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Donation for welfare of Nepalese Sherpas

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Photo shows Japanese alpinist Ken Noguchi at a press conference in Kathmandu on May 5, 2014. Noguchi announced on behalf of Seven Summits Actions for Sustainable Society a donation of $100,000 for the welfare of Sherpa families bereaved the previous month and Sherpas who lose family members in future climbing accidents.

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Teenager aims to paraglide from 7 summits

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 21, 2013 shows Itaru Asano, a high school student in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, at the paragliding practice area in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture. Asano paraglided from the top of Mont Blanc in September 2013, his first step toward flying from the summits of the highest mountains on each of the world's seven continents.

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Japanese student aims to be youngest to scale 7 summits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese student Atsushi Yamada (2nd from L), 22, poses with supporters March 27 in Tokyo before leaving Japan on March 30 for Nepal to try to climb Mt. Everest. He will begin the climb in late May, attempting to become the youngest person to have scaled the Seven Summits, the tallest peaks on each of seven continents.

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Xinhua Headlines: G7, NATO summits face deeper cracks despite projected unity

(220627) -- ELMAU, June 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a demonstration to protest against Group of Seven (G7) summit in Munich, Germany, on June 25, 2022. (Xinhua/Ren Ke)

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Xinhua Headlines: G7, NATO summits face deeper cracks despite projected unity

(220627) -- ELMAU, June 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Police patrol outside the international media centre during the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, June 26, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-SUMMIT-U.S.-PRESIDENT

(220325) -- BRUSSELS, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden (L) and European Council President Charles Michel arrive for the meeting of European Union (EU) leaders in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden has said he was in favor of Russia being excluded from the Group of 20 (G20). Biden is in Brussels to attend three summits addressing the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including the NATO extraordinary summit, the Group of Seven summit and the European Council meeting. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-SUMMIT-U.S.-PRESIDENT

(220325) -- BRUSSELS, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden (L) and European Council President Charles Michel arrive for the meeting of European Union (EU) leaders in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden has said he was in favor of Russia being excluded from the Group of 20 (G20). Biden is in Brussels to attend three summits addressing the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including the NATO extraordinary summit, the Group of Seven summit and the European Council meeting. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-SUMMIT

(220325) -- BRUSSELS, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member hangs a U.S. national flag before U.S. President Joe Biden arrives for the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. Three summits addressing the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including the NATO extraordinary summit, the Group of Seven summit and the European Council meeting were convened in Brussels on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-SUMMIT

(220325) -- BRUSSELS, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Leaders attend the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. Three summits addressing the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including the NATO extraordinary summit, the Group of Seven summit and the European Council meeting were convened in Brussels on Thursday. (European Union/Handout via Xinhua)

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Japanese student aims to be youngest to scale 7 summits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese student Atsushi Yamada (2nd from L), 22, poses with supporters March 27 in Tokyo before leaving Japan on March 30 for Nepal to try to climb Mt. Everest. He will begin the climb in late May, attempting to become the youngest person to have scaled the Seven Summits, the tallest peaks on each of seven continents.

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(2)Eight tons of garbage cleared from Mt. Everest in 4 years

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese mountaineer Ken Noguchi (C) examines one of a pile of discarded oxygen tanks on Mt. Everest in May. He said in Tokyo on June 4 that he and his expedition teams have cleared nearly eight tons of garbage and over 400 oxygen tanks from the 8,850-meter summit in the past four years. Photo was provided by Office Seven Summits. (Kyodo)

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19-year-old becomes youngest Japanese to climb seven summits

Marin Minamiya, a 19-year-old student at Waseda University, poses for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on July 21, 2016. Minamiya became the youngest Japanese to scale the world's Seven Summits, after successfully climbing Denali on July 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Reagan aide hopes Abe has strategic vision to match Nakasone's

Henry Nau, a professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University, speaks in an interview on Aug. 15, 2016, at his office in Washington. Nau served as former U.S. President Ronald Reagan's "sherpa," or personal representative, for Group of Seven summits from 1981 to 1983. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miss Nippon beauty pageant

University of Tokyo student Aiko Watarai (L), the winner of the 2019 Miss Nippon grand prix, and special award winner Marin Minamiya, the youngest-ever person to conquer the "Seven Summits" and two poles, are pictured during a ceremony after the beauty contest in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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College student achieves Explorers Grand Slam

Marin Minamiya attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 19, 2017, after achieving the Explorers Grand Slam by reaching the north and south poles as well as the Seven Summits. The 20-year-old Waseda University student is the youngest-ever person to achieve the feat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo