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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis celebrates marriage for 20 couples during a nuptial Mass in St. Peter's Basilica , Vatican on Sept. 14, 2014, including some who already have kids , a sin under Catholic Church teaching. The ages of the newlyweds range from 25 to 56, and among them there are those who are already living together, those who already have children, those who met in church. It is quite rare for a pope to celebrate public weddings. John Paul II did it twice, in 1994 and 2000, while Benedict XVI never officiated the sacrament during his papacy. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL TOURISM-STARGAZING RESORT (CN)

(230620) -- QUZHOU, June 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Sept. 20, 2014 shows the starry night sky in Zhenzikeng Village of Kaihua County, Quzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: "Dark sky" industry delivers bright future for village" (Xinhua)

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400 say goodbye to ex-lower house speaker Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama makes a speech under a picture of Takako Doi, a former speaker of Japan's House of Representatives and former chief of the Social Democratic Party, at a memorial ceremony for her in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014. Around 400 said goodbye to Doi, who died of pneumonia on Sept. 20 at 85.

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Ex-PM Murayama attends farewell service of Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama attends a farewell service for Takako Doi, a former House of Representatives speaker and former chief of the Social Democratic Party, at the Parliamentary Museum in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014. Doi died on Sept. 20 at 85.

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400 say goodbye to ex-lower house speaker Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Attendees at a memorial ceremony for Takako Doi, a former speaker of Japan's House of Representatives and former chief of the Social Democratic Party, make a line to offer flowers to her picture in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014. Around 400 said goodbye to Doi, who died of pneumonia on Sept. 20 at 85.

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Man reads pen pal's letter from Russian-held island

KUSHIRO, Japan - Tadaaki Iwasaki, a former resident of Etorofu, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, northern Japan, reads a letter in this file photo taken on Sept. 20, 2014, from his Russian pen pal Galina Burisovna Danilinichuk whom he met around 10 years earlier during her visa-free visit to Sapporo. She attends the Iwasaki family's grave on the island.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi bows her head at the end of a press conference at her ministry on Oct. 20, 2014, after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Japan's justice minister Matsushima to resign

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Sept. 3, 2014, shows industry minister Yuko Obuchi (L) and Justice Minister Midori Matsushima heading to the Imperial Palace for the attestation ceremony following the Cabinet reshuffle of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Obuchi stepped down on Oct. 20, while it was reported that Matsushima has also decided to resign over her distribution of free paper fans to voters in her district in possible election law violation.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi leaves her ministry on Oct. 20, 2014, as she steps down from her post over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi leaves her ministry on Oct. 20, 2014, as she steps down from her post over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi attends a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi holds up a document at a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi holds up a document at a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Sept. 3, 2014, shows Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi (L on the front row) posing for a commemorative photo after assuming her post in a Cabinet reshuffle. She submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. 20 over a political funds scandal.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi bows her head at a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi bows her head at a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Sept. 7, 2014, shows Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi giving an address at the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shortly after assuming her post. She submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. 20 over political funds scandal.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi attends a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, after submitting her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a political funds scandal. Obuchi, daughter of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and a fifth-term House of Representatives member, joined the Abe government in the Sept. 3 Cabinet reshuffle.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, to submit her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a political funds scandal. Obuchi, daughter of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and a fifth-term House of Representatives member, joined the Abe government in the Sept. 3 Cabinet reshuffle.

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Ex-vice finance minister discusses G-20, other topics

TOKYO, Japan - Takatoshi Kato, president of the Japan Center for International Finance and former vice finance minister for international affairs, speaks to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014, before a meeting of finance chiefs and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies and an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington.

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Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - An Indonesian woman, who only goes by the name Miyem, says on Sept. 20, 2014, on the outskirts of Yogyakarta on Java Island, Indonesia, that she was abducted by Japanese soldiers during World War II and was forced to have sex day and night.

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Toray unveils device shortening time for diagnosis

TOKYO, Japan - Toray Industries Inc. announces in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014, the development of a prototype medical device designed to diagnose a gravely ill patient's condition in approximately 20 minutes by measuring the amount of specific protein content. The date for the release of the device is scheduled after October 2015.

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Jeter ends major leagues career

BOSTON, United States - Fans cheer New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter (2) before the last game of his career against the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park in Boston on Sept. 28, 2014. Jeter, 40, played 20 seasons in major league baseball, all with the Yankees.

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Jeter ends major leagues career

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter (far L) celebrates with teammates their team's 9-5 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Sept. 28, 2014. It was the last game for Jeter, 40, who retired after playing 20 seasons in major league baseball, all with the Yankees.

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Jeter ends major leagues career

BOSTON, United States - A fan spreads a banner to support New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter before the last game of his career against the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park in Boston on Sept. 28, 2014. Jeter, 40, played 20 seasons in major league baseball, all with the Yankees.

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Champions Japan concede late penalty, KO'd by S. Korea

INCHEON, South Korea - South Korean defender Jang Hyun Soo (20) and his teammates celebrate after he scores from the penalty spot during the second half of a men's soccer quarterfinal match against Japan at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 28, 2014. South Korea won 1-0.

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Photos from Mt. Ontake eruption

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters and members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force carry an injured climber on Mt. Ontake on Sept. 20, 2014, after the 3,067-meter volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan erupted before noon the previous day.

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Photos from Mt. Ontake eruption

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters and members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force carry an injured climber on Mt. Ontake on Sept. 20, 2014, after the 3,067-meter volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan erupted before noon the previous day.

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Former lower house speaker Doi dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 1993 shows Takako Doi (R) taking the chair after being elected speaker of Japan's House of Representatives. Doi, who also led the Japan Socialist Party, the predecessor of the Social Democratic Party, from 1986 to 1991, died of pneumonia on Sept. 20, 2014. She was 85.

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Former lower house speaker Doi dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2003 shows Takako Doi, former House of Representatives speaker and leader of the Japan Socialist Party, the predecessor of the Social Democratic Party. Doi died of pneumonia on Sept. 20, 2014. She was 85. Doi was the first female speaker of the lower house from 1993 to 1996.

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Cosmetic surgery booming in land of smiles

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai female customers wait for their turns at a cosmetic surgery clinic in Bangkok on Sept. 20, 2014. Cosmetic surgery for minor changes is gaining popularity in Thailand due to solid economic growth and the influence of South Korean movie stars.

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Kamoto wins men's individual all-around gymnastics

INCHEON, South Korea - Yuya Kamoto of Japan performs on the horizontal bar in the men's individual all-around gymnastics at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2014. With a top score of 87.950 points, the 20-year-old Kamoto became the first Japanese man to win gold in the event since the 1974 Tehran Games.

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Kamoto wins men's individual all-around gymnastics

INCHEON, South Korea - Yuya Kamoto of Japan performs the floor exercise in the men's individual all-around gymnastics at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2014. With a top score of 87.950 points, the 20-year-old Kamoto became the first Japanese man to win gold in the event since the 1974 Tehran Games.

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Kamoto wins men's individual all-around gymnastics

INCHEON, South Korea - Yuya Kamoto of Japan performs on the parallel bars in the men's individual all-around gymnastics at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2014. With a top score of 87.950 points, the 20-year-old Kamoto became the first Japanese man to win gold in the event since the 1974 Tehran Games.

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Kamoto wins men's individual all-around gymnastics

INCHEON, South Korea - Yuya Kamoto of Japan performs on the rings in the men's individual all-around gymnastics at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2014. With a top score of 87.950 points, the 20-year-old Kamoto became the first Japanese man to win gold in the event since the 1974 Tehran Games.

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Honda in action during Milan's losing game with Juventus

MILAN, Italy - Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda (L) of AC Milan jumps for the ball in a Serie A soccer match against Juventus at home on Sept. 20, 2014, en route to his team's 1-0 loss, their first defeat of the season.

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Japan to put economy back on recovery track despite tax hike: Aso

CAIRNS, Australia - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda hold a news conference in Cairns, Australia, on Sept. 21, 2014, after attending a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers.

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Parents, children haul Boeing 777 to mark 'Sky Day'

NARITA, Japan - Some 280 people, including elementary school children, haul a Boeing 777 at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 21, 2014, in a ceremony marking the Sept. 20 "Sky Day."

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Dortmund lose 2-0 to Mainz

MAINZ, Germany - Shinji Kagawa of Dortmund bears down on the Mainz goal in the second half of an away match in the German Bundesliga in Mainz on Sept. 20, 2014. Dortmund lost 2-0.

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G-20 mulls fiscal steps to underpin growth

CAIRNS, Australia - Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso meets with reporters on Sept. 20, 2014, in Cairns, Australia, where he attended the meeting of finance chiefs of the Group of 20 leading economies. They discussed whether they can launch fiscal measures to underpin the global economy amid increasing concerns over an economic slowdown.

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DiCaprio appointed U.N. climate change representative

NEW YORK, United State - Actor Leonardo Dicaprio (L) and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon shake hands during a ceremony at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 20, 2014. The Hollywood star was named United Nations Messenger of Peace on Climate Change.

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Mainz beat Dortmund in 'Shinji vs Shinji' match

MAINZ, Germany - Japan internationals Shinji Okazaki (L) of Mainz and Shinji Kagawa of Dortmund seen in the first half of a German Bundesliga match in which they lined up against each other on Sept. 20, 2014, in Mainz. Mainz won 2-0.

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Okazaki celebrates goal against Dortmund

MAINZ, Germany - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (L) of Mainz is congratulated by teammates after scoring a goal in the second half of a match against Dortmund in his 100th appearance in the German Bundesliga, helping the home side win 2-0 on Sept. 20, 2014, in Mainz.

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Sauries from Fukushima served to Hiroshima landslide victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - About 600 sauries donated by a grocery store in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are grilled with salt and served to victims of last month's deadly landslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima during a local autumnal festival on Sept. 20, 2014.

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Frankfurt's Hasebe advances with ball in Schalke game

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany - Japanese midfielder Makoto Hasebe of Eintracht Frankfurt advances with the ball in a German Bundesliga match against FC Schalke in Gelsenkirchen on Sept. 20, 2014. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Nakamura wins Japan's 1st gold medal at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Misato Nakamura (L) defeats Gulbadam Babamuratova of Turkmenistan in the women's 52 kg judo final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 20, 2014, to win Japan's first gold medal.

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Softbank's 'Pepper' robot for sale to corporate developers

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. unveils a "Pepper" humanoid robot in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2014, for sale to companies that plan to develop additional functions for the robot.

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Japan wins bronze medal in men's team sprint

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan cycling team wins the bronze medal in the men's team sprint on Sept. 20, 2014, at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

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Frontale's Renato attempts shot in FC Tokyo game

KAWASAKI, Japan - Brazilian midfielder Renato of Kawasaki Frontale (L) attempts a shot in the first half of a J-League match against FC Tokyo at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 20, 2014. The game ended in a scoreless draw.