Students report on trip to Geneva

Students report on trip to Geneva

NAGASAKI, Japan - Saya Sasaki (front L), a second-year student at Takata High School in Iwate Prefecture, with Masahiro Kikuchi (front R), a third-year student at the school, reports on her impressions about a trip to Geneva during a meeting in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 25, 2011. A group of 12 high school students, including Sasaki and Kikuchi from quake-hit Rikuzentakata, presented in Geneva to the secretariat of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament some 80,000 signatures calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Young man to attend U.N. confab on disaster risk reduction in Sendai

Young man to attend U.N. confab on disaster risk reduction in Sendai

Masahiro Kikuchi, a third-year student at Tsukuba University in Tsukuba, northeast of Tokyo, speaks in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2015, before his participation in the third U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to be held in the prefectural capital of Sendai from March 13. Kikuchi lost his parents in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Students report on trip to Geneva

Students report on trip to Geneva

NAGASAKI, Japan - Saya Sasaki (front L), a second-year student at Takata High School in Iwate Prefecture, with Masahiro Kikuchi (front R), a third-year student at the school, reports on her impressions about a trip to Geneva during a meeting in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 25, 2011. A group of 12 high school students, including Sasaki and Kikuchi from quake-hit Rikuzentakata, presented in Geneva to the secretariat of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament some 80,000 signatures calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. (Kyodo)

Baseball: Masahiro Tanaka, Yusei Kikuchi

Baseball: Masahiro Tanaka, Yusei Kikuchi

Combined photo shows Masahiro Tanaka (L) of the New York Yankees pitching in Oakland on Aug. 22, 2019, and Yusei Kikuchi of the Seattle Mariners pitching in Seattle on July 26. They are scheduled to start a game between the two teams on Aug. 27 in Seattle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Tanaka and Kikuchi

Baseball: Tanaka and Kikuchi

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (R) and Seattle Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi shake hands ahead of a game in New York on May 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Tanaka and Kikuchi

Baseball: Tanaka and Kikuchi

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (R) and Seattle Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi shake hands ahead of a game in New York on May 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Tanaka and Kikuchi

Baseball: Tanaka and Kikuchi

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (L) and Seattle Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi chat ahead of a game in New York on May 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo