Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in November 2015 shows Yohei Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels. He died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2015. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2015. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2015. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2015. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2015. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Nicolas Maduro in 2015 - Tehran

File photo of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2015. Photo by Salampix/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT) SAINT-GERVAIS SQUARE, THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 GARDEN (OR NOVEMBER 13TH ATTACKS GARDEN) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS. Photo by Jean Francois Rolling/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT) SAINT-GERVAIS SQUARE, THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 GARDEN (OR NOVEMBER 13TH ATTACKS GARDEN) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS. Photo by Jean Francois Rolling/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT) SAINT-GERVAIS SQUARE, THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 GARDEN (OR NOVEMBER 13TH ATTACKS GARDEN) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS. Photo by Jean Francois Rolling/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT) SAINT-GERVAIS SQUARE, THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 GARDEN (OR NOVEMBER 13TH ATTACKS GARDEN) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS. Photo by Jean Francois Rolling/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT) SAINT-GERVAIS SQUARE, THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 GARDEN (OR NOVEMBER 13TH ATTACKS GARDEN) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS. Photo by Jean Francois Rolling/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT) SAINT-GERVAIS SQUARE, THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 GARDEN (OR NOVEMBER 13TH ATTACKS GARDEN) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS. Photo by Jean Francois Rolling/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT) SAINT-GERVAIS SQUARE, THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 GARDEN (OR NOVEMBER 13TH ATTACKS GARDEN) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS. Photo by Jean Francois Rolling/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT) SAINT-GERVAIS SQUARE, THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 GARDEN (OR NOVEMBER 13TH ATTACKS GARDEN) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS. Photo by Jean Francois Rolling/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT) SAINT-GERVAIS SQUARE, THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 GARDEN (OR NOVEMBER 13TH ATTACKS GARDEN) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS. Photo by Jean Francois Rolling/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

A Garden To Remember The November 13 Terrorist Attacks - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (4TH DISTRICT) SAINT-GERVAIS SQUARE, THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 GARDEN (OR NOVEMBER 13TH ATTACKS GARDEN) PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TERRORIST ATTACKS. Photo by Jean Francois Rolling/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkan Elci, the wife of Tahir Elci, delivers a speech at the spot where her husband was shot, during a march on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

People carry a banner with Tahir Elci's photo in the front row as hundreds march behind on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

An elderly woman holding a carnation wipes tears from her eyes on the street where Tahir Elci was killed, during a march on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

DEM Party spokesperson Aysegul Dogan places a carnation at the spot where Tahir Elci was shot, during a march on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

People hold placards with Tahir Elci's photos as people march on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing near the Four-Legged Minaret in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

People carry a banner with Tahir Elci's photo in the front row as hundreds march behind on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

People carry a banner with Tahir Elci's photo in the front row as hundreds march behind on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural Painting In Tribute To The Victims Of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Lea Belooussovitch, created a mural painting in tribute to the victimes of attacks of November 13, 2015. at rue Leon Frot in Paris, France on November 14, 2025. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Léa Belooussovitch, created a mural in tribute to the victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015, in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015. This painting is located in the 11th arrondissement at 19 rue Léon Frot. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Léa Belooussovitch, created a mural in tribute to the victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015, in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015. This painting is located in the 11th arrondissement at 19 rue Léon Frot. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Léa Belooussovitch, created a mural in tribute to the victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015, in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015. This painting is located in the 11th arrondissement at 19 rue Léon Frot. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Léa Belooussovitch, created a mural in tribute to the victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015, in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015. This painting is located in the 11th arrondissement at 19 rue Léon Frot. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Léa Belooussovitch, created a mural in tribute to the victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015, in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015. This painting is located in the 11th arrondissement at 19 rue Léon Frot. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Léa Belooussovitch, created a mural in tribute to the victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015, in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015. This painting is located in the 11th arrondissement at 19 rue Léon Frot. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Mural in Tribute to The Victims of The 13 November Attacks - Paris

Léa Belooussovitch, created a mural in tribute to the victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015, in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015. This painting is located in the 11th arrondissement at 19 rue Léon Frot. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Participants in the '13-UNIS' run gather in front of Le Bataclan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the November 2015 attacks in Paris. Paris, France, November 13, 2025. Photo by Lionel Urman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Participants in the '13-UNIS' run gather in front of Le Bataclan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the November 2015 attacks in Paris. Paris, France, November 13, 2025. Photo by Lionel Urman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Participants in the '13-UNIS' run gather in front of Le Bataclan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the November 2015 attacks in Paris. Paris, France, November 13, 2025. Photo by Lionel Urman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Participants in the '13-UNIS' run gather in front of Le Bataclan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the November 2015 attacks in Paris. Paris, France, November 13, 2025. Photo by Lionel Urman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Participants in the '13-UNIS' run gather in front of Le Bataclan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the November 2015 attacks in Paris. Paris, France, November 13, 2025. Photo by Lionel Urman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Participants in the '13-UNIS' run gather in front of Le Bataclan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the November 2015 attacks in Paris. Paris, France, November 13, 2025. Photo by Lionel Urman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Bataclan Commemoration of November 2015 Attacks - Paris

Participants in the '13-UNIS' run gather in front of Le Bataclan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the November 2015 attacks in Paris. Paris, France, November 13, 2025. Photo by Lionel Urman/ABACAPRESS.COM