Mouse born using iPS cell

Mouse born using iPS cell

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2016, at a Kyushu University Hospital campus in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, shows Kyushu University professor Katsuhiko Hayashi, who specializes in reproductive genetics, with a baby mouse born using an egg produced from an iPS cell.(Kyodo)

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhuge Bagua Village

JINHUA, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2016 - (FILE) View of Zhuge Bagua village, a traditional ancient village in Jiangnan, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, China, Oct 14, 2016.

Aerial footage taken from a drone shows the site of the Osprey's crash-landing

OKINAMWA, Japan, Oct. 31 Kyodo - Aerial footage taken by Kyodo News on Dec. 14, 2016, shows a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft that crash-landed the previous day. The wings have split from the fuselage and can be clearly seen in shallow water about 80 meters off the shoreline of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. The Osprey was based at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture. Content of footage: The site of the crash landing of a U.S. military Osprey was videotaped from a drone.(Kyodo)

CHINA-TIANJIN-THAILAND-AYUTTHAYA-COOPERATION (CN)

CHINA-TIANJIN-THAILAND-AYUTTHAYA-COOPERATION (CN)

(231013) -- BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A teacher (1st R) instructs students at the Luban Workshop of Ayutthaya Technical College in Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 14, 2023. Luban Workshop, initially launched by China's Tianjin, is a project named after the ancient Chinese craftsman Lu Ban to provide vocational skills training for local people, sharing China's educational achievements and resources with countries in need. In March 2016, the first Luban Workshop was inaugurated in Thailand Ayutthaya Technical College, with a building area of 2,000 square meters and equipped with training facilities. Through programs like Luban Workshop, China's vocational education cooperation has helped promote employment and improve people's livelihoods in countries along the Belt and Road. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

CHINA-TIANJIN-THAILAND-AYUTTHAYA-COOPERATION (CN)

CHINA-TIANJIN-THAILAND-AYUTTHAYA-COOPERATION (CN)

(231013) -- BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A student builds an installation system of automation production line at the Luban Workshop of Ayutthaya Technical College in Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 14, 2023. Luban Workshop, initially launched by China's Tianjin, is a project named after the ancient Chinese craftsman Lu Ban to provide vocational skills training for local people, sharing China's educational achievements and resources with countries in need. In March 2016, the first Luban Workshop was inaugurated in Thailand Ayutthaya Technical College, with a building area of 2,000 square meters and equipped with training facilities. Through programs like Luban Workshop, China's vocational education cooperation has helped promote employment and improve people's livelihoods in countries along the Belt and Road. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

CHINA-TIANJIN-THAILAND-AYUTTHAYA-COOPERATION (CN)

CHINA-TIANJIN-THAILAND-AYUTTHAYA-COOPERATION (CN)

(231013) -- BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A teacher (R) instructs a student to operate machines at the First Vocational School of Tanggu in north China's Tianjin, Sept. 14, 2023. Luban Workshop, initially launched by China's Tianjin, is a project named after the ancient Chinese craftsman Lu Ban to provide vocational skills training for local people, sharing China's educational achievements and resources with countries in need. In March 2016, the first Luban Workshop was inaugurated in Thailand Ayutthaya Technical College, with a building area of 2,000 square meters and equipped with training facilities. Through programs like Luban Workshop, China's vocational education cooperation has helped promote employment and improve people's livelihoods in countries along the Belt and Road. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

ANA, JAL unveil planes with Tokyo Olympics logo

ANA, JAL unveil planes with Tokyo Olympics logo

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 14 Kyodo - All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Co. introduce planes with the logos of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 14, 2016. The two airlines will fly them on domestic routes to promote the first Summer Olympics in Tokyo since 1964.

Tourists view "sea of clouds" in Hokkaido

Tourists view "sea of clouds" in Hokkaido

Tourists view a "sea of clouds" from a 1,088-meter-high deck at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu in the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 14, 2016. Around 1070 people enjoyed the early morning scenery from the deck, which operates through Oct. 17. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tourists view "sea of clouds" in Hokkaido

Tourists view "sea of clouds" in Hokkaido

Tourists view a "sea of clouds" from a 1,088-meter-high deck at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu in the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 14, 2016. Around 1070 people enjoyed the early morning scenery from the deck, which operates through Oct. 17. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nadeshiko Japan coach Sasaki gets new contract

Nadeshiko Japan coach Sasaki gets new contract

Norio Sasaki, head coach of Japan's women's soccer team, smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2015, after the Japan Football Association said it had given him a new contract. The new deal with Sasaki, 57, will run through the end of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Driver convicted in Japan's 1st "Pokemon Go"-linked car accident death

Driver convicted in Japan's 1st "Pokemon Go"-linked car accident death

Young people play the "Pokemon Go" smartphone game in Nagoya in this file photo taken on July 22, 2016. Keiji Goo, the driver involved in the first vehicle accident fatality in Japan linked to playing the game, was sentenced by the Tokushima District Court on Oct. 31, 2016, to 14 months in prison. Prosecutors had sought 20 months in prison. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Former skipper Nomura lauds Carp's business, playing style

