Disarmament activists disappointed at Hiroshima statement

Disarmament activists disappointed at Hiroshima statement

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Haruko Moritaki (C), co-representative of the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, and other disarmament activists meet reporters in Hiroshima, western Japan, on April 12, 2014, to voice disappointment at a Hiroshima declaration issued jointly by the foreign ministers of the 12-member Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative.

Foreign minister's speech not enough to change status quo

Foreign minister's speech not enough to change status quo

Terumi Tanaka (L), secretary general of the Japan Confederation of A- and H- Bomb Sufferers Organizations, and Peace Boat co-representative Kawasaki Akira listen to Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida's speech at the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty review conference in New York on April 27, 2015. Tanaka said he did not recognize Kishida's avowed determination to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Young fishermen form joint sales group to survive post-disaster days

Young fishermen form joint sales group to survive post-disaster days

Shota Abe, co-representative of Fisherman Japan, collects kelp aboard a boat off Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2015. Abe and other young fishermen founded the joint marketing organization in July 2014 for the revitalization of fisheries businesses after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-Livedoor exec Kumagai freed on bail

Ex-Livedoor exec Kumagai freed on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Former Livedoor Co. Representative Director Fumito Kumagai, who has been indicted for corporate accounting fraud and been in detention since his arrest Feb. 22, leaves the Tokyo Detention House in a car after being released on bail on April 5. (Kyodo)

Former Livedoor exec Kumagai freed on bail

Former Livedoor exec Kumagai freed on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Fumito Kumagai, former Livedoor Co. representative director, was released on bail on April 5 after the Tokyo District Court rejected a prosecution complaint earlier in the day over its decision the day before to release him on bail. (Kyodo)

Damages payment to Fukushima disaster evacuees

Damages payment to Fukushima disaster evacuees

Atsuko Fukushima (L), a co-representative of plaintiffs who filed a damages suit over their evacuation following the March 2011 nuclear crisis in Japan, holds a joint news conference with their lawyer, Yasuo Tanabe, in Kyoto on March 15, 2018, after the Kyoto District Court ordered the state and the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to pay 110 million yen in damages to 110 of 174 plaintiffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo