Univ. of Tokyo to set up museum research unit in Oct.

Univ. of Tokyo to set up museum research unit in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiro Kamiuchi (R), a Hitachi Ltd. engineer, architect Makoto Kikuchi (C), and Tsuneo Ko, a producer at design firm Tanseisha Co., will serve as visiting professors at a new research unit of the University Museum of the University of Tokyo. The donation-funded unit will be launched Oct. 1 in partnership with Tanseisha to provide research into running museums.

Univ. of Tokyo to set up museum research unit in Oct.

Univ. of Tokyo to set up museum research unit in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiro Kamiuchi (R), a Hitachi Ltd. engineer, architect Makoto Kikuchi (C), and Tsuneo Ko, a producer at design firm Tanseisha Co., will serve as visiting professors at a new research unit of the University Museum of the University of Tokyo. The donation-funded unit will be launched Oct. 1 in partnership with Tanseisha to provide research into running museums. (Kyodo)

Detention room at Hansen's disease sanatorium in southwestern Japan

Detention room at Hansen's disease sanatorium in southwestern Japan

A restored detention room at the national sanatorium Kikuchi Keifuen is seen in this photo taken in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 26, 2015. Patients who were the target of quarantine policy till 1996 were detained in the room when they went outside without a permit or disobeyed an instruction.(Photo by Makoto Hori) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hansen's disease sanatorium staff in Kumamoto Pref.

Hansen's disease sanatorium staff in Kumamoto Pref.

Yasushi Shimura, leader of a group of Hansen's disease patients at a national sanatorium in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, strolls on Jan. 27, 2015, along a street adjacent to the spot where the body of a fatally stabbed sanatorium staff member was found. The policy to quarantine Hansen's disease patients stayed valid till 1996. (Photo by Makoto Hori) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-AUM cult member Hirata arrested

Ex-AUM cult member Hirata arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2012, shows a poster with pictures of three ex-AUM Shinrikyo cult members wanted by police. The photo of Makoto Hirata (C), who turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years, is obscured by a sticker saying he has been arrested. The other two are Katsuya Takahashi (L) and Naoko Kikuchi, who are still wanted in connection with a string of heinous crimes committed by the cult in the 1990s. (Kyodo)