Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88.

E

Nissan's ex-spokeswoman becomes envoy to Uruguay

TOKYO, Japan - Keiko Tanaka, a former spokeswoman for Nissan Motor Co. named Japan's ambassador to Uruguay on Sept. 30, 2014, smiles in this file photo taken in Tokyo in July.

E

Engineer recalls developing 'online system' for 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Former IBM systems engineer Toru Takeshita recalls in an interview at his home in Tokyo on July 30, 2014, how he worked to develop an online computer system for instant reporting of scores at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

E

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.

E

Female wrestlers fight in Mongolia's Naadam sport festival

BEIJING, China - Women wrestlers fight on the last day of Mongolia's three-day traditional Naadam sports festival in Xilinhot in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on July 30, 2014.

E

Japan PM Abe attends opening of copper mine in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) smiles before a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the opening of Chile's Caserones copper mine, developed by Japanese companies, in Santiago on July 30, 2014.

E

Japan PM Abe meets Chilean business leaders

SANTIAGO, Chile - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) meets Chilean business leaders in Santiago on July 30, 2014, on the fourth leg of his South American swing.

E

No.1 S. Korean opposition leader urges by-election voting

SEOUL, South Korea - Ahn Cheol Soo, co-chairman of South Korea's biggest opposition New Political Alliance for Democracy, urges voters to go to the polls in Seoul on July 30, 2014, for legislative by-elections.

E

Japan PM Abe addresses opening of copper mine in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses an opening ceremony for Chile's Caserones copper mine, developed by Japanese companies, in Santiago on July 30, 2014.

E

Nishikori hits return shot in 2nd round of Citi Open

WASHINGTON, United States - Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a return shot during a match against U.S. rival Sam Querrey in the second round of the Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington, D.C. on July 30, 2014. Nishikori won 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

E

Standard's Kawashima in action in Champions League game

LIEGE, Belgium - Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima of Standard Liege dives for the ball during a scoreless draw against Greece's Panathinaikos in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League in Liege, Belgium, on July 30, 2014.

E

Nishikori in action in 2nd round of Citi Open

WASHINGTON, United States - Kei Nishikori of Japan reaches for a forehand shot as he beats U.S. rival Sam Querrey 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington, D.C. on July 30, 2014.

E

China indicts prominent Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows prominent Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, who was indicted by Chinese prosecutors on July 30, 2014, on charges of inciting separatism. Tohti has denied any wrongdoing and involvement in separatism, his lawyer said late last month after meeting the scholar at a cell in Urumqi, the capital of the far-western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

E

Governor seeks understanding over likely Olympic venue changes

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 30, 2014. Masuzoe sought understanding over the ongoing review of the original venue plans for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, citing rising construction costs and factors unforeseen during the bidding process.

E

Legislative by-elections held in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Election board members count votes in Seoul on July 30, 2014, following legislative by-elections in South Korea.

E

Spectators of pro baseball game make pitch for peace

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Spectators of a professional baseball game between the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Chunichi Dragons hold green posters calling for peace and nuclear disarmament as part of a "Peace Night Game" event at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

E

Vote counting underway after by-elections in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Vote counting is underway in Seoul on July 30, 2014, following legislative by-elections in South Korea.

E

Baseball stadium covered with green posters for peace

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Spectators of a professional baseball game between the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Chunichi Dragons call for peace and nuclear disarmament by holding green posters as part of a "Peace Night Game" event at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

E

Ex-Carp player throws opening pitch at 'Peace Night Game'

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, a former outfielder of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, throws the ceremonial first pitch at a professional baseball game between the club and the Chunichi Dragons, titled "Peace Night Game" to call for peace and nuclear disarmament, at Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

E

Mock briefing for post-nuke mishap supply of iodine tabs

TOKYO, Japan - The Nuclear Regulatory Authority holds a second mock briefing session in Tokyo on July 30, 2014, for local government officials on the distribution of iodine tablets to residents in case of a nuclear accident.

E

Japan defense minister visits U.S. Navy aircraft carrier

IWAKUNI, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (R) shakes hands with a U.S. officer aboard the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Pacific south of Japan's main island of Honshu on July 30, 2014.

E

Workers in business wear protest against Abe gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Workers in business wear take to the streets in protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration over its collective self-defense and nuclear power policies in Tokyo on July 30, 2014, in a "suit demonstration" to encourage people to participate on their way home from work.

E

Dept. store opens summer gift section for young people

TOKYO, Japan - Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. opens a summer gift section for young people at its flagship Isetan department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on July 30, 2014.

E

FINA examines swimming event venue at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Ronnie Wong, chairman of the Technical Open Water Summing Committee of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), visits the Odaiba Kaihin Koen park in Tokyo on July 30, 2014, to examine the venue of open water swimming competition at the 2020 Olympic Games in the Japanese capital.

E

Museum displays donated ancient Chinese mirrors to press

HARIMA, Japan - Reporters examine 100 ancient Chinese mirrors shown to the press at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology in Harima, western Japan, on July 30, 2014. The mirrors are among 315 pieces donated by a collector in the prefecture.

E

Japan defense minister inspects U.S. aircraft carrier

IWAKUNI, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onoda (2nd from R) inspects the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington in waters south of Japan's largest main island of Honshu on July 30, 2014, during joint sea training among Japan, the United States and India.

E

National gymnastic team shows confidence for championships

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Uchimura (3rd from L, front row), captain of Japan's national gymnastics team, and other members attend an event in Tokyo, on July 30, 2014. The team will participate in the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships scheduled in Nanning, China, in October.

E

Kansai Electric Power head meets press on April-June results

OSAKA, Japan - Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., speaks about the firm's business results in the April-June first quarter of the current business year at a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

E

Museum displays donated ancient Chinese mirrors to press

HARIMA, Japan - The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology in Harima, western Japan, shows the press on July 30, 2014, 100 of 315 ancient Chinese mirrors, including the three seen in this file photo, donated by a collector in the prefecture.

E

Dry moat believed part of ancient castle discovered

KYOTO, Japan - A dry moat, newly discovered in the ruins of Shoryuji Castle in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is opened to the press on July 30, 2014. Feudal Japanese warlord Hosokawa Tadaoki and his wife Tama, known as Garasha in history, spent their newly-married days at the castle, built on the site of what was believed to be Kotari Castle whose location has not been confirmed yet.

E

Japan unveils body of H2A No. 25 rocket

NAGOYA, Japan - An airframe of the H2A No. 25 rocket, soon to be loaded with the next-generation meteorological satellite Himawari No.8, is unveiled to the press at a plant of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works in Asuka, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 30, 2014. The airframe will be transported to the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to prepare for a launch this autumn.

E

CORRECTED Japan's SMEs attempt to penetrate China market

BEIJING, China - CORRECTING NAME OF DAIICHI PRINTING PRESIDENT Daiichi Printing Co. President Kotaro Nishihara (extreme L) promotes products related to "Bary-san," a mascot character of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, at a trade show organized by the Japan External Trade Organization in Beijing on July 30, 2014, to make a pitch for small and medium-sized Japanese companies seeking to enter China.

E

Japan unveils body of H2A No. 25 rocket

NAGOYA, Japan - An airframe of the H2A No. 25 rocket, soon to be loaded with the next-generation meteorological satellite Himawari No.8, is unveiled to the press at a plant of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works in Asuka, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 30, 2014. The airframe will be transported to the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to prepare for a launch this autumn.

E

World's first 'space mouse' born out of cryopreserved sperm

KOFU, Japan - Teruhiko Wakayama (R), professor at University of Yamanashi, and his wife Sayaka Wakayama, associate professor of the same institution, announce the birth of the world's first "space mouse" fertilized by cryopreserved sperm in Kofu, northwest of Tokyo, on July 30, 2014. The sperm, cryopreserved on the International Space Station, was brought back to fertilize eggs on the ground in a project conducted jointly with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

E

Heads of 5 prefectures mull ways of beating harmful rumors

MAEBASHI, Japan - Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato (standing) speaks at a meeting with his counterparts from four other prefectures in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on July 30, 2014, concerning the negative reputation caused by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

E

Parts of Boeing 747's primary wing to be displayed

NARITA, Japan - Two cross-sectional parts of the primary wing of a Boeing 747 wide-body commercial airliner, dubbed the jumbo jet, are shown at the Museum of Aeronautical Sciences in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on July 30, 2014, ahead of their permanent display from Aug. 1.

E

Victims remembered 19 years after gun shooting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuya Aoki (front), head of a crime squad at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, offers flowers in Hachioji, a Tokyo suburb, on July 30, 2014, at the site of an unsettled incident in which three supermarket employees were shot dead 19 years ago.

E

Mt. Daisen climbers enjoy alpine plants in full bloom

YONAGO, Japan - Climbers enjoy seeing Mt. Daisen's blossoming alpine plants at their peak near the Utopia Shelter lodge on the east ridge at an altitude of about 1,500 meters in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2014. The 1,729-meter-high mountain is designated as a national park for its magnificent landscape.

E

Golfer Ishikawa leaves for U.S. for PGA Championship

NARITA, Japan - Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa gets a bouquet of flowers at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, before his departure for the U.S. on July 30, 2014, for the PGA Championship opening on Aug. 7 in Louisville, Kentucky. "I will put more emphasis on my scores than on my ranking in the tourney," he said.

E

Beautiful alpine meadow on Mt. Daisen

YONAGO, Japan - A beautiful alpine meadow in full bloom greets climbers near the summit of the 1,729-meter-high Mt. Daisen, a national park, in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

E

Inside view of Museum of Aeronautical Sciences

NARITA, Japan - An inside view of the Museum of Aeronautical Sciences in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, is shown on July 30, 2014. The museum is set to display from Aug. 1 various things related to the Boeing 747 jumbo jet, including cross-sectional parts of its primary wing.

E

Sekiwake Goeido promoted to ozeki for Sept. tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Smiling sekiwake Goeido (L) claps together with his supporters while stable master Sakaigawa appears full of emotion after Goeido's promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki was formally conveyed in an induction ceremony held at the Sakaigawa Stable's lodgings in Fuso, Aichi Prefecture, on July 30, 2014.

E

Goeido promoted to ozeki for September basho

FUSO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Goeido (back) poses for photos with junior wrestlers of his Sakaigawa stable in the town of Fuso, Aichi Prefecture, on July 30, 2014, after being promoted to ozeki, sumo's second-highest rank.

E

Yoko Ono wants peace message to be spread

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Artist Yoko Ono (R) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui pose in front of a huge sheet of paper bearing messages written by high school students at a peace event held in the western Japanese city on July 30, 2014.

E

China papers report ex-security chief's alleged graft

BEIJING, China - Sensational headlines on the front pages of many Chinese newspapers on July 30, 2014, report the Communist Party of China Central Committee's decision to build a case against former security chief Zhou Yongkang for alleged graft. A Hong Kong television station later reported some 90 billion yuan (14.6 billion U.S. dollars) worth of assets had been forfeited by Zhou and his relatives.

E

Foreign cosplayers visit Japan ministry before int'l event

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Seiji Kihara (3rd from L) poses with six young people from China, Finland and Mexico dressed as characters from Japanese animation, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 30, 2014. They are in Japan to attend the 12th World Cosplay Summit, which runs from July 26 to Aug. 3 in Nagoya, western Japan.

E

Shiseido chief speaks to customer at Osaka dept. store

OSAKA, Japan - Shiseido Co. President Masahiko Uotani (L) speaks to a customer in the cosmetics maker's product section at the Umeda flagship store of Hankyu Department Store in Osaka, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

E

Signboard washed away by 2011 tsunami returns to village

MORIOKA, Japan - An official in Tanohata village, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, touches a signboard of a village-operated housing complex, washed away by the tsunami of March 2011, as it is returned from Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii on July 30, 2014.

E

Signboard washed away by 2011 tsunami returns to village

MORIOKA, Japan - Officials in Tanohata village, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, view a signboard of a village-operated housing complex, washed away by the tsunami of March 2011, as it is returned from Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii on July 30, 2014.

E

Goeido promoted to Ozeki rank

FUSO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Goeido (2nd from R) gives a short speech at his induction ceremony on July 30, 2014, at the lodgment of the Sakaigawa sumo stable in Fuso in Japan's central prefecture of Aichi, upon his promotion to sumo's second-highest Ozeki rank.