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[Breaking News]IOC presidential election

TOKYO, Japan, March 4 Kyodo - Screenshot shows Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation and a member of the International Olympic Committee, speaking to the media online from Kyiv on March 3, 2025. Watanabe is one of the seven candidates who will run for the March 20 IOC presidential election in Greece. The term of the current president, Thomas Bach, expires in June 2025. (Kyodo)

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IOC presidential election

Screenshot shows Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation and a member of the International Olympic Committee, speaking to the media online from Kyiv on March 3, 2025. Watanabe is one of the seven candidates who will run for the March 20 IOC presidential election in Greece. The term of the current president, Thomas Bach, expires in June 2025.

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Outgoing Dutch PM Mark Rutte appointed as NATO secretary general

STORY: Outgoing Dutch PM Mark Rutte appointed as NATO secretary general SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Brussels CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exterior of NATO headquarters in Brussels 2. various of NATO exercise BALTOPS 2024 in Gotland, Sweden 3. various of NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence exercise Ramstein Legacy in Romania STORYLINE: The North Atlantic Council decided to appoint outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), NATO said in a statement Wednesday. The statement said Rutte will assume his duties as NATO's secretary general on Oct. 1, when Jens Stoltenberg's term expires after ten years at the helm of the alliance. On June 19, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis officially announced his withdrawal from the race for NATO's secretary general. Consequently, Rutte has gained the support of all 32 member countries. The Netherlands is a founding memb

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Dutch Government Tries To Stop ASML From Moving Out

Handout undated photo shows Peter Wennink, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dutch national, 1957, Chair of the Board of Management since 2013 (term expires in 2024). The Dutch government is scrambling to ensure that the country’s largest company, the semiconductor equipment maker ASML, does not move operations or expand abroad after the tech firm voiced concerns over the country’s hardening stance on migrants. For months, ASML, which sources parts from around the world but assembles its machines in Veldhoven in the the south of the Netherlands, has been warning against any moves that could hinder its ability to attract skilled foreign labour. The company mostly imports its parts from different countries, but builds its machines in the south of the country, in Veldhoven. Currently, the company is reported to be considering France as an alternate location to The Netherlands. Photo by ASML via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Government Tries To Stop ASML From Moving Out

Handout undated photo shows Christophe Fouquet, Executive Vice President & Chief Business OfficerFrench national, 1973, member of the Board of Management since 2018 (term expires in 2026). The Dutch government is scrambling to ensure that the country’s largest company, the semiconductor equipment maker ASML, does not move operations or expand abroad after the tech firm voiced concerns over the country’s hardening stance on migrants. For months, ASML, which sources parts from around the world but assembles its machines in Veldhoven in the the south of the Netherlands, has been warning against any moves that could hinder its ability to attract skilled foreign labour. The company mostly imports its parts from different countries, but builds its machines in the south of the country, in Veldhoven. Currently, the company is reported to be considering France as an alternate location to The Netherlands. Photo by ASML via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Government Tries To Stop ASML From Moving Out

Handout undated photo shows Christophe Fouquet, Executive Vice President & Chief Business OfficerFrench national, 1973, member of the Board of Management since 2018 (term expires in 2026). The Dutch government is scrambling to ensure that the country’s largest company, the semiconductor equipment maker ASML, does not move operations or expand abroad after the tech firm voiced concerns over the country’s hardening stance on migrants. For months, ASML, which sources parts from around the world but assembles its machines in Veldhoven in the the south of the Netherlands, has been warning against any moves that could hinder its ability to attract skilled foreign labour. The company mostly imports its parts from different countries, but builds its machines in the south of the country, in Veldhoven. Currently, the company is reported to be considering France as an alternate location to The Netherlands. Photo by ASML via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Death toll rises, crucial facilities destroyed in Gaza after ceasefire expires

STORY: Death toll rises, crucial facilities destroyed in Gaza after ceasefire expires SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 4, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: GAZA CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of bakery destroyed 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ESSAM YOUSSEF, Worker at Al-Baraka Bakery in Gaza 3. various of hospital in Gaza STORYLINE: Al-Baraka Bakery, a bakery that kept working in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas conflict, was destroyed by Israeli army on Sunday. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ESSAM YOUSSEF, Worker at Al-Baraka Bakery in Gaza "Bread was the only hope for the people. There is nothing left for us here because Israel has destroyed our lives. The flour that used to come from United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) or mills nearby could no longer reach us. The attack by the Israeli army destroyed factories, cut off fuel and gas, making every effort to stop the operation of the bakery. However, the bakery still continued to work as much as possi

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Israel resumes strikes in Gaza as ceasefire expires

STORY: Israel resumes strikes in Gaza as ceasefire expires SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 1, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: GAZA CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): OHOOD AL-JAGHOUB, Xinhua reporter in Ramallah 2. various of Gaza-related footage 3. various of Israel-related footage STORYLINE: A fragile humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed on Friday, with the conflicting parties accusing each other of violating the ceasefire deal. STANDUP (English): OHOOD AL-JAGHOUB, Xinhua reporter in Ramallah "After seven days of humanitarian truce between Hamas and Israel, which led to freeing 86 Israeli hostages held by Hamas, and 240 Palestinian detainees from Israeli military jails, all are women and children, the truce has officially ended today the first of December at 7 am Jerusalem time. Israel has already started bombing Gaza. Meanwhile, the death toll in Gaza since the end of pause exceeds 100 Palestinians. The Israeli military spokesman said that they are t

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Egypt buys Ukrainian wheat in international tender for shipment

STORY: Egypt buys Ukrainian wheat in international tender for shipment DATELINE: March 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exterior of Egypt's Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade in Cairo 2. various of an Egyptian port 3. various of wheat STORYLINE: Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Thursday it bought 120,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat in an international tender for shipment on April 15-25. The purchase came amid talks on the extension of the UN-backed Black Sea Grain Initiative, which expires Saturday. Russia has proposed that the deal, which allows grain shipments from Ukraine's Black Sea ports, should be renewed for just 60 days. Ukraine has rejected it. The deal has previously been renewed for 120 days and there are concerns that a shorter extension could cause logistical issues. Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer and the world's fourth corn importer, has been seeking new internationa

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Fuel prices surge in Italy as tax discount expires

STORY: Fuel prices surge in Italy as tax discount expires DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gas stations STORYLINE: Gasoline and diesel prices in Italy have surged dramatically after a discount on fuel-related excise duties expired at the end of 2022. Local media reported on Tuesday that the national average prices reached 1.8 euros (1.91 U.S. dollars) for gasoline and 1.87 euros (1.98 U.S. dollars) for diesel respectively at self-service pumps, which marked an increase of more than 9 percent in both fuels in just a few days. In the first days of 2023, the national average price for full-service gasoline stood at 1.95 euros (2.07 U.S. dollars) per liter while that for full-service diesel stood at 2.02 euros (2.14 U.S. dollars) per liter. The expired discount was put in place in March 2022 to help combat a surge in fuel prices. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Rome. (XHTV)

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Dragan Stojkovic

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Nagoya Grampus members tossing coach Dragan Stojkovic into the air after winning the J-League first division soccer title at Hiratsuka Stadium in Kanagawa Prefecture in November 2010. Nagoya Grampus said on Oct. 3, 2013, that the former Yugoslavia midfielder will leave the team after his current deal as manager expires at the end of the season.

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Dragan Stojkovic

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Grampus manager Dragan Stojkovic talks to players after a practice session at Toyota Sports Center in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 3, 2013. The Nagoya Grampus said the same day that the former Yugoslavia midfielder will leave the team after his current deal as manager expires at the end of the season.

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Dragan Stojkovic

TOSU, Japan - File photo shows Nagoya Grampus manager Dragan Stojkovic reacting after tying with the Sagan Tosu at Best Amenity Stadium in Saga Prefecture on Aug. 31, 2013. The Nagoya Grampus said on Oct. 3, 2013, that the former Yugoslavia midfielder will leave the team after his current deal as manager expires at the end of the season.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (far L) answers reporters' questions at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013, regarding his surprise decision conveyed to the government earlier in the day that he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa ends a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Earlier in the day, Shirakawa conveyed his surprise decision to the government that he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa answers reporters' questions at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013, regarding his surprise decision conveyed to the government earlier in the day that he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa attends a meeting of a government panel at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Shirakawa said the same day he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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Yamaguchi governor to retire

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii speaks during a press conference in Yamaguchi City on Feb. 22, 2012. He said he will not run for a fifth term after his current four-year term expires in the summer of 2012.

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Rangers enter final day of negotiations with Darvish

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Yu Darvish. On Jan. 18, 2012, the Texas Rangers entered the final day of their 30-day negotiating period with the Japanese ace, which expires at 5 p.m. EST that day, or 7 a.m. on Jan. 19 in Japan.

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Moon rover by Tohoku University

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuya Yoshida (L), professor of Tohoku University, presents a prototype of a moon rover in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. The Space Robotics Lab at university's Aerospace Engineering Department has been developing the moon rover to participate in the Google Lunar X PRIZE, international competition of lunar exploration technology to award to the first privately funded teams with a total of $30 million in prizes, which expires when all prizes are claimed or at the end of 2015.

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Ban announces intention to seek 2nd term

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon announces his intention to seek a second five-year term during a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on June 6, 2011. His current term expires Dec. 31.

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Gov't, Okinawa to outline new development law

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2010, after meeting with Cabinet members. The central government and the prefecture agreed to outline the framework of a new law by the summer of 2011 to replace the current law on support for Okinawa's development, which expires at the end of March 2012.

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Ozawa to step down with Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 2, 2010, about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's resignation. Ozawa, who will also step down from the DPJ's No. 2 post, said he is ''very sorry'' that Hatoyama announced his resignation before his term as DPJ leader expires.

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Ozawa to step down with Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 2, 2010, about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's resignation. Ozawa, who will also step down from the DPJ's No. 2 post, said he is ''very sorry'' that Hatoyama announced his resignation before his term as DPJ leader expires.

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Ozawa to step down with Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 2, 2010, about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's resignation. Ozawa, who will also step down from the DPJ's No. 2 post, said he is ''very sorry'' that Hatoyama announced his resignation before his term as DPJ leader expires.

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Ozawa regrets Hatoyama's decision to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 2, 2010, about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's resignation. Ozawa, who will also step down from the DPJ's No. 2 post, said he is ''very sorry'' that Hatoyama announced his resignation before his term as DPJ leader expires.

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Ozawa regrets Hatoyama's decision to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 2, 2010, about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's resignation. Ozawa, who will also step down from the DPJ's No. 2 post, said he is ''very sorry'' that Hatoyama announced his resignation before his term as DPJ leader expires.

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LDP upper house member Yoshimura to run as independent next summer

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows portrait of Gotaro Yoshimura , a House of Councillors member from the Liberal Democratic Party. On Dec. 30, 2009, Yoshimura, 70, said he submitted notification the same day that he will leave the party before his term in the upper house expires next summer.

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Female knuckleballer Yoshida throws last pitch in Kobe uniform

SUITA, Japan - Female knuckleballer Eri Yoshida of the Kobe 9 Cruise pitches in an all-star game of the Kansai Independent League at a Suita ballpark in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 4, 2009, for her last performance wearing the Kobe uniform. Yoshida, the first woman to play professional baseball alongside male players in Japan, is scheduled to leave the financially troubled club when her contract expires at the end of this month.

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Female knuckleballer Yoshida to leave independent league club

AKASHI, Japan - Female knuckleballer Eri Yoshida of the Kobe 9 Cruise pitches against the Kishu Rangers in their Kansai Independent League game in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 1, 2009. Yoshida, the first woman to play professional baseball alongside male players in Japan, is scheduled to leave the financially troubled club when her contract expires at the end of this month.

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MSDF's mission to be terminated if DPJ wins power: Hatoyama

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama stumps in Kumamoto on July 29 ahead of the Aug. 30 general election. Responding to reporters in Kumamoto Prefecture, Hatoyama said the main opposition party will terminate the antiterrorism refueling mission by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Indian Ocean in January, when the law for the mission expires, if it wins power in the general election.

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Ozawa's secretary to be indicted Tuesday, Ozawa to reveal position

TOKYO, Japan - Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa enters the party headquarters in Tokyo on March 23. Ozawa is expected to announce whether he will resign from his post possibly on March 24, when prosecutors plan to indict his arrested secretary over a fundraising scandal, as his custody period expires that day, according to sources close to the matter.

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Aso sees halting antiterror refueling mission possible

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso speaks in an interview with Kyodo News and other media organizations at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 5. Aso suggested that Japan could suspend the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean for U.S.-led antiterrorism operations when the temporary law authorizing it expires in January.

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Extra gasoline tax in place since 1974 expires

TOKYO, Japan - A staffer is busy at a filling station in Tokyo April 1 as gas prices fell about 25 yen per liter the same day. Prices fell after the provisional tax rates on gasoline and other road-related items expired March 31, after the ruling and opposition camps failed to reach a breakthrough over the tax row.

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Extra gasoline tax in place since 1974 expires

OSAKA, Japan - Vehicles line up in front of a gas station in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, April 1 as gas prices fell about 25 yen per liter the same day. Prices fell after the provisional tax rates on gasoline and other road-related items expired March 31 after being introduced as a special measure in 1974.

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NHK President Hashimoto to resign over insider trading by staff

TOKYO, Japan - Genichi Hashimoto (L), the president of public broadcasting company NHK, said at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 21 that he has told of his intention to resign over the revelation of insider stock trading by a reporter and a few other staffers just a few days before Jan. 24 when his term of office expires. Hashimoto also said two of NHK's 10 managing directors -- one in charge of legal compliance and the other in charge of news reports -- will resign Jan. 22 over the questionable stock trading.

