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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis arrives at a special consistory with cardinals and bishops in the Synod hall at the Vatican on February 12, 2015. Pope Francis met with cardinals and bishops who will take part in the upcoming Feb. 14, 2015 consistory during which he will elevate 20 new cardinals. Pope Francis is urging his cardinals to cooperate with his reform of the outdated and dysfunctional Vatican bureaucracy. Opening the meetings Francis said the aim was to encourage greater harmony and collaboration in 'absolute transparency' to help the church spread the faith and reach out to others. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-JIANGSU-LIANYUNGANG-SCO-INT'L LOGISTICS PARK (CN)

(240704) -- LIANYUNGANG, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Workers operate at the workshop of an enterprise manufacturing hydraulic products at the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 14, 2023. Inaugurated in 2015, the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park covering an area of about 69.79 square kilometers is home to over 1,600 enterprises. (SCO stands for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization) The park has built a multimodal logistics system comprising roads, railways, rivers, and the sea, which also integrates industries such as new materials and new energy besides modern logistics. As of the end of June this year, the accumulated throughput of the park hit 289 million tonnes with a combined logistics business revenue of 19.06 billion yuan (about 2.62 billion U.S. dollars). (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-JIANGSU-LIANYUNGANG-SCO-INT'L LOGISTICS PARK (CN)

(240704) -- LIANYUNGANG, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker loads a stainless steel coil onto a vessel at a dock at the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 14, 2023. Inaugurated in 2015, the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park covering an area of about 69.79 square kilometers is home to over 1,600 enterprises. (SCO stands for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization) The park has built a multimodal logistics system comprising roads, railways, rivers, and the sea, which also integrates industries such as new materials and new energy besides modern logistics. As of the end of June this year, the accumulated throughput of the park hit 289 million tonnes with a combined logistics business revenue of 19.06 billion yuan (about 2.62 billion U.S. dollars). (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combined photo shows villager Lan Caihong displaying a water heater and a laundry machine installed at his home in Nongyong Village of Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Top, taken on Jan. 21, 2023) and villager Lan Caihong collecting rainwater with buckets and pots under his roof at his home in Nongyong Village (taken on Feb. 14, 2015) . Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in

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CHINA-SHANXI-CHENGNI INKSTONE-INHERITOR (CN)

(230216) -- YUNCHENG, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Lin Tao (L) and his father Lin Yongmao making a Chengni inkstone in Guangcun Village of Xinjiang County in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, Nov. 14, 2015 (upper) and Lin Tao (L) communicating with his son Lin Xiaolin on the craft of making Chengni inkstone in Guangcun Village, Feb. 14, 2023 (lower, photo taken by Yang Chenguang). Chengni inkstone, one of the "four famous inkstones" in China, is known for its fine texture which can reduce harm done to the brush. Due to various reasons, the time-honored craft of making Chengni inkstone had once been lost and was later brought back by Lin Yongmao and his son Lin Tao in Xinjiang County. It takes over a year and more than 10 steps to make a Chengni inkstone. In 2008, the craft of making Chengni inkstone was listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages. As the third-generation inheritor of the craft of making Chengni inkstone, Lin Xiaolin knew the craft well

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Abe visits tsunami-hit areas

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles after putting on a cardigan at a knitwear manufacturer in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on Feb. 14, 2015. The company was founded after the area was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and has hired more than 30 local women. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Sony to launch new high-end Walkman music player next month

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Sony Corp.'s new high-end Walkman portable music player model featuring "high-resolution" sound. Sony said on Jan. 15, 2015, it will begin selling the NW-ZX2 model, which has a new frame using copper sheet and aluminum, and controls sound distortion owing to improved circuits, on Feb. 14 with a price tag of around 130,000 yen.

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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.

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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.

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Inaugural member of predecessor to Japan SDF publishes book

Morio Sato, an inaugural member of the National Police Reserve, a predecessor to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, holds his recently published book on the postwar organization on Feb. 14, 2015, which he says paved the way for Japan's rearmament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

This Feb. 6, 2015, photo shows a bullet train-shaped balloon at JR Kanazawa Station, Ishikawa Prefecture, ahead of the launch on March 14 of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, connecting Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast. The new line is an extension of an existing route between Tokyo and Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

This Feb. 5, 2015, photo shows a bullet train of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, scheduled to be launched on March 14, 2015, arriving at JR Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The new bullet train service connecting Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast, is an extension of the existing route between Tokyo and Nagano. (Photo taken with fisheye lens)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

This Feb. 5, 2015, photo shows a man sitting on an automatic reclining leather seat in the "Gran Class" luxury section of a bullet train, which will be used on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line to be launched on March 14, 2015. The new bullet train service, connecting Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast, is an extension of the existing route between Tokyo and Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

This Feb. 5, 2015, photo shows a bullet train of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, scheduled to be launched on March 14, 2015, arriving at JR Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. The new bullet train service connecting Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast, is an extension of the existing route between Tokyo and Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

This Feb. 6, 2015, photo shows a board for counting down the days left before the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line begins operation, set up at JR Toyama Station, central Japan, one of the stops of the new bullet train service. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, which is scheduled to begin operations on March 14, 2015, connects Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

This Feb. 5, 2015, photo shows a panel with a design on the theme of the four seasons in Japan, at the deck of the "Gran Class" luxury section of the bullet train of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line that is scheduled to start operation on March 14, 2014. The new service connecting Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast, is an extension of the existing route between Tokyo and Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

This Feb. 5, 2015, photo shows an attendant in the "Gran Class" luxury section of a bullet train of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, which is scheduled to begin operation on March 14, 2015. The new bullet train service connecting Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast, is an extension of the existing route between Tokyo and Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Welsh legend Williams leaves Japan and pro rugby on a losing note

Welsh rugby legend Shane Williams bids farewell to Japanese rugby after his side Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars were beaten 53-7 by Toyota Industries Shuttles in a Top League promotion game at Mizuho Rugby Stadium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Feb. 14, 2015. ==Kyodo

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Welsh legend Williams leaves Japan and pro rugby on a losing note

Welsh rugby legend Shane Williams (front) makes a break during a Top League promotion game at Mizuho Rugby Stadium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Feb. 14, 2015. Williams' side Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars were beaten 53-7 by Toyota Industries Shuttles. ==Kyodo

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Group protests against chocolate, classism in Tokyo on Valentine's Day

Members of the Kakumeiteki Himote Domei (Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men), carrying a banner reading "Crush Valentine's Day," protest against the commercialization of Valentine's Day in Miyashita Park in Tokyo's busy Shibuya district on Feb. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Welsh legend Williams set for final game of glittering career

File photo taken Sept. 24, 2012, shows Shane Williams (L), a player with the Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars rugby team, and Eddie Jones, head coach of the Japan national rugby team, posing for photos during a press conference in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Williams - winner of 87 caps for Wales, four for the British and Irish Lions, IRB World Player of the Year in 2008 and the third-highest try scorer in test history - will call time on a stellar career on Feb. 14, 2015, following Dynaboars' game against Toyota Industries Shuttles at Nagoya's Mizuho Rugby Stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yasutaka Nakata composes bullet train departure melody

Musician Yasutaka Nakata (R), a member of the electronic music duo CAPSULE and producer of the female techno pop group Perfume, shakes hands with Kanazawa Mayor Yukiyoshi Yamano at the Kanazawa municipal government offices in Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 5, 2015. Nakata, who is from the city on the Sea of Japan coast, composed a train departure melody for a new shinkansen bullet train service at JR Kanazawa Station at the municipal government's request. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line connecting Kanazawa with Nagano, central Japan will start operation on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees pitcher Tanaka trains in Tampa

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka plays catch during a training session in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 14, 2016, after undergoing elbow surgery in October 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hello Kitty men's underwear in time for Valentine's Day

A limited-edition range of men's trunks combining Sanrio Co. character Hello Kitty with traditional Japanese motifs are put on sale by underwear maker Gunze Ltd. on Jan. 27, 2015. Gunze is pitching the trunks, part of its Body Wild line, as souvenirs or presents for Valentine's Day approaching on Feb. 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-suicide pilot recalls his experience in WWII

Hatsuo Sueyoshi, 88, a former member of the Imperial Japanese Army's suicide corps during World War II, recounts his experience as a surviving witness using a model plane in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rolling stock center for new Hokuriku Shinkansen ready for work

Ichiro Hashimoto, head of the Hakusan General Rolling Stock Center in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, talks about its readiness for work on Feb. 27, 2015, before the launch of the new Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train service between Tokyo and the prefectural city of Kanazawa on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Course meal featuring food from mountains in Toyama Pref.

A course meal made of food from the mountains in Toyama prefecture is shown in Toyama City on Feb. 26, 2015. Such course meals are provided at eight restaurants in the central Japanese prefecture facing the Sea of Japan, to celebrate the opening on March 14 of the Nagano-Kanazawa segment, including Toyama, of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Family enjoys ride on Tokaido Shinkansen train running at 285 km/h

A mother and her two children enjoy an exhibition ride on Feb. 25, 2015, on a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train running at a new top speed of 285 km/h compared with 270 km/h so far. JR Tokai will start operating the Tokaido Shinkansen linking Tokyo with Osaka at the new top speed on March 14, shortening the travel time between Japan's two business centers by 3 minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo-Osaka Tokaido Shinkansen ups max train speed to 285 kph

A driver operates the controls during a test operation on Feb. 25, 2015, of a Tokyo-Osaka Tokaido Shinakansen bullet train running at 285 kilometers per hour between Hamamatsu and Toyohashi sations, central Japan, up from the current maximum speed of 270 kph. Starting on March 14, the fastest bullet train will link Japan's two biggest business centers in two hours and 22 minutes, cutting 3 minutes from the current travel time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo-Osaka Tokaido Shinkansen ups max train speed to 285 kph

A boy shows a certificate he received as one of about 360 passengers on a test ride on Feb. 25, 2015, on a Tokyo-Osaka Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train running at a maximum speed of 285 kilometers per hour, up from the current 270 kph. Starting on March 14, the bullet train will link Japan's two biggest business centers in two hours and 22 minutes, cutting 3 minutes from the current travel time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photos of damage by 2011 disaster on display at Sendai Airport

Sendai Airport in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, displays pictures of devastation caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami on Feb. 18, 2015. The U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be held on March 14-18 in Sendai, the capital of the northeastern Japan prefecture hit by the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Airport adopts multilingual info board before world disaster meet

An official at Sendai Airport in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, points to an electronic board showing information in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean on Feb. 18, 2015. The airport has introduced the multilingual information board as part of preparations for the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to be held in the prefectural capital of Sendai on March 14-18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sendai mayor expresses hopes for March world disaster forum

Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama speaks in an interview on Feb. 5, 2015, expressing hopes to use the March 14-18 U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in the northeastern Japan city to share lessons from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Site of Copenhagen shooting

Photo taken Feb. 16, 2015, shows flowers with the Danish and Israeli flags, placed in front of a synagogue in Copenhagen, where a fatal shooting took place two days earlier. On Feb. 14, a gunman killed two citizens and wounded five police officers in two shootings in the Danish capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Doshisha Univ. honors S. Korean poet on 70th anniv. of his death

Koji Murata, president of Doshisha University in Kyoto, western Japan, addresses a memorial ceremony on Feb. 14, 2015, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of famed South Korean poet Yun Dong Ju's death. Yun was a Doshisha student when he was arrested by Japanese police for alleged security law violations and died in prison during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Iranian women expose hair on Tehran street

Young women expose their hair under their "hijab" head scarves on a street in Tehran on Feb. 14, 2015. Controversy is spreading in Iran over whether women should cover their faces with scarves in accordance with the Muslim faith. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese mayor presents big peony flowers to Taipei city

Masataka Matsuura (C), mayor of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, presents a pot of peony flowers to a senior official of the Taipei municipal government in the Taiwanese city on Feb. 14, 2015. Matsue displayed its brand of peony flowers at a floral fair held for five days through Feb. 18 in the Lunar New Year holiday season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women offer flowers to grave of S. Korean poet on anniv. of death

Women offer flowers to the grave of famed South Korean poet Yun Dong Ju in the campus of Doshisha University in Kyoto on Feb. 14, 2015, on the 70th anniversary of his death. Yun was a Doshisha student when he was arrested by Japanese police for alleged security law violations and died in prison during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese city promotes tourism in S. Korea

A South Korean travel industry official (R) listens to two representatives from the city office of Karatsu, southwestern Japan, at a tourism promotion event jointly held by local governments in the two countries in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young Iranian women walk with hair exposed on Tehran street

Young Iranian women walk on a street in Tehran with most of their hair exposed on Feb. 14, 2015. Controversy is spreading in Iran over whether women should cover their faces with "hijab" head scarves in accordance with the Muslim faith. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local governments in Japan, S. Korea promote tourism in Seoul

Young South Koreans visit a booth set up by the Kochi prefectural government in western Japan at a tourism promotion event jointly held by local governments in the two countries in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big paper lantern float from Japan joins Rio Carnival parade

A huge paper lantern on a float from Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, takes part in a parade in the world-famous carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dragon dance in Niigata, northeastern Japan, for Chinese New Year

A dragon dance is performed in the city of Niigata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2015, to celebrate the Chinese New Year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda unveils prototype minivehicle-class sports car

The prototype of Honda Motor Co.'s new minivehicle-class sports car "S660" is shown to the press in Takasu in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Feb. 14, 2015. It will be put on sale in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Train attendant for luxury seats of Hokuriku Shinkansen

A special attendant serving passengers seated in the "Gran Class" luxury car of the new Hokuriku Shinkansen Line bullet train is shown in this photo taken on Feb. 5, 2015. Special meals will be served to passengers in the car on the new line to be inaugurated on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Father, son take test ride on Hokuriku Shinkansen train

A father and his son salute through the window of a new bullet train at JR Kanazawa Station, central Japan, on Feb. 7, 2015, during a test ride on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line. The train service, set to be launched on March 14, will connect Kanazawa and Tokyo via Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pillar supporting Tokyo station for 100 yrs removed

Workers remove one of 14 cast-iron pillars on Feb. 17, 2015, that have been supporting Tokyo Station since its opening in 1914. The 3-meter-tall column, which bears relief art on the upper part and helped the station survive the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 as well as wartime bombing, is to be reinstalled as a monument on the same platform. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pillar supporting Tokyo station for 100 yrs removed

Workers remove one of 14 cast-iron pillars on Feb. 17, 2015, that have been supporting Tokyo Station since its opening in 1914. The 3-meter-tall column, which bears relief art on the upper part and helped the station survive the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 as well as wartime bombing, is to be reinstalled as a monument on the same platform. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toy Shinkansen train carries dishes at sushi-go-round shop

A plate of sushi is brought to a customer by a toy Shinkansen bullet train at a conveyor-belt sushi bar in Kanazawa, central Japan, on Feb. 7, 2015. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, set to be launched on March 14, will connect the Ishikawa prefectural capital and Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pillar supporting Tokyo station for 100 yrs removed

Workers remove one of 14 cast-iron pillars on Feb. 17, 2015, that have been supporting Tokyo Station since its opening in 1914. The 3-meter-tall column, which bears relief art on the upper part and helped the station survive the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 as well as wartime bombing, is to be reinstalled as a monument on the same platform. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo