Aso, Hatoyama trade criticism over policy platforms

Aso, Hatoyama trade criticism over policy platforms

YOTSUKAIDO, Japan - Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama delivers a speech in the city of Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, ahead of the Aug. 30 general election.

70-year-old Chiba man completes 500-km walk on stilts

70-year-old Chiba man completes 500-km walk on stilts

CHIBA, Japan - Susumu Iizuka, 70, a former junior high school principal from Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, finishes walking on stilts around the prefecture, covering about 500 kilometers in a total of 47 days.

2 Japanese university professors monitor Venezuelan referendum

2 Japanese university professors monitor Venezuelan referendum

CARACAS, Venezuela - Takashi Tanaka (C, back), a professor at Chubu University in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, monitors a Venezuelan national referendum in Caracas on Aug. 15 on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez. Tanaka and Hiroyuki Urabe, an assistant professor at Aikoku Gakuen University in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, were members of the monitoring team formed by the Organization of American States.

Former Afghan ambassador to open restaurant in Chiba

Former Afghan ambassador to open restaurant in Chiba

TOKYO, Japan - Hassani Mohammad Asif, former Afghan ambassador to Japan, talks to his friends about Afghan cuisine. His family will open an Afghan restaurant in Yotsukaido, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 20 after a decade of struggle since they were reduced to refugees as a result of civil war in their country.

9 killed, 2 missing in Chiba Prefecture fire

9 killed, 2 missing in Chiba Prefecture fire

CHIBA, Japan - Firefighters shift debris at the site of a fire that gutted a two-story house for construction workers in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, on May 4. The predawn fire left nine people including three children dead and two others missing.

Campaigning for Japanese general election

Campaigning for Japanese general election

People listen to a politician making a stump speech in Yotsukaido in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 29, 2021, ahead of a general election on Oct. 31.

2 Japanese university professors monitor Venezuelan referendum

2 Japanese university professors monitor Venezuelan referendum

CARACAS, Venezuela - Takashi Tanaka (C, back), a professor at Chubu University in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, monitors a Venezuelan national referendum in Caracas on Aug. 15 on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez. Tanaka and Hiroyuki Urabe, an assistant professor at Aikoku Gakuen University in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, were members of the monitoring team formed by the Organization of American States. (Kyodo)

70-year-old Chiba man completes 500-km walk on stilts

70-year-old Chiba man completes 500-km walk on stilts

CHIBA, Japan - Susumu Iizuka, 70, a former junior high school principal from Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, finishes walking on stilts around the prefecture, covering about 500 kilometers in a total of 47 days. (Kyodo)

Former Afghan ambassador to open restaurant in Chiba

Former Afghan ambassador to open restaurant in Chiba

TOKYO, Japan - Hassani Mohammad Asif, former Afghan ambassador to Japan, talks to his friends about Afghan cuisine. His family will open an Afghan restaurant in Yotsukaido, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 20 after a decade of struggle since they were reduced to refugees as a result of civil war in their country. (Kyodo)

9 killed, 2 missing in Chiba Prefecture fire

9 killed, 2 missing in Chiba Prefecture fire

CHIBA, Japan - Firefighters shift debris at the site of a fire that gutted a two-story house for construction workers in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, on May 4. The predawn fire left nine people including three children dead and two others missing.