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LDP on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari (L), Japan's minister in charge of issues related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, speaks at a gathering at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at the Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2013, which was held following Japan's participation in the TPP free trade negotiations in late July in Malaysia to become the 12th member of the talks. To the right is LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba.

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Caroline Kennedy to become U.S. ambassador to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, holding a book signing in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2013. President Barack Obama will nominate Kennedy as ambassador to Japan, the White House said July 24, 2013.

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Caroline Kennedy to become U.S. ambassador to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, giving a speech in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2013. President Barack Obama will nominate Kennedy as ambassador to Japan, the White House said July 24, 2013.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken in July 2013 shows a handkerchief featuring the late Himeka Suzuki's award-winning painting. Himeka was killed at age 10 by the massive tsunami waves that engulfed her hometown of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and other places along the northeastern Japan coast in March 2011.

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DPJ secretary general to step down

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, bites his lips while meeting the press at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 23, 2013. Hosono said he will step down in late August to take the blame for the party's major defeat in the House of Councillors election two days ago.

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DPJ secretary general to step down

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 23, 2013. Hosono said he will step down in late August to take the blame for the party's major defeat in the House of Councillors election two days ago.

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TPP talks

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Photo taken July 19, 2013, shows Mexican delegates in the 18th round of negotiations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The 11 participating countries are considering holding the next round of TPP talks in Brunei in late August, sources involved in the negotiations said July 20.

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Barefoot Gen exhibition

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misayo Nakazawa, wife of the late cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa, visits an exhibition on his comic series "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen) in Hiroshima on July 19, 2013.

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Barefoot Gen exhibition

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misayo Nakazawa, wife of the late cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa, visits an exhibition on his comic series "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen) in Hiroshima on July 19, 2013.

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Caroline Kennedy to become U.S. ambassador to Japan

WASHINGTON, United States - Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, holds a book signing in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2013. A strong backer of President Barack Obama, Kennedy will become ambassador to Japan, sources close to Japan-U.S. relations said July 12, 2013.

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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 6, 2011, shows the late Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)," a Japanese manga series describing the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The series marked the 40th anniversary of its publication in 2013. Nakazawa died in December 2012.

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Diaries by film director Ozu, screenwriter

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese film director Yasujiro Ozu (L) and his main screenwriter, Kogo Noda. A book based on diaries by Ozu and Noda that detail their collaborative process when they worked on movie scripts in Tateshina Kogen in Nagano Prefecture, will be published in late July 2013.

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Japan's participation in TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese senior vice minister for economic and fiscal policy Yasutoshi Nishimura holds a press conference in Washington on April 30, 2013. Nishimura indicated that Japan is unlikely to be allowed to fully participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks in late July.

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Conductor Seiji Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa holds a press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on April 3, 2013. Ozawa said he will take to the podium for two concerts in late July given by a chamber music ensemble of young string players from Asia.

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Japanese filmmaker Yasuo Furuhata

File photo taken in July 2013 shows Japanese film director Yasuo Furuhata, known for his work with the late actor Ken Takakura. Furuhata died of pneumonia on May 20, 2019, in Tokyo at age 84. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo