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Washington Convention to discuss eel trade regulations

Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2025, shows the venue of a conference of the parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, beginning in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the same day. The focus of attention during the conference through early December is whether the parties will adopt a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions.

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Washington Convention to discuss eel trade regulations

A conference of the parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, begins in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 24, 2025. The focus of attention during the conference through early December is whether the parties will adopt a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions.

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S. Korea court dismisses PM Han impeachment motion

South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck Soo arrives at a government office in Seoul on March 24, 2025, after the Constitutional Court earlier in the day dismissed a parliamentary motion to impeach him over his alleged tacit approval of President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

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S. Korea court dismisses PM Han impeachment motion

South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck Soo (C) meets the press in Seoul on March 24, 2025, after the Constitutional Court earlier in the day dismissed a parliamentary motion to impeach him over his alleged tacit approval of President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

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TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Photo taken Feb. 24, 2024, shows a wastewater treatment facility at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. TSMC held an opening ceremony the same day for the factory, which will begin operating sometime in the October-December quarter of 2024.

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TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Photo taken Feb. 24, 2024, shows a wastewater treatment facility at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. TSMC held an opening ceremony the same day for the factory, which will begin operating sometime in the October-December quarter of 2024.

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TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Photo taken Feb. 24, 2024, shows wastewater tanks at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. TSMC held an opening ceremony the same day for the factory, which will begin operating sometime in the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2024, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The world's largest contract chipmaker held an opening ceremony the same day for the factory, which will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2024, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The world's largest contract chipmaker held an opening ceremony the same day for the factory, which will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. holds an opening ceremony on Feb. 24, 2024, for the company's first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The factory of the world's largest contract chipmaker will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Chairman Mark Liu speaks during an opening ceremony on Feb. 24, 2024, for the company's first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The factory of the world's largest contract chipmaker will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. founder Morris Chang speaks during an opening ceremony on Feb. 24, 2024, for the company's first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The factory of the world's largest contract chipmaker will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ken Saito speaks during an opening ceremony on Feb. 24, 2024, for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The factory of the world's largest contract chipmaker will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (on screen) is shown in a video message during an opening ceremony on Feb. 24, 2024, for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The factory of the world's largest contract chipmaker will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2024, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The world's largest contract chipmaker held an opening ceremony the same day for the factory, which will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2024, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The world's largest contract chipmaker held an opening ceremony the same day for the factory, which will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2024, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The world's largest contract chipmaker held an opening ceremony the same day for the factory, which will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Opening ceremony for TSMC's 1st Japan factory in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2024, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first chip plant in Japan, located in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The world's largest contract chipmaker held an opening ceremony the same day for the factory, which will be operated by its subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing from the October-December quarter of 2024.

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Temple offers reward for clues to stolen Buddha image

FUKUOKA, Japan - A statue of Yakushi Nyorai or medicine Buddha is shown in this file photo taken in December 2009. Supporters of Myoryuzan Yakushido, a Buddhist temple in Nakama, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, announced a decision on Dec. 24, 2014, to pay a cash reward of 2 million yen for key information leading to the discovery of the statue stolen in 2010.

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Unseen parts of Imperial Palace opened to public

TOKYO, Japan - People enter the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 24, 2014, for a special tour able to see the inside of the palace. The Imperial Household Agency opened parts of the palace to the public to commemorate the 80th birthday of Emperor Akihito last December. The special tour is being held on May 24 and 25, with three groups of about 50 people participating each day.

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Imperial Palace open to public

TOKYO, Japan - People chosen by lottery visit ''Shunju-no-Ma'' (Grand Hall) at the Imperial Palace, opened to the public for the first time ever to commemorate Emperor Akihito turning 80 years old in December 2013, in Tokyo on May 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Unseen parts of Imperial Palace opened to public

TOKYO, Japan - People see the Homeiden state banquet hall of the Imperial Palace, where the emperor hosts a banquet dinner for state guests, in Tokyo on May 24, 2014, during their special tour of the palace. The Imperial Household Agency opened parts of the palace to the public to commemorate the 80th birthday of Emperor Akihito last December. The special tour is being held on May 24 and 25, with three groups of about 50 people participating each day. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun)

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DPJ convention

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda, chief of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan, attends the party's annual convention at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 24, 2013. The DPJ held its first annual convention since its crushing election defeat in December.

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DPJ convention

TOKYO, Japan - The largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan holds its annual convention at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 24, 2013, for the first time since suffering a crushing election defeat in December.

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Matsui at charity party

NEW YORK, United States - Hideki Matsui is pictured at a charity party hosted by Joe Torre, Matsui's manager for his first five years with the New York Yankees, in New York on Jan. 24, 2013. It was Matsui's first public appearance after announcing his retirement from baseball in December.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai announces her return to the stage at a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai puts a handkerchief to her mouth at a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012, where she announced her return to the stage. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai stands next to the poster of a period play in which she will appear, during a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, said she will return to the stage by playing the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in the play in December.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Journalists pack the venue for a press conference by Noriko Sakai (far R) in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012, where she announced her return to the stage. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

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Sakai announces return to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Sakai announces her return to the stage at a press conference in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 24, 2012. Sakai, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will play the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi in a period play in December.

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Violent monkey escapes

SHIZUOKA, Japan - File photo shows a monkey kept at Rakujuen park in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, in December 2010. The Japanese macaque named Lucky, caught in October 2010 after reportedly biting, scratching and jumping on more than 100 people, escaped from its cage in the park on Jan. 24, 2011.

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Chinese activists invited to receive Nobel Prize on Liu's behalf

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photos show imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo (L) and his wife Liu Xia, who is under surveillance by Chinese authorities. Liu Xia issued an open letter on the Internet on Oct. 24, 2010, inviting Chinese human rights activists and friends of Liu Xiaobo to receive the prize on his behalf in Norway in December.

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Anti-U.S. base candidate Inamine wins Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2009 shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. Media projections showed that Susumu Inamine, who is opposed to the construction of a new U.S. base in the northern Okinawa city of Nago to relocate the Futemma facility, would win the Jan. 24, 2010, Nago mayoral race, making it unlikely that the small city would accept the relocation of the U.S. base.

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Specialist testifies Sugaya's DNA did not match evidence

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - At the Tochigi prefectural government building, 63-year-old ex-convict Toshikazu Sugaya, who was wrongly arrested and sentenced to life in prison, speaks during a news conference on Nov. 24, 2009, after his trial at the Utsunomiya District Court. Sugaya was arrested and indicted in December 1991 on suspicion of killing a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture in May 1990, but the latest trial is expected to formally exonerate him, finding he was wrongly convicted.

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Takeo Miki

Born on March 17, 1907 in Tokushima Prefecture. Miki was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1937 at age 30. He belonged to several conservative parties before joining the Liberal Democratic Party. Miki became Japan's 66th prime minister on Dec. 9, 1974 after the resignation of Kakuei Tanaka over a bribery scandal. He resigned in December 24, 1976 following LDP setbacks in the general election. Died on Nov. 4, 1988. (Photo taken in June 1986)