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31st anniversary of death of Kim Il Sung

PYONGYANG, North Korea, July 8 Kyodo - North Korean citizens visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang to offer flowers in front of statues of the country's founder Kim Il Sung (L) and his son Kim Jong Il on July 8, 2025, as the country marks the 31st anniversary of the founder's death. (Kyodo)

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31st anniversary of death of Kim Il Sung

North Korean citizens visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang to offer flowers in front of statues of the country's founder Kim Il Sung (L) and his son Kim Jong Il on July 8, 2025, as the country marks the 31st anniversary of the founder's death.

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - File photo dated September 15, 2021 of Jared Isaacman says goodbye to his family as he and his fellow crew members depart for the launch pad, ahead of their scheduled liftoff on the SpaceX Inspiration 4 mission at Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

Handout photo dated September 9, 2021 of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, is scheduled to launch Christopher Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman (3rd l) and Hayley Arceneaux into space on board a Dragon spacecraft, launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Inspiration4/John Kraus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - File photo dated September 9, 2021 of the crew of the Polaris Dawn mission of the Polaris Program are from left, SpaceX employee, mission specialist and medical officer Anna Menon; mission pilot Scott Poteet; mission commander and billionaire Jared Isaacman (3rd l) and SpaceX employee and mission specialist Sarah Gillis. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by John Kraus/Polaris Program/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - File photo dated September 15, 2021 of SpaceX Inspiration 4 crew member Jared Isaacman, with Chris Sembroski, foreground, hugs his daughter as they prepare to depart for the launch pad, ahead of their scheduled liftoff on the Inspiration 4 mission at Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. The crew will orbit the earth for three days in the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" spacecraft. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

Handout photo dated September 15, 2021 of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, is scheduled to launch Christopher Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman (2nd l) and Hayley Arceneaux here with Elon Musk into space on board a Dragon spacecraft, launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Inspiration4/John Kraus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

Handout photo dated September 12, 2021 of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, is scheduled to launch Christopher Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman (3rd l) and Hayley Arceneaux into space on board a Dragon spacecraft, launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Inspiration4/John Kraus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

Handout photo dated September 11, 2021 of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, is scheduled to launch Christopher Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman (2nd l) and Hayley Arceneaux into space on board a Dragon spacecraft, launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Inspiration4/John Kraus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

Handout photo dated September 12, 2021 of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, is scheduled to launch Christopher Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman(3rd l) and Hayley Arceneaux into space on board a Dragon spacecraft, launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Inspiration4/John Kraus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

Handout photo dated September 12, 2021 of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, is scheduled to launch Christopher Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman (C) and Hayley Arceneaux into space on board a Dragon spacecraft, launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Inspiration4/John Kraus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head Nasa

Handout photo dated September 11, 2021 of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, is scheduled to launch Christopher Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman (2nd l) and Hayley Arceneaux into space on board a Dragon spacecraft, launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Photo by Inspiration4/John Kraus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anniv. of N. Korea founder's birth

Pyongyang,North Korea, April 15 Kyodo - People visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 15, 2024, to offer flowers as North Korea marks the 112th anniversary of the country's founder Kim Il Sung's birth.(Kyodo)

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Anniv. of N. Korea founder's birth

People visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 15, 2024, to offer flowers as North Korea marks the 112th anniversary of the country's founder Kim Il Sung's birth.

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Anniv. of N. Korea founder's birth

Soldiers salute at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 15, 2024, as North Korea marks the 112th anniversary of the country's founder Kim Il Sung's birth.

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Johnny's talent agency sex abuse scandal

Victims of sexual abuse by the late Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates Inc., gather for a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2023, following the agency's acknowledgment of the founder's decades-long sexual abuse against aspiring teenage pop singers.

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Ex-Johnny's Jr. member Kauan Okamoto

Musician Kauan Okamoto, a former Johnny's Jr. member who claims he was sexually assaulted by late J-pop mogul Johnny Kitagawa, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2023, the day after the Japanese talent agency apologized for its founder's sex abuse scandal.

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Ex-Johnny's Jr. member Kauan Okamoto

Musician Kauan Okamoto, a former Johnny's Jr. member who claims he was sexually assaulted by late J-pop mogul Johnny Kitagawa, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2023, the day after the Japanese talent agency apologized for its founder's sex abuse scandal.

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Johnny's talent agency sex abuse scandal

Victims of sexual abuse by the late Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates Inc., gather for a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2023, following the agency's acknowledgment of the founder's decades-long sexual abuse against aspiring teenage pop singers.

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Johnny's talent agency sex abuse scandal

Victims of sexual abuse by the late Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates Inc., gather for a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2023, following the agency's acknowledgment of the founder's decades-long sexual abuse against aspiring teenage pop singers.

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19th anniversary of N. Korean founder's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans lay flowers before the bronze statues of the country's founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's Mansu Hill on July 8, 2013, the 19th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung.

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19th anniversary of N. Korean founder's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow in front of the bronze statues of the country's founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's Mansu Hill on July 8, 2013, the 19th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung.

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19th anniversary of N. Korean founder's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow in front of the bronze statues of the country's founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's Mansu Hill on July 8, 2013, the 19th anniversary of the death of Kim Il Sung.

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N. Korean founder's birthday marked, no tension in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Fireworks fill the sky over Pyongyang on April 14 on the eve of the 97th anniversary of the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung. North Korea said the fireworks display on the Taedong River running through Pyongyang was the biggest event of its kind ever held in the country.

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N. Korea founder's birthday bash reveals no signs of tension

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women dressed in traditional clothes walk in front of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, the mausoleum of Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang on April 15 as North Korea marks the 97th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder.

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N. Korea founder's birthday bash reveals no signs of tension

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People gather at an exhibition hall decorated with flowers in Pyongyang on April 15 to celebrate the 97th anniversary of the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung.

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Akio Toyoda of founder's family likely to be Toyota pres.

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 22 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, shows Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Akio Toyoda, great-grandson of Sakichi Toyoda who founded what has become Japan's No. 1 automaker, who will likely become president to replace Katsuaki Watanabe.

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Matsushita to rename itself Panasonic, dropping founder's name

OSAKA, Japan - Fumio Otsubo, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., speaks about the company's decision to rename itself Panasonic Corp. on Oct. 1 at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 10. Matsushita will drop founder Konosuke Matsushita's name from the company title in an effort to boost its global competitiveness.

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Matsushita to rename itself Panasonic, dropping founder's name

OSAKA, Japan - Fumio Otsubo, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., speaks about the company's decision to rename itself Panasonic Corp. on Oct. 1 at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 10. Matsushita will drop founder Konosuke Matsushita's name from the company title in an effort to boost its global competitiveness.

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(1)AUM founder's wife released from prison

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tomoko Matsumoto (file photo), the wife of AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, is released from Wakayama Prison on Oct. 15 after completing a six-year term. Her lawyer said she headed to the city of Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, where her two children live.

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(2)AUM founder's wife released from prison

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A camper carrying Tomoko Matsumoto, the wife of AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, leaves Wakayama Prison on Oct. 15 after she was released from the prison.

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25th anniv. of N. Korea founder's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea,July 8: People offer a silent prayer at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square at noon on July 8, 2019, the 25th anniversary of the death of North Korea's founder.

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Matsushita to rename itself Panasonic, dropping founder's name

OSAKA, Japan - Fumio Otsubo, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., speaks about the company's decision to rename itself Panasonic Corp. on Oct. 1 at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 10. Matsushita will drop founder Konosuke Matsushita's name from the company title in an effort to boost its global competitiveness. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita to rename itself Panasonic, dropping founder's name

OSAKA, Japan - Fumio Otsubo, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., speaks about the company's decision to rename itself Panasonic Corp. on Oct. 1 at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 10. Matsushita will drop founder Konosuke Matsushita's name from the company title in an effort to boost its global competitiveness. (Kyodo)

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Akio Toyoda of founder's family likely to be Toyota pres.

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 22 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, shows Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Akio Toyoda, great-grandson of Sakichi Toyoda who founded what has become Japan's No. 1 automaker, who will likely become president to replace Katsuaki Watanabe. (Kyodo)

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(2)AUM founder's wife released from prison

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A camper carrying Tomoko Matsumoto, the wife of AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, leaves Wakayama Prison on Oct. 15 after she was released from the prison. (Kyodo)

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The Vampire Diaries : Season 1 (2009)

Nina Dobrev & David Anders Characters: Elena Gilbert, John Gilbert Television: The Vampire Diaries : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2009-2017, / 1. Staffel, Season 1 / Episode 1.22: 'Feuerwerk' (Founder's Day, Regie: Marcos Siega, 2010) 10 September 2009 'Founder's Day' - Nina Dobrev as Katherine, David Anders as Johnathan Gilbert in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES on The CW. Photo: Bob Mahoney/The CW ｩ2010 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Date: 10 September 2009

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The Vampire Diaries : Season 1 (2009)

Nina Dobrev & Steven R. Mcqueen Characters: Elena Gilbert, Jeremy Gilbert Television: The Vampire Diaries : Season 1 (TV-Serie) Usa 2009-2017, / 1. Staffel, Season 1 / Episode 1.22: 'Feuerwerk' (Founder's Day, Regie: Marcos Siega, 2010) 10 September 2009 SUPP CAT 1: ENT SUPP CAT 2: SEASON 1 EPISODE 121d TITLE: STR Date: 10 September 2009

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109th anniversary of late founder's birth in N. Korea

People wearing masks to protect against the novel coronavirus dance. Fireworks are set off in Pyongyang on April 15, 2021, as North Korea celebrates the 109th anniversary of the birth of its late founder Kim Il Sung.

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N. Korea marks late founder's birthday in jovial mood

A child lays a flower before giant statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 15, 2015, as North Korea marked the 103rd anniversary of the birth of the late founder, Kim Il Sung. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lotte shareholders reject bid by founder's eldest son to oust board

Hiroyuki Shigemitsu, the eldest son of the founder of Lotte Holdings Co., speaks to the press in Tokyo on June 25, 2016. His bid to oust the current board, including his younger brother, was rejected by shareholders of the Korean-Japanese conglomerate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lotte founder's son fails in bid to retake control of business empire

Hiroyuki Shigemitsu, the eldest son of the founder of Lotte Holdings Co., speaks to the media at the company's head office in Tokyo on March 6, 2016, after an extraordinary shareholders' meeting rejected his bid to retake control of the company's board. Hiroyuki was dismissed as the company's vice chairman in January 2015 during a power struggle with his younger brother Akio. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lotte founder's son fails in bid to retake control of business empire

Hiroyuki Shigemitsu (C), the eldest son of the founder of Lotte Holdings Co., is surrounded by the media at the company's head office in Tokyo on March 6, 2016, as he heads for an extraordinary shareholders' meeting. The shareholders rejected a bid by Hiroyuki, who was dismissed as the company's vice chairman in January 2015 during a power struggle with his younger brother Akio, to retake control of its board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Archer on horseback in action to mark anniv. of shrine founder's death

An archer on a running horse shoots an arrow as part of a ceremony at Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on May 17, 2015, marking 400 years since the death of feudal ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Shinto shrine honors the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan between 1603 and 1867. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Archery event marks 400th anniv. of shrine founder's death

An archer on a running horse shoots an arrow at a wooden target as part of a ceremony at Nikko Toshogu in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on May 17, 2015, marking 400 years since the death of feudal ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Shinto shrine, founded by the warlord, is dedicated to the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan between 1603 and 1867. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Archer on horseback in action to mark anniv. of shrine founder's death

An archer on a running horse is about to shoot an arrow as part of a ceremony at Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on May 17, 2015, marking 400 years since the death of feudal ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Shinto shrine enshrines the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan between 1603 and 1867. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikko Toshogu shrine marks 400th anniv. of founder's death

Female attendants at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, dance dressed as butterflies on May 17, 2015, to mark 400 years since the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan between 1603 and 1867. The shrine was founded by the warlord and enshrines him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Festival marks 400th anniv. of Tokugawa shogunate founder's death

Descendants of medieval tycoon Tokugawa Ieyasu walk on the approach to the Kunozan Toshogu shrine in the city of Shizuoka, central Japan, during a Shinto ceremony on April 17, 2015, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Tokugawa shogunate founder's death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks founder's birthday in jovial mood

People dance in Pyongyang on April 15, 2015, to celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the birth of the state's founder, Kim Il Sung. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks founder's birthday in jovial mood

People dance in Pyongyang on April 15, 2015, to celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the birth of the state's founder, Kim Il Sung. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo