Chinese version of Japanese children's tale published

Chinese version of Japanese children's tale published

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuyuki Shiraishi, head of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd.'s subsidiary in Beijing, speaks during an event in the Chinese capital on Jan. 10, 2015, to release the Chinese translation of "The Little Girl at the Window," a best-selling children's book written by Japanese TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi.

Toyota union decides to demand 4,000 yen hike in monthly pay

Toyota union decides to demand 4,000 yen hike in monthly pay

NAGOYA, Japan - Mitsuyuki Tsuruoka, head of the Toyota Motor Corp. labor union, speaks to reporters at a hotel in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 12 about the union's demand for an average increase of 4,000 yen in the basic monthly pay of regular employees.

Toyota Motor, labor union agree on pay-scale raise

Toyota Motor, labor union agree on pay-scale raise

Mitsuyuki Tsuruoka, head of Toyota Motor Corp.'s labor union, attends a press conference in the central Japan city of Toyota on March 16, 2016, following an agreement during annual wage talks of a pay-scale raise of 1,500 yen ($13) a month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Professor leads "Innocence Project" to clear wrongly convicted

Professor leads "Innocence Project" to clear wrongly convicted

Photo taken March 18, 2016 shows Mitsuyuki Inaba, who leads the Japanese version of a U.S.-led movement -- the Innocence Project -- to exonerate people who have been falsely charged with crimes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Toyota union decides to demand 4,000 yen hike in monthly pay

Toyota union decides to demand 4,000 yen hike in monthly pay

NAGOYA, Japan - Mitsuyuki Tsuruoka, head of the Toyota Motor Corp. labor union, speaks to reporters at a hotel in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 12 about the union's demand for an average increase of 4,000 yen in the basic monthly pay of regular employees. (Kyodo)

Maritime aid projects in Palau

Maritime aid projects in Palau

Palau President Tommy Remengesau (C) and Mitsuyuki Unno (3rd from R), executive director of Nippon Foundation, attend a handover ceremony at Palau's Bureau of Maritime Security compound on Feb. 13, 2018. Japan's Nippon Foundation and Sasakawa Peace Foundation formally turned over a maritime administrative building, a 40-meter patrol vessel and three smaller patrol boats to Palau. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Toyota union to demand over 3,000 yen pay-scale hike

Toyota union to demand over 3,000 yen pay-scale hike

Mitsuyuki Tsuruoka, head of the Federation of All Toyota Workers' Unions, speaks at a press conference in Amagasaki in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 12, 2018. Tsuruoka said the federation of labor unions at the Toyota Motor Corp. group plans to demand a monthly base wage increase of 3,000 yen ($27) or more in upcoming spring wage talks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo