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US: Tesla Diner, Supercharger Station Opens in Hollywood 2

Elon Musk’s first Tesla diner, drive-in theater and Supercharger station has officially opened in Hollywood, California on Monday, July 21. Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robots greeted fans and handed out popcorn to customers.

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US: Tesla Diner, Supercharger Station Opens in Hollywood

Elon Musk’s first Tesla diner, drive-in theater and Supercharger station has officially opened in Hollywood, California on Monday, July 21. Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robots greeted fans and handed out popcorn to customers.

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UK: Major Fire Erupts at Recycling Warehouse in Rushden

A major fire broke out at a recycling warehouse in Rushden, Northamptonshire, on Friday, May 23. Nearby residents were advised to avoid the area and stay indoors with windows closed.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Shozaburo Jimi of the People's New Party, Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party, Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party, Muneo Suzuki of the New Party Daichi and Yoichi Masuzoe of the New Renaissance Party.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of some of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party and Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party.

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Political leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan (who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan leader), New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- take part in a nationally televised debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, ahead of the June 24 start of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election.

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Political leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan (who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan leader), New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- take part in a nationally televised debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, ahead of the June 24 start of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election.

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Party leaders hold public debate before upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan's leader, New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- line up at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, before their public debate ahead of the June 24 start of official campaign for the House of Councillors election.

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Aso, Hatoyama, 4 other major party heads

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima, New Komeito party leader Akihiro Ota, Prime Minister Taro Aso who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and People's New Party head Tamisuke Watanuki shake hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election.

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Ex-home affairs minister Tagawa dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Tagawa (file photo), a former home affairs minister and head of the now-defunct New Liberal Club, died on Aug. 7 of old age at a nursing home in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 91.

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Party chiefs engage in pension debate ahead of election

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Tamisuke Watanuki, head of the People's New Party, Kazuo Shii, head of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa, head of the Democratic Party of Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Akihiro Ota, head of the New Komeito party, Mizuho Fukushima, head of the Social Democratic Party and Yasuo Tanaka, head of the New Party Nippon, pose for photos after the end of their joint forum discussion at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 11.

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Yasukuni visit should not be issue in LDP race: ex-premier Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori speaks at a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 22. He said the controversy over whether Japan's prime minister should visit Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine should not be an issue in the upcoming race to choose the governing Liberal Democratic Party's president, and so Japan's new premier. ''Prime Minister (Junichiro Koizumi) has said his visits derive from his personal beliefs,'' Mori said. ''If so, we shouldn't politicize the issue.''

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Political party leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of six political parties are seated at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 29 for a major debate. (From L to R) People's New Party head Tamisuke Watanuki, New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who also heads the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima.

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Political party leaders hold debate ahead of general election

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's political party leaders join hands prior to their debate ahead of the Sept. 11 general election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 29. (From L to R) People's New Party head Tamisuke Watanuki, New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who also heads the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima.

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(2)Leaders of political parties hold public debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of five political parties -- Takenori Kanzai of New Komeito (L), Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from L), Katsuya Okada of the Democratic Party of Japan (C), Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party (2nd from R) and Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party -- hold a public discussion on June 21 ahead of the July 11 House of Councillors' election, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.

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(1)Leaders of political parties hold public debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of five political parties -- Takenori Kanzai of New Komeito (L), Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from L), Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party (C), Katsuya Okada of the Democratic Party of Japan (2nd from R) and Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party -- join hands for photos at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo prior to their public debate on June 21 ahead of the House of Councillors' election set for July 11.

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(1)Party leaders hold debate before election

TOKYO, Japan - The leaders of Japan's six major political parties hold a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 27 ahead of the Nov. 9 general election. (From L to R) are New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai, New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii, and Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi.

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Ruling, opposition leaders debate in race for upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling coalition and opposition party leaders conduct a public debate July 11 at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, one day before the start of official campaigning for the July 29 House of Councillors election. They are (from L to R) Chikage Ogi of the New Conservative Party, Takenori Kanzaki of the New Komeito, Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party, Yukio Hatoyama of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kazuo Shii of the Japan Communist Party, Takako Doi of the Social Democratic Party, and Ichiro Ozawa of the Liberal Party.

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Party heads debate policies ahead of official campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan's political parties debated policies at the National Press Club in Tokyo on June 12, ahead of official campaigning for the June 25 election, which starts June 13. Left to right are Chikage Ogi of the New Conservative Party, Takenori Kanzaki of the New Komeito party, Yoshiro Mori of the Liberal Democratic Party, Yukio Hatoyama of the Democratic Party of Japan, Tetsuzo Fuwa of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the Liberal Party, and Takako Doi of the Social Democratic Party.

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Kato repeats opposition to New Komeito in cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, one of two contenders to challenge Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in the upcoming Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential race, speaks at a Japan National Press Club luncheon Aug. 25. He reiterated his opposition to the New Komeito party taking cabinet posts on its expected entry into the coalition government.

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Political party leaders hold debate ahead of general election

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's political party leaders join hands prior to their debate ahead of the Sept. 11 general election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 29. (From L to R) People's New Party head Tamisuke Watanuki, New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who also heads the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima. (Kyodo)

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Yasukuni visit should not be issue in LDP race: ex-premier Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori speaks at a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 22. He said the controversy over whether Japan's prime minister should visit Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine should not be an issue in the upcoming race to choose the governing Liberal Democratic Party's president, and so Japan's new premier. ''Prime Minister (Junichiro Koizumi) has said his visits derive from his personal beliefs,'' Mori said. ''If so, we shouldn't politicize the issue.'' (Kyodo)

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Party heads debate policies ahead of official campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan's political parties debated policies at the National Press Club in Tokyo on June 12, ahead of official campaigning for the June 25 election, which starts June 13. Left to right are Chikage Ogi of the New Conservative Party, Takenori Kanzaki of the New Komeito party, Yoshiro Mori of the Liberal Democratic Party, Yukio Hatoyama of the Democratic Party of Japan, Tetsuzo Fuwa of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the Liberal Party, and Takako Doi of the Social Democratic Party.

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1976, Collected Works, Lockheed, This Year

A compilation of 1976: The arrest of Yoshio Kodama, Kakuei Tanaka, Tomizaburo Hashimoto and Koukou Sato for bribery from the US Lockheed Corporation. <Caption> Newspaper pages reporting on the Lockheed case, Diet scene with Kenji Osano as a witness, protest march on the Lockheed case, birth of quintuplets, young people running amok on cars and motorcycles, Prime Minister Takeo Miki's press conference on Lockheed, formation of the New Liberal Club, damage from Typhoon No. 17, Kakuei Tanaka's speech on the streets, date of shooting Unknown, Release date: December 24, 1976.

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Political party leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of six political parties are seated at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 29 for a major debate. (From L to R) People's New Party head Tamisuke Watanuki, New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who also heads the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima. (Kyodo)

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Aso, Hatoyama, 4 other major party heads

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima, New Komeito party leader Akihiro Ota, Prime Minister Taro Aso who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and People's New Party head Tamisuke Watanuki shake hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election. (Kyodo)

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Party chiefs engage in pension debate ahead of election

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Tamisuke Watanuki, head of the People's New Party, Kazuo Shii, head of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa, head of the Democratic Party of Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Akihiro Ota, head of the New Komeito party, Mizuho Fukushima, head of the Social Democratic Party and Yasuo Tanaka, head of the New Party Nippon, pose for photos after the end of their joint forum discussion at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 11. (Kyodo)

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(1)Party leaders hold debate before election

TOKYO, Japan - The leaders of Japan's six major political parties hold a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 27 ahead of the Nov. 9 general election. (From L to R) are New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai, New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii, and Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi. (Kyodo)

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Political leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan (who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan leader), New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- take part in a nationally televised debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, ahead of the June 24 start of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Political leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan (who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan leader), New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- take part in a nationally televised debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, ahead of the June 24 start of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Party leaders hold public debate before upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan's leader, New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- line up at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, before their public debate ahead of the June 24 start of official campaign for the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Purchase of golf club membership by Aso violates ministerial rules

Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) reveals the name of a new Liberal Democratic Party faction after a meeting to mark its establishment in Tokyo on July 3, 2017. Aso violated guidelines stating ministers should not purchase or resell golf club memberships while in their posts, a parliamentary report showed the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Leaders of political parties hold public debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of five political parties -- Takenori Kanzai of New Komeito (L), Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from L), Katsuya Okada of the Democratic Party of Japan (C), Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party (2nd from R) and Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party -- hold a public discussion on June 21 ahead of the July 11 House of Councillors' election, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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(1)Leaders of political parties hold public debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of five political parties -- Takenori Kanzai of New Komeito (L), Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from L), Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party (C), Katsuya Okada of the Democratic Party of Japan (2nd from R) and Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party -- join hands for photos at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo prior to their public debate on June 21 ahead of the House of Councillors' election set for July 11. (Kyodo)

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Kato repeats opposition to New Komeito in cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, one of two contenders to challenge Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in the upcoming Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential race, speaks at a Japan National Press Club luncheon Aug. 25. He reiterated his opposition to the New Komeito party taking cabinet posts on its expected entry into the coalition government.