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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Nikkei ends 2015 at 19-year closing high

TOKYO, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Photo taken Dec. 30, 2015, shows an electronic board in Tokyo indicating the movement of the key Nikkei stock index, which ended at 19,033.71, its highest annual closing level in 19 years.

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Shining Arcs bench proves to be difference in win over Heat

TOKYO, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Amanaki Lelei Mafi (C) powers ahead in NTT Communications Shining Arcs' 29-15 win over Honda Heat at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2015. The Shining Arcs maintained their hopes of a top-four finish in Group A and a spot in the Top League playoffs.

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East Japan city to mark 1,300 yrs of ties with ancient Korea

SAITAMA, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Fumiyasu Koma, chief priest of Koma Shrine in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, poses for a photo on Nov. 19, 2015. Hidaka city is hosting a series of events for the 1,300th anniversary, to be marked in 2016, of the formation of the former Koma township where descendants of Koguryo, one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea, moved and settled before and after the fall of the monarchy.

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Japanese antiwar journalist Muno turns 100

TOKYO, Japan - Takeji Muno, a prominent antiwar journalist in Japan whose career has included covering both wartime prime ministers, Fumimaru Konoe and Hideki Tojo, speaks during an interview in Saitama north of Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2014, ahead of his 100th birthday on Jan.2, 2015. Wary of the "smells of war" brought about by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies such as a national secrecy law and the push for the right to exercise collective self-defense, Muno vowed to continue to speak out for as long as he lives.

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Nishikori aims for semifinals at all 4 Grand Slam events

BRADENTON, United States - Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori, who is now ranked fifth in the world, practices at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, on Dec. 27, 2014. Nishikori's first action in 2015 will be in Australia at the Brisbane International, starting from Jan. 4, as a warm-up for the Australian Open, starting in Melbourne on Jan. 19.

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Nishikori aims for semifinals at all 4 Grand Slam events

BRADENTON, United States - Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori, who is now ranked fifth in the world, smiles during public practice at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, on Dec. 27, 2014. Nishikori's first action in 2015 will be in Australia at the Brisbane International, starting from Jan. 4, as a warm-up for the Australian Open, starting in Melbourne on Jan. 19.

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Tokyo firm makes huge calendar for 2015

TOKYO, Japan - An official at Todan Co., a calendar maker in Tokyo, unveils various calendars for 2015 on Dec. 19, 2014, including a huge one easily visible to people with weak eyesight.

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NTT West to launch elderly support service via videophone

OSAKA, Japan - A device for the remote elderly support system of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. is shown in Osaka in October 2014. NTT West announced on Dec. 19, 2014, it will start the support service via videophone system for elderly people in Nara, western Japan, on a trial basis in February 2015.

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Japanese researcher explains website for whistleblowers

TOKYO, Japan - Masayuki Hatta, a full-time lecturer at Surugadai University in Saitama Prefecture in eastern Japan, explains about the "whistleblowing.jp" website he developed at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2014. The site, aimed at starting operations in 2015, uses the Tor anonymity software to protect the identity of a whistleblower and passes on the information in encrypted form to registered journalists and news media of a leaker's choice.

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Japan, U.S. announce delay in revising defense guidelines

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Akinori Eto attends a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2014, as Japan and the United States announced that they will put off until the first half of 2015 a planned revision of their defense cooperation guidelines, keeping in step with Tokyo's efforts to legislate the use of the right to collective self-defense.

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Japan, U.S. announce delay in revising defense guidelines

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida meets with reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2014, as Japan and the United States announced that they will put off until the first half of 2015 a planned revision of their defense cooperation guidelines, keeping in step with Tokyo's efforts to legislate the use of the right to collective self-defense.

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Bloodstained shirt of attacked Nagasaki mayor shown

NAGASAKI, Japan - A bloodstained shirt worn in 1990 by then Nagasaki Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima during a shooting attack is shown to the press in the southwestern Japan city's municipal office on Dec. 17, 2014, ahead of an exhibit of items related to him set for Jan. 15-19, 2015. Motoshima, who died at 92 on Oct. 31, 2014, was shot by a rightist in January 1990 for his statements about the emperor's responsibility for World War II.

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Fatal police shootings increase in U.S., but more go unreported: report

STORY: Fatal police shootings increase in U.S., but more go unreported: report DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: LAW/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of figures in the report STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Fewer fatal police shootings are recorded by the U.S. federal government every year. However, according to The Washington Post's Fatal Force database, U.S. officers have shot and killed more people on annual basis, reaching a record high in 2021 with 1,047 deaths. 'The FBI database contains only about one third of the 7,000 fatal police shootings during this time (since 2015),' said the newspaper. Fatal shootings by officers in at least 2,250 police and sheriffs' departments are missing from the past seven years of federal records, according to WP analysis. 'The excluded data has created a misleading government picture of police use of force, complicating efforts at accountability.' The

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S. Korean man given 4-year prison term over fire at Yasukuni

Photo taken Dec. 9, 2015, shows Chon Chang Han, a South Korean man, who has been found guilty of damaging the ceiling of a public restroom at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in November 2015 after setting fire to a gunpowder-filled metal pipe. The Tokyo District Court sentenced the 28-year-old to four years in prison on July 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protests against regulations on media, court in Poland

Protestors stage a rally in Warsaw on Dec. 19, 2015, against the government's move to tighten regulations on news media and the constitutional court. The anti-government forces have staged demonstrations almost every week since December, gathering around 20,000 protestors in the capital on Jan. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protests against regulations on media, court in Poland

Protestors stage a rally in Warsaw on Dec. 19, 2015, against the government's move to tighten regulations on news media and the constitutional court. The anti-government forces have staged demonstrations almost every week since December, gathering around 20,000 protestors in the capital on Jan. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe quake 21 years on

A street lamp is tilted and a wharf is partially damaged at the Kobe Port memorial park in western Japan on Dec. 19, 2015. The park was built in the wake of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake to preserve some of the damage caused by the disaster for future generations to see. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikkei ends 2015 at 19-year closing high

An electronic board in Tokyo shows the key Nikkei stock index ending Dec. 30, 2015, at 19,033.71, its highest annual closing level in 19 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikkei ends 2015 at 19-year closing high

An electronic board in Tokyo shows the key Nikkei stock index ending Dec. 30, 2015, at 19,033.71, its highest annual closing level in 19 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Conductor Sado attends TSE's final session of 2015

Japanese conductor Yutaka Sado sounds the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, 2015, concluding the year's trading. The key Nikkei stock index ended at its highest annual closing level in 19 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikkei ends 2015 at 19-year closing high

Photo taken Dec. 30, 2015, shows a ceremony to mark the final session of the year at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The key Nikkei stock index ended at its highest annual closing level in 19 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamaha Jubilo beats Canon Eagles

Ayumu Goromaru of Yamaha Jubilo scores a try during the second half of a Top League game against Canon Eagles at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2015. Jubilo beat the Eagles 33-19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamaha Jubilo beats Canon Eagles

Ayumu Goromaru of Yamaha Jubilo kicks a field goal during the first half of a Top League game against Canon Eagles at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2015. Jubilo beat the Eagles 33-19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Barca harbor hopes to re-sign Japanese teen wunderkind Kubo

Manel Arroyo, vice president of soccer club Barcelona, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2015. He said Barcelona will continue to monitor Japanese prodigy Takefusa Kubo in the hope of eventually re-signing the 14-year-old if he maintains his current rate of progress. Kubo had to leave Barcelona earlier in the year after FIFA found the club had violated international transfer regulations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe meets ex-Osaka Mayor Hashimoto on heels of resignation

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) leaves a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 19, 2015, after meeting with Toru Hashimoto, who completed his term as Osaka mayor a day earlier. The two spoke for over three hours. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okazaki grabs winner as flying Leicester stretch lead

Leicester's Shinji Okazaki from Japan scores his side's third goal during the second half of a match against Everton to give his team a 3-2 win in Liverpool, England, on Dec. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kasai improves own record as oldest on podium

(From L) Second-placed Domen Prevc and winner Peter Prevc, both from Slovenia, and third placed Noriaki Kasai of Japan pose on the podium following the men's World Cup ski jumping event in Engelberg, Switzerland, on Dec. 19, 2015. At 43 years and six months, Kasai beat his own record for the oldest skier to finish on a World Cup podium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Barcelona train on eve of Club World Cup final

Barcelona's Luis Suarez (L) and Lionel Messi take part in a training session at International Stadium Yokohama on Dec. 19, 2015, the eve of the Club World Cup final against River Plate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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River Plate train on eve of Club World Cup final

River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo (2nd from L) and other coaching staff look at the team's training session at International Stadium Yokohama on Dec. 19, 2015, the eve of the Club World Cup final against Barcelona. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe meets ex-Osaka Mayor Hashimoto on heels of resignation

Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui (L) and Toru Hashimoto (2nd from L) leave a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 19, 2015, after having talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga for over three hours. Hashimoto completed his term as Osaka mayor a day earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan panel evaluates 2 Olympic stadium proposals

Japan Sport Council chief Kazumi Ohigashi (C) speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2015, after a JSC panel completed the evaluation of two proposals from unnamed bidders for construction of the 2020 Olympics' main stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Barcelona train on eve of Club World Cup final

Lionel Messi takes part in a training session at International Stadium Yokohama on Dec. 19, 2015, the eve of Barcelona's Club World Cup final against River Plate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Barcelona train on eve of Club World Cup final

Neymar takes part in a training session at International Stadium Yokohama on Dec. 19, 2015, the eve of Barcelona's Club World Cup final against River Plate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Peace rally staged in Tokyo, Osaka

Demonstrators march in Osaka on Dec. 19, 2015, against new security legislation that was passed by Japan's parliament in September with the aim of expanding the Self-Defense Forces' role overseas. A similar rally was staged in Tokyo the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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River Plate train on eve of final against Barcelona

Javier Saviola of River Plate takes part in a training session at International Stadium Yokohama on Dec. 19, 2015, the eve of the South American champions' Club World Cup final against Barcelona. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Barcelona train on eve of Club World Cup final

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique (R) looks at the team's training at International Stadium Yokohama on Dec. 19, 2015, the eve of the Club World Cup final against River Plate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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River Plate train on eve of final against Barcelona

Matias Kranevitter of River Plate takes part in a training session at International Stadium Yokohama on Dec. 19, 2015, the eve of the South American champions' Club World Cup final against Barcelona. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Peace rally staged in Tokyo, Osaka

Demonstrators march in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2015, against new security legislation that was passed by Japan's parliament in September with the aim of expanding the Self-Defense Forces' role overseas. A similar rally was staged in Osaka the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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River Plate train on eve of final against Barcelona

River Plate players take part in a training session at International Stadium Yokohama on Dec. 19, 2015, the eve of the South American champions' Club World Cup final against Barcelona. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toshiba to incur around 500 bil. yen net loss in FY 2015

File photo taken in July 2015 shows a building which houses Toshiba Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo. The electronics maker expects a record group net loss of around 500 billion yen ($4.13 billion) for the business year ending in March 2016, as it makes greater efforts to streamline operations following its profit-padding scandal, a company source said on Dec. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Peace rally staged in Tokyo, Osaka

Demonstrators march in Osaka on Dec. 19, 2015, against new security legislation that was passed by Japan's parliament in September with the aim of expanding the Self-Defense Forces' role overseas. A similar rally was staged in Tokyo the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vehicle restrictions in smog-hit Beijing

Vehicle restrictions take effect in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2015, after the city issued its second-ever "red alert" for smog, the highest of four danger levels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vehicle restrictions in smog-hit Beijing

A child wears a mask on Dec. 19, 2015, in Beijing, where vehicle restrictions took effect after the city issued its second-ever "red alert" for smog, the highest of four danger levels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Peace rally staged in Tokyo, Osaka

Demonstrators march in Osaka on Dec. 19, 2015, against new security legislation that was passed by Japan's parliament in September with the aim of expanding the Self-Defense Forces' role overseas. A similar rally was staged in Tokyo the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsuda to decide future by year-end

SoftBank Hawks third baseman Nobuhiro Matsuda speaks at a sports clinic in Fukuoka on Dec. 19, 2015. Matsuda told reporters the same day he will decide whether to stay with the Japan Series champions or move to the major leagues by the end of the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vehicle restrictions in smog-hit Beijing

Vehicle restrictions take effect in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2015, after the city issued its second-ever "red alert" for smog, the highest of four danger levels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mascot gathering in Gifu, Japan

About 40 mascots from around Japan gather on a shopping street in Gifu on Dec. 19, 2015. Among the mascots, known as "yuru-chara," literally meaning "loose characters," are 2015 yuru-chara Grand Prix winner "Ieyasu-kun" and "Gunma-chan." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shining Arcs bench proves to be difference in win over Heat

Amanaki Lelei Mafi holds off the opposition in NTT Communications Shining Arcs' 29-15 win over Honda Heat at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2015. Shining Arcs maintained their hopes of a top-four finish in Group A and a spot in the Top League playoffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo