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Euro 2024 - Netherlands Beat Romania

Ianis Hagi of Romania reacts after the UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16 match between Romania and the Netherlands in Munich, Germany on July 2, 2024. Photo by Meng Dingbo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)GERMANY-MUNICH-FOOTBALL-EURO 2024-ROMANIA VS NETHERLANDS

(240703) -- MUNICH, July 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ianis Hagi of Romania reacts after the UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16 match between Romania and the Netherlands in Munich, Germany on July 2, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Meng Dingbo)

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Heavy rain in western Japan

HAGI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 28, 2013, shows a road severed by floodwater after heavy rain in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Heavy rain in western Japan

HAGI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 28, 2013, shows a road severed by floodwater after heavy rain in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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Ceramic artist Miwa dies

TOKYO, Japan - An April 2002 photo shows Jusetsu Miwa, a potter designated as a living national treasure. Miwa died on Dec. 11, 2012, at his home in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. He was 102.

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2 boys die, 3 people injured in Yamaguchi Pref. fire

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Investigators examine a gutted two-story wooden house in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Jan. 9 where two boys -- Kotaro Ikebe, 10 and his 8-year-old brother Masahiro -- died in a late night fire on Jan. 8. Three other people were injured in the blaze.

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Makita named ambassador to Singapore

TOKYO, Japan - Three new ambassadors appointed by the Foreign Ministry on Oct. 16. (From L to R) Kunihiko Makita, former Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director General named as ambassador to Singapore, Jiro Hagi, a Defense Agency bureaucrat, as ambassador to Oman, and Hajime Sasaki, consul general in Curitiba, Brazil, as ambassador to Bolivia.

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2 boys die, 3 people injured in Yamaguchi Pref. fire

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Investigators examine a gutted two-story wooden house in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Jan. 9 where two boys -- Kotaro Ikebe, 10 and his 8-year-old brother Masahiro -- died in a late night fire on Jan. 8. Three other people were injured in the blaze.

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Entrepreneur Uragami with Ukiyoe paintings

Toshiro Uragami, an 88-year-old entrepreneur, poses with Ukiyoe paintings at the Hagi Uragami Museum in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The museum was founded in 1996 to preserve and exhibit an outstanding art collection donated by Uragami. (Photo by Makoto Hori) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR West's Kaitaichi Station

Photo shows JR West's Kaitaichi Station in Hiroshima Prefecture. Toshiro Uragami, an 88-year-old entrepreneur hailing from Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, recounts his war memories, including the time he escaped from an Imperial Japanese Army unit in September 1945, about a month after the end of World War II, by surreptitiously climbing on a coal cargo train at the station. (Photo by Makoto Hori)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese governors discuss issues in raising children

Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka (L) and Mie Gov. Eikei Suzuki take a rickshaw ride in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on March 15, 2016. The two youngest of Japan's governors, aged 43 and 41, respectively, exchanged views on issues the prefectures have faced in raising children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Guest house in Hagi, western Japan, popular among tourists, locals

Naohiro Shiomitsu (L) works at his guest house "ruco" in Hagi, Yamaguchi prefecture, on July 20, 2015, amid its growing popularity among not only tourists but also locals such as young entrepreneurs. The western Japanese city had five sites added in July to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Guest house in Hagi, western Japan, lures tourists, locals

Guest house "ruco," pictured on July 20, 2015, in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, attracts not only tourists but also locals such as young entrepreneurs. The western Japanese city had five sites added in July to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists visit academy of key players in Meiji Restoration

Tourists visit Shokasonjuku, a private academy that produced numerous key figures in Japan's Meiji Restoration at the end of the 19th century, on June 12, 2015, in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The school is among the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Kyushu-Yamaguchi and Related Areas that Japan aims to register as a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Academy where key players in Meiji Restoration studied

Shokasonjuku, a private academy that produced numerous key figures in Japan's Meiji Restoration at the end of the 19th century, is seen on June 12, 2015, in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The school is among the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Kyushu-Yamaguchi and Related Areas that Japan aims to register as a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Susa museum displays record of 1821 flood damage

