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New commander at U.S. Kadena base

Brig. Gen. John Gallemore (L) is pictured during a change of command ceremony at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on July 14, 2025, as he assumes command of the 18th Wing.

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New commander at U.S. Kadena base

Brig. Gen. John Gallemore delivers a speech at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on July 14, 2025, as he assumes command of the 18th Wing.

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Indian gov't eases exports of onions to Sri Lanka, UAE

STORY: Indian gov't eases exports of onions to Sri Lanka, UAE SHOOTING TIME: April 19, 2024 DATELINE: April 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. shot of India gate 2. various of onion market 3. various of export containers STORYLINE: The Indian government has eased exports of onions to Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), confirmed a senior official of the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Thursday. A notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade on Monday stated that the exports of onions would be carried out through the National Cooperative Exports Limited. The government has permitted exports of an additional 10,000 metric tons (MT) of onions to the UAE (above 24,400 MTs already allowed) and 10,000 MTs to Sri Lanka, said the notification. The federal government's decision to ease exports to Sri Lanka and the UAE assumes significance in the aftermath of the ban on exports of the commodity till last month in a bid to check p

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Türkiye's re-elected Erdogan announces major reshuffle in new cabinet

STORY: Türkiye's re-elected Erdogan announces major reshuffle in new cabinet DATELINE: June 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday a major reshuffle in his cabinet, appointing new ministers for foreign affairs, treasury and finance, defense and vice president. Hakan Fidan, who has been at the helm of the National Intelligence Organization since 2010, assumes the role of foreign minister. The 55-year-old new top diplomat is considered one of Erdogan's closest confidants. The new treasury and finance minister is Mehmet Simsek, who served as finance minister and deputy prime minister from 2009 to 2018. Simsek is a respected economist who is seen as a safe pair of hands in the turbulent Turkish economy. Yasar Guler, who previously served as the chief of general staff and is seen as a hardli

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Mariners' Iwakuma heads amateur ball club for post-quake recovery

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners Japanese hurler Hisashi Iwakuma assumes the post of general manager of an amateur baseball team launched in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, to help the northeastern Japan region recover from the 2011 disaster through "the power of baseball" at a ceremony held in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Hammer thrower Murofushi assumes professorship of science

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi (R), a gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, shakes hands with Yasuyuki Yoshizawa, president of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, after being named a professor of sports science at the school.

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Special seats matching image of popular anime Gundam

OSAKA, Japan - Nankai Electric Railway Co. unveils three special seats set up inside the limited express train Rapi:t to create an atmosphere associated in the popular anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn" on April 24, 2014 in Osaka, western Japan. The red train assumes the image of Neo Zeon, Gundam's "popular" villain organization, and runs between Namba Station and Kansai Airport Station in Osaka Prefecture from April 26 to June 30, 2014.

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Japan assumes presidency of Geneva disarmament confab

GENEVA, Switzerland - Toshio Sano, Japanese ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, moderates a session as the new president of the conference in the Swiss city of Geneva on March 18, 2014. Sano said in his statement that disarmament was a central pillar of Japan's foreign policy and that the Japanese people strongly desired a world without nuclear weapons.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - New Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose receives a bouquet as he assumes office at the Tokyo metropolitan government building on Dec. 18, 2012, succeeding Shintaro Ishihara.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - New Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose receives a bouquet as he assumes office at the Tokyo metropolitan government building on Dec. 18, 2012, succeeding Shintaro Ishihara.

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Debris in disaster area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People view debris and the steel frame of a building, still left at disaster-hit Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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Debris in disaster area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People stand in the rubble at tsunami-hit Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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Removal of debris from disaster areas

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Employees of Okayama City collect debris in the disaster-hit town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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Removal of debris from disaster areas

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department take part in removal work of debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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Removal of debris from disaster areas

KAMAISHI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces remove rubble in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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New commander of U.S. forces in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck (R) of the U.S. Marine Corps receives a flag as he assumes command of U.S. military forces in Okinawa during a ceremony at Camp Forster in the southern Japan prefecture on Jan. 7, 2011. Glueck replaced Lt. Gen. Terry Robling.

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Muraki assumes post after acquittal

TOKYO, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a 54-year-old senior government official who was acquitted of fraud charges, fields questions from reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2010, after being presented with a letter of appointment for a new post of director general for policy planning at the Cabinet Office. Muraki was arrested over a postal abuse case in June 2009.

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People's New Party to remain DPJ's coalition partner

TOKYO, Japan - The ruling Democratic Party of Japan's new leader, Naoto Kan (C), holds a meeting with People's New Party chief Shizuka Kamei (L) in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 4, 2010, along with DPJ lawmaker Yoshito Sengoku (R), who is expected to be tapped as chief Cabinet secretary after Kan assumes the post of prime minister. Kan and Kamei agreed to keep the two-party ruling coalition.

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Ozeki-in-waiting Kotomitsuki visits alma matter middle school

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki-in-waiting Kotomitsuki poses with students during a visit to his alma mater Shinkayama Junior High School in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on July 24, a day before he formally assumes the ozeki rank. He secured promotion to the second-highest sumo rank at the just-ended Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Writer Inose assumes deputy governorship of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara (L) and writer Naoki Inose shake hands at the Tokyo Metropolitan government on June 28 after Inose assumed the deputy governorship. Inose, 60, is one of the four deputy governors under Ishihara, 74, who was elected to his third four-year term in April's gubernatorial election.

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Lesser panda Futa makes TV commercial debut

TOKYO, Japan - Futa, a lesser panda, assumes a stand-up posture at Chiba Zoological Park in the city of Chiba, east of Tokyo, in May.

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Kondo assumes Japan Highway presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Councillors lawmaker Takeshi Kondo arrives at Japan Highway Public Corp. (JH) in Tokyo on Nov. 20 after he was formally appointed JH president by transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara earlier in the day.

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Kawabuchi assumes JFA head

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Kawabuchi holds a news conference in Tokyo on July 20 as the new president of the Japan Football Association. He succeeded Shunichiro Okano.

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DaimlerChrysler's Eckrodt assumes MMC vice presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Takashi Sonobe (L), Rolf Eckrodt of DaimlerChrysler AG speaks at a news conference following his appointment as MMC's vice president and chief operating officer. Eckrodt, who currently heads the DaimlerChrysler group's railway systems division, becomes MMC's second-in-command after Sonobe.

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Tsuchida assumes TSE presidency

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Masaaki Tsuchida, former head of the National Tax Administration, who was elected president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on May 25.

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Schwartz assumes command of U.S. forces in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows a ceremony held in Seoul on Dec. 9 to mark U.S. Gen. Thomas Schwartz (L in the row) becoming the 24th commander-in-chief of the U.S. Forces in South Korea, replacing Gen. John Tilelli (R in the row). Schwartz also took over the role of head of the U.S.-led United Nations Command and the Combined Forces Command.

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Imai becomes Keidanren chairman

Takashi Imai (2nd from L), chairman of Nippon Steel Corp., assumes the chairmanship of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) on May 26, replacing Shoichiro Toyoda (far R), chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. The photo shows Imai and Toyoda shaking hands at a general meeting of Japan's largest business body at the Keidanren Kaikan Building in downtown Tokyo.

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New finance minister assumes post

New Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga (R) takes over duties at the Finance Ministry on Feb. 2 from Hiroshi Mitsuzuka who stepped down from the post last week to take responsibility for a bribery scandal involving two financial inspectors at the ministry.

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Dina Boluarte sworn in as Peru's new president

STORY: Dina Boluarte sworn in as Peru's new president DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Lima CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Peru's new president Dina Boluarte swearing in, greeting everyone, and leaving the Congress 2. various of Pedro Castillo announcing that "temporarily dissolve" the Congress of the Republic 3. various of demonstrators outside the congress against Pedro Castillo 4. various of Peru's congressional impeachment STORYLINE: Peru's Congress on Wednesday swore in Vice President Dina Boluarte as the country's new president, complying with the line of succession, after voting to impeach Pedro Castillo for alleged "permanent moral incapacity." During a swearing-in ceremony convened by Congress, the new Peruvian president said she will faithfully exercise the office of President of the Republic that she assumes in accordance with the Political Constitution of Peru, "from this moment until July 26, 2026." Peru's National Police (PNP) confirmed that former Peruvian Pres

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Moody's slashes India's economic growth forecast to 7.7 percent for 2022

STORY: Moody's slashes India's economic growth forecast to 7.7 percent for 2022 DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of the market area 3. various of supermarket 4. various of fuel station STORYLINE: The U.S.-based credit rating agency Moody's on Thursday slashed India's economic growth projection for the year 2022 to 7.7 percent, from its earlier estimate of 8.8 percent. It also said that India's growth rate would further decelerate to 5.2 percent in 2023. "Our expectation that India's real GDP growth will slow from 8.3 percent in 2021 to 7.7 percent in 2022, and to decelerate further to 5.2 percent in 2023 assumes that rising interest rates, uneven distribution of monsoons, and slowing global growth will dampen economic momentum on a sequential basis," Moody's said in its Global Macro Outlook 2022-23. It added "A quicker let-up in global commodity prices would provide significant upside to growth. In addition, econ

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COVID-19 Emergency in India

Health workers carry a patient who tested positive for COVID-19 to a critical care unit at a hospital in Kolkata , India , on 12 May 2021 .India saw a sharp decline of cases from over 4 lakhs to 3.5 Lakhs yesterday , to which manu assumes that India has reached its peak infection from second wave . Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/ABACAPRESS.COM

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COVID-19 Emergency in India

Health workers carry a patient who tested positive for COVID-19 to a critical care unit at a hospital in Kolkata , India , on 12 May 2021 .India saw a sharp decline of cases from over 4 lakhs to 3.5 Lakhs yesterday , to which manu assumes that India has reached its peak infection from second wave . Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/ABACAPRESS.COM

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COVID-19 Emergency in India

A patient waves to her family as she is discharged after recovering from COVID-19 at a hospital in Kolkata , India , on 12 May 2021 .India saw a sharp decline of cases from over 4 lakhs to 3.5 Lakhs yesterday , to which manu assumes that India has reached its peak infection from second wave . Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/ABACAPRESS.COM

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COVID-19 Emergency in India

A health worker gets out of his PPE suit at a hospital corridor in Kolkata , India , on 12 May 2021 .India saw a sharp decline of cases from over 4 lakhs to 3.5 Lakhs yesterday , to which manu assumes that India has reached its peak infection from second wave . Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/ABACAPRESS.COM

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COVID-19 Emergency in India

Health workers carry a patient who tested positive for COVID-19 to a critical care unit at a hospital in Kolkata , India , on 12 May 2021 .India saw a sharp decline of cases from over 4 lakhs to 3.5 Lakhs yesterday , to which manu assumes that India has reached its peak infection from second wave . Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Writer Inose assumes deputy governorship of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara (L) and writer Naoki Inose shake hands at the Tokyo Metropolitan government on June 28 after Inose assumed the deputy governorship. Inose, 60, is one of the four deputy governors under Ishihara, 74, who was elected to his third four-year term in April's gubernatorial election. (Kyodo)

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Ozeki-in-waiting Kotomitsuki visits alma matter middle school

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki-in-waiting Kotomitsuki poses with students during a visit to his alma mater Shinkayama Junior High School in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on July 24, a day before he formally assumes the ozeki rank. He secured promotion to the second-highest sumo rank at the just-ended Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo)

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Tsuchida assumes TSE presidency

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Masaaki Tsuchida, former head of the National Tax Administration, who was elected president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on May 25.

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Starman (1984)

Karen Allen & Jeff Bridges Characters: Jenny Hayden & Starman Film: Starman (USA 1984) Director: John Carpenter 14 December 1984 After his spaceship is hsot down Starman JEFF BRIDGES arrives at the cabin of widower Jenny Hayden (KAREN ALLEN) & assumes the guise of her dead husband, Starman's mother ship will land in Arizona, so the couple set off on a journey, discovering love and friendship along the way. Copyright: Channel 5 Broadcasting Channel 5 Stills: 0171 550 5546/5583/5509/5544/5501 Free for editorial press and listings use in connection with the current broadcast of Channel 5 Programmes only. This image may be reproduced with written consent of Channel 5. Not for any form of advertising, internet use or in connection with the sale of any product. Date: 14 December 1984

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New commanding officer of Yokosuka base

The new commanding officer of the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Capt. Jeffrey Kim, assumes the post on July 22, 2016. Kim said in Japanese he will do his utmost to support the Japan-U.S. relationship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Japan Hsieh assumes post

Frank Hsieh, newly appointed as Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Japan, speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 9, 2016, as he assumed the post the same day. The former premier will visit the earthquake-damaged southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vice Adm. Aucoin becomes commander of U.S. 7th Fleet

Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin assumes command of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet at Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP's Endo assumes 2020 Tokyo Olympics minister

Toshiaki Endo (L), a member of the House of Representatives from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, after Endo assumed the post of a Cabinet minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP's Endo assumes 2020 Tokyo Olympics minister

Toshiaki Endo, a member of the House of Representatives from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, after assuming the post of a Cabinet minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New U.S. forces commander assumes post at Yokota base ceremony

Lt. Gen. John Dolan addresses a change of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on June 5, 2015, taking over the top post from Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Puppet master assumes prestigious teacher's name

Yoshida Tamao, a puppet master of the traditional Japanese puppet theatre, Bunraku, heads to his dressing room at the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka on March 31, 2015, after assuming his master's name. He was previously called Yoshida Tamame. His master was a living national treasure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Puppet master assumes prestigious teacher's name

Yoshida Tamame, a puppet master of the traditional Japanese puppet theatre, Bunraku, pays respect at the grave of his late teacher, Yoshida Tamao, in Osaka on March 31, 2015. Tamame has assumed the name of his master, who was a living national treasure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Puppet master assumes prestigious teacher's name

Yoshida Tamame (R), a puppet master of the traditional Japanese puppet theatre, Bunraku, prays on March 31, 2015, at an Osaka shrine for the success of a gala performance marking his succession to his teacher's name. His master, Yoshida Tamao, was a living national treasure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Puppet master assumes prestigious teacher's name

Yoshida Tamame (front), a puppet master of the traditional Japanese puppet theatre, Bunraku, prays on March 31, 2015, at an Osaka shrine for the success of a gala performance marking his succession to his teacher's name. His master, Yoshida Tamao, was a living national treasure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kozu assumes presidency of Japan's national trade union Rengo

Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2015, shows Rikio Kozu, who has become the new president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, better known as Rengo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo