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Luxury train Royal Express

The luxury sightseeing train Royal Express arrives at JR Numazu Station in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2024, for a demonstration trip for the media. A three-night journey in the central Japan prefecture on board the train, operated by JR Central and Tokyu Corp., will be inaugurated on Nov. 8 for a run through December.

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Iraqi boy experiences Japanese elementary school

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh (L), a 10-year-old Iraqi boy temporarily staying in Japan following a second round of surgery on his left eye, introduces himself in a class room at a public elementary school in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 5. He greeted students at Imazawa Elementary School by saying in Japanese, ''I'm from Iraq and pleased to meet you.''

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South Korean golfer Ku dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 2003 shows South Korean golfer Ku Ok Hee. Ku, a winner of 23 titles on the Japan LPGA Tour, died July 10, 2013, after a heart attack at her home in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, the JLPGA said July 12. She was 56.

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License plate bearing name of Mt. Fuji issued

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Etsuo Suzuki fixes a license plate to his car bearing the name ''Mt. Fuji'' and its height in meters in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Nov. 4 as the plate was issued at the local transport bureau in the prefecture.

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Iraqi boy arrives in Japan for medical checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Mohamad Haythan Saleh, an 11-year-old Iraqi boy whose left eye was injured in fighting in Fallujah, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 7 for his third visit for a medical checkup. During his stay in Japan until July 23, Mohamad will see doctors for vision correction at a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and visit the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture.

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Iraqi boy to have eye operation in Tokyo next week

NAGOYA, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy whose left eye was badly injured during the fighting in the country, speaks at a press donference in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 7. He will undergo a second operation in suburban Tokyo on Dec. 14.

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Iraqi boy visits Shizuoka hospital for eye treatment

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh (L), a 10-year-old Iraqi boy who has returned to Japan to receive further treatment on his left eye which was injured in a conflict, enters a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, for the treatment on Nov. 29. He was accompanied by Yukiko Hashida, whose late husband Shinsuke had arranged the boy's first trip to Numazu. (Pool photo)

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Iraqi boy happy to be back in 'peaceful' Japan

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy who returned to Japan on Nov. 25 to receive further treatment on his left eye, poses during a press conference at a hotel in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecure, on Nov. 26. He first came to Numazu in June for eye treatment and stayed in Japan a month.

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Iraqi boy visits park near Mt. Fuji

FUJI, Japan - Iraqi boy Mohamad Haytham Saleh (2nd from L) who received surgery on his injured eye at a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 11 visits a children's park near Mt. Fuji in the prefecture on June 19 with Japanese children.

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(3)Iraqi boy released from hospital

NUMAZU, Japan - Yukiko Hasihida (R), wife of slain journalist Shinsuke Hashida, talks to Mohamad Haytham Saleh, 10, from Iraq, at a hotel in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 14 after his release from a hospital in the city. The boy received surgery on his injured left eye on a trip arranged by Shinsuke Hashida and his nephew Kotaro Ogawa, who were killed in an ambush in Iraq in May.

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(1)Iraqi boy released from hospital

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, waves as he leaves a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 14 after successfully undergoing surgery on his left eye. At left is his father Haytham.

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Iraqi boy receives eye surgery

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, 10, from Iraq recovers after receiving surgery on his injured eye at a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture on June 11. His father Haytham is with him.

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Iraqi boy hospitalized for eye operation

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, walks into a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, accompanied by his father on June 9 to receive surgery on his left eye, which was injured during a gunfight last November in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah.

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(1)Iraqi boy expected to recover sight in left eye

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, arrives at a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 5 to undergo a medical check on his injured left eye. ''We think we can recover his eyesight through surgery,'' a doctor said at a news conference and suggested that the boy undergo surgery as early as mid-June.

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(4)Iraqi boy arrives in Japan for eye treatment

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, receives a check for treatment of his injured eye at a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 4. (Pool photo)

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(3)Iraqi boy arrives in Japan for eye treatment

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh (R), a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, smiles after being introduced to people supporting his visit to Japan on June 4 in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. He arrived in the city from Iraq to undergo treatment of an injured eye. Japanese journalist Shinsuke Hashida, who was killed in Iraq, had planned to bring the boy to Japan.

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(2)Iraqi boy arrives in Japan for eye treatment

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh (L, front), a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, receives a bouquet of flowers after arriving in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, from Iraq, on June 4 to undergo assessment and treatment of an injured eye. He is accompanied by his father Haytham (L, back).

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Rescuers search for those trapped in rubble of Taipei building

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Rescuers on Sept. 23 search for people trapped under the rubble of a building in Taipei's Songshan district that collapsed in a powerful earthquake. The quake of magnitude 7.7 rocked central Taiwan on Sept. 21. Among scores of people still missing is Sumiko Yamamoto, 30, from Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She was living on the seventh floor of the 12-story Tunghsing Building with her husband Shih Chao-yang.