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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae, in the Vatican on June 30, 2015 . - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Vatican Media (EV) /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - File photo - Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae, in the Vatican on June 30, 2015 to greet him and wish him a pleasant stay in Castel Gandolfo in the Roman hills. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI is leaving the Vatican for his first sojourn since retiring. He's escaping an impending heat wave by heading to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. The meeting lasted about half and hour. Pope Emeritus Benedict will remain in Castel Gandolfo for the next two weeks. He is scheduled to return on July 14. - Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023 shows a view of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching surfing to s

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023 shows a view of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching surfing to students in Houhai V

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Talks on Iran's nuclear program to continue

VIENNA, Austria - Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says at the IAEA's special board meeting in Vienna on Dec. 11, 2014, that six major powers and Iran will extend their talks on Tehran's nuclear ambitions until June 30, 2015, to attain a lasting and comprehensive solution to the Islamic nation's nuclear program.

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Time capsule to be sent to moon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Pupils write down their future goals for a time capsule at Atsugi elementary school in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2014. The time capsule carrying their messages will be sent to the moon and collected after 30 years from the launch scheduled in October 2015.

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Many observation points in Japan mark "tropical day"

TOKYO, June 1 Kyodo - People walk in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district with sunshades on June 1, 2015, when the mercury exceeded 30 C at many observation points, including part of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The weather agency warned of the danger of heat stroke.

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Olympus to cut 2,700 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Corp. President Hiroyuki Sasa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Olympus announced a five-year business plan to cut around 2,700 jobs by March 2014 and scrap about 40 percent of its 30 plants worldwide by March 2015 to improve its financial standing following the revelation of its investment loss coverup.

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Corals planted to protect marine ecosystem in Hainan, China

STORY: Corals planted to protect marine ecosystem in Hainan, China DATELINE: June 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Boundary Island 2. various of researchers growing and transplanting corals 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU ZHONGJIE, Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI YUANCHAO, Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences STORYLINE: Chinese researchers have been growing and transplanting corals to restore the coral reef ecosystem in Boundary Island in the southernmost Hainan Province. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU ZHONGJIE, Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences "Due to the impact of climate change and human activities, the coral reef ecosystem was degraded. The coral coverage continued to decline. We started to monitor coral reef ecology in 2004, and began to plant corals on Boundary Island in 2015." Studies show that China has lost over 80 percent of its coral reefs in the past 30 years. In the S

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - French Minister of defence Jean-Yves Le Drian, visits the Dassault Aviation factory Rafale), in Istres, South of France, on June 12, 2014. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Philipe Montigny/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - Arrival of the first jetfighter 'Rafale' built by Dassault Aviation at Saint-Dizier air base 113, France, on June 27, 2006. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - A Rafale jet fighter aircraft by Dassault Aviation makes a flight demonstration during the 49th Paris International Air Show (Salon du Bourget), in Le Bourget, near Paris, France, on June 25, 2011. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Christophe Guibbaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - A Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter jet lands performs during a flight display on June 19, 2017 at the International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget outside Paris. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. Photo by ELIOT BLONDET/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - The new European single-seater Dassault Rafale, a multi-role fighter with some stealth built in, meant to carry out air-to-air and attack missions, is presented to the press on its assembly line in Merignac, near Bordeaux, southwestern France, on June 4, 2005. The French Air Force and the Navy will be equipped with 300 of these high-range fighters which could interest other countries who have carriers. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Patrick Bernard/ABACA

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - A Rafale jet fighter aircraft by Dassault Aviation makes a flight demonstration during 49th Paris International Air Show (Salon du Bourget), in Le Bourget, near Paris, France on June 22, 2011. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - The Dassault Aviation plant where the new European single-seater Dassault Rafale, a multi-role fighter with some stealth built in, meant to carry out air-to-air and attack missions, is assembled in Merignac, near Bordeaux, southwestern France, on June 4, 2005. The French Air Force and the Navy will be equipped with 300 of these high-range fighters which could interest other countries who have carriers. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Patrick Bernard/ABACA

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - A French Air Force Rafale made by French company Dassault makes its demonstration flight at the 46th Paris Air Show known as 'Salon du Bourget' in Le Bourget, near paris, on June 18, 2005. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACA.

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - French Minister of defence Jean-Yves Le Drian, visits the Dassault Aviation factory Rafale), in Istres, South of France, on June 12, 2014. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Philipe Montigny/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft flight demonstration during the 51st International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget near Paris, France, on June 16, 2015. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - A Rafale jet fighter aircraft by Dassault Aviation makes a flight demonstration during the 49th Paris International Air Show (Salon du Bourget), in Le Bourget, near Paris, France, on June 25, 2011. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Christophe Guibbaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft flight demonstration during the 51st International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget near Paris, France, on June 16, 2015. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - A Rafale jet fighter aircraft by Dassault Aviation makes a flight demonstration during 49th Paris International Air Show (Salon du Bourget), in Le Bourget, near Paris, France on June 22, 2011. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - French Minister of defence Jean-Yves Le Drian, visits the Dassault Aviation factory Rafale), in Istres, South of France, on June 12, 2014. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Philipe Montigny/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft flight demonstration during the 51st International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget near Paris, France, on June 16, 2015. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate change panel co-chair urges all nations to cut emissions

Swiss climate scientist Thomas Stocker, co-chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group 1, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on June 30, 2015. He stressed the importance of all nations reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takarazuka to issue certificates recognizing same-sex partnership

Tomoko Nakagawa, mayor of the western Japanese city of Takarazuka, announces during a press conference on Nov. 30, 2015, that the municipal government will start issuing certificates recognizing same-sex partnership as being equivalent to marriage from June 2016, following the same practice in Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards. Nakagawa said, "We hope to issue a message to same-sex couples that we are with you." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dentist group's 3 ex-leaders nabbed over donations to lawmakers

File photo taken in June 2015 shows Mikimasa Takagi, former chairman of the Japan Dental Federation, speaking at a news conference in Tokyo. Tokyo prosecutors arrested Takagi and two other former federation leaders on Sept. 30, 2015 for their alleged involvement in false political funds reports on donations to two House of Councillors lawmakers supported by the body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientist devotes self to caring for A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima

Nanao Kamada, head of a nursing home for atomic-bombing survivors in Hiroshima, speaks about his work in an interview in the western Japanese city on June 30, 2015. Kamada is also a professor emeritus at Hiroshima University. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientist devotes self to caring for A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima

Nanao Kamada, head of a nursing home for atomic-bombing survivors in Hiroshima, speaks about his work in an interview in the western Japanese city on June 30, 2015, explaining his three mottos when interacting with the survivors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FHI's "Subaru BRZ tS" goes on sale

Photo shows Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s "Subaru BRZ tS" with enhanced steering capability which was released on June 30, 2015, through Subaru dealerships in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scottish culture secretary speaks in interview in Tokyo

Fiona Hyslop, Scottish Cabinet secretary for culture, says in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 30, 2015, that the 2012 London Olympics had beneficial effects on Scotland. She expressed the view that support by Japan's outlying regions for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is vital for its success. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral car carrying body of shinkansen suicide blaze victim

Mourners pray as the car carrying the body of shinkansen suicide blaze victim Yoshiko Kuwahara leaves a funeral hall in Yokohama on July 6, 2015. She died from asphyxiation caused by smoke inhalation on June 30 when a man burned himself to death on a shinkansen bullet train. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokohama mayor receives return notice of U.S. military facilities

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (L) receives a notice on the return of the Kamiseya Communication Station, a U.S. Navy installation, in Yokohama, Japan, from Hiroshi Marui, chief of the Defense Ministry's South Kanto Defense Bureau, on June 30, 2015, in Yokohama. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Relatives of Japanese in N. Korea waiting for their return

Photo taken June 30, 2015, shows Kazuko Taguchi, who is still awaiting her sister Yasuko's return to Japan from North Korea. She said the government has to find a way to have Japanese citizens in the North return home as soon as possible. Pyongyang has told Tokyo that it needs more time to complete its latest round of investigations into the fates of Japanese, including those abducted decades ago and those married with North Koreans like Yasuko Taguchi, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on July 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aizen Festival starts in Osaka

"Aizen Musume," a queen of Aizen Festival, waves to the crowd in Osaka on June 30, 2015, during the traditional festival heralding the advent of summer in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-soldiers don KMT reproduced uniforms of war against Japan

Former soldiers who fought against Japan in the Second Sino-Japan War don reproduced uniforms of the Kuomintang air, land and sea forces in the war at an event in Taipei on June 30, 2015. The uniforms will be worn at the July 4th military parade to be held in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aizen Festival starts in Osaka

"Aizen Musume," a queen of Aizen Festival, waves to the crowd in Osaka on June 30, 2015, during the traditional festival heralding the advent of summer in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scottish cabinet secretary Hyslop gives interview in Tokyo

Fiona Hyslop, cabinet secretary for Culture, Europe & External Affairs of the Scottish government, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on June 30, 2015, about the positive influence the 2012 London Olympics brought to Scotland. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coates inspects Makuhari Messe in Chiba Pref.

John Coates (far R), chair of the Coordination Commission for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 of the International Olympic Committee, is greeted by Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (far L) in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on June 30, 2015, after inspecting Makuhari Messe in the city as some games are planned to be held there. Yoshiro Mori (2nd from R), president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, also accompanied them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police patrol shinkansen after recent suicide

Police officers patrol on a shinkansen bullet train on July 3, 2015. The operations of the prefectural police of Okayama, western Japan, were opened to media after a 71-year-old man burned himself to death on a bullet train, also killing a female passenger on June 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ready for World Cup semifinal against England

(From L) Aya Miyama, Asano Nagasato, Yuki Ogimi and Shinobu Ono of Japan train in Edmonton, Canada, on June 30, 2015, prior to a World Cup semifinal match against England the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ready for World Cup semifinal against England

Japan midfielder Nahomi Kawasumi trains in Edmonton, Canada, on June 30, 2015, prior to a World Cup semifinal match against England the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwakuma steady in rehab start

Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma pitches for Triple-A Tacoma in a rehab assignment on June 30, 2015. Iwakuma, on the disabled list with a strained lat muscle, allowed one run in 5-2/3 innings against Las Vegas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Keidanren chief meets with USTR Froman

Sadayuki Sakakibara (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation or Keidanren, shakes hands with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman in Washington on June 30, 2015. They shared the hope of an early conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan manager Sasaki attends press conference

Japan manager Norio Sasaki attends a press conference on June 30, 2015, in Edmonton, Canada, prior to a World Cup semifinal against England on July 1. Sasaki revealed confidence in Japan's victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan manager Sasaki attends press conference

Japan manager Norio Sasaki (R) and forward Shinobu Ono attend a press conference on June 30, 2015, in Edmonton, Canada, prior to a World Cup semifinal against England on July 1. Sasaki revealed confidence in Japan's victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nadal cruises into Wimbledon 2nd round

Rafael Nadal hits a forehand during his first-round match against Thomaz Bellucci at Wimbledon on June 30, 2015. Nadal won 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Federer advances to Wimbledon 2nd round

Roger Federer of Switzerland responds to the crowd after beating Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 during the Wimbledon first round match on June 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan players in training session prior to World Cup semifinal

Japan goalkeepers Miho Fukumoto (below) and Erina Yamane attend a training session on June 30, 2015, in Edmonton, Canada, prior to a World Cup semifinal against England on July 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nara through to 2nd round of Wimbledon

Kurumi Nara of Japan hits a forehand against Poland's Magda Linette in the first round of Wimbledon on June 30, 2015. Nara advanced after Linette retired in the third set with an injury to her left thigh. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo