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Girl prays at mass in Nagasaki for 70th anniversary of A-bombing

NAGASAKI, Aug. 14 Kyodo - A girl prays during a morning mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, often known as Urakami Cathedral, in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city.

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One-year anniversary of shooting death of Michael Brown

FERGUSON, Missouri, Aug. 10 Kyodo - People march in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2015, the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown by a white Ferguson police officer that provoked violent riots.

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Ledecky smashes women's 800m world record to win gold

KAZAN, Russia, Aug. 9 Kyodo - Katie Ledecky of the United States swims to gold in the women's 800-meter freestyle final at the world swimming championship in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. She won her fifth gold medal of the meet by smashing her own a world record in 8 minutes 7.39 seconds.

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On-demand bus service for evacuees

KAMAISHI, Japan - Takenori Noda (R), mayor of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, and Soichiro Okudaira, an executive of Toyota Motor Corp., shake hands after concluding an agreement in Kamaishi on Aug. 9, 2012, to jointly test an on-demand bus system linking temporary housing units in the city affected by the 2011 great earthquake and tsunami with its downtown area from October 2012 until March 2015.

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-GUIZHOU-ASTRONOMY-FAST-TELESCOPE (CN)

(220806) -- GUIZHOU, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) with the first reflection panel installed (upper L, photo taken on Aug. 2, 2015), with nearly half of the reflection panels installed (upper R, photo taken on Dec. 16, 2015), with about 80 percent of the reflection panels installed (lower L, photo taken on March 9, 2016), and a panoramic view of FAST (lower R, photo taken on July 21, 2022), in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in southwest China's Guizhou Province, FAST started formal operation in January 2020 and officially opened to the world on March 31, 2021. It is believed to be the world's most sensitive radio telescope. With FAST, scientists have identified over 660 new pulsars. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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Nobel laureate Shimomura gives speech at Pugwash Conference

Osamu Shimomura (R), a 2008 Nobel laureate in chemistry, gives a speech at the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs on Nov. 3, 2015, in Nagasaki. Shimomura, who was in a city adjacent to Nagasaki when the atomic bomb was dropped on Aug. 9, 1945, said the attack changed his view of life. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giants outfielder Aoki sits out season's finale

San Francisco Giants outfielder Norichika Aoki runs before the season finale against the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2015. Aoki, who has been recovering from post-concussion symptoms related to a pitch that hit him on the head on Aug.9, was unable to play in the regular season's wrap-up which the Rockies won 7-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giants outfielder Aoki sits out in seasons' finale

San Francisco Giants outfielder Norichika Aoki plays catch before the season finale against the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2015. Aoki, who has been recovering from post-concussion symptoms related to a pitch that hit him on the head on Aug. 9, was unable to play in the regular season's wrap-up which the Rockies won 7-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Choir of Nagasaki A-bomb victims sings at memorial ceremony

The Himawari (sunflower) choir consisting of survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki sings at an annual memorial service in Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japanese city on Aug. 9, 2015, the day when the A-bomb was dropped 70 years ago. The choir is scheduled to travel to the Vatican in October where they will have an audience with Pope Francis and perform for him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rock 'n' roll group keeps tradition alive at fest in Mito near Tokyo

A group of rock 'n' roll dancers from kids to adults performs during the Mito Komon festival -- named after the legendary 17th-century lord of the Mito domain -- in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 9, 2015. The region, swept by a nationwide rock 'n' roll boom in the 1980s, keeps the dance alive in many parts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harvard Univ. anthropologist to publish thesis on 2011 tsunami

Andrew Littlejohn from Britain, an anthropologist at Harvard University, speaks in an interview in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2015. He will shortly return to the U.S. university after a yearlong stay in the northeastern Japanese town ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and plans to publish a thesis in both English and Japanese on possible ways to revive the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marlins outfielder Ichiro catches liner in game vs. Brewers

Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki of the Miami Marlins catches a liner by Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy in the fourth inning of a Major League Baseball game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Aug. 18, 2015. The Marlins downed the Brewers 9-6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Concert held to mark 70th anniversary of wartime poet's death

A music concert is held in Ise, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 9, 2015, to mark the 70th anniversary of wartime poet Kozo Takeuchi's death. Takeuchi, who died at 23 as an Imperial Japanese Army soldier toward the end of World War II, is known for poems depicting his wartime inner conflicts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka takes 6th loss of season as Yankees fall to Indians

Photo shows New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka, who picked up his sixth loss of the season in a 7-3 defeat to the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 21, 2015. Tanaka was charged with three runs -- including a solo homer by Carlos Santana -- and seven hits over six-plus innings to drop to 9-6 on the year with the loss. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka takes 6th loss of season as Yankees fall to Indians

Photo shows New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka, who picked up his sixth loss of the season in a 7-3 defeat to the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 21, 2015. Tanaka was charged with three runs -- including a solo homer by Carlos Santana -- and seven hits over six-plus innings to drop to 9-6 on the year with the loss. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka takes 6th loss of season as Yankees fall to Indians

Photo shows New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka, who picked up his sixth loss of the season in a 7-3 defeat to the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 21, 2015. Tanaka was charged with three runs -- including a solo homer by Carlos Santana -- and seven hits over six-plus innings to drop to 9-6 on the year with the loss. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro triples against Phillies

Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki rounds the bag after hitting a triple to right-center field in the eighth inning in a 9-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Miami, Florida, on Aug. 20, 2015. Ichiro went 2-for-5 in the game, marking his fifth multiple-hit game in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Yokomine finishes 13th in Portland Classic

Japan's Sakura Yokomine acknowledges the gallery after sinking a birdie putt on the seventh hole in the final round of the Cambia Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 16, 2015. She finished tied for 13th with a 9-under 279 total. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Charlotte the monkey rambunctious as ever at Japanese zoo

The baby monkey named in May after Britain's new-born princess Charlotte clings to her mother's back at Mount Takasaki Wild Monkey Park in Oita on Aug. 9, 2015. The macaque monkey, who is 3 months old and about 15 centimeters tall, has become a sensation with park visitors as she messes around with the other monkeys in the troop, making lovable gestures and funny faces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro has 1st 4-hit game since 2013

Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles to left-center field in the seventh inning in a 9-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Aug. 18, 2015. Ichiro went 4-for-5 in the game, marking his first four-hit game since 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Momota grabs bronze at Badminton World Chamipnships

Japan's Kento Momota poses on Aug. 16, 2015 with the bronze medal he won in men's singles at the Badminton World Championships in Jakarta. Momota, ranked fourth in the world, lost 21-9, 21-15 to reigning world No. 1 Chen Long of China the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Momota settles for bronze in loss to world No. 1

Japan's Kento Momota hits a return against world No. 1 Chen Long of China during their semifinal match at the world badminton championships in Jakarta on Aug. 15, 2015. Momota lost 21-9, 21-15 but will take home a bronze medal, the first hardware ever for a Japanese man in singles at the world championships. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Replica of damaged Maria statue in Guernica given to Nagasaki

A replica of the damaged statue of Maria in Guernica, Spain, is presented to the Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2015. The body part of the statue was broken in the Spanish civil war in the 1930s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Replica of damaged Maria statue in Guernica given to Nagasaki

A replica of the statue of Maria in Guernica, Spain, whose body was broken in the country's civil war in the 1930s, is presented to the Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki at Urakami Cathedral in the southwestern Japan city on Aug. 9, 2015, as Nagasaki Catholic Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (R) looks on. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mascot characters gather in east Japan before national contest

A total of 13 mascot characters gather in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, some 80 km north of Tokyo, on Aug. 9, 2015, in a prelude to a national contest for such mascots slated for Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Event held for test run of steamer in central Japan

An event to make a test run of a steam locomotive is held at Akechi Railway Co.'s Akechi Station in Ena, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 9, 2015, as some 3,000 railroad enthusiasts look on. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giants place Aoki on 7-day concussion DL

Undated photo shows San Francisco Giants outfielder Norichika Aoki. Giants manager Bruce Bochy announced on Aug. 13, 2015, that the club has placed Aoki on the seven-day disabled list with symptoms of concussion. Aoki was hit in the head with a pitch in a game against the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giants place Aoki on 7-day concussion DL

San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy speaks to reporters before a game at AT&T Park on Aug. 13, 2015. Bochy said the club has placed outfielder Norichika Aoki on the seven-day disabled list with symptoms of concussion. Aoki was hit in the head with a pitch in a game against the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki A-bombing survivor prays for peace

Shigeko Iwamoto, 86, offers her prayer in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki holding many paper cranes dedicated to her late fiends on Aug. 9, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman in Nagasaki offers paper cranes for friends

Shigeko Iwamoto, 86, offers 7,000 folded paper cranes at a memorial facility dedicated to victims of the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of the southwestern Japanese city. She has made cranes every year since 10 years ago in memory of her friends who died while working at the same factory as she did when the bomb was dropped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Human chain formed in Nagasaki on 70th anniv. of A-bombing

Hands are joined to form a human chain by high school students and other people in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki Mayor Taue pays floral tribute at Peace Park

Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue pays floral tribute during a memorial ceremony for the repose of the souls of atomic bomb victims and for world peace at the Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Nishiyama shows off Meiji Cup golf tournament trophy

Japan's Yukari Nishiyama poses with the trophy after winning the Meiji Cup women's professional golf tournament at the Sapporo Kokusai Country Club in Kitahiroshima in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 9, 2015. It was her first career title on Japan's LPGA tour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Nishiyama wins Meiji Cup women's golf tournament

Japan's Yukari Nishiyama (R) gets a hug from Ai Suzuki after defeating her compatriot in a playoff on the second hole to win the Meiji Cup women's professional golf tournament at the Sapporo Kokusai Country Club in Kitahiroshima in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 9, 2015. It was her first career title on Japan's LPGA tour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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70 meter painting unveiled at Nagasaki A-bomb hypocenter park

Photo shows a painting, about 70 meters in length, along the river at a park in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 8, 2015. The park lies at the hypocenter of the Nagasaki atomic bomb blast on Aug. 9, 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Smokescreen created over Yawata mill before A-bombing of Nagasaki

Satoru Miyashiro, a former worker at the Yawata Steel Works in Fukuoka Prefecture, gives an interview at his home in Oita, southwestern Japan, in February 2015. He said he was one of the workers who burned coal tar to create a smokescreen at the steel works to avoid air raids on Aug. 9, 1945, during World War II. The B-29 Bockscar was diverted from its first target, Kokura, due to low visibility and the atomic bomb was dropped on the secondary target, Nagasaki, the same day, though the role of the intentional smokescreen in averting the attack remains unclear as the visibility of the area was obscured partly by smoke from a conventional air raid the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Younger brother of Bockscar pilot speaks in interview

William Sweeney, younger brother of the late Charles Sweeney who flew the Bockscar bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, western Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, speaks in an interview at their alma mater high school in Quincy, Massachusetts, on May 24, 2015. William and other relatives of Sweeney said the pilot had asked Pope John XXIII privately in the early 1960s to offer support to Nagasaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daughter of Bockscar A-bomb pilot speaks in interview

Marilyn Howe, second daughter of the late Charles Sweeney who flew the Bockscar bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, western Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, speaks in an interview in Quincy, Massachusetts, on May 24, 2015. Howe and other relatives of Sweeney said he had asked Pope John XXIII privately in the early 1960s to offer support to Nagasaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World champion Seto suffering from right heel injury

Japanese swimmer Daiya Seto acknowledges the crowd after winning his second consecutive 400-meter individual medley title at the world championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 9, 2015. Seto will undergo tests for an injury to his right heel, a source familiar with the matter said on Aug. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One-year anniversary of shooting death of Michael Brown

People march in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2015, the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown by a white Ferguson police officer that provoked violent riots. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muto flat in competitive debut for Mainz

Cottbus' Manuel Zeitz (L) tackles new Mainz striker Yoshinori Muto during a German Cup first-round match on Aug. 9, 2015. Muto made his European debut in the first half after Mainz had scored all of the goals in their 3-0 away win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muto flat in competitive debut for Mainz

New Mainz striker Yoshinori Muto approaches Cottbus goalkeeper Daniel Luck during a German Cup first-round match on Aug. 9, 2015. Muto made his European debut in the first half after Mainz had scored all of the goals in their 3-0 away win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Transport safety board begins probe into shinkansen power failure

Photo taken Aug. 9, 2015, shows a scarred car of the Sakura 561 bullet train that has been stopped since it came to an emergency stop a day earlier due to a power failure. The Japan Transport Safety Board launched an investigation on Aug. 10 into the power failure on the train running in southwestern Japan. An aluminum panel had fallen off the second car of the eight-car train and apparently hit the train body, according to West Japan Railway Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halilhodzic's job is safe, JFA says

Japan soccer coach Vahid Halilhodzic (3rd from L) gives instructions to his players during the first half of a 1-1 draw against hosts China in their last game of the East Asian Cup in Wuhan on Aug. 9, 2015. Japan Football Association technical director Masahiro Shimoda said the following day that Halilhodzic will not be losing his job any time soon after Japan finished last in the four-team regional tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan set to restart nuclear reactor

Former Japanese Prime Minister and antinuclear advocate Naoto Kan makes a speech in front of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2015. The company said on Aug. 10 that it will restart the reactor the following day, the first Japanese utility to do so under a set of new, tighter safety regulations adopted since the Fukushima meltdowns in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Blue Jays tag Tanaka with 5th loss

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka delivers against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 9, 2015. Tanaka took his fifth loss of the season after giving up two runs in six innings of work as the Blue Jays won 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Blue Jays tag Tanaka with 5th loss

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka waits for Josh Donaldson to round the bases on a solo home run in the first inning of a 2-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 9, 2015. Tanaka took his fifth loss of the season after giving up two runs in six innings of work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Blue Jays tag Tanaka with 5th loss

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka yields a solo home run to Jose Bautista in the fourth inning of a 2-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 9, 2015. Tanaka took his fifth loss of the season after giving up two runs in six innings of work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese fermented food introduced at Milan

Nobutaro Asai (L), president of "miso" soybean paste maker Maruya Hatcho Miso, in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi, in the costume of a Japanese feudal lord, encourages a participant to sample the soybean paste during an event to introduce Japanese fermented food produced in the prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2015, in Milan, Italy, where the food-themed world exposition is being held. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Blue Jays tag Tanaka with 5th loss

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka delivers against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 9, 2015. Tanaka took his fifth loss of the season after giving up two runs in six innings of work as the Blue Jays won 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo