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UK: Storm Bert Triggers Severe Flooding Across England And Wales

Storm Bert struck England and Wales on Saturday, November 23, bringing heavy rain, power outages, and traffic disruptions, while triggering severe flooding in multiple regions. Over 100 flood warnings were issued across the UK.

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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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"Mochi Ice Cream" maker Mikawaya store in L.A.'s Little Tokyo

LOS ANGELES, July 13 Kyodo - Photo taken on July 8, 2015, shows a store of Mochi (rice cake) Ice Cream maker Mikawaya in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. The 105-year-old confectionary producer has been bought by U.S. investment company Century Park Capital Partners.

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Pyongyang airport officials walk toward new terminal building

PYONGYANG, July 8 Kyodo - Workers at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport walk toward its new terminal building in the North Korean capital on July 4, 2015. The day marked the first anniversary of the country's probe into the whereabouts of missing Japanese nationals, many believed to have been abducted by North Korean agents.

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JMA shows next weather satellite's data center to press

TOKYO, June 29 Kyodo - The Japan Meteorological Agency discloses the operation room of the data management center for Japan's next weather satellite Himawari-8 in Tokyo during a press preview on June 24, 2015, ahead of the official start of operations in July.

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Husband of victim in Malaysian airbag crash recalls ordeal

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Welhelmo Rodriguez Caido speaks in an interview on Jan. 8, 2015, about how his wife Law Suk Leh was killed after a metal fragment from a defective Takata Corp. airbag hit her in the neck in a car accident in Borneo, Malaysia, in July 2014. Law died of massive bleeding at a hospital, where their baby daughter was delivered alive but died two days later.

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7 mil. visitors expected for rare opening of temple image

TOKYO, Japan - Monks at Zenkoji Temple and tourism officials in Nagano, central Japan, announce at a press conference in Tokyo on July 8, 2014, plans for a rare opening to the public next year of the principal image enshrined at the temple. They expect seven million visitors during the event scheduled for April 5 to May 31, 2015, held once every six years, compared with 6.73 million visitors during the previous opening in 2009.

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Hungary, China resume regular passenger flights

STORY: Hungary, China resume regular passenger flights DATELINE: July 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Budapest Airport exterior 2. various of plane arriving at Budapest Airport 3. passengers check in STORYLINE: A direct flight from Beijing landed at Budapest's Ferenc Liszt International Airport Thursday, marking the official resumption of regular passenger flights between Hungary and China. Direct air links between the two countries were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. According to plans, the Beijing-Budapest flight will be operated by Air China every Thursday. Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on his Facebook page earlier that the decision to resume the Beijing-Budapest flight is a milestone that will promote tourism, trade and the overall Hungarian economy. Air China launched the first direct passenger flight between the capitals of China and Hungary on May 1, 2015. Xinhua News Agency cor

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Japan's economy grows a revised 1.0% in July-Sept., avoids recession

(From L) Japanese Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Finance Minister Taro Aso attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2015. Japan's economy grew an annualized 1.0 percent in the July-September period in inflation-adjusted terms, a turnaround from a contraction in preliminary data, the government said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toto unveils new wheelchair-friendly hotel bathroom design

Photo taken on July 8, 2015, shows Japanese sanitary ceramics giant Toto Ltd.'s new hotel bathroom design which, at the same size as existing models, offers a wider entrance and other barrier-free layout details that ensure accessibility for most wheelchair users. Toto hopes to promote the new design -- limited to the domestic market -- as a new standard model for mainstream hotel rooms as Japan prepares to host the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Migrant worker in Beijing meets visiting daughter in summer vacation

Tian Cungao, a Chinese migrant worker in Beijing, holds his 8-year-daugher Tian Jiayi visiting him from the countryside during her summer vacation on July 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vehicle production expands in emerging countries

Honda Cars India Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of Japan's Honda Motor Co., unveils its latest global car Jazz in New Delhi on July 8, 2015. Annual vehicle production has quadrupled in emerging countries in the past 15 years, while decreasing in advanced nations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Actress group to perform drama on "Hiroshima Maidens"

Members of the "On7" actress group listen as Koko Kondo (foreground) talks at a church in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 8, 2015, about the experience of the "Hiroshima Maidens," a group of Japanese women who survived the 1945 atomic bombing as schoolgirls but were seriously disfigured by burns and subsequently received reconstructive surgery in the United States a decade later. The actress group plans to perform a stage drama from September about the women whose U.S. treatment was arranged through the efforts of Kondo's late father Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ishikawa hits hole-in-one, shares lead in Virginia

