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Press Conference on the Tsukiji Area Urban Development Project

Press conference on the redevelopment of the former Tsukiji market site and the decision of the project proponent. Photo shows, from right, Toyota Fudosan President Tomohide Yamamura, Mitsui Fudosan President Takashi Ueda, and Yomiuri Shimbun Group President Toshikazu Yamaguchi. ＝May 1, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe speaks during an interview at his home in Tokyo in July 2015. The winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, who was also known as a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, Oe died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe is pictured after attending the award ceremony for the 1994 Nobel Prize recipients in Stockholm in December 1994. Oe, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, known for being a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe speaks during a rally protesting against the Japanese government's security policy held in front of the parliament building in Tokyo in September 2015. The winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, who was also known as a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, Oe died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe delivers his Nobel lecture at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm in December 1994, as he was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature for that year. Oe, a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Writer Inose agrees to be Tokyo Gov. Ishihara's deputy

TOKYO, Japan - Writer Naoki Inose, a prominent proponent of privatization and decentralization, announces in Tokyo on June 15 that he has accepted a request by Gov. Shintaro Ishihara to serve as a vice governor for the Tokyo metropolitan government.

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Novelist Inose eyed as Tokyo Gov. Ishihara's deputy candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara has asked novelist Naoki Inose (file photo), a prominent privatization and decentralization proponent, to consider serving as the metropolis's fourth vice governor, informed sources said June 13.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2005 shows Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito delivering a speech at the United Nations in New York. Ito, a key denuclearization proponent, died April 18, 2007 after being shot the previous day by a gangster during election campaigning in the Nagasaki prefectural capital.

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Literary master Han Yu | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: Literary master Han Yu | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:28 LOCATION: MENGZHOU/CHAOZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NIU JIN'GANG, Deputy director of Han Yu Research Institute in Mengzhou 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIANG YONGZHAO, Member, Association of Literature in Tang Dynasty of China 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HUANG ZHIMIN, Deputy director of Han Yu Memorial Hall in Chaozhou 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZENG CHU'NAN, Counselor, Association of Literature in Tang Dynasty of China 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): CHEN SIJIE, Head of Mengzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President STORYLINE: Han Yu was a Chinese literary master during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). He was a strong proponent of the Classical Prose Movement, which advocated clarity and precision rather than the richly ornamented literary style. Han's story was shared by Chinese President Xi Jinping when addressing artists at a

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2005 shows Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito delivering a speech at the United Nations in New York. Ito, a key denuclearization proponent, died April 18, 2007 after being shot the previous day by a gangster during election campaigning in the Nagasaki prefectural capital. (Kyodo)

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Novelist Inose eyed as Tokyo Gov. Ishihara's deputy candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara has asked novelist Naoki Inose (file photo), a prominent privatization and decentralization proponent, to consider serving as the metropolis's fourth vice governor, informed sources said June 13. (Kyodo)

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Writer Inose agrees to be Tokyo Gov. Ishihara's deputy

TOKYO, Japan - Writer Naoki Inose, a prominent proponent of privatization and decentralization, announces in Tokyo on June 15 that he has accepted a request by Gov. Shintaro Ishihara to serve as a vice governor for the Tokyo metropolitan government. (Kyodo)

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hundreds of people protest against Polish Turow mine extension, Polish proponent of expansion

Hundreds of people from Czechia, Germany and Poland protested against the planned extension of the Polish Turow lignite mine close to the Czech border at the international Thirst for Justice event staged at the Tripoint Memorial in Hradek nad Nisou, Czech Republic, on August 30, 2020. The protesters expressed fears not only of the loss of drinking water but also increased noise and dust concentration. Water is disappearing from the locality now already, brooks and wells are drying up, they warn. On the photo is seen Polish proponent of expansion. (CTK Photo/Vit Cerny)