Mitsuru Yoshida, head of the Susa history and folk museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 14, 2015, stands before exhibited pictures of damage caused by torrential rain. On the wooden board in the background, discovered at the museum during work to recover from the damage caused by the heavy rain in July 2013, a record of flood damage in 1821 is written. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Susa museum displays board showing record of 1821 flood damage

The Susa history and folk museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 14, 2015, exhibits a wooden board on which a record of flood damage in 1821 is written. The board was discovered at the museum during work to recover from the damage caused by the heavy rain in July 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

A memo handwritten by revolutionary 19th-century scholar and teacher Yoshida Shoin, including vocabulary in Dutch, is among 68 items of historical materials found recently and shown to the press on March 24, 2015, by a museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

A detailed action plan handwritten by revolutionary 19th-century scholar and teacher Yoshida Shoin to convince his warlord to favor the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate is among 68 items of historical materials found recently and shown to the press on March 24, 2015, by a museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

Pages of a list handwritten by revolutionary 19th-century scholar and teacher Yoshida Shoin are among 68 items of historical materials found recently and shown to the press on March 24, 2015, by a museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. The document lists manuscript copies produced to earn income for running his school. The list, which recorded the names of publications transcribed and persons involved as well as the amount of payments received, bears Shoin's real first name Norikata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Transcripts by revolutionary feudal scholar Yoshida Shoin found

A handwritten list by revolutionary 19th-century scholar and teacher Yoshida Shoin of manuscript copies produced to earn income for running his school is among 68 items of historical materials found recently and shown to the press on March 24, 2015, by a museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. The list, which recorded the names of publications transcribed and persons involved as well as the amount of payments received, bears Shoin's real first name Norikata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Meiji industrial sites endorsed for World Heritage listing

File photo shows the Shokasonjuku private school in the western Japan city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, which produced many leaders during Japan's Meiji era. The school is among the 23 "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution" that a UNESCO advisory panel has recommended for World Heritage status. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Girls practicing traditional songs

One woman holds a shamisen (three-stringed lute) while other three women practice songs. The title of the song book held by the standing woman is Sendai Hagi Goden no dan. The look of the women's kimono collars suggest that the models are professionals.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐38‐0]

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Chorus group from Sendai performs at Carnegie Hall

NEW YORK, United States - Members of chorus group Hagi, which is based in disaster-hit Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, and others perform at a charity concert in New York's Carnegie Hall on May 20, 2011. The concert was planned before the earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan on March 11 and was held as scheduled at the urging of the Sendai group. (Kyodo)

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Ianis Hagi, Lukas Provod

L-R Ianis Hagi of Glasgow and Lukas Provod of Slavia in action during the European Football League eighth finals opening match SK Slavia Praha vs Glasgow Rangers in Prague, Czech Republic, March 11, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Ianis Hagi, Tomas Holes

L-R Ianis Hagi of Glasgow and Tomas Holes of Slavia in action during the European Football League eighth finals opening match SK Slavia Praha vs Glasgow Rangers in Prague, Czech Republic, March 11, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Japan to halt process to deploy Aegis Ashore missile defense system

File photo taken in May 2018 shows a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force exercise ground in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, a candidate site for the deployment of a land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense system. Japan announced on June 15, 2020, that it will halt the process of deploying two Aegis missile defense systems in the country to counter the threat of North Koran missiles, citing costs and the timing of deployment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan city of Hagi

File photo taken May 2, 2019, shows the interior of the world heritage-listed Shoka Sonjuku, a private school established by distinguished scholar Yoshida Shoin (1830-1859), in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan city of Hagi

File photo taken May 2, 2019, shows the world heritage-listed Shoka Sonjuku, a private school established by distinguished scholar Yoshida Shoin (1830-1859), in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan city of Hagi

File photo taken May 2, 2019, shows the remains of a reverberatory furnace built in 1856 in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. It was added to the World Cultural Heritage list in 2015 along with other sites related to Japan's industrial revolution in the 19th to early 20th centuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan city of Hagi

File photo taken May 2, 2019, shows a street in World Heritage-listed Hagi Castle Town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan city of Hagi

File photo taken May 2, 2019, shows a street in World Heritage-listed Hagi Castle Town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SDF exercise ground

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 24, 2018 shows a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force exercise ground in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SDF exercise ground

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 24, 2018 shows a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force exercise ground in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo