Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)--Empress Emerita Michiko has helped create a replica of a five-string "biwa" lute believed to have been used by Emperor Shomu in the eighth century.0

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)--Empress Emerita Michiko has helped create a replica of a five-string "biwa" lute believed to have been used by Emperor Shomu in the eighth century.0

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)--Empress Emerita Michiko has helped create a replica of a five-string "biwa" lute believed to have been used by Emperor Shomu in the eighth century.0

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)--Empress Emerita Michiko has helped create a replica of a five-string "biwa" lute believed to have been used by Emperor Shomu in the eighth century.0

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)--Empress Emerita Michiko has helped create a replica of a five-string "biwa" lute believed to have been used by Emperor Shomu in the eighth century.0

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)--Empress Emerita Michiko has helped create a replica of a five-string "biwa" lute believed to have been used by Emperor Shomu in the eighth century.0

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)--Empress Emerita Michiko has helped create a replica of a five-string "biwa" lute believed to have been used by Emperor Shomu in the eighth century.0

Yonaguni, Okinawa Pref., July 9 (Jiji Press)--A dugout canoe arrived at the island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on Tuesday, two days after its departure from Taiwan, succe

Yonaguni, Okinawa Pref., July 9 (Jiji Press)--A dugout canoe arrived at the island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on Tuesday, two days after its departure from Taiwan, succe

Yonaguni, Okinawa Pref., July 9 (Jiji Press)--A dugout canoe arrived at the island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on Tuesday, two days after its departure from Taiwan, succe