Baseball: Former skipper Nomura lauds Carp's business, playing style

Former Hiroshima Carp manager Kenjiro Nomura, seen in this photo taken Sept. 10, 2016, tells Kyodo News on Oct. 14 in Hiroshima that the Carp's overpowering 2016 pennant run is the result of the club's efforts not only on the field but off. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Aichi middle schooler becomes "shogi" pro at youngest age

Aichi middle schooler becomes "shogi" pro at youngest age

Sota Fujii, a junior high school sophomore from Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, will become the youngest professional shogi player on Oct. 1, 2016, at age 14 years and 2 months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. musician Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature

U.S. musician Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature

A special sales center for Bob Dylan's compact disc albums is set up in a major Tokyo CD store on Oct. 14, 2016, as the U.S. singer-songwriter was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. musician Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature

U.S. musician Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature

A special sales center for Bob Dylan-related books is set up in a major Tokyo bookstore on Oct. 14, 2016, as the U.S. singer-songwriter was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, Mongolia leaders meet with economic ties in focus

Japan, Mongolia leaders meet with economic ties in focus

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) meets with his Mongolian counterpart Jargaltulga Erdenebat (5th from front on left row) in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2016, with bilateral economic cooperation likely high on the agenda. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. musician Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature

U.S. musician Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature

A special sales center for Bob Dylan-related books is set up in a major Tokyo bookstore on Oct. 14, 2016, as the U.S. singer-songwriter was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, Mongolia leaders meet with economic ties in focus

Japan, Mongolia leaders meet with economic ties in focus

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets with his Mongolian counterpart Jargaltulga Erdenebat in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2016, with bilateral economic cooperation likely high on the agenda. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo Gov. Koike at press conference

Tokyo Gov. Koike at press conference

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2016, announcing personnel changes for metropolitan government officials in the wake of a scandal over the relocation of the Tsukiji wholesale market to a site lacking a sufficient soil barrier to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Court rejects lawsuit to void July national election in Japan

Court rejects lawsuit to void July national election in Japan

Lawyers seeking to nullify the 2016 upper house election due to disparity in vote value head to the Okayama branch of the Hiroshima High Court in the western Japan city of Okayama on Oct. 14, 2016. The court turned down the suit the same day while determining that the disparity in the weight of vote between the most and least represented constituencies was "in a state of unconstitutionality." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bunraku performers gather in Tokyo's Asakusa district

Bunraku performers gather in Tokyo's Asakusa district

Performers of bunraku, a Japanese traditional puppet show, parade through Tokyo's Asakusa district on Oct. 14, 2016, prior to their staging at the major tourist site in the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Court rejects lawsuit to void July national election in Japan

Court rejects lawsuit to void July national election in Japan

Lawyers seeking to nullify the 2016 upper house election due to disparity in vote value display the summary of the decision by the Okayama branch of the Hiroshima High Court in the western Japan city of Okayama on Oct. 14, 2016. The court turned down the suit while determining that the disparity in the weight of vote between the most and least represented constituencies was "in a state of unconstitutionality." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

TPP debate starts by lower house special panel

TPP debate starts by lower house special panel

Parliamentary debate on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact starts by a House of Representatives special committee on Oct. 14, 2016. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to win Diet approval for the TPP and the passage of related bills during the current extraordinary Diet session through Nov. 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kumamoto Castle marks 100,000th visitor since its re-opening

Kumamoto Castle marks 100,000th visitor since its re-opening

Photo taken Dec. 14, 2019, in Kumamoto shows an event to mark Kumamoto Castle having its 100,000th visitor since its re-opening on Oct. 5. The castle had been closed for three and a half years since being hit hard by earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity in April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Japan's four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho (L) takes on Fusano Mochizuki in the 57-kilogram division final at the All Japan Women's Open Championships in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2018. Icho won her first competition since returning from a two-year break after winning gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Japan's four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho meets the press after winning the 57-kilogram division at the All Japan Women's Open Championships in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2018. Icho made her return to competition from a two-year break after winning gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Japan's four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho meets the press after winning the 57-kilogram division at the All Japan Women's Open Championships in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2018. Icho made her return to competition from a two-year break after winning gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Japan's four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho smiles after winning the 57-kilogram division at the All Japan Women's Open Championships in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2018. Icho made her return to competition from a two-year break after winning gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Japan's four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho wins the 57-kilogram division at the All Japan Women's Open Championships in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2018. Icho made her return to competition from a two-year break after winning gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Wrestling: Icho at all Japan championships

Japan's four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho (L) wins the 57-kilogram division at the All Japan Women's Open Championships in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2018. Icho made her return to competition from a two-year break after winning gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo