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Beijing hospital where dissident being treated

BEIJING, China - Foreign journalists gather May 3, 2012, in front of Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital where prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is being treated for a stomach ailment. Chen moved to the hospital from the U.S. Embassy the previous day, after staying in the embassy for six days following his flight last month from house arrest in Shandong Province where he said local police had savagely beaten him and his family members.

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Beijing hospital where dissident being treated

BEIJING, China - A police car patrols May 3, 2012, around Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital (seen in background) where prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is being treated for a stomach ailment. Chen moved to the hospital from the U.S. Embassy the previous day, after staying in the embassy for six days following his flight last month from house arrest in Shandong Province where he said local police had savagely beaten him and his family members.

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Diet enacts special law on foot-and-mouth disease

TOKYO, Japan - Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hirotaka Akamatsu (front) bows in appreciation after the House of Councillors passed legislation to allow the central government to forcibly slaughter livestock to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease at its plenary session in Tokyo on May 28, 2010. The new law on measures against foot-and-mouth disease is expected to be promulgated next week and take effect immediately in the face of the rapid spread of the contagious ailment among livestock in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan

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Toyota's new management team to tackle 'big enterprise ailment'

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuaki Watanabe, who became president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on June 27. The new Toyota management pledged efforts to rid its employees of the symptoms of what they call ''the big enterprise ailment.''

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China says ex-Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang alive

BEIJING, China - The Chinese government said on May 26 that former Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang (file photo) is alive, thus denying a report by Kyodo News last month that Zhao had died at 83. On April 30, Kyodo quoted Chinese sources as saying that Zhao died of a heart ailment in a Beijing hospital on April 28.

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Former Yakult Swallows manager Takegami dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yakult Swallows manager Shiro Takegami (file photo taken in January 1984) died of a liver ailment at a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 23. He was 61. Takegami managed Yakult from 1980 to the middle of the 1984 season.

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(3)Ex-Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang dies

BEIJING, China - Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang (R) hugs former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka during his call on Tanaka at his residence in Tokyo on June 1, 1982. Zhao died of heart ailment in a Beijing hospital on April 28. (Kyodo)

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(2)Ex-Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang dies

BEIJING, China - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L) and her Chinese counterpart Zhao Ziyang (R) sign a joint declaration providing for Hong Kong's reversion to China in a photo taken in Beijing in December 1984. Zhao died of heart ailment in a Beijing hospital on April 28. (Kyodo)

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Toyota's new management team to tackle 'big enterprise ailment'

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuaki Watanabe, who became president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Junje 27. The new Toyota management pledged efforts to rid its employees of the symptoms of what they call ''the big enterprise ailment.'' (Kyodo)

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Empress makes 1st public appearance since heart trouble

Japanese Empress Michiko (R) accompanies Emperor Akihito to attend the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra's "Evening of Peace" concert at the Suntory Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2015. It was her first public appearance since the 80-year-old empress was diagnosed with myocardial ischemia, an ailment in which blood has trouble reaching the heart due to a blockage in the coronary arteries, at a Tokyo hospital two days earlier after complaining of chest pain. (Pool photo by Tokyo Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beijing hospital where dissident being treated

BEIJING, China - Foreign journalists gather May 3, 2012, in front of Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital where prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is being treated for a stomach ailment. Chen moved to the hospital from the U.S. Embassy the previous day, after staying in the embassy for six days following his flight last month from house arrest in Shandong Province where he said local police had savagely beaten him and his family members. (Kyodo)

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Beijing hospital where dissident being treated

BEIJING, China - A police car patrols May 3, 2012, around Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital (seen in background) where prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is being treated for a stomach ailment. Chen moved to the hospital from the U.S. Embassy the previous day, after staying in the embassy for six days following his flight last month from house arrest in Shandong Province where he said local police had savagely beaten him and his family members. (Kyodo)

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Diet enacts special law on foot-and-mouth disease

TOKYO, Japan - Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hirotaka Akamatsu (front) bows in appreciation after the House of Councillors passed legislation to allow the central government to forcibly slaughter livestock to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease at its plenary session in Tokyo on May 28, 2010. The new law on measures against foot-and-mouth disease is expected to be promulgated next week and take effect immediately in the face of the rapid spread of the contagious ailment among livestock in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan (Kyodo)

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China says ex-Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang alive

BEIJING, China - The Chinese government said on May 26 that former Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang (file photo) is alive, thus denying a report by Kyodo News last month that Zhao had died at 83. On April 30, Kyodo quoted Chinese sources as saying that Zhao died of a heart ailment in a Beijing hospital on April 28. (Kyodo)

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(4)Ex-Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang dies

BEIJING, China - Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang (L) is in talks with Japanese Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki during his visit to Japan on May 31, 1982. Zhao died of heart ailment in a Beijing hospital on April 28. (Kyodo)

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(1)Ex-Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang dies

BEIJING, China - An undated file photo shows former Chinese Communist Party chief and Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang who died of heart ailment in a Beijing hospital on April 28, Chinese sources said April 30. He was 83. Zhao became the party's general secretary in 1987 and advocated economic reforms and an open foreign policy but was ousted from his posts in 1989 as he opposed a policy of oppression and sought dialogue with pro-democracy students demonstrating in Tiananmen Square. (Kyodo)

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JOC executive board member Kawamori dies

TOKYO, Japan - Keiko Kawamori (file photo), a Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) executive board member, died of a liver ailment Dec. 29 at a hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, sports officials said Jan. 6. She was 54. Kawamori became the first female JOC executive board member in 1991. (Kyodo)

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Former Yakult Swallows manager Takegami dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yakult Swallows manager Shiro Takegami (file photo taken in January 1984) died of a liver ailment at a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 23. He was 61. Takegami managed Yakult from 1980 to the middle of the 1984 season. (Kyodo)