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Quincy Jones Dies Aged 91

File photo - Quincy Jones performs during the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland on July 16, 2014. Quincy Jones, musician and producer who worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and many others, dies aged 91. Photo by Jean Guy Python/ABACAPRESS.COM

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10th anniversary of Harry Potter area at USJ

OSAKA, Japan, July 16 Kyodo - Actor Seishiro Kato (C) attends an event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, an attraction based on the hit book and movie series, at Universal Studios Japan in the western city of Osaka on July 15, 2024. Kato was invited to attend a pre-opening event in 2014. (Kyodo)

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Discovering Tibet with FPV drone: Well-preserved ancient village

STORY: Discovering Tibet with FPV drone: Well-preserved ancient village DATELINE: July 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various drone views of the Conggo Village in Nyingchi City, southwest China's Tibet STORYLINE: Nestled in the mountains of Nyingchi City of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, the Conggo Village stands as the most completely preserved ancient settlement of Gongbo culture. The village was listed as China's Famous Historic and Cultural Village in 2014. The most ancient house in the village could date back over 400 years. Here retains the essence of the architectural art of the Gongbo area, which is a Tibetan tribe in ancient times. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lhasa, China. (XHTV)

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Nikkei plummets on weaker-than-expected GDP data

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average falling 517.03 points, or 2.96 percent, to close at 16,973.80 on Nov. 17, 2014, on selling sparked by a surprise contraction in Japan's gross domestic product for the July-September quarter.

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Professor advises tourism industry on hospitality for Muslims

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Hayashi, professor at Kyoei University in Kasukabe, north of Tokyo, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, on ways of offering hospitality to Muslim travelers as part of efforts to advise the tourism industry on how to improve its services.

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Tanaka to make comeback Sept. 21 at Yankee Stadium

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees speaks with reporters in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sept. 16, 2014, after the team announced he will make his first start since July on Sept. 21 at Yankee Stadium against the Toronto Blue Jays. Tanaka has not pitched for the team since suffering an elbow injury on July 8.

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Tanaka to make comeback Sept. 21 at Yankee Stadium

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees speaks with reporters in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sept. 16, 2014, after the team announced he will make his first start since July on Sept. 21 at Yankee Stadium against the Toronto Blue Jays. Tanaka has not pitched for the team since suffering an elbow injury on July 8.

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Tanaka to make comeback Sept. 21 at Yankee Stadium

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees plays catch in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sept. 16, 2014, after the team announced he will make his first start since July on Sept. 21 at Yankee Stadium against the Toronto Blue Jays. Tanaka has not pitched for the team since suffering an elbow injury on July 8.

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Tanaka to make comeback Sept. 21 at Yankee Stadium

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees plays catch in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sept. 16, 2014, after the team announced he will make his first start since July on Sept. 21 at Yankee Stadium against the Toronto Blue Jays. Tanaka has not pitched for the team since suffering an elbow injury on July 8.

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Tanaka throws 1st bullpen session

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws in the bullpen on Aug. 16, 2014, in St. Petersburg, the United States, for the first time since feeling discomfort in his right elbow on July 8. "I'm progressing well," he said after throwing 25 fastballs.

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Japanese cities vie for title of hottest place in Japan

KOCHI, Japan - People watch a temperature display set up in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, in July 2014 to vie for the title of Japan's hottest city against Saitama Prefecture's Kumagaya and Gifu Prefecture's Tajimi, which each registered 40.9 C on Aug. 16, 2007. Shimanto set Japan's highest temperature of 41.0 C on Aug. 12 last year. The cities use high temperatures to promote tourism.

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U.S. F-16 fighter's shooting drill in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - A U.S. military F-16 fighter jet takes part in a shooting drill in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, in July 2014.

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F-16 fighter jet drill in Misawa

AOMORI, Japan - A training exercise involving U.S. military F-16 fighter jets takes place in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, in July 2014.

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Arlington National Cemetery

ARLINGTON, United States - Photo taken July 30, 2014, shows graves of Confederate soldiers in Arlington National Cemetery's section 16, an area reserved for soldiers who fought for the South during the U.S. Civil War, in Virginia.

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Nissan's less expensive passenger car debuts in China

GUANGZHOU, China - A compact passenger car, dubbed VENUCIA R30, is shown by Dongfeng Nissan, Nissan Motor Co.'s Chinese joint venture, at an exhibition in Guangzhou in China's southern province of Guangdong on July 16, 2014.

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Woman holds 1st info security event for women in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Asuka Nakajima, shown in this file photo taken on July 16, 2014, is the organizer of an information security event exclusively for women held on June 29 for the first time in Japan.

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Welfare center received warning about teen held for murder

SASEBO, Japan - Photo taken July 31, 2014, shows a child welfare center in Sasebo in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Nagasaki. The center was informed last month that a 16-year-old girl arrested for allegedly killing and partially dismembering a classmate had exhibited disturbing behavior.

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16-yr-old girl arrested for murder says she wanted to kill someone

SASEBO, Japan - Police officers on July 28, 2014, carry a large item that looks like a mattress from the apartment building where a 16-year-old girl allegedly murdered a high-school classmate two days earlier in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. The suspect, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor under age 20, said she "wanted to kill someone" and suggested she also wanted to dismember a body, investigative sources said the same day. The victim's head and left hand were severed.

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16-yr-old girl arrested for murder says she wanted to kill someone

SASEBO, Japan - Police officers on July 28, 2014, carry a large item that looks like a mattress from the apartment building where a 16-year-old girl allegedly murdered a high-school classmate two days earlier in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. The suspect, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor under age 20, said she "wanted to kill someone" and suggested she also wanted to dismember a body, investigative sources said the same day. The victim's head and left hand were severed.

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16-yr-old girl arrested for murder says she wanted to kill someone

SASEBO, Japan - A car carrying a 16-year-old girl under arrest for allegedly murdering a high-school classmate, leaves the Sasebo Police Station for the local prosecutors' office in Nagasaki Prefecture on July 28, 2014. The suspect, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor under age 20, said she "wanted to kill someone" and suggested she also wanted to dismember a body, investigative sources said the same day. The victim's head and left hand were severed.

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16-yr-old girl arrested for murder says she wanted to kill someone

SASEBO, Japan - A sheet shields on July 28, 2014, the balcony of the apartment in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture where two days earlier a 16-year-old girl allegedly murdered a high-school classmate and mutilated the body. The suspect, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor under age 20, said she "wanted to kill someone" and suggested she also wanted to dismember a body, investigative sources said the same day.

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100 days after S. Korea ferry sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - Bereaved families of passengers aboard the sunken ferry Sewol march in central Seoul on July 24, 2014, 100 days after the incident off South Korea's southern coast, demanding special legislation to investigate it. More than 300 people were killed or went missing when the ferry sank April 16.

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100 days after S. Korea ferry sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - Bereaved families of passengers aboard the sunken ferry Sewol march in central Seoul on July 24, 2014, 100 days after the incident off South Korea's southern coast, demanding special legislation to investigate it. More than 300 people were killed or went missing when the ferry sank April 16.

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100 days after S. Korea ferry sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - Bereaved families of passengers aboard the sunken ferry Sewol march in central Seoul on July 24, 2014, 100 days after the incident off South Korea's southern coast, demanding special legislation to investigate it. More than 300 people were killed or went missing when the ferry sank April 16.

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Tokyo governor mourns ferry sinking victims

ANSAN, South Korea - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (L front), on a visit to South Korea, arrives July 24, 2014, at a memorial facility in Ansan, South Korea, for the victims of the sinking of a passenger ferry in April. More than 300 people were killed or went missing when the ferry Sewol sank April 16 off South Korea's southern coast.

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New Japanese WWII artifacts go on show at Imperial War Museum

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken on July 16, 2014, shows the wreck of a Japanese Zero fighter which is now on display as part of a refurbished Imperial War Museum in London. The aircraft was found in a jungle on Taroa Island after being abandoned by the Japanese during World War II.

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New Japanese WWII artifacts go on show at Imperial War Museum

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken on July 16, 2014, shows the wreck of a Japanese Zero fighter which is now on display as part of a refurbished Imperial War Museum in London. The aircraft was found in a jungle on Taroa Island after being abandoned by the Japanese during World War II.

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140-year-old bookstore to be reopened in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Retro-looking Nagasaki Jiro Bookstore in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, shown in this photo taken on July 16, 2014, will be reopened on July 31 for the first time in 15 months. Renowned Meiji era (1868-19120) Japanese novelists Mori Ogai and Natsume Soseki used to visit the store, which first opened in 1874.

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Photos taken 16 months after Nagasaki A-bombing exhibited

NAGASAKI, Japan - A total of 26 photos of the surroundings of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, including the ground zero location, taken some 16 months after the Aug. 9, 1945, blast and kept by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, are exhibited at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, from July 23, 2014, for a two-month run.

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Kakitani eager to play for winner

TOKYO, Japan - Japan forward Yoichiro Kakitani (C), along with Swiss club FC Basel coach Paulo Sousa (L), poses for photos during a press conference in Basel, Switzerland, on July 22, 2014. Striker Kakinani, formerly of J-League club Cerezo Osaka, joined Basel on July 16.

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Kakitani eager to play for winner

TOKYO, Japan - Japan forward Yoichiro Kakitani, who moved to Swiss club FC Basel from the J-League窶冱 Cerezo Osaka on July 16, speaks at a press conference on July 22, 2014. Kakitani said, "Since I was a boy, I've dreamed of playing in the European Champions League."

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Okinawa Gov. Nakaima to seek 3rd term in November election

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima meets with the press in Naha in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on July 18, 2014. He said he intends to seek a third four-year term in a gubernatorial election slated for Nov. 16.

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7 recommended as Japan living national treasures

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 16, 2014, in Tokyo shows sword polisher Honami Koshu. On July 18, 2014, the government's Council for Cultural Affairs recommended Honami and six other people as Japan living national treasures.

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7 recommended as Japan living national treasures

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 16, 2014, in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, shows ornamental chaser Akira Yamamoto. The government's Council for Cultural Affairs recommended Yamamoto and six others as Japanese living national treasures on July 18, 2014.

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BRICS summit in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil - Leaders of five emerging economies -- (front row) Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd from L), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (3rd from L), Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (4th from L), Chinese President Xi Jinping (5th from L) and South African President Jacob Zuma (6th from L) -- line up for photos with leaders of South American countries at the BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil, on July 16, 2014.

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Japan's Osako formally joins Cologne of Germany

COLOGNE, Germany - Japan's Yuya Osako shows his FC Cologne uniform in Cologne, Germany, on July 16, 2014, after signing a formal contract with the German first division club. The Japanese international played for Bundesliga second division club TSV 1860 Munich.

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BRICS summit in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil - Leaders of five emerging economies -- (front row) Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd from L), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (3rd from L), Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (4th from L), Chinese President Xi Jinping (5th from L) and South African President Jacob Zuma (6th from L) -- line up for photos with leaders of South American countries at the BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil, on July 16, 2014.

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Japan's Osako joins German 1st division Cologne

COLOGNE, Germany - Japanese international Yuya Osako gives a thumbs up in Cologne, Germany, on July 16, 2014, after signing a formal contract with the German first division club.

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Nordic combined skier Watabe receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Nordic combined skier Akito Watabe (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Chinese dissident Hu attacked by mobs

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese activist and dissident Hu Jia, attacked by a group of mobs in Beijing on July 16, 2014, is shown in this undated file photo. Hu told Kyodo News of the incident that night.

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Snowboarder Takeuchi receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Woman in Maetel costume introduces Galaxy Express 999

HONG KONG, China - A woman in a costume worn by Maetel, a mysterious character in the Japanese manga story "Galaxy Express 999," introduces the work to visitors at a booth opened by the southwestern Japanese city of Kitakyushu at a book fair in Hong Kong, China, on July 16, 2014.

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Ski jumper Kasai receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Figure skater Hanyu receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu (R), a gold medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Hammer thrower Murofushi assumes professorship of science

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi (R), a gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, shakes hands with Yasuyuki Yoshizawa, president of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, after being named a professor of sports science at the school.

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Hammer thrower Murofushi speaks about professorship

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi, a gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, speaks about his assumption of a professorship of sports science at Tokyo Medical and Dental University at a press conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2014.

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Foreign ministers of Japan, 5 central Asia nations meet

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting with his counterparts from five central Asian nations in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on July 16, 2014.

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Foreign ministers of Japan, 5 central Asia nations meet

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd from L) and his counterparts from five central Asian nations pose prior to their talks in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on July 16, 2014.

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Kakitani leaves for Switzerland to play for Basel

OSAKA, Japan - Japan striker Yoichiro Kakitani speaks to reporters at Osaka International Airport, western Japan, on July 16, 2014, before leaving for Switzerland to play for Basel. Kakitani played in two games for Japan at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

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Kakitani leaves for Switzerland to play for Basel

OSAKA, Japan - Japan striker Yoichiro Kakitani waves at Osaka International Airport, western Japan, on July 16, 2014, before leaving for Switzerland to play for Basel. Kakitani played in two games for Japan at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.