Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces on Aug. 25, 2014, in Tokyo that the government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex next month. The interviewees include the late Masao Yoshida, who headed the plant when the crisis broke out in March 2011.

Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, who headed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant when a nuclear crisis broke out in March 2011. The government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the disaster, including Yoshida, who died last year, next month.

Journalists in Italy go on strike

Journalists in Italy go on strike

ROME, Italy - A man looks out of a kiosk window with a sign listing available newspapers in Rome on July 9, 2010. Almost no news was reported in Italy the same day as the country's federation of journalist unions went on strike to protest against a bill that would punish journalists reporting wiretap transcripts.

'Tiananmen Papers' reveal reformist current in Beijing: editor

'Tiananmen Papers' reveal reformist current in Beijing: editor

NEW YORK, United States - James Hoge, editor of Foreign Affairs, says in a recent interview with Kyodo News that the U.S. publication of ''The Tiananmen Papers'' -- transcripts of Chinese leaders' debates on whether to crush the 1989 pro-democracy student movement in Beijing -- is significant in revealing a reformist current among high-level officials in Beijing. Foreign Affairs published extracts of the document in its latest edition.

Medical lecture notes from 19th century found

Medical lecture notes from 19th century found

MATSUE, Japan - Photo shows some of the transcripts believed to be of lectures by Pompe Van Meerdervoort, known as a father of western medicine in Japan, dating from 1859. The volumes were found recently at the Matsue Red Cross Hospital in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. They are written in Dutch and cover chemistry, physics, pharmacology and related subjects.

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

A memo handwritten by revolutionary 19th-century scholar and teacher Yoshida Shoin, including vocabulary in Dutch, is among 68 items of historical materials found recently and shown to the press on March 24, 2015, by a museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

A detailed action plan handwritten by revolutionary 19th-century scholar and teacher Yoshida Shoin to convince his warlord to favor the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate is among 68 items of historical materials found recently and shown to the press on March 24, 2015, by a museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

Pages of a list handwritten by revolutionary 19th-century scholar and teacher Yoshida Shoin are among 68 items of historical materials found recently and shown to the press on March 24, 2015, by a museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. The document lists manuscript copies produced to earn income for running his school. The list, which recorded the names of publications transcribed and persons involved as well as the amount of payments received, bears Shoin's real first name Norikata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

A handwritten list by revolutionary 19th-century scholar and teacher Yoshida Shoin of manuscript copies produced to earn income for running his school is among 68 items of historical materials found recently and shown to the press on March 24, 2015, by a museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. The list, which recorded the names of publications transcribed and persons involved as well as the amount of payments received, bears Shoin's real first name Norikata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Journalists in Italy go on strike

Journalists in Italy go on strike

ROME, Italy - A man looks out of a kiosk window with a sign listing available newspapers in Rome on July 9, 2010. Almost no news was reported in Italy the same day as the country's federation of journalist unions went on strike to protest against a bill that would punish journalists reporting wiretap transcripts. (Kyodo)

'Tiananmen Papers' reveal reformist current in Beijing: editor

'Tiananmen Papers' reveal reformist current in Beijing: editor

NEW YORK, United States - James Hoge, editor of Foreign Affairs, says in a recent interview with Kyodo News that the U.S. publication of ''The Tiananmen Papers'' -- transcripts of Chinese leaders' debates on whether to crush the 1989 pro-democracy student movement in Beijing -- is significant in revealing a reformist current among high-level officials in Beijing. Foreign Affairs published extracts of the document in its latest edition.

Medical lecture notes from 19th century found

Medical lecture notes from 19th century found

MATSUE, Japan - Photo shows some of the transcripts believed to be of lectures by Pompe Van Meerdervoort, known as a father of western medicine in Japan, dating from 1859. The volumes were found recently at the Matsue Red Cross Hospital in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. They are written in Dutch and cover chemistry, physics, pharmacology and related subjects.