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Unpublished piece by poet Yosano found

NAGANO, Japan - Tokuko Kasuga holds a strip of paper bearing an unpublished piece of work written by Akiko Yosano (1878-1942), a renowned writer of 31-syllable Japanese "tanka" poems, in Nagano, central Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014. Kasuga says she was once told by her adopted mother the poem was written by Yosano when the author was young.

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Unpublished piece by poet Yosano found

NAGANO, Japan - A strip of paper bearing an unpublished piece of work by Akiko Yosano (1878-1942), a renowned writer of 31-syllable Japanese "tanka" poems, is shown in Nagano, central Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014.

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Letter from famed novelist to 'haiku' master found

TOKYO, Japan - Part of a letter addressed to prominent "haiku" writer Shiki Masaoka (1867-1902) from renowned novelist Soseki Natsume (1867-1916) is shown on Aug. 22, 2014. The letter, which contained Natsume's unpublished haiku or 17-syllable poems, indicates a firm friendship between the two.

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Writer, poet Hemmi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows writer and poet Jun Hemmi, who died at the age of 72 on Sept. 21, 2011, after collapsing at her home in suburban Tokyo. Hemmi wrote fiction and nonfiction stories about people affected by World War II, including the novel ''Otoko-tachi no Yamato'' (Men's Yamato). She is also known as a poet of 31-syllable ''tanka'' poems.

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Beijing unveils mascots for 2008 Olympics

BEIJING, China - Beijing officials on Nov. 11 unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics -- the fish Beibei, the giant panda Jingjing, the Olympic Flame Huanhuan, the Tibetan antelope Yingying, and the swallow Nini. Combining the first syllable of each mascot's name forms the sentence ''Beijing huanying ni,'' which means ''Beijing welcomes you.''

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Beijing unveils mascots for 2008 Olympics

BEIJING, China - Beijing officials on Nov. 11 unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics -- the fish Beibei, the giant panda Jingjing, the Olympic Flame Huanhuan, the Tibetan antelope Yingying, and the swallow Nini. Combining the first syllable of each mascot's name forms the sentence ''Beijing huanying ni,'' which means ''Beijing welcomes you.'' (Kyodo)

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Beijing unveils mascots for 2008 Olympics

BEIJING, China - Beijing officials on Nov. 11 unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics -- the fish Beibei, the giant panda Jingjing, the Olympic Flame Huanhuan, the Tibetan antelope Yingying, and the swallow Nini. Combining the first syllable of each mascot's name forms the sentence ''Beijing huanying ni,'' which means ''Beijing welcomes you.'' (Kyodo)

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More than 200 unknown haiku poems by Yosa Buson found

Photo taken Oct. 14, 2015, shows a collection of Japanese 17-syllable "haiku" poems by Yosa Buson, a haiku poet of the Edo Period. It has been found that the collection, housed at Tenri University in the western Japan city of Tenri, includes 212 unknown poems. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Writer, poet Hemmi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows writer and poet Jun Hemmi, who died at the age of 72 on Sept. 21, 2011, after collapsing at her home in suburban Tokyo. Hemmi wrote fiction and nonfiction stories about people affected by World War II, including the novel ''Otoko-tachi no Yamato'' (Men's Yamato). She is also known as a poet of 31-syllable ''tanka'' poems. (Kyodo)

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Unpublished piece by poet Yosano found

NAGANO, Japan - A strip of paper bearing an unpublished piece of work by Akiko Yosano (1878-1942), a renowned writer of 31-syllable Japanese "tanka" poems, is shown in Nagano, central Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Haiku composition AI development underway in Japan

Hidenori Kawamura, a professor at Hokkaido University's graduate school who is developing artificial intelligence that can compose haiku poems based on photos, shows several Japanese seventeen-syllable poems created through the technology on the screen of a personal computer in this photo taken April 24, 2018, in Sapporo, Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo