Trump surges to biggest lead: latest poll

Trump surges to biggest lead: latest poll

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 15 Kyodo - Republican U.S. presidential front-runner Donald Trump makes a speech in Las Vegas on Dec. 14, 2015. Following his proposal to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the country, Trump has increased his lead among Republican candidates to its largest margin yet, a Washington Post-ABC News poll showed on Dec. 15.

Data on Osaka city's 680,000 voters in 2011 election leaked online

Data on Osaka city's 680,000 voters in 2011 election leaked online

OSAKA, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Municipal government officials in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, bow in apology at their office on Dec. 14, 2015, saying that personal information on all the around 680,000 voters in Sakai in the 2011 Osaka gubernatorial election had been leaked on the Internet as an employee had handled the data inappropriately.

U.N. climate conference members agree on target-setting framework

U.N. climate conference members agree on target-setting framework

LIMA, Peru - Participants in U.N. climate change talks in Lima applaud on Dec. 14, 2014, after agreeing on a framework for setting national pledges for reducing greenhouse gas emissions toward a summit in Paris in 2015.

LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - People walk along a pedestrian deck at the Yaesu exit of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital as illuminations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the station's opening start on Dec. 1, 2014. The attraction, consisting of some 3,000 column-shaped light-emitting diodes, will run through Feb. 14, 2015.

LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - Illuminations along a pedestrian deck at the Yaesu exit of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital start on Dec. 1, 2014, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the station's opening. The attraction, consisting of some 3,000 column-shaped light-emitting diodes, will run through Feb. 14, 2015.