Actress Uchida, actor Yoshioka tie the knot

Actress Uchida, actor Yoshioka tie the knot

FURANO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - Actress Yuki Uchida and actor Hidetaka Yoshioka attend a press conference on Dec. 7, 2002, in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan, ahead of their wedding ceremony.(Kyodo)

Actress Uchida, actor Yoshioka tie the knot

Actress Uchida, actor Yoshioka tie the knot

FURANO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - Actress Yuki Uchida and actor Hidetaka Yoshioka pose for photos after their wedding ceremony at a hotel in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2002. (Pool photo)

Movie director Kurahara dies of pneumonia at 75

Movie director Kurahara dies of pneumonia at 75

TOKYO, Japan - Movie director Koreyoshi Kurahara (file photo taken in February, 1996) died of pneumonia at a hospital in Yokohama on Dec. 28, 2002. He was 75. His films included ''Kitakitsune Monogatari'' (The Glacier Fox) released in 1978, ''Nankyoku Monogatari'' (Antarctica) in 1983 and ''Hiroshima'' in 1995.

EUROPE-EURO-CURRENCY-20TH ANNIVERSARY

EUROPE-EURO-CURRENCY-20TH ANNIVERSARY

(211231) -- BRUSSELS, Dec. 31, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows the poster of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man outside the media center of the G20 Heads of State and Government Summit in EUR district of Rome, Italy, on Oct. 28, 2021 (up), the front side of 1-Euro coin in Rome, Italy, Dec. 30, 2021 (L, down) and the Vitruvian Man pattern on the back of the 1-Euro coin in Rome, Italy, Dec. 30, 2021. Euro banknotes and coins were physically introduced into eurozone countries in circulation on Jan. 1, 2002. The upcoming new year 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the circulation of Euro. (Xinhua/Jin Mamengni)

Movie director Kurahara dies of pneumonia at 75

Movie director Kurahara dies of pneumonia at 75

TOKYO, Japan - Movie director Koreyoshi Kurahara (file photo taken in February, 1996) died of pneumonia at a hospital in Yokohama on Dec. 28, 2002. He was 75. His films included ''Kitakitsune Monogatari'' (The Glacier Fox) released in 1978, ''Nankyoku Monogatari'' (Antarctica) in 1983 and ''Hiroshima'' in 1995.