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Half-constructed luxury home in Shenyang

Photo taken on April 16, 2024, shows the Chinese flag hoisted in front of a half-constructed high-end home in a residential area in Shenyang, Liaoning Province in China. Construction was halted due to a shortage of funds amid a prolonged slump in the property market.

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Half-constructed luxury homes in China

Photo taken April 16, 2024, shows half-constructed high-end residential homes in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. Construction was halted due to a shortage of funds amid a prolonged slump in the property market.

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Half-constructed luxury homes in China

Photo taken April 16, 2024, shows half-constructed high-end residential homes in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. Construction was halted due to a shortage of funds amid a prolonged slump in the property market.

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N. Korea talks end with 'basis' for 2nd denuclearization phase

SHENYANG, China - (From L to R) Russia's Grigory Berdennikov, North Korea's Ri Gun, the United States' Christopher Hill, China's Wu Dawei, South Korea's Chun Yung Woo and Japan's Akio Suda pose for a photo during their visit to the Imperial Palace Museum in Shenyang after two-day talks aimed at shutting down North Korea's nuclear program on Aug. 17. Hill said later the nuclear envoys laid a ''basis for achieving a consensus'' on North Korea's tasks in the second stage of its denuclearization.

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6-way envoys gather for N. Korea working-group talks

SHENYANG, China - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill heads to a meeting of a working group to discuss the denuclearization of North Korea in Shenyang on Aug. 16.

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Song meets with reporters in Shenyang

SHENYANG, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, meets with reporters in Shenyang, China, on Sept. 30, 2014. It was reported that North Korea proposed during bilateral talks that Japanese officials visit Pyongyang to learn about the details of the North's investigations into the fates of Japanese abductees.

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Japan gets no promise from N. Korea over abduction probe

SHENYANG, China - Song Il Ho, North Korean ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, meets with reporters following talks with Junichi Ihara, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, in Shenyang, China, on Sept. 29, 2014. Ihara said he urged the North Korean side to release the findings without delay, but when that will happen is still undecided.

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Japan gets no promise from N. Korea over abduction probe

SHENYANG, China - Junichi Ihara, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, meets with reporters following talks with Song Il Ho, North Korean ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, in Shenyang, China, on Sept. 29, 2014. Ihara said he urged the North Korean side to release the findings without delay, but when that will happen is still undecided.

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Japan urges N. Korea to release abduction probe findings

SHENYANG, China - Combined photo shows Junichi Ihara (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Song Il Ho, North Korean ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan. During their meeting in Shenyang, China, on Sept. 29, 2014, Ihara urged Song to release without delay the findings of a special investigation committee into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang.

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Japan, N. Korea meet for update on probe into abductees

SHENYANG, China - Song Il Ho (front), North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, and Junichi Ihara, Japan's top diplomat in charge of Asian affairs, get ready for talks on Sept. 29, 2014, in Shenyang, China. In the meeting, North Korea is to give updates on a fresh investigation it launched nearly three months ago into the fate of Japanese nationals believed to have been abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Japan, N. Korea meet for update on probe into abductees

SHENYANG, China - Song Il Ho (2nd from L), North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, and Junichi Ihara (far R), Japan's top diplomat in charge of Asian affairs, attend a meeting on Sept. 29, 2014, in Shenyang, China, at which North Korea will give updates on a fresh investigation it launched nearly three months ago into the fate of Japanese nationals believed to have been abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Japan diplomat leaves Tokyo for talks with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Ihara, head of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry, leaves Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 28, 2014, for talks with Song Il Ho, North Korean ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, in Shenyang, China.

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Japan, N. Korea to hold talks on abduction in China

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) announces on Sept. 24, 2014, in New York, the United States, that Japan and North Korea will hold talks on Sept. 29 in Shenyang, China, on Pyongyang's reinvestigation of its past abduction of Japanese nationals.

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Tanita to begin office cafeteria business in China

TOKYO, Japan - Senri Tanita (C), president of Tanita Corp., a body fat scale maker known for offering healthy office cafeteria food, joins other officials in clasping hands in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2014, at a press conference announcing the launch of a food business in China. The company will open on Sept. 22 its first office cafeteria in the compound of its health appliance affiliate in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, northeastern China.

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Exhibition on N. Korean defector family

SEOUL, South Korea - Materials including dairies and drawings related to Kim Han Mi and her family who defected from North Korea are exhibited at a gallery in Seoul, South Korea, on June 18, 2014. The event is being held to look back on the journey of the family, who defected to South Korea via the Japanese consulate in Shenyang, China, in 2002.

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Exhibition on N. Korean defector family

SEOUL, South Korea - Drawings related to Kim Han Mi and her family who defected from North Korea are exhibited at a gallery in Seoul, South Korea, on June 18, 2014. The event is being held to look back on the journey of the family, who defected to South Korea via the Japanese consulate in Shenyang, China, in 2002.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Photo shows Ryu Song Il (R), chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014, after attending informal talks between Japanese and North Korean diplomats on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of the countries' Red Cross societies. At left is Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at an airport in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014, to return home after attending informal talks between Japanese and North Korean diplomats on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of the countries' Red Cross societies.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, emerges after attending a two-day meeting of Japanese and North Korean Red Cross societies in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Osamu Tasaka, director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, heads for the second day of a two-day meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 20, 2014. Government officials from the two countries also attended the meeting.

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Japan-N. Korea informal talks

NARITA, Japan - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 4, 2014. Ono and Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, held informal talks the previous day in Shenyang, China, on the sidelines of a meeting of the two countries' Red Cross societies.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross talks

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim (R), secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, and Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, are pictured after attending a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross talks

SHENYANG, China - Osamu Tasaka, director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, answers reporters' questions after attending a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross talks

SHENYANG, China - Osamu Tasaka, director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, answers reporters' questions after attending a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross talks

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim (C), secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, and Ryu Song Il (R), chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, attend a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross talks

SHENYANG, China - Osamu Tasaka (R), director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, and Keiichi Ono (C), director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, attend a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross meeting in China

SHENYANG, China - Osamu Tasaka (R), director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, and Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, attend a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014. Government officials from Japan and North Korea participated in the meeting.

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Japan, N. Korea hold Red Cross meeting in China

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim (R), secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, attends a meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 3, 2014, with government officials from the two countries participating.

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Japan-N. Korea Red Cross meeting

SHENYANG, China - Osamu Tasaka, director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, arrives at an airport in Shenyang, China, on March 2, 2014, for a meeting of the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea.

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Japan-N. Korea Red Cross meeting

SHENYANG, China - Osamu Tasaka, director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, answers reporters' questions upon arrival at an airport in Shenyang, China, on March 2, 2014, for a meeting of the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea.

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Japan-N. Korea Red Cross meeting

SHENYANG, China - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at an airport in Shenyang, China, on March 2, 2014, to take part in a meeting of the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea.

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Japan-N. Korea Red Cross meeting

NARITA, Japan - Osamu Tasaka, director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, answers reporters' questions at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 2, 2014, before leaving for Shenyang, China, where he will attend a meeting of the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

SHENYANG, China - Participants burn a Japanese national flag during an anti-Japanese demonstration in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, on Sept. 18, 2012, the anniversary of a 1931 incident that led to Japan's invasion of China. Widespread demonstrations in China were triggered by Japan's purchase of three of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, called the Diaoyu Islands in China, which also claims them.

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Anti-Japan demonstration in China

SHENYANG, China - A man in military uniform (R front) is pictured at the site of a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of a 1931 incident that led to Japan's invasion of China, in the city of Shenyang, northeastern China, on Sept. 18, 2011.

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Yamada Denki opens 1st overseas outlet in China

SHENYANG, China - Yamada Denki Co. opens its first overseas outlet in Shenyang, China, on Dec. 10, 2010, becoming Japan's first major home electronics retailer to advance into the fast-growing Chinese market.

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Yamada Denki's 1st Chinese outlet in Shenyang

SHENYANG, China - An agent introduces an outlet of Yamada Denki Co. in Shenyang, China, on Dec. 9, 2010, during a media showing on the eve of the opening of the first outlet in China by the Japanese consumer electronics retailer.

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Yamada Denki's 1st Chinese outlet in Shenyang

SHENYANG, China - Tadao Ichimiya, president of Yamada Denki Co., speaks at a press conference in Shenyang, China, on Dec. 9, 2010, the eve of the opening of the first outlet in China operated by the Japanese consumer electronics retailer. Ichimiya said the company plans to open a total of five stores in China within three years.

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Japan, N. Korea set for talks on abduction

SHENYANG, China - Akitaka Saiki (C), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, arrives at his hotel in Shenyang, China, on Aug. 10. Saiki will hold talks with Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for normalization talks with Japan, on Aug. 11 on the issue of North Korean abductions of Japanese nationals.

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Defectors urge Japanese to understand N. Korean situation

TOKYO, Japan - Kim Guan Chol (L) and his wife Li Son Hee, with their 3-year-old daughter, hold a news conference in Tokyo on May 22. The couple, who now live in South Korea with their child after seeking asylum at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, China last year, visited Japan to speak about the food shortage in North Korea.

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Defector recalls Shenyang asylum bid with bitterness

SEOUL, South Korea - Li Son Hee (R) and her 3-year-old daughter, who are from North Korea, pose before a poster depicting their arrest by Chinese guards while trying to seek asylum at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, China in May 2002. They recently met a Kyodo News reporter in South Korea's South Cholla Province and Li recalled the incident with bitterness.

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Consul general Okazaki recalled over asylum case

BEIJING, China - Kiyoshi Okazaki, consul general at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, China, was recalled by Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi on July 4 for his inappropriate handling of the seizure by Chinese police of five North Korean asylum seekers at the consulate in May.

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Kawaguchi reprimands diplomats over asylum case

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi announces punishments on Japanese diplomats July 4 over their inappropriate handling of the seizure by Chinese police of five North Korean asylum seekers at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, China, in May.

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Consular official shook hand of Chinese police officer

BEIJING, May 17 Kyodo - Banri Kaieda (R) of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and his DPJ colleague Masaharu Nakagawa speaks with the media in Beijing on May 17. Kaieda said a Japanese consular official shook the hand of the squad leader of Chinese police before they entered the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China, to seize two North Korean asylum seekers.

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Japan did not give Chinese officers permission: report

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on May 13 about Japan's probe of the May 8 seizure of five North Korean asylum seekers by Chinese police officers. Kawaguchi officially denied China's claim that officials at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China, gave the police officers permission to enter the consulate grounds and seize the five.

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Kawaguchi reports to Koizumi on consulate case

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi goes to meet Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at his office in Tokyo on May 13 to report on the outcome of an investigation into the May 8 seizure of five North Korean asylum seekers by Chinese police inside the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China.

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Japan team conducts on-the-spot probe of seizure of N. Koreans

SHENYANG, China - Masaaki Ono, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Consular and Migration Affairs Department, speaks to reporters in front of the Japanese Consulate General building in Shenyang, northeastern China on May 12 after conducting an on-the-spot investigation into the May 8 seizure of five North Korean asylum seekers by Chinese police.

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Japan team investigating Chinese seizure of N. Koreans

SHENYANG, China - Masaaki Ono (R), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Consular and Migration Affairs Department, conducts an on-the-spot investigation of the seizure of five North Korean asylum seekers by Chinese police at the front gate of the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China, on May 12, with Kiyoshi Okazaki (C), consul general, looking on.

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Ono meets the press after probe into seizure of N. Koreans

SHENYANG, China - Masaaki Ono, director general of Japan's Foreign Ministry's Consular and Migration Affairs Department, meets the press in front of the Japanese Consulate General building in Shenyang, northeastern China, on May 11 after questioning consular officials about the May 8 seizure by Chinese police of five North Korean asylum seekers inside the consulate.

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(2)Police seize N. Korean asylum seekers at Japan consulate

SHENYANG, China - Japanese consulate officials inside the compound of the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China, watch Chinese police officers (front) subdue a North Korean who tried to rush into the compound on May 8. The picture was taken from a videotape.

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(1)Police seize N. Korean asylum seekers at Japan consulate

SHENYANG, China - A Japanese consulate official inside the compound of the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China, picks up a cap as Chinese police hold down a North Korean who tried to rush into the compound on May 8. The picture was taken from a videotape.