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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Angelina Jolie met Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican on January 8, 2015. The 39-year-old appeared thrilled as she shook hands with the pope after a screening of her new film and second directorial effort, ‘Unbroken’. - 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 Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Toyota signs up for top-ranked Olympic sponsorship

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L) and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach pose for photos in Tokyo on March 13, 2015, during a signing ceremony for a contract granting Toyota top-ranked sponsorship of the Olympic Games through 2024.

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Rally In Solidarity With Israel - Paris

A poster referring to the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and the November 13, 2015 attacks in Fran during a "march of solidarity for Israel" organized by the CRIF (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France). Paris, October 9, 2023.Jeremy Paoloni/ABACAPRESS.COM

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

(221228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Feb. 4, 2022 shows the river of images during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the National Stadium in Beijing, capital of China. Beijing successfully hosted the Olympic Winter Games from February 4 to 20 and the Paralympic Winter Games from March 4 to 13. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening and closing ceremonies and declared both events open. China notched nine gold, four silver and two bronze medals to rank third, with the number of gold and total medals marking record highs in its Olympic Winter Games history. Sitting atop the medal standings with 61 medals, of which 18 were golds, the host nation also set new records in its Paralympic Winter Games history. The legacy of Beijing 2022 went far beyond the arena. When Beijing won the Olympic bid in 2015, China aimed to engage 300 million people in winter sports. And by October 2021, over 346 million Chinese people had participated in winter

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TOP 10 CHINESE SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

(221227) -- BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Feb. 4, 2022 shows the Olympic delegation of the People's Republic of China parade into the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, capital of China. Beijing successfully hosted the Olympic Winter Games from February 4 to 20 and the Paralympic Winter Games from March 4 to 13. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening and closing ceremonies and declared both events open. China notched nine gold, four silver and two bronze medals to rank third, with the number of gold and total medals marking record highs in its Olympic Winter Games history. Sitting atop the medal standings with 61 medals, of which 18 were golds, the host nation also set new records in its Paralympic Winter Games history. The legacy of Beijing 2022 went far beyond the arena. When Beijing won the Olympic bid in 2015, China aimed to engage 300 million people in winter sports. And by October 2021, over 346 mill

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Postage stamps for new Hokuriku Shinkansen Line

TOKYO, Japan - Photo released by Japan Post Co. shows a sheet of 82-yen postage stamps marking the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line from Nagano to Kanazawa in central Japan, ahead of their sale from March 13, 2015, on the eve of the start of the new bullet train service.

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Driving school ordered to pay damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - One of the plaintiffs (2nd from L) who sought damages from a driving school over the deaths of 25 students and a part-time employee in the March 2011 disaster meets with reporters in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on Jan. 13, 2015. The Sendai District Court ordered the school to pay 1.9 billion yen to relatives of the victims, ruling it could have predicted the arrival of a tsunami after a massive earthquake hit.

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Patrice Evra Reveals He Was Sexually Abused As A Child

File photo dated March 26, 2015 of France's Patrice Evra during the Friendly International Football Match, France v Brazil at Stade de France n Saint-Denis suburb of Paris, Seine Saint-Denis, France. Evra has revealed in his new autobiography that he was sexually abused by a school teacher as a child. The former Manchester United defender and France international describes how the man abused his position of power while a 13-year-old Evra was staying at his house. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Patrice Evra Reveals He Was Sexually Abused As A Child

File photo dated March 26, 2015 of France's Patrice Evra during the Friendly International Football Match, France v Brazil at Stade de France n Saint-Denis suburb of Paris, Seine Saint-Denis, France. Evra has revealed in his new autobiography that he was sexually abused by a school teacher as a child. The former Manchester United defender and France international describes how the man abused his position of power while a 13-year-old Evra was staying at his house. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRES.COM

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Prince Philip Passes Away Age 99

Buckingham Palace has announced Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, has passed away age 99 - FILE - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attend a Service of Commemoration for those who served in Afghanistan at St Pauls Cathedral in central London, UK, on March 13, 2015. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Utrecht Robin/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Prince Philip Passes Away Age 99

Buckingham Palace has announced Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, has passed away age 99 - FILE - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attend a Service of Commemoration for those who served in Afghanistan at St Pauls Cathedral in central London, UK, on March 13, 2015. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Utrecht Robin/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan verified as achieving elimination of measles

A one-year-old baby receives the measles and rubella vaccine in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo on April 13, 2015. The World Health Organization declared in March that Japan has been verified as having achieved measles elimination. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bonsai artist explains work at exhibition near Tokyo

Bonsai artist Kaori Yamada explains her work during an exhibition of her dwarf potted trees in the city of Saitama north Tokyo in this photo taken on March 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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YouTuber 'PDR' shows his video

YouTube personality "PDR" shows a video he posted on his YouTube channel in the major entertainment area of Kabukicho in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on March 13, 2015. Half Japanese and half British, he storyboards every single scene, making him one of the most popular YouTubers in Japan. "I don't want to regret what I haven't done," he says. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pasta crackers of Kineya in Tokyo

Photo taken March 13, 2015, shows fried pasta crackers that go well with wine at Kineya in Tokyo's Azabu Juban shopping district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Colorfully packaged rice crackers at Agemochi-ya

Colorfully packaged rice crackers are on display at the Agemochi-ya rice cracker store in Tokyo's Azabu Juban shopping district on March 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People frequent 'taiyaki' pancake shop on time-honored Tokyo street

There is an endless stream of people visiting Naniwaya Sohonten, one of Japan's oldest shops selling "taiyaki" fish-shaped pancakes with a filling of sweet bean paste, on a shopping street in Tokyo's Azabu Juban district on March 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shoppers at Agemochi-ya rice cracker store in Tokyo

Shoppers visit the Agemochi-ya rice cracker store in Tokyo's Azabu Juban shopping district on March 13, 2015. Crackers with a salt-lemon flavor are the most popular with customers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan marks 20th anniv. of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi, whose husband died in the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by members of the AUM Shinrikyo cult while serving as an assistant station master at Kasumigaseki station, wipes away tears while meeting with reporters at the station on March 20, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the incident. The attack killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Takanashi wins season's last World Cup ski jumping event

Japan's Sara Takanashi (C) stands on the podium with a bouquet in Oslo on March 13, 2015, after winning the women's Ski Jumping World Cup event on the last day of the season. She claimed her sixth individual title of the season, but narrowly missed her third consecutive overall title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Darvish to undergo Tommy John surgery, miss season

Texas Rangers ace Yu Darvish holds a press conference in Surprise, the United States, on March 13, 2015. The team announced the same day the 28-year-old Darvish will undergo Tommy John ligament reconstruction surgery on his injured right elbow on March 17. He will miss all of the 2015 campaign as recovery takes at least a year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't starts preparing for decontamination waste transfer

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 13, 2015, shows workers making preparations for the transfer of decontamination waste from a temporary shortage space in the northeastern Japan city of Okuma to a planned construction site for interim storage facilities. The starting date of construction remains unknown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't starts preparing for decontamination waste transfer

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 13, 2015, shows decontamination waste at a temporary shortage space in the northeastern Japan city of Okuma. The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant can be seen at the top of the photo. The government started the same day preparing for the transfer of the waste to a planned construction site for interim storage facilities. The starting date of construction remains unknown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aomori 13-year-old wins Japan spelling bee with 'snood'

Sean Fogerty, 13, a student at Robert D. Edgren High School, poses with his trophy and a book signed by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy after winning the 6th Japan Times Bee, a national spelling bee held in Tokyo, on March 14, 2015. Fogerty has earned a ticket to the Scripps National Spelling Bee to be held in Washington in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't starts preparing for decontamination waste transfer

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 13, 2015, shows workers making preparations for the transfer of decontamination waste from a temporary shortage space in the northeastern Japan city of Okuma to a planned construction site for interim storage facilities. The starting date of construction remains unknown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't starts preparing for decontamination waste transfer

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 13, 2015, shows workers making preparations for the transfer of decontamination waste from a temporary shortage space in the northeastern Japan city of Okuma to a planned construction site for interim storage facilities. The starting date of construction remains unknown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Darvish throws live batting practice

Undated photo shows Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish. Darvish threw a live batting practice session in Arlington, Texas, on April 13, 2016, his first since undergoing Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery in March 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train sees over 10 mil. passengers

West Japan Railway Co. holds a ceremony at JR Toyama Station in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama on April 13, 2016, after the number of passengers using the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line linking Tokyo with the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast topped 10 million since its opening in March 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train sees over 10 mil. passengers

A shinkansen bullet train arrives at JR Toyama Station in the central Japan city of Toyama on April 13, 2016. West Japan Railway Co. said the same day that the number of passengers using the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line linking Tokyo with the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast has topped 10 million since its opening in March 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train sees over 10 mil. passengers

File photo taken in March 2015 shows a Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train running Kanazawa, Japan. The number of passengers using the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line linking Tokyo with the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast has topped 10 million since its opening in March 2015, West Japan Railway Co. said on April 13, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ueda, scholar of ancient Japanese history, dies at 88

File photo shows Masaaki Ueda, a scholar of ancient Japanese history, speaking during an interview in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture on April 28, 2015. Ueda, who contributed to the establishment of an academic society for Asian history, died at age 88 at his home in the western Japanese prefecture on March 13, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Attendance at USJ reaches record high in FY 2015

Photo shows a ceremony held on March 7, 2016, after the operator of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka announced that attendance at the theme park in fiscal 2015 reached a record high, exceeding the previous record of 12.7 million marked in fiscal 2014. USJ Co. aims to attract more than 13 million visitors by the end of the current fiscal year through March 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Attendance at USJ reaches record high in FY 2015

Photo shows a ceremony held on March 7, 2016, after the operator of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka announced that attendance at the theme park in fiscal 2015 reached a record high, exceeding the previous record of 12.7 million marked in fiscal 2014. USJ Co. aims to attract more than 13 million visitors by the end of the current fiscal year through March 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facilities open on Hokkaido mountain

A ropeway gondola is operated in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 13, 2015. Hakodate Ropeway Corp. opened new facilities the same day in expectation of an increase in the number of tourists after the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line opens in March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New facilities open on Hokkaido mountain

Visitors look at the view from an observation deck of Mt. Hakodate Ropeway in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 13, 2015. The facility was newly opened the same day in expectation of an increase in the number of tourists after the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line opens in March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Int'l horseback archery event held in Nikko

Archers on horse march at Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Oct. 15, 2015, after an international horseback archery event. A total of 22 archers from 13 countries took part in the event to mark 400 years since the death of feudal ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Shinto shrine honors the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan between 1603 and 1867. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North Koreans march to celebrate liberation anniversary

Men participating in the national reunification conference for celebrating the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule march in the Mt. Paektu area in northern North Korea on Aug. 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North Koreans march on highest peak to mark end of Japanese rule

North Koreans march on Mt. Paektu, the country's highest peak, on Aug. 13, 2015, two days before the 70th anniversary of the end of Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, as part of a three-day commemorative event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man recalls training as WWII suicide glider pilot at age 13

Takayuki Yamanoi recounts his experience of receiving training as a suicide glider pilot at age 13 in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, toward the end of World War II, as pictured on March 20, 2015. ==Kyodo

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Okinawa assembly passes ordinance to hinder U.S. base relocation

File photo taken in March 2015 shows the coast of Henoko, where a U.S. military base is planned to be relocated in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, with the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab seen in the background. The prefectural assembly passed on July 13, 2015, an ordinance that could delay the relocation of the base within the prefecture which is being promoted by the state government despite staunch local opposition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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French course meal on Twilight Express sleeper train

West Japan Railway Co. shows a French course meal to be served on its luxury sleeper train Twilight Express to the press on May, 13, 2015. Twilight Express, which ended its regular service between Osaka and Sapporo in March, began its operations exclusively for group tours in western Japan on May 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Twilight Express luxury carriages for group tours

West Japan Railway Co. shows carriages of its luxury sleeper train Twilight Express, including its top class suite seen in this photo taken in Osaka, to the press on May 13, 2015. The sleeper train, which ended its regular service between Osaka and Sapporo in March, is being operated only for group tours in western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dining car of Twilight Express shown to press

West Japan Railway Co. shows the dining car of its luxury sleeper train Twilight Express to the press in Osaka on May 13, 2015. Twilight Express, which ended its regular service between Osaka and Sapporo in March, began its operations exclusively for group tours in western Japan on May 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan FY 2014 group net profit rises 17.6% to 458 bil. yen

Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., briefs reporters on the company's financial results for the year to March 31 during a press conference in Yokohama on May 13, 2015. Nissan's group net profit for the year rose 17.6 percent from the previous year to 457.57 billion yen ($3.8 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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House, including Hitler's birthplace, refurbished

A refurbished building, part of which was Nazi Germany dictator Adolf Hitler's birthplace, stands in the town of Braunau am Inn in northern Austria as seen in this photo taken on March 13, 2015. The building has been rented by the Interior Ministry for more than three years to prevent misuse by neo-Nazis, but some taxpayers are not happy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe meets with families of Japanese abductees

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) gives a list of donations to Shigeru (C) and Sakie Yokota, the parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted to North Korea in 1977 at age 13, at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on April 14, 2015. The donations were collected when a play themed on the abduction of Megumi was performed at the headquarters on March 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese President Xi attends Boao Forum for Asia

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Boao Forum for Asia on Hainan Island, southern China, on March 29, 2015. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on April 13 that Xi will take part in events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference, scheduled to be held in Indonesia in late April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Diet enacts record 96.34 tril. yen budget for FY 2015

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front) and members of his Cabinet bow in appreciation at the Diet in Tokyo on April 9, 2015, after the House of Councillors approves a record 96.34 trillion yen ($803.45 billion) budget for fiscal 2015 that started April 1. Following its passage through the House of Representatives on March 13, the budget was enacted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's WWII reconnaissance plane lies on seabed off Palau island

The wreckage of a Navy Type Zero reconnaissance seaplane of the Imperial Japanese Navy lies at a depth of 13 meters in the sea 1 kilometer off Arakabesan Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau on March 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo