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Illustration - Betharram

Illustration of the Le Beau Rameau school complex, formerly the Institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram, collège, lycée général, lycée professionnel and boarding school, in Lestelle-Bétharram, France on June 8, 2025. The Bétharram case concerns accusations of physical and sexual violence committed between 1950 and 2010 at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram Catholic school. To date, more than 100 former pupils have lodged complaints against priests and supervisors at the school. The Pau public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation in January 2024 to shed light on these alleged acts. Photo by Duffour P/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Betharram

Illustration of the Le Beau Rameau school complex, formerly the Institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram, collège, lycée général, lycée professionnel and boarding school, in Lestelle-Bétharram, France on June 8, 2025. The Bétharram case concerns accusations of physical and sexual violence committed between 1950 and 2010 at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram Catholic school. To date, more than 100 former pupils have lodged complaints against priests and supervisors at the school. The Pau public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation in January 2024 to shed light on these alleged acts. Photo by Duffour P/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Betharram

Illustration of the Le Beau Rameau school complex, formerly the Institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram, collège, lycée général, lycée professionnel and boarding school, in Lestelle-Bétharram, France on June 8, 2025. The Bétharram case concerns accusations of physical and sexual violence committed between 1950 and 2010 at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram Catholic school. To date, more than 100 former pupils have lodged complaints against priests and supervisors at the school. The Pau public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation in January 2024 to shed light on these alleged acts. Photo by Duffour P/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Betharram

Illustration of the Le Beau Rameau school complex, formerly the Institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram, collège, lycée général, lycée professionnel and boarding school, in Lestelle-Bétharram, France on June 8, 2025. The Bétharram case concerns accusations of physical and sexual violence committed between 1950 and 2010 at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram Catholic school. To date, more than 100 former pupils have lodged complaints against priests and supervisors at the school. The Pau public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation in January 2024 to shed light on these alleged acts. Photo by Duffour P/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Betharram

Illustration of the Le Beau Rameau school complex, formerly the Institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram, collège, lycée général, lycée professionnel and boarding school, in Lestelle-Bétharram, France on June 8, 2025. The Bétharram case concerns accusations of physical and sexual violence committed between 1950 and 2010 at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram Catholic school. To date, more than 100 former pupils have lodged complaints against priests and supervisors at the school. The Pau public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation in January 2024 to shed light on these alleged acts. Photo by Duffour P/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Betharram

Illustration of the Le Beau Rameau school complex, formerly the Institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram, collège, lycée général, lycée professionnel and boarding school, in Lestelle-Bétharram, France on June 8, 2025. The Bétharram case concerns accusations of physical and sexual violence committed between 1950 and 2010 at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram Catholic school. To date, more than 100 former pupils have lodged complaints against priests and supervisors at the school. The Pau public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation in January 2024 to shed light on these alleged acts. Photo by Duffour P/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Betharram

Illustration of the Le Beau Rameau school complex, formerly the Institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram, collège, lycée général, lycée professionnel and boarding school, in Lestelle-Bétharram, France on June 8, 2025. The Bétharram case concerns accusations of physical and sexual violence committed between 1950 and 2010 at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram Catholic school. To date, more than 100 former pupils have lodged complaints against priests and supervisors at the school. The Pau public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation in January 2024 to shed light on these alleged acts. Photo by Duffour P/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Betharram

Illustration of the Le Beau Rameau school complex, formerly the Institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram, collège, lycée général, lycée professionnel and boarding school, in Lestelle-Bétharram, France on June 8, 2025. The Bétharram case concerns accusations of physical and sexual violence committed between 1950 and 2010 at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram Catholic school. To date, more than 100 former pupils have lodged complaints against priests and supervisors at the school. The Pau public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation in January 2024 to shed light on these alleged acts. Photo by Duffour P/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Betharram

Illustration of the Le Beau Rameau school complex, formerly the Institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram, collège, lycée général, lycée professionnel and boarding school, in Lestelle-Bétharram, France on June 8, 2025. The Bétharram case concerns accusations of physical and sexual violence committed between 1950 and 2010 at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram Catholic school. To date, more than 100 former pupils have lodged complaints against priests and supervisors at the school. The Pau public prosecutor's office opened a preliminary investigation in January 2024 to shed light on these alleged acts. Photo by Duffour P/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The National Iranian Oil Company

An offshore drilling rig stands in the Persian Gulf, Iran, on January 11, 2010. The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) manages crude oil exports and petroleum distribution under the Ministry of Petroleum. Photo by Sam/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The National Iranian Oil Company

A drilling rig stands in the Persian Gulf, Iran, on January 11, 2010. The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) manages crude oil exports and petroleum distribution under the Ministry of Petroleum. Photo by Sam/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The National Iranian Oil Company

An offshore drilling rig stands in the Persian Gulf, Iran, on January 11, 2010. The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) manages crude oil exports and petroleum distribution under the Ministry of Petroleum. Photo by Sam/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The National Iranian Oil Company

A drilling rig stands in the Persian Gulf, Iran, on January 11, 2010. The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) manages crude oil exports and petroleum distribution under the Ministry of Petroleum. Photo by Sam/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The National Iranian Oil Company

An offshore drilling rig stands in the Persian Gulf, Iran, on January 11, 2010. The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) manages crude oil exports and petroleum distribution under the Ministry of Petroleum. Photo by Sam/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Snowball Fight Held In Washington, D.C. After Heavy Snowfall 2

On Monday, January 6, after heavy snowfall, residents in Washington, D.C. engaged in snowball fights. The Washington DC Snowball Fight Association has been organizing this event since 2010.

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US: Snowball Fight Held In Washington, D.C. After Heavy Snowfall

On Monday, January 6, after heavy snowfall, residents in Washington, D.C. engaged in snowball fights. The Washington DC Snowball Fight Association has been organizing this event since 2010.

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Francois Bayrou Appointed Prime Minister

File photo dated January 11, 2010 of Marielle De Sarnez and Francois Bayrou at Philippe Seguin's funeral in L' Eglise Saint Louis Des Invalides in Paris. - France's embattled President Emmanuel Macron has appointed centrist ally Francois Bayrou as prime minister, he announced on Friday, as he seeks to calm a political crisis. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Muammar Gaddafi receives Bashar Al Assad - Tripoli

In just over ten days, Syrian rebels have taken control of Syria's main cities, including the capital Damascus on Saturday night. President Bashar al-Assad, in power since 2000, has fled the country, according to Russia - FILE - Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) receives Syria's President Bashar Al Assad in Tripoli, Libyan Jamahiriya, on January 24, 2010. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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3rd Annual Art of Elysium Heaven Gala - Los Angeles

"Shannen Doherty attends the 3rd Annual Art Of Elysium ""Heaven"" Gala. Los Angeles, CA, USA on January 16, 2010. Photo by Lionel Hahn/ABACAPRESS.COM (Pictured: Shannen Doherty)"

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3rd Annual Art of Elysium Heaven Gala - Los Angeles

"Shannen Doherty attends the 3rd Annual Art Of Elysium ""Heaven"" Gala. Los Angeles, CA, USA on January 16, 2010. Photo by Lionel Hahn/ABACAPRESS.COM (Pictured: Shannen Doherty)"

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President Barack Obama Gives his First State of the Union Address - DC

US Vice-President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi shake hands as US President Barack Obama enter the room to deliver his first State of the Union speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 27, 2010. Photo by Tim Sloan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Says Guided Missile Sub Has Arrived In Middle East

Handout photo dated January 11, 2010 shows the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS West Virginia (SSBN 736) departs Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA, USA. In a rare announcement, the US military said a guided missile submarine has arrived in the Middle East, a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war. US Central Command said on social media Sunday that an Ohio-class submarine was entering its area of responsibility. The social media post did not name the sub, but the US Navy has four Ohio-class guided missile submarines, or SSGNs, which are former ballistic missile subs converted to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles rather than nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 1st Class James Kimber via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italy's consumer confidence, industrial turnover fall

STORY: Italy's consumer confidence, industrial turnover fall DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:54 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of food in a supermarket STORYLINE: Italy's economy revealed new signs of frailty on Friday, as data on business and consumer confidence and on industrial turnover all weakened in the latest reporting periods. Italy's National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) reported that business and consumer confidence both went down in October, with the biggest decline among individuals and families. Consumer confidence in October fell to 101.6 points from 105.4 points a month earlier, marking the lowest value for the index since January. Business confidence, meanwhile, saw a smaller decline, falling to 103.9 points from 104.9 points. Still, it was the lowest survey result for business confidence levels since April 2021. Both indicators use a 100-point baseline from 2010, adjusted upward or downward based on the responses to the ISTAT survey tabulated near the end

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13th Alpe d'Huez Comedy Film Festival

Jane Birkin poses during the 13th Alpe d'Huez Comedy Film Festival held at l'Alpe d'Huez, France, on January 20, 2010. Photo by Jeremy Charriau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

