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(230905) -- BEIJING, Sept. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor introduces a system used in thyroid testing during the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at Shougang Park in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2023. Themed "Opening-up leads development, cooperation delivers the future," the 2023 CIFTIS is held in Beijing from Sept. 2 to 6. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

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Japan ice hockey player sees neck surgery scar as strength

SOCHI, Russia - Japan defender Ayaka Toko in women's ice hockey, shown at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014, says the surgery scar on her neck after treatment for a thyroid gland illness is a sign of her strength.

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Japanese A-bomb illness expert

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 31, 2014, in the city of Hiroshima shows Nobuo Takeichi, a thyroid specialist, speaking about his late teacher Haruo Ezaki's report on a 1972 inspection of a U.S. medical survey team's activities in the Marshall Islands to check on the effects of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll.

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Iodine tablets help prevent thyroid cancer

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows iodine tablets to prevent thyroid cancer after radiation exposure. The nuclear disaster mitigation guidelines revised by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority on June 5, 2013, stated people living within a 5-km radius of a nuclear power plant should be given a supply of iodine tablets so they can promptly take the pills after an accident occurs.

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Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Doctors board a bus at Fukushima Medical University in the city of Fukushima on Nov. 14, 2011, to head for a daycare center for preschool children in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, to check the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation.

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Ronaldo announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo (C) celebrates after scoring the opening goal in the final against Germany in the 2002 World Cup in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on June 30, 2002, which Brazil won 2-0. The 34-year-old announced his retirement from professional football Feb. 14, 2011, due to weight control problems stemming from a thyroid disease.

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S. Korean tenor who lost voice undergoing rehab in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Bae Jae Chul, the South Korean tenor who successfully underwent thyroid cancer surgery and a thyroplasty operation, receives a massage from a bone-setter in Tokyo to help restore his singing voice.

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Sugenoya elected Matsumoto mayor

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Sugenoya, a doctor who helped victims in Belarus of the world's worst nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union in 1986, was elected mayor of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on March 14. Sugenoya, a former assistant professor at Shinshu University, quit the university in 1995 and treated thyroid gland cancer victims in Belarus for five and a half years without payment.

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Univ. supports Belarus cancer treatment via satellite

Nagasaki University starts Feb. 2 exchanging medical data via satellite with a Belarus medical center helping children suffering from thyroid cancer contracted after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A Nagasaki Univ. doctor checks medical data on a computer screen from the Belarus center via a satellite.

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6 sue Fukushima nuclear plant operator for developing thyroid cancer

TOKYO - A group of six people filed a damages suit against the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday, seeking compensation over claims that they developed thyroid cancer after radiation exposure due to the 2011 disaster.

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Univ. supports Belarus cancer treatment via satellite

Nagasaki University starts Feb. 2 exchanging medical data via satellite with a Belarus medical center helping children suffering from thyroid cancer contracted after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A Nagasaki Univ. doctor checks medical data on a computer screen from the Belarus center via a satellite. ==Kyodo

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Japan urged to expand kids' thyroid checks after Fukushima crisis

Alex Rosen of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War calls on Japan at a press conference in Berlin on March 3, 2015, to widen health checks for children for possible thyroid gland cancer following the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture. Medical checkups for the purpose have so far been limited to children in Fukushima, but the German pediatrician urged Japan to expand them to adjacent prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima panel denies correlation between cancer, radiation

Hokuto Hoshi, head of a Fukushima prefectural committee studying the health impact of the 2011 nuclear power plant accident, denies any correlation between the disaster and the recent confirmation of a single thyroid cancer case at a press conference in Fukushima city on Feb. 12, 2015. The results of the committee's second round of surveys on all Fukushima children showed that one child suffered thyroid cancer, but denied a view that they were affected by radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Niigata residents get iodine pills to prepare for nuclear mishap

Residents of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, receive potassium iodine pills on Sept. 17, 2015, that will mitigate the risk of thyroid cancer in the event of a nuclear disaster. Iodine pills were distributed to 320 residents on the first day out of some 20,000 people living within 5 kilometers of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Health checks on Fukushima residents

CHIBA, Japan - An employee of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences goes under a thyroid gland monitor to check internal radioactive exposure during a demonstration for reporters at a facility of the institute in the city of Chiba on June 27, 2011. The demonstration is to show how health examinations including radioactive exposure measurement using whole-body counters are being conducted on residents of Fukushima Prefecture. The health checks began the same day for all of the prefecture's about 2 million residents following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Kyodo)

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Ronaldo announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo (C) lifts the 2002 World Cup trophy after his team beat Germany 2-0 in the final in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on June 30, 2002. The 34-year-old announced his retirement from professional football Feb. 14, 2011, due to weight control problems stemming from a thyroid disease. (Kyodo)

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Ronaldo announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo (C) celebrates after scoring the opening goal in the final against Germany in the 2002 World Cup in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on June 30, 2002, which Brazil won 2-0. The 34-year-old announced his retirement from professional football Feb. 14, 2011, due to weight control problems stemming from a thyroid disease. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Doctors board a bus at Fukushima Medical University in the city of Fukushima on Nov. 14, 2011, to head for a daycare center for preschool children in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, to check the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Children and parents wait for their turn on Nov. 14, 2011, in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, where doctors checked the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima Pref. starts thyroid exams for children

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A child (R) is taken to the venue of an ultrasonic thyroid examination at Fukushima Medical University in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 9, 2011. The Fukushima prefectural government of Fukushima began the tests that day for children aged up to 18 when the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant began in March. (Kyodo)

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Disaster drill at Tomari plant

People join a two-day emergency drill at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear plant in the northern Japan town of Kyowa on Nov. 14, 2016. People living near the plant received iodine preparation to prevent thyroid exposure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster drill at Tomari plant

People join a two-day emergency drill at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear plant in the northern Japan town of Kyowa on Nov. 14, 2016. People living near the plant received iodine preparation to prevent thyroid exposure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster drill at Tomari plant

People join a two-day emergency drill at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear plant in the northern Japan town of Kyowa on Nov. 14, 2016. People living near the plant received iodine preparation to prevent thyroid exposure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sugenoya elected Matsumoto mayor

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Sugenoya, a doctor who helped victims in Belarus of the world's worst nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union in 1986, was elected mayor of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on March 14. Sugenoya, a former assistant professor at Shinshu University, quit the university in 1995 and treated thyroid gland cancer victims in Belarus for five and a half years without payment. (Kyodo)