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Actor Kazami attends traffic safety event

TOKYO, Japan, May 16 Kyodo - Japanese actor Shingo Kazami speaks at a traffic safety event at Police Museum in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2007. His eldest daughter was killed in a traffic accident in January 2007.

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China National Bureau of Statistics

Sheng Laiyun, deputy commissioner of the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 16, 2025, to release the country's gross domestic product data for the first quarter of 2025. China's economy grew a real 5.4 percent from a year earlier during the January-March period.

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China National Bureau of Statistics

Sheng Laiyun, deputy commissioner of the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, speaks at a press conference in Beijing on April 16, 2025, to release the country's gross domestic product data for the first quarter of 2025. China's economy grew a real 5.4 percent from a year earlier during the January-March period.

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DPJ to hold leadership election in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda (R), the outgoing leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and other party executives hold a meeting at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Dec. 16, 2014. The DPJ decided to hold a presidential election in January to choose a successor to Kaieda who failed to retain his Diet seat and announced he will step down.

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Sapporo man to fly 100-m kite train in Year of Sheep

SAPPORO, Japan - Mitsuo Tanaka, head of a kite-loving group in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, makes kites with sheep face drawings on Dec. 16, 2014. He plans to fly a 100-meter kite train in January as 2015 is the Year of the Sheep under the Chinese zodiac.

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China's economic growth slows

BEIJING, China - China's National Bureau of Statistics, holds a press conference in Beijing on April 16, 2014, to release the country's economic growth in the January-March quarter of 2014. China's economic growth slowed to 7.4 percent on year in the January-March quarter from 7.7 percent the previous three months.

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China's Jan.-March qtr economic growth

BEIJING, China - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman of China's National Bureau of Statistics, speaks on China's economic growth in the January-March quarter of 2014 in Beijing on April 16, 2014. China's economic growth slowed to 7.4 percent on year in the January-March quarter from 7.7 percent the previous three months, slipping below the government's gross domestic product growth target of 7.5 percent for 2014, government data showed the same day.

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Postwar model train magazine publishes 800th edition

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 16, 2014 shows Haruo Ishibashi, editor in chief of the monthly magazine "Tetsudo Mokei Shumi" (model railway hobby), at the office of its publisher Kigei Publishing Co. in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward. Launched in 1947, the magazine issued its 800th edition in January 2014.

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ANA Boeing 787's test flight

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on May 16, 2013, shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner before leaving for Tokyo's Haneda airport on a test flight after the completion of modification work. The jet made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport in January due to a battery-related problem.

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ANA Boeing 787's test flight

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on May 16, 2013, shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner before leaving for Tokyo's Haneda airport on a test flight after the completion of modification work. The jet made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport in January due to a battery-related problem.

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ANA Boeing 787's test flight

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on May 16, 2013, shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner before leaving for Tokyo's Haneda airport on a test flight after the completion of modification work. The jet made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport in January due to a battery-related problem.

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Panasonic gets credit line

OSAKA, Japan - File photo in January 2012 shows the head office of Panasonic Corp in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture. Sources said on Oct. 16, 2012, that Panasonic has obtained a credit line of 600 billion yen from its four main banks in its efforts to diversify funding options.

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Mazda releases CX-5 SUV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 16, 2012, shows Mazda Motor Corp.'s new fuel-efficient crossover sport utility vehicle CX-5. Mazda the same day started sales of the model with a 2.2-liter clean diesel engine, which has a fuel economy of 18.6 kilometers per liter under a new testing method, the best among SUVs sold domestically as of January, according to the company.

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Minagawa to continue Alpine ski career

TOKYO, Japan - Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 16, 2010, saying he will continue his career with the aim of winning a medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The 32-year-old Minagawa, the husband of moguls skier Aiko Uemura, had told Ski Association of Japan officials in late January of his intention to retire after the Vancouver Olympics.

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Prince Naruhito, Princess Masako visit Kobe for quake memorial

OSAKA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrive at Osaka International Airport on Jan. 16, 2010, on their way to Kobe, where they will attend a memorial ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake. For the crown princess undergoing treatment for a stress-induced illness, this will be the first official trip outside the capital involving an overnight stay since January 2008.

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Prince Naruhito, Princess Masako visit Kobe for quake memorial

OSAKA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrive at Osaka International Airport on Jan. 16, 2010, on their way to Kobe, where they will attend a memorial ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake. For the crown princess undergoing treatment for a stress-induced illness, this will be the first official trip outside the capital involving an overnight stay since January 2008.

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George Soros in Japan

George Soros at a seminar in Tokyo, Japan on January 16, 1996. He predicts weak yen trend in coming 2 years.