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Concert reenacts music played on Perry's black ship

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A concert is held in Yokohama west of Tokyo on March 27, 2014, reenacting the music played on Commodore Perry's black ship during its visit to Japan in 1853. The event was held to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the conclusion of the Japan-U.S. Treaty of Peace and Amity that opened Japan to the rest of the world following its policy of seclusion.

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(1)Crown Princess Masako emerges from palace

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako, along with Crown Prince Naruhito, enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo through Hanzomon Gate Sept. 4 to visit Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. The crown princess, who has been in seclusion due to a stress-related disorder, made her first public appearance since April. (Pool photo)

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150th anniversary of Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan marked

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Sailboats parade off Yokosuka in Tokyo Bay on May 3 in celebration of the 150th anniversary of U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival in Japan in 1853. Perry led a squadron of four ships and took anchor at Uraga near Yokosuka, a mission that prompted Japan to end more than 200 years of national seclusion and conclude a treaty with the United States the following year.

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(1)Crown Princess Masako emerges from palace

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako, along with Crown Prince Naruhito, enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo through Hanzomon Gate Sept. 4 to visit Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. The crown princess, who has been in seclusion due to a stress-related disorder, made her first public appearance since April. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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150th anniversary of Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan marked

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Sailboats parade off Yokosuka in Tokyo Bay on May 3 in celebration of the 150th anniversary of U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival in Japan in 1853. Perry led a squadron of four ships and took anchor at Uraga near Yokosuka, a mission that prompted Japan to end more than 200 years of national seclusion and conclude a treaty with the United States the following year. (Kyodo)

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Train painted in red in honor of feudal warlord in western Japan

A Nankai Electric Railway Co. train stops at Kudoyama Station in the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama on Nov. 14, 2015. The train is painted in red, the symbol color of warlord Sanada Yukimura (1567-1615) who lived in seclusion in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan rail station adorned in red in honor of feudal warlord

A new decoration is unveiled at Nankai Electric Railway Co.'s Kudoyama Station in the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama on Nov. 14, 2015. The station is adorned with hanging screens and other items in red, the symbol color of warlord Sanada Yukimura (1567-1615) who lived in seclusion in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginkakuji Temple

Ginkakuji Temple in the Sakyo district of Kyoto. The Higashiyama palace where Ashikaga Yoshimasa led a life of seclusion was made a temple after his death, and was named Jishoji after his Buddhist name. The construction of the Golden Pavilion was started in 1489, so Yoshimasa did not live to see it completed, dying a year after. The first floor is designed in the form of a house shoinzukuri style, with a hogyozukuri (a form of roof), and the second floor in Chinese style with many kato windows. A person sits on the east veranda facing Kinkyo Pond, and next to him another person sweeps the garden with his back to the lake.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐33‐0]

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Cheese factory supports socially withdrawn youths

SAPPORO, Japan - A cheese factory in Hokkaido supports ''hikikomori'' or those youths who refuse to go to school and remain in seclusion at home by providing them with vocational training to help them return to normal life. The photo was taken on Sept. 22, 2003. (Kyodo)