Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Kobe high schoolers visit tsunami-hit Ishinomaki school

OSAKA, Japan - Students of Maiko high school in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, stand in front of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2014. They visited the school which lost many pupils in the March 2011 tsunami as part of an extracurricular activity at the high school offering a disaster prevention course, the only such course provided at a Japanese high school.

E

Japanese nurse works both in Japan, Africa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese nurse Eri Kanki displays a medical device she uses in Africa in a file photo taken on Aug. 27, 2014. She travels between Japanese hospitals and African nations to help patients recover from various illnesses irrespective of nationality.

E

Lawmakers observe moment of silence for disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Attendees at the House of Councillors Budget Committee observe a moment of silence on Oct. 7, 2014, in Tokyo, for the victims of massive mudslides in Hiroshima, western city, on Aug. 20, and the eruption of Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Sep. 27.

E

Osaka hotel provides Muslim guests with prayer mat

OSAKA, Japan - A staff member at a hotel run by Kintetsu Hotel Systems Inc. in Osaka, western Japan, shows a prayer mat and other items available for Muslim guests on Aug. 27, 2014.

E

Japan on alert over possible illegal ivory exports

TOKYO, Japan - A tusk is on display at a Tokyo name seal shop with a "Not for sale" tag in this file photo taken on Aug. 27, 2014. The number of false applications for domestic ivory deals is increasing due to brisk demand in China for use as a name seal material. Ivory exports and imports are forbidden under the Washington Convention.

E

Japanese-American films quake-hit region's people

WASHINGTON, United States - Dianne Fukami, a third-generation Japanese-American, speaks in an interview in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2014. She said her documentary film "Stories from Tohoku" depicting the resilience of people in the northeastern Japan region, hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, evokes the image of camps in which her parents and other Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II.

E

Asics to sell 100 gloves modeled on Darvish's

OSAKA, Japan - A model of the baseball glove used by Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish in this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game is shown on Aug. 27, 2014. Asics Corp., the manufacturer of the glove, announced on Sept. 3 a limited sale of 100 gloves of the same model.

E

Japanese, Czech pair win 1st doubles match at U.S. Open

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiko Date-Krumm (L) of Japan and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic play in the first round of the U.S. Open women's doubles against the U.S. pair of Irina Falconi and Anna Tatishvili at the Billy-Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Aug. 27, 2014. Date-Krumm and Strycoya won 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

E

N.Y. Yankee Ichiro hit by ball

DETROIT, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets hit on the back by the ball as he runs to first base in Detroit, Michigan, on Aug. 27, 2014, in the ninth inning of a game against Detroit Tigers. The Yankees won 8-4.

E

Udaka wins women's 57-kg event at judo world championships

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Nae Udaka of Japan celebrates after winning the women's 57-kilogram category event at the Judo World Championships in Chelyabinsku, Czech Republic, on Aug. 27, 2014.

E

Japan's Ito advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Tatsuma Ito returns a shot during a match against American Steve Johnson in the first-round match of the U.S. Open on Aug. 27, 2014, in New York. Ito advanced to the second round as Johnson retired at 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-4, due to severe cramping in the hot and humid conditions.

E

Japan's Ito advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Tatsuma Ito returns a shot during a match against American Steve Johnson in the first-round match of the U.S. Open on Aug. 27, 2014, in New York. Ito advanced to the second round as Johnson retired at 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-4, due to severe cramping in the hot and humid conditions.

E

Kirin funds disaster-hit fishery business in Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Shota Abe (2nd from L), head of Fisherman Japan that groups fishermen in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, poses with other group members in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, after receiving a grant of 20 million yen from Kirin Beer Marketing Co. to finance fishery business. The group aims to conquer the impact of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and boost the local fishery industry.

E

Newly found remains show expansion of 15th-century temple

KYOTO, Japan - A staff member of the Kyoto municipal office shows the remains of a building site and drains newly found inside the ruins of Yamashina Honganji temple's earthen mounds in Kyoto, western Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014. The remains show the history of expansion of the temple built in the 15th century.

E

Udaka wins women's 57-kg event at judo world championships

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Nae Udaka of Japan overpowers Telma Monteiro of Portugal during the final match in the women's 57-kilogram category at the Judo World Championships in Chelyabinsku, Czech Republic, on Aug. 27, 2014. Udaka won the event.

E

'Bunraku' puppet theater to be performed across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yohei Sasakawa (R), chairman of the Nippon Foundation, and noted puppeteer Kanjyuro Kiritake (2nd from R) strike a pose with others in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. Sasakawa launched a "Japan Bunraku" project on the same day to promote the traditional Japanese puppet theater through performances across Japan on a ready-to-assemble temporary stage, funded by the foundation, starting with performances at Tokyo's Roppongi Hills next March.

E

S. Korea ready for Asian Games in Incheon

SEOUL, South Korea - Models wearing costumes made from traditional handmade Korean paper appear during a press conference in Seoul on Aug. 27, 2014. The costumes will be worn by officials carrying the country name placards during the Asian Games opening ceremony on Sept. 19 in Incheon. A total of 45 countries and areas will take part in the Games.

E

Japan's oldest film festival opens in Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - "Kagura," a Shinto theatrical dance, is performed in front of a screen to commemorate the start of the traditional Yufuin Film Festival on Aug. 27, 2014, the oldest movie festa in Japan, in Yufu, Oita Prefecture. This year's festival in the southwestern hot-spring resort will feature 20 Toho Co. movies mainly produced in the 1960s and 1970s.

E

Foreign students visit education minister in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Education minister Hakubun Shimomura (2nd from L, front row) poses with foreign students at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. The 54 students from 28 universities abroad have been invited to Japan for a stay of two months to teach English to Japanese students belonging to the Ashinaga Scholarship Society that provides educational support for orphans.

E

2015 New Year's greeting card to be sold from Oct. 30

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a New Year's card for 2015 with a Hello Kitty motif (R) in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. A smartphone user can combine the design with his or her own photo with the aid of a special application program. Japan Post Co. said it will start selling the card from Oct. 30.

E

China's ambassador urges Japan efforts to mend ties

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua says at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, that Japan must make more efforts to mend frayed ties with his country and realize bilateral summit talks.

E

Unique surgery done to treat newborn with heart disease

KYOTO, Japan - Surgeon Masaaki Yamagishi, a professor of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, uses models in Kyoto, western Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014, to explain what he calls the world's first surgery to transplant part of the lung artery of a newborn to treat her incomplete "descending aort."

E

Unpublished piece by poet Yosano found

NAGANO, Japan - Tokuko Kasuga holds a strip of paper bearing an unpublished piece of work written by Akiko Yosano (1878-1942), a renowned writer of 31-syllable Japanese "tanka" poems, in Nagano, central Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014. Kasuga says she was once told by her adopted mother the poem was written by Yosano when the author was young.

E

Asia-Pacific ministers meet in Naypyidaw to discuss RCEP

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar - Economic and trade ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries pose for a group photo in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw on Aug. 27, 2014, prior to their meeting to discuss the planned regional comprehensive economic partnership (RCEP). The RCEP is a proposed free trade agreement among 16 countries in Asia and Oceania.

E

Giants' Murata achieves 1,500 career hits with homer

TOKYO, Japan - Shuichi Murata of the Yomiuri Giants responds to fans' cheer at the Tokyo Dome on Aug. 27, 2014, after slugging a homerun in the first inning against the Hanshin Tigers to become the 117th player with 1,500 career hits in Japanese professional baseball.

E

Unpublished piece by poet Yosano found

NAGANO, Japan - A strip of paper bearing an unpublished piece of work by Akiko Yosano (1878-1942), a renowned writer of 31-syllable Japanese "tanka" poems, is shown in Nagano, central Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014.

E

'Dream Car Art Contest' held by Toyota Motor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and foreign participants in Toyota Motor Corp.'s "Dream Car Art Contest" pose during an award ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. The contest attracted works drawn by children from 75 countries and regions.

E

Nestle Japan to sell new coffee maker on Oct. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Nestle Japan Ltd. unveils a new coffee maker in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, for sale from on Oct. 1. The round-shaped "Nescafe Gold Blend Barista TAMA," developed jointly with Tokyo's Tama Art University, boasts a big water-feeding tank despite its small size.

E

Riken team has not reproduced STAP cells

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Niwa (R), a researcher at the Riken research institute who heads the team reexamining the so-called STAP cells, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. He said the team has yet to reproduce through ongoing experiments the cells described in Haruko Obokata's research papers, which she subsequently withdrew amid allegations of misconduct.

E

Riken team has not reproduced STAP cells

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Niwa (R), a researcher at the Riken research institute who heads the team reexamining the so-called STAP cells, prepares to answer a question during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. He said the team has yet to reproduce through ongoing experiments the cells described in Haruko Obokata's research papers, which she subsequently withdrew amid allegations of misconduct.

E

Riken team has not reproduced STAP cells

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Niwa, a researcher at the Riken research institute who heads the team reexamining the so-called STAP cells, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. He said the team has yet to reproduce through ongoing experiments the cells described in Haruko Obokata's research papers, which she subsequently withdrew amid allegations of misconduct.

E

Malloy beats Matsumoto in judo world championships

CHELYABINSK, Czech Republic - Marti Malloy of the United Staes brings down Kaori Matumoto of Japan, a gold medalist at London Olympics, during a second round match in the women's 57kg category at the Judo World Championships in Chelyabinsku, Czech Republic, on Aug. 27, 2014.

E

Nagano-Kanazawa bullet train to start operation on March 14

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuro Tomita, president of East Japan Railway Co., announces the plan to start bullet train operations connecting Nagano and Kanazawa on March 14 next year during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. The new Hokuriku Shinkansen Line will be an extension of the Tokyo-Nagano route launched in October 1997.

E

Riken team has not reproduced STAP cells

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Niwa, a researcher at the Riken research institute who heads the team reexamining the so-called STAP cells, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. He said the team has yet to reproduce through ongoing experiments the cells described in Haruko Obokata's research papers, which she subsequently withdrew amid allegations of misconduct.

E

Toho Gas prepares for Nankai Trough quake

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. workers install the firm's own electrical power generator at its plant in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014, in preparation for the possible occurrence of a devastating earthquake along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan.

E

Popular sumo wrestler Endo's life-size cutout at arena

TOKYO, Japan - Popular maegashira-ranked professional sumo wrestler Endo poses with a life-size cardboard cutout of him holding a kimono-clad woman on Aug. 27, 2014, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena, where the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament will start on Sept. 14.

E

Japanese to conduct all Beethoven symphonies for charity

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - Opera/musical conductor Masaki Imura poses in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014, ahead of the planned performance of all of Beethoven's nine symphonies in Kawachinagano, another Osaka city, on Aug. 31. All the income from the performances will be donated to help victims of the 2011 earthquake.

E

Olympic figure skating winner Hanyu appears in CM

TOKYO, Japan - Sochi Olympic men's figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu (C) strikes a pose at a ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, to present a commercial he appears in for a confectionary maker.

E

Ex-PM Fukuda meets with Chinese President Xi in Beijing

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda makes a speech on Aug. 27, 2014 in Tokyo. Fukuda revealed he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing in July and that they shared a "sense of crisis" over the strained ties between their countries.

E

Mekong-Japan Economic Ministers' Meeting held in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Japan's trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi (3rd from L) poses with the economic ministers of five Mekong basin countries, including Thailand and Myanmar, at their annual meeting in Naypyitaw on Aug. 27, 2014.

E

Riken to halve scale of Center for Developmental Biology

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoji Noyori, the Nobel chemistry laureate and president of the government-backed Riken research institute, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, after submitting a plan to Hakubun Shimomura, minister in charge of science and technology, to halve the scale of the Center for Developmental Biology after it failed to prevent researcher Haruko Obokata's misconduct.

E

Riken to halve its size following STAP cell scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Riken President Ryoji Noyori meets with reporters on Aug. 27, 2014, at the science ministry in Tokyo, Japan, after reporting to science minister Hakubun Shimomura that the government-affiliated research institute will halve its size in the wake of the STAP cell scandal.

E

Rescue efforts continue in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 27, 2014, shows a residential area in the western Japan city of Hiroshima, where search and rescue operations still continue one week after the city was hit by massive mudslides following torrential rain. The death toll from the landslides has so far risen to 70.

E

Rescue efforts continue in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Self-Defense Forces personnel continue searching for missing people using heavy equipment in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Aug. 27, 2014, one week after the city was hit by massive mudslides following torrential rain. The death toll from the landslides has so far risen to 70.

E

Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Ugai, president of Spring Airlines Japan Co., apologizes at a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2014. The Japanese unit of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. said the same day it will postpone the start of flight services from June 27 as previously planned to Aug. 1 due to a delay in necessary preparations, including the training of crew members.

E

Spring Airlines

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2014, shows an aircraft of Spring Airlines Japan at Narita airport near Tokyo. The Japanese unit of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. said the same day it will postpone the start of flight services from June 27 as previously planned to Aug. 1 due to a delay in necessary preparations, including the training of crew members.

E

Figure skating champ Hanyu speaks of his "growth of autumn" theme

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, the 2014 Olympic champion, shows a board bearing his "growth of autumn" slogan during a food company's promotional event in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Kobe high schoolers visit tsunami-hit Ishinomaki school

OSAKA, Japan - Students of Maiko high school in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, stand in front of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2014. They visited the school which lost many pupils in the March 2011 tsunami as part of an extracurricular activity at the high school offering a disaster prevention course, the only such course provided at a Japanese high school. (Kyodo)

E

Japanese nurse works both in Japan, Africa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese nurse Eri Kanki displays a medical device she uses in Africa in a file photo taken on Aug. 27, 2014. She travels between Japanese hospitals and African nations to help patients recover from various illnesses irrespective of nationality. (Kyodo)

E

Lawmakers observe moment of silence for disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Attendees at the House of Councillors Budget Committee observe a moment of silence on Oct. 7, 2014, in Tokyo, for the victims of massive mudslides in Hiroshima, western city, on Aug. 20, and the eruption of Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Sep. 27.(Kyodo)