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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— Anthony Geary 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards - Arrivals. Held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 23, 2012. Photo bySteven Bergman

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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— Anthony Geary 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards - Press Room. Held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 23, 2012. Photo bySteven Bergman / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— Anthony Geary 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards - Press Room. Held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 23, 2012. Photo bySteven Bergman

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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— Jonathan Jackson & Anthony Geary 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards - Press Room. Held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 23, 2012. Photo by Steven Bergman / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— Jonathan Jackson & Anthony Geary 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards - Press Room. Held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 23, 2012. Photo by Steven Bergman / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Geary 1947 - 2025

“General Hospital” icon Anthony Geary, 78, died on Dec.14 following complications from an operation three days prior in The Netherlands.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— Jonathan Jackson & Anthony Geary 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards - Press Room. Held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 23, 2012. Photo bySteven Bergman / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A barista brews coffee at the Starbucks Beijing Xitieying Wanda signing store in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 23, 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/Liu Mengqi)

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Japanese lawmaker to quit party over alleged abuse against staffer

TOKYO, Japan, June 23 Kyodo - Mayuko Toyota points at her name listed at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, on her first trip to parliament after being elected to the House of Representatives. Toyota submitted an application to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on June 22, 2017, after a weekly magazine released an audio file seeming to back up allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary.

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Figure skaters named for world c'ships

SAPPORO, Japan - Figure skaters representing Japan for the world championships in March 2013 line up at the Makomanai ice arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Shown (from L to R) are Daisuke Takahashi, Yuzuru Hanyu, Kanako Murakami, Mao Asada, Akiko Suzuki, Cathy Reed, Chris Reed and Takahito Mura.

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Japanese lend hand to N.Y. hurricane victims

NEW YORK, United States - Madoka Aramachi (center R) is pictured with other Japanese volunteers preparing to help victims of Hurricane Sandy in the New York borough of Queens on Dec. 23, 2012.

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National figure skating championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Brother and sister ice dancing duo Chris (L) and Cathy Reed perform a free routine at the national championships at the Makomanai ice arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. The pair won the ice dance event.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Asada won the gold medal with a total of 193.56 points.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Kanako Murakami performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Murakami won the silver medal.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Satoko Miyahara performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Miyahara won the bronze medal.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Kanako Murakami, Mao Asada and Satoko Miyahara hold their silver, gold and bronze medals after their performances at the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Kanako Murakami performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Murakami won the silver medal.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Asada won the gold medal with a total of 193.56 points.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Asada won the gold medal with a total of 193.56 points.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Satoko Miyahara performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Miyahara won the bronze medal.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Kanako Murakami performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Murakami won the silver medal.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Asada won the gold medal with a total of 193.56 points.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Akiko Suzuki performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Suzuki finished fourth.

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DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Sumio Mabuchi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012. Mabuchi said he will run in the upcoming election to pick the next leader of the Democratic Party of Japan in the wake of its crushing defeat in the general election.

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Illumination of Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - The Nijubashi bridge at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo is illuminated on Dec. 23, 2012, the 79th birthday of Emperor Akihito.

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Protest against Osprey deployment

GINOWAN, Japan - People march in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2012, to protest the deployment of the Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the city. They also protested a long-stalled plan to relocate the base within Okinawa, and a spate of recent incidents in Okinawa involving U.S. servicemen, which has rekindled local anger against U.S. troops stationed there.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Asada won the gold medal with a total of 193.56 points.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2012. Asada won the gold medal with a total of 193.56 points.

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Protest against Osprey deployment

GINOWAN, Japan - People hold a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2012, to protest the deployment of the Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the city. They also protested a long-stalled plan to relocate the base within Okinawa, and a spate of recent incidents in Okinawa involving U.S. servicemen, which has rekindled local anger against U.S. troops stationed there.

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Protest against Osprey deployment

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 23, 2012, shows participants in a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to protest the deployment of the Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the city. They also protested a long-stalled plan to relocate the base within Okinawa, and a spate of recent incidents in Okinawa involving U.S. servicemen, which has rekindled local anger against U.S. troops stationed there.

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko chat with foreign diplomats during a banquet to celebrate the emperor's 79th birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito is pictured during a banquet to celebrate his 79th birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Protest against Osprey deployment

GINOWAN, Japan - People march in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2012, to protest the deployment of the Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the city. They also protested a long-stalled plan to relocate the base within Okinawa, and a spate of recent incidents in Okinawa involving U.S. servicemen, which has rekindled local anger against U.S. troops stationed there.

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito speaks during a banquet to celebrate his 79th birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Gold Ship wins Arima Kinen

FUNABASHI, Japan - Jockey Hiroyuki Uchida on Gold Ship acknowledges cheers from spectators after the horse won the 57th Arima Kinen, the final Grade 1 race of the year in Japanese horse racing, at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 23, 2012. First pick Gold Ship, a 3-year-old, crossed the line in 2 minutes, 31.9 seconds over the 2,500 meters, capturing his third Grade 1 title.

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Norovirus kills 6 patients at Miyazaki hospital

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Shigekazu Miyaji (C), head of the Shunkokai medical association, bows with others at a press conference at the Miyazaki prefectural hall in the city of Miyazaki on Dec. 23, 2012. Six patients have died of gastroenteritis after a norovirus outbreak at Shunkokaihigashi Hospital in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, hospital officials said the same day.

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Gold Ship wins Arima Kinen

FUNABASHI, Japan - Jockey Hiroyuki Uchida on Gold Ship celebrates after the horse won the 57th Arima Kinen, the final Grade 1 race of the year in Japanese horse racing, at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 23, 2012. First pick Gold Ship, a 3-year-old, crossed the line in 2 minutes, 31.9 seconds over the 2,500 meters, capturing his third Grade 1 title.

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Norovirus kills 6 patients at Miyazaki hospital

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2012, shows Shunkokaihigashi Hospital in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture. Six patients have died of gastroenteritis after a norovirus outbreak at the hospital, hospital officials said the same day.

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Gold Ship wins Arima Kinen

FUNABASHI, Japan - Gold Ship (R), ridden by Hiroyuki Uchida, gallops to victory in the 57th Arima Kinen, the final Grade 1 race of the year in Japanese horse racing, at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 23, 2012. First pick Gold Ship, a 3-year-old, crossed the line in 2 minutes, 31.9 seconds over the 2,500 meters, capturing his third Grade 1 title. To the left is second favorite Rulership, who finished third.

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (far R) greet well-wishers who gathered to celebrate the emperor's 79th birthday at the Imperial Palace on Dec. 23, 2012. His eldest son Crown Prince Naruhito (far L) and Crown Princess Masako are seen.

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to well-wishers, who gathered to celebrate the emperor's 79th birthday, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012.

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial family members -- (from L to R) Crown Princess Masako, Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko -- wave to well-wishers, who gathered to celebrate the emperor's 79th birthday, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012.

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial family members -- (from L to R) Crown Princess Masako, Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko -- wave to well-wishers, who gathered to celebrate the emperor's 79th birthday, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012.

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Abe on BOJ law revision

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), who heads the Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012, after appearing on a television program. Abe said during the program appearance that his government, set to be formed by midweek, will consider revising the Bank of Japan Act if the central bank does not adopt a 2 percent inflation target at its upcoming policy board meeting.

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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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Imperial Palace illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency conducts a rehearsal on Dec. 21, 2012 for illuminating the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, ahead of illuminating the palace between Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, and Jan. 6, 2013.

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Imperial Palace illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency conducts a rehearsal on Dec. 21, 2012 for illuminating the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, ahead of illuminating the palace between Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, and Jan. 6, 2013.

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Railway fare cards to become mutually usable

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of railway and bus operators pose with their respective electronic fare cards in a gathering at the East Japan Railway Co. head office in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2012. A total of 10 regional railway and bus fare cards such as Suica and Pasmo in Tokyo and Icoca in Osaka will become mutually usable in all their operating areas in Japan, starting March 23, 2013.

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Galimova wins Honolulu Marathon

HONOLULU, United States - Russia's Valentina Galimova crosses the finish line to win the women's title at the Honolulu Marathon in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 9, 2012, in 2:31:23.

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Icho books Olympic berth

TOKYO, Japan - Kaori Icho (top) and Rio Watari wrestle during the final of the women's 63-kilogram class at the national championships in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2011. Icho won the title for the third time in a row and secured a ticket to the 2012 London Olympics.