Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Undated file photo shows Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata, who was also president of the writers' association Japan P.E.N. Club. Kawabata received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 as the first Japanese author to receive the award.(Kyodo)

Japan P.E.N. Club issues statement on World War II

Japan P.E.N. Club issues statement on World War II

TOKYO, Japan - Japan P.E.N. Club head Jiro Asada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, to release a statement reflecting on the Pacific theater of World War II against the United States triggered by Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on the same day of 1941.

Interpreter of Apollo 11 moon landing Nishiyama dies at 95

Interpreter of Apollo 11 moon landing Nishiyama dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Simultaneous interpreter Sen Nishiyama (in file photo taken in May 1984), known for translating the communications of the Apollo 11 spaceship when it landed on the moon in 1969, died of old age at his home in Tokyo on July 2, the Japanese Centre of International P.E.N. said on July 12.. He was 95. Born in the United States, Nishiyama obtained Japanese citizenship after graduating from the University of Utah. He served as an adviser at the General Headquarters of the Allied forces and the U.S. Embassy after World War II.

Japan literary group leader Asada speaks out against security bills

Japan literary group leader Asada speaks out against security bills

Novelist Jiro Asada, president of the Japan P.E.N. Club, speaks at a symposium hosted by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations in Tokyo on July 15, 2015, expressing his opposition against the government's controversial national security bills that would expand overseas activities of the Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Interpreter of Apollo 11 moon landing Nishiyama dies at 95

Interpreter of Apollo 11 moon landing Nishiyama dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Simultaneous interpreter Sen Nishiyama (in file photo taken in May 1984), known for translating the communications of the Apollo 11 spaceship when it landed on the moon in 1969, died of old age at his home in Tokyo on July 2, the Japanese Centre of International P.E.N. said on July 12.. He was 95. Born in the United States, Nishiyama obtained Japanese citizenship after graduating from the University of Utah. He served as an adviser at the General Headquarters of the Allied forces and the U.S. Embassy after World War II. (Kyodo)