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Doors that opens by Osaka dialect

Photo taken on May 29, 2025, shows a door on display at the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka, which opens if the AI system judges that any one of 25 Japanese phrases presented there is pronounced correctly in Osaka dialect.

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Doors that opens by Osaka dialect

Photo taken on May 29, 2025, shows a door on display at the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka, which opens if the AI system judges that any one of 25 Japanese phrases presented there is pronounced correctly in Osaka dialect.

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Doors that opens by Osaka dialect

Photo taken on May 29, 2025, shows a door on display at the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka, which opens if the AI system judges that any one of 25 Japanese phrases presented there is pronounced correctly in Osaka dialect.

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Turkish president meets Hamas leader in Istanbul

STORY: Turkish president meets Hamas leader in Istanbul SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024 DATELINE: April 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with head of the Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Saturday with head of the Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh in Türkiye's largest city, Istanbul. The meeting, which commenced at 2:30 p.m. local time (1130 GMT), was held behind closed doors at the Dolmabahce presidential working office, as reported by the NTV broadcaster. Both leaders were anticipated to discuss the ongoing Israeli attacks and the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, as well as ceasefire efforts, the NTV added. Haniyeh recently suffered the loss of his three sons in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on April 10. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Türkiye. (XHTV)

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Netherlands holds parliamentary elections

STORY: Netherlands holds parliamentary elections SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 15/Nov. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: Amsterdam CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street scenes in Amsterdam 2. various of elections STORYLINE: The Netherlands kicked off on Wednesday a nationwide vote to elect a new parliament and a replacement for outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte. At 7:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT), all 9,000 polling stations in the Netherlands opened their doors for the 2023 parliamentary elections. A total of 26 parties joined the race in a fragmented Dutch political landscape. Rutte, who led the past four governments, cast his vote on Wednesday morning in the Hague, for the last time as PM. The previous elections in March 2021 ended in a landslide victory for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) of Rutte with 34 of the 150 seats. According to the latest polls conducted by Peilingwijzer and cited by national broadcaster NOS, four parties are in the race to bec

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Osaka Station redevelopment

Photo taken on March 18, 2023, shows new "full-screen" platform doors at JR Osaka Station in western Japan that provide floor to ceiling barrier and are compatible with any type of train car.

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Sumo: Spring tournament without fans

OSAKA, Japan, March 17 Kyodo - Onosho (R) defeats grand champion Hakuho on the 10th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at an empty Edion Arena Osaka on March 17, 2020. The tournament has been held behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Benz unveils prototype smart car at trade show in U.S.

LAS VEGAS, United States - German automaker Mercedes-Benz unveils a prototype computer-driven car at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2015. The car features a touch-screen display panel on one of its doors that allows passengers to choose their desired destination and other functions.

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Japanese knife maker opens doors to foreign buyers

OSAKA, Japan - A representative of Jikko Co., a maker of high-quality traditional Japanese knives in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, demonstrates how to properly sharpen a knife at the company's factory on Dec. 11, 2014. The company welcomes foreign buyers to visit its factory for hands-on experience in sharpening knives and plans to host lessons in the future such as on how to use Japanese knives to dress fish.

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Cartoonist paints monk Shinran on folding screen

KYOTO, Japan - A painting by cartoonist Takehiko Inoue of Shinran, a famous 13th-century Buddhist monk, drawn on a "byobu" folding screen is shown to the press at a temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 28, 2014. It will go on display at Kyoto's Higashi Honganji temple from Nov. 1 along with the famed late woodblock print artist Shiko Munakata's paintings on "fusuma" sliding doors.

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Munakata's 50-year-old paintings on sliding doors shown

KYOTO, Japan - The famed late woodblock print artist Shiko Munakata's paintings on "fusuma" sliding doors are shown to the press on Oct. 28, 2014. The paintings, drawn some 50 years ago on 44 doors, will be displayed at Kyoto's Higashi Honganji temple on Nov. 1-3 for the first time.

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Kanazawa Station's Shinkansen platforms opened to press

KANAZAWA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. shows the press platforms at Kanazawa Station for the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line on July 28, 2014, ahead of the new line's inauguration next spring. Platform screen doors are painted in five colors used for the local "Kaga Yuzen" silk kimono dyeing.

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Canadian civic group protests secrecy of TPP talks

OTTAWA, Canada - Members of a Canadian citizens' group hold a banner demanding information disclosure in Ottawa on July 7, 2014, in front of the venue of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks being held behind closed doors.

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Kyoto temple shows painting said drawn by Kano Sanraku's son

KYOTO, Japan - A Buddhist monk at Ryoshoin temple in Kyoto, western Japan, shows a painting on sliding doors reputedly drawn by 16th-17th century painter Kano Sanraku's son Iori on May 10, 2014.

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Japan ex-premier Hosokawa explains his temple paintings

KYOTO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (L) explains one of his ink-and-wash paintings on sliding doors at Kennin-ji, a Zen Buddhism temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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Japan ex-premier Hosokawa views his paintings at temple

KYOTO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (L) looks at one of his ink-and-wash paintings on sliding doors at Kennin-ji, a Zen Buddhism temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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Inn in Dogo Onsen with sliding doors of water plant design

MATSUYAMA, Japan - An inn in the Dogo Onsen hot springs resort in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, unveils a room with sliding doors of a water plant design used for Arita-yaki porcelain on April 8, 2014, before the opening of the Dogo Onsenart 2014 art festival on April 10.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - The J-League's first match behind closed doors is held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - The J-League's first match behind closed doors is held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Urawa Reds captain Yuki Abe reads an antiracism declaration before the J-League's first match behind closed doors, held against Shimizu S-Pulse, at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Urawa Reds captain Yuki Abe reads an antiracism declaration before the J-League's first match behind closed doors, held against Shimizu S-Pulse, at Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo shows Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo where the J-League's first match behind closed doors was held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo where the J-League's first match behind closed doors was held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo where the J-League's first match behind closed doors was held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Soccer game held closed-door

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Saitama Stadium in Saitama near Tokyo where the J-League's first match behind closed doors was held between Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse at on March 23, 2014. Urawa were ordered by the J-League to play the match in an empty stadium as punishment for a racist banner displayed by their supporters at home on March 8.

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Japan opens doors for "jeans sommeliers"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the store manager of G-Star RAW Store Tokyo Shibuya arranging jeans before the shop opens on Nov. 21, 2013. A G-Star International employee took the exam for Japan's first "jeans sommeliers" certification exam earlier in the year.

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University students start job hunting for spring 2014

TOKYO, Japan - A job fair participated in by about 240 companies is held for university students in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Dec. 1, 2012, as major Japanese businesses opened their doors the same day for official recruitment events targeted mainly at university students in their third year looking for jobs after their graduation in spring 2014.

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Shosoin repository at Todaiji temple

NARA, Japan - Officials of the Imperial Household Agency and other messengers attend the annual ritual to open the doors of the treasure house in Shosoin repository at Todaiji temple in the city of Nara on Oct. 4, 2011. Treasures including the artifacts that belonged to Emperor Shomu in the Nara Period will be examined and cleaned by the time of a ceremony to close the doors on Dec. 1. Sixty-three items from the repository will be displayed at the 63rd annual exhibition to be held from Oct. 29 to Nov. 14 at Nara National Museum.

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JAXA info center closed down

TOKYO, Japan - Staff of the JAXAi, a promotional facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, close the doors in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 28, 2010, the last day of its operation. A governmental cost-cutting panel has decided to close down the facility, which opened in 2004.

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Japanese firms opening doors for more foreign students

TOKYO, Japan - A new American employee of Rakuten Inc. gives a presentation on elements necessary for a global company at the head office of Japan's biggest online shopping mall operator in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2010.

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Ryoanji's painted screens

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows sliding doors depicting Chinese immortals unveiled to the media on Oct. 20, 2010, at Ryoanji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. Six painted panels, part of a collection that once adorned the main hall of the Zen sanctuary before being sold off 115 years ago, returned to Kyoto after the temple bid for them at a Christie's auction in New York in September.

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Ryoanji's painted screens

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows sliding doors decorated with Chinese-inspired images that were unveiled to the media on Oct. 20, 2010, at Ryoanji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. Six painted panels, part of a collection that once adorned the main hall of the Zen sanctuary before being sold off 115 years ago, returned to Kyoto after the temple bid for them at a Christie's auction in New York in September.

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Ryoanji's painted screens

KYOTO, Japan - A man sits by sliding doors decorated with Chinese-inspired images at Ryoanji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Oct. 20, 2010. Six painted panels, which once adorned the main hall of the Zen sanctuary before being sold off 115 years ago, returned to Kyoto after the temple bid for them at a Christie's auction in New York in September.

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Universal Studios theme park opens in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Universal Studios new theme park in Singapore opens its doors to the public on March 18, 2010. The new theme park, Southeast Asia's largest, is located on Sentosa Island, which is connected by bridge, light rail and cable car to the main island.

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Singapore's first casino opens its doors to the public

Sentosa Island, Singapore - A female dealer waits for players at the Resorts World Sentosa casino in Singapore that opened for business on Feb. 14, 2010, the Lunar New Year's Day. The resort is located on Singapore's Sentosa Island.

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Galleries open doors wider to increase art fans

TOKYO, Japan - A group of students from Taimei Elementary School visit Galerie Nichido in Tokyo's Ginza district during an academic tour in July. A boy, who confessed he did not like painting before the event, said, ''Now I've come to like it.''

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Lower house maintains ban on public attendance after 9/11

TOKYO, Japan - Only a few spectators are seen in the public gallery at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Jan. 13 as the lower house has kept its doors to the hall off limits to the public for security reasons since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

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Suzuki to launch new miniwagon Palette

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. President Hiroshi Tsuda (front) poses with the company's new miniwagon Palette during a presentation at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 24. The 660cc Palette features sliding rear doors, a low floor for easy access to the cabin and a high ceiling for a roomier ride.

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Venerable cinema houses in Osaka give way to cineplexes

OSAKA, Japan - Two venerable cinema houses in Osaka -- OS Gekijo and OS Meigaza -- will be closing their doors on Sept. 21, victims of the invasion of multi-screen cineplexes that offer spectators multiple choices in the movies on show. Opened in 1959, OS Gekijo specialized in western movies and spawned OS Meigaza in the same building about 10 years ago. After refurbishing, the two cinema houses will be reborn as an ''annex'' of Toho Cinemas Umezawa, the largest cineplex in Osaka, on Oct. 1.

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Insurance sales offices open their doors to walk-in customers

TOKYO, Japan - An insurance policy saleswoman explains about insurance products to customers at a counter in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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Asian American acting pioneer Mako dies at 72

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mako Iwamatsu (photo), the Japanese-American acting pioneer who opened the doors for Asian Americans to Hollywood, died of esophageal cancer at his home in southern California on July 21, the Los Angeles Times reported on July 23. He was 72.

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(7)Japan vs N. Korea qualifier

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japan fans watch their national team's World Cup Asia zone Group B qualifier against North Korea played behind closed doors from a hotel located close to Bangkok's Suphachalasai National Stadium on June 8.

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(3)Japan vs N. Korea qualifier

BANGKOK, Thailand - North Korea defender Pak Chol Jin )L) and Japan striker Atsushi Yanagisawa vie for control of the ball in the first half of their World Cup Asia zone Group B qualifier behind closed doors at Bangkok's Suphachalasai National Stadium on June 8.

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(1)Thai police forced to kick out trespassing Japan fans

BANGKOK, Thailand - Hundreds of Japan fans chant outside Bangkok's Suphachalasai National Stadium on June 8 hours before the national team play against North Korea in a World Cup Asia zone Group B qualifier behind closed doors. Thai police had to remove many of the Japan supporters who had got inside the stadium.

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(2)Thai police forced to kick out trespassing Japan fans

BANGKOK, Thailand - `Policemen are on guard as hundreds of Japan fans gather outside Bangkok's Suphachalasai National Stadium on June 8 hours before the start of the Japan vs. North Korea World Cup Asia zone Group B qualifier behind closed doors. They had to remove many of the Japan supporters who had got inside the stadium.

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(2)Abbey Road Studios in London opens doors to public

LONDON, Britain - Photos of The Beatles are exhibited inside Abbey Road Studios in London, which was opened to the public on March 19 for the first time.

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Renovated Himeyuri Peace Museum in Okinawa reopens

ITOMAN, Japan - The Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, reopened its doors on April 13 after renovation, featuring new displays on female students who died in the 1945 Okinawa battle while nursing wounded Japanese soldiers.

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Bargain hunters flock to Sogo's Tokyo store for last sale

TOKYO, Japan - Bargain hunters flock to the Yurakucho store in Tokyo of failed department chain operator Sogo Co. as it closes its doors for the last time Sept. 24. Sogo has decided to close the Yurakucho store as well as ones in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, and Nagano as part of its rehabilitation plan.

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Shoppers flock to Sogo's Yurakucho store for closing sale

TOKYO, Japan - More than 2,000 shoppers line up Sept. 3 before the doors opened at failed department store operator Sogo Co.'s Yurakucho outlet for the start of a 15-day going-out-of-business sale. The giant Osaka-based retailer decided to close the 43-year-old store on Sept. 24 as part of its rehabilitation plan. The Sogo group filed for protection from creditors with the Tokyo District Court in July, saddled with 1.87 trillion yen in debt.

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Leading Japanese restaurant closes Hong Kong branch

Hong Kong Kanetanaka, a branch of prestigious Japanese restaurant Kanetanaka based in Shimbashi, Tokyo, closes its doors Sept. 30 after 34 years of operation. The restaurant, located inside the Sogo Department Store in Causeway Bay since 1964 and frequented by Japanese businesspeople in Hong Kong, had faced a business slump triggered by the Asian currency crisis.