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Jetstar Japan passengers top 50 million

Jetstar Japan Co. President Masaru Kataoka attends a ceremony at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 24, 2024, after the low-cost carrier carried its 50 millionth passenger the previous day since its inaugural flight in July 2012.

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Jetstar Japan passengers top 50 million

Jetstar Japan Co. employees pose for a photo at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 24, 2024, after the low-cost carrier carried its 50 millionth passenger the previous day since its inaugural flight in July 2012.

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Fusong, who is a doctor in the village, posing for a photo in front of the village clinic on May 24, 2023 (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Hu Xingyu) and 10-year-old Meng Fusong (1st R) on his way to school on Sept. 5, 2012 (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Huang Xiaobang) in Nonglei Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni (L), leader of an all-woman archaeological team, supervises her colleagues at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, May 24, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni, leader of an all-woman archaeological team, processes unearthed pottery shards at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, May 24, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni (L, back), leader of an all-woman archaeological team, supervises her colleagues at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, May 24, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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World's oldest Bactrian camel dies in Yokohama

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September, 2012, shows the world's oldest Bactrian camel, Tsugaru, at Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. The zoo announced on May 24, 2014, the camel died the previous day at the estimated age of 38, which is equivalent to more than 100 years old for human beings.

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Foreign minister thanks Fukushima Hula girls

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) shakes hands with a Hula girl from a spa resort in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Gemba thanked the Hula girls for their role as a goodwill ambassador at a Pacific island summit in Okinawa in May 2012.

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Japanese princess to study at Univ. of Edinburgh

NARITA, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, prior to her departure for Britain to study at the University of Edinburgh. The 20-year-old princess, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will stay in Britain through late May 2013.

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Japanese princess to study at Univ. of Edinburgh

NARITA, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, prior to her departure for Britain to study at the University of Edinburgh. The 20-year-old princess, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will stay in Britain through late May 2013.

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Recaptured penguin back at Tokyo aquarium

TOKYO, Japan - A male Humboldt penguin (L bottom) is put back on public display at Tokyo Sea Life Park in Edogawa Ward on June 7, 2012, for the first time in about three months. The penguin was recaptured on May 24 after escaping from the seaside aquarium in early March.

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Suu Kyi in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) attends a dinner party hosted by Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok on May 31, 2012. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand is her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi, Yingluck

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ahead of a dinner party in Bangkok on May 31, 2012. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand is her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi in Thaialnd

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to migrant workers from Myanmar in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok on May 31, 2012. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi in Thaialnd

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) smiles after delivering a speech to migrant workers from Myanmar in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok on May 31, 2012. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi in Thailand

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to migrant workers from Myanmar in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok on May 30, 2012. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi visits Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech before migrant workers from Myanmar in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok on May 30, 2012. Her visit to Thailand was her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi visits Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) waves to migrant workers from Myanmar in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok on May 30, 2012. Her visit to Thailand was her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi leaving for Thailand

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits for a flight to Bangkok, Thailand, in a lounge at Yangon airport on May 29, 2012. She plans to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok, her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi arrives at Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives at Bangkok airport in Thailand on May 29, 2012. She plans to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia in the Thailand capital during her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi arrives at Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives at Bangkok airport in Thailand on May 29, 2012. She plans to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia in the Thailand capital during her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Lesser panda gestures like "beckoning cat"

CHIBA, Japan - A lesser panda gestures like Japanese "maneki neko" beckoning cat ornaments that are believed to bring good luck at Chiba Zoological Park in the city of Chiba on May 24, 2012.

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Lesser panda gestures like "beckoning cat"

CHIBA, Japan - A lesser panda (R) gestures like Japanese "maneki neko" beckoning cat ornaments that are believed to bring good luck at Chiba Zoological Park in the city of Chiba on May 24, 2012.

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4 missing workers confirmed dead after tunnel explosion

MINAMIUONUMA, Japan - An ambulance heads to a hospital carrying a worker found at a tunnel construction site in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, at 5:51 a.m. on May 27, 2012. The bodies of four workers missing since May 24 following an explosion at the site were located and recovered on the morning of May 27, local firefighters said.

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U.S. Sens. Levin, McCain on defense bill

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (L), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and committee member Sen. John McCain, hold a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 24, 2012, to discuss the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. The U.S. Senate has effectively rejected for a second-straight year funding for the planned partial transfer of U.S. Marines stationed in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture to Guam, as the committee cut the entire $26 million requested for the transfer while approving next fiscal year's defense budget earlier in the day.

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Escaped penguin recaptured

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Humboldt penguin at Tokyo Sea Life Park in the capital's Kasai area on May 24, 2012. The penguin was recaptured on the banks of the Edo River earlier in the day by an employee of the aquarium after escaping from the facility in March, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government.

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Escaped penguin recaptured

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Humboldt penguin at Tokyo Sea Life Park in the capital's Kasai area on May 24, 2012. The penguin was recaptured on the banks of the Edo River earlier in the day by an employee of the aquarium after escaping from the facility in March, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government.

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Emperor, empress meet with Pacific island leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko meet with the leaders of Pacific island nations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 24, 2012, ahead of a two-day summit in Okinawa. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Sudo to resign as chairman of NHK board of governors

TOKYO, Japan - The chairman of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s board of governors, Fumio Sudo, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. Sudo said he will resign from the post amid criticism that his recent appointment as an outside board member of the operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could jeopardize public confidence in the impartiality and fairness of the public broadcaster's news reporting.

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Sudo to resign as chairman of NHK board of governors

TOKYO, Japan - The chairman of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s board of governors, Fumio Sudo, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. Sudo said he will resign from the post amid criticism that his recent appointment as an outside board member of the operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could jeopardize public confidence in the impartiality and fairness of the public broadcaster's news reporting.

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Sudo to resign as chairman of NHK board of governors

TOKYO, Japan - The chairman of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s board of governors, Fumio Sudo, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. Sudo said he will resign from the post amid criticism that his recent appointment as an outside board member of the operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could jeopardize public confidence in the impartiality and fairness of the public broadcaster's news reporting.

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Major contractors Hazama, Ando to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Hazama Corp. President Toshio Ono (L) and Ando Corp. President Toshiaki Nomura hold a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. The contractors, both listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, announced they will merge April 1, 2013, to streamline operations amid a downturn in construction spending since the global financial crisis began in 2008.

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Explosion occurs at tunnel construction site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of an explosion that occurred at a tunnel construction site in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on May 24, 2012.

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Explosion occurs at tunnel construction site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of an explosion that occurred at a tunnel construction site in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on May 24, 2012.

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Explosion occurs at tunnel construction site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of an explosion that occurred at a tunnel construction site in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on May 24, 2012.

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Solar plane leaves on transcontinental flight

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse takes off from Payerne, Switzerland, on May 24, 2012, on a transcontinental flight to Morocco.

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Solar plane leaves on transcontinental flight

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse takes off from Payerne, Switzerland, on May 24, 2012, on a transcontinental flight to Morocco.

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Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa remains opposed to sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks in Tokyo on May 24, 2012 at a gathering of lawmakers close to him. He poured cold water on prospects for making progress in upcoming talks with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, saying he remains opposed to Noda's signature policy goal of a sales tax hike.

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M6.0 quake jolts Aomori

TOHOKU, Japan - People move a refrigerator, with glass panes broken following an earthquake, outside a store in Tohoku, Aomori Prefecture, on the morning of May 24, 2012. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted Aomori Prefecture and other areas in northeastern Japan past midnight.

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Explosion occurs at tunnel construction site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of an explosion that occurred at a tunnel construction site in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on May 24, 2012.

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Japan, U.S. diplomats discuss North Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Shinsuke Sugiyama (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, shakes hands with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, ahead of talks at the ministry in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. The senior Japanese and U.S. diplomats discussed North Korean issues amid growing concern that Pyongyang may test a nuclear device following its failed launch last month of a long-range rocket. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tokyo makes it onto Olympics host city shortlist

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara gives a press conference at the metropolitan government office on May 24, 2012, after Tokyo and two other cities cleared the first hurdle in the selection of candidates to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul moved to the final phase of the selection process after their bid plans obtained the nod from the International Olympic Committee Executive Board during a meeting in Quebec City.

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M6.0 quake jolts Aomori

TOHOKU, Japan - A road is flooded following an earthquake in Tohoku, Aomori Prefecture, on the morning of May 24, 2012. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted Aomori Prefecture and other areas in northeastern Japan past midnight.

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M6.0 quake jolts Aomori

TOHOKU, Japan - Photo shows a broken door following an earthquake in Tohoku, Aomori Prefecture, on the morning of May 24, 2012. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted Aomori Prefecture and other areas in northeastern Japan past midnight.

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M6.0 quake jolts Aomori

TOHOKU, Japan - Photo shows a cracked windowpane and a sign saying ''don't touch'' at an elementary school following an earthquake in Noheji, Aomori Prefecture, on the morning of May 24, 2012. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted Aomori Prefecture and other areas in northeastern Japan past midnight.

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Tokyo makes it onto Olympics host city shortlist

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (front row, 2nd from R) and others applaud at the Tokyo metropolitan government office on May 24, 2012, after Tokyo and two other cities cleared the first hurdle in the selection of candidates to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul moved to the final phase of the selection process after their bid plans obtained the nod from the International Olympic Committee Executive Board during a meeting in the Canadian city.

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Mitsuoka Motor's new Viewt

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuoka Motor Co. unveils its fully remodeled Viewt classic-style compact car in Tokyo on May 23, 2012. The automaker said the same day it will commence sales of the Viewt in Japan on May 24 and start production of the vehicle in Thailand from July.

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Summer-like hot day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman (C) walks with her jacket off on a street in Tokyo's upscale Ginza shopping district on April 24, 2012. The Japanese archipelago experienced summer-like heat the same day, with temperatures reaching 30 C at some observation points in western areas for the first time this year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. In Tokyo, the high was 24.3 C, a temperature usually observed in late May.

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Chinese human rights activist Ni

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in May 2010 shows Chinese human rights activist Ni Yulan in Beijing. Ni, in detention awaiting trial, was announced as the winner of the 2011 Human Rights Defenders Tulip award. Ni's daughter has been put under 24-hour surveillance by Chinese authorities after being prevented from attending the award ceremony in the Netherlands slated for Jan. 31, 2012, on behalf of her mother, the daughter and others disclosed on Jan. 29, 2012.

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House M.D. (2004)

Omar Epps, Jesse Spencer & Jennifer Morrison Television: House M.D. (TV-Serie) Usa 2004-2012, 16 November 2004 HOUSE: (L-R) Foreman, Chase and Cameron (Omar Epps, Jesse Spencer, Jennifer Morrison) help House (Hugh Laurie) diagnose the husband of an ex-girlfrind in the HOUSE season finale episode 'Honeymoon' airing Tuesday, May 24 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.