Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Sumiko Kono, who was one of the 144 people injured in the 1994 sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in the central Japan city of Matsumoto, lies unconscious in bed as Matsumoto Mayor Akira Sugenoya (C) and her husband Yoshiyuki Kono hold her in the arm at a welfare facility for the disabled in Matsumoto on June 26. The mayor visited her ahead of the attack's 11th anniversary on June 27.

Sugenoya elected Matsumoto mayor

Sugenoya elected Matsumoto mayor

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Sugenoya, a doctor who helped victims in Belarus of the world's worst nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union in 1986, was elected mayor of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on March 14. Sugenoya, a former assistant professor at Shinshu University, quit the university in 1995 and treated thyroid gland cancer victims in Belarus for five and a half years without payment.

Maestro Ozawa visits city of Matsumoto

Maestro Ozawa visits city of Matsumoto

Conductor Seiji Ozawa (L on front row) meets with Akira Sugenoya (R on front row), mayor of the central Japan city of Matsumoto, where the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival is currently under way. Ozawa canceled an opera performance during the festival due to a hip fracture, but said he will appear on stage for the Sept. 1 and 6 concerts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Maestro Ozawa visits city of Matsumoto

Maestro Ozawa visits city of Matsumoto

Conductor Seiji Ozawa (far R) meets with Akira Sugenoya (far L), mayor of the central Japan city of Matsumoto, where the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival is currently under way. Ozawa canceled an opera performance during the festival due to a hip fracture, but said he will appear on stage for the Sept. 1 and 6 concerts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Sumiko Kono, who was one of the 144 people injured in the 1994 sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in the central Japan city of Matsumoto, lies unconscious in bed as Matsumoto Mayor Akira Sugenoya (C) and her husband Yoshiyuki Kono hold her in the arm at a welfare facility for the disabled in Matsumoto on June 26. The mayor visited her ahead of the attack's 11th anniversary on June 27. (Kyodo)

Sugenoya elected Matsumoto mayor

Sugenoya elected Matsumoto mayor

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Sugenoya, a doctor who helped victims in Belarus of the world's worst nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union in 1986, was elected mayor of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on March 14. Sugenoya, a former assistant professor at Shinshu University, quit the university in 1995 and treated thyroid gland cancer victims in Belarus for five and a half years without payment. (Kyodo)