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Welfare ministry official acquitted in postal abuse case

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Atsuko Muraki (L), former director general of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, holds a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 10, 2010, with her lawyer Junichiro Hironaka after the Osaka District Court acquitted her of instructing a subordinate to fabricate and issue an official document for an organization in an attempt to abuse a mail discount system for people with disabilities.(Kyodo)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 24, 2023 shows the Fuyang Water Sports Center in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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Piano that survived atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese pianist Mami Hagiwara is pictured with a piano that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in Mazda Stadium in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack. To mark the anniversary, a concert was held before a night game between the Hiroshima Carp and the Yomiuri Giants at the stadium, with Hagiwara, a 24-year-old Hiroshima native who won first prize in the piano division of the Geneva International Music Competition in 2010, playing the piano.

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'Masshi' Murakami at AT&T Park in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Former San Francisco Giants pitcher Masanori ''Masshi'' Murakami, who in 1964 became the first Japanese to play baseball in the U.S. major leagues, waves to the crowd at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, on Aug. 24, 2010. Murakami was announced to the home crowd during a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Kanrin Maru, a warship that carried Japan's first government delegation to the United States.

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Animation film director Kon dies at 46

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 2003 shows animation film director Satoshi Kon, who died on Aug. 24, 2010, at age 46.

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Matsui hits run-scoring double

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a run-scoring double to center in the second inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Matsui singles against Rays

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to center in the sixth inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Matsui singles against Rays

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to right in the fourth inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Matsui hits run-scoring double

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a run-scoring double to center in the second inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Matsui singles against Rays

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to center in the sixth inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 24, 2010.

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4 years after drunk driving tragedy

FUKUOKA, Japan - Police officers conduct sobriety tests on drivers along a road in Fukuoka on Aug. 24, 2010, the eve of the fourth anniversary of a drunk driving accident in which three young children were killed near the site. Penalties against drunk driving were tightened after the incident.

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Economy minister Naoshima in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japan's economy minister Masayuki Naoshima (R) and Vietnamese Science and Technology Minister Hoang Van Phong shake hands in Vietnam on Aug. 24, 2010. Naoshima tried to sell Japanese nuclear power technology for Japanese firms to win orders from the Southeast Asian country.

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Transport minister Maehara meets Chinese Vice Premier Li

BEIJING, China - Japanese transport minister Seiji Maehara (L) talks with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) in Beijing on Aug. 24, 2010. The two sides agreed to negotiate on increasing Haneda-Beijing and Haneda-Shanghai flights.

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Transport minister Maehara meets Chinese Vice Premier Li

BEIJING, China - Japanese transport minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang shake hands in Beijing on Aug. 24, 2010. The two sides agreed to negotiate on increasing Haneda-Beijing and Haneda-Shanghai flights.

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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko at tennis court in Karuizawa

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (L) play tennis at a court in the town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2010. The romance between the emperor and empress first began when they played tennis together at the same court.

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Luxurious bathtub for 8 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - INAX Corp. unveils a luxurious bathtub with a price tag of around 8 million yen in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2010.

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PM Kan at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks about the Nikkei stock index tumbling below the 9,000 mark at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko at tennis court in Karuizawa

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko play tennis at a court in the town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2010. The romance between the emperor and empress first began when they played tennis together at the same court.

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Exhibition on Sun Yat-sen, Shokichi Umeya at Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Visitors look at an exhibition about Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen and his Japanese supporter Shokichi Umeya at the Japan Pavilion of the Shanghai Expo in Shanghai, China, on Aug. 24, 2010.

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PM Kan at 1st meeting on new grad employment

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from R) speaks at the first meeting held by the government team for improvement in employment of new graduates at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Damaged oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

TOKYO, Japan - A dent is seen on the oil tanker M Star from a Kyodo News helicopter as it arrives at the Keiyo Sea Berth in Tokyo Bay off Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Elegant golf club

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a golf club decorated with Japanese traditional lacquer and gold powder art, which Maruman & Co. said on Aug. 24, 2010, will begin selling in Japan. The ''Majesty Prestigio Japan'' set of such 13 golf clubs and a cowhide-covered bag is sold for 16.8 million yen (about $198,000). The company earlier began selling the product for the so-called Asian rich and received orders for several sets.

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Damaged oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter at the Keiyo Sea Berth in Tokyo Bay off Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Kan meets U.S. Pacific commander

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, meet in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Flooding, mudslide in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a hot spring resort town in Hokkaido isolated by flooding and a mudslide on Aug. 24, 2010, after heavy rain.

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Japan, China, S. Korea coordinate on environment education

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Shigeaki Kikuchi (C), president of Nishinippon Institute of Technology, explains about a coordination plan between Japan, China and South Korea on environmental education to Kitakyushu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi at the city hall in Fukuoka Prefecture on Aug. 24, 2010.

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University students harvest mangos

KAINAN, Japan - Students of Kinki University harvest mangos at the university farm in the town of Yuasa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2010. About 1 ton of mangos will be sent to markets in Osaka under the brand name of ''Kindai Mango'' (Kinki University Mango) through September.

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Participants in youth biodiversity conference

TSU, Japan - Participants in the International Youth Conference on Biodiversity in Aichi 2010 study plants in Mie Prefecture on Aug. 24, 2010. The conference is associated with the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the so-called CBD COP10, that will be held in Aichi Prefecture in October 2010.

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Mudslide severs road in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a collapsed road near the Chubetsu River in the town of Biei, Hokkaido, a popular tourist destination, on Aug. 24, 2010, due to a mudslide caused by heavy rain.

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Nikkei ends below 9,000

OSAKA, Japan - A signboard in Osaka's Chuo Ward shows the Nikkei stock index closing below the 9,000 mark on the afternoon of Aug. 24, 2010.

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Kan meets U.S. Pacific commander

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2010.

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500,000th visitor to Gundam event

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Takeshi Masuno (back R), an office worker from Aichi Prefecture, and members of his family pose with Shizuoka Mayor Zenkichi Kojima (L) as the 500,000th visitor to the Shizuoka Hobby Fair, a plastic model exhibition event featuring an 18-meter-tall ''life-size'' Gundam in Shizuoka City on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Astronaut to advise gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (L) receives a document assigning her as an adviser to the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry on science policy from education minister Tatsuo Kawabata (R) in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Vladivostok-Toyama ferry resumes

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - The South Korean ferry New Dong Chun is anchored at Vladivostok port in the Russian Far East on Aug. 24, 2010, before a regular service between Vladivostok and Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, was resumed the same day after a lapse of eight months over profitability.

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Maehara in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara (2nd from L) and Chinese Transport Minister Li Shenglin (2nd from L) meet in Beijing on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Nikkei briefly below 9,000

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu area shows the Nikkei stock index briefly dropped below the 9,000 mark in the morning of Aug. 24, 2010.

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Maehara in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Chinese Transport Minister Li Shenglin shake hands before their meeting in Beijing on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Tea for war dead

HAKODATE, Japan - Former Urasenke-clan tea master Sen Genshitsu (R) and sculptor Masayuki Nagare (L) dedicate tea to the souls of the World War II dead in the town of Nanae, Hokkaido, on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A dent is seen on the oil tanker M Star from a Kyodo News helicopter as it sails in the Pacific toward Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter in the Pacific heading towards Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter in the Pacific heading towards Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A dent is seen on the oil tanker M Star from a Kyodo News helicopter as it sails in the Pacific toward Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Poor catch of saury

KUSHIRO, Japan - Saury are auctioned at a port in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Aug. 24, 2010. Poor saury catches have been logged at fishing grounds in the Pacific east of Hokkaido.

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Poor catch of saury

KUSHIRO, Japan - Saury are landed at Kushiro port in Hokkaido on Aug. 24, 2010. Poor saury catches have been logged at fishing grounds in the Pacific east of Hokkaido.

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Fish from Amazon at Tochigi aquarium

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Large fish from the Amazon River swim in a tank at Nakagawa Aquatic Park in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 29, 2010. The park has been inviting children to swim with the fish in the tank during a hands-on event Aug. 24.

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'Aquarium' in Tokyo's Ginza district

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians look at fish and other animals from the sea in Okinawa in a water tank in Tokyo's fashionable Ginza district on July 24, 2010. The tank is on display until Aug. 31 and is lit up in the evening.

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'Aquarium' in Tokyo's Ginza district

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians look at fish and other animals from the sea in Okinawa in a water tank in Tokyo's fashionable Ginza district on July 24, 2010. The tank is on display until Aug. 31 and is lit up in the evening.

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Animation film director Kon dies at 46

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 2003 shows animation film director Satoshi Kon, who died on Aug. 24, 2010, at age 46. (Kyodo)

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Exhibition on Sun Yat-sen, Shokichi Umeya at Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Visitors look at an exhibition about Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen and his Japanese supporter Shokichi Umeya at the Japan Pavilion of the Shanghai Expo in Shanghai, China, on Aug. 24, 2010. (Kyodo)

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500,000th visitor to Gundam event

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Takeshi Masuno (back R), an office worker from Aichi Prefecture, and members of his family pose with Shizuoka Mayor Zenkichi Kojima (L) as the 500,000th visitor to the Shizuoka Hobby Fair, a plastic model exhibition event featuring an 18-meter-tall ''life-size'' Gundam in Shizuoka City on Aug. 24, 2010. (Kyodo)

Welfare ministry official acquitted in postal abuse case

(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

Piano that survived atomic bombing

'Masshi' Murakami at AT&amp;T Park in San Francisco

Animation film director Kon dies at 46

Matsui hits run-scoring double

Matsui singles against Rays

Matsui singles against Rays

Matsui hits run-scoring double

Matsui singles against Rays

4 years after drunk driving tragedy

Economy minister Naoshima in Vietnam

Transport minister Maehara meets Chinese Vice Premier Li

Transport minister Maehara meets Chinese Vice Premier Li

Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko at tennis court in Karuizawa

Luxurious bathtub for 8 mil. yen

PM Kan at press conference

Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko at tennis court in Karuizawa

Exhibition on Sun Yat-sen, Shokichi Umeya at Shanghai Expo

PM Kan at 1st meeting on new grad employment

Damaged oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

Elegant golf club

Damaged oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

Kan meets U.S. Pacific commander

Flooding, mudslide in Hokkaido

Japan, China, S. Korea coordinate on environment education

University students harvest mangos

Participants in youth biodiversity conference

Mudslide severs road in Hokkaido

Nikkei ends below 9,000

Kan meets U.S. Pacific commander

500,000th visitor to Gundam event

Astronaut to advise gov't

Vladivostok-Toyama ferry resumes

Maehara in China

Nikkei briefly below 9,000

Maehara in China

Tea for war dead

Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

Poor catch of saury

Poor catch of saury

Fish from Amazon at Tochigi aquarium

'Aquarium' in Tokyo's Ginza district

'Aquarium' in Tokyo's Ginza district

Animation film director Kon dies at 46

Exhibition on Sun Yat-sen, Shokichi Umeya at Shanghai Expo

500,000th visitor to Gundam event

'Masshi' Murakami at AT&T Park in San Francisco