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Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe dies

Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe heads to a pep rally for the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club in Tokyo in March 2012. Watanabe, a representative director and editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, died on Dec. 19, 2024, aged 98.

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A barista brews coffee at the Starbucks China Coffee Innovation Park in Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 19, 2023. At the ongoing China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), U.S. coffee giant Starbucks has attracted great attention through its coffee industrial chain and products. Starbucks entered the Chinese mainland in 1999 and now operates more than 6,800 stores in over 250 cities in China. In 2012, a Starbucks Farmer Support Center was set up in Pu'er of Yunnan Province, the first of its kind in Asia, to further bolster the local coffee farming community. In 2017, Starbucks opened a Roastery location in Shanghai, its second after the one in Seattle in Washington state on the U.S. west Pacific. This September, Starbucks opened a new coffee innovation park in Kunshan of Jiangsu Province, the company's largest manufacturing and distribution investment outside the United States. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the Starbucks China Coffee Innovation Park in Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province. At the ongoing China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), U.S. coffee giant Starbucks has attracted great attention through its coffee industrial chain and products. Starbucks entered the Chinese mainland in 1999 and now operates more than 6,800 stores in over 250 cities in China. In 2012, a Starbucks Farmer Support Center was set up in Pu'er of Yunnan Province, the first of its kind in Asia, to further bolster the local coffee farming community. In 2017, Starbucks opened a Roastery location in Shanghai, its second after the one in Seattle in Washington state on the U.S. west Pacific. This September, Starbucks opened a new coffee innovation park in Kunshan of Jiangsu Province, the company's largest manufacturing and distribution investment outside the United States. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai studies in a classroom at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 26, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (1st L) and Meng Xuanren (2nd L) are seen at their dormitory at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 26, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Gymnast Tanaka announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Gymnast Rie Tanaka announces her retirement at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Tanaka competed in the 2012 London Olympics.

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Writer of well-known A-bomb comic book 'Barefoot Gen' dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2008 shows Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic about the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, standing near the A-Bomb Dome (shown in the background) in Hiroshima. Nakazawa died of lung cancer on Dec. 19 at a hospital in the western Japanese city, people close to him said Dec. 25, 2012. He was 73.

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Writer of well-known A-bomb comic book 'Barefoot Gen' dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2011 shows Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic about the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing. Nakazawa died of lung cancer on Dec. 19 at a hospital in the western Japanese city, people close to him said Dec. 25, 2012. He was 73.

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito speaks during a press conference at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012, ahead of his 79th birthday on Dec. 23. (Pool photo)

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito speaks during a press conference at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012, ahead of his 79th birthday on Dec. 23. (Pool photo)

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Supporters for Park, Moon

SEOUL, South Korea - Combination photo taken in Seoul on Dec. 8, 2012, shows supporters for Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party candidate in South Korea's Dec. 19 presidential election, and supporters for opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In. Media exit polls conducted on the election day showed a majority of voters in their 20s and 30s voted for Moon, while a majority of voters in their 50s, 60s and above voted for Park, who won the election.

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Japanese expedition team in Antarctica

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Kentaro Watanabe (L), leader of Japan's latest expedition team, hands supplies to a wintering team at Showa Base in Antarctica on Dec. 19, 2012. At center is Hiroki Matsuda, captain of the icebreaker Shirase. The 54th expedition team arrived at the continent, joining the wintering team. (Pool photo by a Kyodo News reporter traveling with the 54th expedition team)

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Ichiro, Yankees complete 2-year deal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. Ichiro has signed a new, two-year contract with the Yankees, the team said on Dec. 19, 2012.

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Park elected S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party waves to supporters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Park won the South Korean presidential election, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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Park elected S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party waves to supporters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Park won the South Korean presidential election, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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Park elected S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party waves to supporters at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Park won the South Korean presidential election, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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Park elected S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party celebrates with supporters at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Park won the South Korean presidential election, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate in South Korea's presidential election, waves at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, with projections showing she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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Park elected S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (C) of the ruling Saenuri Party celebrates with supporters at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Park won the South Korean presidential election, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate in South Korea's presidential election, waves at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, with projections showing she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate in South Korea's presidential election, waves to supporters as she arrives at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, with projections showing she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party candidate in South Korea's presidential election, smiles as she arrives at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, with projections showing she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Supporters of Park Geun Hye, the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate in South Korea's presidential election, celebrate in front of the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, after learning she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Supporters of Park Geun Hye, the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate in South Korea's presidential election, celebrate in front of the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, after learning she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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Japan soccer fixtures for 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Japan soccer manager Alberto Zaccheroni speaks on his team's fixtures for 2013 at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012.

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Japan soccer fixtures for 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's soccer manager Alberto Zaccheroni (far R) and Japan women's soccer manager Norio Sasaki (far L) attend a press conference to unveil the teams' fixtures for 2013 in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - People watch a TV report on the South Korean presidential race between ruling Saenuri Party candidate Park Geun Hye and opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In at Seoul station on Dec. 19, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the projected result of the South Korean presidential race between ruling Saenuri Party candidate Park Geun Hye (R) and opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the opposition Democratic United Party clap in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, as they watch a TV report on the South Korean presidential election race between the party's candidate Moon Jae In and ruling Saenuri Party candidate Park Geun Hye, after the polls closed at 6 p.m. the same day.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the projected result of the South Korean presidential race between ruling Saenuri Party candidate Park Geun Hye (L) and opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Election staff count votes cast in South Korea's presidential election in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, after the polls closed at 6 p.m. the same day.

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Santa in quake-hit area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Santa Claus, visiting from Finland, delivers presents on Dec. 19, 2012, to a group of children in a nursery school in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture that was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Saka becomes new Japan Post Holdings president

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. Deputy President Atsuo Saka speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012, after the company decided the same day to promote him to president, replacing Jiro Saito.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Election staff count votes cast in South Korea's presidential election in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, after the polls closed at 6 p.m. the same day.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the ruling Saenuri Party clap in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, as they watch a TV report on the South Korean presidential election race between the party's candidate Park Geun Hye and opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In, after the polls closed at 6 p.m. the same day.

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DPJ postpones leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda bows at a general meeting of Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012. At the meeting, the DPJ dropped its plan to hold a party presidential election on Dec. 22 as many DPJ lawmakers said it was premature to pick a new leader only a week after the party's crushing defeat in the general election.

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Metropolitan expressway marks 50th anniv.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Haneda Tunnel in Tokyo's Ota Ward on the Tokyo metropolitan expressway on Dec. 19, 2012. Metropolitan Expressway Co., the operator of the expressway, marked the 50th anniversary on Dec. 20, 2012, of the arterial route's opening.

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Saka becomes new Japan Post Holdings president

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. Deputy President Atsuo Saka (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012, after the company decided the same day to promote him to president, replacing Jiro Saito (L).

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Chocolate cherry blossom

TOKYO, Japan - A cherry blossom artwork made of chocolate is unveiled to the media in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012. Students from the University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts as well as an artist took part in the project to make the work, about 1.20 meters in diameter and weighing around 85 kilograms, using KitKat, a chocolate product made by Nestle Japan Ltd., to encourage students preparing for entrance examinations. The work will be exhibited at Cafe Nescafe Harajuku in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward from Dec. 20 through Jan. 8.

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DPJ postpones leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - A general meeting of Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers is held at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012. At the meeting, the DPJ dropped its plan to hold a party presidential election on Dec. 22 as many DPJ lawmakers said it was premature to pick a new leader only a week after the party's crushing defeat in the general election.

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Kazu in Puma store opening event

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuyoshi Miura (L), the oldest player in the J-League at 45 and currently with Yokohama FC of the second division, and Shizuka Arakawa, a professional figure skater and Turin Olympics gold medalist, take part in an opening event for a store operated by Puma Japan K.K. in Osaka on Dec. 19, 2012.

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Abe, Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe (R), who is set to become Japan's next prime minister, shakes hands with new Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose following their recent landslide election victories, when they met at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Moon Jae In (C), the opposition Democratic United Party candidate in South Korea's presidential election, calls on voters to cast their votes, in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, the election day.

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Nikkei tops 10,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows that Japan's Nikkei stock index was trading up 133.23 points at 10,056.24 at one point on the morning of Dec. 19, 2012. The key stock barometer rose above the 10,000 mark for the first time since April 4.

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Japan PM in waiting Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe, chief of the Liberal Democratic Party who is set to become Japan's next prime minister, arrives at the party headquarters in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 19, 2012.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Ahn Cheol Soo, a former university professor, casts his vote in South Korea's presidential election at a polling station in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Ahn initially ran as an independent candidate in the election but pulled out of the race in November to support Moon Jae In, the opposition Democratic United Party candidate. (Pool photo)

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye, the ruling Saenuri Party candidate in South Korea's presidential election, casts her vote at a polling station in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. (Pool photo)

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Combination photo shows Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party candidate in South Korea's presidential election, and Moon Jae In (R), the opposition Democratic United Party candidate, casting their votes on Dec. 19, 2012. Park's photo is a pool photo.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken Dec. 19, 2012, shows voters in South Korea's presidential election at a polling station in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012.

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S. Korea presidential election

BUSAN, South Korea - Moon Jae In (L), the opposition Democratic United Party candidate in South Korea's presidential election, and his wife Kim Jeong Suk, cast their votes at a polling station in Busan on Dec. 19, 2012.