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Asahi Breweries' Fukuchi elected NHK president

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Breweries Ltd. adviser Shigeo Fukuchi speaks during a news conference on Dec. 25 after the management committee of Japan Broadcasting Corp., known as NHK, decided earlier in the day to appoint him as the new NHK president, replacing Genichi Hashimoto whose three-year term expires in January.

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U.S. official says little momentum in 6-party talks process

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, says at a Beijing hotel on April 14 that there is currently little momentum in the six-party talks process. Hill's comments came on the day that an initial 60-day deadline, set under a Feb. 13 deal signed by the six parties, expires.

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Ban pledges to uphold U.N. ideals at oath-taking ceremony

NEW YORK, United States - Ban Ki Moon of South Korea, the next U.N. secretary general, listens to questions from a reporter at his first news conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Dec. 14. Ban will take over from Kofi Annan when his term expires at the end of the year.

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Ban pledges to uphold U.N. ideals at oath-taking ceremony

NEW YORK, United States - Ban Ki Moon of South Korea, the next U.N. secretary general, attends an oath-taking ceremony at the United Nations General Assembly hall in New York on Dec. 14. Ban will take over from Kofi Annan when his term expires at the end of the year.

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New Komeito's Kanzaki announces withdrawal

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki formally announces at a party convention in Tokyo on Sept. 15 that he will step down when his term as chief party representative expires Sept. 30. Acting Secretary General Akihiro Ota will replace Kanzaki.

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New Komeito's Kanzaki announces withdrawal, to be replaced by Ota

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party Acting Secretary General Akihiro Ota speaks at a press conference after a party meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 16. Ota hinted he will file his candidacy for the leadership election after party leader Takenori Kanzaki formally announced earlier in the day that he will step down when his term as chief party representative expires Sept. 30.

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Okinawa landowner to win back plot inside 'Elephant Cage' on Mon.

NAHA, Japan - Shoichi Chibana, an antiwar activist who owns a plot of land in the U.S. Navy's communication facility in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, poses on a road leading to the facility commonly known as the ''Elephant Cage'' on July 24. Cbana will win back his land on July 31 when the Japanese government's expropriation expires.

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NHK President Ebisawa expresses intention to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan's scandal-tainted public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), answers reporters' questions with a smile in front of his residence in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Jan. 25. Ebisawa indicated for the first time he will resign from the post before his term expires.

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Gov't to name bond analyst Mizuno as new BOJ board member

TOKYO, Japan - The government plans to appoint Atsushi Mizuno (file photo), chief strategist at Credit Suisse First Boston Securities (Japan) Ltd., as a new member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board, government sources said Nov. 5. Mizuno will succeed Teizo Taya, a former managing director of the Daiwa Institute of Research, whose five-year term on the central bank board expires Dec. 2.

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Norway to bring troops home from Iraq when term ends: Petersen

TOKYO, Japan - Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen told Kyodo News on May 21 that Oslo will bring its troops in Iraq back to Norway as planned this summer when their term expires and indicated that replacement troops are not expected to be sent.

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WTO informally approves Oshima as next head of General Council

GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed at an informal ambassador-level meeting on Feb. 9 that Shotaro Oshima (file photo), Japan's representative in Geneva, will become the next chairman of the WTO General Council, trade sources said. Oshima, 60, is to replace incumbent Chairman Carlos Perez del Castillo, whose term expires this month, making Oshima the first Japanese to head the top decision-making body of the Geneva-based WTO.

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Matsushita to become co-chairman of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Masayuki Matsushita (R), vice chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., will succeed Chiyono Terada (L) as co-chairman of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives (Kansai Keizai Doyukai) when Terada's term of office expires next May. At the center is Tsutomu Okuda, co-chairman of the economic organization.

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Japan flyhalf Miller to call it a day

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan international flyhalf Andrew Miller (in photo taken on Oct. 23) said Oct. 24 he will retire at the end of this season and return to New Zealand. ''I've played in Japan for six years now and I think the time has come to end my rugby career and go home and do something new,'' said the 31-year-old whose current contract with Japanese corporate side Kobe Steel expires in March 2004.

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BOJ to act in event of U.S.-led attack on Iraq: Hayami

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaru Hayami, whose five-year term expires March 19, speaks at his last regular press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on March 7. Hayami said the central bank is ready to inject further liquidity into the banking system in the event of emergencies such as a U.S.-led attack on Iraq.