New York college receives books donated by PM Abe's wife

New York college receives books donated by PM Abe's wife

NEW YORK, United States - Sumio Kusaka (C), the consul general of Japan in New York, attends a ceremony to present a collection of approximately 100 Japan-related books donated by Akie Abe, wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to the City University of New York's LaGuardia Community College on Oct. 8, 2014. The books range from novels such as Haruki Murakami's "Kafka on the Shore" to Japanese-English dictionaries.

Ceremony to honor Hideyo Noguchi held in NY

Ceremony to honor Hideyo Noguchi held in NY

NEW YORK, United States - A ceremony to honor the life of Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi is held on May 21, 2014, the anniversary of his death, at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York, with the attendance of Yoshio Kano (far L), executive secretary of the recently established Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Society, and Sumio Kusaka (2nd from R), consul general of Japan in New York.

Exhibition by Japanese artist starts in Manhattan, N.Y.

Exhibition by Japanese artist starts in Manhattan, N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Masaaki Noda, an artist from Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, explains sculptures and paintings to Sumio Kusaka, Japanese consul general in New York, and his wife on the first day of Noda's exhibition in Manhattan on May 10, 2014. The exhibition runs till June 27.

Australia returns Japanese company records seized during WWII

Australia returns Japanese company records seized during WWII

Takeo Kato (C), president of the National Archives of Japan, and Sumio Kusaka (R), Japanese ambassador to Australia, hold a document box presented by David Fricker (L), during a ceremony in Canberra on Nov. 21, 2017. The box is a replica of one of the 3,300 containing Japanese wartime company records seized by the Australian government during World War II which were formally handed over to Japan the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan envoy, Cowra mayor lay flowers at Japanese cemetery

Japan envoy, Cowra mayor lay flowers at Japanese cemetery

Japanese Ambassador to Australia Sumio Kusaka (L) and Cowra Mayor Bill West jointly pay floral tribute to dead Japanese prisoners of war at the Japanese cemetery in Cowra, eastern Australia, on Aug. 5, 2015, 71 years after the prison breakout that resulted in the death of 231 Japanese prisoners. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo