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The Cardinals ‘Papabile’ - Vatican

File photo - Cardinal ‘papabile’ Pietro Parolin (Italy) at the Vatican on March 20, 2017. - Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the papal names, and could be the Successor of Peter. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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More Than 100m Cars Recalled in China

Vehicles are seen in the snow in Beijing, China, December 6, 2014. On March 13, 2024, according to the data of the State Administration for Market Regulation, the defective product recall system has been implemented in China for 20 years, and by the end of 2023, China has implemented 2,842 vehicle recalls involving 103 million vehicles.

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua plays Guqin at a Guqin studio in Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 20, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 procedures. This lengthy process

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua plays Guqin at a Guqin studio in Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 20, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 procedures. This lengthy process

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-JIANGXI-GUQIN MAKER (CN)

(240313) -- NANCHANG, March 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Feng Yihua plays Guqin at a Guqin studio in Yihuang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 20, 2024. The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua, a 38-year-old Guqin maker, hails from Yihuang County in east China's Jiangxi Province. Influenced by his family, Feng began studying the Guqin at age 18. He later moved to Shanghai to be an apprentice under a master in the craft of Guqin-making. "Creating a Guqin by hand requires raw lacquer, which initially caused skin allergies. I even cut my thumb while carving the holes," Feng recalled his apprenticeship. Through years of perseverance, Feng has honed his skills in both playing and crafting the Guqin. In 2014, he returned to his hometown to establish a Guqin studio, dedicating himself to this sophisticated profession. The process of hand-making a Guqin spans at least three years, involving around 100 procedures. This lengthy process

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Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Haruko Obokata, who resigned from the Riken research institute in December 2014 in the wake of a scandal over her misconduct in a so-called STAP stem-cell study. Riken announced on March 20, 2015, it plans to demand that Obokata return about 600,000 yen in research paper submission fees.

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Pro-democracy march in Macao

MACAO, China - People in Macao, a special administrative region of China, march demanding universal suffrage for local leadership elections on Dec. 20, 2014, the 15th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule.

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'Yokai Watch' bullet train in Kyushu

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co.'s Shinkansen bullet train featuring images of characters from "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit game and animation, leaves JR Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014, while popular character Jibanyan sees it off. The special train is on operation until March 1 between Hakata and Kagoshimachuo stations in Kyushu.

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Subway terror attack rescue drill conducted

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters with protective gear conduct a rescue drill at a subway station in Tokyo's Hibiya district on Nov. 20, 2014, simulating a terror attack. Around 300 police officers and firefighters participated in the drill prior to the 20th anniversary of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult that killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000, on March 20 next year.

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Subway terror attack rescue drill conducted

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters with protective gear conduct a rescue drill at a subway station in Tokyo's Hibiya district on Nov. 20, 2014, simulating a terror attack. Around 300 police officers and firefighters participated in the drill prior to the 20th anniversary of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult that killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000, on March 20 next year.

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Former lower house speaker Doi dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2003 shows Takako Doi, former House of Representatives speaker and leader of the Japan Socialist Party, the predecessor of the Social Democratic Party. Doi died of pneumonia on Sept. 20, 2014. She was 85. Doi was the first female speaker of the lower house from 1993 to 1996.

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Mascots promote tourism to Hokuriku region in Osaka blitz

OSAKA, Japan - Children pose for photos with one of the mascot characters at the "Hokuriku Destination Campaign" at JR Osaka station on Sept. 20, 2014. The event promotes tourism to Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures in the Hokuriku region in central Japan ahead of the launch next March of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line.

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Brick-red train to mark centenary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. announces on Sept. 3, 2014, in Tokyo that it will decorate one of its 11-coach trains running on Tokyo's Yamanote Line with a brick-red design, like this artist's image, between October and next March as part of an event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Station on Dec. 20.

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Policeman speaks to shopper

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A policeman (L) speaks to a shopper in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, on March 20, 2014. The country implemented the Japanese "koban" model of community policing with support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, to create a good relationship between the police and society.

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Police officers at "koban" box in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Police officers stand in front of a police box, modeled after the Japanese "koban" system of community policing, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on March 20, 2014.

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Policeman lectures at school in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A policeman speaks about drugs and health hazards at a school in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on March 20, 2014. The country implemented the Japanese "koban" model of community policing.

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Deaf woman promotes 'deaf volleyball' in Tohoku

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken March 20, 2014, shows Namiko Yanagawa, a former captain of the Japanese women's national volleyball team for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, who is promoting the sport in her native prefecture of Miyagi in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan.

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Tsunami-damaged 8-mm film in Iwate Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - An 8-millimeter film damaged by the March 2011 tsunami is pictured on March 20, 2014, in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. A group led by Junji Ito, a specially appointed professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, is collecting 8-mm films and other media that record sceneries of Ofunato before the disaster.

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Group in Iwate Pref. collecting pre-disaster records

SENDAI, Japan - Daisuke Miyoshi (L), a part-time instructor at Tokyo University of the Arts, collects 8-millimeter film and other media from Naotake Sato, who runs a photo studio in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 20, 2014. Miyoshi is a member of a group led by Junji Ito, a specially appointed professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, which is collecting 8-mm film and other media that record the scenery of Ofunato before the March 2011 disaster.

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Fishermen hold tasting event for fish caught in Tokyo Bay

CHIBA, Japan - Members of the Amaha Fisheries Cooperative in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, hold a tasting event for fish caught in Tokyo Bay to publicize their safety in the prefectural city of Futtsu on April 9, 2014. The cooperative had suspended fishing from March 20 due to an oil spill resulting from a collision by two freighters off Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, but resumed its activities on April 10.

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Student protesters siege Taiwan's legislature

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Students occupy Taiwan's parliament in Taipei on March 20, 2014, in protest against a trade deal with Beijing that they believe will hurt Taiwan's economy. They vacated the building on April 10, 2014, after discussion with Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng.

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Child custody treaty

WASHINGTON, United States - Fathers and supporters march through Washington heading for the U.S. State Department, where 20 parents submitted applications to meet their children in Japan, on March 31, 2014, a day before Japan's implementation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

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Child custody treaty

WASHINGTON, United States - Fathers and supporters march through Washington heading for the U.S. State Department, where 20 parents submitted applications to meet their children in Japan, on March 31, 2014, a day before Japan's implementation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

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New aquarium recruits start by cleaning fish tank from inside

TSU, Japan - Two male recruits, Asuka Imagawa (L), 20, and Ryosuke Okita, 23, at Toba Aquarium in Toba, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, clean the inside wall of a fish tank using sponges during an underwater initiation ceremony on March 31, 2014, as fish and turtles swim around.

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Couple hold wedding in flower field in Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - Bridegroom Tomohide Tani (L) and his bride Yuki kiss in the middle of a field of some 20 million rape blossoms in Nagasakibana, Bungotakada, in Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan, during their wedding on March 30, 2014.

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Spanish Steps

ROME, Italy - Photo shows the Spanish Steps, a famous sightseeing spot in Rome, on March 26, 2014. Italian jewelry company Bulgari said recently it will donate 1.5 million euros to the city of Rome to help restore the steps, which were last restored about 20 years ago.

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Japanese man setting new yo-yo standards

TSU, Japan - Photo taken March 20, 2014 in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, shows Kengo Kido, who designs and sells yo-yos online under the brand name "yoyo recreation."

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Imperial couple visit Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (third from L) pays a visit to the Geku compound of Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture on March 26, 2014. The emperor and Empress Michiko visited the shrine following a ceremony in October 2013, the first in 20 years, to transfer the shrine deity to a new building.

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Imperial couple visit Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) is pictured after offering prayers at the Geku compound of Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture on March 26, 2014. The emperor and Empress Michiko visited the shrine following a ceremony in October 2013, the first in 20 years, to transfer the shrine deity to a new building.

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Imperial couple visit Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito is pictured after offering prayers at the Geku compound of Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture on March 26, 2014. The emperor and Empress Michiko visited the shrine following a ceremony in October 2013, the first in 20 years, to transfer the shrine deity to a new building.

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Imperial couple visit Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko is pictured after offering prayers at the Geku compound of Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture on March 26, 2014. Emperor Akihito and the empress visited the shrine following a ceremony in October 2013, the first in 20 years, to transfer the shrine deity to a new building.

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Imperial Palace staff carry sacred items to Ise Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial Palace staff members carry a sword and a jewel in separate cases aboard a shinkansen bullet train at Tokyo Station on March 25, 2014. They are accompanying Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on a visit to Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture where the sword and jewel -- two of the imperial family's three sacred treasures -- will be moved from the palace in Tokyo for the first time in 20 years.

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Emperor, empress depart for Ise Shrine in Mie Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko depart from Tokyo Station on March 25, 2014, to visit Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture. An Imperial Palace staff member behind them is carrying a black case containing a sword, one of the imperial family's three sacred treasures to be moved from the palace in Tokyo to the shrine for the first time in 20 years.

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Union of Toyota's Bangalore plants call for higher wages

BANGALORE, India - Prasanna Kumar (L), president of the labor union at Toyota Motor Corp.'s plants on the outskirts of Bangalore in southern India, voices workers' complaints about wages in front of other union members on March 20, 2014.

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Toyota plant in India

BANGALORE, India - Photo dated March 20, 2014, shows a plant of a Toyota Motor Corp.-affiliated company in Bangalore, India, where workers were temporarily locked out after a labor dispute.

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'Shibori' tie-dye exhibition begins in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - An exhibition of art pieces created by Swedish artists using Japan's "shibori" tie-dye method begins at an art college in Stockholm on March 20, 2014.

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Homes built on farmland sold without farmers' consent

WUKAN, China - Photo taken on March 20, 2014, shows new houses built on farmland that was sold to real estate developers without farmers' consent in the village of Wukan in Guangdong Province, China.

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Deputy chief of Wukan Village meets reporters

WUKAN, China - Yang Semao, deputy chief of Wukan Village in China's Guangdong Province and leader of local protest movements, meets reporters at his home on March 20, 2014.

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Monument at site of Dojima Rice Exchange

OSAKA, Japan - A monument set up at what used to be the Dojima Rice Exchange for rice brokering during the Edo period is pictured in Osaka on March 20, 2014.

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Japanese PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference in Tokyo after Japan's parliament enacted a budget for fiscal 2014 on March 20, 2014.

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Japanese PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference in Tokyo after Japan's parliament enacted a budget for fiscal 2014 on March 20, 2014.

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Japanese PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference in Tokyo after Japan's parliament enacted a budget for fiscal 2014 on March 20, 2014.

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Michelle Obama arrives in China

BEIJING, China - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) is pictured with her daughter Sasha upon arrival at Beijing international airport on March 20, 2014. The wife of the U.S. president is making her first visit to China, accompanied by her mother and daughters. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Diet enacts FY 2014 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo after Japan's parliament enacts a budget for fiscal 2014 totaling a record 95.88 trillion yen on March 20, 2014.

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Michelle Obama arrives in China

BEIJING, China - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is pictured upon her arrival at Beijing international airport on March 20, 2014. The wife of the U.S. president is making her first visit to China, accompanied by her mother and daughters. (Pool photo)

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Photo shows Ryu Song Il (R), chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014, after attending informal talks between Japanese and North Korean diplomats on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of the countries' Red Cross societies. At left is Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at an airport in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014, to return home after attending informal talks between Japanese and North Korean diplomats on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of the countries' Red Cross societies.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivers a speech in Tokyo on March 20, 2014. Kuroda reiterated the central bank's view that the country's inflation rate is likely to reach 2 percent in late fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2015, saying the economy is on track to achieve the central bank's inflation target.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivers a speech in Tokyo on March 20, 2014. Kuroda reiterated the central bank's view that the country's inflation rate is likely to reach 2 percent in late fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2015, saying the economy is on track to achieve the central bank's inflation target.

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Spring sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Ozeki Kakuryu (L) sends yokozuna (grand champion) Harumafuji out of the ring at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 20, 2014, the 12th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.