARE CAMPAIGN (CN)

(240709) -- KANGDING, July 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Experts perform a surgery on a patient with liver disease at a hospital in Kangding City of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 8, 2024. A week-long public welfare healthcare campaign kicked off here on Monday. More than 800 volunteers from 160 medical institutions in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangdong, among others, will provide healthcare services in 18 cities and counties of Garze Prefecture. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shen Bohan)

E

Sci-tech innovation boosts value of Ningxia's goji berries

STORY: Sci-tech innovation boosts value of Ningxia's goji berries SHOOTING TIME: April 4, 2024 DATELINE: May 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of goji berry fields in Ningxia 2. STANDUP 1 (English): ELBATOUL NEJJAOUI, Moroccan expat 3. various of the factory of Beryl Gojiberries Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HAO XIANGFENG, President of the Ningxia Goji Berry Association and Beryl Gojiberries Co., Ltd. 5. STANDUP 2 (English): ELBATOUL NEJJAOUI, Moroccan expat STORYLINE: Northwest China's Ningxia is one of the country's major goji berry-producing regions STANDUP 1 (English): ELBATOUL NEJJAOUI, Moroccan expat "This red fruits in my hand are dried goji berries. They have many benefits such as protecting the liver, improving vision, and boosting immunity system, earning them the title of 'oriental super fruits'." In the past, Ningxia encountered stagnation in its goji berry industry due to limited processing capabilities Now the region is focus

E

EU health watchdog urges countries to boost fight against hepatitis

STORY: EU health watchdog urges countries to boost fight against hepatitis SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2. various of fact sheet of ECDC publication (credit: ECDC) 3. various of Stockholm street view STORYLINE: The European Union's (EU) health watchdog on Thursday urged its member states to boost testing for hepatitis B and C, which infected approximately 5.4 million people in Europe chronically. This could help prevent complications such as cirrhosis and liver cancer, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said. According to the center's latest estimate, around 3.6 million people in 30 countries in the EU/European Economic Area (EEA) are chronically infected with hepatitis B. A further 1.8 million people are estimated to have chronic hepatitis C. The prevalence of the disease varies considerably across countries and

E

Traditional Chinese medicine gains increasing recognition in New Zealand

STORY: Traditional Chinese medicine gains increasing recognition in New Zealand SHOOTING TIME: April 21, 2024 DATELINE: April 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: HEALTH/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of performances 2. various of activities STORYLINE: Patting the armpit and the elbow crease, stretching and yawning, hundreds of New Zealanders immersed themselves in a series of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) activities in Christchurch, New Zealand on Sunday. Wang Lepeng, associate professor from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, explained to the audience why to do the pattings and knockings: "The liver likes you patting the armpit and stretching and yawning, and the heart likes knocking the elbow crease." Local resident Felicity Smith experienced acupuncture treatment, tui na massage therapy and some TCM exercises at the "Chinese Language plus Traditional Chinese Medicine" lecture and exhibition held at the central library of Christchurch, the largest city in New Zeal

E

Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

South African expat tries mooncake-making ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival

STORY: South African expat tries mooncake-making ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:23 LOCATION: ZHONGSHAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the mooncake-making 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MOLEBOGENG FATIMA, South African expat STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): MOLEBOGENG FATIMA, South African expat "The Mid-Autumn Festival is around the corner. Chinese people enjoy eating mooncakes to celebrate the festival. There are many distinctive pastry shops in various towns of Zhongshan. Today, I came to Nanji Bakery in Shaxi Town, which is highly recommended. I hear that it has a unique flavored mooncake. Let's go and check it out. Hello. Hello. And this bakery called Nanji Bakery in Shaxi is most known for its duck liver mooncake. I think it's so magical. I can not wait to try it. And I am joined here by Mr. Liang, the owner of the bakery. He is going to be making his famous delicacy, the duck liver mooncake. And with this duck liver mooncake, it is made from duck liver

E

MOZAMBIQUE-MAPUTO-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230728) -- MAPUTO, July 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Hao, head of the Chinese medical team and a pancreatic surgeon, bumps fists with a patient after complex liver cancer resection at a ward of the Maputo Central Hospital in Maputo, Mozambique, July 27, 2023. The 24th Chinese medical team dispatched to Mozambique has been providing medical services at the Maputo Central Hospital since October 2022. The Chinese government has been sending medical teams to Mozambique since 1976. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

E

College student donates liver to father

STORY: College student donates liver to father DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Li and his father 2. various of the operation 3. various of Li and his father talking via phone after operation 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Li, college student 5. various of Li's father talking to Li via phone STORYLINE: A 20-year-old college student in east China's Anhui Province has donated one-third of his liver to his father. The transplant surgery was successful and both the father and the son are in good condition. The student, surnamed Li, dreamed of becoming a soldier. Though he had to give up the dream, he never regrets it, saying he could have another dream but could not have another father. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hefei, China. (XHTV)

E

Japanese actor Bunta Sugawara dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2013 shows renowned Japanese actor, Bunta Sugawara, who died of liver cancer at 81 at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 28, 2014. Sugawara starred in a number of films and TV dramas, including the 1973 film "Battle Without Honor and Humanity" (Jingi naki tatakai) depicting a gangster conflict. He also engaged in agriculture in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, in his later years.

E

Renowned actor Bunta Sugawara dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows popular actor Bunta Sugawara visiting the disaster-hit northeastern Japan town of Marumori to cheer up evacuees. Sugawara, who won fame portraying the cruelty of smalltime gangsters, died on Nov. 28, 2014, from liver cancer at a Tokyo hospital aged 81.

E

8 dead after surgical team used laparoscopes in liver operations

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 14, 2014, shows Gunma University Hospital in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. The state-run institution confirmed the same day that eight patients died in less than four months in liver operations conducted by the same doctor using laparoscopes, a type of endoscope, at the hospital.

E

Singer Shimakura

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Chiyoko Shimakura, one of Japan's most enduring postwar singers, during an interview in Tokyo in October 2003. Shimakura died of liver cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 8, 2013, her record label said. She was 75.

E

Japan to ban serving raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - Customers eat raw beef liver at a Korean-style barbecue restaurant in Tokyo on June 30, 2012, ahead of the health ministry's ban on serving raw beef liver the following day.

E

Japan to ban serving raw beef liver

OSAKA, Japan - Customers eat raw beef liver at a Korean-style barbecue restaurant in Osaka on June 30, 2012, ahead of the health ministry's ban on serving raw beef liver that goes into force the following day.

E

Surgeons begin extracting organs from brain-dead boy for transplant

TOYAMA, Japan - A cooler box containing the heart extracted from a brain-dead boy is loaded onto a vehicle at Toyama University Hospital in Toyama on June 15, 2012. Three surgical teams began extracting the heart, liver and kidneys from the boy at the hospital. The heart will be transplanted to a girl in Osaka Prefecture.

E

Japan to ban serving of raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows raw beef liver served at a Tokyo barbecue restaurant in March 2012. The health ministry will ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, a popular dish in Japan, from July 1, 2012, in the wake of a series of food poisoning incidents caused by raw beef, including fatal cases, a government panel agreed on June 12, 2012.

E

Restaurants to be banned from serving raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2012, shows blocks of raw beef liver at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. A health ministry panel compiled plans the same day to legally ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, following the discovery that it contains the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria. Raw liver is considered a delicacy in Japan.

E

Restaurants to be banned from serving raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2012, shows sliced raw beef liver served at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. A health ministry panel compiled plans the same day to legally ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, following the discovery that it contains the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria. Raw liver is considered a delicacy in Japan.

E

Restaurants to be banned from serving raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2012, shows sliced raw beef liver (front) served at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. A health ministry panel compiled plans the same day to legally ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, following the discovery that it contains the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria. Raw liver is considered a delicacy in Japan.

E

Film director Morita dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2006 shows Japanese film director Yoshimitsu Morita, who died of acute liver failure at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 20, 2011. He was 61.

E

Chanson singer Yoshiko Ishii dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2005 shows Japanese chanson singer and essayist Yoshiko Ishii. Ishii's family said July 21 the singer died of liver failure July 17, 2010, in a Tokyo hospital at age 87.

E

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi's 1st president Takagaki dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Tasuku Takagaki (in this May 1996 file photo), the first president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, died of liver failure at a Tokyo hospital May 24 at the age of 80.

E

Former hitting great Yamauchi dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese baseball hitting great Kazuhiro Yamauchi (file photo taken in January, 2002 )died of liver failure in a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 2. He was 76. Yamauchi led the Pacific League in batting average once, home runs twice and RBIs four times between 1954 and 1961.

E

Gov't, hepatitis C patients sign accord to end legal battle

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (L) bows before the representatives of the plaintiffs in hepatitis C damages lawsuits against the state and drugmakers, at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the two sides signed a basic accord to end the protracted legal battle. The agreement is based on a law enacted last week offering blanket relief to those who contracted the liver illness through contaminated blood products such as fibrinogen which were administered to stop bleeding.

E

Gov't, hepatitis C patients sign accord to end legal battle

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (R) shakes hands with Michiko Yamaguchi, leader of the plaintiffs in hepatitis C damages lawsuits against the state and drugmakers, at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the two sides signed a basic accord to end the protracted legal battle. The agreement is based on a law enacted last week offering blanket relief to those who contracted the liver illness through contaminated blood products such as fibrinogen which were administered to stop bleeding.

E

Pianist and composer Kentaro Haneda dies at 58

TOKYO, Japan - Kentaro Haneda (file photo taken in May, 2005), a pianist and composer who appeared on various TV shows, died of hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer, at a Tokyo hospital on June 3. He was 58. Haneda was a popular host of music show ''Untitled Concert'' on TV Asahi for seven years until this April when his health deteriorated.

E

Historian Shosaburo Kimura dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - Shosaburo Kimura (in file photo), a historian and professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, died of liver cancer Oct. 17 at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was 76.

E

Flower arrangement grandmaster Adachi dies at 69

TOKYO, Japan - Flower arrangement grandmaster Toko Adachi (photo taken in March 1994) died of acute liver failure at a Tokyo hospital on March 19, her family said March 13. She was 69. Adachi established her own original style known as ''Kagei-Adachi-Ryu'' in 1973 by melding Japan's traditional flower arrangement with Western-style arts.

E

(2)1,000 Kurdish people live at a soccer stadium

KIRKUK, Iraq - A Kurdish family pose for a photograph outside their barracks set up on a soccer ground in Kirkuk, northern Iraq. About 1,000 Kurdish people liver at the soccer ground without water and power supplies. The photo was taken on May 23.

E

Prizewinning novelist Jugo Kuroiwa dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Jugo Kuroiwa (file photo taken in October, 1991), a prizewinning novelist known for his works based on ancient history, died on March 7 of liver failure at a hospital in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture. He was 79.

E

Liver donor in critical condition, needs transplant

KYOTO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka (L), head of Kyoto University Hospital, tells reporters in Kyoto on Jan. 27 that a woman in her late 40s who donated part of her liver to her daughter last summer at the hospital has suffered liver failure and needs to receive a transplant from another donor.

E

Journalist, activist Matsui dies at 68

TOKYO, Japan - Yayori Matsui (file photo), a noted journalist and activist, died of liver cancer on Dec. 27. She was 68. After retiring from the Asahi Shimbun, Matsui served as chairwoman of Violence Against Women in War-Network Japan, a group that supports women victimized by Japan's military sexual slavery before and during World War II.

E

Former Yakult Swallows manager Takegami dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yakult Swallows manager Shiro Takegami (file photo taken in January 1984) died of a liver ailment at a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 23. He was 61. Takegami managed Yakult from 1980 to the middle of the 1984 season.

E

1 woman dies, 11 others sickened from Chinese diet aids

TOKYO, Japan - The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on July 12 releases the names of two Chinese diet aids (photo) imported from China linked to one death and development of liver disorders in 11 others. The women who died was taking one of the two products available through the Internet. The ministry also warned against another Chinese diet aid, but did not release the name as it cannot establish a clear link between the symptoms reported and the product.

E

Kono discharged from hospital after liver operation

NAGANO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, who underwent an operation to receive part of his son's liver in April, leaves Shinshu University Hospital in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on June 16. He thanked the doctors and nurses, saying, ''I am feeling good. In fact, it is the first time for me to feel this way in a long time.''

E

Kono receives part of son's liver in transplant

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) received part of his son's liver in an operation at Shinshu University Hospital in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on April 16. Kono, 65, underwent the operation to treat liver cirrhosis because his hepatitis C has worsened. His 39-year-old son Taro (R) is parliamentary secretary at the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry.

E

Head of Taiwan office on exchanges with Japan dies

TAIPEI, Taiwan - File photo shows Chuang Ming-yao, head of Taiwan's Association of East Asian Relations, the office in charge of economic and cultural exchanges with Japan, who died Jan. 6 of liver cancer at a Taipei hospital. He was 72.

E

Noted rakugo artist Kokontei Shincho dies at 63

TOKYO, Japan - Kokontei Shincho, a master of traditional Japanese rakugo comic storytelling, is seen in this photo taken in November 1993. He died Oct. 1 of liver cancer at his home in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. He was 63.

E

Tokyo youth heads for U.S. to await new liver

NARITA, Japan - Sachie Ishihara, 19, a resident of Tokyo's Nerima Ward, speaks to the media at Narita airport Sept. 11 prior to departure for the United States, where she hopes to undergo a second liver transplant.

E

Japan's 9th set of organ transplants gets under way

KYOTO, Japan - A doctor (R) from Hokkaido University transporting a liver arrives at Kyoto University Hospital as Japan's ninth set of organ transplant operations got under way Nov. 5 on two women, one in her 40s and another in her 50s, from organs donated by a brain-dead woman in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Earlier in the day, doctors at Hokkaido University removed two organs from the donor -- a kidney for the younger woman at the municipal hospital in Sapporo and a liver for the older woman in Kyoto. The liver was transported to Kyoto by plane and Shinkansen bullet train.

E

Noh actor and designated living treasure dies at 69

TOKYO, Japan - Noh actor Kanze Tetsunojo is shown performing at Nishihonganji Temple in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, in the photo, dated October 1997. Tetsunojo, designated a living national treasure, died of liver failure July 3 at the age of 69. Noh refers to Japanese musical dance-dramas that originated in the 14th century.

E

Former Ambassador to U.S. Yasukawa dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken in 1987, shows former Japanese Ambassador to the United States Takeshi Yasukawa, who died of liver cancer on the night of June 17 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 86.