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Dutch far-right party wins landslide victory in elections

STORY: Dutch far-right party wins landslide victory in elections SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 1, 2023/earlier footage DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Dutch parliament complex in The Hague, the Netherlands 2. various of campaign posters near the Dutch parliament complex STORYLINE: The Netherlands' far-right populist Party for Freedom (PVV) won the parliamentary elections by a landslide, the Dutch Electoral Council announced at a press conference in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Friday. The PVV got 37 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives, or the lower house of parliament, becoming the biggest party in the country for the first time in history. The elections were held on Nov. 22 with a 77.7 percent turnout, down from 78.7 percent in 2021 and 81.9 percent in 2017. The GreenLeft-Labor alliance, GroenLinks-PvdA, ranked second with 25 seats, while the rightist People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) took the

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Assembly member brings baby to session

KUMAMOTO, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Kumamoto City assembly member Yuka Ogata holds her baby during a session in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2017. Ogata's action aimed at raising public awareness regarding working mothers caused controversy as a local rule only allows assembly members in the chamber.

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Gov't to hold meeting Dec. 1 to discuss emperor's abdication date

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Undated file photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito's elder son, who will ascend the throne after his father's planned abdication, possibly within the next 18 months. The Japanese government said on Nov. 22, 2017 it will hold a meeting on Dec. 1 to discuss the date of Emperor Akihito's planned abdication.

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Japan space agency developing world's smallest satellite-launch rocket

SAGAMIHARA, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Hiroto Habu, an assistant professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, poses with the TRICOM1 ultra small satellite developed by the University of Tokyo, at JAXA's facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2016. JAXA said it will launch the world's smallest rocket, which is around 10 meters long, about 50 centimeters in diameter and weighs 2.6 tons, to put the satellite into Earth orbit from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by the end of March 2017.

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China remain only unbeaten team in Men's World Chess Championship

STORY: China remain only unbeaten team in Men's World Chess Championship DATELINE: Nov. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of preparations for the chess championship games in Jerusalem 2. various of Chinese players during the games 3. various of children open the games with a gong 4. various of players during the games STORYLINE: China became the only unbeaten team after the second day of the 2022 Men's World Team Chess Championship in Jerusalem on Monday. China beat Ukraine 3-1 and the Netherlands 3.5-0.5 in the six-team Group A, raising their record to full eight points from four matches and securing their spot in the quarterfinals with one round to go. Bai Jinshi and Li Di scored 3.5 points from four games for China so far, while Xu Xiangyu contributed three points. China captain Wen Yang, a gold medalist from the 2017 World Team Championship, told Xinhua that the team is very young, and this is the first time for some players to participate i

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Ex-envoy calls for U.S.-N. Korea talks over nuke issue

Joshua Pollack, a senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Washington on Nov. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Assembly member brings baby to session

Kumamoto city council member Yuka Ogata holds her baby at the assembly on Nov. 22, 2017. Ogata's action aimed at raising public awareness regarding working mothers caused controversy as a local rule allows only assembly members in the chamber. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp introduces new product lineup in Malaysia

Tadashi Oyama (3rd from R), managing director of Sharp Malaysia Sales & Service Co., and Tai Jeng-wu (3rd from L), president of the Sharp Group, join other officials at a ceremony to unveil the latest 8K TV model at the company's showroom in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 22, 2017. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hopes run high for rebuilding ravaged Philippine city of Marawi

Asmenah Manabilang Barambangan, a native of the war-torn Philippine city of Marawi on Mindanao island, shows video footage in Manila on Nov. 22, 2017, of the battle in her home city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scandal-hit school Moritomo Gakuen in Osaka

Photo taken Nov. 22, 2017, shows a building on former state-owned land in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture. The premises were planned to be used for an elementary school operated by Moritomo Gakuen which has been at the center of favoritism allegations involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scandal-hit school Moritomo Gakuen in Osaka

Photo taken Nov. 22, 2017, shows a building on former state-owned land in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture. The premises were planned to be used for an elementary school operated by Moritomo Gakuen which has been at the center of favoritism allegations involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese convenience store chain to stop selling pornographic magazines

Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2017, shows a Ministop Co. convenience store in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The operator of the convenience store chain will stop selling pornographic magazines at all of its 43 outlets in Chiba, near Tokyo, from Dec. 1 and at about 2,200 stores across Japan from Jan. 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't to hold meeting Dec. 1 to discuss emperor's abdication date

Undated file photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito's elder son, who will ascend the throne after his father's planned abdication, possibly within the next 18 months. The Japanese government said on Nov. 22, 2017 it will hold a meeting on Dec. 1 to discuss the date of Emperor Akihito's planned abdication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Japan prepare for French test

Japan rugby coach Jamie Joseph (back) is pictured during a training session in Toulouse, France, on Nov. 22, 2017, for a test match against France on Nov. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Belgium-Japan friendly

Japan's Maya Yoshida (22) clears the ball with a header during the second half of a 1-0 loss to Belgium in a soccer friendly in Bruges on Nov. 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe re-elected as Japan PM after election victory

Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe (4th from L in back row) stands up to make a bow on Nov. 1, 2017, after being re-elected as Japan's prime minister in a special parliamentary session in Tokyo following the LDP's overwhelming victory in the Oct. 22 lower house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe re-elected as Japan PM after election victory

Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe stands up to make a bow on Nov. 1, 2017, after being re-elected as Japan's prime minister in a special parliamentary session in Tokyo following the LDP's overwhelming victory in the Oct. 22 lower house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Philanthropist Fish pushes for more from Japanese women leaders in 2017

Philanthropist Atsuko Fish, founder of the Japanese Women's Leadership Initiative, is shown in a photo taken at the International House of Japan in Tokyo on June 22, 2017. A revamped version of the Boston-based organization's executive four-week training program for Japanese women, "JWLI-II" will be held in Boston Oct. 10-Nov. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Philanthropist Fish pushes for more from Japanese women leaders in 2017

Philanthropist Atsuko Fish (L), founder of the Japanese Women's Leadership Initiative, and program manager Kozue Sawame are shown in a photo taken at the International House of Japan in Tokyo on June 22, 2017. A revamped version of the Boston-based organization's executive four-week training program for Japanese women, "JWLI-II" will be held in Boston Oct. 10-Nov. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Fujinami wants to be good enough to pitch in WBC

Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami (R) bumps fists with catcher Ryutaro Umeno after throwing a complete game against the Hiroshima Carp at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Sept. 22, 2016. "The WBC is a possibility, and I want to be good enough to be considered for that," Fujinami said in Tokyo on Nov. 12, referring to his potential participation in the World Baseball Classic in March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Interview with Yavlinskii

Grigorii Yavlinskii, a senior official of Russia's social-liberal Yabloko party, calls for a prompt cease-fire in Ukraine in an interview with Kyodo News in Moscow on Nov. 22, 2017. He aims to run in Russia's presidential election in March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Emperor, Empress

Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave in a photo taken Nov. 22, 2017, at Tokyo's Inokashira Park. The Emperor's abdication date of April 30, 2019, was formally approved on Dec. 8, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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No prosecution over Christchurch building collapse

File photo taken in March 2011 of the remains of the six-story Canterbury Television Building in Christchurch, New Zealand, that collapsed during the Feb. 22, 2011, earthquake. Police said on Nov. 30, 2017, no one will face prosecution over the collapse that killed 155 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year-end lottery in Japan

A man (back) purchases year-end "Jumbo" lottery tickets at a lottery booth in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 27, 2017. The 300-yen tickets, which give purchasers the chance to win up to 700 million yen ($6.3 million), will be sold through Dec. 22 and the draw will be held on New Year's Eve. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year-end lottery in Japan

A woman dubbed "lady luck" holds year-end "Jumbo" lottery tickets near a lottery booth in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 27, 2017. The 300-yen tickets, which give purchasers the chance to win up to 700 million yen ($6.3 million), will be sold through Dec. 22 and the draw will be held on New Year's Eve. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year-end lottery in Japan

People line up in front of a lottery booth in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 27, 2017, as sales of year-end "Jumbo" lottery tickets started the same day. The 300-yen tickets, which give purchasers the chance to win up to 700 million yen ($6.3 million), will be sold through Dec. 22 and the draw will be held on New Year's Eve. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Urawa win Asian Champions League

Urawa Reds captain Yuki Abe (22) lifts the Asian Champions League trophy after his team won the title at Saitama Stadium on Nov. 25, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Urawa win Asian Champions League

Urawa Reds captain Yuki Abe (22) lifts the Asian Champions League trophy after his team won the title at Saitama Stadium on Nov. 25, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mali foreign minister Diop

Abdoulaye Diop, foreign minister of Mali, speaks during an interview in Brussels, Belgium, on Nov. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newspaper for Paralympic athletes launched

Photographer Mika Ninagawa (L) and Sae Tsuji, a Japanese track medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, hold a copy of the first issue of the Go Journal free newspaper at an event in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2017. The publisher Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Center plans to distribute the paper aimed at raising awareness of para athletes twice a year before the 2020 Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Missile attack drill in Japan

Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force conduct an emergency drill in Unzen, in southwestern Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 22, 2017, under the scenario that a ballistic missile lands and injures local residents. Japan conducted the drill after North Korea test launched ballistic missiles over Hokkaido in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Missile attack drill in Japan

Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force conduct an emergency drill in Unzen, in southwestern Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 22, 2017, under the scenario that a ballistic missile lands and injures local residents. Japan conducted the drill after North Korea test launched ballistic missiles over Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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French cuisine made with Fukushima products

Visitors enjoy French cuisine made with products from Fukushima Prefecture at the residence of the French ambassador to Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2017. The event aimed to eliminate reputational damage to agricultural and other products from the region in northeastern Japan that was hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China, South Korea foreign ministers meet in Beijing

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha shake hands ahead of their talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tesla's EV charging station in Shanghai

Tesla Inc. electric vehicles are parked at the company's 50-stall charging station that opened in Shanghai on Nov. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China, South Korea foreign minister meet in Beijing

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (far R) and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha (far L) hold talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China, South Korea foreign ministers meet in Beijing

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha shake hands ahead of their talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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San Francisco city offices

Photo taken Nov. 22, 2017, shows San Francisco City Hall in California. San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee signed a document the same day formalizing the city's acceptance of a "comfort women" statue that symbolizes Korean and other Asian women forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Comfort women" statue in San Francisco

Photo taken Nov. 22, 2017, shows a statue symbolizing Korean and other Asian "comfort women" in San Francisco's Chinatown area in California. San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee signed a document the same day formalizing the city's acceptance of the statue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singapore opens autonomous vehicle test circuit

A self-driving vehicle drives on a test circuit at the Centre of Excellence for Testing and Research of Autonomous Vehicles in Singapore on Nov. 22, 2017, its opening day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singapore opens autonomous vehicle test circuit

Vehicles drive at the Centre of Excellence for Testing and Research of Autonomous Vehicles in Singapore on Nov. 22, 2017. Singapore opened the center the same day, with plans to use it to develop standards for the vehicles on public roads. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani attends event in Hokkaido

Shohei Otani of the Nippon Ham Fighters participates in an event in Tsukigata, Hokkaido, on Nov. 22, 2017. The slugger-pitcher said he is ready to play in the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani attends event in Hokkaido

Shohei Otani of the Nippon Ham Fighters participates in an event in Tsukigata, Hokkaido, on Nov. 22, 2017. The slugger-pitcher said he is ready to play in the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Humanoid robot at shopping mall

A humanoid robot (L) equipped with a system allowing it to have advanced conversations using AI talks to a customer at Primetree Akaike shopping mall in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagoya Motor Show press day

Toyota Motor Corp. unveils prototypes of electric vehicles in Nagoya on Nov. 22, 2017 to be displayed at the Nagoya Motor Show. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo grand champion Hakuho

Sumo grand champion Hakuho (L) is sent crashing out of the ring by sekiwake Yoshikaze on the 11th day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2017. The yokozuna suffered his first loss in the 15-day tourney. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang speaks during a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 22, 2017. China is opposed to new U.S. punitive measures against North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Emperor, Empress visit Tokyo park

Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit Inokashira Park on the outskirts of Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Party of Hope starts discussion on Constitution

Yuichiro Tamaki (standing), head of Japan's Party of Hope, alongside former environment minister Goshi Hosono, speaks at the opposition party's first meeting on constitutional amendment at the parliament building in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally in Okinawa against U.S. base following fatal accident

Residents stage a rally in front of the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Foster in Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2017, to protest against the U.S. military presence in the prefecture. The rally came after an alleged drunk-driving accident in the prefectural capital of Naha involving a Marine Corps member on Nov. 19 that killed a 61-year-old resident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo