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Tomioka Silk Mill added to UNESCO list

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Tabei, who served as the last manager of a section for preservation of the Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Prefecture for more than seven years at Katakura Industries Co., looks back on his those days on May 31, 2014 at the historic factory building, which was added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list the following month.

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Tomioka Silk Mill added to UNESCO list

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Tabei, who served as the last manager of a section for preservation of the Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Prefecture for more than seven years at Katakura Industries Co., looks back on his those days on May 31, 2014 at the historic factory building, which was added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list the following month.

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1st women to climb summit of Mt. Everest

This photo, taken in Kathmandu on May 27, 2003, shows Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei (C) in a parade to mark the 50th anniversary of the first ascent to the summit of Mt. Everest, achieved by New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary and Nepalese sherpa Terzing Norgay. Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest on May 16, 1975. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st woman to reach summit of Mt. Everest

File photo shows Junko Tabei, 35, returning to Japan on June 8, 1975, after becoming the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest on May 16 that year. She saw her daughter for the first time in six months at Tokyo's Haneda airport and hugged her. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tomioka Silk Mill added to UNESCO list

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Tabei, who served as the last manager of a section for preservation of the Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Prefecture for more than seven years at Katakura Industries Co., looks back on his those days on May 31, 2014 at the historic factory building, which was added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list the following month. (Kyodo)

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Junko Tabei, 1st woman to conquer Everest, dies at 77

Photo taken Oct. 24, 2015, shows Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to conquer Mt. Everest in 1975. Tabei died of peritoneal cancer at a Saitama hospital on Oct. 20 at the age of 77, her family said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo