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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Aug. 23, 2011, in Tokyo shows former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Thai foreign ministry reissued an ordinary passport to the ousted former prime minister on Oct. 26, 2011, after it concluded Thaksin's movements overseas do not harm the country, a Thai foreign ministry spokesman confirmed Dec. 16.

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Thai premier delivers speech

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's new Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivers a policy speech in parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 23, 2011.

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Couple dies after falling into pit dug for birthday prank

KAHOKU, Japan - Police investigators on Aug. 28, 2011, probe the site where a 23-year-old man and his wife, also 23, died the previous night after falling into a pit that she and her friends dug as a birthday surprise for the husband on the beach in Kahoku in Ishikawa Prefecture. Hiroki Demura and his wife Risa died of suffocation from being buried with sand after accidentally falling into the pit -- some 2.4 meters in width and 2.5 meters in depth -- together.

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TV personality Shimada retires

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese TV personality Shinsuke Shimada bows in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on the night of Aug. 23, 2011, announcing his retirement from the entertainment industry due to his close links with a member of a yakuza organized crime group.

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Mariners

CLEVELAND, United States - Cleveland Indians center fielder Kosuke Fukudome rips a homer, his first as an Indian, in the second inning of the second game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-7 loss.

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Ebinuma strikes gold at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Masashi Ebinuma shows his gold medal in Paris after winning the men's 66-kilogram class at the world judo championships on Aug. 23, 2011.

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Libyan rebels capture Gaddafi compound

BENGHAZI, Libya - People make V signs and wave tricolor flags of Libyan rebels in Benghazi, in northeastern Libya on Aug. 23, 2011. The rebels said the same day they have captured the Bab al-Azizya area in Tripoli, the government's stronghold which houses the fortified compound of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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Libyan rebels capture Gaddafi compound

BENGHAZI, Libya - Children sing ''Bye bye Gaddafi'' while waving tricolor flags of Libyan rebels at a plaza in Benghazi, in northeastern Libya on Aug. 23, 2011. The rebels said the same day they have captured the Bab al-Azizya area in Tripoli, the government's stronghold which houses Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's fortified compound.

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Ebinuma strikes gold at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Masashi Ebinuma (L) charges Leandro Cunha of Brazil in the men's 66-kilogram class final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 23, 2011. Ebinuma won the gold medal after defeating Cunha by ippon.

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Mariners

CLEVELAND, United States - Cleveland Indians center fielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a home run, his first as an Indian, in the second inning of the second game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-7 loss.

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Libyan rebels capture Gaddafi compound

NALUT, Libya - Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2011 shows a street in Nalut, which has become a ghost town, in western Libya near the border with Tunisia. Libyan rebels said the same day they have captured the Bab al-Azizya area in Tripoli, the government's stronghold which houses the fortified compound of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a run-scoring single in the fifth inning of the opening game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-3 with an RBI in a 7-5 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a run-scoring single in the fifth inning of the opening game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-3 with an RBI in a 7-5 loss.

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Asami wins gold at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Haruna Asami is seen with her gold medal in Paris after defending the women's 48-kilogram class title at the world judo championships on Aug. 23, 2011.

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TV personality Shimada retires

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese TV personality Shinsuke Shimada appears teary-eyed at a news conference in Tokyo on the night of Aug. 23, 2011, announcing his retirement from the entertainment industry due to his close links with a member of the yakuza organized crime group.

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. He mentioned the possibility for Japan and Thailand to further strengthen economic partnership under an existing bilateral free trade agreement, which came into force after he was ousted in a 2006 military coup in Thailand.

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U.S. Vice Pres. Biden in disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 23, 2011. Biden said it was an honor for the U.S. forces to work together with Japan's Self-Defense Forces on relief operations.

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Asami wins gold, Fukumi silver at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Haruna Asami (R) charges compatriot Tomoko Fukumi during the women's 48-kilogram class final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 23, 2011. Asami defended her title and won the gold medal.

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U.S. Vice Pres. Biden visits quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden lays flowers in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2011, in memory of the victims of the March 11 disaster. Biden became the highest-ranking U.S. official to travel to the disaster-hit northeast of Japan. (Pool Photo)

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Asami wins gold, Fukumi silver at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Haruna Asami (R) and Tomoko Fukumi are seen with their gold and silver medals, respectively, during a ceremony at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 23, 2011.

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Kan at lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (back) attends a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. The lower house approved the same day a bill to promote renewable energy.

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Maehara, leading candidate to become Japan's new PM

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara officially declares that he will run in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election at a meeting of his intraparty group in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. Maehara has emerged as a leading contender to become the sixth Japanese prime minister since 2006.

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Maehara, leading candidate to become Japan's new PM

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara officially declares that he will run in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election at a meeting of his intraparty group in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. Maehara has emerged as a leading contender to become the sixth Japanese prime minister since 2006.

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Japan's Hiraoka advances to final at judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Hiroaki Hiraoka (top) takes down a South Korean opponent in the men's 60-kilogram semifinals at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 23, 2011. Hiraoka advanced to the final after winning by ippon.

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TV personality Shimada retires

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese TV personality Shinsuke Shimada wipes tears with a handkerchief at a news conference in Tokyo on the night of Aug. 23, 2011, announcing his retirement from the entertainment industry due to his close links with a member of the yakuza organized crime group.

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra delivers a speech in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. He called for the development of a shared growth strategy between the Japanese and Thai governments.

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Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Attendants of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il watch him after a special train carrying them arrived at a railway station in Ulan-Ude, Russia, on the morning of Aug. 23, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to visit the Siberian city the following day, apparently to hold summit talks with Kim, according to a Russian government source.

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U.S. Vice Pres. Biden in disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers his speech in front of people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 23, 2011. Biden said it was an honor for the U.S. forces to work together with Japan's Self-Defense Forces on relief operations.

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Renewable energy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2011 shows a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo which approved the same day a bill to promote the use of renewable energy.

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U.S. Vice Pres. Biden in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (3rd from front, L) and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from front, R) hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on the morning of Aug. 23, 2011. Biden arrived in Japan the previous night for a three-day stay.

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Beef cattle shipment resumed in Miyagi

KURIHARA, Japan - Livestock farmer Kenzo Yambe pushes one of his herd onto a truck for shipment in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2011. Farms resumed the same day shipping beef cattle raised in the prefecture after the central government lifted a ban on Aug. 19.

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Beef cattle shipment resumed in Miyagi

KURIHARA, Japan - Livestock farmer Kenzo Yambe pulls one of his herd out of the stable for shipment in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2011. Farms resumed the same day shipping beef cattle raised in the prefecture after the central government lifted a ban on Aug. 19.

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U.S. Vice Pres. Biden in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on the morning of Aug. 23, 2011. Biden arrived in Japan the previous night for a three-day stay.

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Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude

ULAN-UDE, Russia - A special train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrives in Ulan-Ude, a Siberian city in Russia, on the morning of Aug. 23, 2011. A trapezoidal slope to unload the Mercedes of Kim is seen on the platform.

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Ulan-Ude station in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Photo shows Ulan-Ude railway station in Russia decorated with Russian (R) and North Korean flags on Aug. 22, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to hold summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in the Siberian city on Aug. 23, a source in the Russian president's office said Aug. 22.

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Indians' Fukudome

BOSTON, United States - Cleveland Indians right fielder Kosuke Fukudome singles to right in the second inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 4, 2011. The Red Sox pitcher was Erik Bedard (23).

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Funeral of China train accident victims

WENZHOU, China - Yang Feng (C) helps to carry the coffin of his wife in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, in southeastern China, on Aug. 1, 2011. His pregnant wife and three other relatives were among the victims of a collision between two high-speed trains that occurred in the city on July 23.

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Biden says U.S. killed al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri in drone strike

STORY: Biden says U.S. killed al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri in drone strike DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Biden addressing the nation 2. various of the White House STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden announced Monday evening that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. "I authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield," Biden said in live remarks from the Blue Room Balcony at the White House, "There were no civilian casualties." Al-Zawahiri became head of al-Qaeda in 2011 after its longtime leader, Osama bin Laden, was shot and killed by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan during a raid. Biden's announcement came nearly a year after the U.S. military completed a withdrawal from Afghanistan that it invaded in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks carried out by al-Qaeda operatives against targets on American soil, which killed nearly 3,000 peop

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Iwaki Sogo wins high school hula dance contest in its hometown

Iwaki Sogo High School's hula team performs in the Hula Girls high school competition in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 23, 2015. The team won the top prize at the contest, which began in 2011 to help the recovery from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan that year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwaki Sogo wins high school hula dance contest

Iwaki Sogo High School's hula team performs in the Hula Girls high school competition held in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 23, 2015. The team won the top prize in the event, which began in 2011 to help the recovery from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan that year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Poet unveils plan to dedicate original holy tunes to Fukushima shrine

Poet Ryoichi Wago briefs the press in Fukushima city, northeastern Japan, on June 16, 2015, on a plan to stage a series of "Future Festival Fukushima" events on Aug. 21-23 featuring the dedication of a newly created "kagura" (sacred Shinto music) to the Fukushima Inari Shrine. A shadow picture play based on a folk tale of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, which includes a no-go zone following the 2011 nuclear power plant accident, will be also performed as part of the events. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-hit area then and now

Photo (top) taken March 23, 2011 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a destroyed baseball field in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in the wake of the M9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that year. Bottom photo taken Aug. 18, 2015, shows a plant that has been built on the site, producing cement exclusively for local road restoration. A large-scale solar power plant is being built in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp president Katayama

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Mikio Katayama speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2010. Katayama said the electronics maker is considering launching a handset with which people can see 3-D images with their own eyes in 2011 or later. (Kyodo)

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Thai premier delivers speech

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's new Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivers a policy speech in parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 23, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Indians' Fukudome

BOSTON, United States - Cleveland Indians right fielder Kosuke Fukudome singles to right in the second inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 4, 2011. The Red Sox pitcher was Erik Bedard (23). (Kyodo)

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Couple dies after falling into pit dug for birthday prank

KAHOKU, Japan - Police investigators on Aug. 28, 2011, probe the site where a 23-year-old man and his wife, also 23, died the previous night after falling into a pit that she and her friends dug as a birthday surprise for the husband on the beach in Kahoku in Ishikawa Prefecture. Hiroki Demura and his wife Risa died of suffocation from being buried with sand after accidentally falling into the pit -- some 2.4 meters in width and 2.5 meters in depth -- together. (Kyodo)

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Mariners

CLEVELAND, United States - Cleveland Indians center fielder Kosuke Fukudome rips a homer, his first as an Indian, in the second inning of the second game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-7 loss. (Kyodo)

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TV personality Shimada retires

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese TV personality Shinsuke Shimada bows in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on the night of Aug. 23, 2011, announcing his retirement from the entertainment industry due to his close links with a member of a yakuza organized crime group. (Kyodo)

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Ebinuma strikes gold at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Masashi Ebinuma (L) charges Leandro Cunha of Brazil in the men's 66-kilogram class final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 23, 2011. Ebinuma won the gold medal after defeating Cunha by ippon. (Kyodo)

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Mariners

CLEVELAND, United States - Cleveland Indians center fielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a home run, his first as an Indian, in the second inning of the second game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-7 loss. (Kyodo)