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EstLink 2 -transformer station

PLS NOTE CAPTION CORRECTION - YEAR // (FILER) Fingrid's EstLink 2 transformer station in Anttila in Porvoo, Finland March 6, 2014. The transfomer station started to operate March 6 between Finland and Estonia. Electricity between Finland and Estonia through the Estlink 2 connection is currently halted. According to Finnish grid operator Fingrid the subsea transmission line experienced an outage on Christmas Day December 25, 2024 at 12:26pm. Fingrid revealed that the cause of the fault is under investigation. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EstLink 2 -transformer station

PLS NOTE CAPTION CORRECTION - YEAR // (FILER) Fingrid's EstLink 2 transformer station in Anttila in Porvoo, Finland March 6, 2014. The transfomer station started to operate March 6 between Finland and Estonia. Electricity between Finland and Estonia through the Estlink 2 connection is currently halted. According to Finnish grid operator Fingrid the subsea transmission line experienced an outage on Christmas Day December 25, 2024 at 12:26pm. Fingrid revealed that the cause of the fault is under investigation. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EstLink 2 -transformer station

PLS NOTE CAPTION CORRECTION - YEAR // (FILER) Fingrid's EstLink 2 transformer station in Anttila in Porvoo, Finland March 6, 2014. The transfomer station started to operate March 6 between Finland and Estonia. Electricity between Finland and Estonia through the Estlink 2 connection is currently halted. According to Finnish grid operator Fingrid the subsea transmission line experienced an outage on Christmas Day December 25, 2024 at 12:26pm. Fingrid revealed that the cause of the fault is under investigation. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Pritzker Prize-winning Japan architect Maki dies at 95

Photo taken in March 2014 in Tokyo shows Hillside Terrace, a building complex consisting of residences, shops and offices designed by renowned Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. Maki, who in 1993 won the Pritzker Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize of architecture, died at the age of 95 at his home in Tokyo on June 6, 2024.

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Pritzker Prize-winning Japan architect Maki dies at 95

Photo taken in March 2014 in Tokyo shows Hillside Terrace, a building complex consisting of residences, shops and offices designed by renowned Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. Maki, who in 1993 won the Pritzker Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize of architecture, died at the age of 95 at his home in Tokyo on June 6, 2024.

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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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Palestinian blacksmith turns tear gas canisters into artworks

STORY: Palestinian blacksmith turns tear gas canisters into artworks DATELINE: March 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:07:22 LOCATION: RAMALLAH, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Akram al-Wa'ra collecting tear gas canisters 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AKRAM AL-WA'RA, Palestinian blacksmith 3. various of the workshop 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AKRAM AL-WA'RA, Palestinian blacksmith 5. various of the workshop 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): AKRAM AL-WA'RA, Palestinian blacksmith 7. various of the workshop STORYLINE: Amid the seemingly endless clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the West Bank, the tear gas canisters tossed by Israelis were transformed into artworks by a 56-year-old Palestinian blacksmith. Akram al-Wa'ra, from the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank, came up with the idea in 2014 when Israel and Gaza were engaged in a 51-day fierce war, during which the Israeli forces fired hundreds of canisters at locals. "Back then, I was forced to close my workshop, my only source of income,

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Steam locomotive in Iwate

TONO, Japan - A steam locomotive, pulling a JR Kamaishi Line train, runs on an illuminated bridge in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on the night of Dec. 6, 2014, recreating the world of "Night on the Galactic Railroad," a fairy story written by Kenji Miyazawa and modeled on the railroad. East Japan Railway Co. has been using the steam locomotive in its services since April to boost tourism in the prefecture devastated by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Steam locomotive in Iwate

TONO, Japan - A steam locomotive, pulling a JR Kamaishi Line train, runs on an illuminated bridge in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on the night of Dec. 6, 2014, recreating the world of "Night on the Galactic Railroad," a fairy story written by Kenji Miyazawa and modeled on the railroad. East Japan Railway Co. has been using the steam locomotive in its services since April to boost tourism in the prefecture devastated by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Tsunami-hit school building sought to be kept as 'relic'

SENDAI, Japan - High school student Sonomi Sato appeals for the preservation of the damaged building of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, as an earthquake relic at a gathering in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2014. Sato's younger sister Mizuho, killed in the March 2011 tsunami, was a student at the elementary school.

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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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Disaster-hit Route 6 stretch in Fukushima opened to traffic

TOMIOKA, Japan - A police vehicle heads out on patrol on Sept. 15, 2014, on a closed stretch of National Route 6 running north to south along the coast in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, after being opened to traffic for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear disaster.

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Town landscape before and after 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - A long conveyer belt to carry earth and sand from the mountains for ground-level-raising purposes is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter in the photo below taken on Sept. 1, 2014, in the 2011 tsunami-devastated city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in contrast with the above picture of the same place photographed on March 6, 2013.

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Surfers compete in tsunami-hit Japan area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Surfers compete in an event held off the Koizumi beach in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 6, 2014, against the backdrop of a building damaged by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Surfing competition held in tsunami-hit Japan area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Surfers practice before a competitive event held off the Koizumi beach in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 6, 2014, against the backdrop of a building damaged by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Tsunami-hit police box in Onagawa, Miyagi Pref.

ONAGAWA, Japan - A "koban" police box destroyed by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is pictured in July 2011 (upper frame) and on March 6, 2014 (lower frame). Talks are underway about whether to preserve the police box as a relic from the disaster.

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Japan boxer Inoue trains for WBC light flyweight title match

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue trains at Ohashi Gym in Yokohama west of Tokyo on March 27, 2014, in preparation for his fight against WBC light flyweight champion Adrian Hernandez of Mexico on April 6.

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Sony Open tennis

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during a men's singles quarterfinal match against Roger Federer of Switzerland at the Sony Open in Miami, Florida, on March 26, 2014. Nishikori won 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

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Nishikori beats Ferrer to reach quarterfinals at Sony Open

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori serves in the fourth round of the men's singles against David Ferrer of Spain at the Sony Open in Miami, Florida, on March 25, 2014. Nishikori won 7-6(7), 2-6, 7-6(9), advancing to the quarterfinals.

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Nishikori beats Ferrer to reach quarterfinals at Sony Open

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori makes a backhand return against David Ferrer of Spain in the men's singles fourth round at the Sony Open in Miami, Florida, on March 25, 2014. Nishikori won 7-6(7), 2-6, 7-6(9), to reach the quarterfinals.

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Sony Open tennis

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori celebrates after beating David Ferrer of Spain in a men's singles fourth-round match at the Sony Open in Miami, Florida, on March 25, 2014. Nishikori won 7-6(7), 2-6, 7-6(9), to reach the quarterfinals.

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Sony Open tennis

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori plays a backhand to David Ferrer of Spain in a men's singles fourth-round match at the Sony Open in Miami, Florida, on March 25, 2014. Nishikori won 7-6(7), 2-6, 7-6(9), to reach the quarterfinals.

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Train with interior resembling old folk house

MORIOKA, Japan - Sanriku Railway Co. shows on March 25, 2014, its new train called "Sanriku Hamakaze," which has an interior designed to resemble an old folk house, in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture. The train will be used starting April 6 when all of the railway's lines will be back in operation after services were partially suspended following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Interior of train resembling old folk house

MORIOKA, Japan - Sanriku Railway Co. shows on March 25, 2014, the interior of its new train called "Sanriku Hamakaze," which is designed to resemble an old folk house, in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture. The train will enter service on April 6 when all of the railway's lines will be back in operation after services were partially suspended following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Date plays in Sony Open 2nd round

MIAMI, United States - Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan returns the ball during a women's doubles match in the second round of the Sony Open tennis tournament in Miami on March 24, 2014. Date-Krumm and her partner, Barbora Zahlovova Strycova of the Czech Republic, lost the match against Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2, 6-1.

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Sony Open tennis

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori plays against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in a third-round men's singles match at the Sony Open tennis competition in Miami, Florida, on March 23, 2014. Nishikori won 7-6 (1), 7-5, reaching the Round of 16 for the third straight year.

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Sony Open tennis

MIAMI, United States - Japan' Kei Nishikori reacts after beating Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 7-6 (1), 7-5 in a third-round men's singles match at the Sony Open tennis competition in Miami, Florida, on March 23, 2014. Nishikori reached the Round of 16 for the third straight year.

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Sony Open tennis

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori plays against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in a third-round men's singles match at the Sony Open tennis competition in Miami, Florida, on March 23, 2014. Nishikori won 7-6 (1), 7-5, reaching the Round of 16 for the third straight year.

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi (L) prays during a memorial service at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki. The 13 victims included Takahashi's husband, Kazumasa, who was an official at Kasumigaseki station at the time and died after disposing of a plastic bag containing sarin in liquid form. (Pool photo)

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Akihiro Ota (L) offers flowers during a memorial service at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki. (Pool photo)

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuaki Ota, area manager at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station, offers flowers during a memorial service at the subway station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki.

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Employees of Tokyo Metro Co. observe a moment of silence at Kasumigaseki station in Tokyo on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki.

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Japanese garden in Curitiba, Brazil

TOKYO, Japan - A woman walks in a Japanese garden in the city of Curitiba, southern Brazil, on March 6, 2014. The park is a popular place of relaxation for local residents.

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Letters by Hiroshima governor around 1945 A-bombing found

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on March 17, 2014, shows four letters written between June and October 1945 by Genshin Takano (1895-1969), the governor of Hiroshima when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city on Aug. 6, 1945. The letters were discovered at the Hiroshima Prefectural Archives.

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3 months before World Cup in Brazil

CURITIBA, Brazil - Workers pose at Arena da Baixada stadium, one of the venues for the 2014 World Cup soccer finals, under construction in Curitiba, Brazil, on March 6, 2014, around three months before the start of the event.

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Aminishiki thrusts down Chiyotairyu at Osaka sumo tournament

OSAKA, Japan - Maegashira No.6 Aminishiki (R) beats No.7 Chiyotairyu by "tsukiotoshi" (thrusting down) on the fifth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 13, 2014.

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Kaleidoscope images projected on rock garden at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Kaleidoscope images are projected on a rock garden at Kodaiji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on the night of March 12, 2014, in preparation for a light show to be held from March 14 to May 6.

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Kaleidoscope images projected on rock garden at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Kaleidoscope images are projected on a rock garden at Kodaiji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, at dusk on March 12, 2014, in preparation for a light show to be held from March 14 to May 6.

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Kaleidoscope images shown on rock garden at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Kaleidoscope images are shown on a rock garden at Kodaiji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, at dusk on March 12, 2014, in preparation for a light show to be held from March 14 to May 6.

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Hunter shows wild pheasant in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hunter Yukinori Yokota, who runs a game meat business, holds a wild pheasant in Hiroshima on March 6, 2014.

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Ethnic Russians in front of Ukrainian naval base in Crimea

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Ethnic Russians stand in front of a Ukrainian naval base on the outskirts of Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 6, 2014. There has been a series of group attacks on foreign journalists in Crimea by people believed to be pro-Russia.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 6, 2014, shows Japan's tallest skyscraper, the 300-meter Abeno Harukas, in Osaka, western Japan.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 6, 2014, shows Japan's tallest skyscraper, the 300-meter Abeno Harukas, in Osaka, western Japan.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Men stand guard outside the republic government hall in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 6, 2014. The men said they are Cossacks from Russia.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Demonstrators hold the Crimean and Russian flags during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 6, 2014.

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BNP Paribas Open tennis

INDIAN WELLS, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori plays against Colombia's Santiago Giraldo in a second-round men's singles match of the BNP Paribas Open tennis competition in Indian Wells, California, on March 8, 2014. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-3.

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BNP Paribas Open tennis

INDIAN WELLS, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori plays against Colombia's Santiago Giraldo in a second-round men's singles match of the BNP Paribas Open tennis competition in Indian Wells, California, on March 8, 2014. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-3.

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Malaysia bans Ultraman book

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Photo shows a Malay-language comic book titled "Ultraman - The Ultra Power." Malaysia's Home Ministry has banned the comic book based on the Japanese iconic superhero Ultraman because it allegedly contained "elements that threatened public order," the official news agency Bernama reported on March 6, 2014.

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Malaysia bans Ultraman book

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Photo shows a page of a Malay-language comic book titled "Ultraman - The Ultra Power." Malaysia's Home Ministry has banned the comic book based on the Japanese iconic superhero Ultraman because it allegedly contained "elements that threatened public order," the official news agency Bernama reported on March 6, 2014. The page contained lines in Malay that can be translated as Ultraman King is "considered and respected as 'Allah' or Elder among all Ultra heroes."