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CHINA-PLA NAVY-ESCORT MISSION-15 YEARS (CN)

(231228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A vessel of the 26th escort mission fleet dispatched by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy sails on Suez Canal in Egypt, Sept. 2, 2017. Since December 2008, China has been dispatching naval ships to carry out vessel protection operations in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. Over the past 15 years, 45 consecutive fleets, 150 vessels and 35,000 personnel of the PLA Navy have joined the efforts, escorting more than 7,200 Chinese and foreign vessels, including 12 World Food Program ships. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Chinese navy's 15-year quest for peace in Gulf of Aden, waters off Somalia" (Photo by Lin Jian/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: China aims to build world's largest national park system

(230112) -- BEIJING, Jan. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 15, 2020 shows a government-funded resettlement community where residents of Gaofeng Village in the core area of Hainan national park were relocated in 2017, in Baisha Li Autonomous County, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

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Electric wheelchair

KYOTO, Japan, Dec. 27 Kyodo - A woman rides tmsuk co.'s electric wheelchair robot "Rodem," which is ridden from behind, in Kyoto, Japan, on Dec. 15, 2017.

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Protest against U.S. military aircraft in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan, Dec. 16 Kyodo - People gather in Nago, Japan, on Dec. 15, 2017, to protest against U.S. military aircraft. Earlier in the week, a metal-framed window fell from a U.S. military transport helicopter onto the playground of an elementary school in the city in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Bullet train crack

NAGOYA, Japan, Dec. 21 Kyodo - Nozomi No. 34, a shinkansen bullet train in which a crack was found in the undercarriage of one of its cars, is hooked up to another shinkansen at JR Nagoya Station on Dec. 15, 2017 prior to being moved to a repair facility. The train in question was stopped at the station in central Japan on Dec. 11 after an abnormal sound was detected.

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Scene of shrine head murder in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 15 Kyodo - Police officers work at the scene of a murder-suicide at Tomioka Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2017.

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Baseball: NPB to adopt new intentional walk rule in 2018

MIAMI, United States, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Major league baseball has implemented the no-pitch intentional walk rule as seen in this photo taken May 15, 2017, in Miami, Florida. Nippon Professional Baseball will introduce the same rule in 2018, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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Delivery, take-out foods to be exempt from sales tax hike

The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito party agree in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015, to exempt delivery and take-out foods as well as newspapers sold on a subscription basis from the consumption tax hike in April 2017. The two ruling parties had already agreed to designate all food products except at restaurants as subject to a lower consumption tax rate when the government raises the rate to 10 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SoftBank's investment In Uber Technologies

Brooks Entwistle, a senior official of Uber Technologies Inc., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2017. Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. has agreed with Uber to acquire a 15 percent stake in the U.S. ride-hailing giant for $7.7 billion, SoftBank officials said on Dec. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese patisserie chain Chateraise ramping up overseas expansion

Hiroshi Saito (4th from L), president of Chateraise Holdings Co., and Takako Saito (far L), senior managing director of the company, join other officials at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Bangkok on Dec. 15, 2017, as the Japanese factory-to-patisserie chain operator opens its second outlet in the Thai capital. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan expands unilateral sanctions on N. Korea

Combined file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Japan decided on Dec. 15, 2017, to freeze the assets of 19 more North Korean companies as part of its unilateral sanctions in response to the North's repeated defiance of a U.N. ban on nuclear and ballistic missile tests. (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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Pyeongchang Olympics

A woman uses a guide robot prepared for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Dec. 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka parents' alleged abandonment of daughter's body

Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2017, shows one of the 10 outdoor surveillance cameras installed at a home in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, where Airi Kakimoto, a 33-year-old woman, was found dead after being confined by her parents for around 15 years, allegedly due to mental illness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shibamata in Tokyo

File photo, taken on Dec. 15, 2017, shows a statue of Tora-san, the main character of the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" (It's tough being a man) series of comedy movies, in front of Shibamata Station in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Baby hatch" in Japan

File photo taken Dec. 15, 2017, shows Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto, western Japan. The Kumamoto city government announced May 27, 2019, that a "baby hatch" set up at the hospital to allow parents who cannot raise their infants to leave them anonymously accepted seven babies in fiscal 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2017 shows people testing a VR snowboard simulator in a facility of the Pyeongchang Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The facility showcases the advanced technology of South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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15-year confinement

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 27, 2017, shows the house where Airi Kakimoto, a 33-year-old woman, was found by police naked under a blanket and frozen to death in a tiny room without any heating in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture. The woman was confined by her parents for 15 years, allegedly due to mental illness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ukiyoe painter exhibition in Italy

Visitors look at the works of ukiyoe artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi at an exhibition in Milan, Italy, on Dec. 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ukiyoe painter exhibition in Italy

A visitor gazes at a drawing by ukiyoe artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi at an exhibition in Milan, Italy, on Dec. 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Electric wheelchair

A woman rides tmsuk co.'s electric wheelchair robot "Rodem," which is ridden from behind, in Kyoto, Japan, on Dec. 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka parents' alleged abandonment of daughter's body

Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2017, shows some of the 10 outdoor surveillance cameras installed at a home in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, where Airi Kakimoto, a 33-year-old woman, was found dead after being confined by her parents for around 15 years, allegedly due to mental illness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka parents' alleged abandonment of daughter's body

Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2017, shows one of the 10 outdoor surveillance cameras installed at a home in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, where Airi Kakimoto, a 33-year-old woman, was found dead after being confined by her parents for around 15 years, allegedly due to mental illness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beijing

People ride past a banner reading "Don't bring coal to the village," in the suburbs of Beijing on Dec. 15, 2017, as part of the fight against air pollution in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beijing

A man walks past a banner reading "Don't bring coal to the village," in the suburbs of Beijing on Dec. 15, 2017, as part of the fight against air pollution in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Death after 15-year confinement

Photo shows a house in Neyagawa, western Japan, on Dec. 25, 2017 where the body of Airi Kakimoto was found. The parents admitted they confined their 33-year-old daughter for around 15 years. (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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Tokyo undersea tunnel marks 20th anniversary

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Umihotaru parking area on the Tokyo Bay Aqualine undersea expressway, which links Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures across Tokyo Bay. The expressway marked its 20th anniversary on Dec. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dioroma of Kumamoto Castle

Art director Toshio Miike stands against a scale model of pre-disaster Kumamoto Castle, set up in Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto under his supervision, on Dec. 15, 2017. Numerous structures were heavily damaged in two earthquakes that hit Kumamoto in April 2016, including Kumamoto Castle, one of the three premier castles in Japan and designated an Important Cultural Property. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dioroma of Kumamoto Castle

Art director Toshio Miike explains on Dec. 15, 2017, a diorama replicating the pre-disaster landscape of the castle city Kumamoto, set up in Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto under his supervision. Numerous structures were heavily damaged in two earthquakes that hit Kumamoto in April 2016, including Kumamoto Castle, one of the three premier castles in Japan and designated an Important Cultural Property. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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EU Commissioner Jourova in Tokyo

European Union Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vera Jourova delivers a speech at a seminar sponsored by the Japan Business Federation in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2017.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-terror rally in New York

Residents in Brooklyn, New York City, stage an anti-terror rally on Dec. 15, 2017. Immigrants in New York are said to be concerned about President Donald Trump's tougher immigration policy. (Kyodo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tougher immigration policy casts shadow in New York

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2017 shows a street in Brooklyn, New York City with a large population of immigrants from Bangladesh. Immigrants in New York are said to be concerned about President Donald Trump's tougher immigration policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo undersea tunnel marks 20th anniversary

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Umihotaru parking area on the Tokyo Bay Aqualine undersea expressway, which links Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures across Tokyo Bay. The expressway marked its 20th anniversary on Dec. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo undersea tunnel marks 20th anniversary

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Umihotaru parking area on the Tokyo Bay Aqualine undersea expressway, which links Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures across Tokyo Bay. The expressway marked its 20th anniversary on Dec. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo undersea tunnel marks 20th anniversary

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Umihotaru parking area on the Tokyo Bay Aqualine undersea expressway, which links Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures across Tokyo Bay. The expressway marked its 20th anniversary on Dec. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense Minister Onodera in Britain

Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera speaks to the press after visiting British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth in Hampshire, England, on Dec. 15, 2017. Onodera attended the so-called two-plus-two meeting of the Japanese and British foreign and defense ministers in London the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-Trump protests continue in Jerusalem

Men transport a person injured during the Palestinian demonstrations in Jerusalem on Dec. 15, 2017. The protests were in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel the previous month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-Trump protests continue in Jerusalem

Palestinian demonstrators protest before Israeli security authorities in Jerusalem on Dec. 15, 2017. The protests were in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel the previous month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-Trump protests continue in Jerusalem

Israeli security authorities try to remove Palestinian demonstrators in Jerusalem on Dec. 15, 2017. The protests were in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel the previous month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., N. Korea clash at UNSC meeting

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (facing camera, seated far R) speaks at a ministerial-level U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Dec. 15, 2017, as North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Ja Song Nam (seated at desk, lower left) listens. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Toyota-NTT Communications Japan Top League match

Jamie Henry of Toyota Verblitz scores a try in the second half against NTT Communications Shining Arcs in a Japan Rugby Top League match at Paloma Mizuho Rugby Ground in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2017. Toyota won 22-15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Toyota-NTT Communications Japan Top League match

Kazuki Himeno of Toyota Verblitz scores a try in the second half against NTT Communications Shining Arcs in a Japan Rugby Top League match at Paloma Mizuho Rugby Ground in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2017. Toyota won 22-15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against U.S. military aircraft in Okinawa

A woman in a wheelchair shakes hands with a retired U.S. serviceman during a protest in Nago, Japan, on Dec. 15, 2017, against U.S. military aircraft. Earlier in the week, a metal-framed window fell from a U.S. military transport helicopter onto the playgrounds of an elementary school in the city in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against U.S. military aircraft in Okinawa

People gather in Nago, Japan, on Dec. 15, 2017, to protest against U.S. military aircraft. Earlier in the week, a metal-framed window fell from a U.S. military transport helicopter onto the playground of an elementary school in the city in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Uzbekistan beat Japan in Under-20 M-150 Cup final

Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu (C) poses for a photo after his Under-20 football team lost 4-3 in a penalty shootout to Uzbekistan in the final of the six-team M-150 Cup in Buriram, Thailand, on Dec. 15, 2017. The game ended 2-2 after normal time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Uzbekistan beat Japan in Under-20 M-150 Cup final

Members of Japan's Under-20 national football team look dejected after a 4-3 penalty shootout loss to Uzbekistan in the final of the six-team M-150 Cup in Buriram, Thailand, on Dec. 15, 2017. The game ended 2-2 after normal time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Uzbekistan beat Japan in Under-20 M-150 Cup final

Members of Japan's Under-20 national football team look dejected after a 4-3 penalty shootout loss to Uzbekistan in the final of the six-team M-150 Cup in Buriram, Thailand, on Dec. 15, 2017. The game ended 2-2 after normal time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo