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Ex-Japanese Communist Party chief Fuwa dies at 95

Former Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa gives an interview in Tokyo in September 2018. He died on Dec. 30, 2025, aged 95.

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Ex-Japanese Communist Party chief Fuwa dies at 95

Former Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa gives an interview in Tokyo in September 2018. He died on Dec. 30, 2025, aged 95.

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Renovated Phoenix Hall of Byodoin lit up

KYOTO, Japan - The renovated Phoenix Hall of Byodoin, a Buddhist temple on UNESCO's World Heritage list, in the city of Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, is illuminated by light-emitting diode (LED) lights on Oct. 30, 2014. Some 200 people were invited on the night tour of the hall, work on which was completed in September.

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Renovated Phoenix Hall of Byodoin lit up

KYOTO, Japan - The renovated Phoenix Hall of Byodoin, a Buddhist temple on UNESCO's World Heritage list, in the city of Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, is illuminated by light-emitting diode (LED) lights on Oct. 30, 2014. Some 200 people were invited on the night tour of the hall, work on which was completed in September.

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India's Modi visits Japan to boost security ties

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Kyoto State Guest House in Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2014, after Modi arrived at Kansai International Airport near Osaka for a five-day visit to Japan earlier in the day. The two leaders will hold a summit in Tokyo on September 1. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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India's Modi visits Japan to boost security ties

KYOTO, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L), along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), feeds carp in a pond at the Kyoto State Guest House in Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2014. Modi arrived at Kansai International Airport near Osaka for a five-day visit to Japan earlier in the day. The two leaders will hold a summit in Tokyo on September 1. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.

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India's Modi visits Japan to boost security ties

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Kyoto State Guest House in Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2014, after Modi arrived at Kansai International Airport near Osaka for a five-day visit to Japan earlier in the day. The two leaders will hold a summit in Tokyo on September 1. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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Goeido promoted to ozeki for September basho

FUSO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Goeido (back) poses for photos with junior wrestlers of his Sakaigawa stable in the town of Fuso, Aichi Prefecture, on July 30, 2014, after being promoted to ozeki, sumo's second-highest rank.

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Ringer Hut's cold 'Champon' noodle dish

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a bowl of cold "champon" noodles in this undated photo. Ringer Hut, a restaurant chain known for its Nagasaki "champon" noodle dishes, announced on April 22, 2014, that cold "champon" will go on sale from April 25 through September 30, 2014.

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Kansai Electric logs 1st-half profit

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi holds a press conference on the company's business performance in Osaka on Oct. 30, 2013. The company said it returned to the black with a group net profit of 15.08 billion yen in the April-September first half, but Yagi warned of a potentially severe deterioration in the company's full-year results.

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War photographer on a mission to report Africa

TOKYO, Japan - War photographer Ryo Kameyama poses with one of his photos on Nov. 30, 2012, during an exhibition in Tokyo. In September 2012, he published a photo book titled ''Afrika War Journal,'' capturing images of conflicts in Africa.

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Wounded Syrian man in Lebanon

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Photo taken on Oct. 30, 2011, shows a man nursing an injury at a house in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, after he was shot during an antigovernment protest in Homs, western Syria. The man in his 30s who fled his home country in September 2011 refused to show his face because he was afraid of possible reprisals against members of his family in Homs.

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Japanese PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Kan is considering a visit to China possibly in the spring of 2011 in an effort to mend bilateral ties that have soured since the September 2010 maritime collisions between a Chinese fishing boat and two Japanese patrol boats in waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands, sources said Dec. 30, 2010.

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New S. Korean TV drama

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean stars Jung Woo Sung (L) and Soo Ae attend a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 30, 2010, about their new TV drama ''Athena Senso no Megami'' (Athena, Goddess of War), a sequel to the popular TV drama series ''Iris.'' The drama is scheduled to be shot in Japan's Tottori Prefecture from September and Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai attended the press conference as well.

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Gov't to use 920 bil. yen in reserve funds for fresh economic steps

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan addresses an economic ministers' meeting at his office on Aug. 30, 2010. The government said it will use 920 billion yen in reserve funds in the fiscal 2010 budget to adopt fresh economy-spurring measures by the end of September.

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Japan to end eco-friendly car subsidy program

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 2010 shows a Nissan Motor Co. plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, which produces cars eligible for a government subsidy program for purchasers of environmentally friendly automobiles. The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said on July 30, 2010, that Japan has decided to end the subsidy program at the end of September as planned.

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Sony in red for April-September, trims annual loss forecast

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp.'s Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2009, at which the major electronics company announced it booked a group net loss of 63.4 billion yen in the April-September first half of fiscal 2009.

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Panasonic announces April-Sept. earnings

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otusbo speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2009, at which the company announced it booked a net loss of 46.87 billion yen in the April-September first half of fiscal 2009.

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Hanshin Expressway

Hanshin Expressway linking Kobe and Osaka reopened at September 30, 1996, which was once destroyed by Kobe earthquake. (Photo taken on September 30, 1996)