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"Ukiyo-e" artist Utamaro's newly found work to be shown

FUKUOKA, July 27 Kyodo - Popular "Ukiyo-e" artist Kitagawa Utamaro's painting of a courtesan drawn solely with black ink in the late 18th century with Utamaro's friend and writer Santo Kyoden's writing on the lives of courtesans is seen in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2015. The painting, discovered in April, will be exhibited at the Fukuoka Art Museum from Aug. 8.

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Osprey aircraft

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. The Japanese government plans to choose the maintenance sites for Ospreys which the Self-Defense Forces plan to operate outside of Okinawa during the year starting in April 2015, government sources said on Dec. 31, 2013.

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The Daily Show (1996)

Jon Stewart Characters: Himself - Host Television: The Daily Show; A Daily Show With Jon Stewart (TV-Nachrichtensatire) Usa 1996-, / Moderator 1999-2015: Jon Stewart 22 July 1996 Date: 22 July 1996

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The Daily Show (1996)

Jon Stewart Characters: Himself - Host Television: The Daily Show; A Daily Show With Jon Stewart (TV-Nachrichtensatire) Usa 1996-, / Moderator 1999-2015: Jon Stewart 22 July 1996 Date: 22 July 1996

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The Daily Show (1996)

Jon Stewart Characters: Himself - Host Television: The Daily Show; A Daily Show With Jon Stewart (TV-Nachrichtensatire) Usa 1996-, / Moderator 1999-2015: Jon Stewart 22 July 1996 Date: 22 July 1996

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H.K. gov't pushes Beijing-vetted electoral reform plan

Hong Kong government officials on April 22, 2015 unveil a political reform package for the territory's leadership election in 2017 that was approved by Beijing but opposed by pro-democracy camp legislators who vowed to vote down the "undemocratic" proposal. Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam (C) talked to local media about the proposal that is expected to be voted on by the local legislature by July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pair of whale sharks at Osaka aquarium

Photo taken July 22, 2016, shows a pair of whale sharks swimming in a tank at Kaiyukan, an aquarium in Osaka, on the day they were unveiled to the public. The 4.3-meter-long male fish named "Kai" was caught in June 2015 in waters off the southwestern prefecture of Kochi and was transferred to the aquarium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reps of Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet visit Hiroshima

Three representatives of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, the winner of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, and others tour on July 22, 2016 the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the western Japan city of Hiroshima, which documents the aftermath of the Aug. 6, 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reps of Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet visit Hiroshima

Three representatives of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, the winner of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, pray before the cenotaph for victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city on July 22, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwate high school team awarded for decade-long tsunami education outreach

Members of the Tsunami Model Club of Miyako Technical High School in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, pose at an elementary school on July 22, 2015, with their handmade model of a local landscape that they use to demonstrate to schoolchildren how tsunami waves reach inland. The student club won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Japan Water Prize for its decade-long outreach program to raise awareness and pass on lessons learnt from past tsunami disasters in the area. From L (front row): Dai Sasaki, Ryo Nakashima, Eiki Haga, Hikaru Tatehora and Koichi Iioka, with mechanical engineering teacher Hiroshi Yamanome in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwate high school team awarded for decade-long tsunami education outreach

Koichi Iioka (R) and fellow students of Miyako Technical High School in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, use their handmade scale model of a local landscape at an elementary school on July 22, 2015, to demonstrate to schoolchildren how tsunami waves reach inland. The students' Tsunami Model Club won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Japan Water Prize for its decade-long outreach program to raise awareness and pass on lessons learnt from past tsunami disasters in the area, including the devastating 2011 tidal wave. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese chef cooks at ambassador's residence in Israel

Hideki Ajioka, chef from Kyoto working for the Japanese ambassador to Israel, cooks at the ambassador's official residence in Herzliya, Israel, on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chef for Japanese ambassador to Israel

Hideki Ajioka, chef for the Japanese ambassador to Israel, cooks at the ambassador's official residence in Herzliya, Israel, on July 22, 2015. Ajioka, hailing from Kyoto, took up the position in November 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan edged out of PNC final spot by Fiji

Japan captain Michael Leitch is tackled by a Fijian player in their Pacific Nations Cup rugby match at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada, on July 29, 2015. Japan lost 27-22 and saw their hopes of a place in the final disappear. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Morning glory seeds as symbol of forgiveness

Tomoko Nozaki, who distributes Chinese-origin morning glory seeds regarded as a "flower of forgiveness," shows off the seeds in Osaka on July 22, 2015. Former Japanese soldiers, detained at a war criminal management center in Fushun, northeastern China after the end of World War II, were treated humanely at the facility and received morning glory seeds when they returned to Japan. Nozaki visited the management center site in 2007 and brought back seeds of morning glory plants growing at the site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan edged out of PNC final spot by Fiji

Kotaro Matsushima of Japan is tackled by Vereniki Goneva of Fiji as Yu Tamura looks for the offload in their Pacific Nations Cup rugby match at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada, on July 29, 2015. Japan lost 27-22 and saw their hopes of a place in the final disappear. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan edged out of PNC final spot by Fiji

Ayumu Goromaru converts a penalty goal in the first half of Japan's 27-22 loss to Fiji in a Pacific Nations Cup match at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada, on July 29, 2015. Japan saw their hopes of a place in the final disappear. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Pref. selects J-Village revival supporters

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (2nd from R) poses for photos with Norio Sasaki (far R), the coach of the Japanese women's football team Nadeshiko Japan, Japan Football Association Vice President Kozo Tashima (far L), and JFA President Kuniya Daini (2nd from L), in Fukushima City on July 22, 2015. The three were selected to take up the post of "reconstruction supporter" for the J-Village football facility in Naraha town in the northeastern Japanese prefecture. J-Village has been serving as the base camp for plant workers since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Koreans rally in front of vacant Japanese Embassy

South Koreans are holding their weekly rally outside the Japanese Embassy building in Seoul over the wartime "comfort women" issue on July 22, 2015. This is the first rally held since the embassy temporary relocated operations to a nearby building while the aging embassy building is rebuilt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Muto plays for Mainz in training match vs. Monaco

Japanese forward Yoshinori Muto of Bundesliga side FSV Mainz 05 stands with his foot on the ball during a training match against French Football League club AS Monaco in Meyrin, Switzerland, on July 22, 2015. Muto failed to find the net during the game as Mainz lost 5-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MSDF's minesweeper tender Uraga in Mutsu Bay

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's minesweeper tender Uraga (L) is pictured in Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, on July 22, 2015. The MSDF opened to the press on the same day a minesweeping exercise it conducted with the U.S. Navy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP head Shii hopes public opinion will help scrap security bills

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii speaks at a meeting of editorial writers from member newspapers of Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 22, 2015. He expressed hope that the overwhelming public opinion shown by media polls against a controversial government-proposed package of national security bills currently being discussed in the upper house of parliament would force the bills to go nowhere. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photos of late stationmaster cat adorn special tram in western Japan

Children from a daycare center in Okayama, western Japan, enjoy a ride on July 22, 2015, on an Okayama Electric Tramway special train featuring photos of the recently deceased Tama, a popular feline stationmaster at a group company's railway station in Wakayama Prefecture. The calico cat died on June 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan women's soccer team coach gives jersey to Fukushima governor

Norio Sasaki (R), coach of Japan's national women's soccer team, presents Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori with a shirt signed by players in Fukushima city, northeastern Japan, on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eel imports to Japan hit peak season at Narita airport

Officials check on barrels of live eels imported from China at a customs facility outside Narita airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp to launch trial for elderly to monitor health with tablet

Sharp Corp. will launch a pilot project from September in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, to help elderly people keep track of their health using Internet-linked tablet computers, as shown in Osaka on July 22, 2015. If the trial is successful, Sharp plans to launch the business nationwide from fiscal 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. helicopter seen in minesweeping exercise

A U.S. helicopter is seen engaged in a landing and takeoff drill on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Uraga, a mine sweeper tender, during a minesweeping exercise by the MSDF and the U.S. Navy in Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remote-controlled robot seen in minesweeping exercise

A remote-controlled robot is suspended in the air during a minesweeping exercise by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy at Mutsu Bay in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Ukiyo-e" artist Utamaro's black ink painting discovered

Renowned Edo Period "Ukiyo-e" artist Kitagawa Utamaro's painting of a courtesan drawn solely with black ink, found in April 2015, is seen in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 22. The painting, believed to have been created between 1790 and 1793, will be displayed at the Fukuoka Art Museum from Aug. 8 to Sept. 20. It is said to be Utamaro's only known black ink painting of a woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MSDF conducts minesweeping drill with U.S. Navy

A remote-controlled robot is suspended in the air during a minesweeping exercise by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy at Mutsu Bay in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SMBC's museum opens in Tokyo

Liquid crystal touch panel displays are shown at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.'s museum in Tokyo on July 16, 2015, prior to its opening on July 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Greeks demonstrate against austerity measures

Members of a Greek civic group march in Athens on July 22, 2015, to protest against austerity measures demanded by other Euro zone member countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asada in ice show

Three-time women's figure skating world champion Mao Asada performs in an ice show in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 22, 2015. Asada, 24, announced on May 18 she would resume competing this year after sitting out the 2014-15 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee gives speech at Japanese Diet building

Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui gives a speech at a Japanese Diet building in Tokyo on July 22, 2015. Lee, 92, is in Japan on his seventh visit since he left office in 2000 but it was his first time to give a lecture at a building of the Japanese Diet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paddy art of "Star Wars"

Photo taken July 22, 2015, shows an image from the "Star Wars" film series portrayed in a paddy field by planting seven rice varieties having seven different colors in Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't expecting smaller deficit of 6.2 tril. yen in FY 2020

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his office in Tokyo on July 22, 2015. At the meeting, the Cabinet Office presented its estimates that the government is expecting a primary deficit of 6.2 trillion yen ($50 billion) in fiscal 2020, lower than earlier predicted, due partly to the recent economic recovery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asada in ice show

Three-time women's figure skating world champion Mao Asada waves to the spectators after performing in an ice show in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 22, 2015. Asada, 24, announced on May 18 she would resume competing this year after sitting out the 2014-15 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paddy art of "Gone with the Wind"

Photo taken July 22, 2015, shows a scene from the film "Gone with the Wind" portrayed in a 1.5-hectare paddy field by planting 11 rice varieties having seven different colors in Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Greek people stage rally against austerity measures

People stage a rally on July 22, 2015, near the parliament building in Athens to show opposition to austerity measures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asada in ice show

Three-time women's figure skating world champion Mao Asada performs in an ice show in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 22, 2015. Asada, 24, announced on May 18 she would resume competing this year after sitting out the 2014-15 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmakers seek to tighten sanctions on N. Korea

Takeo Hiranuma, chairman of the minor opposition Party for Future Generations, speaks at a meeting of a cross-party group of lawmakers seeking the return of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, at the Diet in Tokyo on July 22, 2015. The group led by Hiranuma adopted a request that day calling on the government to tighten sanctions on Pyongyang to prod it to provide information on the abductees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Greek people stage rally against austerity measures

People stage a rally on July 22, 2015, near the parliament building in Athens to show opposition to austerity measures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-Filipinos left behind after WWII seek help from Japan PM

Lemual Yoshimura (C), 72, a Japanese-Filipino, tells a press conference in Tokyo on July 22, 2015, that he wants to gain Japanese citizenship as soon as possible. Yoshimura had filed with a Japanese family court for citizenship, but his application was rejected two years ago. He said he did not know then how to gather proof to support his case. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honduras president in Japan

Honduran President Juan Hernandez (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead of their talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics organizing committee chief Mori

Yoshiro Mori, the head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 22, 2015. The former prime minister told the conference he has "nothing to do" with the controversy surrounding the new national stadium to be used as the main Olympic stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paddy art of "Star Wars"

People dressed as "stormtroopers," or soldiers from the "Star Wars" film series, pose for a photo with an image from the series portrayed in a paddy field shown in the background in Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan on July 22, 2015. The image was created by planting seven rice varieties having seven different colors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan discloses photos of Chinese gas development in E. China Sea

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 22, 2015, "It is extremely regrettable that China unilaterally conducts resource development," after Japan made public a map and aerial photos of 12 offshore structures as evidence of China's unilateral gas field development near the median line between its shoreline and that of Japan in the East China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World's largest flower blossoms at Tokyo park

Photo taken July 22, 2015, at Jindai botanical park in the city of Chofu, Tokyo, shows Amorphophallus titanium, which is said to be the largest flower in the world. The 2-meter-high flower blossomed on the day for its first bloom in five years. As the best time to see it was short, the park opened at 8:30 a.m., one hour earlier than usual. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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More than 6,000 ambulanced in week in Japan heat wave

People walk under the strong summer sun in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku Ward on the morning of July 22, 2015. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said the same day that 6,165 people across the country had been taken to hospital by ambulance due to heatstroke in the week through July 19, of whom 14 died. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Officials explain safety measures to those living near nuclear plant

Shikoku Electric Power Co. officials (L) visit residents living within a 20-kilometer radius of its Ikata nuclear power station, located in Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands, on July 22, 2015. The officials explained how the No. 3 reactor of the Ikata complex won approval from the Nuclear Regulation Authority for its safety measures against earthquakes, tsunami and other severe accidents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo