Gathering in support of Japanese abductees by N. Korea

Gathering in support of Japanese abductees by N. Korea

Sakie Yokota (L), whose daughter Megumi was abducted to North Korea at age 13 in 1977, talks with Hitomi Soga, a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 before being repatriated in 2002, at a gathering organized by fellow Christians in support of Yokota in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2023. Soga, who was 19 when she was abducted, lived with Megumi for about 18 months in North Korea.

Izumio Motoya

Izumio Motoya

Izumio Motoya, Noh farce (Kyogen) actor (photo taken on Nov. 18, 2002)

Nobel laureate Tanaka calls for nurturing technical ideas

Nobel laureate Tanaka calls for nurturing technical ideas

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, delivers a speech to an audience of more than 1,200 corporate executives and academics at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 18. Tanaka appealed for the need to seek out promising ideas for technological innovation.

Nobel laureate Tanaka calls for nurturing technical ideas

Nobel laureate Tanaka calls for nurturing technical ideas

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, delivers a speech to an audience of more than 1,200 corporate executives and academics at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 18. Tanaka appealed for the need to seek out promising ideas for technological innovation. (Kyodo)

Afghan soldiers stand guard near Remains of Jam

Afghan soldiers stand guard near Remains of Jam

Afghan soldiers stand vigilant near the Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam in the mid-western part of Afghanistan on Nov. 18, 2014. A helicopter used for transporting a Kyodo News reporter to the remains, which have been inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger since 2002, is seen in the back. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Remains of Jam in Afghanistan need to be protected

Remains of Jam in Afghanistan need to be protected

A window of an armored vehicle remains cracked on Nov. 18, 2014, after being shot some 10 days before near the Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam, often subjected to looting, in the mid-western part of Afghanistan. The remains have been inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger since 2002. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo