Japanese nurse works both in Japan, Africa

Japanese nurse works both in Japan, Africa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese nurse Eri Kanki displays a medical device she uses in Africa in a file photo taken on Aug. 27, 2014. She travels between Japanese hospitals and African nations to help patients recover from various illnesses irrespective of nationality.

Giving 'little gifts' a fad among young people

Giving 'little gifts' a fad among young people

TOKYO, Japan - A staffer at Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd.'s "100% Chocolate Cafe" in Tokyo holds a set of chocolates to be sold chiefly as "little gifts" on Sept. 4, 2014. Many confectionary companies are developing their own goodies as today's young people often give small presents to their bosses, colleagues, etc. irrespective of the season.

Large-scale plant farm in Chiba Pref.

Large-scale plant farm in Chiba Pref.

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows a large-scale vegetable factory on June 5, 2014 in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture. The thermally insulated factory east of Tokyo can be operated year-round irrespective of weather and is said to be capable of producing up to 10,000 products per day of such leaf vegetables as lettuce and herbs based on hydroponic cultivation by utilizing light-emitting diodes.

Fusion launches long-distance service at uniform rate

Fusion launches long-distance service at uniform rate

TOKYO, Japan - Tadahisa Sumida, president of Fusion Communications Corp., raises a toast in Tokyo on April 1 to celebrate the launch of the company's Internet-based domestic long-distance telephone service that charges users a uniform rate of 20 yen per three minutes for calls made to anywhere in Japan. Fusion is the first phone operator in Japan to offer a uniform long-distance rate irrespective of the distance and the time or day of a call.

Japan to build nursery in Tokyo park as part of deregulation

Japan to build nursery in Tokyo park as part of deregulation

Cabinet members hold a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2015, to adopt a set of deregulation measures, including a plan to build a daycare center in a park in Tokyo irrespective of a law limiting the types of structures that can be set up in a park to a restroom, an anti-disaster warehouse and others. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese nurse works both in Japan, Africa

Japanese nurse works both in Japan, Africa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese nurse Eri Kanki displays a medical device she uses in Africa in a file photo taken on Aug. 27, 2014. She travels between Japanese hospitals and African nations to help patients recover from various illnesses irrespective of nationality. (Kyodo)

Giving 'little gifts' a fad among young people

Giving 'little gifts' a fad among young people

TOKYO, Japan - A staffer at Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd.'s "100% Chocolate Cafe" in Tokyo holds a set of chocolates to be sold chiefly as "little gifts" on Sept. 4, 2014. Many confectionary companies are developing their own goodies as today's young people often give small presents to their bosses, colleagues, etc. irrespective of the season. (Kyodo)

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers. The government banned the foreigners' stay in the Czech Republic with the exceptions of trips to work and schools, the necessary trips to the family or close persons, journeys to health and social care facilities, marriage and funeral. Pictured arrivals table at Vaclav Havel airport in Prague, Czech Republic, February 1, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers. The government banned the foreigners' stay in the Czech Republic with the exceptions of trips to work and schools, the necessary trips to the family or close persons, journeys to health and social care facilities, marriage and funeral. Pictured arrivals table at Vaclav Havel airport in Prague, Czech Republic, February 1, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers. The government banned the foreigners' stay in the Czech Republic with the exceptions of trips to work and schools, the necessary trips to the family or close persons, journeys to health and social care facilities, marriage and funeral. Pictured arrival lounge at Vaclav Havel airport in Prague, Czech Republic, February 1, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers. The government banned the foreigners' stay in the Czech Republic with the exceptions of trips to work and schools, the necessary trips to the family or close persons, journeys to health and social care facilities, marriage and funeral. Pictured stands at Vaclav Havel airport in Prague, Czech Republic, February 1, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers. The government banned the foreigners' stay in the Czech Republic with the exceptions of trips to work and schools, the necessary trips to the family or close persons, journeys to health and social care facilities, marriage and funeral. Pictured charwomen at Vaclav Havel airport in Prague, Czech Republic, February 1, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Vaclav Havel airport in Prague

Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers. The government banned the foreigners' stay in the Czech Republic with the exceptions of trips to work and schools, the necessary trips to the family or close persons, journeys to health and social care facilities, marriage and funeral. Pictured arrival lounge at Vaclav Havel airport in Prague, Czech Republic, February 1, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

People, foreigners, airport Prague, banned stay, test, testing, coronavirus, covid-19

People, foreigners, airport Prague, banned stay, test, testing, coronavirus, covid-19

Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers. The government banned the foreigners' stay in the Czech Republic with the exceptions of trips to work and schools, the necessary trips to the family or close persons, journeys to health and social care facilities, marriage and funeral. Pictured testing point at Vaclav Havel airport in Prague, Czech Republic, February 1, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

People, foreigners, airport Prague, banned stay, test, testing, coronavirus, covid-19

People, foreigners, airport Prague, banned stay, test, testing, coronavirus, covid-19

Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers. The government banned the foreigners' stay in the Czech Republic with the exceptions of trips to work and schools, the necessary trips to the family or close persons, journeys to health and social care facilities, marriage and funeral. Pictured testing point at Vaclav Havel airport in Prague, Czech Republic, February 1, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

People, foreigners, airport Prague, banned stay, test, testing, coronavirus, covid-19

People, foreigners, airport Prague, banned stay, test, testing, coronavirus, covid-19

Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers. The government banned the foreigners' stay in the Czech Republic with the exceptions of trips to work and schools, the necessary trips to the family or close persons, journeys to health and social care facilities, marriage and funeral. Pictured testing point at Vaclav Havel airport in Prague, Czech Republic, February 1, 2021. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Foreigners' arrivals strictly reduced within lockdown, police, border crossing

Foreigners' arrivals strictly reduced within lockdown, police, border crossing

Czech police officer inspects traffic at the Breclav-Brodske border crossing at the Czech-Slovak border in Lanzhot, Czech Republic, on January 30, 2021. Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons as of tonight, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers.(CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Foreigners' arrivals strictly reduced within lockdown, police, border crossing

Foreigners' arrivals strictly reduced within lockdown, police, border crossing

Czech police officers inspect traffic at the Breclav-Brodske border crossing at the Czech-Slovak border in Lanzhot, Czech Republic, on January 30, 2021. Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons as of tonight, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers.(CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Foreigners' arrivals strictly reduced within lockdown, police, border crossing

Foreigners' arrivals strictly reduced within lockdown, police, border crossing

Czech police officer inspects traffic at the Breclav-Brodske border crossing at the Czech-Slovak border in Lanzhot, Czech Republic, on January 30, 2021. Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons as of tonight, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers.(CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Foreigners' arrivals strictly reduced within lockdown, police, border crossing

Foreigners' arrivals strictly reduced within lockdown, police, border crossing

Czech police officers inspect traffic at the Breclav-Brodske border crossing at the Czech-Slovak border in Lanzhot, Czech Republic, on January 30, 2021. Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons as of tonight, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers.(CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Foreigners' arrivals strictly reduced within lockdown, police, border crossing

Foreigners' arrivals strictly reduced within lockdown, police, border crossing

Czech police officers inspect traffic at the Breclav-Brodske border crossing at the Czech-Slovak border in Lanzhot, Czech Republic, on January 30, 2021. Foreigners will not be allowed to come to the Czech Republic for other than necessary reasons as of tonight, irrespective of the valid traffic lights system for travellers.(CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Fusion launches long-distance service at uniform rate

Fusion launches long-distance service at uniform rate

TOKYO, Japan - Tadahisa Sumida, president of Fusion Communications Corp., raises a toast in Tokyo on April 1 to celebrate the launch of the company's Internet-based domestic long-distance telephone service that charges users a uniform rate of 20 yen per three minutes for calls made to anywhere in Japan. Fusion is the first phone operator in Japan to offer a uniform long-distance rate irrespective of the distance and the time or day of a call.