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Returned Buddhist statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddhist statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Returned Buddha statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddha statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A box containing the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, a 14th-century Buddhist statue, is unloaded from a truck as it arrives at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A box containing the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, a 14th-century Buddhist statue, is carried into Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Man behind reintroduction of wild crested ibises

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken May 23, 2013 in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, shows Kei Osada, who has seen 12 chicks born in the wild leave their nests during his three-year stint as the person in charge of Japan's captive breeding program of the endangered crested ibis. Of the 12, eight chicks born in 2012 were the first wild crested ibises to leave their nests in as many as 38 years in Japan.

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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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Architect Naito

BEPPU, Japan - Photo taken in Beppu, Oita Prefecture on May 12, 2012, shows architect Hiroshi Naito, who will design a music hall in the southwestern Japanese city to honor the Argentine pianist Martha Argerich.

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Students warned of cult activities

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Tachikake (back), an associate professor at Osaka University, speaks in a class of freshmen students about the problem of cults at the university in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on May 12, 2012.

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Haruki Murakami receives honorary doctorate from Univ. of Hawaii

LOS ANGELES, United States - Renowned Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami (C) receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu on May 12, 2012, which was conferred as the university held its graduation ceremony in Honolulu.

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Haruki Murakami receives honorary doctorate from Univ. of Hawaii

LOS ANGELES, United States - Renowned Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami (C) receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu on May 12, 2012, which was conferred as the university held its graduation ceremony in Honolulu.

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Hamilton hits 18th homer

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton hits his 18th home run of the season during the sixth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 12, 2012. The Rangers lost 4-2.

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Japan PM Noda arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrives in Beijing on May 12, 2012. He will attend an annual meeting the following day with his counterparts from China and South Korea, during which a trilateral free trade agreement and North Korea will top the agenda. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, China, S. Korea to launch FTA talks by year-end

BEIJING, China - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano answers reporters' questions after holding talks with Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming and South Korean Trade Minister Bark Tae Ho in Beijing on May 12, 2012. The trade ministers agreed the three countries will launch by the end of the year negotiations for a trilateral free trade agreement.

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Japan, China, S. Korea to launch FTA talks by year-end

BEIJING, China - (From R) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming and South Korean Trade Minister Bark Tae Ho attend a joint press conference after their talks in Beijing on May 12, 2012. The trade ministers agreed the three countries will launch negotiations by the end of the year for a trilateral free trade agreement.

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Japan, China, S. Korea to launch FTA talks by year-end

BEIJING, China - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (R) answers reporters' questions after holding talks with Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming and South Korean Trade Minister Bark Tae Ho in Beijing on May 12, 2012. The trade ministers agreed the three countries will launch by the end of the year negotiations for a trilateral free trade agreement.

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Uyghur in Palau says China is the terrorist

MANILA, Philippines - Adel Noori, one of six Uyghurs living in exile in Palau, is interviewed by Kyodo News in the Pacific island country in March 2012. He said in a telephone interview May 12, 2012, the charge by China that Uyghurs are terrorists is wrong, and it is China that invaded the Uyghur homeland more than 60 years ago and oppressed his countrymen.

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Japan, China, S. Korea to launch FTA talks by year-end

BEIJING, China - Trade ministers from Japan, China and South Korea hold a meeting in Beijing on May 12, 2012. Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming and South Korean Trade Minister Bark Tae Ho agreed the three countries will launch negotiations by the end of the year for a trilateral free trade agreement. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Rice planting in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows rice planting on a co-op farm in Nampo, North Korea, on May 12, 2012.

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Rice planting in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows rice planting on a co-op farm in Nampo, North Korea, on May 12, 2012.

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Makeup for mothers in tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A girl (R) gazes at her mother after a professional makeup artist finishes with her in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on May 12, 2012, the eve of Mother's Day. A cosmetic company organized an event to have professional makeup artists put makeup on 20 local mothers.

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4 years after Sichuan quake

BEICHUAN, China - People offer flowers at a cenotaph for the victims of the May 12, 2008, earthquake in Qushan town, Beichuan county, in Mianyang Municipality in China's Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2012, at the same time the disaster occurred four years ago.

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Makeup for mothers in tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman (L) smiles surrounded by her daughters after a professional makeup artist finishes with her in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on May 12, 2012, the eve of Mother's Day. A cosmetic company organized an event to have professional makeup artists put makeup on 20 local mothers.

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Carnations on gravestone

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows carnations on a gravestone in tsunami-hit Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 12, 2012, the eve of Mother's Day.

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Japan, China, S. Korea to launch FTA talks by year-end

BEIJING, China - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (C) attends a meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming and South Korean Trade Minister Bark Tae Ho in Beijing on May 12, 2012. The trade ministers agreed the three countries will launch by the end of the year negotiations for a trilateral free trade agreement. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, China, S. Korea to launch FTA talks by year-end

BEIJING, China - (From R) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming and South Korean Trade Minister Bark Tae Ho gather in Beijing for a meeting on May 12, 2012. The trade ministers agreed the three countries will launch negotiations by the end of the year for a trilateral free trade agreement. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, China, S. Korea to launch FTA talks by year-end

BEIJING, China - (From R) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming and South Korean Trade Minister Bark Tae Ho shake hands prior to talks in Beijing on May 12, 2012. The trade ministers agreed the three countries will launch negotiations by the end of the year for a trilateral free trade agreement. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Emperor, empress travel to disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) attend on May 12, 2012, a lecture at the Miyagi prefectural government office in Sendai by Tohoku University professor Fumihiko Imamura (L) about quake countermeasures. The imperial couple traveled to Sendai the same day for a two-day visit, during which they will meet with people still living in temporary housing 14 months after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. (Pool photo)

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Yeosu Expo opens for 93-day run

YEOSU, South Korea - Photo shows the main gate of the Yeosu Expo in Yeosu, South Korea on May 12, 2012. The world's fair opened the same day for a 93-day run, and will highlight the role of the oceans and coasts in global living.

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Yeosu Expo opens for 93-day run

YEOSU, South Korea - People line up to enter the Japanese pavilion at the Yeosu Expo in Yeosu, South Korea on May 12, 2012. The world's fair opened the same day for a 93-day run, and will highlight the role of the oceans and coasts in global living.

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Fukushima primary school holds outdoor sports meet

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Pupils, most of them wearing surgical masks, at Mikawadai elementary school in Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, compete in a race during an athletic meet on May 12, 2012. Some public primary schools in the city held outdoors athletic meets the same day, a year after two-thirds of schools canceled outdoor events for fear of radiation following the catastrophic accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Yeosu Expo opens for 93-day run

YEOSU, South Korea - Photo shows a huge display on the ceiling of the central passage at the Yeosu Expo in Yeosu, South Korea on May 12, 2012. The world's fair opened the same day for a 93-day run, and will highlight the role of the oceans and coasts in global living.

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UNESCO conference on parks with geological heritage

SHIMABARA, Japan - The 5th International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks begins in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on May 12, 2012. Scientists and environmental conservationists from around 30 countries will discuss measures to protect and make use of geological features and scenic areas in various parts of the world.