Painter Miyatake keeps seeking light in darkness

Painter Miyatake keeps seeking light in darkness

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Photo taken March 27, 2014 shows painter Kikue Miyatake standing in front of a work in progress. To the right is a picture titled "Unwavering Resolve," which she painted in the immediate aftermath of the 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. Photo by Makoto Hori.

Osaka art museum draws over 10 mil. visitors

Osaka art museum draws over 10 mil. visitors

OSAKA, Japan - Hisako Miyatake (L) holds a gift given by Toshio Yamanashi (R), director of the National Museum of Art, as she became the 10 millionth visitor to the museum since its opening in 1977, in Osaka on Oct. 23, 2012.

Drugmakers Dainippon, Sumitomo to merge in Oct. 2005

Drugmakers Dainippon, Sumitomo to merge in Oct. 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. President Kenjiro Miyatake (L) and Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co. President Yasuo Okamoto shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 25. The two companies said they have reached a basic agreement to merge Oct. 1, 2005, creating a top-10 pharmaceutical maker in Japan in terms of prescription drug sales.

Drugmakers Dainippon, Sumitomo to merge in Oct. 2005

Drugmakers Dainippon, Sumitomo to merge in Oct. 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. President Kenjiro Miyatake (L) and Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co. President Yasuo Okamoto shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 25. The two companies said they have reached a basic agreement to merge Oct. 1, 2005, creating a top-10 pharmaceutical maker in Japan in terms of prescription drug sales. (Kyodo)

Yumeji painting unveiled at museum in western Japan

Yumeji painting unveiled at museum in western Japan

Mitsunobu Kojima (L), head of the Yumeji Art Museum, and photographer Alan Miyatake shake hands in front of a painting of a naked white woman, a work by Japanese painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), at the museum in the western Japanese city of Okayama on July 5, 2016, the first day of its exhibition. The painting by Yumeji, known for his "Bijin-ga" -- pictures of beautiful women in Japanese art -- was completed about 85 years earlier in the United States and kept individually. It is the only work he painted of a naked Western woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo