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U.S.-SAN MATEO-TESLA-RECALL

(231214) -- SAN MATEO, Dec. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Tesla car runs in San Mateo County, California, the United States, Dec. 13, 2023. Tesla said on Wednesday the company is recalling more than 2 million of its vehicles over autopilot safety issues after an investigation found its autopilot safety system was "not sufficient to prevent driver misuse." "In certain circumstances when Autosteer is engaged, the prominence and scope of the feature's controls may not be sufficient to prevent driver misuse," the recall notice said. The recall includes the 2012-2023 Model S, 2016-2023 Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3 and 2020-2023 Model Y, nearly all its cars on the road in the United States equipped with Autosteer, a feature of "traffic-aware cruise control." (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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U.S.-SAN MATEO-TESLA-RECALL

(231214) -- SAN MATEO, Dec. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Tesla car is charged at a parking lot in San Mateo County, California, the United States, Dec. 13, 2023. Tesla said on Wednesday the company is recalling more than 2 million of its vehicles over autopilot safety issues after an investigation found its autopilot safety system was "not sufficient to prevent driver misuse." "In certain circumstances when Autosteer is engaged, the prominence and scope of the feature's controls may not be sufficient to prevent driver misuse," the recall notice said. The recall includes the 2012-2023 Model S, 2016-2023 Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3 and 2020-2023 Model Y, nearly all its cars on the road in the United States equipped with Autosteer, a feature of "traffic-aware cruise control." (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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Mystery theme park in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2017 shows the building of Tokyo Mystery Circus, Japan's first mystery theme park, set to open in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 19.

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Mystery theme park in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2017 shows the inside of Tokyo Mystery Circus, Japan's first mystery theme park, set to open in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 19.

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Mystery theme park in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2017 shows the inside of Tokyo Mystery Circus, Japan's first mystery theme park, set to open in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 19.

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Mystery theme park in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2017 shows the inside of Tokyo Mystery Circus, Japan's first mystery theme park, set to open in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 19.

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Window falls from U.S. chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

GINOWAN, Japan, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Students of Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2017, look at the grounds where a window from a CH-53E U.S. military helicopter fell the previous day.

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Interview with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator

VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator, talks about a 2015 deal aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear activities, in an interview with Kyodo News in Vienna on Dec. 13, 2017.

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Tourists in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Tourists wearing kimono walk near Kiyomizudera, a Buddhist temple, in Kyoto on Dec. 5. 2017.

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Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods acknowledges the gallery after a birdie on hole No. 14 during the third round of the Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas on Dec. 2, 2017.

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Figure skating: Alina Zagitova

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 7 Kyodo - Alina Zagitova competes in the short program at the Lombardia Trophy figure skating competition in Bergamo, Italy, on Sept. 14, 2017.

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Rakuten mulls new cell phone venture: sources

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken in Tokyo in December 2016 shows a Rakuten store selling low-priced mobile phones. Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is considering entering the domestic mobile telecommunications market, taking on an industry currently dominated by NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp. and SoftBank Group Corp., sources familiar with the matter said on Dec. 14, 2017.

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JCP vows to cancel consumption tax hike to 10%

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii announces a set of campaign pledges for the Dec. 14 lower house election at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. The JCP promises to "cancel" another consumption tax hike in 2017 and seek other ways to secure funds for social security.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the Japanese Diet in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) holds talks with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) sits down with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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PM Abe hails tax agreement

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) meets with reporters at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2015. Abe hailed an agreement of the ruling parties to designate all food products except at restaurants as subject to a lower consumption tax rate than the 10 percent rate to be implemented in fiscal 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mystery theme park in Tokyo

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2017 shows the inside of Tokyo Mystery Circus, Japan's first mystery theme park, set to open in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mystery theme park in Tokyo

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2017 shows the inside of Tokyo Mystery Circus, Japan's first mystery theme park, set to open in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mystery theme park in Tokyo

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2017 shows the inside of Tokyo Mystery Circus, Japan's first mystery theme park, set to open in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mystery theme park in Tokyo

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2017 shows the building of Tokyo Mystery Circus, Japan's first mystery theme park, set to open in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea takes aim at U.S. ahead of U.N. meeting

Combined file photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The U.N. Security Council's ministerial meeting scheduled for Dec. 15, 2017 on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions is "none other than a desperate measure plotted by the United States," North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying in a statement on Dec. 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rakuten mulls new cell phone venture: sources

Photo taken in Tokyo in December 2016 shows a Rakuten store selling low-priced mobile phones. Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is considering entering the domestic mobile telecommunications market, taking on an industry currently dominated by NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp. and SoftBank Group Corp., sources familiar with the matter said on Dec. 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Window falls from U.S. military chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

A CH-53E helicopter, with a tarpaulin affixed to its left window, is seen parked at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2017. A metal-framed window weighing almost 8 kilograms fell from an aircraft onto the sports ground of a nearby elementary school the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Woods

Tiger Woods acknowledges the gallery after a birdie on hole No. 14 during the third round of the Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas on Dec. 2, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Suntory's title hopes once again in their own hands

George Smith (L) scores a try in the first half of Suntory Sungoliath's 29-5 win over NTT Communications Shining Arcs at Hanazono Rugby Ground in Higashi-Osaka on Dec. 3, 2016. Suntory will take on Kobe Kobelco Steelers on Jan. 14, 2017, with the Japan Rugby Top League title at stake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Keisuke Honda's management to form kids team in U.S.

AC Milan midfielder Keisuke Honda (C) plays in a Serie A match at home to Crotone on Dec. 4, 2016. Honda's management company said on Dec. 9 that it is establishing a team for 6- to 14-year-olds in Los Angeles that will start in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP vows to cancel consumption tax hike to 10%

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii announces a set of campaign pledges for the Dec. 14 lower house election at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. The JCP promises to "cancel" another consumption tax hike in 2017 and seek other ways to secure funds for social security. (Kyodo)

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the Japanese Diet in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said. (Kyodo)

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) sits down with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said. (Kyodo)

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New head of Japan's LDP Suga

Photo taken Dec. 27, 2017, shows Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attending a press conference in Tokyo. Suga won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Sept. 14, 2020, and is set to be appointed prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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Low-priced cellphones

Photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2017, shows a Rakuten Inc. store selling low-priced mobile phones. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swedish man preserving art of Japanese sword-crafting

Hans Koga, a Swedish man who has become a protector of ancient Japanese sword making techniques, shows off his product in Nagomi, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2017. Koga is one of the rare "koshirae" craftsmen specializing in meticulously repairing the exterior, including the handle and sheath, of Japanese swords. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swedish man preserving art of Japanese sword-crafting

Hans Koga, a Swedish man who has become a protector of ancient Japanese sword making techniques, shows off his product in Nagomi, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2017. Koga is one of the rare "koshirae" craftsmen specializing in meticulously repairing the exterior, including the handle and sheath, of Japanese swords. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swedish man preserving art of Japanese sword-crafting

Hans Koga, a Swedish man who has become a protector of ancient Japanese sword making techniques, shows off his product in Nagomi, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2017. Koga is one of the rare "koshirae" craftsmen specializing in meticulously repairing the exterior, including the handle and sheath, of Japanese swords. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo wrestler Takakeisho

Sumo wrestler Takakeisho shows the rankings at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2017, for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament to be held from Jan. 14, 2018. Takakeisho has been promoted to the fourth-highest komusubi rank. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo wrestler Takakeisho

Sumo wrestler Takakeisho shows the rankings at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2017, for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament to be held from Jan. 14, 2018. Takakeisho has been promoted to the fourth-highest komusubi rank. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Hideki Yukawa's diary

Photo taken on Nov. 14, 1968, shows Hideki Yukawa, a theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate. A diary written by Yukawa around the end of World War II and disclosed to the public on Dec. 21, 2017, contains an entry confirming his attendance at a conference held in June 1945 to study nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train crack

Car No. 13 (R) of a shinkansen bullet train in which a crack was found in its undercarriage is decoupled from Car No. 14 at JR Nagoya Station on Dec. 15, 2017. The train was stopped at the station in central Japan on Dec. 11 after an abnormal sound was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train crack

Car No. 13 (R) of a shinkansen bullet train in which a crack was found in its undercarriage is decoupled from Car No. 14 at JR Nagoya Station on Dec. 15, 2017. The train was stopped at the station in central Japan on Dec. 11 after an abnormal sound was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train crack

Car No. 13 (R) of a shinkansen bullet train in which a crack was found in its undercarriage is decoupled from Car No. 14 at JR Nagoya Station on Dec. 15, 2017. The train was stopped at the station in central Japan on Dec. 11 after an abnormal sound was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train crack

Japan Railways officials at JR Nagoya Station inspect Car No. 13 of a shinkansen bullet train on Dec. 14, 2017, after a crack was found in its undercarriage the previous day. The train was stopped at the station in central Japan on Dec. 11 after an abnormal sound was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train crack

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2017, shows Car No. 13 of a shinkansen bullet train that was found to have a crack in its undercarriage. On Dec. 11, the train was stopped at JR Nagoya Station in central Japan after an abnormal sound was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho (L) attends a U.N. Security Council meeting as chairman in New York on Dec. 18, 2017. The United States vetoed a resolution rejecting the U.S. administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, while the 14 other members voted in favor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian President Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from reporters during an annual year-end press conference in Moscow on Dec. 14, 2017. Putin will run in the country's next presidential election to be held on March 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-S. Korea leaders' talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae In attend a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Dec. 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marathon: Japanese runner sets world record

Japanese runner Misato Michishita speaks to reporters in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2017, after winning the visually impaired women's marathon championship, setting a new world record of 2:56:14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: S. Korea hammer Japan to win E. Asian title

South Korea's Go Yo Han (14) and Shoma Doi (13) of Japan vie for the ball in the second half of an E-1 Football Championship match at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, on Dec. 16, 2017. South Korea won 4-1 to claim the East Asian title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st new ski resort in 14 years

People ski and snowboard down a slope at Mineyama Kogen Resort White Peak on Dec. 16, 2017. The facility near the town of Kamikawa, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, is the country's first new ski resort to be opened in 14 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo