Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Sneak peek of TV animation series at Kyoto Kabuki theater

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - A sneak peek event for the Japanese animated television series "The Eccentric Family," based on the original Japanese novel written by Tomihiko Morimi, is held at Minamiza Theater, a Kabuki theater, in Kyoto on June 16, 2013.(Kyodo)

E

US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

E

Curling mecca opens in Kitami, Hokkaido

KITAMI, Japan - People enjoy curling at the Advics Tokoro Curling Hall in the town of Tokoro in Kitami, Hokkaido, on Jan. 16, 2014. The hall is a refurbished Mecca for the sport opened in November 2013.

E

Tourism in Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria - A Jan. 29, 2013, photo shows a tour guide showing the Kasbah area of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The Jan. 16, 2013, hostage crisis has affected tourism of the North African country home to seven UNESCO World Heritage sites including Kasbah.

E

Tourism in Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria - A Jan. 29, 2013, photo shows children playing in the Kasbah area of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The Jan. 16, 2013, hostage crisis has affected tourism of the North African country home to seven UNESCO World Heritage sites including Kasbah.

E

Tourism in Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria - A Jan. 29, 2013, photo shows a market in the Kasbah area of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The Jan. 16, 2013, hostage crisis has affected tourism of the North African country home to seven UNESCO World Heritage sites including Kasbah.

E

Tourism in Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria - A Jan. 31, 2013, photo shows a night view of the main area of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The Jan. 16, 2013, hostage crisis has affected tourism of the North African country home to seven UNESCO World Heritage sites.

E

Tourism in Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria - A Jan. 29, 2013, photo shows the Kasbah area of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The Jan. 16, 2013, hostage crisis has affected tourism of the North African country home to seven UNESCO World Heritage sites including Kasbah.

E

Algeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo taken secretly on Jan. 16, 2013, by one of the Algerians held hostage at a gas plant in In Amenas shows Algerian workers standing outside an accommodation unit of the plant. The man in camouflage is one of the captors. Dozens of people, including many foreign nationals, died later in the hostage crisis.

E

Algeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo taken secretly on Jan. 16, 2013, by one of the Algerians held hostage at a gas plant in In Amenas shows three attackers (background R) guarding foreigners while Algerians (L) are left alone. Dozens, including many foreign nationals, later died in the hostage crisis.

E

Algeria hostage crisis

IN AMENAS, Algeria - Photo taken secretly on Jan. 16, 2013, by one of the Algerians held hostage at a gas plant in In Amenas shows Algerian workers standing outside an accommodation unit of the plant. The man in camouflage is one of the captors. Dozens of people, including many foreign nationals, died later in the hostage crisis.

E

Singapore Merlion

SINGAPORE, Singapore - A Jan. 16, 2013, photo shows the Merlion statue and a commercial complex housing a casino in Singapore.

E

Singapore Merlion

SINGAPORE, Singapore - A Jan. 16, 2013, photo shows the Merlion statue against the backdrop of skyscrapers in the financial center in Singapore.

E

Akutagawa, Naoki literary prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Ryutaro Abe, Ryo Asai and Natsuko Kuroda join hands in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2013, after Kuroda was awarded the Akutagawa award for up-and-coming authors of serious fiction and Abe and Asai were awarded the Naoki award for popular literature.

E

Akutagawa, Naoki literary prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Ryutaro Abe, Ryo Asai and Natsuko Kuroda hold their works in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2013, after Kuroda was awarded the Akutagawa award for up-and-coming authors of serious fiction and Abe and Asai received the Naoki award for popular literature.

E

Antigovernment demonstration in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - An antigovernment demonstration is staged in Islamabad on Jan. 16, 2013.

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung shake hands after holding a joint press conference in Hanoi on Jan. 16, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is escorted by his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung (L) during a welcoming ceremony for Abe in Hanoi on Jan. 16, 2013. (Pool photo)

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung attend a welcoming ceremony for Abe in Hanoi on Jan. 16, 2013. (Pool photo)

E

Winners of Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Ryo Asai (L) and Ryutaro Abe, who won the Naoki award for popular literature on Jan. 16, 2013.

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung hold a joint press conference in Hanoi on Jan. 16, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

E

Japanese seized by Islamists in Algeria

YOKOHAMA, Japan - JGC Corp. spokesman answers reporters' questions at the Japanese engineering company's headquarters in Yokohama on Jan. 16, 2013. The local office of the company said the same day that five Japanese nationals working at an oil facility in southern Algeria are believed to have been seized by Islamist militants.

E

Hatoyama in China

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama answers reporters' questions at a hotel in Beijing on Jan. 16, 2013. Hatoyama held separate talks the same day with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Jia Qinglin, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body.

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on Jan. 16, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (back, L) holds talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung (front) in Hanoi on Jan. 16, 2013. (Pool photo)

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (back, 5th from L) holds talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on Jan. 16, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) holds talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung (far R) in Hanoi on Jan. 16, 2013. (Pool photo)

E

Kuroda becomes oldest Akutagawa literary award winner

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in December 2012 shows Natsuko Kuroda. Kuroda became the oldest Akutagawa award at age 75 on Jan. 16, 2013, in the almost 80-year history of the prestigious Japanese literary prize.

E

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under decommissioning

OKUMA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2013, shows workers walking on the snow-covered ground at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi visited the plant the same day and told employees that the government hopes to accelerate the process of scrapping the crippled reactors. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

E

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under decommissioning

OKUMA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2013, shows some facilities at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, covered with snow, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The No. 1 reactor building is seen in the back. Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi visited the plant the same day and told employees that the government hopes to accelerate the process of scrapping the crippled reactors. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gets into a vehicle after arriving at Hanoi airport on Jan. 16, 2013, on the first leg of his Southeast Asian tour to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. To the right is his wife Akie.

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Ito, president of All Nippon Airways Co., speaks with reporters after meeting transport minister Akihiro Ota at the transport ministry in Tokyo on the afternoon of Jan. 16, 2013. A Boeing 787 jet operated by ANA made an emergency landing in the morning at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew aboard the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is greeted after arriving at Hanoi airport on Jan. 16, 2013, on the first leg of his Southeast Asian tour to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

E

PM Abe in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at Hanoi airport on Jan. 16, 2013, on the first leg of his Southeast Asian tour to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. To the right is his wife Akie.

E

Gov't to cut welfare benefits

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Welfare minister Norihisa Tamura answers reporters' questions in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2013. Tamura said that welfare benefits for the poor will be reduced as a whole, reflecting a government panel's finding that some recipients are receiving more money than the average living costs of low-income workers.

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Boeing 787 jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Jan. 16, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, following an emergency landing after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew aboard the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

E

Campbell in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell (C), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, answers reporters' questions after meeting with a South Korean official in Seoul on Jan. 16, 2013.

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TAKAMTSU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Boeing 787 jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Jan. 16, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport, western Japan, following an emergency landing after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew members on board the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Boeing 787 jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Jan. 16, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport, western Japan, following an emergency landing after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew members on board the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

E

Campbell in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, answers reporters' questions after meeting with a South Korean official in Seoul on Jan. 16, 2013.

E

Abe on Southeast Asian tour

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) waves before leaving Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 16, 2013, for a tour of Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. At right is his wife Akie.

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TAKAMTSU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Boeing 787 jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Jan. 16, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport, western Japan, following an emergency landing after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew members on board the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TAKAMTSU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Boeing 787 jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Jan. 16, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport, western Japan, following an emergency landing after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew members on board the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TAKAMTSU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Boeing 787 jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Jan. 16, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport, western Japan, following an emergency landing after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew members on board the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Boeing 787 jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Jan. 16, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport, western Japan, following an emergency landing after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew members on board the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Boeing 787 jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Jan. 16, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport, western Japan, following an emergency landing after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew members on board the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

E

Imperial poetry reading

TOKYO, Japan - A New Year's Poetry Reading, known as Utakai Hajime, is held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2013. (Pool photo)

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Boeing 787 jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Jan. 16, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport, western Japan, following an emergency landing after smoke was detected inside the aircraft. All 137 passengers and crew members on board the domestic flight evacuated the plane.

E

Boeing 787 makes emergency landing

TAKAMTSU, Japan - Photo shows a Boeing 787 jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Jan. 16, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport, western Japan, following an emergency landing after smoke was detected inside the aircraft.