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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Sightings Across The World 7

Comet C/2023A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), a comet visible only once every 80,000 years has been spotted streaking across skies around the world.

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Belgium: Protesting Farmers Arrive At EU Capital Brussels With Tractors 3

Hundreds of farmers arrived at the EU Capital Brussels with tractors on Monday morning, February 26, ahead of the EU agriculture ministers’ meeting. Chaotic scene erupted as police deployed water cannons to deter demonstrators away from EU institutions and rowdy protesters setting fires, dumping manure, and driving their trucks onto roadblocks.

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'Lucky man race' held at Nishonomiya Shrine in western Japan

NISHINOMIYA, Japan, Jan. 10 Kyodo - The top three finishers of a New Year race to pick a "Fuku-otoko" (lucky man) hold up framed Chinese characters and paintings, all suggesting luck, at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2016. The 16-year-old Michinari Mizuta (C) became the year's "luckiest man" among about 6,000 participants, winning the 230-meter race from the shrine's gate to the main hall.

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Winner of 'lucky man race' at Shinto shrine in west Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Tomonori Shiwa raises the Chinese kanji character "fuku" or luck in a frame as the winner of an annual race to pick a "Fuku-otoko" (lucky man) at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. He reached the main hall of the Shinto shrine ahead of other participants to be crowned the year's lucky man.

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'Lucky man race' held at Shinto shrine in west Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Participants dash as the gate opens for an annual race to pick a "Fuku-otoko" (lucky man) at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The first man to reach the main hall of the Shinto shrine is crowned the year's lucky man.

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Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame

TOYOOKA, Japan - Former pro baseball player Hideo Nomo holds a picture of himself as a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, during a press conference in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014, after being elected to Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame

TOYOOKA, Japan - Former pro baseball player Hideo Nomo holds a press conference in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014, after being elected to Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Ex-Kintetsu manager Nishimoto dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2005 shows Yukio Nishimoto, former Hankyu Braves and Kintetsu Buffaloes manager, during an interview at his home in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. Nishimoto, who was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988, died of heart failure on Nov. 25, 2011.

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Hyogo Prefecture starts summer hours

KOBE, Japan - A clock displays the time near an employee of the Hyogo prefectural government at the prefectural hall in Kobe on June 22, 2011. He started work earlier than usual as the western Japanese prefecture the same day began shifting work hours to summer hours as a measure to save energy.

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Crown prince, crown princess in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L), accompanied by his wife Crown Princess Masako (2nd L), talks with bereaved relatives of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at a public hall in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, after attending a ceremony hosted by Hyogo Prefecture to commemorate the quake that killed 6,434 people. The crown princess is making her first official trip outside of the capital involving an overnight stay since January 2008. (Pool photo)

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More than 10 dead in Hyogo, Okayama

SAYO, Japan - An official of the municipal government of Sayo in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, cleans up mud on the first floor of the town hall Aug. 10 after it was flooded under 1.5 meters of water the night of Aug. 9, when torrential rain brought by Typhoon Etau hit the area.

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Hall of Famer Noguchi dies at 87

OSAKA, Japan - Hall of Famer Jiro Noguchi (file photo taken 1989), one of only three pitchers who has earned 40 or more wins in a season in Japanese baseball history, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 21, his family said. He was 87.

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Golden touch

TSUNA, Japan - England captain Michael Owen, during a visit to the city hall in Tsuna, Hyogo Prefecture on June 18, touches the block of gold on display at the city hall. The English World Cup team is encamped at Tsuna during the World Cup tournament. (World Cup 2002)

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Credit cooperative goes broke over Princeton bonds

KOBE, Japan - Hajime Shinobe, chief of Kita Hyogo Credit Cooperative, apologizes at a news conference at Hyogo Prefecture Hall in Kobe on Oct. 29, explaining that the financial institute went bankrupt due to huge losses incurred through its purchase of U.S. Princeton bonds. The credit cooperative lost 1 billion to 2 billion yen on the bonds bought from the Tokyo branch of Cresvale International Ltd.

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Hall of Famer Noguchi dies at 87

OSAKA, Japan - Hall of Famer Jiro Noguchi (file photo taken 1989), one of only three pitchers who has earned 40 or more wins in a season in Japanese baseball history, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 21, his family said. He was 87. (Kyodo)

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'Lucky man race' held at Nishonomiya Shrine in western Japan

Runners dash to the main hall of Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishionomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan on Jan. 10, 2016, as the gate opened for an annual race to pick a "Fuku-otoko" (lucky man). The first man to reach the main hall, roughly 230 meters away, is crowned the year's luckiest man. About 6,000 people took part in the annual event to pray for good business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan city recognizes utility's power-saving campaign

Amagasaki Mayor Kazumi Inamura (L) hands a letter of certification to Jiro Kagawa, vice president of Kansai Electric Power Co., at the city hall in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 19, 2015, accepting as part of the city's low-carbon society promotion project the utility's power-saving campaign encouraging consumers to leave their homes and use credit points given in return for shopping at local stores during hours of peak demand for electricity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chikamatsu Memorial Hall in western Japan

The facade of the Chikamatsu Memorial Hall where various events concerning Chikamatsu Monzaemon, an Edo-period dramatist, is photographed in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2015. His bronze statue is seen on the right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan city recognizes utility's power-saving campaign

Amagasaki Mayor Kazumi Inamura (L) hands a letter of certification to Jiro Kagawa, vice president of Kansai Electric Power Co., at the city hall in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 19, 2015, accepting as part of the city's low-carbon society promotion project the utility's power-saving campaign encouraging consumers to leave their homes and use credit points given in return for shopping at local stores during hours of peak demand for electricity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parents heap demands on schools

KAKOGAWA, Japan - Masatoshi Onoda, a professor of education at Osaka University, delivers a speech before about 1,500 teachers at the Kakogawa Civic Hall in Hyogo Prefecture in August., Oct. 23 Kyodo - (Kyodo)

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A distant view of the city of Kobe

View of Kobe harbour from Mt. Suwa (present-day Chuo Ward). Mid-Meiji Period. This is a tinted version of photograph #2823. The octagonal building on the left is the Hyogo Prefecture Council Hall built in 1882. The iron pier for foreign vessels (built in 1884) is visible further down to the south. On the right of the north-south street is the Kodera residence and its garden under construction (present-day Sorakuen).==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐46‐0]

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Hyogo Prefecture starts summer hours

KOBE, Japan - A clock displays the time near an employee of the Hyogo prefectural government at the prefectural hall in Kobe on June 22, 2011. He started work earlier than usual as the western Japanese prefecture the same day began shifting work hours to summer hours as a measure to save energy. (Kyodo)

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'Lucky man race' held at Shinto shrine in west Japan

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Participants dash as the gate opens for an annual race to pick a "Fuku-otoko" (lucky man) at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The first man to reach the main hall of the Shinto shrine is crowned the year's lucky man. (Kyodo)

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Crown prince, crown princess in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L), accompanied by his wife Crown Princess Masako (2nd L), talks with bereaved relatives of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at a public hall in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, after attending a ceremony hosted by Hyogo Prefecture to commemorate the quake that killed 6,434 people. The crown princess is making her first official trip outside of the capital involving an overnight stay since January 2008. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Ex-Kintetsu manager Nishimoto dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2005 shows Yukio Nishimoto, former Hankyu Braves and Kintetsu Buffaloes manager, during an interview at his home in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. Nishimoto, who was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988, died of heart failure on Nov. 25, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Annual 'lucky man race' at Japanese shrine

Runners sprint toward the main hall of Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan on Jan. 10, 2017, in an annual race to pick a "Fuku-otoko" (lucky man). Takashi Suzuki, a 21-year-old university student, was the first man to reach the main hall, roughly 230 meters away, and was crowned the year's luckiest man in the race run by about 5,000 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Credit cooperative goes broke over Princeton bonds

KOBE, Japan - Hajime Shinobe, chief of Kita Hyogo Credit Cooperative, apologizes at a news conference at Hyogo Prefecture Hall in Kobe on Oct. 29, explaining that the financial institute went bankrupt due to huge losses incurred through its purchase of U.S. Princeton bonds. The credit cooperative lost 1 billion to 2 billion yen on the bonds bought from the Tokyo branch of Cresvale International Ltd.