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INDIA-NEW DELHI-QUTB MINAR

(240805) -- NEW DELHI, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Aug. 4, 2024 shows a view of Qutb Minar in New Delhi, capital of India. The Qutb Minar, or Qutab Minar, is one of New Delhi's best-known historical sites. It was added to the list of World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wu Yue)

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INDIA-NEW DELHI-QUTB MINAR

(240805) -- NEW DELHI, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Aug. 4, 2024 shows a view of Qutb Minar in New Delhi, capital of India. The Qutb Minar, or Qutab Minar, is one of New Delhi's best-known historical sites. It was added to the list of World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Dongshu)

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INDIA-NEW DELHI-QUTB MINAR

(240805) -- NEW DELHI, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Aug. 4, 2024 shows a view of Qutb Minar in New Delhi, capital of India. The Qutb Minar, or Qutab Minar, is one of New Delhi's best-known historical sites. It was added to the list of World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Dongshu)

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CHINA-BEIJING-SHOUGANG-GERMANY-RUHR-TRANSFORMATION

(230830) -- BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2022 shows the venue of 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at the Shougang Park in Shijingshan District of Beijing, capital of China. From the Ruhr area in Germany to the Shougang industrial park in Beijing, one after another steel "giants" stand as witnesses to the development process of human civilization. The Ruhr area in Germany is a significant industrial zone in Europe, once a coal and steel production hub for Germany. The Zollverein coal mine industrial complex in Essen was one of the world's largest coal mines from the late 19th to the early 20th century. With Germany's transition in energy industry, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex ceased operation completely in 1993. This exemplary modern industrial structure subsequently transformed into an arts and cultural center. In 2001, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded in 1919, Sh

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Kiichi Miyazawa

Born Oct. 8, 1919 in Tokyo. Miyazawa is one of the few living politicians to have seen Japan emerge from the ruins after World War II to reach economic superpower status. He joined the Finance Ministry in 1942. After Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers in 1945, Miyazawa became a secretary to then Finance Minister Hayato Ikeda and attended the 1951 Japan-U.S. peace conference in San Francisco to help the minister as an interpreter. Miyazawa served as prime minister between Nov. 5, 1991 and Aug. 9, 1993 after holding various portfolios such as foreign minister, finance minister and chief cabinet secretary.

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Hanwa Bank vice president slain by gunman

WAKAYAMA, Japan, Sept. 5 Kyodo - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on the morning of Aug. 5, 1993, shows a street in front of the home (R) of Tomosaburo Koyama, vice president of Hanwa Bank, in the western Japan city of Wakayama after a gunman shot him to death earlier in the day. Koyama, 62, was gunned down after stepping into his chauffeur-driven car that was to take him to work. The statute of limitations in the case expired on Aug. 5, 2008.