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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin (back) is pictured on May 20, 2025, at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The park's deputy director Tatsuko Nakao (L) received a certificate of gratitude on behalf of the panda for promoting traffic safety.

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Japanese people rally against planned release of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into sea

STORY: Japanese people rally against planned release of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into sea DATELINE: June 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: FUKUSHIMA, Japan CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TATSUKO OKAWARA, Fukushima Prefecture resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): CHIYO ODA, Organizer of the event 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): MASUKO EIICHI, Fukushima Prefecture resident 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): TATSUKO OKAWARA, Fukushima Prefecture resident STORYLINE: Nearly 100 Japanese people rallied on Tuesday outside the Fukushima Prefectural Government Office to voice their strong opposition to the latter's stance on discharging radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TATSUKO OKAWARA, Fukushima Prefecture resident "The mountains and rivers will never return to what they were like in the past, and the radiation will not disappear easily. But this country puts money above

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Murai defeat incumbent Tanaka in Nagano gubernatorial election

NAGANO, Japan - Jin Murai, a former House of Representatives member from the Liberal Democratic Party, and his wife Tatsuko, celebrate at a hotel in Nagano on Aug. 6 after Murai defeated Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka in the Nagano gubernatorial election.

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(1)Party leaders cast ballots in upper house election

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Katsuya Okada, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and his wife Tatsuko, cast their ballots for the House of Councillors election at a polling station in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on July 11.

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Joyu to formally take over AUM leadership Wed.: AUM

TOKYO, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu (file photo), a longtime spokesman for the AUM Shinrikyo cult, the group responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other crimes, will formally take over leadership of the cult on Jan. 30, the cult group said on Jan. 28. Joyu, 39, will replace current leader Tatsuko Muraoka, 51, who will then become chairwoman, a newly established position.

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Joyu to become AUM leader in January

TOKYO, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu, a longtime spokesman for the AUM Shinrikyo cult and its de facto No. 2 man, announces at a news conference at an AUM facility in Tokyo on Dec. 27 he will take over the cult, responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other crimes, at the end of January. Joyu, 39, said that current leader Tatsuko Muraoka, 51, will step down and become chairwoman.

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Joyu hints at assuming leadership of AUM cult in near future

TOKYO, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu (L), a leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo religious cult, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Aug. 24. He suggested he would take over as leader of the cult in the near future from Tatsuko Muraoka.

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AUM to suspend external activities, use of name

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuko Muraoka (L), acting representative for the AUM Shinrikyo religious sect, and Hiroshi Araki, vice chief of public relations for the cult, hold a press conference at AUM's office in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Sept. 29 to announce AUM will suspend all its external activities from Oct. 1 and provisionally halt the use of its name.

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Joyu to become AUM leader in January

TOKYO, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu, a longtime spokesman for the AUM Shinrikyo cult and its de facto No. 2 man, announces at a news conference at an AUM facility in Tokyo on Dec. 27 he will take over the cult, responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other crimes, at the end of January. Joyu, 39, said that current leader Tatsuko Muraoka, 51, will step down and become chairwoman.

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Murai defeat incumbent Tanaka in Nagano gubernatorial election

NAGANO, Japan - Jin Murai, a former House of Representatives member from the Liberal Democratic Party, and his wife Tatsuko, celebrate at a hotel in Nagano on Aug. 6 after Murai defeated Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka in the Nagano gubernatorial election.

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(1)Party leaders cast ballots in upper house election

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Katsuya Okada, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and his wife Tatsuko, cast their ballots for the House of Councillors election at a polling station in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on July 11. (Kyodo)

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AUM's Joyu offers redress

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Senior AUM Shinrikyo member Fumihiro Joyu (L) announces Jan. 29 a package of financial measures for victims of a series of crimes committed by cult members. Joyu and AUM's nominal leader Tatsuko Muraoka (R) held a news conference at AUM's Yokohama branch office prior to a Jan. 31 decision by the Public Security Examination Commission to allow security authorities to put AUM Shinrikyo under surveillance for up to three years.

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Security panel holds hearing over monitoring of AUM cult

TOKYO, Japan - The Public Security Examination Commission holds a one-day session Jan. 20 to hear from AUM Shinrikyo over security authorities' requests to monitor and crack down on the cult in line with a new anti-AUM law. AUM's nominal leader Tatsuko Muraoka (far left in front row, facing away) and lawyer Yuji Maeda, an AUM legal agent, were among the participants. The session was held at the Justice Ministry.

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AUM to suspend external activities, use of name

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuko Muraoka (L), acting representative for the AUM Shinrikyo religious sect, and Hiroshi Araki, vice chief of public relations for the cult, hold a press conference at AUM's office in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Sept. 29 to announce AUM will suspend all its external activities from Oct. 1 and provisionally halt the use of its name.