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CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-PANDA XIANG XIANG-DEBUT(CN)

(231009) -- YA'AN, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 8, 2023 shows giant panda Xiang Xiang at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang met the public at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an on Sunday. The panda left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan on Feb. 21, 2023 and flied back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. (Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-PANDA XIANG XIANG-DEBUT(CN)

(231009) -- YA'AN, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Xiang Xiang eats fresh bamboo at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 8, 2023. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang met the public at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an on Sunday. The panda left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan on Feb. 21, 2023 and flied back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. (Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-PANDA XIANG XIANG-DEBUT(CN)

(231009) -- YA'AN, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Xiang Xiang eats fresh bamboo at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 8, 2023. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang met the public at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an on Sunday. The panda left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan on Feb. 21, 2023 and flied back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. (Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-PANDA XIANG XIANG-DEBUT(CN)

(231009) -- YA'AN, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Xiang Xiang eats fresh bamboo at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 8, 2023. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang met the public at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an on Sunday. The panda left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan on Feb. 21, 2023 and flied back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. (Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-PANDA XIANG XIANG-DEBUT(CN)

(231009) -- YA'AN, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Xiang Xiang eats fresh bamboo at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 8, 2023. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang met the public at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an on Sunday. The panda left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan on Feb. 21, 2023 and flied back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. (Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-PANDA XIANG XIANG-DEBUT(CN)

(231009) -- YA'AN, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Xiang Xiang eats fresh bamboo at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 8, 2023. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang met the public at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an on Sunday. The panda left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan on Feb. 21, 2023 and flied back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. (Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-PANDA XIANG XIANG-DEBUT(CN)

(231009) -- YA'AN, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Xiang Xiang eats fresh bamboo at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 8, 2023. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang met the public at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an on Sunday. The panda left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan on Feb. 21, 2023 and flied back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. (Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-PANDA XIANG XIANG-DEBUT(CN)

(231009) -- YA'AN, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Xiang Xiang eats fresh bamboo at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 8, 2023. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang met the public at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in Ya'an on Sunday. The panda left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan on Feb. 21, 2023 and flied back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. (Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)

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Freestyle skiing

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 9 Kyodo - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2017, shows Mikael Kingsbury of Canada, who won the men's moguls at a freestyle skiing World Cup event in Pyeongchang. The competition was also a test event for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

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China Communist Party official Han

BEIJING, China, Feb. 2 Kyodo - File photo taken on Oct. 25, 2017, shows Han Zheng, the seventh-highest ranking official in the Communist Party of China who the country's official media said will attend the Feb. 9, 2018, opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea.

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Netherlands' Kramer wins men's 5000-meter speed skating

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 9 Kyodo - Sven Kramer of the Netherlands acknowledges the crowd after his victory in the men's 5000 meters at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships on Feb. 9, 2017, in the South Korean coastal town of Gangneung, one of the venues for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

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China Communist Party official Han

File photo taken on Oct. 25, 2017, shows Han Zheng, the seventh-highest ranking official in the Communist Party of China who the country's official media said will attend the Feb. 9, 2018, opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Princess Mako to visit Bhutan in June

Princess Mako (L) and her mother Princess Kiko visit Kasugataisha Shrine in Nara, western Japan, in this photo taken Feb. 20, 2017. The 25-year-old princess, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, will travel to Bhutan in June 2017 on her third official visit abroad, the government said May 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Princess Mako to visit Bhutan in June

Princess Mako (L) and her mother Princess Kiko visit Kasugataisha Shrine in Nara, western Japan, in this photo taken Feb. 20, 2017. The 25-year-old princess, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, will travel to Bhutan in June 2017 on her third official visit abroad, the government said May 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Families in tsunami-hit town then and now

Combined photo shows Mayumi Sutou and her daughter Mimi on June 9, 2011 (L), holding up an album they found among the debris of their house in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, three months after their home was devastated by a massive tsunami, and six years later on Feb. 13, 2017, holding the same album with new photos at a new home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Art Brut" exhibition in Tokyo to shine light on creating inclusive society

Artists Michiko Matsumoto (L) and Taro Ito pose in front of their respective works at the Studio COOCA gallery in Hiratsuka, west of Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2017. Their works will be displayed at the March 9-April 2 exhibition "Art Brut? Outsider Art? Or...?" at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Art Brut" exhibition in Tokyo to shine light on creating inclusive society

Artist Michiko Matsumoto paints her pet cat Hoppe at Studio COOCA in Hiratsuka, west of Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2017. Her works will be displayed at the March 9-April 2 exhibition "Art Brut? Outsider Art? Or...?" at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima evacuees face tough decision as housing aid ends

Makoto Yamada, a veteran pediatrician, is interviewed in Tokyo, on Feb. 9, 2017, about a 3 million yen fund he established from his own pocket to help so-called voluntary evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster rent new houses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sets off on U.S. trip for 1st summit with Trump

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 9, 2017, before leaving for Washington to hold his first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump since he took office last month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees Tanaka marks 2 scoreless innings

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a pre-season match against the Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2017. Tanaka pitched two scoreless innings in the Yankees' 9-5 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees Tanaka marks 2 scoreless innings

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a pre-season match against the Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2017. Tanaka pitched two scoreless innings in the Yankees' 9-5 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One year to Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

A countdown clock for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is revealed in Seoul on Feb. 8, 2017. The Olympics will begin on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One year to Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang

Children pose for a photo in front of Olympic rings in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Feb. 8, 2017. The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will begin on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Poverty Alleviation in China

Above, Shi Yuanjian's wife cooks at home in Xinba Village, Dashan Township, Dafang County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, on November 9, 2017. The picture below shows Shi Yuanqian's wife drying clothes on the balcony of her home in Shexiang Ancient Town, Dafang County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, Feb 5, 2021.

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New head of Japan's LDP Suga

Photo taken Feb. 9, 2017, shows Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attending a press conference in Tokyo. Suga won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Sept. 14, 2020, and is set to be appointed prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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Anniversary of Kim Jong Nam murder

The Embassy of North Korea in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is pictured on Feb. 9, 2018, four days before the anniversary of the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a Kuala Lumpur International Airport terminal on Feb. 13, 2017. ==Kyodo

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1 year on, mystery continues to shroud Kim Jong Nam's murder

Doan Thi Huong, from Vietnam, leaves the Shah Alam High Court on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 9, 2018, after attending a trial on the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in February 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 year on, mystery continues to shroud Kim Jong Nam's murder

Indonesian Siti Aisyah leaves the Shah Alam High Court on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 9, 2018, after attending a trial on the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in February 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Pyeongchang organizers face ticket-selling challenges

Lee Hee Beom, president of the Pyeongchang Olympics' organizing committee, is interviewed in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2017. Lee said coaxing spectators into buying tickets for less-popular events remains a problem, three months ahead of the Olympics' start on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame arrives in S. Korea for 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games

South Korean Prime Minster Lee Nak Yon (R) and 2010 Vancouver Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu Na light the cauldron with the Olympic flame at the Olympic flame arrival ceremony at Incheon International Airport on Nov. 1, 2017. The ceremony begins the flame's 100-day journey throughout the country before reaching Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Games, which will be held from Feb. 9 to Feb. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame arrives in S. Korea for 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games

South Korean Prime Minster Lee Nak Yon (L) and 2010 Vancouver Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu Na hold the Olympic flame at Incheon International Airport on Nov. 1, 2017. The flame will make a 100-day journey throughout the country before reaching Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, which will be held from Feb. 9 to Feb. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame arrives in S. Korea for 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games

South Korean Minster of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong Whan (L) and 2010 Vancouver Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu Na hold the Olympic flame at South Korea's Incheon International Airport on Nov. 1, 2017. The flame will make a 100-day journey throughout the country before reaching Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, which will be held from Feb. 9 to Feb. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan 9-person murder case suspect sent to prosecutors

Takahiro Shiraishi, who has been arrested after 9 dismembered bodies were found in his Kanagawa Prefecture apartment, is sent to prosecutors in Tokyo's Tachikawa on Nov. 1, 2017. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan 9-person murder case suspect sent to prosecutors

Takahiro Shiraishi, who has been accused after 9 dismembered bodies were found in his Kanagawa Prefecture apartment, is sent to prosecutors from Takao Police Station in Tokyo's Hachioji on Nov. 1, 2017. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan 9-person murder case suspect sent to prosecutors

Takahiro Shiraishi, who has been accused after 9 dismembered bodies were found in his Kanagawa Prefecture apartment, is sent to prosecutors from Takao Police Station in Tokyo's Hachioji on Nov. 1, 2017. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan 9-person murder case suspect sent to prosecutors

Takahiro Shiraishi, who has been accused after 9 dismembered bodies were found in his Kanagawa Prefecture apartment, is sent to prosecutors from Takao Police Station in Tokyo's Hachioji on Nov. 1, 2017. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame lit, to travel to S. Korea for Pyeongchang Games

International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach (C) attends a flame-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Oct. 24, 2017. The flame will travel around Greece before arriving in South Korea on Nov. 1, 100 days before the opening of the 17-day Olympics on Feb. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan railways to halt trains upon alert over N. Korean missile

Photo taken Feb. 7, 2016 shows a computer screen showing a message alerting the Japanese public of an apparent missile launch by North Korea, issued by the Japanese government's satellite-based J-Alert system. Roughly 90 percent of Japan's major train operators are prepared to halt services upon receiving a government alert over an imminent threat from a ballistic missile from North Korea, a Kyodo News tally showed May 9, 2017. This means such an alert could freeze the country's public transportation systems in an instant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China insurance regulator head under investigation

Xiang Junbo, head of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, seen in this photo dated Feb. 22, 2017, in Beijing is under investigation for unspecified serious violations, the Communist Party's anti-corruption watchdog said on April 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman loses in pro shogi debut

Karolina Styczynska from Poland, who became the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi on Feb. 20, 2017, reviews her game after losing to Sakura Ishimoto in her pro debut in Osaka on March 9. Styczynska, a 25-year-old native of Warsaw, first came across shogi when she was a teenager reading "Naruto," a popular manga series published in Japan which has been translated into more than 30 languages including Polish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman loses in pro shogi debut

Karolina Styczynska (L) from Poland, who became the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi on Feb. 20, 2017, reacts after losing to Sakura Ihsimoto in her pro debut match in Osaka on March 9. Styczynska, a 25-year-old native of Warsaw, first came across shogi when she was a teenager reading "Naruto," a popular manga series published in Japan which has been translated into more than 30 languages including Polish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees Tanaka marks 2 scoreless innings

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a pre-season match against the Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2017. Tanaka pitched two scoreless innings in the Yankees' 9-5 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees Tanaka marks 2 scoreless innings

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka meets with reporters after pitching two scoreless innings in a pre-season match against Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2017. The Yankees won 9-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees Tanaka marks 2 scoreless innings

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a pre-season match against the Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2017. Tanaka pitched two scoreless innings in the Yankees' 9-5 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees Tanaka marks 2 scoreless innings

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a pre-season match against the Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2017. Tanaka pitched two scoreless innings in the Yankees' 9-5 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees Tanaka marks 2 scoreless innings

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka stands on the mound during a pre-season match against Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2017. Tanaka pitched two scoreless innings in the Yankees' 9-5 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees Tanaka marks 2 scoreless innings

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka (C) smiles after pitching two scoreless innings in a pre-season match against Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2017. The Yankees won 9-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees Tanaka marks 2 scoreless innings

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka (C) is congratulated by his teammates after pitching two scoreless innings in a pre-season match against Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2017. The Yankees won 9-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees Tanaka marks 2 scoreless innings

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a pre-season match against the Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 28, 2017. Tanaka pitched two scoreless innings in the Yankees' 9-5 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Children in war-ravaged Aleppo

Children sing at a reopened elementary school in Aleppo, Syria, on Feb. 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo