Roland Garros 2023 - Celebrities In The Stands - Day 3 NB

Roland Garros 2023 - Celebrities In The Stands - Day 3 NB

Kimie Alvarez, Marlone Alvarez, Lorenzo Caboni, Ayu Yuaza, Allef and Ali Ramdani aka Lilou in the stands during French Open Roland Garros 2023 on May 30, 2023 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade

STORY: Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade DATELINE: March 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): People attending the rally 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of the Network Against Japan Arms Trade 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): KIMIE NAKAMURA, Member of the Chiba City Assembly STORYLINE: Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Protestors "No war! No war preparation!" The crowd lay on the ground after the speech, in an attempt to oppose the trade of weapons in a country that boasts of "exclusive defense" using the "body language of death." SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of the Network A

Felt painter

Felt painter

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese felt painter Kimie Yagi poses for photos in Nagoya, central Japan, in February 2013. Yagi has achieved international fame by creating pictures using woolen yarn -- so-called "felt paintings."

Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

TOKYO, Japan - Akito Shikano (L) and his wife Kimie, parents of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, show Yamazaki's graduation essay she wrote when she was in sixth grade at a news conference at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on April 5, 2010. The space shuttle Discovery with Yamazaki on board lifted off on a mission to the International Space Center from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the same day.

Shiseido to have female vice president for 1st time

Shiseido to have female vice president for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Shiseido Co. said March 3 that Managing Executive Officer Kimie Iwata (in file photo) will be promoted to executive vice president on April 1, becoming the first woman to assume the post at the biggest cosmetics maker in Japan.

CJD plaintiffs rap gov't, 2 firms for lack of remorse

CJD plaintiffs rap gov't, 2 firms for lack of remorse

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Ikefuji (L), Kazumasa Yoshimura (C) and Kimie Maeda, who have filed damage suits over cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) contracted from human dura mater implants imported from Germany, speak at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 14. They have complained of the lack of remorse expressed by the Japanese government and the two related firms with regard to the victims.

CJD plaintiffs rap gov't, 2 firms for lack of remorse

CJD plaintiffs rap gov't, 2 firms for lack of remorse

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Ikefuji (L), Kazumasa Yoshimura (C) and Kimie Maeda, who have filed damage suits over cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) contracted from human dura mater implants imported from Germany, speak at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 14. They have complained of the lack of remorse expressed by the Japanese government and the two related firms with regard to the victims.

Shiseido to have female vice president for 1st time

Shiseido to have female vice president for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Shiseido Co. said March 3 that Managing Executive Officer Kimie Iwata (in file photo) will be promoted to executive vice president on April 1, becoming the first woman to assume the post at the biggest cosmetics maker in Japan. (Kyodo)

Custom-made jewelry using CG, 3-D printer

Custom-made jewelry using CG, 3-D printer

Kimie Teramae, a designer at Kaido Jewelry in the central Japan city of Fukui explains the process of creating custom-made jewelry using computer-generated design software and a 3-D printer at the store on July 28, 2020.

Tokyo woman recounts day after massive air raids on capital

Tokyo woman recounts day after massive air raids on capital

Kimie Nemoto, pictured in Tokyo on June 28, 2015, recalls her experience of watching U.S. reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Japanese capital on March 10, 1945, the day after massive air raids on the metropolis in the closing days of World War II. ==Kyodo

Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

Shuttle succeeds in entering orbit

TOKYO, Japan - Akito Shikano (L) and his wife Kimie, parents of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, show Yamazaki's graduation essay she wrote when she was in sixth grade at a news conference at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on April 5, 2010. The space shuttle Discovery with Yamazaki on board lifted off on a mission to the International Space Center from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the same day. (Kyodo)

68-yr-old Bessho is Japan's oldest athlete at Rio Paralympics

68-yr-old Bessho is Japan's oldest athlete at Rio Paralympics

Kimie Bessho (facing), a 68-year-old Japanese table tennis player in a wheelchair, competes against Pui Yi Wong of Hong Kong in the women's singles preliminaries at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 9, 2016. Bessho, the oldest athlete of the Japanese delegation to the games, won the match 3-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

68-yr-old Bessho is Japan's oldest athlete at Rio Paralympics

68-yr-old Bessho is Japan's oldest athlete at Rio Paralympics

Kimie Bessho, a 68-year-old Japanese table tennis player in a wheelchair, celebrates after winning a point against Pui Yi Wong of Hong Kong in the women's singles preliminaries at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 9, 2016. Bessho, the oldest athlete of the Japanese delegation to the games, won the match 3-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

68-yr-old Bessho is Japan's oldest athlete at Rio Paralympics

68-yr-old Bessho is Japan's oldest athlete at Rio Paralympics

Kimie Bessho, a 68-year-old Japanese table tennis player in a wheelchair, competes against Pui Yi Wong of Hong Kong in the women's singles preliminaries at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 9, 2016. Bessho, the oldest athlete of the Japanese delegation to the games, won the match 3-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan delegation ready for Rio Paralympics

Japan delegation ready for Rio Paralympics

Kimie Bessho of Japan, who will take part in Rio de Janeiro Paralympics table tennis competition, trains on the Rio tables on Sept. 4, 2016. Bessho, the oldest Japanese Rio Paralympian at 68, said, "I don't want to bow out to younger players." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan delegation ready for Rio Paralympics

Japan delegation ready for Rio Paralympics

Kimie Bessho of Japan, who will take part in Rio de Janeiro Paralympics table tennis competition, trains on the Rio tables on Sept. 4, 2016. Bessho, the oldest Japanese Rio Paralympian at 68, said, "I don't want to bow out to younger players." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo