[Breaking News]Koizumi picked as Japan's new farm minister

OKYO, Japan, May 21 Kyodo - Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2025. Koizumi said he was appointed as Japan's new farm minister, after Taku Eto stepped down over his controversial remarks about rice earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

Copies of Edo-period paintings sent to Kyoto temple

Copies of Edo-period paintings sent to Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Kongoji, a Buddhist temple in Kameoka, Kyoto, western Japan, receives on March 13, 2014, copies of two out of 12 paintings by Maruyama Okyo, a painter from the Edo period. The photo shows one of the copies (R) and its original preserved as a hanging scroll.

Maruyama Okyo - Woman sitting on an Elephant's back.

Maruyama Okyo - Woman sitting on an Elephant's back.

Reproduction of a painting on a Japanese hanging scroll by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), depicting a woman sitting on an Elephant's back. Date: late 18th century

okyo Medical and Tokyo_Medical_and_Dental_University_Hospital-PressConference

okyo Medical and Tokyo_Medical_and_Dental_University_Hospital-PressConference

Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital : Press Conference June 2, 2000 Doctors at a Tokyo hospital apologized Friday for leaving a patient in a coma after administering 10 times the required amount of tranquilizer last month. Speaking at a news conference, doctors at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital identified the patient only as being between 20 and 30 years old, in deference to the family's wishes. Police said they have launched an investigation suspecting professional negligence. According to the doctors, the patient was transferred to the hospital's general ward from its intensive care unit on May 12 after undergoing neck surgery on May 9.

Star Wars attraction at Tokyo Disneyland

Star Wars attraction at Tokyo Disneyland

Photo taken on Dec. 11, 2017, shows materials in an amusement kit, including a question book, for a Star Wars-themed attraction at okyo Disneyland in Urayasu, east of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo