Ex-Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi dies at 86

Ex-Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi dies at 86

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) is pictured shaking hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi during the Group of Eight summit in Genova, Italy, in July, 2001. Berlusconi, who was also a billionaire media mogul, died on June 12, 2023, aged 86.

Japanese light rail cars aid U.S. public transportation boom

Japanese light rail cars aid U.S. public transportation boom

NEW YORK, United States - File photo taken in July, 2014, shows a light rail train on a demonstration ride for media members stopping at a station adjacent to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Dallas Area Rapid Transit, which opened its first light rail routes in 1996, will launch the 8-kilometer light rail extension on Aug. 18 to connect the major American airport to its 145-km-long network.

S. Korean group visits Shizuoka

S. Korean group visits Shizuoka

TOKYO, Japan - A group from Busan, South Korea, is briefed in Shizuoka City on July, 22, 2014, about Sunpu Castle in relation to Korean envoys sent to Japan. The group aims to register records of the ancient envoys on UNESCO's world memory heritage list, jointly with Japan.

Site of Gaddafi's residence

Site of Gaddafi's residence

TRIPOLI, Libya - Photo taken in early July, 2012, shows the wreckage of Muammar Gaddafi's residence at the Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli.

Japan's oldest nuclear reactor set to pass 40-year mark

Japan's oldest nuclear reactor set to pass 40-year mark

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo, taken in July, 2006, shows the No. 1 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, operated by Japan Atomic Power Co. Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa and Tsuruga Mayor Kazuharu Kawase on Feb. 21, 2001, approved the company's plan to continue operating the nation's oldest commercial nuclear reactor, which started commercial operations in 1970.

Ex-BOJ chief Sumita, architect of 1985 Plaza Accord, dies at 92

Ex-BOJ chief Sumita, architect of 1985 Plaza Accord, dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Former Bank of Japan Governor Satoshi Sumita (file photo taken in July, 2003), died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Sept. 7. He was 92. Sumita was one of the signatories of the historic Plaza Accord of Sept. 22, 1985, under which the Group of Five monetary powers depreciated the dollar in relation to the yen and Deutsche mark by intervening in currency markets.