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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Yoshihiko Noda (C), leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and Komeito party leader Tetsuo Saito (2nd from L), alongside other party executives, hold a meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party ahead of a looming snap general election.

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Athletics: World championships in Tokyo

Sprinters, including Oblique Seville (2nd form L) of Jamaica, start the men's 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated November 11, 2008 of Syria's Asma Al Assad seen before the 2nd Arab Women's Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated June 12, 2005 of Syrian Asma El Assad attends the 2nd Arab Women Organization Conference, in Manama, Bahrain. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-SPORTS NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Zhibai (2nd R), a 13-year-old who suffers form cerebral palsy, is carried by his father Luo Shujian, a 45-year-old marathon runner in their apartment located in Jinhua City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 24, 2023. The photo in a frame on the table in front of them shows that Luo Shujian participated in 2019 Zhejiang Xianju Marathon with a stroller carrying his son. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 23, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (2nd R) and Yan Gongming (1st R) sharing their research results about the Great Wall during an activity to share their new book in Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture

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Japan PM Kishida at gov't panel meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) attends a government panel meeting to mull measures to create a "new form of capitalism" at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2023.

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(ChineseToday) CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ORDOS-HERDSMEN LIFE (CN)

(231018) -- ORDOS, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mingan-erdeni (2nd L) and his fellow "Nair" band members are seen during a rehearsal in Otog Banner of Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Oct. 15, 2023. Dorji is a 61-year-old herdsman living in Otog Banner. During the autumn season, Dorji's daily routine includes herding horses and goats. He has over 200 Arabas cashmere goats, which provide sound economic returns. In his spare time, Dorji participates in a local cultural activity called "Nair" with his 91-year-old father, Mingan-erdeni. "Nair" dates back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and is a form of folk art that involves playing musical instruments, singing, and dancing. It has been listed as a regional intangible cultural heritage in Inner Mongolia. Mingan-erdeni, a former rural doctor, encouraged his neighbors to form a "Nair" band in 2018. This band not only represents the preservation of the "Nair" culture but also serves as an important means to enrich the spiritual life of thes

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Bail hearing of former Odesa Region commissar Yevhen Borysov in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 25, 2023 - Former head of the Odesa Regional Center for Recruitment and Social Support Yevhen Borysov (2nd R), who is facing charges of illegal enrichment, and his lawyers are pictured during the bail hearing at the Pecherskyi District Court, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. The court ruled a measure of restraint in the form of detention with the possibility of posting UAH 150 million bail for the ex-commissar.

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Bail hearing of former Odesa Region commissar Yevhen Borysov in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 25, 2023 - Former head of the Odesa Regional Center for Recruitment and Social Support Yevhen Borysov (2nd R), who is facing charges of illegal enrichment, and his lawyers are pictured during the bail hearing at the Pecherskyi District Court, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. The court ruled a measure of restraint in the form of detention with the possibility of posting UAH 150 million bail for the ex-commissar.

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2nd general election for Greece after attempts to form coalition fail

STORY: 2nd general election for Greece after attempts to form coalition fail DATELINE: May 26, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:11 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the process of the Greek elections held in Greece on May 21 2. various of Ioannis Sarmas, president of the Hellenic Court of Audit, Greece's supreme financial court during the meeting with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou 3. SOUNDBITE (Greek): IOANNIS SARMAS, President of Greece's supreme financial court 4. various of the Greek Parliament 5. various of the process of the votes counting of the Greek elections 6. various of meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou 7. various of the meeting between Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and the leaders of Greek political parties 8. various of the process of the Greek elections held in Greece on May 21 STORYLINE: Greece is heading for a second general election this summer, after attempts to form a government coalition

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Kishida-Yoon talks in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida (3rd form R) and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (2nd from L) hold talks on May 21, 2023 in Hiroshima, on the sidelines of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city.

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Preliminary meetings to form a new government

National Coalition Party (NCP) chair Petteri Orpo (2nd R) and chair of NCP parliamentary group Kai Mykkänen (R) welcome the Finns Party chair Riikka Purra (red jacket) and the chair of the Finns Party parliamentary group Lulu Ranne at the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland, on April 25, 2023. Orpo who has been mandated to form a new governing coalition has begun a series of meetings with Finnish parliamentary groups. He expects to announce which parties will enter actual government negotiations by the end of April. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan PM Kishida at gov't panel meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) speaks at a government panel meeting to mull measures to create a "new form of capitalism" at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 29, 2023.

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(SP)XINHUA SPORTS PHOTO OF THE WEEK

(230227) -- BEIJING, Feb. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- XINHUA SPORTS PHOTO OF THE WEEK (from Feb. 20 to Feb. 26, 2023) TRANSMITTED on Feb. 27, 2023. Luo Zhibai(2nd R), a 13-year-old who suffers form cerebral palsy, carried by his father Luo Shujian, a 45-year-old marathon runner in their apartment located in Jinhua City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 24, 2023. The photo in a frame taken on Feb. 19, 2023 on the table next to them shows Luo Shujian participates in 2023 Shenzhen Marathon with a unique stroller in which his son Xiaobai sat and wore a helmet. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Renewable energy projects in Mongolia

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (2nd from R) holds signed documents in Tokyo on March 12, 2012, after the company agreed to form a research firm in Mongolia in April 2012 with Mongolian investment firm Newcom Group to promote wind and solar power generation projects in the country. The new firm, Clean Energy Asia LLC., will select sites for wind and solar power projects in the Gobi desert and conduct feasibility studies for the projects. Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold (2nd from L) attended the document signing.

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DPJ's partners lodge opposition to Futemma reclamation option

URUMA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (2nd form L), chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, takes a look at waters off the Katsuren Peninsula in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, the prospective candidate site for a planned relocation of the U.S. Marines' Futemma Air Station, with other members of the committee on March 31, 2010.

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NTT DoCoMo ties up with Google to improve mobile Net service

TOKYO, Japan - Omid Kordestani (2nd from L), senior vice president of Google Inc., Kiyoyuki Tsujimura (2nd from R), executive vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., and two other officials pose for a photo during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 24. The two companies agreed to form a partnership to improve NTT DoCoMo's i-mode mobile Internet service's search function.

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DPJ unveils 'cabinet roster' with 'Mr. Yen' as MOF head

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (R), president of the Democratic Party of Japan, on Nov. 4 introduced his nominees for key posts in a cabinet he would form if the party wins the Nov. 9 general election. Kan said if he becomes premier he will appoint former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Eisuke Sakakibara (2nd from L) as finance minister, reformist Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka (3rd from L) as minister for decentralization, and Yasuyo Yamazaki (L), a former partner in U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, as land, infrastructure and transport minister.

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Blair meets with auto executives

TOKYO, Japan - British Prime Minister Tony Blair (2nd from L) poses with Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn (L), Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (3rd form L) and Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui (R) after their talks at a Tokyo hotel July 19. The auto executives repeated their call on Blair to join the single currency system. (Pool photo)

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Sanwa Bank, 5 finance firms to form marketing alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Junji Sugiyama (2nd from L), managing director of Sanwa Bank, announces at a news conference July 30 an agreement his bank reached with five other financial firms to form an alliance focusing on retail marketing and asset management.

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Obuchi, LP's Ozawa strike coalition deal

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from L), head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and opposition Liberal Party (LP) leader Ichiro Ozawa (3rd from L) shake hands on Nov. 19 after striking a deal to form a coalition government. The two leaders are flanked by LDP Secretary General Yoshiro Mori (L) and LP Secretary General Takeshi Noda (R).

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Hun Sen, Prince Ranariddh strike

Cambodian leaders pose for photographers on Nov. 13 after a two-day talk at the royal palace in Phnom Penh. Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) and former co-premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh (2nd from R) agreed to form a coalition government. King Norodom Sihanouk (2nd from L), Chea Sim, president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (L) also joined the talks.

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Kishida discusses new capitalism

American economist and Harvard Business School professor Rebecca Henderson (on screen) makes a virtual appearance at a meeting of the Council of New Form of Capitalism Realization chaired by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2022.

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NTT DoCoMo ties up with Google to improve mobile Net service

TOKYO, Japan - Omid Kordestani (2nd from L), senior vice president of Google Inc., Kiyoyuki Tsujimura (2nd from R), executive vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., and two other officials pose for a photo during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 24. The two companies agreed to form a partnership to improve NTT DoCoMo's i-mode mobile Internet service's search function. (Kyodo)

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HOLLOW MAN

HOLLOW MAN Elisabeth Shue 2nd from right picture form the Ronald Grant Archive Date: 2000

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THE GENTLE SEX

THE GENTLE SEX JOAN GREENWOOD left, JEAN GILLIE 2nd from right PICTURE FORM THE RONALD GRANT ARCHIVE A TWO CITIES FILM Date: 1943

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Chinese leader in H.K. on "inspection" tour amid heavy security

Police officers block a woman (2nd form L) near a hotel where Zhang Dejiang, chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, is staying in Hong Kong on May 17, 2016. More than 6,000 police officers were reported to have been deployed for his three-day visit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo district gives green light to renting private homes to tourists

Sonosuke Mikuchi (2nd from L), who runs a service brokering accommodation at private homes, applies for approval for running the business in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Jan. 29, 2016. The ward, home to Haneda airport, Japan's largest air hub, is taking the lead in opening the door to a relatively new form of hosting tourists in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ unveils 'cabinet roster' with 'Mr. Yen' as MOF head

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (R), president of the Democratic Party of Japan, on Nov. 4 introduced his nominees for key posts in a cabinet he would form if the party wins the Nov. 9 general election. Kan said if he becomes premier he will appoint former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Eisuke Sakakibara (2nd from L) as finance minister, reformist Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka (3rd from L) as minister for decentralization, and Yasuyo Yamazaki (L), a former partner in U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, as land, infrastructure and transport minister. (Kyodo)

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DPJ's partners lodge opposition to Futemma reclamation option

URUMA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (2nd form L), chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, takes a look at waters off the Katsuren Peninsula in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, the prospective candidate site for a planned relocation of the U.S. Marines' Futemma Air Station, with other members of the committee on March 31, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Renewable energy projects in Mongolia

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (2nd from R) holds signed documents in Tokyo on March 12, 2012, after the company agreed to form a research firm in Mongolia in April 2012 with Mongolian investment firm Newcom Group to promote wind and solar power generation projects in the country. The new firm, Clean Energy Asia LLC., will select sites for wind and solar power projects in the Gobi desert and conduct feasibility studies for the projects. Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold (2nd from L) attended the document signing. (Kyodo)

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IOC Coordination Commission chief in Tokyo

John Coates (2nd form R), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, inspects Oi Hockey Stadium, the venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic field hockey, on Oct. 30, 2019, with Yoshiro Mori (R), head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Blair meets with auto executives

TOKYO, Japan - British Prime Minister Tony Blair (2nd from L) poses with Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn (L), Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (3rd form L) and Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui (R) after their talks at a Tokyo hotel July 19. The auto executives repeated their call on Blair to join the single currency system. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Sanwa, Tokai, Asahi banks to form banking group

TOKYO, Japan - Sanwa Bank, Tokai Bank and Asahi Bank announce March 14 they will set up a joint holding company in April 2001 to form Japan's 2nd largest banking group. Photo shows the three banks' presidents -- (from L to R) Kaneo Muromachi of Sanwa Bank, Tatsuro Ito of Asahi Bank and Hideo Ogasawara of Tokai Bank -- after making the announcement at a Tokyo hotel.

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Sanwa Bank, 5 finance firms to form marketing alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Junji Sugiyama (2nd from L), managing director of Sanwa Bank, announces at a news conference July 30 an agreement his bank reached with five other financial firms to form an alliance focusing on retail marketing and asset management.

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Sanwa Bank, 5 finance firms to form marketing alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Junji Sugiyama (2nd from L), managing director of Sanwa Bank, announces at a news conference July 30 an agreement his bank reached with five other financial firms to form an alliance focusing on retail marketing and asset management.

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Obuchi, LP's Ozawa strike coalition deal

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from L), head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and opposition Liberal Party (LP) leader Ichiro Ozawa (3rd from L) shake hands Nov. 19 after striking a deal to form a coalition government. The two leaders are flanked by LDP Secretary General Yoshiro Mori (L) and LP Secretary General Takeshi Noda (R).

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Hun Sen, Prince Ranariddh strike

Cambodian leaders pose for photographers Nov. 13 after a two-day talk at the royal palace in Phnom Penh. Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) and former co-premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh (2nd from R) agreed to form a coalition government. King Norodom Sihanouk (2nd from L), Chea Sim, president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (L) also joined the talks.