Tokyo Skytree opens

Tokyo Skytree opens

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Morimoto smiles in front of a dish resembling Tokyo Skytree that he ordered at Soba Dokoro Kamimura, a Japanese restaurant near the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, on May 22, 2012, its opening day. The 1,800-yen dish is a bowl of rice topped with deep-fried prawns and vegetables. The prawns are leaned against the bowl's lid to create a tower-like figure.

Tokyo Skytree opens

Tokyo Skytree opens

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Morimoto smiles in front of a dish resembling Tokyo Skytree that he ordered at Soba Dokoro Kamimura, a Japanese restaurant near the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, on May 22, 2012, its opening day. The 1,800-yen dish is a bowl of rice topped with deep-fried prawns and vegetables. The prawns are leaned against the bowl's lid to create a tower-like figure. (Kyodo)

Japan replaces Busan consul general after unusually short stint

Japan replaces Busan consul general after unusually short stint

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says at a press conference in Tokyo on June 1, 2017 that he does not know the reason for the replacement of Japan's consul general in Busan, South Korea. Yasuhiro Morimoto, who had been temporarily pulled from South Korea earlier in the year over the issue of "comfort women," quit after an unusually short stint. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Abe meets envoy returning home from Seoul over "comfort women" row

Abe meets envoy returning home from Seoul over "comfort women" row

Yasumasa Nagamine (front), Japan's ambassador to South Korea, and Yasuhiro Morimoto, its consul general in Busan, arrive at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2017 to meet with Shinzo Abe. Both were recalled home as part of Tokyo's response to the installation of a new statue dedicated to "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo