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Japanese playwright Ryuta Horai

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2016, shows Japanese playwright and director Ryuta Horai in Tokyo.

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NIGERIA-ABUJA-KADUNA RAILWAY-IDU STATION

(230920) -- ABUJA, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 18, 2023 shows the Idu Railway Station in Abuja, Nigeria. The Abuja-Kaduna railway constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has safely transported nearly 6.57 million passengers since it started operation in 2016. With nine stations and a design speed of 150 km per hour, the rail line covers a distance of 186.5 km. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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NIGERIA-ABUJA-KADUNA RAILWAY-IDU STATION

(230920) -- ABUJA, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two passengers pose for photos inside a train carriage at the Idu Railway Station in Abuja, Nigeria, Sept. 18, 2023. The Abuja-Kaduna railway constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has safely transported nearly 6.57 million passengers since it started operation in 2016. With nine stations and a design speed of 150 km per hour, the rail line covers a distance of 186.5 km. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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NIGERIA-ABUJA-KADUNA RAILWAY-IDU STATION

(230920) -- ABUJA, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A driver prepares for departure at the Idu Railway Station in Abuja, Nigeria, Sept. 18, 2023. The Abuja-Kaduna railway constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has safely transported nearly 6.57 million passengers since it started operation in 2016. With nine stations and a design speed of 150 km per hour, the rail line covers a distance of 186.5 km. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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NIGERIA-ABUJA-KADUNA RAILWAY-IDU STATION

(230920) -- ABUJA, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Passengers prepare to board a train at the Idu Railway Station in Abuja, Nigeria, Sept. 18, 2023. The Abuja-Kaduna railway constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has safely transported nearly 6.57 million passengers since it started operation in 2016. With nine stations and a design speed of 150 km per hour, the rail line covers a distance of 186.5 km. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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NIGERIA-ABUJA-KADUNA RAILWAY-IDU STATION

(230920) -- ABUJA, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Passengers are pictured at the Idu Railway Station in Abuja, Nigeria, Sept. 18, 2023. The Abuja-Kaduna railway constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has safely transported nearly 6.57 million passengers since it started operation in 2016. With nine stations and a design speed of 150 km per hour, the rail line covers a distance of 186.5 km. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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NIGERIA-ABUJA-KADUNA RAILWAY-IDU STATION

(230920) -- ABUJA, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Passengers enter the Idu Railway Station in Abuja, Nigeria, Sept. 18, 2023. The Abuja-Kaduna railway constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has safely transported nearly 6.57 million passengers since it started operation in 2016. With nine stations and a design speed of 150 km per hour, the rail line covers a distance of 186.5 km. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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NIGERIA-ABUJA-KADUNA RAILWAY-IDU STATION

(230920) -- ABUJA, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A passenger purchases a ticket online in the ticketing hall at the Idu Railway Station in Abuja, Nigeria, Sept. 18, 2023. The Abuja-Kaduna railway constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has safely transported nearly 6.57 million passengers since it started operation in 2016. With nine stations and a design speed of 150 km per hour, the rail line covers a distance of 186.5 km. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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NIGERIA-ABUJA-KADUNA RAILWAY-IDU STATION

(230920) -- ABUJA, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Passengers are pictured at the Idu Railway Station in Abuja, Nigeria, Sept. 18, 2023. The Abuja-Kaduna railway constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has safely transported nearly 6.57 million passengers since it started operation in 2016. With nine stations and a design speed of 150 km per hour, the rail line covers a distance of 186.5 km. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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Japan moves step closer to scrapping trouble-prone Monju reactor

NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 21 Kyodo - Photo taken Sept. 21, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the reactor building of the Monju fast-breeder unit in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Tsuruga. The government decided that day to rethink its policy on the plutonium-burning reactor that has hardly operated over the past 20 years despite its intended key role in Japan's nuclear fuel recycling policy.

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Para-athletics competition in Japan

Athletes are pictured during the wheelchair men's 1,500 meters race at a track and field competition of athletes with physical disabilities in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 20, 2015. The competition drew many athletes looking to be selected to compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Para-athletics competition in Japan

A visually impaired athlete (L) works with his guide to determine the correct running direction during the men's high jump event at a track and field competition of athletes with physical disabilities in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 20, 2015. The competition drew many athletes looking to be selected to compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Para-athletics competition in Japan

Athletes' colorful prosthetic legs are pictured at the start line of the women's 100 meters event at a track and field competition of athletes with physical disabilities in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 20, 2015. The competition drew many athletes looking to be selected to compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Para-athletics competition in Japan

A visually impaired athlete takes a jump while listening to his guide's voice and claps during the men's high jump event at a track and field competition of athletes with physical disabilities in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 20, 2015. The competition drew many athletes looking to be selected to compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics and the 2020 Tokyo games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan "hospital" for stuffed toys bursting at seams

Photo taken Sept. 20, 2016, shows Pi-chan (C), a stuffed rabbit toy that was treated at Nuigurumi Byoin, an Osaka-based hospital for stuffed toys, sitting on a sofa at the reception of the hospital. The hospital prides itself on having the standards of a top-level medical facility -- high-quality care, skillful "doctors," reassuring nurses, and a friendly and sanitary environment -- but only treats stuffed toys. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan "hospital" for stuffed toys bursting at seams

Photo taken Sept. 20, 2016, in the western Japan city of Toyonaka shows the beds of Nuigurumi Byoin, an Osaka-based hospital for stuffed toys. The hospital prides itself on having the standards of a top-level medical facility -- high-quality care, skillful "doctors," reassuring nurses, and a friendly and sanitary environment -- but only treats stuffed toys. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan "hospital" for stuffed toys bursting at seams

Komichi Horiguchi, head of Nuigurumi Byoin, an Osaka-based hospital for stuffed toys in the western Japan city of Toyonaka, takes care of a stuffed toy patient on Sept. 20, 2016. The hospital prides itself on having the standards of a top-level medical facility -- high-quality care, skillful "doctors," reassuring nurses, and a friendly and sanitary environment -- but only treats stuffed toys. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan moves step closer to scrapping trouble-prone Monju reactor

Photo taken Sept. 21, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the reactor building of the Monju fast-breeder unit in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Tsuruga. The government decided that day to rethink its policy on the plutonium-burning reactor that has hardly operated over the past 20 years despite its intended key role in Japan's nuclear fuel recycling policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan moves step closer to scrapping trouble-prone Monju reactor

Photo taken Sept. 21, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the reactor building of the Monju fast-breeder unit in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Tsuruga. The government decided that day to rethink its policy on the plutonium-burning reactor that has hardly operated over the past 20 years despite its intended key role in Japan's nuclear fuel recycling policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese pop group SMAP on verge of breaking up: sources

Fans of Japanese male pop group SMAP attend the group's first overseas concert at Workers Stadium in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2011. SMAP is on the verge of breaking up after more than 20 years, sources at the band's agency said Jan. 13, 2016, in a move that would send shockwaves through the Japanese entertainment industry given the band's popularity at home and elsewhere in Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese pop group SMAP on verge of breaking up: sources

A large crowd of fans of Japanese male pop group SMAP attend the group's first overseas concert at Workers Stadium in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2011. SMAP is on the verge of breaking up after more than 20 years, sources at the band's agency said Jan. 13, 2016, in a move that would send shockwaves through the Japanese entertainment industry given the band's popularity at home and elsewhere in Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwakuma roughed up by Blue Jays

Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma pitches during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 20, 2016. The Blue Jays won 10-2 as Iwakuma lasted only 3-1/3 innings to mark his 12th defeat of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwakuma roughed up by Blue Jays

Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma pitches during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 20, 2016. The Blue Jays won 10-2 as Iwakuma lasted only 3-1/3 innings to mark his 12th defeat of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Okazaki double not enough as Chelsea beat Leicester

Shinji Okazaki of Leicester City is seen in action during the first half of an English Football League Cup third-round match against Chelsea on Sept. 20, 2016. Okazaki scored twice in the team's 4-2 extra-time defeat by Chelsea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwakuma roughed up by Blue Jays

Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma pitches during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 20, 2016. The Blue Jays won 10-2 as Iwakuma lasted only 3-1/3 innings to mark his 12th defeat of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Poison may have been injected into drip bags at Yokohama hospital

A notice is posted at the entrance of Oguchi Hospital in Yokohama on Sept. 27, 2016, saying the hospital will temporarily suspend outpatient consultations. Two male patients at the hospital, both 88, died of poisoning on Sept. 18 and 20. Police suspect that a surfactant compound may have been added to intravenous drips administered to them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, U.S. governments meet for discussions over Monju reactor

Representatives from the Japanese and U.S. governments meet in Vienna on Sept. 25, 2016, for discussions to potentially scrap the Monju fast-breeder unit in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Tsuruga. The Japanese government decided Sept. 21 to rethink its policy on the plutonium-burning reactor, which has hardly been in operation over the past 20 years despite its intended key role in Japan's nuclear fuel recycling policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Marlins ace Jose Fernandez killed in boat crash

Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez wipes away sweat on the mound in the first inning of a game against the Washington Nationals at Marlins Park on Sept. 20, 2016. Fernandez was killed on Sept. 25 in a boat crash off Miami Beach. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan moves step closer to scrapping trouble-prone Monju reactor

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (2nd from L) addresses a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2016, during which the government decided to rethink its policy on the plutonium-burning Monju fast-breeder reactor that has hardly operated over the past 20 years despite its intended key role in Japan's nuclear fuel recycling policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan moves step closer to scrapping trouble-prone Monju reactor

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (2nd from L) addresses a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2016, during which the government decided to rethink its policy on the plutonium-burning Monju fast-breeder reactor that has hardly operated over the past 20 years despite its intended key role in Japan's nuclear fuel recycling policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe seeks U.N. resolution against N. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) meets with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) in New York on Sept. 20, 2016. During their talks, Abe called for a U.N. Security Council resolution to impose new sanctions against North Korea following its recent nuclear test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe seeks U.N. resolution against N. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) meets with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in New York on Sept. 20, 2016. During their talks, Abe called for a U.N. Security Council resolution to impose new sanctions against North Korea following its recent nuclear test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe seeks U.N. resolution against N. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) meets with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in New York on Sept. 20, 2016. During their talks, Abe called for a U.N. Security Council resolution to impose new sanctions against North Korea following its recent nuclear test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Iwakuma roughed up by Blue Jays

Seattle Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma reacts after allowing a two-run home run to Russell Martin of the Toronto Blue Jays in the fourth inning of a game at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 20, 2016. The Blue Jays won 10-2 as Iwakuma lasted only 3-1/3 innings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pledges $100 mil. in aid for refugees at U.S.-led summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech during a summit on refugees hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in New York on Sept. 20, 2016. Abe pledged $100 million in fresh aid for refugees as some 50 participating countries and international organizations announced an increase in their total humanitarian funding in 2016 by $4.5 billion over 2015 levels. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pledges $100 mil. in aid for refugees at U.S.-led summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech during a summit on refugees hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in New York on Sept. 20, 2016. Abe pledged $100 million in fresh aid for refugees as some 50 participating countries and international organizations announced an increase in their total humanitarian funding in 2016 by $4.5 billion over 2015 levels. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's first lady visits Ground Zero

Akie Abe (R), the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visits Ground Zero in New York, on Sept. 20, 2016, where the World Trade Center's twin towers fell in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Akie was visiting the city with the prime minister who attended the U.N. General Assembly. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Car, train crash in Japan, but no injuries reported

Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2016, shows a car and a train that collided at a railroad crossing in Fukui, central Japan. An elderly person was crossing the railway in front of the car at the time, causing the car to hesitate to cross before the gate closed. None of the approximately 15 passengers of the train and driver of the car was injured in the incident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Typhoon rips through Japan's Pacific coast

A vehicle is stuck on a road submerged in water in Kiyosu in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi as a powerful typhoon ripped through the country's Pacific coast on Sept. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Typhoon rips through Japan's Pacific coast

A vehicle is stuck on a road submerged in water in Kiyosu in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi as a powerful typhoon ripped through the country's Pacific coast on Sept. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Okazaki double not enough as Chelsea beat Leicester

Shinji Okazaki scores his second goal of Leicester City's EFL Cup third-round match against Chelsea on Sept. 20, 2016. Chelsea, however, came from two goals down to win 4-2 in extra time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Okazaki double not enough as Chelsea beat Leicester

Shinji Okazaki (20) is congratulated by Danny Simpson after scoring his second goal of Leicester City's EFL Cup third-round match against Chelsea on Sept. 20, 2016. Chelsea, however, came from two goals down to win 4-2 in extra time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Pacific island states affirm antidisaster cooperation

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) holds talks with leaders from 10 Pacific island nations in New York on Sept. 20, 2016 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. They agreed to continue cooperation in tackling climate change, disaster risk reduction and other areas of common challenges. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest in N.Y. against political executions in Iran

Demonstrators stage a protest near U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 20, 2016, against mass executions of political prisoners in Iran as the country's president, Hassan Rouhani, arrived for the U.N. General Assembly. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan urges Ukraine to fully implement cease-fire accord

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands in New York on Sept. 20, 2016 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Abe urged Poroshenko to fully implement a cease-fire agreement struck in February 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Pakistan agree to cooperate in countering terrorism

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shake hands in New York on Sept. 20, 2016 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. The two agreed to cooperate in countering terrorism and violent extremism, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan urges Ukraine to fully implement cease-fire accord

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) hold talks in New York on Sept. 20, 2016 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Abe urged Poroshenko to fully implement a cease-fire agreement struck in February 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prime ministers of Britain, Japan meet in New York

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets with his British counterpart Theresa May in New York on Sept. 20, 2016, with North Korea's nuclear ambitions and Britain's decision to leave the European Union high on the agenda. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wozniacki beats Bencic in 1st round of Toray Pan Pacific tennis

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates after beating Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 in their first round match of the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis tournament at Tokyo's Ariake Tennis Forest Park on Sept. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wozniacki beats Bencic in 1st round of Toray Pan Pacific tennis

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark returns the ball to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland during their first round match of the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis tournament at Tokyo's Ariake Tennis Forest Park on Sept. 20, 2016. Wozniacki won 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo