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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— April 12, 2013 Beverly Hills, Ca. Anthony Geary and Genie Francis "General Hospital: Celebrating 50 Years and Looking Forward" presented by The Paley Center for Media held at The Paley Center for Media Photo by Tammie Arroyo / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— April 12, 2013 Beverly Hills, Ca. Anthony Geary "General Hospital: Celebrating 50 Years and Looking Forward" presented by The Paley Center for Media held at The Paley Center for Media Photo by Tammie Arroyo / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— April 12, 2013 Beverly Hills, Ca. Anthony Geary "General Hospital: Celebrating 50 Years and Looking Forward" presented by The Paley Center for Media held at The Paley Center for Media Photo by Tammie Arroyo / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— April 12, 2013 Beverly Hills, Ca. Anthony Geary and Jane Elliot "General Hospital: Celebrating 50 Years and Looking Forward" presented by The Paley Center for Media held at The Paley Center for Media Photo by Tammie Arroyo / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— April 12, 2013 Beverly Hills, Ca. Anthony Geary and Genie Francis "General Hospital: Celebrating 50 Years and Looking Forward" presented by The Paley Center for Media held at The Paley Center for Media Photo by Tammie Arroyo / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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CORRECTED: Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dance at a charity ball in a Tokyo hotel on April 12, 2013. (Pool photo)

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CAMEROON-FOUMBAN-ROYAL PALACE OF BAMOUN-MUSEUM

(230518) -- YAOUNDE, May 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 12, 2023 shows a statue of a cavalry in front of the royal palace of Bamoun in Foumban, West region, Cameroon. The royal palace of Bamoun displays about 4,000 exhibits including thrones, weapons, wood carvings, paintings and manuscripts, showing the history and culture of the kingdom for more than 600 years. With a unique design inspired by the Bamoun symbol of "two-headed snake, spider and double gong," the museum built a new exhibition hall next to the royal palace in 2013. (Xinhua/Kepseu)

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CAMEROON-FOUMBAN-ROYAL PALACE OF BAMOUN-MUSEUM

(230518) -- YAOUNDE, May 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 12, 2023 shows the new exhibition hall of the royal palace of Bamoun in Foumban, West region, Cameroon. The royal palace of Bamoun displays about 4,000 exhibits including thrones, weapons, wood carvings, paintings and manuscripts, showing the history and culture of the kingdom for more than 600 years. With a unique design inspired by the Bamoun symbol of "two-headed snake, spider and double gong," the museum built a new exhibition hall next to the royal palace in 2013. (Xinhua/Kepseu)

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CAMEROON-FOUMBAN-ROYAL PALACE OF BAMOUN-MUSEUM

(230518) -- YAOUNDE, May 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past the royal palace of Bamoun in Foumban, West region, Cameroon, April 12, 2023. The royal palace of Bamoun displays about 4,000 exhibits including thrones, weapons, wood carvings, paintings and manuscripts, showing the history and culture of the kingdom for more than 600 years. With a unique design inspired by the Bamoun symbol of "two-headed snake, spider and double gong," the museum built a new exhibition hall next to the royal palace in 2013. (Xinhua/Kepseu)

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CAMEROON-FOUMBAN-ROYAL PALACE OF BAMOUN-MUSEUM

(230518) -- YAOUNDE, May 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 12, 2023 shows the new exhibition hall of the royal palace of Bamoun in Foumban, West region, Cameroon. The royal palace of Bamoun displays about 4,000 exhibits including thrones, weapons, wood carvings, paintings and manuscripts, showing the history and culture of the kingdom for more than 600 years. With a unique design inspired by the Bamoun symbol of "two-headed snake, spider and double gong," the museum built a new exhibition hall next to the royal palace in 2013. (Xinhua/Kepseu)

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CAMEROON-FOUMBAN-ROYAL PALACE OF BAMOUN-MUSEUM

(230518) -- YAOUNDE, May 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 12, 2023 shows outfits and masks in the royal palace of Bamoun, Foumban, West region, Cameroon. The royal palace of Bamoun displays about 4,000 exhibits including thrones, weapons, wood carvings, paintings and manuscripts, showing the history and culture of the kingdom for more than 600 years. With a unique design inspired by the Bamoun symbol of "two-headed snake, spider and double gong," the museum built a new exhibition hall next to the royal palace in 2013. (Xinhua/Kepseu)

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CAMEROON-FOUMBAN-ROYAL PALACE OF BAMOUN-MUSEUM

(230518) -- YAOUNDE, May 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A guide introduces Bamoun kings in the royal palace of Bamoun, Foumban, West region, Cameroon, April 12, 2023. The royal palace of Bamoun displays about 4,000 exhibits including thrones, weapons, wood carvings, paintings and manuscripts, showing the history and culture of the kingdom for more than 600 years. With a unique design inspired by the Bamoun symbol of "two-headed snake, spider and double gong," the museum built a new exhibition hall next to the royal palace in 2013. (Xinhua/Kepseu)

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English translation of Murakami novel goes on sale

NEW YORK, United States - The owner of a New York bookstore holds a copy of "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" by Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami at his store on Aug. 12, 2014. The English translation of the book, originally published in Japanese in April 2013, went on sale in bookstores across the United States the same day.

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Private-sector managed public library in Saga Pref.

SAGA, Japan - Visitors relax at Takeo City Library in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, on April 1, 2014, one year after the public library was reopened under the management of a private-sector entity. The total number of visitors to the library in fiscal 2013 ended March 31 reached 920,000, 3.6 times higher than the last fiscal year the library was open for a full 12 months under city management.

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Osaka high-tech exhibition attracts 900,000 visitors

OSAKA, Japan - A girl looks at robots and other high-tech exhibits at Active Lab., an intellectual entertainment space in Knowledge Capital of Grand Front Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 12, 2014. Active Lab. attracted over 900,000 visitors in the 10 months since opening in April 2013, about double the initial annual goal.

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Japan GDP up in April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2013, after the country's gross domestic product data for the second quarter of 2013 was released the same day. GDP grew an annualized real 2.6 percent in the three months through June.

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Japan's April-June GDP grows

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's economic revitalization minister Akira Amari gives a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2013 on the country's gross domestic product data for the second quarter of 2013, released the same day. GDP grew an annualized real 2.6 percent in the three months through June.

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Caroline Kennedy to become U.S. ambassador to Japan

WASHINGTON, United States - Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, holds a book signing in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2013. A strong backer of President Barack Obama, Kennedy will become ambassador to Japan, sources close to Japan-U.S. relations said July 12, 2013.

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Nikkei ends below 13,000 at 2-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average ending at 12,904.02 on June 6, 2013, down 110.85 points, or 0.85 percent, from the previous day and its lowest closing level since April 5.

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Firms adopting experience-based training programs

TOKYO, Japan - Two new employees attempt to hitch a ride on April 12, 2013 in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, during a training program for new recruits.

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French minister in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands at the Great Hall of the People on April 12, 2013. (Pool photo)

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China ships near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows (from front) the Chinese maritime surveillance vessels Haijian 49 and 50 and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ryukyu in Japanese territorial waters about 12 kilometers north-northeast of Uotsuri Island of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea at 1:51 p.m. on April 23, 2013. China claims the Japan-administered islands.

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China ships near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Haijian 51 and other Chinese maritime surveillance vessels in Japanese territorial waters about 12 kilometers north-northeast of Uotsuri Island of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea at 2 p.m. on April 23, 2013. China claims the Japan-administered islands.

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New outlet mall near Narita airport

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Shisui Premium Outlets that opened the same day in the town of Shisui, Chiba Prefecture. The new outlet, run by Mitsubishi Estate-Simon Co., is located about 12 kilometers southwest of Narita International Airport, targeting not only people in the greater Tokyo area but foreign tourists as well.

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New outlet mall near Narita airport

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Shisui Premium Outlets and its parking lot crowded with cars on the morning of its opening day in the town of Shisui, Chiba Prefecture. The new outlet, run by Mitsubishi Estate-Simon Co., is located about 12 kilometers southwest of Narita International Airport, targeting not only people in the greater Tokyo area but foreign tourists as well.

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New outlet mall near Narita airport

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Shisui Premium Outlets to which visitors are flocking by car on the morning of its opening day in the town of Shisui, Chiba Prefecture. The new outlet, run by Mitsubishi Estate-Simon Co., is located about 12 kilometers southwest of Narita International Airport, targeting not only people in the greater Tokyo area but foreign tourists as well.

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New outlet mall near Narita airport

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Shisui Premium Outlets and its parking lot crowded with cars on the morning of its opening day in the town of Shisui, Chiba Prefecture. The new outlet, run by Mitsubishi Estate-Simon Co., is located about 12 kilometers southwest of Narita International Airport, targeting not only people in the greater Tokyo area but foreign tourists as well.

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Haruki Murakami's latest novel hits 1 mil. circulation

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of Japanese author Haruki Murakami's newest novel, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage," are displayed in a bookstore in Tokyo on April 18, 2013. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said the same day that 1 million copies of the book are now in circulation since its release on April 12.

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Haruki Murakami's latest novel hits 1 mil. circulation

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of Japanese author Haruki Murakami's newest novel, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage," are displayed in a bookstore in Tokyo on April 18, 2013. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said the same day that 1 million copies of the book are now in circulation since its release on April 12.

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Christian academy aids third-world fight against poverty

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Freshmen at the Asian Rural Institute talk about their home villages while watching a tablet terminal operated by a staff member of the Christian academy, which offers agricultural training programs for Asians and Africans, in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on April 12, 2013.

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Christian academy aids third-world fight against poverty

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Kenichi Otsu, president of the Asian Rural Institute, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the Christian academy, which offers agricultural training programs for Asians and Africans in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on April 12, 2013.

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Christian academy aids third-world fight against poverty

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Freshmen at the Asian Rural Institute practice greetings in Japanese at a classroom of the Christian academy, which offers agricultural training programs for Asians and Africans in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on April 12, 2013, a day before its opening ceremony.

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South Sudan President Kiir

JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir holds a press conference in Juba, South Sudan, on April 12, 2013. Kiir intends to visit Japan to attend a major conference on African development in June, Marial Benjamin, the country's information minister, told Kyodo News on April 12.

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Suu Kyi off to Japan

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (front) arrives at Yangon International Airport on April 12, 2013. She left later in the day for a seven-day visit to Japan, her first visit to the country in roughly 27 years.

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Sudan President Bashir in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (L) and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir shake hands at Kiir's presidential office in Juba on April 12, 2013.

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Emperor, empress dance

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dance during a charity dance party at a Tokyo hotel on April 12, 2013. It was the first time in 20 years that the couple had danced in public. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress dance

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dance during a charity dance party at a Tokyo hotel on April 12, 2013. It was the first time in 20 years that the couple had danced in public. (Pool photo)

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Sudan president in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (L) and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir shake hands at Kiir's presidential office in Juba on April 12, 2013.

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Emperor, empress dance

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dance during a charity dance party at a Tokyo hotel on April 12, 2013. It was the first time in 20 years that the couple had danced in public. (Pool photo)

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N. Korea border with China

DANDONG, China - Photo taken from Dandong in China's Liaoning Province shows outdated bombers at an air force base in Sinuiju, North Korea, near the border with China, on April 12, 2013. North Korea has warned of imminent war with the United States and South Korea.

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U.S. backs Japan joining TPP trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers reporters' questions at his office in Tokyo on April 12, 2013. He said Japan has gained U.S. backing to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations as the two countries finalized preparatory talks on contentious issues.

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Pyongyang scene amid war threats

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An April 12, 2013, photo shows a woman and two girls in a main area of Pyongyang on April 12, 2013. People in the capital looked as usual despite North Korea's warnings of imminent war with the United States and South Korea.

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Kerry on Asian tour

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on April 12, 2013. Kerry was in Seoul on the first leg of his three-nation Asian tour of South Korea, China and Japan.

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Moving arm chair Unimo

YONAGO, Japan - Photo taken in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on April 12, 2013, shows the electric moving arm chair Unimo, which was put on sale by Nano-Optonics Energy Inc. the same day. Unimo runs on a crawler belt that provides a comfortable ride even on uneven surfaces or gravel and can travel as far as 20 kilometers on one charge.

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N. Korean scholar

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences in Pyongyang, speaks during an interview at a hotel in the North Korean capital on April 12, 2013. The senior North Korean economist said North Korea will feel no economic impact from its recent shutdown of a jointly operated industrial complex with South Korea in Kaesong.

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Mitsubishi's new space satellite manufacturing plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2013, shows a new space satellite manufacturing factory of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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N. Korean scholar

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences in Pyongyang, speaks during an interview at a hotel in the North Korean capital on April 12, 2013. The senior North Korean economist said North Korea will feel no economic impact from its recent shutdown of a jointly operated industrial complex with South Korea in Kaesong.

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Nazca Lines

TOKYO, Japan - Yamagata University professor Masato Sakai speaks in the city of Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on April 12, 2013. He said a team of researchers from the university has discovered a new set of Nazca Lines depicting two people in Peru.

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Pyongyang scene amid war threats

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An April 12, 2013, photo shows passengers on a bus in a main area of Pyongyang on April 12, 2013. People in the capital looked as usual despite North Korea's warnings of imminent war with the United States and South Korea.