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Emperor, empress visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress MIchiko listen to a performance of traditional Chinese musical instruments during their visit to the country's pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 13. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress MIchiko are greed by Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi (R) on arrival at the Chinese pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 13.

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Emperor, empress visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress MIchiko is given a briefing at the start of their tour of the Canadian pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 13. (Pool photo)

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UNESCO registers Shiretoko as natural heritage site

SHIRETOKO, Japan - Tourists at an observatory near the five Shiretoko lakes in Shari in Hokkaido view the scenery in this photo taken July 13, 2005. A UNESCO panel decided July 14 to admit the Shiretoko area as a natural heritage site.

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Emperor, empress visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress MIchiko look at exhibits at the pavilion of the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 13. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress view Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (R, front) walks on the global Loop main road at the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on July 13.

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UNESCO registers Shiretoko as natural heritage site

SHIRETOKO, Japan - Tourists at an observatory near the five Shiretoko lakes in Shari in Hokkaido view the scenery in this photo taken July 13, 2005. A UNESCO panel decided July 14 to admit the Shiretoko area as a natural heritage site. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress MIchiko listen to a performance of traditional Chinese musical instruments during their visit to the country's pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 13. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress MIchiko is given a briefing at the start of their tour of the Canadian pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 13. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress MIchiko are greed by Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi (R) on arrival at the Chinese pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 13. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress MIchiko look at exhibits at the pavilion of the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 13. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress view Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (R, front) walks on the global Loop main road at the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on July 13. (Kyodo)

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Yankees owner Steinbrenner dies

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner (R) and Hideki Matsui, a Japanese slugger at the club, about to shake hands in Tampa, Florida, in February 2005. Steinbrenner died at the age of 80 on July 13, 2010. (Kyodo)

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China's jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo dies at 61

File photo taken in 2005 shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo giving an interview. Liu, who was detained and imprisoned numerous times for his advocacy of human rights and democracy in China, died of multiple organ failure in a hospital in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, aged 61, on July 13, 2017. Liu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo