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Renowned Japanese TV personality Hiroshi Kume dies at 81

Renowned Japanese TV personality Hiroshi Kume dies at 81

Renowned Japanese TV personality Hiroshi Kume (C), known for hosting "The Best Ten" music show between 1978 and 1985, and anchoring the "News Station" news show between 1985 and 2004, receives "the best dressed eyes" award in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2004. Kume died of lung cancer on Jan. 1, 2026, aged 81.

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1985 Inaugural Family Portrait

1985 Inaugural Family Portrait

1985 Inaugural Reagan Family Photo taken at the White House on January 21, 1985: (from left to right) Bess Davis, Maureen Reagan, Dennis Revell, Michael Reagan, Ashley Marie Reagan, Colleen Reagan, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Cameron Reagan, Patti Davis, First Lady Nancy Reagan, Ron Reagan,Jr., Doria Reagan, Geoffery Davis, Anne Davis, Dr. Richard Davis, Patricia Davis. Photo by White House via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sen John J Sparkman

US Sen John J Sparkman

United States Senator John J Sparkman (Democrat of Alabama) (1899-1985), during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on February 17, 1989 Photo by Arnie Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Senator Bob Packwood (Republican of Oregon), Chair, US Senate Committee on Finance, listens as US Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

Baker Testifies Before the US Senate Committee on Finance

United States Secretary of the Treasury James A Baker III testifies before the US Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, June 11, 1985. The hearings are on proposed legislation on tax reform. Photo by Matthew Mudd / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 5 Kyodo - Japanese Crown Prince Akihito (far L) chats with University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus Edred John Henry Corner, the winner of the 1985 International Prize for Biology, while Japanese Crown Princess Michiko (2nd from R) chats with the professor's wife after the award ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 1985. (Kyodo)

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Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 5 Kyodo - University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus Edred John Henry Corner (L, front) receives the 1985 International Prize for Biology in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 1985, with Japanese Crown Prince Akihito (top, L) and Crown Princess Michiko attending the award ceremony.(Kyodo)

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Roman Aqueduct in Segovia - Spain

Roman Aqueduct in Segovia - Spain

This photo taken on November 28, 2025 shows a view of the Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. Segovia is famous for its Roman aqueduct, as well as ancient churches and castles. The old town of Segovia and its aqueduct were listed as the World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1985. Photo by Cheng Min/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Roman Aqueduct in Segovia - Spain

Roman Aqueduct in Segovia - Spain

This photo taken on November 28, 2025 shows a view of the Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. Segovia is famous for its Roman aqueduct, as well as ancient churches and castles. The old town of Segovia and its aqueduct were listed as the World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1985. Photo by Cheng Min/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Roman Aqueduct in Segovia - Spain

Roman Aqueduct in Segovia - Spain

This photo taken on November 28, 2025 shows a view of the Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. Segovia is famous for its Roman aqueduct, as well as ancient churches and castles. The old town of Segovia and its aqueduct were listed as the World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1985. Photo by Cheng Min/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Former Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

The artist's nephew Christo Vladimir Yavachev during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

The artist's nephew Christo Vladimir Yavachev during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

French artist JR during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Radka Balabanova Ruleva, Bulgarian Ambassador to France during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Ariel Weil, Mayor of Paris Centre during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

French artist JR during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

French artist JR during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Paris's mayor Anne HIdalgo during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Former Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

Inauguration of The Place Du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude - Paris

French artist JR, the artist's nephew Christo Vladimir Yavachev, Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo during the inauguration of the Place du Pont Neuf Christo and Jeanne Claude in tribute to the late artist couple for having covered the Pont Neuf in 1985. Paris, France on October 3, 2025. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Immobilier

Illustration - Immobilier

FRANCE. VAL-DE-MARNE (94) CHARENTON-LE-PONT. PLACE ARTHUR DUSSAULT. THE STATUE OF KING HENRY IV (WORK BY SCULPTOR MICHEL BOURBON A REPLICA OF THE ONE EXECUTED IN ROME IN 1608 BY NICOLAS CORDIER, THE ORIGINAL STILL DECORATING ONE OF THE PORTICOES OF THE BASILICA OF SAINT JOHN LATRAN IN ROME. THE STATUE WAS PLACED IN 1985, BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY ALAIN GRIOTTERAY TO SYMBOLIZE TOLERANCE AND RECONCILIATION Photo by Serge Attal/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baseball: Warren Cromartie

Baseball: Warren Cromartie

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 21 Kyodo - Warren Cromartie of the Yomiuri Giants blows bubble gum on third base during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Yokohama Taiyo Whales on May 13, 1985, at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo.(Kyodo)

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Illustration - Velo

Illustration - Velo

GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG. SCHENGEN. IT IS IN THIS SMALL TOWN, CLOSE TO THE BORDERS WITH GERMANY AND FRANCE, THAT THE SCHENGEN AGREEMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985 Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan, Aug. 13 Kyodo - A memorial ceremony is held on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Actor Hitomi Kuroki prays at the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, including her classmate at the Takarazuka Revue all-female musical theater troupe.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Actor Hitomi Kuroki visits the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, including her classmate at the Takarazuka Revue all-female musical theater troupe.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Actor Hitomi Kuroki visits the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, including her classmate at the Takarazuka Revue all-female musical theater troupe.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after attending a memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after attending a memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

A memorial ceremony is held on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

A memorial ceremony is held on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

People light candles on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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