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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Sightings Across The World 7

Comet C/2023A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), a comet visible only once every 80,000 years has been spotted streaking across skies around the world.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-VOLLEYBALL (CN)

(230924) -- SHAOXING, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yanagida Masahiro (R) of Japan reacts during the Volleyball Men's Cross Match between Japan and India at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-VOLLEYBALL (CN)

(230922) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yanagida Masahiro (L) of Japan spikes the ball during the Volleyball Men's Cross Match between Kazakhstan and Japan at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-VOLLEYBALL (CN)

(230922) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yanagida Masahiro (1st L), Asana Kento (C) and Takahashi Keihan (R) of Japan block the ball during the Volleyball Men's Cross Match between Kazakhstan and Japan at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-VOLLEYBALL (CN)

(230922) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yanagida Masahiro (2nd L) of Japan spikes the ball during the Volleyball Men's Cross Match between Kazakhstan and Japan at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

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12 years after Fukushima quake, Japanese public opposes dumping nuke wastewater into sea

STORY: 12 years after Fukushima quake, Japanese public opposes dumping nuke wastewater into sea DATELINE: March 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY\ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people gathering early Saturday to express their strong opposition to the discharge plan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MAKOTO YANAGIDA, Japanese environmental organization Tanpoposya 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): JONNY H. (pseudonym), Guitarist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): MUKAI, Sanya Labor Center member 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): TOSHIKO OKADA, Member of a citizens' group STORYLINE: As Japan moves to push ahead with dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, local residents are expressing their anger and opposition. Saturday marked the 12th year after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit northeast Japan. An ensuing tsunami also led to core meltdowns at the Fukushima power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), resultin

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Japan justice minister resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida (L) announces his resignation during a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010, after coming under fire for a verbal gaffe. Yanagida said Prime Minister Naoto Kan told him to step down so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear the parliament.

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Japan justice minister resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida bows after announcing his resignation during a press conference Nov. 22, 2010, at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo. Yanagida said Prime Minister Naoto Kan told him to step down so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear the parliament.

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Japan justice minister resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida (L) announces his resignation during a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010, after coming under fire for a verbal gaffe. Yanagida said Prime Minister Naoto Kan told him to step down so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear the parliament.

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Japan justice minister quits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida bows at the end of a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010, after announcing his resignation. Prime Minister Naoto Kan effectively sacked Yanagida for recent ill-chosen remarks so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear parliament.

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Japan justice minister quits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida announces his resignation at a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010. Prime Minister Naoto Kan effectively sacked Yanagida for recent ill-chosen remarks so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear parliament.

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Japan justice minister resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida bows after announcing his resignation during a press conference Nov. 22, 2010, at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo. Yanagida said Prime Minister Naoto Kan told him to step down so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear the parliament.

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Japan justice minister quits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida walks out of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010. Yanagida announced his resignation on the day to take responsibility for recent comments he made which were widely seen as deriding his duty to respond to Diet questioning.

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Japan justice minister quits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida walks out of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010. Yanagida announced his resignation on the day to take responsibility for recent comments he made which were widely seen as deriding his duty to respond to Diet questioning.

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Justice Minister Yanagida to face censure motion

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida raises his hand to speak during an upper house Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2010. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided to submit a censure motion against Yanagida to the upper house over remarks he made that were seen as disrespectful of Diet deliberations.

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Justice Minister Yanagida to face censure motion

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida speaks during an upper house Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2010. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided to submit a censure motion against Yanagida to the upper house over remarks he made that were seen as disrespectful of Diet deliberations.

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Justice minister under pressure to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida (C) speaks to reporters after a Cabinet meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2010. The opposition camp is demanding that he resign over his remarks deemed as disrespectful of Diet deliberations.

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Justice minister under pressure to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L), Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (C) and Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida (R) head to a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2010. Yanagida is under pressure from the opposition camp to step down over a gaffe.

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Justice Minister Yanagida on freeing Chinese skipper

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida speaks about prosecutors' decision to release the captain of a Chinese fishing boat which collided with a Japanese Coast Guard vessel near the disputed Senkaku Islands. Yanagida said the ministry did not instruct the prosecutors to reach the decision.

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Japan's Justice Minister Yanagida

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida gestures allowing a reporter to ask a question during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010.

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New Justice Minister Yanagida at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida speaks at a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after his appointment in a major Cabinet reshuffle conducted following Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reelection as head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Yanagida said he will view matters from the public's perspective and remain humble.

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Japan's new justice minister Yanagida

TOKYO, Japan - Upper house member Minoru Yanagida enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after being named as justice minister in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet.

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Yanagida returns from Pakistan

NARITA, Japan - Japanese freelance journalist Daigen Yanagida returns from Pakistan to Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 19 after being held nearly a month by the Taliban, who accused him of spying.

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Released Japanese journalist talks by telephone to relative

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese journalist Daigen Yanagida, 37, speaks to his brother-in-law in Japan by phone on Nov. 17 after being released in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The Tokyo-based freelance journalist had been detained in Jalalabad since his arrest by the Taliban on Oct. 22 on suspicion of spying for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

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Japanese journalist held by Taliban optimistic of release

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Photo shows a written memo and a cassette tape sent to Kyodo News on Nov. 9, 2001 by Daigen Yanagida, a freelance journalist detained in Afghanistan by the ruling Taliban since Oct. 22. Yanagida said in the recording that he was being treated well by the Taliban and that he is optimistic about being released soon.

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Nippon Shokubai, Sumitomo Chemical to swap part of operations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Yonekura (L), president of Sumitomo Chemical Co., and Hiroshi Yanagida, president of Nippon Shokubai Co., shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5. They announced that the two companies have agreed to swap part of their operations to boost competitiveness in their respective markets.

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Yanagida may be freed this week, French reporter says

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Michel Peyrard, a French journalist from Paris Match magazine, tells Kyodo News in Peshawar on Nov. 4 that Japanese journalist Daigen Yanagida, who is being held by the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan, may be freed this week. Peyrard arrived in Peshawar on Nov. 3 after being released 25 days after being arrested in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province on suspicion of spying.

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Yanagida may be freed this week, French reporter says

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Michel Peyrard, a French journalist from Paris Match magazine, tells Kyodo News in Peshawar on Nov. 4 that Japanese journalist Daigen Yanagida, who is being held by the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan, may be freed this week. Peyrard arrived in Peshawar on Nov. 3 after being released 25 days after being arrested in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province on suspicion of spying.

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Yanagida returns from Pakistan

NARITA, Japan - Japanese freelance journalist Daigen Yanagida returns from Pakistan to Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 19 after being held nearly a month by the Taliban, who accused him of spying.

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Taliban identifies Japanese detainee as Daigen Yanagida

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Taliban authorities, who have said they arrested a Japanese man earlier this week, identified on Oct. 24 the detainee as Daigen Yanagida (photo). Isamu Iida, a Japanese photojournalist who was first reported to have been arrested by the Taliban, told the Japanese media the same day from Pakistan that he did not travel to Afghanistan and was not detained.

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Nippon Shokubai, Sumitomo Chemical to swap part of operations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Yonekura (L), president of Sumitomo Chemical Co., and Hiroshi Yanagida, president of Nippon Shokubai Co., shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5. They announced that the two companies have agreed to swap part of their operations to boost competitiveness in their respective markets.

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(9)China beat Japan 1-0 in women's soccer Olympic qualifying match

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan's forward Homare Sawa (far left) and midfielder Miyuki Yanagida (C) stand still after defender Li Jie's goal gave China a 1-0 win over Japan at Hiroshima Big Arch in the women's Asian zone qualifiers for this summer's Athens Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Japan starts Rio qualifiers with win over Venezuela

Masahiro Yanagida (R) of Japan spikes the ball in the first set of a match against Venezuela at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on May 28, 2016. Japan won 3-1 as the Rio de Janeiro Olympic qualifiers began the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volleyball: Yanagida, Ishikawa named to Japan's Asian qualifiers team

Masahiro Yanagida (L) of Japan spikes the ball as a trio of Australian players try to block during a Group 2 match of the World League men's volleyball tournament in Gold Coast, Australia, on June 24, 2017. Yanagida and Yuki Ishikawa are among the 14 players named to Japan's national team for the July 12-16 Asian qualifiers for the world championship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan handed 1st loss by U.S. at Men's World Cup volleyball

Japan's Masahiro Yanagida (15) spikes the ball during the third set of a Men's World Cup volleyball match against the United States on Sept. 9, 2015, in Hiroshima. The United States won 25-23, 21-25, 25-11, 25-14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Released Japanese journalist meets press

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Japanese journalist Daigen Yanagida (L) meets the press at the Japanese Embassy in Islamabad on Nov. 17, accompanied by Susumu Nomura, his brother-in-law. Yanagida, 37, was released in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad after being detained since Oct. 22 by the Taliban on suspicion of spying.

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Justice Minister Yanagida on freeing Chinese skipper

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida speaks about prosecutors' decision to release the captain of a Chinese fishing boat which collided with a Japanese Coast Guard vessel near the disputed Senkaku Islands. Yanagida said the ministry did not instruct the prosecutors to reach the decision. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Justice Minister Yanagida

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida gestures allowing a reporter to ask a question during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010. (Kyodo)

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New Justice Minister Yanagida at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida speaks at a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after his appointment in a major Cabinet reshuffle conducted following Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reelection as head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Yanagida said he will view matters from the public's perspective and remain humble. (Kyodo)

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Japan's new justice minister Yanagida

TOKYO, Japan - Upper house member Minoru Yanagida enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after being named as justice minister in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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Japan justice minister quits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida bows at the end of a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010, after announcing his resignation. Prime Minister Naoto Kan effectively sacked Yanagida for recent ill-chosen remarks so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear parliament. (Kyodo)

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Japan justice minister quits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida announces his resignation at a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010. Prime Minister Naoto Kan effectively sacked Yanagida for recent ill-chosen remarks so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear parliament. (Kyodo)

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Japan justice minister resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida (L) announces his resignation during a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010, after coming under fire for a verbal gaffe. Yanagida said Prime Minister Naoto Kan told him to step down so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear the parliament. (Kyodo)

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Japan justice minister resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida bows after announcing his resignation during a press conference Nov. 22, 2010, at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo. Yanagida said Prime Minister Naoto Kan told him to step down so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear the parliament. (Kyodo)

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Japan justice minister resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida (L) announces his resignation during a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010, after coming under fire for a verbal gaffe. Yanagida said Prime Minister Naoto Kan told him to step down so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear the parliament. (Kyodo)

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Japan justice minister quits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida walks out of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010. Yanagida announced his resignation on the day to take responsibility for recent comments he made which were widely seen as deriding his duty to respond to Diet questioning. (Kyodo)

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Japan justice minister quits

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida walks out of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010. Yanagida announced his resignation on the day to take responsibility for recent comments he made which were widely seen as deriding his duty to respond to Diet questioning. (Kyodo)

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Justice Minister Yanagida to face censure motion

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida raises his hand to speak during an upper house Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2010. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided to submit a censure motion against Yanagida to the upper house over remarks he made that were seen as disrespectful of Diet deliberations. (Kyodo)

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Justice Minister Yanagida to face censure motion

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida speaks during an upper house Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2010. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided to submit a censure motion against Yanagida to the upper house over remarks he made that were seen as disrespectful of Diet deliberations. (Kyodo)

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Justice minister under pressure to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L), Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (C) and Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida (R) head to a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2010. Yanagida is under pressure from the opposition camp to step down over a gaffe. (Kyodo)