Koto musician Kikuhara dies at 102

Koto musician Kikuhara dies at 102

OSAKA, Japan - Hatsuko Kikuhara, Japan's oldest koto performer seen in file photo taken in December 1999, died of pneumonia on Sept. 12 at a hospital in Osaka's Tennoji Ward. Kikuhara was deemed a living national treasure in 1979.

Group asks ministry to expand medical care for HIV/AIDS

Group asks ministry to expand medical care for HIV/AIDS

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of a group of HIV/AIDS patients and their relatives who filed lawsuits in Tokyo and Osaka several years ago speak to reporters after talks with Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi in Tokyo on March 13. They called on the minister to expand medical services for AIDS and increase personnel and facilities at the Osaka National Hospital and the Tokyo-based AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), a center for Japan's AIDS medical services.

Osaka transplant team leaves for Sendai to receive heart

Osaka transplant team leaves for Sendai to receive heart

Doctors of the National Cardiovascular Center Hospital in Osaka leave Osaka airport for Sendai on June 14 to collect the heart of a brain-dead donor in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan's third legal organ transplants from a brain-dead donor were to take place after the donor was confirmed brain-dead following an accident.

Koto musician Kikuhara dies at 102

Koto musician Kikuhara dies at 102

OSAKA, Japan - Hatsuko Kikuhara, Japan's oldest koto performer seen in file photo taken in December 1999, died of pneumonia on Sept. 12 at a hospital in Osaka's Tennoji Ward. Kikuhara was deemed a living national treasure in 1979.

COVID-19 vaccination in Japan

COVID-19 vaccination in Japan

Photo shows syringes for giving COVID-19 vaccinations at Osaka National Hospital in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2021.

COVID-19 vaccination in Japan

COVID-19 vaccination in Japan

Nurses prepare to give COVID-19 vaccinations at Osaka National Hospital in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2021.

Group asks ministry to expand medical care for HIV/AIDS

Group asks ministry to expand medical care for HIV/AIDS

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of a group of HIV/AIDS patients and their relatives who filed lawsuits in Tokyo and Osaka several years ago speak to reporters after talks with Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi in Tokyo on March 13. They called on the minister to expand medical services for AIDS and increase personnel and facilities at the Osaka National Hospital and the Tokyo-based AIDS Clinical Center (ACC), a center for Japan's AIDS medical services.

Osaka transplant team leaves for Sendai to receive heart

Osaka transplant team leaves for Sendai to receive heart

Doctors of the National Cardiovascular Center Hospital in Osaka leave Osaka airport for Sendai on June 14 to collect the heart of a brain-dead donor in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan's third legal organ transplants from a brain-dead donor were to take place after the donor was confirmed brain-dead following an accident.