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Ultraman donates to Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese television series hero Ultraman (C) and Shinichi Ooka (R), president of the series' producer Tsuburaya Productions Co., hands a 2 million yen donation to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on July 9, 2011. The company's founder, the late Eiji Tsuburaya, hailed from the prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami and continues to be blighted by a nuclear crisis.

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(1)Emperor decorates four with Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - Four recipients of this year's Order of Culture pose (front, seated) with their spouses Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. From L to R, they are poet Makoto Ooka, physicist Kazuhiko Nishijima, pathologist Wataru Mori, and former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata.

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'Tama-chan' seal spotted this time in Yokohama's Ooka River

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A seal believed to be ''Tama-chan,'' which disappeared from the public eyes on Sept. 13, is spotted again in the Ooka River in Yokohama on Sept. 15. Tama-chan was first spotted in the Tama River in Tokyo on Aug. 7 and then appeared in the Tsurumi River in Yokohama on Aug. 25. On Sept. 12, Tama-chan was discovered in Yokohama's Katabira River.

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European development bank opens new office in Tokyo

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development President Suma Chakrabarti (L) shakes hands with Toshitaka Ooka, Japan's parliamentary vice finance minister, in Tokyo on March 14, 2016, during an opening ceremony for the EBRD's new representative office. "I do believe we can do a lot more together with our Japanese friends," Chakrabarti said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ultraman donates to Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese television series hero Ultraman (C) and Shinichi Ooka (R), president of the series' producer Tsuburaya Productions Co., hands a 2 million yen donation to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on July 9, 2011. The company's founder, the late Eiji Tsuburaya, hailed from the prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami and continues to be blighted by a nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)

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(1)Emperor decorates four with Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - Four recipients of this year's Order of Culture pose (front, seated) with their spouses Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. From L to R, they are poet Makoto Ooka, physicist Kazuhiko Nishijima, pathologist Wataru Mori, and former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata. (Kyodo)

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Renowned poet Makoto Ooka dies at 86

File photo taken in October 2003 shows renowned poet Makoto Ooka giving an interview as a recipient of the Order of Culture. Ooka, who had promoted international literary exchanges, including by jointly composing works with poets overseas, died on April 5, 2017, at 86. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned poet Makoto Ooka dies at 86

File photo taken in June 2004 shows renowned poet Makoto Ooka attending a ceremony to receive L'Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur at the French ambassador's residence in Tokyo. Ooka, who had promoted international literary exchanges, including by jointly composing works with poets overseas, died on April 5, 2017, at 86. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Tama-chan' seal spotted this time in Yokohama's Ooka River

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A seal believed to be ''Tama-chan,'' which disappeared from the public eyes on Sept. 13, is spotted again in the Ooka River in Yokohama on Sept. 15. Tama-chan was first spotted in the Tama River in Tokyo on Aug. 7 and then appeared in the Tsurumi River in Yokohama on Aug. 25. On Sept. 12, Tama-chan was discovered in Yokohama's Katabira River. (Kyodo)