Hokkaido in 1st map of Japan made by famed surveyor

Hokkaido in 1st map of Japan made by famed surveyor

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in the first map of the Japanese archipelago completed by surveyor Ino Tadataka in the early 19th century is seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 15, 2014. Researchers say the Hokkaido portion of the map was based on data collected by Ino's student and explorer Mamiya Rinzo rather than by Ino alone as previously thought.

Clinton receives honorary doctorate

Clinton receives honorary doctorate

NAGOYA, Japan - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton receives an honorary doctorate at Aichi Gakuin University (AGU) from AGU President Tadataka Koide at the Nisshin Campus near Nagoya on Nov. 19.

Exhibition of maps from Edo period starts in Tokyo

Exhibition of maps from Edo period starts in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A visitor looks at a copy of Japan's first maps based on an actual coastal survey by Ino Tadataka, a geographical surveyor in the Edo period, on display at an exhibition that began July 3. The event at the Tokyo Big Sight showcases copies discovered in 2001 in the United States of 207 of Ino's maps, which were drawn some 200 years ago.

Exhibition of maps from Edo period starts in Tokyo

Exhibition of maps from Edo period starts in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A visitor looks at a copy of Japan's first maps based on an actual coastal survey by Ino Tadataka, a geographical surveyor in the Edo period, on display at an exhibition that began July 3. The event at the Tokyo Big Sight showcases copies discovered in 2001 in the United States of 207 of Ino's maps, which were drawn some 200 years ago.

Tokyo landscape: Statue of pioneer cartographer stands at shrine

Tokyo landscape: Statue of pioneer cartographer stands at shrine

Photo taken on July 10, 2015, shows a bronze statue of pioneer cartographer Ino Tadataka along the approach to the Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo. He completed the first maps covering the whole of Japan based on a unified survey system in the early 19th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hokkaido in 1st map of Japan made by famed surveyor

Hokkaido in 1st map of Japan made by famed surveyor

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in the first map of the Japanese archipelago completed by surveyor Ino Tadataka in the early 19th century is seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 15, 2014. Researchers say the Hokkaido portion of the map was based on data collected by Ino's student and explorer Mamiya Rinzo rather than by Ino alone as previously thought. (Kyodo)

Clinton receives honorary doctorate

Clinton receives honorary doctorate

NAGOYA, Japan - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton receives an honorary doctorate at Aichi Gakuin University (AGU) from AGU President Tadataka Koide at the Nisshin Campus near Nagoya on Nov. 19. (Kyodo)

3 killed in Okayama head-on collision

3 killed in Okayama head-on collision

OKAYAMA, Japan - A man, his mother and aunt are killed Oct. 11 when the station wagon (L) they were riding in collided head-on with a large truck (R) in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, police said. Killed in the 11 a.m. collision inside the Ohara Tunnel were Hiroshi Saeki, 50, his 78-year-old mother, Haruyo, and his 80-year-old aunt, Tamayo Yumba, police said. Tadataka Suzuki, the truck's 58-year-old driver, suffered minor injuries to his legs, police said.