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MYANMAR-NAY PYI TAW-ELEPHANT CAMP

(231102) -- NAY PYI TAW, Nov. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A mahout helps an elephant bathe at the Ngalaik Elephant Conservation Camp in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Nov. 2, 2023. The camp was founded in 2017 and is home to 21 elephants now. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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MYANMAR-NAY PYI TAW-ELEPHANT CAMP

(231102) -- NAY PYI TAW, Nov. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Elephants are seen at the Ngalaik Elephant Conservation Camp in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Nov. 2, 2023. The camp was founded in 2017 and is home to 21 elephants now. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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MYANMAR-NAY PYI TAW-ELEPHANT CAMP

(231102) -- NAY PYI TAW, Nov. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A baby elephant is seen at the Ngalaik Elephant Conservation Camp in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Nov. 2, 2023. The camp was founded in 2017 and is home to 21 elephants now. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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Football: official match ball for World Cup in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - File photo taken in Moscow on Nov. 11, 2017, shows an official match ball for the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: World Cup venue in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - File photo taken on Nov. 26, 2017, shows Kazan Arena in Kazan, Russia, a venue of the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: World Cup venue Luzhniki Stadium in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - File photo taken on Nov. 11, 2017 shows Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, a venue of the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: World Cup venue in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - File photo taken on Nov. 10, 2017, shows Spartak Stadium in Moscow, a venue of the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: World Cup venue in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - File photo taken on Nov. 26, 2017, shows Kazan Arena in Kazan, Russia, a venue of the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: Russia ahead of 2018 World Cup

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - A football-themed mural appears on the wall of a building near Spartak Stadium in Moscow in this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2017. The stadium is a venue of the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: Russia ahead of 2018 World Cup

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - A Russian spectator watches a football friendly between Russia and Argentina at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Nov. 11, 2017. The stadium is a venue of the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: Russia ahead of 2018 World Cup

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - A ceremony to unveil a subway train decorated with a 2018 football World Cup motif is held in Moscow on Nov. 28, 2017.

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Football: Russia ahead of 2018 World Cup

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - Volunteers work at a volunteer training center in Moscow on Nov. 7, 2017, ahead of the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: World Cup venue in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow is lit up in the colors of the Russian flag on Nov. 8, 2017. The stadium is a venue of the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: Russia ahead of 2018 World Cup

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - Russian spectators cheer for the country during a football friendly against Argentina at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Nov. 11, 2017. The stadium is a venue of the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: Russia ahead of 2018 World Cup

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - Russian matryoshka dolls of star football players are sold at a souvenir shop in Moscow on Nov. 9, 2017, ahead of the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Football: Russia ahead of 2018 World Cup

MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 21 Kyodo - Photo taken with a 360-degree camera shows Russian spectators cheering for the country during a football friendly against Argentina at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Nov. 11, 2017. The stadium is a venue of the 2018 football World Cup finals in Russia.

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Lackluster sumo champion Kisenosato

FUKUOKA, Japan, Nov. 12 Kyodo - Grand champion Kisenosato looks dejected after failing to mark his comeback to the ring with a win on the first day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 21, 2017. The yokozuna who missed the previous three tournaments due to injury was beaten by rank-and-filer Tamawashi.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Toyota launches new Lexus luxury sedan in Thailand

Toyota Motor Corp.'s Thai arm, Toyota Motor Thailand Co., launches the latest model of its flagship Lexus luxury sedan series on Nov. 21, 2017, at a ceremony in Bangkok. Toyota Motor Thailand officials, including President Michinobu Sugata (2nd from L) and Executive Vice President Vudhigorn Suriyachantananont (L), pose with the all-new Lexus LS at the ceremony. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player, and 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji reflect on their match in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after Fujii clinched his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Australia returns Japanese company records seized during WWII

This photo, taken in Canberra on Nov. 21, 2017, shows a display including a photograph of staff of the Japanese consulate in Sydney in the early 20th century. The photos were among documents and other items that Australia seized during World War II and has decided to return to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. slaps more sanctions aimed at N. Korea

Combined file photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The United States on Nov. 21, 2017 announced additional sanctions targeting a Chinese individual, as well as 13 entities in China and North Korea, to disrupt Pyongyang's illicit funding of its weapons program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Australia returns Japanese company records seized during WWII

Takeo Kato (C), president of the National Archives of Japan, and Sumio Kusaka (R), Japanese ambassador to Australia, hold a document box presented by David Fricker (L), during a ceremony in Canberra on Nov. 21, 2017. The box is a replica of one of the 3,300 containing Japanese wartime company records seized by the Australian government during World War II which were formally handed over to Japan the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zimbabwe's Pres. Mugabe resigns, ending 37-year rule

File photo taken in Tokyo in March 2016 shows Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe stepped down on Nov. 21, 2017, ending his 37-year rule of the southern African nation after having been put under house arrest by the military. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Australia returns Japanese company records seized during WWII

Photo taken in Canberra on Nov. 21, 2017, shows a photograph of Japanese consulate staff in Sydney gathered on a New Year's Day in the early 20th century. The photo, which shows the newly-built Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background, was among documents and other items that Australia seized during World War II and has decided to return to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe backs U.S. relisting of N. Korea as state sponsor of terrorism

Combined file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump. Abe said on Nov. 21, 2017 that his government supports the U.S. decision to put North Korea back on the state sponsor of terrorism list for the first time in nine years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea hopeful following U.S. relisting of N. Korea as terror sponsor

Combined file photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae In. South Korea expressed hope on Nov. 21, 2017, that the U.S. government again designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism would help efforts to peacefully resolve Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April. (Kyodo)

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Hideki Yukawa's diary

Photo taken on Nov. 14, 1968, shows Hideki Yukawa, a theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate. A diary written by Yukawa around the end of World War II and disclosed to the public on Dec. 21, 2017, contains an entry confirming his attendance at a conference held in June 1945 to study nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Smartphone-linked coin laundry service

Kentaro Takanashi, president of self-service laundry operator Wash Plus, shows how various functions on washing machines at his company's coin laundromats can be accessed via a smartphone in Chiba on Nov. 21, 2017. For example, registered members can check the availability of laundry machines, receive notifications that their laundry is done, and obtain receipts by email using their smartphones. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Long-term stay hotel in Japan

A woman sits in a guest room of Tokyu Stay Co.'s new hotel in Kyoto on Nov. 21, 2017. The Tokyo-based hotel operator will open its first hotel outside of Tokyo on Nov. 27, amid a rise in hotels for medium- to long-term stays being built in Japan for increasing foreign visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New terminal at Incheon airport

Photo taken Nov. 21, 2017, shows the departure lobby at Terminal 2 of Incheon International Airport which is expected to open on Jan. 18, 2018, ahead of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AUM founder's daughter voids parents' rights to inherit her property

The fourth daughter of AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, who does not want to go public, speaks alongside her lawyer Taro Takimoto (R), at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2017. The Yokohama family court granted her request to nullify her parents' right to inherit her property in the event of her death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 reactor

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, shows the press a pool at the No. 3 reactor of the complex in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 21, 2017. Preparations are under way to move spent fuel out of the pool and into containers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 reactor

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, shows the press a pool at the No. 3 reactor of the complex in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 21, 2017. Preparations are under way to move spent fuel out of the pool and into containers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 reactor

A domed roof and other structures are being constructed at the No. 3 reactor of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 21, 2017. The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., is preparing to transfer spent fuel from a pool in a reactor building to containers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 reactor

A domed roof and other structures are being constructed at the No. 3 reactor of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 21, 2017. The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., is preparing to transfer spent fuel from a pool in a reactor building to containers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 reactor

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows construction being undertaken at the No. 3 reactor (R) of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 21, 2017. The No. 2 (C) and the No. 1 reactor (L) are also visible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 reactor

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows construction being undertaken at the No. 3 reactor of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 21, 2017. The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., is preparing to transfer spent fuel from a pool in a reactor building to containers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 reactor

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows construction being undertaken at the No. 3 reactor of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 21, 2017. The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., is preparing to transfer spent fuel from a pool in a reactor building to containers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 reactor

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows construction being undertaken at the No. 3 reactor of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Nov. 21, 2017. The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., is preparing to transfer spent fuel from a pool in a reactor building to containers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Gov. Onaga

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks during a fundraising party held in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2017. The governor, who is critical of the U.S. military presence in the island prefecture, kept silent about whether he will seek reelection next year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Gov. Onaga

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga waves to his supporters at a fundraising party in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2017. The governor, who is critical of the U.S. military presence in the island prefecture, kept silent about whether he will seek reelection next year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak addresses the opening ceremony of the annual World Islamic Economic Forum in Kuching, Malaysia, on Nov. 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Business Council of Canada President Manley

John Manley, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train to Pyeongchang venues

Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2017 shows the inside of Guangneung station in Gangwon Province on the east coast of South Korea. The newly built KTX bullet train line links Incheon Airport to the port of Guangneung, crossing the north of the country from coast to coast and connecting to the Winter Olympic venues in Pyeongchang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo