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Japan ice hockey player sees neck surgery scar as strength

SOCHI, Russia - Japan defender Ayaka Toko in women's ice hockey, shown at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014, says the surgery scar on her neck after treatment for a thyroid gland illness is a sign of her strength.

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Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Doctors board a bus at Fukushima Medical University in the city of Fukushima on Nov. 14, 2011, to head for a daycare center for preschool children in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, to check the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation.

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Sugenoya elected Matsumoto mayor

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Sugenoya, a doctor who helped victims in Belarus of the world's worst nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union in 1986, was elected mayor of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on March 14. Sugenoya, a former assistant professor at Shinshu University, quit the university in 1995 and treated thyroid gland cancer victims in Belarus for five and a half years without payment.

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Emperor prostate surgery ends, no further cancer signs

TOKYO, Japan - Surgeons Tadaichi Kitamura (L) and Tado Kakizoe (C) speak at a news conference after their seven-member team successfully removed Emperor Akihito's cancerous prostate gland at the University of Tokyo Hospital on Jan. 18. They said there were no signs that the disease had spread.

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Emperor's prostate cancer surgery ends

TOKYO, Japan - A team of seven doctors ended a one-day procedure to remove Emperor Akihito's cancerous prostate gland at the University of Tokyo Hospital (in the background) on Jan. 18. The Imperial Household Agency said the 69-year-old emperor was put under general anesthetic for the operation, which involved removing the entire prostate gland.

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Emperor's prostate cancer has not spread

TOKYO, Japan - Doctors in charge of treating Emperor Akihito's prostate cancer have concluded the cancer has not spread to other parts of his body following surgery to remove the gland Jan. 18, an Imperial Household Agency official said Jan. 24. (Kyodo)

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Zhang keeps surprise Aussie Open run going

China's Zhang Shuai hits a backhand in her fourth-round match against Madison Keys of the United States at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 25, 2016. Zhang, who had a 0-14 record at Gland Slam tournaments until 2015, won 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan urged to expand kids' thyroid checks after Fukushima crisis

Alex Rosen of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War calls on Japan at a press conference in Berlin on March 3, 2015, to widen health checks for children for possible thyroid gland cancer following the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture. Medical checkups for the purpose have so far been limited to children in Fukushima, but the German pediatrician urged Japan to expand them to adjacent prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Health checks on Fukushima residents

CHIBA, Japan - An employee of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences goes under a thyroid gland monitor to check internal radioactive exposure during a demonstration for reporters at a facility of the institute in the city of Chiba on June 27, 2011. The demonstration is to show how health examinations including radioactive exposure measurement using whole-body counters are being conducted on residents of Fukushima Prefecture. The health checks began the same day for all of the prefecture's about 2 million residents following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Kyodo)

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome (L) is congratulated by his teammate after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13. (Kyodo)

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome rounds first base after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13. (Kyodo)

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13. (Kyodo)

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome follows the ball after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Doctors board a bus at Fukushima Medical University in the city of Fukushima on Nov. 14, 2011, to head for a daycare center for preschool children in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, to check the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Children and parents wait for their turn on Nov. 14, 2011, in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, where doctors checked the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation. (Kyodo)

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Sugenoya elected Matsumoto mayor

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Sugenoya, a doctor who helped victims in Belarus of the world's worst nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union in 1986, was elected mayor of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on March 14. Sugenoya, a former assistant professor at Shinshu University, quit the university in 1995 and treated thyroid gland cancer victims in Belarus for five and a half years without payment. (Kyodo)

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Emperor's prostate cancer surgery ends

TOKYO, Japan - A team of seven doctors ended a one-day procedure to remove Emperor Akihito's cancerous prostate gland at the University of Tokyo Hospital (in the background) on Jan. 18. The Imperial Household Agency said the 69-year-old emperor was put under general anesthetic for the operation, which involved removing the entire prostate gland. (Kyodo)

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Emperor prostate surgery ends, no further cancer signs

TOKYO, Japan - Surgeons Tadaichi Kitamura (L) and Tado Kakizoe (C) speak at a news conference after their seven-member team successfully removed Emperor Akihito's cancerous prostate gland at the University of Tokyo Hospital on Jan. 18. They said there were no signs that the disease had spread. (Kyodo)