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Nursing care support robot Robear

NAGOYA, Japan, Jan. 16 Kyodo - Nursing care support robot Robear places a woman on a bed after carrying her during a demonstration before the press in Nagoya in the central Japan Aichi Prefecture on Feb. 23, 2015.

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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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Kuroda overjoyed by fans' reaction

Hiroki Kuroda, who will play for Japanese Central League baseball club Hiroshima Carp this season after seven seasons in the majors, speaks during a press conference on Feb. 16, 2015, in the western Japan city of Hiroshima. As 100 fans welcomed him at Hiroshima Airport the previous day, Kuroda said that the fans were one reason he desired to come back to Japan.

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Watabe 2nd again in Nordic combined World Cup event

Johannes Rydzek (C) of Germany poses for a photo after winning a Nordic combined World Cup event in Kuopio, Finland, on Feb. 23, 2016, alongside second-place Akito Watabe (L) of Japan and third-place Wilhelm Denifl of Austria. Watabe was runner-up for the eighth time in the 2015-16 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 suspects deny Bangkok bombing charges in court

Yusufu Mieraili is escorted from the Bangkok Military Court on Feb. 16, 2016, where he and fellow member of China's Uighur minority Bilal Mohammad pleaded innocent to carrying out the deadly Erawan shrine bombing in Bangkok in August 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 suspects deny Bangkok bombing charges in court

Bilal Mohammad is escorted from the Bangkok Military Court on Feb. 16, 2016, where he and fellow member of China's Uighur minority Yusufu Mieraili pleaded innocent to carrying out the deadly Erawan shrine bombing in Bangkok in August 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multi-language guide app for central Japan region on display

Shown in this photo taken on Feb. 16, 2015, are smartphones displaying "Navigate Shoryudo," a multi-language guide application for foreign visitors planning to travel around the central Japanese region of Chubu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese expert studies newts for clues to body parts regeneration

Chikafumi Chiba, associate professor at the University of Tsukuba, explains during an interview in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 16, 2015, about his research on newts to uncover the mechanisms of the animal's regenerative abilities and to eventually apply findings to medical treatments for humans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo police name 1st female chief of No. 1 mobile investigation squad

Police superintendent Kiyoko Hara, seen in this photo taken on Feb. 26, 2015, is the first female head of the No. 1 Mobile Investigation Unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. She was appointed to the post effective Feb. 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Major Japanese brewers turn to craft beer to rescue flagging sales

Sapporo Breweries Ltd. will launch in May 2015 this craft beer, a citrus-flavored pale ale product shown in this photo taken on Feb. 16. Like Sapporo, other major brewers such as Kirin Co. are also exploring business opportunities in craft beer amid flagging sales of their mainstream products. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial banquet menus to get public showing

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2015, shows chronologically organized albums containing some of the 1,200 menus from banquets at the Imperial Palace from 1874 to 1964 collected by the late former imperial head chef Tokuzo Akiyama. The public will be granted access to the menus in the fall of 2015, sources familiar with the matter said on March 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese cypress bark-roofed Ukigumo shrine

Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2015, shows the new roof covered with Japanese cypress bark collected in a planted forest adjacent to the Kasugayama Primeval Forest, a World Heritage Site, at Kasugataisha's Ukigumo shrine in Nara, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Underground shopping street in Nagoya sees SoHo as revival model

Tateo Koike, head of an association of retailers on the Fushimi underground shopping street in the central Japan city of Nagoya, stands in the area on Feb. 16, 2015. He envisions a plan to revive the area by encouraging young artists to stay at empty shops like in the SoHo district of New York City. The Fushimi street, built by textile wholesalers as a link to a nearby fabric town, is one of the oldest underground shopping districts in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William arrives in Japan

Britain's Prince William (L) is guided by Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe as he visits Hama-rikyu Gardens in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2015 after arriving in Japan for a four-day trip. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William arrives in Japan

Britain's Prince William (L) waves as he is guided by Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe at Hama-rikyu Gardens in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2015. The price arrived at Tokyo's Hadeda airpot earlier in the day for a four-day trip. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Danish citizens pay floral tribute to terrorized Jewish synagogue

Danish citizens put flowers in front of a Jewish synagogue in Copenhagen, the site of a recent terror attack, on Feb. 16, 2015. (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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Japanese business leader meets Myanmar President Thein Sein

Shosuke Mori (L), chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation based in western Japan, and Myanmar President Thein Sein pose before their talks in Naypyitaw on Feb. 16, 2015. The two agreed to reinforce economic relations between Japan and Myanmar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Foreign jockeys win full-time riding licenses in Japan

French and Italian jockeys Christophe Lemaire (R) and Mirco Demuro show in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2015, their full-time riding licenses issued by the Japan Racing Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Camera buffs, tourists shoot 'Diamond Fuji' from lakeside

Photographers, including camera buffs and tourists, shoot pictures of a rare "Diamond Fuji" view in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Feb. 16, 2015. The phenomenon refers to the sun sparkling like a diamond above the summit of Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain, during sunset or sunrise. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean soldiers salute before late leaders' statutes

North Korean soldiers salute in front of the large statutes of the leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansudae Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2015, the latter's birthday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Palestine foreign ministers meet in Tokyo

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and his Palestinian counterpart Riad Malki shake hands before their talks in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PC maker VAIO releases 1st original model

VAIO Corp. releases a new personal computer model, dubbed VAIO Z, on Feb. 16, 2015, its first original model since taking over Sony Corp.'s PC business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese papers widely report on scandal-hit Peking University

Chinese newspapers carry front-page stories on leadership changes at Peking University on Feb. 16, 2015, amid a corruption scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwanese golfer Chin enshrined in Japan hall of fame

Taiwan-born golf player Seiha Chin (R) shows a certificate enshrining him in the Japan Professional Golf Hall of Fame in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2015, together with Hisako Higuchi, a member of the governing board of the hall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean citizens mark late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday

North Korean citizens gather in front of the large statutes of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansudae Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2015, the latter's birthday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks 73rd anniversary of birth of Kim Jong Il

Many citizens and military personnel visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang to lay flowers in front of bronze statues of late leader Kim Jong Il and state founder Kim Il Sung on Feb. 16, 2015, the 73rd anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks 73rd anniversary of birth of Kim Jong Il

Many citizens and military personnel visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang to lay flowers in front of bronze statues of late leader Kim Jong Il and state founder Kim Il Sung on Feb. 16, 2015, the 73rd anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Meeting over Greek bailout ends without progress

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis speaks during a press conference in Brussels on Feb. 16, 2015, after a eurozone finance ministers meeting over Greece's bailout program ended without progress. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean envoy slams human rights conference

Jang Il Hun (C), North Korean ambassador in charge of U.S.-North Korean relations, speaks to reporters at the country's mission near the U.N headquarters in New York on Feb. 16, 2015. Jang slammed a conference set to begin the following day in Washington over Pyongyang's human rights record, vowing to respond strongly if it goes ahead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service for victims of terror attacks in Denmark

Police officers stay on alert in Copenhagen on Feb. 16, 2015, near the venue of a memorial service to commemorate the two victims of shootings in the Danish capital the previous weekend. Around 30,000 citizens participated in the ceremony to affirm their solidarity in the fight against terrorism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service for victims of terror attacks in Denmark

People gather in Copenhagen on Feb. 16, 2015, for a memorial service to commemorate the two victims of fatal shootings in the Danish capital the previous weekend. Around 30,000 citizens participated in the ceremony to affirm their solidarity in the fight against terrorism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikkei ends at 7-yr high as Japan exits recession

An electronic board in Tokyo shows the benchmark Nikkei stock index closing at an over seven-year high of 18,004.77 on Feb. 16, 2015, as data indicated the Japanese economy rebounded from recession. The index rose as high as 18,074.26 during the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks 73rd anniversary of birth of Kim Jong Il

Many citizens and military personnel visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang to lay flowers in front of bronze statues of late leader Kim Jong Il and state founder Kim Il Sung on Feb. 16, 2015, the 73rd anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks 73rd anniversary of birth of Kim Jong Il

Many citizens and military personnel visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang to lay flowers in front of bronze statues of late leader Kim Jong Il and state founder Kim Il Sung on Feb. 16, 2015, the 73rd anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Majority backs air conditioners for schools in local referendum

Masato Fujimoto, mayor of Tokorozawa, near Tokyo, attends a press conference at the municipal office on Feb. 16, 2015, after a referendum showed a majority voted in favor of installing air conditioners in classrooms near an air base. Fujimoto, who has been against having air conditioners in the classrooms, said he will respond to the issue carefully. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Majority backs air conditioners for schools in local referendum

Masato Fujimoto, mayor of Tokorozawa, near Tokyo, attends a press conference at the municipal office on Feb. 16, 2015, after a referendum showed a majority voted in favor of installing air conditioners in classrooms near an air base. Fujimoto, who has been against having air conditioners in the classrooms, said he will respond to the issue carefully. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea celebrates 73rd birthday of late leader

Women offer flowers at bronze statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2015, the 73rd birthday of Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea celebrates 73rd birthday of late leader

North Korean soldiers bow in front of bronze statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2015, the 73rd birthday of Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean soldiers' anti-United States rally

North Korean soldiers take part in a major anti-United States rally in Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2015, ahead of the Feb. 16 birthday anniversary of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il. The military's political rally took place outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the embalmed bodies of Kim Jong Il and his father, state founder Kim Il Sung, lie in state. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyahara leads women's shorts at Four Continents

Satoko Miyahara performs in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul on Feb. 13, 2015. Miyahara, Japan's 16-year-old national champion, topped the program with 64.84 points. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyahara leads women's shorts at Four Continents

Satoko Miyahara performs in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul on Feb. 13, 2015. Miyahara, Japan's 16-year-old national champion, topped the program with 64.84 points. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyahara leads women's shorts at Four Continents

Satoko Miyahara performs in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul on Feb. 13, 2015. Miyahara, Japan's 16-year-old national champion, topped the program with 64.84 points. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyahara leads women's shorts at Four Continents

Satoko Miyahara performs in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul on Feb. 13, 2015. Miyahara, Japan's 16-year-old national champion, topped the program with 64.84 points. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naturally bred salamanders found on Japan's Shikoku Island

A salamander larva found in Kochi Prefecture is photographed in Kochi city on Feb. 6, 2015. Wanpaku Kochi Animal Land, a zoo in the city, announced the same day that it has found 16 salamander larvae in the western Japanese prefecture, confirming for the first time that salamanders, a species designated as one of Japan's special natural treasures, were naturally bred on Shikoku Island, the smallest of the country's four main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naturally bred salamanders found on Japan's Shikoku Island

A salamander larva found in Kochi Prefecture is photographed in Kochi city on Feb. 6, 2015. Wanpaku Kochi Animal Land, a zoo in the city, announced the same day that it has found 16 salamander larvae in the western Japanese prefecture, confirming for the first time that salamanders, a species designated as one of Japan's special natural treasures, were naturally bred on Shikoku Island, the smallest of the country's four main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Work begins to build interim nuclear soil storage in Fukushima

Reporters are shown on Feb. 3, 2015, the construction area for interim facilities near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to store contaminated soil and other waste collected during radiation cleanup activities within Fukushima Prefecture. Workers launched their construction on around 16 square kilometers of land in the seaside towns of Okuma and Futaba the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hello Kitty goods exhibit starts at Osaka department store

An art exhibition featuring Hello Kitty goods and paintings starts at the flagship Umeda store of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc. in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 28, 2015, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the fictional character's birth. Among the exhibits at the show through Feb. 16 is a drawing by Yuko Yamaguchi, designer of the character, based on the theme of "Alice in Wonderland," as seen in this photo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ballet dancer places 6th at int'l event

Junnosuke Nakamura of Japan performs during the 44th Prix de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 6, 2015. The 16-year-old high school student came sixth in the final event of the international competition open to young dancers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean leader's birthday remains non-holiday

A North Korean calendar for 2016 photographed on Nov. 24, 2015, shows that Jan. 8, the birthday of country leader Kim Jong Un, is treated as a non-holiday as before. Multiple calendars of North Korea obtained by Kyodo News confirmed the finding, while birthdays of his father Kim Jong Il (Feb. 16) and grandfather Kim Il Sung (April 15) are marked as public holidays. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo