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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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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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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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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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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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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."

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Men in camouflage outfits replace the Ukrainian flag with the Crimean flag at Crimea's official broadcaster in Simferopol, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 6, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - More than 100 men in camouflage outfits, including Cossacks from Russia, surround the republic assembly hall in Simferopol, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 6, 2014.

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Drought in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - A pond is dried up in Singapore Botanic Gardens due to drought in Singapore on March 6, 2014.

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Japanese students at West Point

NEW YORK, United States - University of Tsukuba students (L side) give a presentation on Japanese martial arts to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York as part of a daylong visit on March 6, 2014 by 23 Japanese students to jumpstart a cultural exchange program there.

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Japanese students at West Point

NEW YORK, United States - A University of Tsukuba student (L) joins a calculus class on March 6, 2014 at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York as part of a daylong visit by 23 Japanese students to jumpstart a cultural exchange program there.

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Ukraine Paralympics squad arrives at Sochi athletes' village

SOCHI, Russia - Members of the Ukrainian Paralympics delegation pose during a welcoming ceremony at the Mountain Cluster athletes' village in Sochi, Russia, on March 6, 2014, a day before the Winter Games open.

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Volunteers take photo with Paralympic mascots

SOCHI, Russia - Volunteers take a photo with statues of two Sochi Paralympic mascots -- the Snow Flake (L) and the Ray of Light -- set up near mountain venues in Russia on March 6, 2014, on the eve of the Paralympic Games' opening.

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Rice-cake making event held in New York

NEW YORK, United States - A rice-cake making event takes place at Grand Central Terminal in New York on March 6, 2014, as part of the three-day ''Japan Week'' fair promoting Japanese culture and food.

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Japan's Sato runs in Sochi Paralympics torch relay

SOCHI, Russia - Mami Sato, a Japanese Paralympian who lost one of her legs to cancer, smiles as she runs a leg of the Sochi Paralympics torch relay on March 6, 2014, in the Russian resort town.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Pro-Russian residents hold a rally outside the republic assembly building in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, on March 6, 2014.

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Ukrainian Paralympians at Sochi athletes' village

SOCHI, Russia - Members of the Ukrainian Paralympics delegation pose before a welcoming ceremony at the Mountain Cluster athletes' village in Sochi, Russia, on March 6, 2014, a day before the Winter Games open.

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Xinjiang Uyghur delegates meet during China's parliament session

BEIJING, China - Delegates representing the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region meet on the sidelines of an annual National People's Congress session on March 6, 2014, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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Colombia envoy in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Mori (L), Japan's state minister in charge of declining birthrate issues, and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (C) attend an event to encourage Japan's policy to promote female leadership, at the official residence of Colombian Ambassador to Japan Patricia Eugenia Cardenas Santamaria (R) in Tokyo on March 6, 2014.

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Sichuan head Wang says corrupt officials only 'tiny fraction'

BEIJING, China - Wang Dongming, Chinese Communist Party secretary of Sichuan Province, says during an annual National People's Congress session on March 6, 2014, that corrupt elements constitute only a "tiny fraction" of the entire team of party officials. The southwestern Chinese province has been plagued by a series of scandals in recent weeks.

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China's health commission head Li Bin meets press

BEIJING, China - Li Bin, head of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, speaks at a news conference on the sidelines of an annual National People's Congress session in Beijing on March 6, 2014.

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UN anti-torture panel urges Japan to improve judicial system

TOKYO, Japan - Satyabhooshun Gupt Domah, a member of the U.N. Committee against Torture and former justice in the Seychelles Supreme Court, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 6, 2014, calling on Japan to improve its criminal judicial system that he sees as overly reliant on suspects' confessions.

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Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum celebrates 20th anniversary

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yoji Iwaoka, head of the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, poses in a replica street of the 1950s at the food-themed amusement park in Yokohama just west of Tokyo on March 6, 2014. The museum, which attracted over 150,000 foreign visitors in 2013, celebrated its 20th anniversary the same day.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas lit up for grand opening

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's tallest skyscraper, the 300-meter Abeno Harukas, in Osaka, western Japan, is lit up to show the words "March 7" in Japanese on its windows on March 6, 2014, to mark the day it will be fully opened. On the right is the Tsutenkaku tower, which literally means "Tower Reaching Heaven."

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S. Korean president

GYERYONG, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (C) delivers a speech at a military commissioning ceremony in Gyeryong, South Korea, on March 6, 2014.

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S. Korean president

GYERYONG, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (C) salutes at a military commissioning ceremony in Gyeryong, South Korea, on March 6, 2014.

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S. Korean president

GYERYONG, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (bottom C) poses for photos during a military commissioning ceremony in Gyeryong, South Korea, on March 6, 2014.

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Paralympians practice in spring-like weather in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Unseasonably warm weather prompts an unidentified athlete to practice in a sleeveless shirt at a long-distance skiing and biathlon race field at the Sochi Winter Paralympics on March 6, 2014.

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World Cup Brazil stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows "FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014" stamps that Japan's postal service announced on March 6, 2014, it will sell from May 12 through to the end of the year.

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JRP co-head Ishihara speaks at party's energy research panel

TOKYO, Japan - Shintaro Ishihara, co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, speaks at the party's energy research panel meeting in Tokyo on March 6, 2014.

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Chinese Finance Minister Lou meets press

BEIJING, China - Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei speaks at a press conference in Beijing on March 6, 2014, during an annual National People's Congress session.

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Mao portrait in Beijing apparently vandalized

BEIJING, China - A police vehicle is seen parked as workers clean black paint-like markings from the huge portrait of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong that looms over Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 6, 2014. The portrait appeared to have been vandalized.

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Estonian president speaks at Japan National Press Club

TOKYO, Japan - President Toomas Ilves of Estonia speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 6, 2014. Ilves denounced Russia's tightening grip on Crimea in southern Ukraine.

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Mao portrait in Beijing apparently vandalized

BEIJING, China - Combination photos shows (from L) workers cleaning black paint-like markings from the huge portrait of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong that looms over Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 6, 2014, and the cleaned portrait the same day. The portrait appeared to have been vandalized.

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Japan's tallest sckyscraper Abeno Harukas fully opens

OSAKA, Japan - The 300-meter-tall Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest building, fully opens for business in Abeno Ward, Osaka, western Japan, on March 6, 2014. The Tsutenkaku tower (literally meaning "Tower Reaching Heaven"), a well-known landmark of Osaka, stands on the right.

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Mao portrait in Beijing apparently vandalized

BEIJING, China - Security officers stand guard after workers cleaned black paint-like markings from the huge portrait of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong that looms over Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 6, 2014. The portrait appeared to have been vandalized.