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Baseball: Rangers' Barnette

TOKYO, Japan, April 30 Kyodo - Tony Barnette of the Texas Rangers celebrates with a champagne shower after the team won the American League West in Oakland, California, on Sept. 23, 2016. (Kyodo)

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U.S., ASEAN navies to drill in hopes of improving surveillance capacity

HONOLULU, United States, Sept. 30 Kyodo - U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaks at a press conference after a meeting with his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Hawaii on Sept. 30, 2016.

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Imperial Household Agency's Wild Duck Preserve

Photo taken July 2, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Imperial Household Agency's Wild Duck Preserve, or Kamoba, in the city of Ichikawa, near Tokyo. The agency is now offering public access to facility on Sept. 30, and Nov. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Household Agency's Wild Duck Preserve

Photo taken July 2, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Imperial Household Agency's Wild Duck Preserve, or Kamoba, in the city of Ichikawa, near Tokyo. The agency is now offering public access to facility on Sept. 30, and Nov. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1,000 goldfish to be displayed in Tokyo

Goldfish swim in a tank at Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo on June 29, 2016. The aquarium will start displaying 1,000 goldfish of 23 species from July 1 to Sept. 30 as part of a summer event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2011 tsunami monument

Photo taken Sept. 30, 2017, shows the Arahama Elementary School with the sign, put up by students in 2016, simply saying, "Thank you, Arahama Elementary School." The school is now open to the public as a museum and memorial. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mourners flock to palace to pay final respects to late King Bhumibol

Black-clad Thai mourners visit the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Sept. 19, 2017, to pay homage to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej who passed away on Oct 13, 2016. The Royal Household Bureau has set Sept. 30 as the last day for people to pay their respects. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mourners flock to palace to pay final respects to late King Bhumibol

Black-clad Thai mourners patiently queue for hours outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Sept. 19, 2017, to pay homage to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej who passed away on Oct 13, 2016. The Royal Household Bureau has set Sept. 30 as the last day for people to pay their respects. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mourners flock to palace to pay final respects to late King Bhumibol

Black-clad Thai mourners patiently queue for hours outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Sept. 19, 2017, to pay homage to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej who passed away on Oct 13, 2016. The Royal Household Bureau has set Sept. 30 as the last day for people to pay their respects. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation preserves Taipei's Japanese architectural heritage

Photo taken Sept. 30, 2016, in Taipei shows Leputing, a restaurant constructed in the 1920s as a dormitory for high-ranking Japanese civil servants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation preserves Taipei's Japanese architectural heritage

Photo taken Sept. 30, 2016, in Taipei shows Leputing, a restaurant constructed in the 1920s as a dormitory for high-ranking Japanese civil servants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwanese activists petition to save Japanese-era flagstone road

Taiwanese legislator Huang Kuo-shu (3rd from L) of the Democratic Progressive Party holds a picture of a flagstone walkway built in 1933 during the Japanese colonial period in central Taiwan, in a press conference in Taipei on Sept. 30, 2016. A group of conservationists asked the central government to intervene in a local project restructuring the walkway. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snake found in shinkansen bullet train bound for Hiroshima

Photo shows a snake, believed to be a kind of python, that was found by a passenger on a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train traveling from JR Tokyo Station to Hiroshima on Sept. 26, 2016. The 30-centimeter-long snake was captured by police as the train made an emergency stop at JR Hamamatsu Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maiko at Kyoto theater ahead of January performance

Six maiko performers visit Rohm Theater Kyoto in Kyoto on Sept. 30, 2015. The theater, opening in January 2016, will serve as the venue for "Hakkakenran," an event that will bring together in January about 160 geiko and maiko performers from four major traditional entertainment districts -- Kyoto, Tokyo's Shimbashi, Kanazawa, and Fukuoka's Hakata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Big names missing as Joseph names 1st Japan squad

Jamie Joseph, head coach for the Japanese national rugby team, is interviewed in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Big names missing as Joseph names 1st Japan squad

Jamie Joseph, head coach for the Japanese national rugby team, is interviewed in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Darvish strikes out 12 as Rangers earn top playoff seed

Texas Rangers' starter Yu Darvish pumps his fist after striking out Jaff Decker in the sixth inning for his 12th and final strikeout in a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 30, 2016. Darvish picked up his seventh win after allowing a run on three hits and a walk over six innings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Darvish strikes out 12 as Rangers earn top playoff seed

Texas Rangers' starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 30, 2016. Darvish picked up his seventh win of the season after allowing a run on three hits and a walk, while striking out 12 over six innings in the Rangers' 3-1 victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., ASEAN navies to drill in hopes of improving surveillance capacity

Defense ministers of the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations pose for a photo as they meet in Hawaii on Sept. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., ASEAN navies to drill in hopes of improving surveillance capacity

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (R) speaks at a meeting with his Association of Southeast Asian Nations counterparts in Hawaii on Sept. 30, 2016. Carter said that the United States Pacific Command will conduct a joint exercise with the ASEAN navies to assist in strengthening surveillance capabilities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yuan's entry into basket of top currencies "historic milestone:" IMF

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attends a press conference at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Sept. 30, 2016. Lagarde hailed the inclusion of the yuan in its elite basket of reserve currencies as a "historic milestone" for China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Body of missing Japanese woman found in Vancouver

Bouquets along with a photograph of Natsumi Kogawa are offered outside an empty house in Vancouver, Canada on Sept. 30, 2016, where her body was found two days earlier. William Schneider, 48, was arrested for his possible role in the death of the 30-year-old Japanese woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Body of missing Japanese woman found in Vancouver

A Japanese woman offers flowers and prays outside an empty house in Vancouver, Canada on Sept. 30, 2016, where the body of Natsumi Kogawa was found two days earlier. William Schneider, 48, was arrested for his possible role in the death of the 30-year-old Japanese woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Body of missing Japanese woman found in Vancouver

Photo taken Sept. 30, 2016, in Vancouver, Canada, shows an empty house where the body of Natsumi Kogawa, a 30-year-old Japanese woman who has been missing since early September, was found on Sept. 28. William Schneider, 48, was arrested for his possible role in her death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Panasonic restore confidence with big win over NTT Comms

Yasuki Hayashi of the Panasonic Wild Knights runs with the ball in the second half of a Top League game against the NTT Communications Shining Arcs at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016. Panasonic won 42-14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: PL champion Nippon Ham ends regular season with Lotte win

Masaru Takeda, a pitcher for the Nippon Ham Fighters, is tossed in the air by teammates during his retirement ceremony at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido on Sept. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: PL champion Nippon Ham ends regular season with Lotte win

Hideki Kuriyama (front R), manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters, and team members acknowledge fans while doing a victory lap holding the Pacific League championship banner at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido on Sept. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: 2-time medalist Hoshi to retire

File photo shows Japanese swimmer Natsumi Hoshi after winning the bronze medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August 2016. The 26-year-old Hoshi, who also won bronze in the event at the 2012 London Olympics, is set to retire, a source said Sept. 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's two major Coca-Cola bottlers to merge in April

(From L) Tim Brett, president of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Tamio Yoshimatsu, president of Coca-Cola West Co. and Calin Dragan, chief executive officer of Coca-Cola East Japan Co., pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016. Coca-Cola West, based in Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, and Coca-Cola East will integrate their businesses in April, the officials said the same day in their latest effort to shore up profitability in a shrinking domestic market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, Canadian central banks hold conference in Tokyo

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks at a conference on monetary policy jointly organized by the BOJ and the Bank of Canada at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, Canadian central banks hold conference in Tokyo

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks at a conference on monetary policy jointly organized by the BOJ and the Bank of Canada at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, Canadian central banks hold conference in Tokyo

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers gives a keynote speech at a conference on monetary policy jointly organized by the BOJ and the Bank of Canada at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, Canadian central banks hold conference in Tokyo

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (L) and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers shake hands at a conference on monetary policy jointly organized by the BOJ and the Bank of Canada at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike holds a press conference at the metropolitan government offices on Sept. 30, 2016. Koike said that a task force she set up in the metropolitan government has been unable to determine exactly who made the decision to build the new site for the capital's Tsukiji fish market without a sufficient soil embankment to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike holds a press conference at the metropolitan government offices on Sept. 30, 2016. Koike said that a task force she set up in the metropolitan government has been unable to determine exactly who made the decision to build the new site for the capital's Tsukiji fish market without a sufficient soil embankment to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo inquiry fails to pin down blame for new market design debacle

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike holds a press conference at the metropolitan government offices on Sept. 30, 2016. Koike said that a task force she set up in the metropolitan government has been unable to determine exactly who made the decision to build the new site for the capital's Tsukiji fish market without a sufficient soil embankment to protect it from toxic contaminants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Elderly driver crashes into 4 vehicles in Japan

Photo taken Sept. 30, 2016, shows a Toyota Prius crashed by a man believed to be in his 80s or older. Investigations continue into the incident which saw the driver hit four vehicles in Gifu, Japan, with the man suffering only a minor injury. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan approves 149 bil. yen contract for new Nat'l Stadium

A meeting is held in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016, to discuss plans to build Tokyo's new National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. The government approved a proposed contract with a joint venture the same day to build the stadium at a construction cost of 149 billion yen ($1.47 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan approves 149 bil. yen contract for new Nat'l Stadium

Japan's Olympic minister Tamayo Marukawa (facing camera) attends a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2016, to discuss plans to build Tokyo's new National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. The government approved a proposed contract with a joint venture the same day to build the stadium at a construction cost of 149 billion yen ($1.47 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TPP, Constitution in focus as extraordinary Diet session kicks off

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters his office in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2016, ahead of the commencement of a 66-day extraordinary session of Japan's Diet. The session through Nov. 30 is likely to be dominated by the government's aim for the speedy ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact and debate over potential amendments to the Japanese Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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73-year-old man completes 30-km open water swim in northern Japan

Toshio Tominaga celebrates on a ship after successfully completing a 30-kilometer swim between Japan's main island of Honshu and its northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 7, 2016. The 73-year-old man became the oldest swimmer to achieve the feat of crossing the Tsugaru Strait between Aomori Prefecture and Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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73-year-old man completes 30-km open water swim in northern Japan

Toshio Tominaga swims off the coast of the town of Fukushima in Hokkaido, northern Japan, during his attempt to complete a 30-kilometer swim between Japan's main island of Honshu and its northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 7, 2016. The 73-year-old man became the oldest swimmer to achieve the feat of crossing the Tsugaru Strait between Aomori Prefecture and Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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73-year-old man starts 30-km open water swimming in northern Japan

Toshio Tominaga speaks to reporters in the northeastern Japan town of Sotogahama on the morning of Sept. 7, 2016, before starting a 30-kilometer swim between Japan's main island of Honshu and its northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. If he succeeds, the 73-year-old will become the oldest swimmer to achieve the feat of crossing the Tsugaru Strait between Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio to hold ceremony for Paralympic torch

The city of Rio de Janeiro holds a news conference on Aug. 30, 2016, ahead of the Paralympic Games starting Sept. 7. The Brazilian city announced that it will hold a ceremony at the Museum of Tomorrow a day before the start of the event to create the Paralympic torch by merging separate flames from across the country into one light. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo