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CORRECTED: U.N. chief announces climate change summit in Sept. 2023

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press conference, announcing at UN headquarters in Ne York on Dec. 19, 2022, that he will convene a climate-change meeting for political and business leaders in September 2023. Guterres vowed the meeting will be a "no-nonsense" summit with no room for "greenwashers, blame-shifters or repackaging of announcements of previous years."

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from R) listens to former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) speak at an intraparty gathering following a seminar by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (4th from L) applauds during a speech by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd from L) at a gathering following a seminar held by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) applauds during a speech by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) at a gathering following a seminar by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) raises his cup with fellow DPJ lawmakers at a gathering following a seminar held by an intraparty group led by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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China's 3rd qtr GDP slips below 7% for 1st time since 2009

BEIJING, Oct. 19 Kyodo - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman for China's National Bureau of Statistics, announces at a press conference in Beijing on Oct, 19, 2015, that China's economy in the July-September quarter grew 6.9 percent from a year earlier. The gross domestic product figure of the world's second-largest economy slipped below 7 percent for the first time in more than six years.

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Sapporo to test market Japan-made wines in Singapore

TOKYO, Aug. 20 Kyodo - A woman collects grapes at a vineyard owned by Sapporo Beer Co. in the town of Ikeda, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2015. Sapporo Beer announced on Aug. 20 that it will test market its Japan-made wines at shops in Singapore from September, as the company eyes entry into the Southeast Asian market.

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U.S. aircraft carrier Reagan to arrive in Yokosuka by October

YOKOHAMA, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Rear Adm. Matthew Carter, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, talks to the press at the Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 19, 2015. He said the U.S aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is expected to arrive at the base between September and October 2015. The Ronald Reagan will replace the George Washington which left Japan in May.

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Musician-actor Johnny Okura dies at 62

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in September 1974 shows the members of Japanese four-man rock band Carol, led by Eikichi Yazawa (2nd from R). A guitarist and vocalist of the band, Johnny Okura (far L), who subsequently became an actor, died of pneumonia on Nov. 19, 2014, at a Tokyo hospital. He was 62.

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Abe in Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tries octopus during a visit to a fishing port in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2013. Abe observed fisheries activities which restarted in September after being suspended due to leaks of contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Abe in Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tries white bait during a visit to a fishing port in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2013. Abe observed fisheries activities which restarted in September after being suspended due to leaks of contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2012, shows officials of the Fukushima prefectural government branding with dry ice cattle taken care of by nonprofit group head Naoto Matsumura in a bid to make it easier to identify them. Town residents remain evacuated following the nuclear disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The town's mayor declared in September 2012 that residents would not return for the next five years.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il, Japan PM Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2002 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shaking hands after holding talks at the Paekhwawon state guest house in Pyongyang. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, that Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17.

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Japan scholar Keene in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Donald Keene, prominent Japanese literature scholar and professor emeritus at Columbia University in New York, speaks at a press conference in Sendai on Oct. 19, 2011. Keene, who permanently relocated to Japan in September, visited the disaster-hit city to deliver a speech.

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Japanese automakers to run plants weekends

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. JAMA said its member firms will close plants in Japan on Thursdays and Fridays and open them on weekends from July through September to reduce weekday electricity consumption, following damage to power generation capacity of utilities caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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NEC to release 3-D desktop PC

TOKYO, Japan - An NEC Corp. promoter wearing special glasses demonstrates a prototype desktop personal computer from the Japanese electronics maker that enables users to watch 3-D video programs in Tokyo on April 19, 2010. NEC plans to release a commercial model by the end of September.

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Jiang Zemin at press conference

Jiang Zemin, the president of PCR shows up at the press conference with other Politbureau members. The press conference was held on September 19, 1997 at the Great Hall of the People. (Vice premier Zhu Rongji is at the right edge.)