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Baseball: Swallows' Barnette

TOKYO, Japan, April 30 Kyodo - Yakult Swallows catcher Yuhei Nakamura (back) throws his arms around pitcher Tony Barnette as their team beat the Yomiuri Giants at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2015, to advance to the Japan Series for the first time in 14 years. (Kyodo)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU PORT (CN)

(231128) -- QINZHOU, Nov. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial combo photo shows the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Oct. 23, 2015 (above) and on Sept. 13, 2022. Started as a small fishing village in 1992, the Qinzhou Port of south China's Guangxi has been constructed into a modern international pivotal hub along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor after 30 years of development. An automated container terminal for sea-rail intermodal services has been constructed in Qinzhou Port, along with the industrial cluster thriving at the Qinzhou Port section of China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-EJINA BANNER-DESERT-PLANTER (CN)

(231030) -- EJINA BANNER, Oct. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Su He plants a Haloxylon seedling in the desert in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 30, 2015. Su He, dubbed a "role model of the times," was a retired cadre living near the Heicheng relic site, a well preserved ancient city on the Silk Road, in Ejina Banner. Su and her wife Delg planted a Haloxylon forest covering 3,500 mu (about 233.33 hectares) from 2004 to 2021, which still serves as an ecological shield against sandstorms to the Heicheng relic site. Delg and their son stayed to take care of and expand the Haloxylon forest after Su's passing in 2021. Bungalows built by Su and Delg when they initially took root in the desert in 2004 still stand there, but are now flanked by trees. The Su family chose to keep composing an ode to life and green in this rarely visited area of desert. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-SINGAPORE-COOPERATION (CN)

(231012) -- BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 30, 2021 shows the Jiefangbei business district (upper) and Shibati scenic area in southwest China's Chongqing. The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity was launched in 2015. It is the third such cooperation initiative between China and Singapore. Through the cooperation project, exchanges between Chongqing and Singapore in the business, leisure tourism and culture sectors have been deepened in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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Ropeway services in Hakone fully resumed

TOKYO, Japan, July 26 Kyodo - Tourists look at Owakudani, a major scenic spot with views of active craters in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, from a ropeway gondola operated by Hakone Ropeway Co., on July 26, 2016. The company restarted full operations of the ropeway line between Togendai Station and Sounzan Station. The company partially resumed services on Oct. 30, 2015 after they were halted due to volcanic eruptions in May.

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Japan Pavilion visitors enjoy Gunma food and drink

MILAN, Italy, Oct. 30 Kyodo - Visitors to the Japan Pavilion at the food-themed world exposition in Milan enjoy foods and sake from Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Oct. 29, 2015. The donated foods included beef and Gunma's specialty konjac.

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Japan Post starts selling New Year's cards

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Co. President Toru Takahashi (C), flanked by actress Haru (L) and comedian Yu Sawabe, poses for photos with Japanese New Year's cards for the year of 2015, in Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014, during a ceremony to commemorate the first day of their nationwide sale. The postcards, which Japanese traditionally send to friends and relatives on New Year's Day, will be on sale until Jan. 9, and 3.42 billion of them are expected to be issued.

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Ebola-related economic loss could top $30 bil.: World Bank

WASHINGTON, United States - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim attends a press conference in Washington, the United States, on Oct. 9, 2014. He said the bank estimated the economic loss related to the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa could top $30 billion by the end of 2015.

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2015 New Year's greeting card to be sold from Oct. 30

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a New Year's card for 2015 with a Hello Kitty motif (R) in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. A smartphone user can combine the design with his or her own photo with the aid of a special application program. Japan Post Co. said it will start selling the card from Oct. 30.

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Japan Tobacco to undertake drastic restructuring

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Tobacco Co. Vice President Akira Saeki speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2013, as the company said it will close four of its nine cigarette manufacturing-related factories in Japan and a vending machine production base, most of them in March 2015, and cut 1,600 jobs, or about 20 percent of the employees in its tobacco business, due to falling sales.

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Crown Princess Masako might attend imperial garden party for 1st time 12 years

File photo taken Oct. 30, 2003, shows Crown Princess Masako at an autumnal imperial garden party in Tokyo. The Imperial Household Agency said Nov. 6, 2015, that the 51-year-old princess, who has been receiving treatment for a stress-induced illness since December 2003, might attend the beginning of a garden party to be held Nov. 12, marking her first attendance in 12 years in the party held twice a year, depending on her condition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hasebe contributes to halting Bayern's 10-game perfect run

Frankfurt's Makoto Hasebe (R) chases the ball ahead of Bayern's Douglas Costa during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich in Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hasebe contributes to halting Bayern's 10-game perfect run

Frankfurt's Makoto Hasebe (R) keeps the ball away from Bayern's Kingsley Coman during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich in Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gymnastics: Uchimura wins record 6th straight all-around world title

Composite photo shows the sequence of body positions in the "Li Xiaopeng hop" demonstrated by Japan's Kohei Uchimura during his vault performance in the men's individual all-around final at the World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo celebrates Halloween eve

People wearing costumes have fun on the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, on the night of Oct. 30, 2015, on Halloween eve. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Pavilion awarded best exhibition prize at Milan expo

Tatsuya Kato, commissioner general of the Japan Pavilion at Expo Milan 2015, receives the gold prize for best exhibition from the International Exhibitions Bureau, in the Italian city on Oct. 30, 2015, on the eve of the six-month-long event's final day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gymnastics: Uchimura wins record 6th straight all-around world title

Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs on the horizontal bar apparatus in the men's individual all-around final at the World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gymnastics: Uchimura wins record 6th straight all-around world title

Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs the floor exercise in the men's individual all-around final at the World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo celebrates Halloween eve

People wearing costumes have fun on the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, on the night of Oct. 30, 2015, on Halloween eve. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gymnastics: Uchimura wins record 6th straight all-around world title

Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs the vault apparatus in the men's individual all-around final at the World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gymnastics: Uchimura wins record 6th straight all-around world title

Kohei Uchimura (C) of Japan, Manrique Larduet (R) of Cuba and Deng Shudi of China hold their gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, after the men's individual all-around final at the World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gymnastics: Uchimura wins record 6th straight all-around world title

Japan's Kohei Uchimura holds his gold medal after winning a sixth consecutive individual all-around title at the World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow on Oct. 30, 2015. Uchimura posed next to photo panels of past champions on display at the SSE Hydro arena. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gymnastics: Uchimura wins record 6th straight all-around world title

Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs his parallel bar routine in the men's individual all-around final at the World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gymnastics: Uchimura wins record 6th straight all-around world title

Japan's Kohei Uchimura lands after performing his parallel bar routine in the men's individual all-around final at the World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st hotel built with cross laminated timber

Photo taken Oct. 30, 2015, shows the inside of a hotel being built at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The hotel, scheduled to open in March 2016, will be Japan's first hotel built with cross laminated timber, an engineered wood product developed in Europe featuring steel-like strength. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker Nikai, former Chinese State Councilor Tang

Toshihiro Nikai (L), a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: "Embrace change" says outgoing Japan coach Jones

Eddie Jones, the outgoing head coach of Japan's national rugby team, ends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2015. Jones will retire from his post Nov. 1 to become the coach of Super Rugby side the Stormers of South Africa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gymnastics: Uchimura wins record 6th straight all-around world title

Japan's Kohei Uchimura poses for a photo after winning a sixth consecutive individual all-around title at the World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker Nikai, former Chinese State Councilor Tang

Toshihiro Nikai (L), a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea agree to boost cooperation in LNG imports

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Motoo Hayashi (L) shakes hands with South Korean Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Yoon Sang Jick in Seoul on Oct. 30, 2015. The two trade ministers agreed during their talks to advance cooperation in the field of liquefied natural gas, according to South Korean officials. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st hotel built with cross laminated timber

Huis Ten Bosch Co., the operator of a popular namesake theme park in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a hotel under construction to the press on Oct. 30, 2015. The hotel, scheduled to open in March 2016, will be Japan's first hotel built with cross laminated timber, an engineered wood product developed in Europe featuring steel-like strength. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp logs 83.6 bil. yen group net loss for 1st half of FY 2015

Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2015. The company reported the same day a group net loss of 83.61 billion yen ($700 million) for the first half of fiscal 2015, taking a hit from slumping sales of its smartphone displays in China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Publisher paid school principals to check textbook under screening

Katsuhiko Kitaguchi, president of Japanese publisher Sanseido Co., meets the press at the education ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2015. Sanseido paid public junior high school principals in 2014 to get their feedback on its English textbook being screened by the government, despite screening rules prohibiting outsiders' access, education ministry officials said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker Nikai, former Chinese State Councilor Tang

Toshihiro Nikai (L), a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, chats with former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, who heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: "Embrace change" says outgoing Japan coach Jones

Eddie Jones, the outgoing head coach of Japan's national rugby team, attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2015, ahead of his retirement on Nov. 1. Jones said the team he built over the past four years has all the ingredients to capitalize on its recent Rugby World Cup success, but without a power realignment, particularly in the university system, Japanese rugby may waste its opportunity to evolve. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Extremely premature infant undergoes heart surgery

Shunji Sano (R), professor at the Okayama University Hospital, attends a press conference on Oct. 30, 2015, in the western Japan city of Okayama, announcing that the hospital had conducted successful heart operations on a baby born extremely prematurely in March with Tetralogy of Fallot, a severe congenital heart disease. The girl will soon be discharged. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: "Embrace change" says outgoing Japan coach Jones

Eddie Jones, the outgoing head coach of Japan's national rugby team, attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2015, ahead of his retirement on Nov. 1. Jones said the team he built over the past four years has all the ingredients to capitalize on its recent Rugby World Cup success, but without a power realignment, particularly in the university system, Japanese rugby may waste its opportunity to evolve. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ again delays timing of reaching 2% inflation goal

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2015. The BOJ delayed the timing of achieving its 2 percent inflation target, maintaining the current monetary policy in the belief that the trend in inflation remains on course despite a slowdown in China and other emerging economies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ again delays timing of reaching 2% inflation goal

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2015. The BOJ again delayed the timing of achieving its 2 percent inflation target, maintaining the current monetary policy in the belief that the trend in inflation remains on course despite a slowdown in China and other emerging economies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China, S. Korea to seek "early conclusion" of 3-way FTA talks

(From L) Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Motoo Hayashi; South Korean Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Yoon Sang Jick; and China International Trade Representative Zhong Shan shake hands when they gather in Seoul on Oct. 30, 2015, for a meeting. The trade chiefs from Japan, China and South Korea agreed in the meeting to seek an "early conclusion" of negotiations for a free trade agreement involving the three major Asian economies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suga visits Guam for talks with U.S. commander

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (far L) talks with Lt. Gen. John Toolan (2nd from R), commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, in Guam on Oct. 30, 2015. Suga highlighted the bilateral agreement to move some of the U.S. Marines in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa to Guam and elsewhere as a way to ease the burden on the island prefecture, at a time when the plan to relocate a key U.S. base within Okinawa faces local opposition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gamba, Kashima on eve of Nabisco Cup final

(From L to R) Kashima Antlers manager Masatada Ishii, midfielder Gaku Shibasaki, Gamba Osaka midfielder Yasuhito Endo and manager Kenta Hasegawa pose for a photo during a press conference at Saitama Stadium 2002 on Oct. 30, 2015, on the eve of the Nabisco Cup soccer final between the two J-League teams. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior Japan, China officials meet before trilateral summit

Toshihiro Nikai (far L), chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's General Council, meets with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (far R) in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2015. The two officials agreed on the importance of improving ties between Japan and China. The two nations and South Korea will hold their first trilateral summit talks in three and a half years in Seoul on Nov. 1. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Clearance sale in Fukuoka after Hawks' Japan Series win

Shoppers crowd a department store in Fukuoka, Japan, on Oct. 30, 2015, the day after the Fukuoka-based SoftBank Hawks won their second consecutive Japan Series baseball championship. Many local department stores and supermarkets began their clearance sales to celebrate the Hawks' victory (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Autumn opening of Kyoto Imperial Palace starts

Tourists visit the Kyoto Imperial Palace in the ancient Japanese capital Kyoto on Oct. 30, 2015, when it opened for autumn visiting. The facility is opened to the public through Nov. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Autumn opening of Kyoto Imperial Palace starts

Tourists visit the Kyoto Imperial Palace in the ancient Japanese capital Kyoto on Oct. 30, 2015, when it opened for autumn visiting. The facility is opened to the public through Nov. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Extremely premature infant undergoes heart surgery

A mother holds her daughter on Oct. 30, 2015, at the Okayama University Hospital in the western Japan city of Okayama. The baby was born in March extremely prematurely with Tetralogy of Fallot, a severe congenital heart disease. The hospital said on the same day it conducted successful heart operations on the baby, who will soon be discharged. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Embattled stem cell researcher to be stripped of doctorate

Photo shows Haruko Obokata, a former researcher at the heart of a data fabrication scandal surrounding what was initially seen as a groundbreaking stem cell discovery. It was reported on Oct. 30, 2015, that Waseda University is set to revoke the doctoral degree of the former Riken researcher, as she failed to correct her 2011 thesis within a one-year deadline given to her in October 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Balloon Fiesta starts in Saga

Hot-air balloons fly above the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Oct. 30, 2015, as the Saga International Balloon Fiesta begins. The event runs through Nov. 3, with 127 balloons from 20 countries and regions participating. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Autumn opening of Kyoto Imperial Palace starts

Tourists visit the Kyoto Imperial Palace in the ancient Japanese capital Kyoto on Oct. 30, 2015, when it opened for autumn visiting. The facility is opened to the public through Nov. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo