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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Gaetane Thiney during the 31th edition of the UNFP (French National Professional Football players Union) trophy ceremony, on May 28, 2023 in Paris, France. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Gaetane Thiney during the 31th edition of the UNFP (French National Professional Football players Union) trophy ceremony, on May 28, 2023 in Paris, France. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Gaetane Thiney during the 31th edition of the UNFP (French National Professional Football players Union) trophy ceremony, on May 28, 2023 in Paris, France. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tokyo stocks close mixed on rising interest rates, positive U.S. futures

STORY: Tokyo stocks close mixed on rising interest rates, positive U.S. futures SHOOTING TIME: May 28, 2024 DATELINE: May 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Tokyo 2. various of Tokyo Stock Exchange 3. various of securities company STORYLINE: Tokyo stocks closed mixed on Tuesday amid concerns over rising long-term interest rates in Japan, while the market's downside was buoyed by positive U.S. stock futures. Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 44.65 points, or 0.11 percent, from Monday at 38,855.37. The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 2.14 points, or 0.08 percent, higher at 2,768.50. Market watchers here noted the yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond briefly rose 0.015 percentage point from Monday's close to 1.035 percent, its highest level since April 2012, amid speculation that the Bank of Japan is shifting away from monetary easing measures. The Nikk

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, near the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, near the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, near the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, near the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A multiple-exposure photo shows fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, near the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Fireworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look down at fireworks set off over the Sumida River in Tokyo in an annual event on July 28, 2012, from an observation floor of the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower opened to the public in May that year.

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Japanese author translates Chinese novel by Liu Liu

BEIJING, China - Chinese writer Liu Liu (L) and Japanese writer Akiko Aoki stand on a street in Shanghai on May 28, 2012. Aoki's Japanese translation "Shanghai: Katatsumuri no Ie" (Snail House) of the Chinese novel written by Liu Liu was published in August 2012. The book is a comedy depicting the rollercoaster life of a young couple striving to leave their tiny "snail shell" house to buy a bigger home during a time of soaring house prices. (Photo by Minoru Iwasaki)

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English-Japanese dictionary of crime lingo compiled

MATSUE, Japan - Masayoshi Yamada (R), a professor emeritus at Shimane University, is pictured with copies of an English-Japanese dictionary with about 3,000 entries on crime and law enforcement terms (front) he has compiled, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on May 28, 2012.

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S. Korea indicts 5 engineers attempting to cover up blackout at nuclear plant

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the Gori-1 nuclear power plant in Busan, South Korea, on April 28, 2012. South Korean state prosecutors indicted five senior engineers at the plant on May 30, 2012, for allegedly attempting to cover up a blackout at the oldest nuclear facility in South Korea in February 2012.

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui holds a news conference after a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012, as the Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham.

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Man injured at Tokyo DisneySea

TOKYO, Japan - July 2005 file photo shows the "Raging Spirits" high-speed roller coaster at Tokyo DisneySea in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo. A 34-year-old man sustained a minor injury on May 28, 2012 while trying to get off the roller coaster that took off with his safety bar up.

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui speaks to reporters after a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012, as the Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham.

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui (C) speaks to reporters after a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012, as the Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham.

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Renesas Electronics to expand tie-up with Taiwan firm

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Iwamoto (R), senior vice president of Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp., and Lin Cheng-Ming, a senior official of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on May 28, 2012. Renesas Electronics said it will expand its business tie-up with the Taiwan firm by outsourcing production of its mainstay microcontrollers as the struggling Japanese company tries to improve its financial standing.

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Fujifilm Holdings HQ

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of Fujifilm Holdings Corp. in Tokyo's Minato Ward on May 28, 2012. Located within the Tokyo Midtown complex in the Roppongi district, the building houses a showroom on the first floor where visitors can test its products such as digital cameras.

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui (L) chats with a teammate during a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012. The Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham the same day.

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Ex-Chongryon chairman buried in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim makes a speech in memory of So Man Sul, former chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, who was buried in Pyongyang on May 28, 2012.

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Explosion in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya - Photo shows a building housing many shops following an explosion in central Nairobi, Kenya, on May 28, 2012.

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Start of OSE DJIA Futures trading

OSAKA, Japan - A ceremony is held at the Osaka Securities Exchange in Osaka on May 28, 2012, to mark the start of trading the same day of OSE DJIA Futures, which are futures contracts based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a major stock index managed by the CME Group.

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Ex-Chongryon chairman buried in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A wreath bearing the name of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is carried to the grave of So Man Sul, former chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, who was buried in Pyongyang on May 28, 2012.

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Ex-Premier Kan testifies on Fukushima crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan testifies on May 28, 2012, before a Diet-appointed panel in Tokyo investigating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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Ex-Premier Kan testifies on Fukushima crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan testifies on May 28, 2012, before a Diet-appointed panel in Tokyo investigating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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Start of OSE DJIA Futures trading

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange, gives a speech at a ceremony at the bourse in Osaka on May 28, 2012, to mark the start of trading the same day of OSE DJIA Futures, which are futures contracts based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a major stock index managed by the CME Group.

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Antiterrorism drill

GIFU, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., Gifu prefectural police and other entities jointly conduct an antiterrorism drill at JR Gifuhashima bullet train station in Gifu Prefecture on May 28, 2012. The drill at the station on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line connecting Tokyo and Osaka simulated an attack on the station using a plastic bottle containing liquid that could generate toxic gas.

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PM Noda at May Day event

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda gives a speech at a May Day event in Tokyo sponsored by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the nation's biggest labor group known as Rengo, on April 28, 2012.

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Ex-upper house lawmaker Tomobe dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 1995 shows Tatsuo Tomobe, a former House of Councillors member who was convicted of fraud and expelled from parliament in 2001. Tomobe died on Jan. 28, 2012, in Tokyo, police said Feb. 3, 2012. He was 83.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka lectures in packed Kyoto Univ. classroom

Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka, co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his development of induced pluripotent stem cells, lectures in a university classroom packed by newly enrolled students in Kyoto, western Japan, on May 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man injured at Tokyo DisneySea

TOKYO, Japan - July 2005 file photo shows the "Raging Spirits" high-speed roller coaster at Tokyo DisneySea in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo. A 34-year-old man sustained a minor injury on May 28, 2012 while trying to get off the roller coaster that took off with his safety bar up. (Kyodo)

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui (C) speaks to reporters after a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012, as the Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham. (Kyodo)

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui speaks to reporters after a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012, as the Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham. (Kyodo)

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui holds a news conference after a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012, as the Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham. (Kyodo)

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Matsui promoted to majors

INDIANAPOLIS, United States - Veteran Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui (L) chats with a teammate during a minor-league game between the Durham Bulls and the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 28, 2012. The Tampa Bay Rays called Matsui up to the majors from Triple-A Durham the same day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Chongryon chairman buried in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim makes a speech in memory of So Man Sul, former chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, who was buried in Pyongyang on May 28, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Explosion in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya - Photo shows a building housing many shops following an explosion in central Nairobi, Kenya, on May 28, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Bus company head arrested over highway accident

TAKASAKI, Japan - Yumihide Hariu, president of tour bus operator Rikuentai, is escorted to a police station in Gunma Prefecture on May 28, 2012, after being arrested over Japan's worst single-vehicle highway accident the previous month in the prefecture that killed seven passengers and injured 38 others. Hariu, 55, is suspected of allowing driver Kazan Kono to use his company's name to obtain business permits for Kono's four buses in violation of the Road Transportation Law. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Chongryon chairman buried in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A wreath bearing the name of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is carried to the grave of So Man Sul, former chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, who was buried in Pyongyang on May 28, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Premier Kan testifies on Fukushima crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan testifies on May 28, 2012, before a Diet-appointed panel in Tokyo investigating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. (Kyodo)

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Renesas Electronics to expand tie-up with Taiwan firm

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Iwamoto (R), senior vice president of Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp., and Lin Cheng-Ming, a senior official of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on May 28, 2012. Renesas Electronics said it will expand its business tie-up with the Taiwan firm by outsourcing production of its mainstay microcontrollers as the struggling Japanese company tries to improve its financial standing. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Premier Kan testifies on Fukushima crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan testifies on May 28, 2012, before a Diet-appointed panel in Tokyo investigating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. (Kyodo)

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Start of OSE DJIA Futures trading

OSAKA, Japan - A ceremony is held at the Osaka Securities Exchange in Osaka on May 28, 2012, to mark the start of trading the same day of OSE DJIA Futures, which are futures contracts based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a major stock index managed by the CME Group. (Kyodo)

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Antiterrorism drill

GIFU, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co., Gifu prefectural police and other entities jointly conduct an antiterrorism drill at JR Gifuhashima bullet train station in Gifu Prefecture on May 28, 2012. The drill at the station on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line connecting Tokyo and Osaka simulated an attack on the station using a plastic bottle containing liquid that could generate toxic gas. (Kyodo)

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Start of OSE DJIA Futures trading

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange, gives a speech at a ceremony at the bourse in Osaka on May 28, 2012, to mark the start of trading the same day of OSE DJIA Futures, which are futures contracts based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a major stock index managed by the CME Group. (Kyodo)

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Bus company pres. arrested over highway accident

CHIBA, Japan - Investigators from the Gunma prefectural police arrive at the home-cum-office of Yumihide Hariu, president of tour bus operator Rikuentai, in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, at 6:55 a.m. on May 28, 2012, to search the premises over Japan's worst single-vehicle highway accident the previous month in Gunma Prefecture that killed seven passengers and injured 38 others. Hariu, 55, was arrested later in the day on suspicion of allowing driver Kazan Kono to use his company's name to obtain business permits for Kono's four buses in violation of the Road Transportation Law. (Kyodo)

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Bus company pres. arrested over highway accident

CHIBA, Japan - Yumihide Hariu (R), president of tour bus operator Rikuentai, opens the door of his home-cum-office in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, as investigators from the Gunma prefectural police arrive there at 6:55 a.m. on May 28, 2012, to search the premises over Japan's worst single-vehicle highway accident the previous month in Gunma Prefecture that killed seven passengers and injured 38 others. Hariu, 55, was arrested later in the day on suspicion of allowing driver Kazan Kono to use his company's name to obtain business permits for Kono's four buses in violation of the Road Transportation Law. (Kyodo)

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PM Noda at May Day event

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda gives a speech at a May Day event in Tokyo sponsored by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the nation's biggest labor group known as Rengo, on April 28, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ex-upper house lawmaker Tomobe dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 1995 shows Tatsuo Tomobe, a former House of Councillors member who was convicted of fraud and expelled from parliament in 2001. Tomobe died on Jan. 28, 2012, in Tokyo, police said Feb. 3, 2012. He was 83. (Kyodo)