Jenkins in his hometown

Jenkins in his hometown

WELDON, United States - Charles Jenkins (R), a former U.S. Army sergeant who deserted to North Korea and is now in Weldon, North Carolina for the first reunion with his family in 40 years, looks at a lake near the town where he used to fish in his boyhood, accompanied by one of his old friends on June 17.

Japan-born missionary to be World Cup interpreter for England

Japan-born missionary to be World Cup interpreter for England

KOBE, Japan - Micah Lawrence, a British missionary born in 1970 in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, has been chosen as the official interpreter for the English Football Association (FA) during the upcoming World Cup finals. ''I used to dream of Kevin Keegan in my boyhood days,'' he says.

HENRY FORD

HENRY FORD

HENRY FORD [left] is on hand at the famous museum of relics and original laboratory of inventor Thomas Edison, at Dearborn, Michigan, to show round juvenile actor MICKEY ROONEY and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio chief LOUIS B MAYER in connection with the world premiere at Port Huron of the M-G-M production YOUNG TOM EDISON the story of Thomas Alva Edison's boyhood, with Mickey Rooney in the title part.

Ex-resident of Shikotan thinks of boyhood days

Ex-resident of Shikotan thinks of boyhood days

Hiroshi Tokuno, a Japanese national and former resident of Shikotan, one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan off Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, recalls the days he spent in Shikotan around the end of World War II on a ship off the prefecture's Cape Nosappu (back, R), near the Japan-Russia intermediate line on April 2, 2015. Animated film "Giovanni's Island" was created based on his experience. (Photo by Daisuke Suzuki)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Late movie director Ozu's monument unveiled in ceremony

Late movie director Ozu's monument unveiled in ceremony

Actress Fujiko Yamamoto (far R) and other people concerned attend an unveiling ceremony for a monument dedicated to the late famed movie director Yasujiro Ozu in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on March 24, 2015. Ozu frequented Tsu in his boyhood days. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan-born missionary to be World Cup interpreter for England

Japan-born missionary to be World Cup interpreter for England

KOBE, Japan - Micah Lawrence, a British missionary born in 1970 in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, has been chosen as the official interpreter for the English Football Association (FA) during the upcoming World Cup finals. ''I used to dream of Kevin Keegan in my boyhood days,'' he says.

Jenkins in his hometown

Jenkins in his hometown

WELDON, United States - Charles Jenkins (R), a former U.S. Army sergeant who deserted to North Korea and is now in Weldon, North Carolina for the first reunion with his family in 40 years, looks at a lake near the town where he used to fish in his boyhood, accompanied by one of his old friends on June 17. (Kyodo)