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Sony's Ohga has stroke, collapses in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Sony Corp. Chairman Norio Ohga (in file photo) collapsed apparently from a minor stroke while conducting the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at a music festival in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2001. Xinhua news agency said said Ohga, 71, was sent to the China-Japan Friendship Hospital for treatment and was diagnosed as suffering from abrupt cerebral hemorrhage.

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Kawaguchi hints Japan will ratify Kyoto pact without U.S.

MARRAKECH, Morocco - Japanese Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi addresses the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco on Nov. 7, 2001. She indicated that Japan will ratify the Kyoto Protocol on global warming without the United States if an agreement is made with other countries over mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other operational rules on the pact.

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Veteran cartoonist Yokoyama dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran cartoonist Ryuichi Yokoyama (in photo taken in December 1998) died Nov. 8, 2001 of a stroke at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. Yokoyama, 92, collapsed at his home in Kamakura on Nov. 7, 2001 and was rushed to the hospital. He received a Persons of Cultural Merits award in 1994 marking the first time a cartoonist received the honor.

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U.S. Navy abandons search for last Ehime Maru victim

HONOLULU, United States - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) submarine salvage ship Chihaya sails off Honolulu International Airport on Nov. 7, 2001. About 30 divers from the ship will conduct a final inspection of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru. U.S. Navy divers have abandoned hopes of finding the remains of the ninth and final victim aboard the Ehime Maru.

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Symposium on int'l airports opens at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - A two-day symposium opens in a hotel at Kansai airport on Nov. 7, 2001 to discuss technological and environmental issues facing international airports around the world. About 400 representatives from Japanese and foreign airports assembled for the opening session.

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Tanaka to give up plan to attend U.N.G.A. session

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka answers opposition questions at a House of Representatives committee session Nov. 7, 2001. She indicated she may give up her to plan to attend a U.N. General Assembly session and talks with her Group of Eight (G-8) counterparts following a Diet decision that requires her presence during deliberations on a supplementary budget bill.

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Okinawa asks Koizumi to help revitalize tourism industry

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (L) is in talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) at the latter's office Nov. 7, 2001 to ask for help to revitalize the tourism industry in the island prefecture following widespread travel cancellations in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Inamine was accompanied by Okinawa-born actress Tomi Taira (R).

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Tokyo memorial held for Mike Mansfield

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States Yoshio Okawara speaks at a memorial service for former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Mike Mansfield held at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 7, 2001. About 300 people attended the service sponsored by the America-Japan Society.