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Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on May 9, 2015, shows rabbits in front of a defunct facility on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, that supplied electricity to a nearby poison gas factory run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945. The rabbits, brought to the island in the Seto Inland Sea after World War II, draw many tourists.

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Minute Of Silence In Tribute To The AFP Journalist Who Died In Ukraine - Paris

Global News Director of Agence France-Presse (AFP) Phil Chetwynd looks at a video in tribute to slain AFP video journalist Arman Soldin during a minute's silence, at AFP headquarters in central Paris, on May 11, 2023. Arman was killed by a rocket strike as he reported with AFP colleagues from Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar on May 9, 2023. Arman, who was 32 and born in Bosnia, began his career as an AFP intern in the Rome bureau before moving to London in 2015. He was formally appointed as Ukraine video. Photo by Martin BUREAU/pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Minute Of Silence In Tribute To The AFP Journalist Who Died In Ukraine - Paris

A video in tribute to slain AFP video journalist Arman Soldin is displayed on screens during a minute's silence held for him, at AFP headquarters in central Paris, on May 11, 2023. Arman was killed by a rocket strike as he reported with AFP colleagues from Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar on May 9, 2023. Arman, who was 32 and born in Bosnia, began his career as an AFP intern in the Rome bureau before moving to London in 2015. He was formally appointed as Ukraine video. Photo by Martin BUREAU/pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Minute Of Silence In Tribute To The AFP Journalist Who Died In Ukraine - Paris

A video in tribute to slain AFP video journalist Arman Soldin is displayed on screens during a minute's silence held for him, at AFP headquarters in central Paris, on May 11, 2023. Arman was killed by a rocket strike as he reported with AFP colleagues from Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar on May 9, 2023. Arman, who was 32 and born in Bosnia, began his career as an AFP intern in the Rome bureau before moving to London in 2015. He was formally appointed as Ukraine video. Photo by Martin BUREAU/pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Minute Of Silence In Tribute To The AFP Journalist Who Died In Ukraine - Paris

Members of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) stand during a minute's silence held in tribute to slain AFP video journalist Arman Soldin, at AFP headquarters in central Paris, on May 11, 2023. Arman was killed by a rocket strike as he reported with AFP colleagues from Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar on May 9, 2023. Arman, who was 32 and born in Bosnia, began his career as an AFP intern in the Rome bureau before moving to London in 2015. He was formally appointed as Ukraine video. Photo by Martin BUREAU/pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Minute Of Silence In Tribute To The AFP Journalist Who Died In Ukraine - Paris

Global News Director of Agence France-Presse (AFP) Phil Chetwynd stands during a minute's silence held in tribute to slain AFP video journalist Arman Soldin, at AFP headquarters in central Paris, on May 11, 2023. Arman was killed by a rocket strike as he reported with AFP colleagues from Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar on May 9, 2023. Arman, who was 32 and born in Bosnia, began his career as an AFP intern in the Rome bureau before moving to London in 2015. He was formally appointed as Ukraine video. Photo by Martin BUREAU/pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Minute Of Silence In Tribute To The AFP Journalist Who Died In Ukraine - Paris

Members of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) stand during a minute's silence held in tribute to slain AFP video journalist Arman Soldin, at AFP headquarters in central Paris, on May 11, 2023. Arman was killed by a rocket strike as he reported with AFP colleagues from Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar on May 9, 2023. Arman, who was 32 and born in Bosnia, began his career as an AFP intern in the Rome bureau before moving to London in 2015. He was formally appointed as Ukraine video. Photo by Martin BUREAU/pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Minute Of Silence In Tribute To The AFP Journalist Who Died In Ukraine - Paris

Global News Director of Agence France-Presse (AFP) Phil Chetwynd (L) and members of the AFP stand during a minute's silence held in tribute to slain AFP video journalist Arman Soldin, at AFP headquarters in central Paris, on May 11, 2023. Arman was killed by a rocket strike as he reported with AFP colleagues from Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar on May 9, 2023. Arman, who was 32 and born in Bosnia, began his career as an AFP intern in the Rome bureau before moving to London in 2015. He was formally appointed as Ukraine video. Photo by Martin BUREAU/pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Minute Of Silence In Tribute To The AFP Journalist Who Died In Ukraine - Paris

Members of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) stand during a minute's silence held in tribute to slain AFP video journalist Arman Soldin, at AFP headquarters in central Paris, on May 11, 2023. Arman was killed by a rocket strike as he reported with AFP colleagues from Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar on May 9, 2023. Arman, who was 32 and born in Bosnia, began his career as an AFP intern in the Rome bureau before moving to London in 2015. He was formally appointed as Ukraine video. Photo by Martin BUREAU/pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Minute Of Silence In Tribute To The AFP Journalist Who Died In Ukraine - Paris

Members of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) stand during a minute's silence held in tribute to slain AFP video journalist Arman Soldin, at AFP headquarters in central Paris, on May 11, 2023. Arman was killed by a rocket strike as he reported with AFP colleagues from Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar on May 9, 2023. Arman, who was 32 and born in Bosnia, began his career as an AFP intern in the Rome bureau before moving to London in 2015. He was formally appointed as Ukraine video. Photo by Martin BUREAU/pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Future sports business leaders gather for J-League class

TOKYO, May 21 Kyodo - Future sports business leaders pose with J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai (R, front row) at the Japan Football Association in Tokyo on May 9, 2015. The occasion was the inauguration of a class titled "J-League Human Capital" to nurture future leaders in soccer and other sports businesses.

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Nishikori moves into Madrid semis

MADRID, May 9 Kyodo - Japan's Kei Nishikori reacts after scoring a point in the second set of his quarterfinal men's singles match against Spaniard David Ferrer at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in the Spanish capital on May 8, 2015. Nishikori won 6-4, 6-2 to move into the semifinals of the tournament for the second year in a row.

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NPT review conference preparatory meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Enrique Roman-Morey, chairman of a preparatory meeting for the 2015 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty review conference, holds a press conference after the two-week meeting ended at the United Nations in New York on May 9, 2014.

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NPT review conference preparatory meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a preparatory meeting for the 2015 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty review conference at the United Nations in New York on May 9, 2014. The two-week meeting ended the same day.

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U.N. starts nuclear non-proliferation meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Nobuo Kishi, Japanese senior vice foreign minister, delivers a speech at the third session of the preparatory committee for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2014, the opening day of the meeting to be held through May 9.

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U.N. starts nuclear non-proliferation meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (2nd row, R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (2nd row, L) sit in at the third session of the preparatory committee for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2014, the opening day of the meeting to be held through May 9.

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U.N. starts nuclear non-proliferation meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Nobuo Kishi (C), Japanese senior vice foreign minister, delivers a speech at the third session of the preparatory committee for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2014, the opening day of the meeting to be held through May 9.

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U.N. starts nuclear non-proliferation meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Angela Kane (L), the United Nations' High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, delivers a speech at the third session of the preparatory committee for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2014, the opening day of the meeting to be held through May 9.

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CHINA-TIBET-BORDER TOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(220509) -- LHASA, May 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 10, 2022 shows the new houses built after an earthquake in 2015, at Rongxar Township, Dingri County of Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Across China: Remote Himalayan border town rises to modernity" (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

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Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving

STORY: Kenyan rural women broaden revenue streams through basket weaving DATELINE: May 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:04 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: Culture SHOTLIST: 1. Various of the weaving group 2. Various of village Katangi 3. Various of weaving women 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Kiswahili): PENINAH MUENI MAKENZI, Chairlady of 'Love your friend' group 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Kiswahili): PENINAH MUENI MAKENZI, Chairlady of 'Love your friend' group 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Kiswahili): PENINAH MUENI MAKENZI, Chairlady of 'Love your friend' group 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Kiswahili): JECINTA KIMEU, Member STORYLINE: A group of women deftly weave sisal baskets under the cover of a tree in a sleepy Katangi village in Machakos County, east of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. For these women, weaving has become a crucial source of economic empowerment and a significant part of their cultural heritage. Peninah Mueni's association of weavers which was founded in 2015, hails from the Kamba tribe, a Bantu-speaking community that resides in the vast southeastern K

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Total sales of AKB48 singles hit 36 million copies, a Japan record

Songwriter Yasushi Akimoto (C) is surrounded by members of the Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48 in Tokyo in this file photo taken in May 2013. Total sales of CDs with just one song by AKB48 have reached 36,158,000 copies, the most ever by a recording artist or group in Japan, music information provider Oricon Inc. said Dec. 9, 2015. Combined sales of single CDs written by Yasushi Akimoto surpassed 100 million copies, another first in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Chilean leader Eduardo Frei talks about TPP

Former Chilean President Eduardo Frei speaks with reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2015, during his visit as a Chilean government special envoy to the Asia-Pacific region. He expressed concerns about the possibility that the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal may not be approved by the U.S. Congress until the end of 2016, due to opposition to the trade initiative among presidential candidates. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Charlotte the monkey rambunctious as ever at Japanese zoo

The baby monkey named in May after Britain's new-born princess Charlotte clings to her mother's back at Mount Takasaki Wild Monkey Park in Oita on Aug. 9, 2015. The macaque monkey, who is 3 months old and about 15 centimeters tall, has become a sensation with park visitors as she messes around with the other monkeys in the troop, making lovable gestures and funny faces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Younger brother of Bockscar pilot speaks in interview

William Sweeney, younger brother of the late Charles Sweeney who flew the Bockscar bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, western Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, speaks in an interview at their alma mater high school in Quincy, Massachusetts, on May 24, 2015. William and other relatives of Sweeney said the pilot had asked Pope John XXIII privately in the early 1960s to offer support to Nagasaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daughter of Bockscar A-bomb pilot speaks in interview

Marilyn Howe, second daughter of the late Charles Sweeney who flew the Bockscar bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, western Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, speaks in an interview in Quincy, Massachusetts, on May 24, 2015. Howe and other relatives of Sweeney said he had asked Pope John XXIII privately in the early 1960s to offer support to Nagasaki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kicks key play for Japan squad in Rugby World Cup

The Japanese national rugby team's center three-quarter back Yu Tamura unleashes a high punt kick in a match against South Korea during the annual Asia Rugby Championship at Level-5 Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on May 9, 2015. Japan plans to mix kicks and passes to fare well in the 2019 Rugby World Cup to be hosted by the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stanton hits 2 homers as Marlins beat Mets 9-5

The Miami Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton hits a homer, his second of a game against the New York Mets, during the ninth inning at Citi Field in New York on May 30, 2015. The Marlins won 9-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts on small southwestern Japan island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane at 12:56 p.m. on May 29, 2015, shows a plume of smoke from a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, after its explosive eruption that morning. The 9:59 a.m. eruption of Mt. Shindake caused a pyroclastic flow to reach the coast, the weather agency said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts on small southwestern Japan island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane at 1:43 p.m. on May 29, 2015, shows a plume of smoke from a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, after its explosive eruption that morning. The 9:59 a.m. eruption of Mt. Shindake caused a pyroclastic flow to reach the coast, the weather agency said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts on Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima

Sadayuki Kitagawa, chief of the department for volcanic affairs at the Japan Meteorological Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on May 29, 2015, following the eruption of a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The 9:59 a.m. "explosive" eruption of Mt. Shindake caused a plume over 9 kilometers above the crater and a pyroclastic flow to reach the coast, the agency said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano erupts on Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima

Sadayuki Kitagawa, chief of the department for volcanic affairs at the Japan Meteorological Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on May 29, 2015, following the eruption of a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The 9:59 a.m. "explosive" eruption of Mt. Shindake caused a plume over 9 kilometers above the crater and a pyroclastic flow to reach the coast, the agency said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Novelist Asada speaks against security bills

Author Jiro Asada delivers a speech in Tokyo on May 15, 2015. He criticized a series of bills that will relax limitations on the operations of the Self-Defense Forces, saying the legislation would hollow out Article 9 of the Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JRA issues short-term license for Kiwi female jockey

New Zealand jockey Lisa Allpress is seen on May 10, 2015. The Japan Racing Association issued a short-term riding license to Allpress effective May 9. She finished second in a GIII race in Japan on May 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Small hydropower plant in Fukushima begins power generation

A generator at a small hydropower plant in Fukshima's Tsuchiyu-onsen town in northeastern Japan begins power generation on May 9, 2015. It is capable of generating an amount of electricity equivalent to 170 average households' annual electricity consumption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. university students see reconstruction in tsunami-hit city

Students from the University of Alaska Anchorage and Iwate University walk after seeing the "miracle pine" (back) in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on May 9, 2015. The tree had survived the deadly March 2011 tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku and became a symbol of reconstruction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo star Endo's latest cutout board features "oicho" hairstyle

Three "head in the hole" photo boards with which female visitors can picture themselves being a kimono-clad "princess swept up" by sumo's rising star wrestler Endo at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo are shown to the press on May 9, 2015, on the eve of their display to the public at the start of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. The newest panel (L) features the sumoist in the "oicho" hairstyle worn by high-ranking wrestlers, with the tip of the top knot looking like a large "icho" gingko leaf. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dance integrated with Buddhism performed at Koyasan University

A dance integrated with a Buddhist service is performed at Koyasan University in Koya Town, Wakayama Prefecture, on May 9, 2015. Koyasan or Mt. Koya is the center of the Koyasan Shingon Sect, one of the Buddhist denominations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. university students see reconstruction in tsunami-hit city

Students from the University of Alaska Anchorage and Iwate University pose for photos in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on May 9, 2015, in front of the pine tree that had survived the March 2011 tsunami. The UAA students visited the tsunami-hit city in northeastern Japan to view reconstruction work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. university students see reconstruction in tsunami-hit city

Students from the University of Alaska Anchorage and Iwate University view reconstruction work in Iwate Prefecture's Rikuzentakata, hit hard by the deadly March 2011 tsunami, on May 9, 2015. Montgomery Dickson, an American teacher in the northeastern Japan city who died in the disaster, was an alumnus of the UAA. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian citizens participate in war victory parade in Vladivostok

Russian citizens holding photos of their family members involved in World War II participate in a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory against Nazi Germany in the Far East city of Vladivostok on May 9, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against planned security-related bills

Opponents of planned legislation aimed at changing Japan's exclusively defense-oriented security policy raise placards with the message "Do not destroy Article 9," referring to the war-renouncing article of the Constitution, during a rally in Hibiya Park in Tokyo on the night of May 12, 2015. About 2,800 people took part in the event organized by civic groups in the metropolitan area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan striker Okazaki scoreless in Mainz's loss to Stuttgart

Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki (foreground) of FSV Mainz 05 competes fiercely with a VfB Stuttgart player in the second half of a Bundesliga match away in Stuttgart on May 9, 2015. Mainz lost 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan MF Haraguchi struggles in Hertha's loss to Dortmund

Japanese attacking midfielder Genki Haraguchi (L) of Hertha Berlin competes for the ball with a Borussia Dortmund player in the second half of a Bundesliga match away in Dortmund on May 9, 2015. Hertha lost 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Liberia celebrates end of Ebola pandemic

A woman holds a placard bearing the message "Together we have defeated Ebola" during a ceremony celebrating the end of the Ebola pandemic in Liberia, on May 11, 2015 in Monrovia, the country's capital. On May 9, the World Health Organization declared the pandemic in the West African country is over. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Heritage sites in Nepal severely damaged by quake

Photo taken May 9, 2015, shows buildings severely damaged by the April 25 earthquake in Durbar Square in Nepal's capital Kathmandu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ishikawa up to 11th at Players Championship

Japan's Ryo Ishikawa reacts after making a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the third round of the Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, the United States, on May 9, 2015. Ishikawa shot a 3-under 69 to move two places up the leaderboard into a tie for 11th going into the final round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Kuroki defends WBC women's minimumweight crown

Japan's Yuko Kuroki (R) and compatriot Masae Akitaya exchange punches in the first round of their WBC women's minimumweight title match at Aqua Bunka Hall in Osaka on May 9, 2015. The 24-year-old Kuroki won the second defense of her title in a unanimous decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese-themed cosplay event

A Chinese-themed cosplay event is held at a Chinese park in Yurihama, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on May 9, 2015. About 100 people from across the nation took part in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Kuroki defends WBC women's minimumweight crown

Japan's Yuko Kuroki (R) delivers a punch to compatriot Masae Akitaya in the fourth round of their WBC women's minimumweight title match at Aqua Bunka Hall in Osaka on May 9, 2015. The 24-year-old Kuroki won the second defense of her title in a unanimous decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan storm past S. Korea, clinch Asia Rugby C'ship

Players of Japan's national rugby team celebrate after beating South Korea 66-10 in a game at Level-5 Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on May 9, 2015, to clinch the Asia Rugby Championship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo