Wrapping up his four-nation Asian tour that kicked off in Japan, U.S. President Barack Obama made a befitting announcement in South Korea that he would dispatch U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth to Pyongyang on Dec. 8.Full article

A deeply-indented coastline glittered in the autumn sun as 63-year-old Yoko Nakano, an A-bomb survivor exposed in utero, walked the streets of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, home to the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant.Full article

Russian Consul General celebrates becoming dean of Kansai Consular Corps

Russian Consul General Ivan V. Prokhorov sings a song while playing guitar during a meeting of the Japan-Russia Salon held on Oct. 30 to congratulate him on assuming the post of dean of the Kansai Consular Corps. He sang a number of Japanese and Russian folk songs during the event.