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New Technology Field Enterprises in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 - A product experience officer who has lost both hands relies on intelligent biomimetic handwritten calligraphy in the BrainCo exhibition hall in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on September 17, 2025.

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Protest Against Mass Arrests - The Hague

A protester carries a handwritten placard in The Hague, Netherlands on July 6, 2025. Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion and pro-Palestine activists protested against repeated police violence. The march, sparked by a harsh police crackdown on June 25, ended in a forceful intervention and mass arrests. Detainees were taken on HTM buses to ADO stadium, where they were released. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Mass Arrests - The Hague

A protester carries a handwritten placard in The Hague, Netherlands on July 6, 2025. Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion and pro-Palestine activists protested against repeated police violence. The march, sparked by a harsh police crackdown on June 25, ended in a forceful intervention and mass arrests. Detainees were taken on HTM buses to ADO stadium, where they were released. Photo by Mouneb Taim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Students Rally for Gaza - Palestine

Students hold handwritten Arabic protest signs at Birzeit University, West Bank on April 9, 2025. The Workers’ Union and the Student Movement at Birzeit University organized a mass march to condemn the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli aggression on the northern West Bank. Photo by Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration in support of the new government - Aleppo

Women hold handwritten signs and chant slogans in a street protest in Aleppo, Syria, on March 7, 2025. The gathering takes place after Friday prayers as citizens rally in support of the new government and its military operations against the ousted regime forces. Photo by Hibatullah Barakat/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Farewell to Bibas Family

A woman holds a handwritten sign during the gathering in Tel Aviv, Israel, on February 26, 2025. The funeral is being held for the former hostages, whose bodies were returned to Israel from Gaza last week after being abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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"Born From the Flame" exhibition in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 23, 2025 - A handwritten message of former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zalyzhnyi is displayed at the "Born From the Flame" exhibition which celebrates Ukrainian military personnel, volunteers and medics at the Borys Paton State Polytechnic Museum of the National Technical University of Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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2024 Global Artificial Intelligence Products Application Expo in Suzhou

SUZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 10, 2024 - A visitor tries out a handwritten translation system at the 2024 Global Artificial Intelligence Product Application Expo in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, Dec 10, 2024.

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Suspect In Healthcare CEO's Killing Arrested - NYC

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Police have released this image of the suspected shooter in the slaying of UnitedHeathcare CEO Brian Thompson. A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with last week's fatal shooting in New York City of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione was taken into custody at a McDonald's in the town of Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 280 miles (450km) west of New York City on Monday after a customer at the fast-food outlet recognised him. He was found in possession of a handwritten document that indicated "motivation and mindset", according to police. Photo by NYPD/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Suspect In Healthcare CEO's Killing Arrested - NYC

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - File photo Valedictorian Luigi Mangione gives a farewell speech to the Class of 2016 during commencement at Gilman School. A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with last week's fatal shooting in New York City of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione was taken into custody at a McDonald's in the town of Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 280 miles (450km) west of New York City on Monday after a customer at the fast-food outlet recognised him. He was found in possession of a handwritten document that indicated "motivation and mindset", according to police. Photo by Nicole Munchel/The Baltimore Sun/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GANSU-JIAYUGUAN-TOURISM-ANCIENT VISAS (CN)

(231207) -- JIAYUGUAN, Dec. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Sen checks a handwritten booklet at his stall at the Jiayu Pass scenic area in Jiayuguan City, northwest China's Gansu Province, July 14, 2023. Li Sen, 43, earns a living by playing the role of an ancient "general" at the Jiayu Pass scenic area in the city of Jiayuguan, northwest China's Gansu Province. Visitors can buy ancient "visas" at his stall. These documents are designed by Li and form an essential part of the role-play, allowing tourists to travel back into ancient China. Looking to the future, Li plans to systematically organize the historical and cultural information related to the pass, while developing more cultural and creative products for tourists. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-CHENGDU WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-100 DAYS COUNTDOWN (CN)

(230419) -- BEIJING, April 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A student of Tsinghua University poses with a handwritten message card with her wishes for Chengdu during an event in celebration of the 100-day countdown to the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, April 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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Employees clean Western Wall in Old City of Jerusalem

STORY: Employees clean Western Wall in Old City of Jerusalem DATELINE: April 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people praying at the Western Wall 2. various of employees cleaning the Western Wall STORYLINE: Employees on Sunday began to remove handwritten notes placed between stones of the Western Wall, a holy site for Jewish prayers, in the Old City of Jerusalem. Twice a year, ahead of the Jewish New Year and the Jewish holiday of Passover, the chief rabbi of the Western Wall and his team would clean the wall and gather notes left by worshipers to maintain the structural integrity of the wall. The tradition of placing prayers in the Western Wall has a long history. Each year, people from all over the world come to the Western Wall to place their prayers into the cracks of the ancient stones. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-BLOOD DONATION-AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEER (CN)

(230205) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Peter Mecoy (R) holds two pieces of paper with handwritten words reading "I love China" and "I love Tianjin" at home in Tianjin, north China, Nov. 14, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Australian volunteer forms blood bond with Chinese" (Xinhua)

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Ancient town in central China welcomes Spring Festival with intangible cultural heritage

STORY: Ancient town in central China welcomes Spring Festival with intangible cultural heritage DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Daokou Town 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HE JINXU, Local resident 3. various of intangible cultural heritages and traditional snacks 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHOU SHUMIN, Local resident STORYLINE: With a history of over 1,000 years, Daokou Town strives to preserve traditional culture. As Spring Festival is coming, calligraphers write couplets and give them out for free. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HE JINXU, Local resident "This year, calligraphers write Spring Festival couplets for people for free. These handwritten couplets are more meaningful than store-bought ones, adding more festive mood." Various intangible cultural heritages are presented to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Local cuisine, including Daokou roast chicken, and traditional snacks are popular among visitors and locals. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chines

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Empress Michiko's poem shown at imperial cultural festa

TOKYO, Japan - A handwritten poem by Empress Michiko about her daughter Sayako Kuroda serving as a special sacred priestess during Ise Shrine's rebuilding event is shown to the press on Dec. 10, 2014, on the eve of its display at the Imperial Household Agency staff union's in-house cultural festival. (Pool photo)

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'Haiku' anthology from 1899 gathering hosted by Masaoka Shiki

AKITA, Japan - Seiichi Hasebe reads the original handwritten anthology of 300 Japanese "haiku" poems, a collection of poems from a New Year's haiku gathering in 1899 hosted by famed poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), in Akita, northeastern Japan. He found the collection in May 2014 when sorting the belongings of Akita native poet Ishii Rogetsu.

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'Haiku' anthology from 1899 gathering hosted by Masaoka Shiki

AKITA, Japan - Cover of the recently-discovered original handwritten anthology of 300 Japanese "haiku" poems, a collection of poems from a New Year's haiku gathering in 1899 hosted by famed poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), is seen in this photo. The collection found in May 2014 in Akita, northeastern Japan, contains Shiki's handwriting.

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'Haiku' anthology from 1899 gathering hosted by Masaoka Shiki

AKITA, Japan - The recently-discovered original handwritten anthology of 300 Japanese "haiku" poems, a collection of poems from a New Year's haiku gathering in 1899 hosted by famed poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), is seen in this photo. The collection found in May 2014 in Akita, northeastern Japan, contains Shiki's handwriting.

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Handwritten newspaper for mudslide evacuees by student pair

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroyo Miyamoto (L), 12, and Yuna Michigami, 11, pose for a photo on Aug. 24, 2014, in front of the first issue of their handwritten wall newspaper at an elementary school in Hiroshima where some 600 local residents are taking shelter in evacuation from massive mudslides.

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Famous poet Yosano Akiko's handwritten poem found

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Noguchi of Wakayama Prefecture holds a newly discovered handwritten poem by well-known poet Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) and the stone mentioned in the poem in this undated photo taken in Tanabe City. The poem was found with the stone in Noguchi's home. Noguchi's grandfather Ritaro was a rock collector.

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Late actor Yujiro Ishihara's message plate unveiled

NAGANO, Japan - Actor Satoshi Tokushige holds a helmet said to have been used by late actor Yujiro Ishihara in a popular movie "Kurobe no Taiyo" beside a framed handwritten message by Ishihara on June 5, 2014 at the Kurobe Dam Station, a trolleybus station in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture.

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Einstein's handwritten essay about Japan released

TOKYO, Japan - The Keio University Library releases to the press on March 3, 2014, a draft essay handwritten by theoretical physicist Albert Einstein about his impression of Japan on the occasion of his 1922 visit.

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Apology letter from Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Mamoru Samuragochi, who has been known as a deaf composer of classical music. Samuragochi sent a handwritten apology to media outlets on Feb. 12, 2014, for having long lied about pieces of music released under his name. A music lecturer said in early February that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Samuragochi for nearly 20 years.

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Apology letter from Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a handwritten apology from Mamoru Samuragochi, sent by his attorney via facsimile to Kyodo News on Feb. 12, 2014, for having long lied about pieces of classical music released under his name. A music lecturer said in early February that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Samuragochi for nearly 20 years.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa speaks to supporters, with a handwritten statement from Junichiro Koizumi, another former prime minister, in his hand, in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2014, after losing the Tokyo gubernatorial election. Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe won the election. The two former prime ministers formed a rare alliance in the election in a bid to seek a permanent end to nuclear power generation.

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Bruce Lee exhibition

HONG KONG, China - A preview of an exhibition paying tribute to kung fu legend Bruce Lee is opened to the media at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum on July 19, 2013. The exhibition, which showcases memorabilia including photographs of Bruce Lee's personal life, books he read, costumes, handwritten movie plots, posters, props and other items, will open on July 20, the 40th anniversary of his death.

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Bruce Lee exhibition

HONG KONG, China - A preview of an exhibition paying tribute to kung fu legend Bruce Lee is opened to the media at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum on July 19, 2013. The exhibition, which showcases memorabilia including photographs of Bruce Lee's personal life, books he read, costumes, handwritten movie plots, posters, props and other items, will open on July 20, the 40th anniversary of his death.

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Travolta supports "miracle pine" preservation

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken at the Rikuzentakata city office in Iwate Prefecture on Oct. 2, 2012, shows an autographed picture of U.S. actor John Travolta with a handwritten message, received by the municipal government of the city ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The northeastern Japan city said it has received a message of support from Travolta for its efforts to preserve the "miracle pine" that survived the massive tsunami.

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Disaster-hit Japanese daily awarded

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hiroyuki Takeuchi (R), editor-in-chief of the Japanese newspaper Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, attends the International Press Institute's annual world congress and general assembly in Taipei on Sept. 25, 2011, as the daily received a special award for its publication efforts in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The daily continued to publish using handwritten papers (L) posted on walls, despite loss of power and damage to printing machines due to the disaster.

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Items related to Gen. Nogi found

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a copy of the postmortem certificate (R) of Gen. Maresuke Nogi (1849-1912) of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army and his wife, as well as an illustration (L) depicting the scene of their suicides. The items were found with a letter handwritten by the general. Nogi, a hero of the 1904-1905 Japan-Russo war, and his wife committed ritualistic suicide at their home in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 1912, the day the funeral of Emperor Meiji was conducted.

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Gen. Nogi's letter discovered

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a letter handwritten by Gen. Maresuke Nogi (1849-1912) of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army, a hero of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, which an antiquarian bookstore in Tokyo has acquired and plans to exhibit at a Tokyo antique book fair to be held between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 2011. Nogi is believed to have written the letter in August 1900 to his younger brother, who apparently asked Nogi to find a job for one of their relatives, while Nogi was stationed in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan.

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Handwritten newspaper from Ishinomaki exhibited

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A woman reads a handwritten newspaper issued shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster by the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun, a daily in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, exhibited at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama on May 14, 2011. The paper had been exhibited at the Newseum, a museum in Washington, and is being provided to the museum in Yokohama on loan.

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Kurosawa's handwritten storyboards, scripts released on Net

KYOTO, Japan - This photo shows part of the script of the film ''Rashomon'' and production notes handwritten by the late director Akira Kurosawa. The items are part of nearly 20,000 materials Ryukoku University released in its online archive May 26.

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Kurosawa's handwritten storyboards, scripts released on Net

KYOTO, Japan - This photo shows part of the storyboard of the film ''Seven Samurai'' handwritten by the late director Akira Kurosawa. The storyboard is part of nearly 20,000 materials Ryukoku University released in its online archive May 26.

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Kidnapped newborn baby rescued

SENDAI, Japan - A man points to the glass door of a newspaper shop in Sendai on Jan. 8, where an envelop containing a handwritten letter demanding 61.5 million yen in ransom for a newborn baby was found put up. Police rescued the baby, Shu Yamada, some 50 hours after he was snatched by a man from a hospital in the city.

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(1)Nagashima items popular at Giants' charity event

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A cap from popular former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima fetches 500,000 yen in a charity auction aimed to help reconstruct earthquake-hit areas, at the site of the Giants' spring training in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 19. The cap features ''3'' handwritten by the 68-year-old Nagashima.

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Hitachi to offer Digital Pen Solutions service

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a digital pen which Hitachi Ltd. will use to offer Digital Pen Solutions services from July 3. The service, which will enable anything written by digital pen on digital paper to be sent directly to a computer, saves having to digitize handwritten data and thus will improve efficiency at government offices and companies that handle many handwritten documents.

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Document shows Soviets tried to turn Konoe into spy

MOSCOW, Russia - A Soviet document suggests the Soviet Union tried to turn Fumitaka Konoe, son of a former Japanese prime minister, into a spy. On the classified document, the handwritten note to the left says in Russian, ''The Konoe spy plan should be carried out quickly''. It is the first known document to refer to spying in the case of Konoe.

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Unpublished Hearn biography found in London

LONDON, England - This manuscript of an unpublished critical biography of Lafcadio Hearn, who was influential in shaping Western views of Japan through his books, has been found in a secondhand book market in London. The handwritten manuscript, penned in the 1950s by Cesar dos Santos (1907-1974), a Portuguese journalist, was purchased by Sammy Tsunematsu, curator of the Soseki Museum in London.

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Truman's handwritten consent on A-bomb statement found

WASHINGTON, United States - This is a handwritten message by U.S. President Harry Truman consenting to the language of a statement he was to release after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. The original copy of the message, sent in reply to a cable from Secretary of war Henry Stimson, has been found in the Harry S. Truman Library in Missouri. Written on the back of the cable, the message reads, ''Release when ready but not sooner than Aug. 2.''

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Syrian calligrapher strives to keep handwritten art alive after computers take over

STORY: Syrian calligrapher strives to keep handwritten art alive after computers take over DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:33 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of Haitham Kattan doing calligraphy works 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAITHAM KATTAN, Syrian calligrapher 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HAITHAM KATTAN, Syrian calligrapher STORYLINE: Computer technology has made life mostly easier, but not for Syrian calligraphers, as the popularity of digital printing has endangered their profession of handwriting signage for local businesses. Haitham Kattan, a 73-year-old calligrapher from Damascus, is one of the craftsmen whose long-lived artwork has been taken over by digital graphics. He is one of the very few people still practicing calligraphy, which used to be a bread-earning profession. Over the past 55 years, Kattan's signature has been seen tailing most shop banners, before digital printing, which is easy to use and inexpensive, started to prevail, making handmade calligraphy f

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CALLIGRAPHER-HANDWRITTEN ART

(220924) -- DAMASCUS, Sept. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Calligrapher Haitham Kattan arranges bamboo reed pens for handwriting at his home in Damascus, Syria, Sept. 22, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian calligrapher strives to keep handwritten art alive after computers took over" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CALLIGRAPHER-HANDWRITTEN ART

(220924) -- DAMASCUS, Sept. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Calligrapher Haitham Kattan writes at his home in Damascus, Syria, Sept. 22, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian calligrapher strives to keep handwritten art alive after computers took over" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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(1)Nagashima items popular at Giants' charity event

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A cap from popular former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima fetches 500,000 yen in a charity auction aimed to help reconstruct earthquake-hit areas, at the site of the Giants' spring training in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 19. The cap features ''3'' handwritten by the 68-year-old Nagashima. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi to offer Digital Pen Solutions service

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a digital pen which Hitachi Ltd. will use to offer Digital Pen Solutions services from July 3. The service, which will enable anything written by digital pen on digital paper to be sent directly to a computer, saves having to digitize handwritten data and thus will improve efficiency at government offices and companies that handle many handwritten documents. (Kyodo)

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Contentious Japanese security laws draw protesters' ire

A boy holds a placard bearing a handwritten antiwar message in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on the night of Sept. 19, 2015, to protest the enactment in the early hours that day of legislation marking a major defense policy shift by the government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1944 photo of brothers of Korean descent prior to 'kamikaze' enrolment

A handwritten note as seen on Aug. 11, 2015, on the back of a December 1944 photo of Cho Oi Sok, 23, and his younger brother Oi Dok, 21, both residents in Japan of Korean descent, reads "younger brother to enlist in air corps" and "trip around Kyushu," showing that the picture was taken during the brothers' last time traveling together just before the younger one enrolled as a "kamikaze" suicide pilot during World War II. Oi Sok was strongly opposed to his brother's decision, but Oi Dok insisted on doing so as he believed if he died for Japan, his family and other Korean residents in the country would get more respect and better treatment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Map showing houses during Mt. Usu's 1943-1944 eruptions found at police station

Police in Date, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, show the press on July 27, 2015, a handwritten map showing locations of houses at the foot of Mt. Usu drawn in the early stage of its volcanic eruptions between December 1943 and August 1944. The map was recently discovered along with other documents and photos at the Date Police Station in the southwestern Hokkaido city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Embassy unveils old signboard broken in 1974

Photo taken July 28, 2015, at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul shows Japanese characters written on the back of a wooden board, which is half of the embassy's signboard split in two in 1974 as a result of violent protests by people angered by the assassination of Yuk Young Soo, the wife of then South Korean President Park Chung Hee, by a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of Japan using a handgun he stole from a police station in Osaka, western Japan. The handwritten characters say, "Preserve (this board) forever. In 1974, (the embassy's signboard) was damaged by (protesters) storming the embassy after the killing of the wife of the (South Korean) president." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo