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Kuwait holds annual fire drill

STORY: Kuwait holds annual fire drill DATELINE: Dec. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: AHMADI GOVERNORATE, Kuwait CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fire drill STORYLINE: Kuwait's annual fire drill (Shamel 8) was launched in the Arifjan area in Al-Ahmadi Governorate, with the participation of many ministries and government agencies. The fire drill has been held annually since 2014 to ensure the safety and security of citizens and residents in Kuwait with joint coordination. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait. (XHTV)

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Talks on Iran's nuclear program to continue

VIENNA, Austria - Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says at the IAEA's special board meeting in Vienna on Dec. 11, 2014, that six major powers and Iran will extend their talks on Tehran's nuclear ambitions until June 30, 2015, to attain a lasting and comprehensive solution to the Islamic nation's nuclear program.

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Gov't adopts tax hike plan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks with reporters at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 2011, after the government adopted a plan for raising the politically sensitive consumption tax in two stages starting in 2014.

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American serves as guide for Nagoya shopping street

NAGOYA, Japan - American Stephen Carter serves as a volunteer guide on the Osu shopping street in Nagoya, central Japan in this file photo taken on Dec. 23, 2014. He has been living the area for nearly 30 years.

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American shows Nagoya shopping street map

NAGOYA, Japan - American Stephen Carter holds a map for the Osu shopping street in Nagoya, central Japan, in this file photo taken on Dec. 6, 2014. Carter, who serves as a volunteer guide for the street, has been living in the area for nearly 30 years.

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Thai tourists enjoy cuisine at old mansion in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists from Thailand enjoy Japanese cuisine at a Ganko Food Service restaurant converted from an old Japanese-style mansion in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 30, 2014.

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Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88.

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Former Korean Air vice president arrested over "nut rage" affair

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun Ah is surrounded by reporters in front of the Seoul Western Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital on Dec. 30, 2014, after being arrested for violating aviation security and other laws. Cho, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang Ho, delayed a Seoul-bound flight from New York over nuts served aboard in a case known as "nut rage."

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Former Korean Air vice president arrested over "nut rage" affair

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun Ah (C) is taken to a detention house from the Seoul Western Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital on Dec. 30, 2014, after being arrested for violating aviation security and other laws. Cho, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang Ho, delayed a Seoul-bound flight from New York over nuts served aboard in a case known as "nut rage."

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Mexican Guevara wins WBC light flyweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Former two-time world champion Akira Yaegashi (L) boxes with Pedro Guevara of Mexico in the second round for the vacant WBC light flyweight title at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the Japanese capital on Dec. 30, 2014. Guevara scored a seventh-round knockout win.

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Former Korean Air vice president arrested over "nut rage" affair

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun Ah (C) emerges from the Seoul Western Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital on Dec. 30, 2014, after being arrested for violating aviation security and other laws. Cho, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang Ho, delayed a Seoul-bound flight from New York over nuts served aboard in a case known as "nut rage."

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Inoue seizes WBO super flyweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Newly crowned WBO super flyweight champion Naoya "Monster" Inoue raises the champion belt after sensationally knocking out legendary champ Omar Narvaez of Argentina in the second round at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the Japanese capital on Dec. 30, 2014.

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Inoue stuns Narvaez, captures WBO title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Naoya Inoue (R) decks seasoned WBO super flyweight Omar Narvaez of Argentina in the first round before wresting the title from Narvaez at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the Japanese capital on Dec. 30, 2014.

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Univ. of Miyazaki opens office in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - Tatsuo Suganuma (C), president of the University of Miyazaki, attends the opening ceremony of the Japanese national university's office in Yangon, the biggest city in Myanmar, on Dec. 30, 2014. The university will promote the development of human resources in Myanmar in cooperation with the government of the Southeast Asian country.

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China launches website to claim ownership of Senkaku Islands

BEIJING, China - China's State Oceanic Administration launches a website on Dec. 30, 2014, to claim its ownership of the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands. The uninhabited islands in the East China Sea are known as Diaoyu in China.

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Olympic gold medalist Murata beats Nicklow

TOKYO, Japan - London Olympic middleweight gold medalist Ryota Murata (R) lands a right on American Jessie Nicklow in the 10th round at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the Japanese capital on Dec. 30, 2014. Murata won the bout by a unanimous decision.

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Linares bags his 3rd world title

TOKYO, Japan - Venezuelan Jorge Linares celebrates his knockout victory over Mexican Javier Prieto to capture the vacant WBC lightweight title, his third world title in three different weight divisions, at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the Japanese capital on Dec. 30, 2014.

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Venezuelan Linares wins WBC lightweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Venezuelan Jorge Linares (R) lands a left on Javier Prieto of Mexico in the third round and knocked him out in the fourth, capturing the vacant WBC lightweight title at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the Japanese capital on Dec. 30, 2014. It was Linares' third world title in three different weight divisions.

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Last trading day of 2014

TOKYO, Japan - American actress Charlotte Kate Fox, heroine of a Japanese television drama series, rings the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2014, the last trading day of the year.

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Last trading day of 2014

TOKYO, Japan - American actress Charlotte Kate Fox, heroine of a Japanese television drama series, rings the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2014, the last trading day of the year.

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Hanyu has surgery, out for 6 weeks

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 27, 2014, shows world and Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu touching his stomach after finishing his performance in the men's free program at the Japanese national championships at Nagano Big Hat in the central Japan city of Nagano. Hanyu, who was suffering from abdominal pain, underwent surgery and will be out of action for six weeks, the Japan Skating Federation announced Dec. 30, 2014.

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Last trading day of 2014

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange personnel clap during a ceremony in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2014, marking the last trading day of the year.

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Yokozuna Hakuho in 'mochi' making event

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho pounds rice during a traditional "mochi" rice cake making event at Miyagino Stable in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 2014. He won five of the six tournaments in the year to extend his overall tourney titles to 32, equaling the late grand champion Taiho's all-time record.

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New Year holiday exodus peaks in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - People board a shinkansen bullet train at Shin-Osaka Station, in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 30, 2014, leaving for their hometowns to spend the year-end and New Year holidays.

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New Year holiday exodus peaks in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - People board a shinkansen bullet train at Shin-Osaka Station, in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 30, 2014, leaving for their hometowns to spend the year-end and New Year holidays.

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Bird flu virus detected in Yamaguchi, 3rd case of winter

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Koya Nishikawa (C) speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 2014, after a meeting of ministers related to a bird flu outbreak in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi. The prefectural government began culling about 37,000 chickens in the early morning of the same day at a poultry farm in the city of Nagato after bird flu was confirmed.

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Bird flu virus detected in Yamaguchi, 3rd case of winter

NAGATO, Japan - Local officials of the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi prepare to cull around 37,000 chickens before dawn on Dec. 30, 2014, at a farm where a bird flu outbreak was confirmed. It was the third avian influenza case of the winter at a chicken farm in Japan, after the city of Miyazaki in southwestern prefecture announced a confirmed case the previous day.

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Tokyo Station lit up to mark 100th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Station is lit up on Dec. 24, 2014, to mark the 100th anniversary of its opening. The lighting up will run through Dec. 28 from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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Tokyo Station lit up to mark 100th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Station is lit up on Dec. 24, 2014, to mark the 100th anniversary of its opening. The lighting up will run through Dec. 28 from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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Runners start at 2014 Honolulu Marathon

HONOLULU, United States - Runners dressed in various costumes start at the Honolulu Marathon in Hawaii on Dec. 14, 2014. Some 30,000 runners took part, including about 13,000 Japanese.

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Kenyan woman wins 2014 Honolulu Marathon

HONOLULU, United States - Joyce Chepkirui of Kenya crosses the finish line in 2 hours, 30 minutes and 23 seconds to win the women's section in the Honolulu Marathon in Hawaii on Dec. 14, 2014.

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Maasai Olympics in Kenya

KIMANA, Kenya - A Maasai warrior hurls a bar at a target 30 meters away at the Maasai Olympics, designed to encourage Maasai warriors to prove their bravery and skill by competing for medals instead of through hunting lions, in the village of Kimana, some 220 kilometers southeast of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, on Dec. 13, 2014.

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Heavy snow hits parts of central, western Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2014, shows an area in the city of Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast where snowfall exceeded 30 centimeters.

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Heavy snow hits parts of central, western Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2014, shows an area in the city of Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast where snowfall exceeded 30 centimeters.

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Kubota aims to break into world's top farm machinery makers

OSAKA, Japan - Masatoshi Kimata, president of Kubota Corp., is interviewed by Kyodo News on Dec. 3, 2014, in Osaka. Kimata said the company aims to boost its group sales by about 30 percent over the next three years and become one of the world's top three makers of agricultural machinery.

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Japan launches Hayabusa2 space probe

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A crowd watches the launch of an H-2A rocket carrying the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer at 1:22 p.m. on Dec. 3, 2014, near the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. The liftoff originally slated for Nov. 30 was delayed twice due to adverse weather conditions.

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Japan launches Hayabusa2 space probe

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A crowd observes the launch of an H-2A rocket carrying the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer on Dec. 3, 2014, near the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. The liftoff originally slated for Nov. 30 was delayed twice due to adverse weather conditions.

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NY's 'Nostalgia Train' brings back past

NEW YORK, United States - People enjoy nostalgia rides operating along a New York subway line on Nov. 30, 2014. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority starts operating the holiday "Nostalgia Train," made up of subway cars with ceiling fans, padded seats and incandescent light bulbs in service between the 1930s and the 1970s, on the same day. The holiday train, normally kept at a museum, operates on Sundays only, through Dec. 28.

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Ride down NY memory lane with nostalgia rides

NEW YORK, United States - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York starts operating the holiday "Nostalgia Train," made up of subway cars in service between the 1930s and the 1970s, on Nov. 30, 2014. The holiday train operates on Sundays only, through Dec. 28.

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Otter pups

OSAKA, Japan - Asian small clawed otter pups make their public debut at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka, western Japan, on May 21, 2014. The litter was born on Dec. 29 and 30, 2013.

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Nikkei falls sharply on 1st trading day of 2014

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic display in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the closing level of the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average on Jan. 6, 2014, the first trading day of the year in Japan. The index fell 382.43 points, or 2.35 percent, from Dec. 30 to 15,908.88.

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Better Sino-Japanese ties key to peace in Koreas: Seoul professor

Professor Park Myung Lim of Yonsei University of South Korea says in an interview in Seoul on Dec. 30, 2014, that improved ties between Japan and China hold the key to stabilization of the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 South Korean men captured as "spies" in North Korea

A South Korean man (R) identified as Choe Chun Gil, 55, who has been allegedly detained as a "spy" since Dec. 30, 2014 in North Korea, attends a press conference in Pyongyang on March 26, 2015. At left is a North Korean official. The country presented two South Korean men captured as "spies," including Choe, before domestic and foreign media the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 South Korean men captured as "spies" in North Korea

A South Korean man identified as Choe Chun Gil, 55, who has been allegedly detained as a "spy" since Dec. 30, 2014 in North Korea, attends a press conference in Pyongyang on March 26, 2015. The country presented two South Korean men captured as "spies," including Choe, before domestic and foreign media the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vietnam's 'fighter in ao dai' looks back on Vietnam War

Nguyen Thi Binh, a former Vietcong leader known for fighting in traditional ao dai costume, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Hanoi on Dec. 17, 2014, looking back on the 1965-1973 Vietnam War. April 30 will mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the war with the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wheelchair-bound Thai traveler enjoys smooth tour at Kyoto shrine

A Japanese tour guide (R) poses with a wheelchair-bound tourist from Thailand at the Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Dec. 30, 2014. The Buddhist temple is one of many tourist stops undertaking renovations to become friendly to people with physical disabilities ahead of the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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American shows Nagoya shopping street map

NAGOYA, Japan - American Stephen Carter holds a map for the Osu shopping street in Nagoya, central Japan, in this file photo taken on Dec. 6, 2014. Carter, who serves as a volunteer guide for the street, has been living in the area for nearly 30 years. (Kyodo)

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Thai tourists enjoy cuisine at old mansion in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists from Thailand enjoy Japanese cuisine at a Ganko Food Service restaurant converted from an old Japanese-style mansion in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88. (Kyodo)

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Former Korean Air vice president arrested over "nut rage" affair

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun Ah (C) emerges from the Seoul Western Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital on Dec. 30, 2014, after being arrested for violating aviation security and other laws. Cho, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang Ho, delayed a Seoul-bound flight from New York over nuts served aboard in a case known as "nut rage." (Kyodo)