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One of largest mosaics in Middle East unveiled

JERICHO, West Bank, Oct. 21 Kyodo - One of the largest mosaics in the Middle East, located in the open-air Great Bath Room of Jericho's famed Hisham Palace in the West Bank, is unveiled on Oct. 20, 2016. Previously, only part of the 825-square-meter mosaic was visible as it was covered by a layer of sand for protection.

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BOJ chief Kuroda at Tokyo event

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 21 Kyodo - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks in an event hosted by The Economist Group in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. Kuroda said in the event that Japan's monetary base is expected to exceed 100 percent of the country's gross domestic product in the coming years, reiterating that the BOJ will continue to adopt an extremely expansionary monetary policy.

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38-year-old elephant to give birth

Zoo staff practice getting Asha, an Asian elephant due to give birth in the fall of 2016, into a container at Zoo & Botanical Park in Toyohashi, central Japan, on Oct. 16, 2015, ahead of her trip to a zoo in Ichihara, eastern Japan. Her rearers sent her to the Ichihara zoo in the carrier on Oct. 21 to ensure a calm environment for giving birth, which will take place during the park's renovation work. Asha, estimated to be 38 years old, or the human equivalent of her late 40s, will be the oldest Asian elephant to give birth in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IPC chief hopes Japan sweeps away last barriers as Paralympic host

International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven (L) and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike shake hands at the metropolitan government building in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IPC chief hopes Japan sweeps away last barriers as Paralympic host

Emperor Akihito (far L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) meet with International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven and his wife Jocelyne at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Gamba's Ideguchi named top rookie of J-League

Gamba Osaka midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi (21) and Yokohama F Marinos defender Yuzo Kobayashi (13) vie for the ball in the first leg of a League Cup semifinal in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2016. Ideguchi was named the J-League's Best Young Player of the season on Dec. 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scorsese at press conference in Tokyo

Martin Scorsese talks about his new film "Silence" at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2016. The film about a young Portuguese missionary in Japan's Edo era will be released nationwide in Japan on Jan. 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scorsese at press conference in Tokyo

Announcing the release of his new film "Silence," Martin Scorsese (C) attends a press conference, together with actors Yosuke Kubozuka (L) and Tadanobu Asano, in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2016. The film about a young Portuguese missionary in Japan's Edo era will be released nationwide in Japan on Jan. 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Six-month countdown to Ise-Shima Summit

Taro Kono (L), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, inspects Shima Kanko Hotel Bay Suites in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 21, 2015, ahead of the Group of Seven summit in Japan in May 2016. The hotel on Kashikojima Island is expected to provide accommodation for the G-7 leaders while the adjoining Shima Kanko Hotel Classic is likely to be the main venue for the summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kono inspects hotel for Ise-Shima summit

Taro Kono, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, on Oct. 21, 2015, inspects Shima Kanko Hotel Bay Suites where participants in the 2016 G-7 Ise-Shima Summit in Mie Prefecture are expected to stay. He told reporters he will go all out to ensure the safety of the participants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bunraku puppet theater's living national treasure calls it quits

Toyotake Shimatayu, 83, a living national treasure in the "Bunraku" traditional Japanese puppet theater, announces his retirement as a "tayu" narrator at a news conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 21, 2015. His last performance will be held in February 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old pregnant Asian elephant descends from container at Japanese zoo

Pregnant Asian elephant Asha descends from a container at the Ichihara Elephant Kingdom in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, southeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 21, 2015. The 38-year-old elephant is due to give birth in the fall of 2016 in the zoo, where she once stayed for five months in 1998, to become the oldest Asian elephant to bear a child. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old pregnant Asian elephant stretches nose at Japanese zoo

Pregnant Asian elephant Asha stretches her nose toward another elephant after arriving in the Ichihara Elephant Kingdom in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, southeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 21, 2015. The 38-year-old elephant is due to give birth there in the fall of 2016 in the zoo, where she once stayed for five months in 1998, to become the oldest Asian elephant to bear a child. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Children in western Indian city

Children smile in the western Indian city of Porbandar on Oct. 21, 2016. Children in South Asian countries face great risk of kidnapping and human trafficking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Handmade haunted house in Kyoto

Stuart Galbraith, an American researcher on Japanese movie history, sits in a 200-year-old private residence in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto on Oct. 21, 2016. Galbraith has renovated the building into a handmade haunted house aiming to spread the celebration of Halloween. The house will open to the public for three days from Oct. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Handmade haunted house in Kyoto

Stuart Galbraith, an American researcher on Japanese movie history, sits in a 200-year-old private residence in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto on Oct. 21, 2016. Galbraith has renovated the building into a handmade haunted house aiming to spread the celebration of Halloween. The house will open to the public for three days from Oct. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea's U-17 soccer team returns home after World Cup victory

Players of North Korea's Under-17 women's soccer team wave to the crowd as they parade by car in Pyongyang on Oct. 25, 2016, after returning from the U-17 Women's World Cup in Amman. North Korea beat Japan in the final with penalty kicks on Oct. 21. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea's U-17 soccer team returns home after World Cup victory

Players and officials of North Korea's Under-17 women's soccer team pose for photos at Pyongyang international airport on Oct. 25, 2016, after returning from the U-17 Women's World Cup in Amman. North Korea beat Japan in the final with penalty kicks on Oct. 21. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure Skating: Wagner top after SP at Skate America

Ashley Wagner of the United States performs during her short program at Skate America, the first event of the six-leg Grand Prix series, in Chicago, on Oct. 21, 2016. World silver medalist Wagner came top. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure Skating: Japan's Mihara 2nd after SP at Skate America

Japan's Mai Mihara performs during her short program at Skate America, the first event of the six-leg Grand Prix series, in Chicago, on Oct. 21, 2016. Mihara placed second behind American Ashley Wagner. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure Skating: Asada 5th after SP at Skate America

Japan's Mao Asada performs during her short program at Skate America, the first event of the six-leg Grand Prix series, in Chicago, on Oct. 21, 2016. Three-time world champion Asada placed fifth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure Skating: Japan's Murakami 10th after SP at Skate America

Japan's Kanako Murakami performs during her short program at Skate America, the first event of the six-leg Grand Prix series, in Chicago, on Oct. 21, 2016. Murakami placed 10th. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lake Chuzenji peninsula in Nikko ablaze with autumn leaves

A sightseeing boat cruises near a boot-like peninsula full of autumn leaves on Lake Chuzenji in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, as shown in this photo taken on Oct. 21, 2016 from a Kyodo News helicopter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe seeks improvement of Japan's statistics to enhance credibility

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) speaks in a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. Abe called for an enhancement of the country's gross domestic product and other economic statistics, ordering the minister concerned to decide on specific methods of improvement by the end of the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense Minister Inada meets U.S. commander

Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (L) holds talks with Lt. Gen. Jerry Martinez, commander of U.S. forces in Japan, in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. The two sides reaffirmed their readiness to work together to relocate a U.S. air base within the island prefecture of Okinawa and return part of a U.S. military training area in Okinawa to Japanese control. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M6.6 quake hits western Japan

Broken wine bottles are scattered on the floor of a shop in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, in western Japan after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck the area on Oct. 21, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M6.6 quake hits western Japan

Children lie down at a shelter in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, in western Japan after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck the area on Oct. 21, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: WADA chief Reedie says 2nd McLaren report due out mid-Nov.

World Anti-Doping Agency President Craig Reedie attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. At the World Forum on Sport and Culture the same day, Reedie said the second report based on the investigation by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren will likely be out in mid-November, just before the agency's board meetings on Nov. 19-20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor meets with IOC head Bach

Emperor Akihito (C) shakes hands with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach while Empress Michiko looks on at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor meets with Paralympics body chief

Emperor Akihito (3rd from L) talks with International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven while Empress Michiko (2nd from R) talks with his wife Jocelyne at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor meets with Paralympics body chief

Emperor Akihito (far L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) meet with International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven and his wife Jocelyne at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M6.6 quake hits western Japan, no major damage reported

A plaster wall of a storehouse is damaged in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, in western Japan after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck the area on Oct. 21, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M6.6 quake hits western Japan

Headstones are strewn across a graveyard in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, in western Japan after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck the area on Oct. 21, 2016. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M6.6 quake hits western Japan

Students sit on the ground after evacuating from a school building in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, in western Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 on Oct. 21, 2016. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M6.6 quake hits western Japan

Roof tiles have fallen from a house in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, in western Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6, on Oct. 21, 2016. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski resort at foot of Mt. Fuji opens

People dressed in Halloween costumes snowboard down a slope at Snowtown Yeti, a ski resort at the second station of Mt. Fuji, on Oct. 21, 2016, the first day of its operation for this season. Its operator said it has remained the first outdoor ski resort in Japan to start operation for the 18th straight year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to open doors for foreign trainees to assume care jobs

The House of Representatives judicial affairs committee approves bills in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016, to enable foreign trainees to take nursing care jobs in Japan, paving the way for their enactment in the current Diet session as the rapidly graying country will face a serious shortage of personnel in the industry in coming years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Koike wants Tokyo 2020 to help revitalize quake-hit regions

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks at the World Forum on Sport and Culture in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. Koike voiced hope that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics can play a role in revitalizing the areas in northeastern Japan ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-education minister Kenji Kosaka dies at 70

Undated photo shows Kenji Kosaka, a former Japanese upper house lawmaker, who as education minister worked on the issue of damaged murals at a famed tumulus in Nara Prefecture. Kosaka died of cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 21, 2016 at the age of 70, the House of Councillors secretariat said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Koike wants Tokyo 2020 to help revitalize quake-hit regions

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks at the World Forum on Sport and Culture in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. Koike voiced hope that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics can play a role in revitalizing the areas in northeastern Japan ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TPP session at Japan's lower house

Lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic Party and the Japanese Communist Party leave in protest before witnesses are questioned in a session of the House of Representatives special committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"The Michelin Guide Kyoto Osaka 2017" to go on sale

Paul Perriniaux, president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., poses with "The Michelin Guide Kyoto Osaka 2017" during a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 18, 2016. The guide, which will go on sale on Oct. 21, features information on the region's 10 restaurants with three stars, 45 with two stars and 132 with one star. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan vs Iraq in World Cup Asian qualifier

Ahmed Yaseen of Iraq (9) and Gotoku Sakai of Japan (21) compete for the ball during the first half of the World Cup Asian qualifier match at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Oct. 6, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamaguchi gets 2nd straight Super Series win at Denmark Open

Japan's Akane Yamaguchi competes in women's badminton singles at the Denmark Open in Odense, Denmark, on Oct. 23, 2016. Yamaguchi won her second straight Super Series badminton tournament after coming from behind to beat Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan 19-21, 21-14, 21-12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools open after M6.6 quake in Tottori Pref.

Elementary school students attend a class on Oct. 24, 2016, in the western Japan city of Kurayoshi, as the school opened as normal following a magnitude-6.6 earthquake on Oct. 21. Some high schools held no classes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Schools open after M6.6 quake in Tottori Pref.

Elementary school students attend a class on Oct. 24, 2016, in the western Japan city of Kurayoshi, as the school opened as normal following a magnitude-6.6 earthquake on Oct. 21. Some high schools held no classes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Canada sports minister says Tokyo Games can improve lives

Carla Qualtrough, Canada's minister of sport and persons with disabilities, gives an interview at a hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2016. Qualtrough said that sports has the power to change the world, and Tokyo should use its role as host city of the 2020 Paralympic Games to spark social change. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Irohazaka winding road area in Nikko ablaze with autumn leaves

An area around Irohazawa, a famous winding road in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, is ablaze with autumn leaves as shown in this photo taken on Oct. 21, 2016 from a Kyodo News helicopter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M6.6 quake hits western Japan

A man collects broken wine bottles from the floor of a shop in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, in western Japan after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck the area on Oct. 21, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Matsuyama moves into tie for 3rd at CIMB Classic

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama smiles after completing the second round of the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 21, 2016. Matsuyama shot an 8-under 64 and moved into a share of third, three strokes behind American leader and last year's winner Justin Thomas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo