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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - MAINE ET LOIRE (49) - CASTLE OF SERRANT : THE LIBRARY IS THE JEWEL OF THE CASTLE. IT CONTAINS 12,000 BOOKS, WHICH WERE CLASSIFIED AS A HISTORIC MONUMENT IN 2001. THE OLD BOOKS ARE CAREFULLY ALIGNED IN THE SHELVES. AMONG THEM, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIDEROT AND ALEMBERT, THE DESCRIPTIONS OF EGYPT, THE ENGRAVINGS OF PIRANESI OR THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, WITH THEIR MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVINGS EXECUTED BY JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - MAINE ET LOIRE (49) - CASTLE OF SERRANT : THE LIBRARY IS THE JEWEL OF THE CASTLE. IT CONTAINS 12,000 BOOKS, WHICH WERE CLASSIFIED AS A HISTORIC MONUMENT IN 2001. THE OLD BOOKS ARE CAREFULLY ALIGNED IN THE SHELVES. AMONG THEM, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIDEROT AND ALEMBERT, THE DESCRIPTIONS OF EGYPT, THE ENGRAVINGS OF PIRANESI OR THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, WITH THEIR MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVINGS EXECUTED BY JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY (IN THE FOREGROUND, ON THE BILLIARD TABLE). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez - Vatican

Pope Francis meets Argentinian Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican on April 11, 2024. Recently the Cardinal Fernandez responded to criticism about a book he wrote as a young priest describing orgasms in graphic terms. The out-of-print, Spanish-language book entitled ‘The Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality,’ is similar in tone to another Fernandez book that sparked scandal soon after he was appointed, ‘Heal Me With Your Mouth. The Art of Kissing.’ In its final chapters, Fernandez delves into orgasms, including graphic descriptions of male and female sexual anatomy and his commentary about sexual desire, pornography, sexual satisfaction and domination, and the role of pleasure in God’s mystical plan. An influential Catholic organization asked Pope Francis to dismiss the Cardinal Fernandez. Photo: (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRES.COM

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Japanese textbook on territories

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese social studies textbook for elementary school pupils mentions the Northern Territories, Takeshima and the Senkaku Islands in a "territorial issue" column. All social studies textbooks for primary school students in Japan will include descriptions of islands at the heart of bilateral frictions with China and South Korea, with some referring to them as Japan's "inherent" territory, the Japanese education ministry said April 4, 2014.

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Japanese textbook on territories

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese social studies textbook for elementary school pupils mentions the Northern Territories, Takeshima and the Senkaku Islands in a "territorial issue" column. All social studies textbooks for primary school students in Japan will include descriptions of islands at the heart of bilateral frictions with China and South Korea, with some referring to them as Japan's "inherent" territory, the Japanese education ministry said April 4, 2014.

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Panasonic's new lighting equipment

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates the projection of flowers and butterflies on a table as it unveiled new lighting equipment in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2014. The spotlight-shaped Space Player that can project menus on restaurant walls, descriptions adjacent to artworks and different clothes on mannequins will be launched on July 1, 2014.

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Panasonic's new lighting equipment

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates the projection of flowers on a table as it unveiled new lighting equipment in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2014. The spotlight-shaped Space Player that can project menus on restaurant walls, descriptions adjacent to artworks and different clothes on mannequins will be launched on July 1, 2014.

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Panasonic's new lighting equipment

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. unveils in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2014, new lighting equipment that can project menus on restaurant walls, descriptions adjacent to artworks and different clothes on mannequins. The spotlight-shaped Space Player will be launched on July 1, 2014.

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Erroneous menu descriptions

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 30, 2013 shows an apology notice put up at a Chinese restaurant in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, for offering customers a menu carrying erroneous descriptions about items served. Dozens of restaurants in Japan are found to have made similar false claims about product origins and ingredients.

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Hankyu Hanshin Hotels chief to resign

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshi Desaki, president of Hankyu Hanshin Hotels Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 28, 2013. Desaki said he will step down to take responsibility for false menu descriptions at its hotels and restaurants.

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Hankyu Hanshin Hotels chief to resign

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshi Desaki, president of Hankyu Hanshin Hotels Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 28, 2013. Desaki said he will step down to take responsibility for false menu descriptions at its hotels and restaurants.

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Erotic novel takes U.S., Europe by storm

LONDON, Britain - E.L. James holds a copy of her novel, "Fifty Shades of Grey," in London on Oct. 23, 2012. The novel has taken Europe and the United States by storm with its mix of romance and graphic descriptions of bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism, or BDSM.

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Textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows textbooks to be used by senior high school students from April 2013, which have descriptions of nuclear power plants. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the results of its textbook screenings on March 27, 2012.

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Textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese history textbooks to be used by senior high school students from April 2013, which have descriptions related to Okinawa Prefecture. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the results of its textbook screenings on March 27, 2012.

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High court sees military involvement in Okinawa suicides

OSAKA, Japan - Supporters of novelist Kenzaburo Oe celebrate in front of the Osaka High Court in Osaka on Oct. 31 after the court recognized that the Imperial Japanese Army was involved in the mass suicide of civilians during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, dismissing an appeal lodged by a former military officer and the kin of another over a libel suit against Oe and his publisher regarding descriptions in his book.

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JAL cabin attendants file damages suit

TOKYO, Japan - About 190 current and former cabin attendants of Japan Airlines Corp. and their labor union representatives head to the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 26 to file a damages suit against the company and its largest labor union, claiming the defendants collected their personal information, including medical records, familial status and physical descriptions, without their consent.

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Historian Ienaga dies at 89

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Ienaga (in file photo taken in February 1997), a historian known for his legal battle against the government certification of history textbooks, died Nov. 29 at a Tokyo hospital, people familiar with him said Dec. 1. He was 89. Ienaga became politically involved when a high-school textbook he penned, which contained descriptions of Japan's war crimes during World War II, was rejected by the then Education Ministry during the certification process in 1953. He filed the first of three suits in 1965 against the Education Ministry and was finally awarded damages in 1997 after a 32-year-long legal battle.

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S. Korea wants Japan to revise school textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Yim Sung Joon holds a news conference in Seoul on April 10 on Japan's approval of school history textbooks that Seoul says contain distortions of facts. He said his government wants the textbooks ''to be rewritten, avoiding wrong descriptions of past history.''

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Historian Ienaga dies at 89

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Ienaga (in file photo taken in February 1997), a historian known for his legal battle against the government certification of history textbooks, died Nov. 29 at a Tokyo hospital, people familiar with him said Dec. 1. He was 89. Ienaga became politically involved when a high-school textbook he penned, which contained descriptions of Japan's war crimes during World War II, was rejected by the then Education Ministry during the certification process in 1953. He filed the first of three suits in 1965 against the Education Ministry and was finally awarded damages in 1997 after a 32-year-long legal battle. (Kyodo)

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Yoko Ono opens new exhibition on violence against women

Photographs of the eyes of more than 1,000 women along with descriptions of violence they suffered are on display at a museum in Mexico City on Feb. 2, 2016. They are works by artist Yoko Ono, who was at the museum that day and expressed hope that her works will inspire people to take a stand against violence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yoko Ono opens new exhibition on violence against women

Artist Yoko Ono flashes a peace sign at a museum in Mexico City on Feb. 2, 2016 during an event for her new exhibition themed on women struggling against violence. The works by Ono feature photographs of the eyes of more than 1,000 women along with descriptions of the damage they suffered. The widow of John Lennon expressed hope that her works will inspire people to take a stand against violence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Tokyo movie theater welcomes visually impaired, all others

Cinema Chupki Tabata founder Chihoko Hiratsuka, 44, speaks inside the "universally accessible" movie theater in Tokyo on March 24, 2017. The theater has been offering audio descriptions of scenes for the visually impaired and others since opening in September 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Tokyo movie theater welcomes visually impaired, all others

Cinema Chupki Tabata founder Chihoko Hiratsuka (R), 44, and manager Hiroaki Sato, 27, stands inside the "universally accessible" movie theater in Tokyo on March 24, 2017. The theater has been offering audio descriptions of scenes for the visually impaired and others since opening in September 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa battle played down for 1st time in textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new high school history textbooks modified and played down descriptions of the Japanese army's role in mass suicides by civilians during the Battle of Okinawa, in line with instructions from education ministry screeners, according to results of the textbook screening process released March 30. (Kyodo)

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JAL cabin attendants file damages suit

TOKYO, Japan - About 190 current and former cabin attendants of Japan Airlines Corp. and their labor union representatives head to the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 26 to file a damages suit against the company and its largest labor union, claiming the defendants collected their personal information, including medical records, familial status and physical descriptions, without their consent. (Kyodo)

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High court sees military involvement in Okinawa suicides

OSAKA, Japan - Supporters of novelist Kenzaburo Oe celebrate in front of the Osaka High Court in Osaka on Oct. 31 after the court recognized that the Imperial Japanese Army was involved in the mass suicide of civilians during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, dismissing an appeal lodged by a former military officer and the kin of another over a libel suit against Oe and his publisher regarding descriptions in his book. (Kyodo)

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Textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese history textbooks to be used by senior high school students from April 2013, which have descriptions related to Okinawa Prefecture. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the results of its textbook screenings on March 27, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows textbooks to be used by senior high school students from April 2013, which have descriptions of nuclear power plants. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the results of its textbook screenings on March 27, 2012. (Kyodo)

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New "comfort woman" statue installed in S. Korea, irks Japan

Citizens read descriptions on a plate next to a statue symbolizing women forced into wartime Japanese military brothels, soon after it is installed in front of the Japanese Consulate in the southern South Korean port city of Busan on Dec. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea wants Japan to revise school textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Yim Sung Joon holds a news conference in Seoul on April 10 on Japan's approval of school history textbooks that Seoul says contain distortions of facts. He said his government wants the textbooks ''to be rewritten, avoiding wrong descriptions of past history.''