Ryo Ishikawa of Japan reacts after making a hole-in-one on the fourth hole during the opening round of the Quicken Loans National at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, on July 30, 2015. Ishikawa went on to share the lead with Retief Goosen of South Africa at 8-under 63. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ishikawa hits hole-in-one, shares lead in Virginia

Ryo Ishikawa of Japan acknowledges the gallery after making a hole-in-one on the fourth hole during the opening round of the Quicken Loans National at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, on July 30, 2015. Ishikawa went on to share the lead with Retief Goosen of South Africa at 8-under 63. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ishikawa hits hole-in-one, shares lead in Virginia

Ryo Ishikawa of Japan reacts after making a hole-in-one on the fourth hole during the opening round of the Quicken Loans National at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, on July 30, 2015. Ishikawa went on to share the lead with Retief Goosen of South Africa at 8-under 63. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ishikawa hits hole-in-one, shares lead in Virginia

Ryo Ishikawa of Japan tees off on the 18th hole during the opening round of the Quicken Loans National at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, on July 30, 2015. Ishikawa made a hole-in-one on the fourth on his way to sharing the lead with Retief Goosen of South Africa at 8-under 63. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian Sports Minister Mutko in press conference

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko talks about preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup at a press conference in Moscow on July 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Children's picture book depicts tragedy of Hiroshima A-bombing

Artist Yasushi Tsukamoto talks about "Inori no ishi" (Stone for Peace), a children's picture book about the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, published by Froebel-Kan Co. last month, during an interview in Tokyo on July 8, 2015. Tsukamoto hopes the book will help pass on lessons from the tragedy and World War II as a whole to the younger generation. (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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Mongolian-born sumo legend Kyokutenho retires

Undated photo shows sumo wrestler Kyokutenho, who announced his retirement on July 27, 2015, at the age of 40. He wrestled in a record 1,470 bouts in the elite makuuchi division. At 37 years, 8 months old, Kyokutenho became the oldest wrestler in the modern era to win his first career title at the 2012 Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyushu Railway to run restored luxury train

A Kyushu Railway Co. employee poses in a luxury sightseeing train, called "Aru Ressha" (certain train), displayed to the press in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 17, 2015. The two-car train, restored from a model built by a U.S. rolling stock maker in 1906, will run between Oita and Hita in Oita Prefecture from Aug. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyushu Railway unveils restored luxury train

Kyushu Railway Co. shows the press a luxury sightseeing train, called "Aru Ressha" (certain train), in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 17, 2015. The two-car train, restored from a model built by a U.S. rolling stock maker in 1906, will run between Oita and Hita in Oita Prefecture from Aug. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyushu Railway shows press luxury sightseeing train

Kyushu Railway Co. shows the press a luxury sightseeing train, called "Aru Ressha" (certain train), in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 17, 2015. The two-car train, restored from a model built by a U.S. rolling stock maker in 1906, will run between Oita and Hita in Oita Prefecture from Aug. 8. (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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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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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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Kashima's Doi tries to score in scoreless J-League game vs Shimizu

Shoma Doi (far R, 8) of Kashima Antlers tries to score in the first half of a J-League Division 1 game against Shimizu S-Pulse in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on July 15, 2015. The game ended in a goalless draw. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro Suzuki has 1st 3-hit game of season

Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to center field in the fourth inning of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on July 19, 2015. The Phillies won 8-7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro Suzuki has 1st 3-hit game of season

Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki hits an RBI single during the eighth inning of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on July 19, 2015. The Phillies won 8-7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maeda wins Samantha Thavasa golf tournament

Yoko Maeda of Japan poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the Samantha Thavasa Girls Collection Ladies golf tournament at Eagle Point Golf Club in the town of Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, on July 19, 2015. Maeda won the event with an 8-under 208. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Leitch, Yamada join Japan national rugby team training camp

Akihito Yamada (R) and Michael Leitch take part in a Japan national rugby team training session in the southwestern Japanese city of Miyazaki on July 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kenyan man runs shoe shop in huge Kibera slum

A man works at his shoe shop in Kibera, one of the world's largest slums, in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on July 3, 2015, as his 8-year-old son looks on. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists take pictures of lavender flowers at Hokkaido farm

Tourists take pictures of lavender flowers at Farm Tomita in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lavender flowers at Hokkaido farm attract tourists

Tourists stroll through fields of lavender flowers at Farm Tomita in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sapporo apparel firm promotes items adopting Ainu designs

Takuya Minee, president of the apparel maker cloud9 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, holds a stole adopting a design of the Ainu people on July 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium to be renamed Edion Arena

The Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, which used to be called Bodymaker Colosseum, pictured on July 8, 2015, in Osaka City, Japan, will be renamed Edion Arena Osaka in September due to a change of naming rights sponsor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese women's baseball team meets Tanaka

Members of Japanese women's national baseball team pose photos with New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka at Yankee Stadium on July 8, 2015. Japan played four games against the United States during its U.S. trip in the build-up for the 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup in South Korea, winning twice and losing twice. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Specialists scoop baby yellowfin tuna from preserve in Panama

Researchers from Japan's Kinki University, the Panamanian government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency scoop junevile yellowfin tuna from a preserve in the bay off Pedasi, Panama, on July 8, 2015. A team of experts from the three parties has succeeded in growing yellowfin tuna from eggs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Researcher attaches tag to baby yellowfin tuna in Panama

A researcher attaches an electronic tag to a juvenile yellowfin tuna at a laboratory in Pedasi in the southwestern part of Panama on July 8, 2015. A team of experts from Japan's Kinki University, the Panamanian government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency has succeeded in growing yellowfin tuna from eggs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaneko wins 1st game since June with near complete game

Chihiro Kaneko pitches in the Orix Buffaloes' 5-3 win over the Lotte Marines at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on July 13, 2015. Kaneko won for the first time in a month after allowing three runs, two earned, in 8-2/3 innings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athens citizens queue up at bank branch for cash withdrawal

People line up in front of a National Bank automated teller machine in downtown Athens on July 8, 2015, as Greece continues tough negotiations with the European Union for loans from its bailout fund. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Dodgers owner O'Malley poses after being honored

Peter O'Malley (C), former president and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, poses during a ceremony at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on July 8, 2015, after being conferred with Japan's Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. Former Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo (L) joined him at the ceremony. O'Malley has been credited with his contribution to U.S.-Japan friendship through baseball. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Embassy in Kenya holds 1st Self-Defense Forces event

New defense attache Tomohiro Tomimatsu (L) at the Japanese Embassy in Kenya attends a ceremony on July 8, 2015, at the ambassador's residence in Nairobi to celebrate the July 1954 inauguration of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. The event was held at the embassy for the first time after Tomimatsu was appointed to the post in January as part of Japan's efforts to strengthen intelligence gathering on terrorism and other security issues in Africa following the January 2013 hostage crisis in Algeria. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pumped-storage hydropower plant helps meet peak summer demand in Osaka

Haruki Hagiwara, chief of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Okutataragi pumped-storage hydropower station in Asago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, takes the press on a tour around the facility on July 8, 2015. The station, with a total capacity of 1,932 megawatts, is the largest of its kind in Japan and helps meet peak summer demand in Osaka and vicinity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suzuki Motor launches Ciaz compact sedan in Thailand

Suzuki Motor Corp.'s Thai subsidiary kicks off in Bangkok the sale of the Ciaz compact sedan in the Southeast Asian country on July 8, 2015. Thailand is the third country in which the Ciaz is built after India and China where the same model is already available. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda's agency buys into Austrian 3rd division soccer club

AC Milan midfielder Keisuke Honda speaks at a press conference in Horn, Austria, on July 8, 2015, announcing that his family-run management company has bought into SV Horn of Austria's third division with an eye toward creating professional opportunities for young Japanese players in the future as well as training local children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pumped-storage hydropower plant helps meet peak summer demand in Osaka

A Kansai Electric Power Co. official shows the press a dam at its Okutataragi pumped-storage hydropower station in Asago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on July 8, 2015. The station, with a total capacity of 1,932 megawatts, is the largest of its kind in Japan and helps meet peak summer demand in Osaka and vicinity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Intellectuals, public figures launch signage campaign

Japanese author Keiko Ochiai speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 8, 2015, calling on the public to demonstrate their opposition to the passing of a set of security bills through the parliament by displaying a sign with the slogan "We Refuse Abe's Politics" en masse at 1 p.m. on July 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Nippon Bunraku" performance to be held in October

Kiritake Kanjuro (L), a Bunraku puppeteer, poses in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2015, when the Nippon Foundation announced it will hold a performance in Osaka, western Japan, in October, as part of its "Nippon Bunraku" project promoting the traditional Japanese performing art. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo