Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Fukushima kids play at concert for post-quake recovery

SENDAI, Japan - Children from Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, perform during an international concert in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2014, the first day of a nine-day music event intended to support reconstruction from the 2011 disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

E

School band plays at concert for post-quake recovery

SENDAI, Japan - A brass band of Miyagi Technical High School performs jointly with a jazz band, led by Japanese musician Kenichi Tsunoda, during an international concert in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2014, the first day of a nine-day music event to support reconstruction from the 2011 disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

E

Sasaki reappointed as coach of women's soccer team

TOKYO, Japan - Norio Sasaki, who guided Japan to a remarkable victory at the 2011 Women's World Cup soccer final and the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, smiles at a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 1, 2012. The 54-year-old Sasaki will continue as Nadeshiko coach, the Japan Football Association said the same day.

E

Children affected by earthquake in eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - Children huddle around a fire to keep warm on Nov. 1, 2011, at a tent site in Van, eastern Turkey, for people affected by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit the area on Oct. 23.

E

People in quake-hit eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - People buy fresh food on a street in Van, eastern Turkey, on Nov. 1, 2011, over a week after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area on Oct. 23.

E

Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - An outdoor market operates despite major flooding in Nonthaburi Province near Bangkok on Nov. 1, 2011.

E

Flooding in Thailand

BANGBUATONG, Thailand - People on a boat search for crocodiles in the flood-hit Bangbuatong district in Nonthaburi Province, central Thailand, on Nov. 1, 2011. Lives of local residents are threatened by crocodiles that escaped from a crocodile farm.

E

Flooding in Thailand

BANGBUATONG, Thailand - Photo shows a submerged car in the flood-hit Bangbuatong district in Nonthaburi Province, central Thailand, on Nov. 1, 2011.

E

A-bomb storyteller Takahashi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2009 shows Akihiro Takahashi, former director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Takahashi, known for sharing his first-hand account of the 1945 atomic bombing, died of heart failure on Nov. 1, 2011, at a Hiroshima city hospital aged 80, the municipal government said the following day.

E

Ex-Taiwanese president Lee

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui. The 88-year-old Lee underwent surgery to remove a malignant colon tumor on Nov. 1, 2011 and is recuperating at a Taipei hospital, hospital officials said the following day.

E

Genkai nuclear power plant

GENKAI, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. resumes operation of the No. 4 reactor at the Genkai nuclear power station in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, late on Nov. 1, 2011. The reactor came to a halt as a result of human error nearly a month earlier.

E

South Sudan Vice President Machar

JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on Nov. 1, 2011. He said Japan's planned dispatch of Ground Self-Defense Force engineers to South Sudan will help the two nations build closer ties.

E

Japan quake photo exhibit in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - People visit a photo exhibition documenting the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the subsequent efforts toward recovery at the Japan Information and Culture Center in Washington, D.C., United States, on Nov. 1, 2011. The event ''Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake'' began the same day to run through the end of the month in the U.S. capital, and is also planned to be held in Chicago and Los Angeles in 2012.

E

China artist Ai Weiwei hit with $2.4 mil. tax bill

BEIJING, China - The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei speaks to reporters at his Beijing home on Nov. 1, 2011. He said the authorities have ordered a company he controls to pay 15 million yuan (about $2.4 million) in fines and back taxes.

E

Dancer Guillem performs in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Famed French dancer Sylvie Guillem (front L) receives a curtain call after performing at a theater in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2011. The event was held to encourage people affected by the March earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

E

Genkai nuclear power plant

GENKAI, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. resumes operation of the No. 4 reactor at the Genkai nuclear power station in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, late on Nov. 1, 2011. The reactor came to a halt as a result of human error nearly a month earlier.

E

India seeks Japanese investment to develop infrastructure

NEW DELHI, India - Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma speaks during an interview with a group of editorial writers from Kyodo News and 11 member newspapers in New Delhi on Nov. 1, 2011. He said the Indian government is hoping Japan will become a major partner in its $1 trillion five-year infrastructure development plan.

E

Kyrgyz President-elect Atambayev

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan's president-elect, Almazbek Atambayev, speaks at a press conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Nov. 1, 2011.

E

Yokohama tower lit up by EV

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Marine Tower in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, is lit up during the evening of Nov. 1, 2011, using power from a Leaf electric vehicle (below) produced by Nissan Motor Co., in an event aimed at raising environmental consciousness.

E

Apples bearing images

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows apples bearing images of (from L) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa after they were harvested in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 1, 2011. The images are made on the fruit by blocking sunlight in the shapes.

E

Pakistani Foreign Minister Khar

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Istanbul on Nov. 1, 2011. Khar said on the eve of the Istanbul Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan that her country is ready to broker talks with the Afghan Taliban if the Afghan government and the international community desire.

E

Japan men's national soccer team coach Zaccheroni

TOKYO, Japan - Alberto Zaccheroni, coach of the Japanese men's national soccer team, gives a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2011. The Japan Football Association on the same day announced the national team members for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Tajikistan and North Korea later in the month.

E

Woods participates in charity golf event

MIKI, Japan - American golfer Tiger Woods (L front) plays with Japanese golfers (from R) Shinobu Moromizato, Rui Kitada and Miho Koga in a charity event at the Masters Golf Club in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 1, 2011, to raise funds for the reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

E

Woods participates in charity golf event

MIKI, Japan - American golfer Tiger Woods (front) plays in a charity event at the Masters Golf Club in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 1, 2011, to raise funds for the reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

E

Search for radiation source in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Workers unload metallic drums from a truck on Nov. 1, 2011, as part of the process to discover and remove radioactive material believed to be buried underground near a supermarket in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward. High levels of radiation have been detected at the site but the source is unlikely to be related to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, according to the science ministry.

E

Swans arrive in Fukushima to spend winter

IWAKI, Japan - Bewick's Swans fly off from the Natsui River in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2011. The Arctic tundra birds, which annually come to the area to spend winter, began to be seen in mid-October this year, according to a local civic group protecting the birds.

E

Search for radiation source in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Workers begin the process around a supermarket in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Nov. 1, 2011, to discover and remove radioactive material believed to be buried underground. High levels of radiation have been detected at the site but they are unlikely to be related to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, according to the science ministry.

E

'Warm Biz' campaign kicks off in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Environment Ministry work at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2011, wearing cardigans, as the Japanese government began promoting a nationwide ''Warm Biz'' energy-saving campaign the same day to encourage the use of warm clothing and hot food, rather than electric heating, to fend off the autumn and winter cold. The ministry is encouraging setting room temperatures at offices and homes across the country at 20 C.

E

Woods participates in charity golf event

MIKI, Japan - American golfer Tiger Woods gives a press conference in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 1, 2011, before taking part in a charity golf event at the Masters Golf Club for the reconstruction of areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Woods said he was pleased both personally and as a professional golfer to play in the charity event.

E

Woods participates in charity golf event

MIKI, Japan - Professional golfers (from L) Shinobu Moromizato, Tiger Woods, Miho Koga and Rui Kitada pose for photos at the Masters Golf Club in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 1, 2011, before taking part in a charity golf event for the reconstruction of areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The event organizer will donate 15 million yen each to the most-severely-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima out of revenues from the event.

E

ANA puts Boeing 787 in regular scheduled service

OKAYAMA, Japan - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet lands at Okayama airport in Okayama Prefecture in western Japan from Tokyo shortly after 9 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2011, as All Nippon Airways Co. put the plane into regular scheduled service.

E

LDP's Maruyama not to run in Osaka gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuya Maruyama, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Councillors, is seen in a press conference he held in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2011, to announce his decision not to run in the Osaka gubernatorial election on Nov. 27. The lawyer-turned-politician, widely known after appearing regularly on a TV variety show featuring lawyers, had expressed a willingness to run in the election to succeed outgoing Gov. Toru Hashimoto, who also became a politician after gaining popularity by appearing in the same show as a lawyer.

E

ANA puts Boeing 787 in regular scheduled service

HANEDA, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co.'s workers at Haneda airport in Tokyo wave at the airline's Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet about to take off for the western Japan city of Okayama on Nov. 1, 2011. It was the first flight in regular service of the all-new, fuel-efficient aircraft in Japan.

E

ANA puts Boeing 787 in regular scheduled service

HANEDA, Japan - Passengers of All Nippon Airways Co.'s Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet bound for the western city of Okayama wave from the boarding ramp at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2011. It was the first flight in regular service of the all-new, fuel-efficient aircraft in Japan.

E

Japan OKs plan to send ground troop mission to S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) attends a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2011. The Japanese government approved the dispatch of a Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit to South Sudan to join U.N. peacekeeping operations and help build infrastructure there.