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Evacuee briefly returns in Katsurao, Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yukichi Otsuki finds moss phlox in his deserted garden in the Noyuki district in Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 30, 2014. Otsuki has evacuated to Miharu Town in the prefecture following the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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DPJ's scandal-tainted Maeda not to run in next general election

NAGOYA, Japan - House of Representatives member Yukichi Maeda bows in apology at the end of a press conference in Nagoya on Oct. 16. Maeda, who has left the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan over his reported links to the pyramid scheme industry, said he will not run in the next general election for the lower house.

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Maeda leaves DPJ over ties with multi-level marketing agents

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a news conference at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 16. Ozawa said he has accepted an offer by DPJ House of Representatives member Yukichi Maeda to leave the party. Maeda is under criticism for his collusive links with the multi-level marketing industry.

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New notes to be issued in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Finance Ministry plans to issue three kinds of new notes in November using forgery prevention technology. The 10,000 yen note (top) features Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901), educator, writer and propagator of Western knowledge in the Meiji period (1868-1912), the 5,000 yen note (middle) Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896), female writer of the Meiji period, and the 1,000 yen note (below) Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), bacteriologist.

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Japan's oldest man dies at 109

NAHA, Japan - Japan's oldest man, Kameni Nakamura, died May 20 at a hospital in Okinawa Prefecture, his family said. He was 109. Photo was taken in November 2003 soon after he became the country's oldest man at 108 following the death of Yukichi Chuganji, 114.

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World's oldest man dies in Fukuoka Pref. at 114

TOKYO, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji, 114, the oldest man in the world, died Sept. 28 at his home in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, his family said Sept. 29. Chuganji, born in 1889, became the oldest man in the world when Antonio Todde, a 112-year-old Italian living in Sardinia, died in January 2002.

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World's oldest man turns 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji (file photo), a Japanese on record as the oldest man in the world, marked his 114th birthday March 23 in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture. Unlike last year when celebrations were held for his entry in the Guinness Book of Records, Chuganji had a quiet birthday this year, surrounded by family including his oldest daughter, Kyoko, 73.

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Teenager assaults DPJ lawmaker Maeda in Aichi Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Yukichi Maeda tells how he was assaulted by an 18-year-old youth Oct. 28 while making a speech in front of Gakuden Station on the Nagoya Railroad Line in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. According to the police, the teenager hit the 42-year-old lawmaker from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the stomach and twisted his right hand. Maeda was uninjured.

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Japan to issue 3 new bank notes in FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government will introduce in fiscal 2004 new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills with sophisticated anticounterfeit features, replacing the current notes which are almost 18 years old. The new 5,000 yen bill will carry the portrait of Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896), a Meiji-era novelist and poet, while the new 1,000 yen bill will feature Japanese microbiologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928). Yukichi Fukuzawa, a Meiji-era educator who founded Keio University, will remain on the new 10,000 yen bill.

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World's oldest man poses for picture

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji, the oldest man in the world, poses for picture, as he marked his 113th birthday at his house in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 23.

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World's oldest man turns 113 in Fukuoka, Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji (in file photo) on record as the oldest man in the world marked his 113th birthday on March 23 in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture. Chuganji joined the world's oldest woman, Kamato Hongo of the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima, who recently marked her 114th birthday, to put Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu on the global map for longevity.

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World's oldest man is Japan's Yukichi Chuganji, 112

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji (file photo), a 112-year-old Japanese man who lives in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is the world's oldest man following the death in early January of Antonio Todde, an Italian who held the title. Via the municipal government office, the Guinness Book of Records notified Chuganji in late January that he has been recognized as the oldest man alive, said his oldest daughter, Kyoko, 72, who lives with him.

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Maeda leaves DPJ over ties with multi-level marketing agents

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a news conference at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 16. Ozawa said he has accepted an offer by DPJ House of Representatives member Yukichi Maeda to leave the party. Maeda is under criticism for his collusive links with the multi-level marketing industry. (Kyodo)

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DPJ's scandal-tainted Maeda not to run in next general election

NAGOYA, Japan - House of Representatives member Yukichi Maeda bows in apology at the end of a press conference in Nagoya on Oct. 16. Maeda, who has left the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan over his reported links to the pyramid scheme industry, said he will not run in the next general election for the lower house. (Kyodo)

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Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901), prominent educator and founder of Keio University.

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Miniature castle built with bill fragments worth 500 mil. yen

An employee at the Bank of Japan's Oita branch in the southwestern Japan city holds a cardboard bust of Fukuzawa Yukichi, whose portrait is used on the 10,000 yen note, beside a miniature of Funai Castle in the city that was lost to fire during the Edo period (1603-1867). The miniature castle, which was created by using fragments of old banknotes worth some 500 million yen ($4.46 million) will be exhibited to mark the resumption of public visits to the branch following a one-year hiatus due to disaster-preparation building works. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floriculture trial in Fukushima town uses polyester medium

Yukichi Takahashi, a farmer in charge of cultivating anthuriums as part of a floriculture trial in Fukushima Prefecture's Kawamata town that uses a polyester material made from recycled clothes as a substitute for soil, tends to the plants on Sept. 8, 2015. The method has been attracting attention since it avoids the problem posed by soil contaminated by radioactive substances. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Portrait of YUKICHI FUKUZAWA

A portrait of Fukuzawa Yukichi who is featured on the 10,000-yen note.This is a portrait of Yukichi in kimono taken a year before his death.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐21‐0]

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Street of inns at yumoto hot spring

The bridge in the fore is Fukuzumi Bridge and the bridge in the rear is Asahi Bridge. Initially, Fukuzumi Bridge was Asahi Bridge which was crossed by Sanjo Saneyoshi for the first time, but was moved to the upper stream of Haya River and renamed. On the ofher side of Fukuzumi Bridge is the Western-style hotel Mansuirofukuju where Kido Takayoshi,Ito Hirobumi, Fukuzawa Yukichi and others were frequent guests.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐2‐0]

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World's oldest man is Japan's Yukichi Chuganji, 112

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji (file photo), a 112-year-old Japanese man who lives in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is the world's oldest man following the death in early January of Antonio Todde, an Italian who held the title. Via the municipal government office, the Guinness Book of Records notified Chuganji in late January that he has been recognized as the oldest man alive, said his oldest daughter, Kyoko, 72, who lives with him.

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Fukuzawa Yukichi

Fukuzawa Yukichi==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Domei News Agency's 1st president Iwanaga

Undated file photo shows Yukichi Iwanaga, the first president of Japan's Domei News Agency. Established in 1936, the news agency was disbanded after World War II and split into Kyodo News and Jiji Press in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New notes to be issued in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Finance Ministry plans to issue three kinds of new notes in November using forgery prevention technology. The 10,000 yen note (top) features Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901), educator, writer and propagator of Western knowledge in the Meiji period (1868-1912), the 5,000 yen note (middle) Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896), female writer of the Meiji period, and the 1,000 yen note (below) Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), bacteriologist. (Kyodo)

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Japan's oldest man dies at 109

NAHA, Japan - Japan's oldest man, Kameni Nakamura, died May 20 at a hospital in Okinawa Prefecture, his family said. He was 109. Photo was taken in November 2003 soon after he became the country's oldest man at 108 following the death of Yukichi Chuganji, 114. (Kyodo)

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World's oldest man dies in Fukuoka Pref. at 114

TOKYO, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji, 114, the oldest man in the world, died Sept. 28 at his home in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, his family said Sept. 29. Chuganji, born in 1889, became the oldest man in the world when Antonio Todde, a 112-year-old Italian living in Sardinia, died in January 2002. (Kyodo)

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World's oldest man turns 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yukichi Chuganji (file photo), a Japanese on record as the oldest man in the world, marked his 114th birthday March 23 in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture. Unlike last year when celebrations were held for his entry in the Guinness Book of Records, Chuganji had a quiet birthday this year, surrounded by family including his oldest daughter, Kyoko, 73. (Kyodo)

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Teenager assaults DPJ lawmaker Maeda in Aichi Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Yukichi Maeda tells how he was assaulted by an 18-year-old youth Oct. 28 while making a speech in front of Gakuden Station on the Nagoya Railroad Line in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. According to the police, the teenager hit the 42-year-old lawmaker from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the stomach and twisted his right hand. Maeda was uninjured. (Kyodo)