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Stolen Buddha statue returned to Japan

Photo taken on May 15, 2025, at a museum in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki shows a 14th-century Buddha statue that was recently returned to Kannonji temple in the city after it was stolen in 2012 and taken to South Korea. The statue, designated by Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, was unveiled to the media the same day ahead of is public exhibition from May 16.

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Hacked Emails Expose Bashar al-Assad and Wife (Files)

Syrian head of state Bashar al-Assad and London-born wife Asma al-Assad appear to live in a surreal psychological bubble, insulated from the grotesque violence that has claimed the lives of 8,000 Syrians, according to a cache of some 3,000 alleged emails and documents obtained by Syrian activists and published by the Guardian issue dated March 15, 2012. File photo : Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and First Lady Asma receive Turkish President Abdullah Gul and First Lady Hayrunnisa for a state visit in Damascus, Syria on May 17, 2009. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hacked Emails Expose Bashar al-Assad and Wife (Files)

Syrian head of state Bashar al-Assad and London-born wife Asma al-Assad appear to live in a surreal psychological bubble, insulated from the grotesque violence that has claimed the lives of 8,000 Syrians, according to a cache of some 3,000 alleged emails and documents obtained by Syrian activists and published by the Guardian issue dated March 15, 2012. File photo : Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and First Lady Asma receive Turkish President Abdullah Gul and First Lady Hayrunnisa for a state visit in Damascus, Syria on May 17, 2009. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Newly Elected President Francois Hollande's Inauguration - Paris

Newly elected French president Francois Hollande is sworn-in during his official inauguration, in the 'Salle des Fetes' of the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France on May 15, 2012. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Inauguration ceremony for President elect Francois Hollande - Paris

Atmosphere as Francois Hollande is awarded "Grand Maitre" in the Order of the Legion of Honor, from chancellor of France's National Order of the Legion of Honor, General Jean-Louis Georgelin, in presence of Bernard Accoyer and Jean-Pierre Bel as he is officially named as France's president at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, France on May 15, 2012 . Photo by Gilles Roller/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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British teacher impressed with China's efforts in improving education

STORY: British teacher impressed with China's efforts in improving education DATELINE: May 15, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:49 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Gibson and his family 2. SOUNDBITE (English): GIBSON SIMS WILSON, English teacher, Baoding Cambridge Kindergarten STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): GIBSON SIMS WILSON, English teacher, Baoding Cambridge Kindergarten "Hello, everyone. My name is Gibson and I'm from London, England. I've been living in China now for nearly 20 years. It has been amazing living in China and now I've become a member of a Chinese family. It was Beijing. We met in 2012 at work. And after a short time, we fell in love, and moved back to Baoding. I've discovered that Baoding is a tremendously historic city which contains huge amounts of cultural heritage, and it is a very suitable city to live. Eventually, we got married and formed our family in Baoding. I became an authentic 'foreign son-in-law.' And now I have two children, a son, and a daughter.

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Wrongly imprisoned Nepali

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (L) holds his newly published autobiography in Kathmandu on May 22, 2013. The Nepali man was wrongly detained and imprisoned in Japan for 15 years. He was arrested on a charge of murdering a Japanese woman in 1997 and had his life imprisonment sentence finalized in 2003 before being cleared of the murder charge in a retrial in November 2012.

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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial announces earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Miyata, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., announces the group's earnings for financial 2012 at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on May 15, 2013.

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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial announces earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Hirano, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., announces the group's earnings for financial 2012 at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on May 15, 2013.

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Mizuho Financial announces earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Sato, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., announces the group's earnings for financial 2012 at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on May 15, 2013.

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Olympus returns to black in FY 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Sasa, president of Olympus Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2013, to release the company's earnings for fiscal 2012. Olympus said it returned to the black in the year ended March 31, 2013, with a group net profit of 8.02 billion yen, compared with a loss of 48.99 billion yen in the previous year, due partly to an improvement in its medical business.

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Tunnel collapse lawsuit

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A group of bereaved parents of five of the nine killed in the December 2012 ceiling collapse in the Sasago Tunnel head for the Yokohama District Court in Yokohama on May 15, 2013. They filed a lawsuit seeking some 890 million yen in compensation from Central Nippon Expressway Co., the operator of the expressway tunnel in Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Monju reactor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided on May 15, 2013, to issue an order effectively prohibiting the reactor from restarting, noting a series of problems with safety management.

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Murder acquittal

OSAKA, Japan - A May 2008 file photo shows the site (upper R) where the abandoned body of Miho Kosugi, 15, was found in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture. The Osaka High Court on Dec. 12, 2012, acquitted the defendant, Katsumi Naka, of murder, reversing a lower court's life sentence.

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Comedian admits mother had lived on welfare

TOKYO, Japan - Comedian Junichi Komoto holds a press conference at the Tokyo headquarters of Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., the entertainment company he belongs to, on May 25, 2012. The popular comedian, who with Satoshi Inoue forms the standup comedy duo Jicho Kacho, publicly offered an apology after confirming media reports that his mother, despite having a high-income-earning son, had received welfare benefits for 14 to 15 years until April, when the rumor started.

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Comedian admits mother had lived on welfare

TOKYO, Japan - Comedian Junichi Komoto holds a press conference at the Tokyo headquarters of Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., the entertainment company he belongs to, on May 25, 2012. The popular comedian, who with Satoshi Inoue forms the standup comedy duo Jicho Kacho, publicly offered an apology after confirming media reports that his mother, despite having a high-income-earning son, had received welfare benefits for 14 to 15 years until April, when the rumor started.

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Comedian admits mother had lived on welfare

TOKYO, Japan - Comedian Junichi Komoto (C) bows in apology during a press conference at the Tokyo headquarters of Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., the entertainment company he belongs to, on May 25, 2012. The popular comedian, who with Satoshi Inoue forms the standup comedy duo Jicho Kacho, publicly offered an apology after confirming media reports that his mother, despite having a high-income-earning son, had received welfare benefits for 14 to 15 years until April, when the rumor started.

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Gov't adopts power-saving plan for summer

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura (3rd from R) and other Cabinet ministers attend a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2012, to adopt a power-saving plan for this summer. The plan asks households and businesses served by seven utilities in wide areas of Japan to voluntarily cut consumption by 5 to 15 percent from July due to an expected power shortage in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Ballet troupe from disaster-hit Sendai performs in N.Y.

New York, United States - Yuko Takahashi, artistic director and choreographer of Yuko Takahashi Dance Company from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is pictured in New York on May 15, 2012. The modern ballet troupe from the city, which was severely hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, held a charity performance on May 17 in New York.

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Chinese activist Chen's supporters

WASHINGTON, United States - Fu Xiqiu (L front), founder and president of the ChinaAid Association, seated next to Rep. Christopher Smith (C front), speaks with Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng by phone, at the U.S. congress subcommittee in Washington on May 15, 2012.

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'Shizu-chan' crashes out of women's world c'ships

QINHUANGDAO, China - Japanese comedian Shizuyo Yamasaki (R), who has taken up boxing, is punched by Germany's Andrea Strohmayer in the third round of a middleweight bout at the women's world boxing championships in Qinhuangdao, China, on May 15, 2012. Yamasaki, known by her stage name ''Shizu-chan,'' could not land a punch line as she lost the bout.

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Greece heads for fresh elections in June

ATHENS, Greece - People watch a TV news program at a cafe in central Athens on May 15, 2012. Greece will hold fresh elections in June after political party leaders failed to form a coalition government the same day.

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Lady Gaga visits Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - American pop star Lady Gaga smiles on the 350-meter observation deck of Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 15, 2012. The 634-meter-high tower's grand opening is scheduled for May 22.

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Lady Gaga visits Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - American pop star Lady Gaga smiles on the 350-meter observation deck of Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 15, 2012. The 634-meter-high tower's grand opening is scheduled for May 22.

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Honda's Dream Yuga 110 for Indian market

NEW DELHI, India - A local subsidiary of Honda Motor Co. unveils the small motorcycle Dream Yuga 110 near New Delhi on May 15, 2012. The subsidiary dealing with motorcycles said it will release the new product in the Indian market in early June 2012.

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Plasma-display electronic blackboard system

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates an electronic blackboard system with a 65-inch plasma display panel and a stylus pen for writing and drawing images on the board in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 15, 2012. The electronic manufacturer said it will roll out the electronic blackboard in late June 2012.

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Plasma-display electronic blackboard system

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates an electronic blackboard system with a 65-inch plasma display panel and a stylus pen for writing and drawing images on the board in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 15, 2012. The electronic manufacturer said it will roll out the electronic blackboard in late June 2012.

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Confab calls for geoparks to be utilized for disaster awareness

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 5th International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, holds a closing ceremony on May 15, 2012. Scientists and environmental conservationists affirmed the importance of drawing lessons from natural disasters and climate change by utilizing parks with geological features as they wrapped up the four-day conference.

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N. Korea's No. 2 leader meets Indonesian president

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) and North Korea's second-ranking leader Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, shake hands in Jakarta on May 15, 2012. They held talks the same day that focused on investment and how to boost bilateral trade, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said.

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40th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan

GINOWAN, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) delivers a speech at a ceremony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Okinawa Prefecture's return to Japan from U.S. military rule at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the prefecture on May 15, 2012.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama apologizes to Okinawans

GINOWAN, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama gives a speech in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2012, the 40th anniversary of its reversion to Japanese sovereignty. During his speech in the city that hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, Hatoyama apologized to the people of the prefecture for his flip-flops when he was prime minister over the relocation of the controversial U.S. military base on the southwestern island.

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Fukui gov. calls on gov't to clarify nation's nuclear policy

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa gives a press conference at the prefectural government building in the city of Fukui on May 15, 2012, after holding talks with senior vice industry minister Seishu Makino. Nishikawa told Makino that the central government should clearly outline the nation's nuclear policy as it seeks to restart two offline reactors in the prefecture.

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Honda's new personal mobility device

TOKYO, Japan - The UNI-CUB, a new electric personal mobility device developed by Honda Motor Co., is unveiled at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo's Odaiba district on May 15, 2012. The saddle-style prototype, with a front wheel and a small assisting wheel, allows a rider to control speed and direction by shifting weight in a sitting position.

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Nagatomo arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows Japanese defender Yuto Nagatomo of Inter Milan at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on May 15, 2012, upon his arrival in Japan.

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KDDI unveils 'au' 2012 summer line

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold new models of ''au'' communication devices including the Urbano Progresso smartphone (2nd from L, front) in Tokyo on May 15, 2012, as KDDI Corp., the provider of the au cellphone service, unveils its 2012 summer line comprising five smartphone models and three conventional cellphone models.

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Honda's new personal mobility device

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Mohri, a former astronaut who heads the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, demonstrates riding the UNI-CUB, a new electric personal mobility device developed by Honda Motor Co., at the museum in Tokyo's Odaiba district on May 15, 2012. The saddle-style prototype, with a front wheel and a small assisting wheel, allows a rider to control speed and direction by shifting weight in a sitting position.

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Honda arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda of CSKA Moscow at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on May 15, 2012, upon his arrival in Japan.

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40th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan

GINOWAN, Japan - People view the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from a hill in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2012, the 40th anniversary of the prefecture's reversion to Japanese sovereignty from U.S. control.

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Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks in an interview with the media at the Okinawa prefectural government building in Naha on May 9, 2012, ahead of the 40th anniversary on May 15 of the island prefecture's return to Japanese sovereignty after decades of U.S. occupation following Japan's defeat in World War II.

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African wrestler marks 1st win as jonokuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Egyptian Osunaarashi, sumo's first-ever wrestler of African descent, speaks with reporters at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan after marking his debut as a jonokuchi wrestler with a victory on May 7, 2012. Osunaarashi (Great Sandstorm), 20, whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan, defeated 15-year-old Kotoomura.

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African wrestler marks 1st win as jonokuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a bout between jonokuchi wrestlers Osunaarashi (R), an Egyptian and sumo's first-ever wrestler of African descent, and Kotoomura at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 7, 2012. Osunaarashi (Great Sandstorm), 20, whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan, defeated 15-year-old Kotoomura, marking his debut as a jonokuchi wrestler with a victory.

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IBM Japan to have 1st foreign president in 56 years

TOKYO, Japan - Martin Jetter, vice president of corporate strategy at International Business Machines Corp., holds a press conference at the head office of IBM Japan Ltd. in Tokyo on March 30, 2012. The Japanese unit said the same day Jetter will succeed Takayuki Hashimoto as its president, effective May 15, becoming the first non-Japanese president of IBM Japan in about 56 years.

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African wrestler at sumo rank

OSAKA, Japan - Egyptian Osunaarashi stands on the ring at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka City on March 15, 2012, as the Japan Sumo Association announced that he will ascend to sumo's jonokuchi rank in the upcoming tournament in May 2012. He made his debuted two days earlier as an unofficially ranked wrestler, becoming sumo's first-ever wrestler of African descent.

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Han elected leader of S. Korea opposition party

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Seoul on May 3, 2006, shows former South Korean Prime Minister Han Myeong Sook. South Korea's main opposition Democratic United Party on Jan. 15, 2012, elected her as its new leader.

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Antiwar activist who torched Hinomaru flag

NAHA, Japan - File photo shows Shoichi Chibana, an antiwar activist in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, taking part in a mass protest rally over history textbooks at a Ginowan park in the prefecture on Sept. 29, 2007. The 64-year-old former village assemblyman, who was convicted of torching the Hinomaru flag at a national athletic meet in 1987, has vowed in an interview with Kyodo News to keep fighting to achieve peace in Okinawa ahead of the 40th anniversary on May 15, 2012, of the island's reversion to Japanese sovereignty from U.S. control.

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Chinese dancer pursues dream on wheelchair

STORY: Chinese dancer pursues dream on wheelchair DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:15 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HONG CHENLIN, Dancer STORYLINE: Hong Chenlin, a 35-year-old Chinese dancer, has kept pursuing her dancing dream even on a wheelchair. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HONG CHENLIN, Dancer "I'm Hong Chenlin. I have been engaged in dancing since my childhood. I used to be a dancer and dance teacher. During the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence in March and April this year, I had plenty of time to stay at home. At that time, I suddenly came up with the idea of uploading videos on Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok). I spent a lot of time in selecting songs, choreographing and filming. I had a car accident on the expressway in 2012, leaving me to rely on the wheelchair for the rest of my life. But I could still pursue may dancing dream on the wheelchair and give others some strength and motivate them by promoting my optimism spirit via social media. A lot of fol

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SOMALIA-MOGADISHU-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(220516) -- MOGADISHU, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A member of lawmakers votes during the presidential election in Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 15, 2022. The Somalian parliament on Sunday chose Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country's new president in a third-round runoff in an election that has been delayed for over a year. The 67-year-old Mohamud, former Somalian president in 2012-2017, won 214 votes from lawmakers, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Farmajo, who garnered 110 votes. Mohamud was immediately sworn in after the vote. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)

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SOMALIA-MOGADISHU-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(220516) -- MOGADISHU, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is seen during the presidential election in Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 15, 2022. The Somalian parliament on Sunday chose Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country's new president in a third-round runoff in an election that has been delayed for over a year. The 67-year-old Mohamud, former Somalian president in 2012-2017, won 214 votes from lawmakers, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Farmajo, who garnered 110 votes. Mohamud was immediately sworn in after the vote. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)

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SOMALIA-MOGADISHU-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(220516) -- MOGADISHU, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Somali parliament speaker Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur announces the results of the presidential election in Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 15, 2022. The Somalian parliament on Sunday chose Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country's new president in a third-round runoff in an election that has been delayed for over a year. The 67-year-old Mohamud, former Somalian president in 2012-2017, won 214 votes from lawmakers, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Farmajo, who garnered 110 votes. Mohamud was immediately sworn in after the vote. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-XILINGOL LEAGUE-SITE OF XANADU (CN)

(220515) -- XILINGOL LEAGUE, May 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 14, 2022 shows the site of Xanadu in Zhenglan Banner of Xilingol League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Xanadu was one of the two major capitals during the Yuan dynasty nearly 800 years ago. The Xanadu site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2012. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan)