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Cambodia bids final farewell to Sihanouk

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A special vehicle carrying the ashes of former Cambodian King Sihanouk proceeds in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on July 11, 2014, as Cambodia holds a grand Buddhist ceremony to bid a final farewell to Sihanouk, who died on Oct. 15, 2012, at the age of 89.

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Land mines in Bosnia and Herzegovina

BRCKO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - A worker holding a detector searches for land mines on farmland in the suburbs of Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Oct. 15, 2012. An estimated 200,000 land mines remain buried in the country 17 years after the end of a civil war.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - A surveyor (C front) interviews a local resident at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - Curious neighborhood children gather as a surveyor (C bottom) interviews a local resident (top R) at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - A surveyor (R) interviews a local resident at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - Curious neighborhood children gather as a surveyor (bottom) interviews a local resident at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Researcher Moriguchi returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Researcher Hisashi Moriguchi (C) meets the press at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 15, 2012, after returning to Japan from the United States. The same day, the Japanese government and universities began looking into research projects involving Moriguchi, who falsely claimed he had implemented the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology.

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Softbank to pay $20 bil. to acquire 70% of Sprint Nextel

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son attends a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012. Softbank said the same day it will pay $20.1 billion to acquire a 70 percent stake in major U.S. cellular phone company Sprint Nextel Corp. in what will be one of the largest overseas acquisitions by a Japanese firm and creates the world's third-largest cellphone carrier by sales.

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Japanese, French business group heads

PARIS, France - Laurence Parisot (R), head of the French confederation of business enterprises, and Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, shake hands in Paris on Oct. 15, 2012. The business leaders discussed energy issues.

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JAL business focused on Asia

NEW DELHI, India - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on the outskirts of New Delhi on Oct. 15, 2012. Ueki said he aims to expand the recently relisted carrier's Asian business by increasing flight services connecting Japan with emerging countries such as India.

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Softbank to pay $20 bil. to acquire 70% of Sprint Nextel

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son (L) shakes hands with Sprint Nextel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012. Softbank said the same day it will pay $20.1 billion to acquire a 70 percent stake in major U.S. cellular phone company Sprint Nextel in what will be one of the largest overseas acquisitions by a Japanese firm and creates the world's third-largest cellphone carrier by sales.

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Researcher Moriguchi returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Researcher Hisashi Moriguchi (C) is surrounded by police and journalists at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Oct. 15, 2012, after arriving on a flight from the United States. The same day, the Japanese government and universities began looking into research projects involving Moriguchi, who falsely claimed he had implemented the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology.

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Softbank to pay $20 bil. to acquire 70% of Sprint Nextel

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son (L) and Sprint Nextel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse attend a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012. Softbank said the same day it will pay $20.1 billion to acquire a 70 percent stake in major U.S. cellular phone company Sprint Nextel in what will be one of the largest overseas acquisitions by a Japanese firm and creates the world's third-largest cellphone carrier by sales.

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Softbank to pay $20 bil. to acquire 70% of Sprint Nextel

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son (R) and Sprint Nextel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse attend a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012. Softbank said the same day it will pay $20.1 billion to acquire a 70 percent stake in major U.S. cellular phone company Sprint Nextel in what will be one of the largest overseas acquisitions by a Japanese firm and creates the world's third-largest cellphone carrier by sales.

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Researcher Moriguchi returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Researcher Hisashi Moriguchi meets the press at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Oct. 15, 2012, after arriving from the United States. The same day, the Japanese government and universities began looking into research projects involving Moriguchi, who falsely claimed he had implemented the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology.

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Researcher Moriguchi returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Researcher Hisashi Moriguchi (C) is surrounded by police and journalists at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Oct. 15, 2012, after arriving on a flight from the United States. The same day, the Japanese government and universities began looking into research projects involving Moriguchi, who falsely claimed he had implemented the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology.

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Qatar to continue LNG supply to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (L), chief of Qatar's Administrative Control and Transparency Authority, and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano shake hands after signing a joint statement at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012. Qatar promised to continue supplying Japan with liquefied natural gas during a ministerial meeting but it did not specifically respond to Tokyo's request to lower LNG costs, Japanese officials said.

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Researcher Moriguchi returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Researcher Hisashi Moriguchi arrives at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Oct. 15, 2012, from the United States. The same day, the Japanese government and universities began looking into research projects involving Moriguchi, who falsely claimed he had implemented the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology.

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Researcher Moriguchi returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Researcher Hisashi Moriguchi (C) is surrounded by police and journalists at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Oct. 15, 2012, after arriving on a flight from the United States. The same day, the Japanese government and universities began looking into research projects involving Moriguchi, who falsely claimed he had implemented the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology.

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Researcher Moriguchi returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Researcher Hisashi Moriguchi meets the press at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Oct. 15, 2012, after arriving from the United States. The same day, the Japanese government and universities began looking into research projects involving Moriguchi, who falsely claimed he had implemented the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology.

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Researcher Moriguchi returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Researcher Hisashi Moriguchi meets the press at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Oct. 15, 2012, after arriving from the United States. The same day, the Japanese government and universities began looking into research projects involving Moriguchi, who falsely claimed he had implemented the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology.

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African Development Bank opens Asian office in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Donald Kaberuka, president of the African Development Bank, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012, the day the bank opened an office in Tokyo, its first outside Africa.

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ANA resumes Myanmar flights

NARITA, Japan - The first Myanmar-bound flight takes off from Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012, as All Nippon Airways Co. resumed direct flights between Japan and Myanmar after 12 years, amid an increase in the number of business travelers to the Southeast Asian country.

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ANA resumes Myanmar flights

NARITA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012, as All Nippon Airways Co. resumed direct flights between Japan and Myanmar after 12 years amid an increase in the number of business travelers to the Southeast Asian country.

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ANA resumes Myanmar flights

NARITA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012, as All Nippon Airways Co. resumed direct flights between Japan and Myanmar after 12 years amid an increase in the number of business travelers to the Southeast Asian country.

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Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk passes away

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 1991 shows Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia being greeted at an airport after returning to Cambodia after 13 years in exile. The former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk passed away in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2012. He was 89.

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Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk passes away

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 1990 shows Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia (C left) shaking hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during the Tokyo peace talks at the Akasaka Palace state guesthouse in Tokyo. The former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk passed away in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2012. He was 89.

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Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk passes away

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2011 shows former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk delivering a speech in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. He passed away in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2012. He was 89.

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Qatar-aided fishery facility completed in Miyagi

ONAGAWA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 13, 2012, shows a fishery processing facility built with Qatari aid in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, a town devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A ceremony was held the same day to mark the completion of the facility, which will commence operation on Oct. 15, 2012.

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Qatar-aided fishery facility completed in Miyagi

ONAGAWA, Japan - A ceremony is held Oct. 13, 2012, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture to mark the completion of a fishery processing facility built with Qatari aid. The facility in the town devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami will commence operation on Oct. 15, 2012.

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Japanese abductees before 10th anniv. of return home

NIIGATA, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko, two of the five Japanese abductees repatriated to Japan from North Korea on Oct. 15, 2002, hold a press conference in the city hall of Kashiwazaki on the Sea of Japan coast in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012, ahead of the 10th anniversary of their return home.

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Sitting tests posed by New Era 1

STORY: Sitting tests posed by New Era 1 DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:15:44 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Seeking Happiness for the Chinese People STORYLINE: Nov. 15, 2012 Xi Jinping leads the other newly-elected members of the Standing Committee of the 18th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau to meet the press In November 2012, the Communist Party of China (CPC) ushered in a new chapter in its history. At this historic moment, Xi Jinping made a solemn commitment. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XI JINPING "Our responsibility now is to rally and lead the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups in China in taking over the relay baton passed on to us by history, and in making continued efforts to achieve the great renewal of the Chinese nation, make the Chinese nation stand rock-firm in the family of nations, and make even greater contribution to mankind." Since the 18th CPC National Congress, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. "We are like examinees s