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Aging Japanese seek return of Takeshima from S. Korea

MATSUE, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 23, 2013, shows Katsumi Iwataki (L), 88, and Wahei Hara, 94, in the town of Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture. Iwataki and Hara are among the very few Japanese people still alive who have visited Takeshima, a group of islets in the Sea of Japan now controlled by South Korea, which calls them Dokdo.

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Son of Japanese man who remained in Philippines

OITA, Japan - Carlos Toshimitsu, 76, the son of a Japanese man who went to the Philippines before the Pacific War, hugs one of his relatives at Oita airport on July 19, 2012, during a visit to Japan to obtain Japanese nationality. Toshimitsu visited the birthplace of his father, Wahei Toshimitsu, in the city of Oita in southern Japan before leaving for the Philippines on July 22.

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Novelist Wahei Tatematsu dies at 62

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2008 shows award-winning novelist Wahei Tatematsu, who died on Feb. 8, 2010, due to multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital. He was 62. Tatematsu was also known for his recent environmental nonprofit work.

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Japanese astronaut Mohri in Antarctica

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri (L) and author Wahei Tatematsu pose with a colony of penguins found 20 kilometers away from the Japanese Antarctic base Showa on Jan. 12 during a visit there together with Japanese mountaineer Michiko Imai. The trio arrived at Showa Base on Jan. 7 as part of events to mark the 50th founding anniversary of the Antarctic research base. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Astronaut Mohri, others arrive at Showa Base

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri poses for photos at Japan's Showa Base in Antarctica on Jan. 7. Mohri, together with climber Michiko Imai and writer Wahei Tatematsu, arrived at the base the same day as part of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the base's founding. (Pool photo)

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Astronaut Mohri leaves for Antarctic

NARITA, Japan - (From L to R) Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri, writer Wahei Tatematsu and mountaineer Michiko Imai prepare to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 3 for the Antarctic to observe Japanese activities at the Showa Base as part of events marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the base.

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Astronaut Mohri, others arrive at Showa Base

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri poses for photos at Japan's Showa Base in Antarctica on Jan. 7. Mohri, together with climber Michiko Imai and writer Wahei Tatematsu, arrived at the base the same day as part of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the base's founding. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Mohri in Antarctica

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri (L) and author Wahei Tatematsu pose with a colony of penguins found 20 kilometers away from the Japanese Antarctic base Showa on Jan. 12 during a visit there together with Japanese mountaineer Michiko Imai. The trio arrived at Showa Base on Jan. 7 as part of events to mark the 50th founding anniversary of the Antarctic research base. (Pool photo by Kyodo) (Kyodo)

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Japan lifts evacuation order for Fukushima town

Wahei Nagayama, an 83-year-old resident of Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture, reads a newspaper in his home on Sept. 5, 2015. The Japanese government lifted its evacuation order for the town the same day, four and a half years after the March 2011 nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Novelist Wahei Tatematsu dies at 62

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2008 shows award-winning novelist Wahei Tatematsu, who died on Feb. 8, 2010, due to multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital. He was 62. Tatematsu was also known for his recent environmental nonprofit work. (Kyodo)

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Astronaut Mohri leaves for Antarctic

NARITA, Japan - (From L to R) Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri, writer Wahei Tatematsu and mountaineer Michiko Imai prepare to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 3 for the Antarctic to observe Japanese activities at the Showa Base as part of events marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the base. (Kyodo)