(L-R) The First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño; the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, who chairs the meeting and the Second Vice President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda DÍaz, during the plenary meeting of the Government of Spain and the College of Commissioners, at the Museo de las Colecciones Reales, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ursula Von Der Leyen And Pedro Sanchez Press Conference - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on their arrival at a press conference following the plenary meeting of the Spanish Government and the College of Commissioners, in the Royal Collections Gallery, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ursula Von Der Leyen And Pedro Sanchez Press Conference - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on their arrival at a press conference following the plenary meeting of the Spanish Government and the College of Commissioners, in the Royal Collections Gallery, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ursula Von Der Leyen And Pedro Sanchez Press Conference - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on their arrival at a press conference following the plenary meeting of the Spanish Government and the College of Commissioners, in the Royal Collections Gallery, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ursula Von Der Leyen And Pedro Sanchez Press Conference - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, during a press conference following the plenary meeting of the Spanish Government and the College of Commissioners, at the Royal Collections Gallery, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

Family photo, in the center, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pose with Spanish government ministers who are members of the Council of the European Union, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

Family photo, in the center, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pose with Spanish government ministers who are members of the Council of the European Union, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell (left), greets the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (right), on his arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Since last Saturday, July 1, Spain has held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the European Commission, Úrsula von der Leyen, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pose for a family photo at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pose for a family photo at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the European Commission, Úrsula von der Leyen, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the European Commission, Úrsula von der Leyen, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, on his arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-LDP upper house heavyweight Mikio Aoki dies at 89

Former Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Mikio Aoki, known to have held strong influence while head of the party's caucus in the House of Councillors, is pictured in January 2000 in Tokyo. Aoki, who was elected to the upper house a total of four times from 1986 onwards before retiring from politics in 2010, died on June 11, 2023 at age 89.

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China's consumer inflation slows to level not seen since 2010

BEIJING, China - A vendor awaits shoppers in a market in Beijing on Oct. 10, 2014. China's consumer price index, a major gauge of inflation, rose 1.6 percent in September from a year earlier, compared with the previous month's increase of 2 percent, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Oct. 15. The latest rise in the inflation index is the lowest since January 2010.

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China's consumer inflation slows to level not seen since 2010

BEIJING, China - A vendor awaits shoppers in a market in Beijing on Oct. 10, 2014. China's consumer price index, a major gauge of inflation, rose 1.6 percent in September from a year earlier, compared with the previous month's increase of 2 percent, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Oct. 15. The latest rise in the inflation index is the lowest since January 2010.

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LDP lawmaker Nakamura dead at 70

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 2010 shows Hirohiko Nakamura, a House of Councillors member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Nakamura died of multiple organ failure at a Nagoya hospital on July 31, 2013, at age 70.

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Woman creates tie-producing company at age 17

TOKYO, Japan - Aya Ohzeki, president and chief executive officer of Noble Apex Inc., shows ties that her company produces, in Tokyo on May 27, 2013. Ohzeki founded the company in January 2010 when she was 17 and a sophomore in senior high school.

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JAL's new seats for international flights

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. demonstrates its first fully reclining seats for business class for long-haul international flights during an event in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2012. The airline unveiled all new seating for Boeing 777-300ER international flights as part of its midterm business plan following rehabilitation from its January 2010 bankruptcy.

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Hakuho gears up for Nagoya tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho is pictured during a practice session at the lodging of the Miyagino stable in Nagoya on June 30, 2010, ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament scheduled for July 10 through 24. The tournament will be the first regular meet since January, after a match-fixing scandal forced the Japan Sumo Association to cancel the regular spring competition in March.

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JAL chief Onishi

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L) and Chairman Kazuo Inamori hold a press conference in Tokyo on March 28, 2011, announcing that the company has completed a court-backed rehabilitation process after filing for bankruptcy protection in January 2010.

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Catch of yellowtail in Toyoma Pref. jumps 30-fold

TOYAMA, Japan - Buyers take part in an auction of yellowtail at a fish market in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2011. The number of yellowtail caught off the city along the Sea of Japan coast between December 2010 and January 2011 reached a record 130,774, up 30-fold from the same period a year before.

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Actress Hideko Takamine dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - This January 1953 file photo shows actress Hideko Takamine, who died of lung cancer in a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 28, 2010, at the age of 86. Takamine was known for her appearances in numerous movies in the 1950s and 1960s.

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British gov't's declassified files

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows a file containing confidential papers created in 1980. The British National Archives disclosed some Foreign Office papers on Dec. 30, 2010, that revealed the British government was considering encouraging Tokyo to join European countries and the United States in imposing sanctions on Iran following the taking of American hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Iran in November 1979, as doing so without Japan would only give it enhanced business opportunities in the Middle Eastern country. Japan imposed sanctions on the country in June 1980 and lifted them in January 1981 after the release of the hostages.

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7th time lucky for apprentice police dog Kinako

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Dog trainer Shinji Kameyama gives a pat to Labrador retriever Kinako in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2010, as the Kagawa police said the same day that the dog has passed this year's test to become a police dog after failing for six years in a row and is set to start working in January 2011.