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

Antarctic penguin treated in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Photo taken on Aug. 16, 2011 shows an emperor penguin at Wellington Zoo in Wellington, New Zealand. Named Happy Feet, the male, about 3 and half years old, was found after drifting ashore in the country from the Antarctic in late June and is being treated at the zoo.

E

Film on double A-bomb survivor Yamaguchi

LONDON, Britain - Members of the audience at the screening of two documentary films about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in London, on Aug. 16, 2011. A 2006 documentary film about Yamaguchi, ''Double Victim of the Atomic Bomb,'' and its 2011 sequel, ''Double Victim of the Atomic Bomb/The Testament of Yamaguchi Tsutomu,'' were screened at the venue.

E

Chinese vice premier visits H.K

HONG KONG, China - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang speaks to reporters upon arrival in Hong Kong on Aug. 16, 2011, for a three-day visit.

E

Female jockey record holder Miyashita retires

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hitomi Miyashita jockeying at Nagoya racecourse in Aichi Prefecture in July 2005. Miyashita, 34, who owns the Japanese record for the most victories by a female jockey, retired on Aug. 16, 2011, from professional horse racing.

E

Film on double A-bomb survivor Yamaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in June 2009 shows Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The screening of a 2006 documentary film about him, ''Double Victim of the Atomic Bomb,'' and its 2011 sequel, ''Double Victim of the Atomic Bomb/The Testament of Yamaguchi Tsutomu,'' was held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in London, on Aug. 16, 2011.

E

Low-cost carrier Jetstar Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japan Airlines Co. President Masaru Onishi, Jetstar Group Chief Executive Officer Bruce Buchanan and Hideshi Takeuchi, vice president and group chief executive officer of Industrial Finance, Logistics and Development Group at Mitsubishi Corp., pose for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2011. The Qantas Group, Japan Airlines and Mitsubishi announced the launch of budget airline Jetstar Japan.

E

Thaksin to visit Japan

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on Aug. 16, 2011, ahead of his visit to Japan.

E

Summer holiday return rush

SENDAI, Japan - Passengers crowd a platform for Tokyo-bound shinkansen bullet trains at JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 16, 2011, as the number of travelers returning to the Tokyo area from their ''Bon'' holidays peaked on the day.

E

Present and former Japan soccer team coaches

SENDAI, Japan - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni (R) and former coach Takeshi Okada shake hands at a hotel in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2011, after talking about what is necessary for today's Japanese children to do so that the Japan team will become the world champion in the future, in a corporate publicity event.

E

'Night Train to the Stars' on paddy field

HANAMAKI, Japan - Images of a locomotive and stars created with rice varieties having different colors are shown in a paddy field in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2011, along with a message of encouragement for the prefecture still suffering from damage caused by the March quake-tsunami disaster. Hanamaki is the birthplace of reputed Japanese poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa, known for such pieces as the children's story, ''Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru''(Night Train to the Stars). The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens.

E

Singer Akiko Futaba dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2003 shows Japanese singer Akiko Futaba. The singer died of heart failure in Hiroshima on Aug. 16, 2011 at age 96.

E

Nagasaki peace statue cleaned

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Peace Statue in Nagasaki Peace Park is cleaned on July 16, 2011, ahead of the anniversary of the Aug. 9, 1945, U.S. atomic bombing of the city.