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10th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

BEIJING, China - People hold up a banner at the home of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, on Jan. 17, 2015, as they commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital.

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10th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A mourner bows in front of a picture of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, at Zhao's home in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2015, the 10th anniversary of the former Chinese leader. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital.

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10th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

BEIJING, China - About 100 people bow at the home of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, on Jan. 17, 2015, as they commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital.

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10th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A mourner bows in front of a picture of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, at Zhao's home in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2015, the 10th anniversary of the former Chinese leader. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital.

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10th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Wang Yannan, the eldest daughter of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, speaks to reporter at Zhao's home in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2015, the 10th anniversary of his death. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital.

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10th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A man registers his name at the home of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2015, the 10th anniversary of the former Chinese leader. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital.

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Fans mourn actor Takakura

TOKYO, Japan - A stand is set up at a Tokyo movie theater on Nov. 19, 2014, to allow fans of late actor Ken Takakura to donate flowers. It was reported the previous day that Takakura passed away at 83. He was known to Western audiences for his role as a tough Japanese police officer alongside Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's 1989 film "Black Rain."

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Fans mourn actor Takakura

YUBARI, Japan - A woman mourns late actor Ken Takakura in front of a flower stand set up at a replica of a movie set used for 1977's "The Yellow Handkerchief" (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 19, 2014. It was reported the previous day that Takakura, who played the central character in the film, passed away at 83. He was known to Western audiences for his role as a tough Japanese police officer alongside Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's 1989 film "Black Rain."

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Japanese sushi chef who had cooked for Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese sushi chef who cooked for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il between 1989 and 2001 holds a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 26, 2012. The 65-year-old is known by the alias Kenji Fujimoto.

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Japanese sushi chef who had cooked for Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese sushi chef who cooked for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il between 1989 and 2001 is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 26, 2012. The 65-year-old is known by the alias Kenji Fujimoto.

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Japanese sushi chef who had cooked for Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a newly released book, "Hikisakareta Yakusoku (a torn promise)," by the Japanese sushi chef who cooked for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il between 1989 and 2001. The 65-year-old is known by the alias Kenji Fujimoto.

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Japanese sushi chef who had cooked for Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese sushi chef who cooked for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il between 1989 and 2001 places his recently published book and a letter into an envelope during a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 26, 2012. The 65-year-old, known by the alias Kenji Fujimoto, said he will mail them to the current North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, one of the sons of Kim Jong Il.

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'CNN Headline' newscaster Yamaguchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 1989 shows TV personality Mie Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi, who was a bilingual ''CNN Headline'' newscaster and acted as a career woman with a craving for Japanese ''shibazuke'' pickles in a well-known TV commercial in the late 1980s, was found dead at her home in Yokohama on March 8, 2012, her management office said the following day. She was 51.

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2010 Praemium Imperiale laureates

TOKYO, Japan - The 2010 laureates of the Praemium Imperiale arts prize, (from L) Italian artist Enrico Castellani, German artist Rebecca Horn, Japanese architect Toyo Ito, Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini and Italian actress Sophia Loren, attend the award ceremony at Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010. The annual award by the Japan Art Association was inaugurated in 1989 in honor of late Prince Takamatsu, uncle of Emperor Akihito.

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Michael Jackson at Tiananmen Square?

BEIJING, China - A man dressed as the late pop star Michael Jackson is surrounded by policemen at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 3, 2010, as the authorities have stepped up security measures ahead of the 21st anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on democracy protesters at the square. The man was released after police identified him.

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Woman found in Cambodia jungle 17 years after disappearing

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Rochom P'ngieng, 27, who disappeared while herding cattle more than 17 years ago, was discovered by villagers on Jan. 13in the jungle of O'yadao district in Ratanakiri Province. Rochom P'ngieng disappeared in late 1989 at age 8 while she was herding two buffalos with her then 6-year-old niece.

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People pay respects to late empress dowager

TOKYO, Japan - People pay their respects to the late Empress Dowager Nagako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 2. The empress dowager died June 16 at age 97, and was the widow of Emperor Hirohito, who died in 1989.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MENGZI-MENGZI REN-HUMAN GENOME-FINDING (CN)

(220715) -- KUNMING, July 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A drawing provided by Kunming Institute of Zoology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows the reconstruction of a female "Mengzi Ren (MZR)" and her living environment. Scientists have unveiled a Late Pleistocene human genome from southwest China. Their findings were published online in the journal Current Biology on Thursday night. The scientists conducted the genome sequencing of the 14,000-year-old human remains of the "Mengzi Ren (MZR)," which were unearthed in 1989 in a cave in Mengzi, Yunnan Province. More than 30 human fossils, as well as fossils of animals such as the red deer, the macaque and the black bear, were discovered in the cave. TO GO WITH "Chinese scientists sequence genome of 14,000-yr-old human" (Kunming Institute of Zoology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout via Xinhua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MENGZI-MENGZI REN-HUMAN GENOME-FINDING (CN)

(220715) -- KUNMING, July 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo provided by Mengzi Institute of Cultural Relics shows the skull of Mengzi Ren (MZR) in Mengzi, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Scientists have unveiled a Late Pleistocene human genome from southwest China. Their findings were published online in the journal Current Biology on Thursday night. The scientists conducted the genome sequencing of the 14,000-year-old human remains of the "Mengzi Ren (MZR)," which were unearthed in 1989 in a cave in Mengzi, Yunnan Province. More than 30 human fossils, as well as fossils of animals such as the red deer, the macaque and the black bear, were discovered in the cave. TO GO WITH "Chinese scientists sequence genome of 14,000-yr-old human" (Mengzi Institute of Cultural Relics/Handout via Xinhua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MENGZI-MENGZI REN-HUMAN GENOME-FINDING (CN)

(220715) -- KUNMING, July 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo provided by Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology shows a cave where the remains of the "Mengzi Ren (MZR)" are unearthed, in Mengzi, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Scientists have unveiled a Late Pleistocene human genome from southwest China. Their findings were published online in the journal Current Biology on Thursday night. The scientists conducted the genome sequencing of the 14,000-year-old human remains of the "Mengzi Ren (MZR)," which were unearthed in 1989 in a cave in Mengzi, Yunnan Province. More than 30 human fossils, as well as fossils of animals such as the red deer, the macaque and the black bear, were discovered in the cave. TO GO WITH "Chinese scientists sequence genome of 14,000-yr-old human" (Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology/Handout via Xinhua)

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11th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

Mourners bow in front of a picture of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, at Zhao's home in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2016, the 11th anniversary of the death of the former Chinese leader. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in the capital's Tiananmen Square. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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11th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

People hold a banner at the home of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, on Jan. 17, 2016, as they commemorate the 11th anniversary of his death. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in the capital's Tiananmen Square. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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11th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

A man registers his name at the home of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2016, the 11th anniversary of the death of the former Chinese leader. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in the capital's Tiananmen Square. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People visit late Zhao Ziyang's home in Beijing

People bow in front of a picture of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, at Zhao's home in Beijing on April 5, 2015, Qingming Festival day in China. That day people visit, clean and make offerings at ancestral gravesites. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People visit late Zhao Ziyang's home in Beijing

People offer prayers in front of a picture of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, at Zhao's home in Beijing on April 5, 2015, Qingming Festival day in China. That day people visit, clean and make offerings at ancestral gravesites. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People visit late Zhao Ziyang's home in Beijing

A woman sheds tears in front of a picture of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, at Zhao's home in Beijing on April 5, 2015, Qingming Festival day in China. That day people visit, clean and make offerings at ancestral gravesites. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Production of film on ex-leader Hu Yaobang starts in China

Production of a movie featuring the late Hu Yaobang, former general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party seen in this undated photo, has started to mark his 100th birthday, according to a Beijing News daily report on July 8, 2015. The death of Hu, regarded as China's most reform-minded leader, triggered the Tiananmen Square student protests of 1989. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Michael Jackson at Tiananmen Square?

BEIJING, China - A man dressed as the late pop star Michael Jackson is surrounded by policemen at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 3, 2010, as the authorities have stepped up security measures ahead of the 21st anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on democracy protesters at the square. The man was released after police identified him. (Kyodo)

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Woman found in Cambodia jungle 17 years after disappearing

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Rochom P'ngieng, 27, who disappeared while herding cattle more than 17 years ago, was discovered by villagers on Jan. 13in the jungle of O'yadao district in Ratanakiri Province. Rochom P'ngieng disappeared in late 1989 at age 8 while she was herding two buffalos with her then 6-year-old niece. (Kyodo)

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2010 Praemium Imperiale laureates

TOKYO, Japan - The 2010 laureates of the Praemium Imperiale arts prize, (from L) Italian artist Enrico Castellani, German artist Rebecca Horn, Japanese architect Toyo Ito, Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini and Italian actress Sophia Loren, attend the award ceremony at Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010. The annual award by the Japan Art Association was inaugurated in 1989 in honor of late Prince Takamatsu, uncle of Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo)

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10th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A mourner bows in front of a picture of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, at Zhao's home in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2015, the 10th anniversary of the former Chinese leader. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital. (Kyodo)

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10th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Wang Yannan, the eldest daughter of Zhao Ziyang, the late general secretary of China's Communist Party, speaks to reporter at Zhao's home in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2015, the 10th anniversary of his death. Zhao was purged in 1989 for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in the capital. (Kyodo)

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Fans mourn actor Takakura

TOKYO, Japan - A stand is set up at a Tokyo movie theater on Nov. 19, 2014, to allow fans of late actor Ken Takakura to donate flowers. It was reported the previous day that Takakura passed away at 83. He was known to Western audiences for his role as a tough Japanese police officer alongside Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's 1989 film "Black Rain." (Kyodo)

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Fans mourn actor Takakura

YUBARI, Japan - A woman mourns late actor Ken Takakura in front of a flower stand set up at a replica of a movie set used for 1977's "The Yellow Handkerchief" (Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) in Yubari in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 19, 2014. It was reported the previous day that Takakura, who played the central character in the film, passed away at 83. He was known to Western audiences for his role as a tough Japanese police officer alongside Michael Douglas in Ridley Scott's 1989 film "Black Rain." (Kyodo)

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Milos Jakes

Former Czechoslovak Communist Party's secretary general Milos Jakes is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, August 10, 2017. A state attorney has halted the prosecution of former Czechoslovak top Communist officials Milos Jakes, Lubomir Strougal and Vratislav Vajnar over the shooting at Czechoslovakia's state borders, as Jakes died and the other two have a mental disease. Jakes was the Czechoslovak Communist Party's (KSC) secretary general before the fall of the regime in late 1989. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety, March

People hold hearts during the Heart to the Castle march commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the eighth anniversary of his death in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2019. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety, March

People hold hearts during the Heart to the Castle march commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the eighth anniversary of his death in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2019. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety, March

People hold hearts during the Heart to the Castle march commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the eighth anniversary of his death in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2019. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety, March

People hold hearts during the Heart to the Castle march commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the eighth anniversary of his death in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2019. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety, March

People hold hearts during the Heart to the Castle march commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the eighth anniversary of his death in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2019. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety, March

People hold hearts during the Heart to the Castle march commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the eighth anniversary of his death in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2019. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety, March

People hold hearts during the Heart to the Castle march commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the eighth anniversary of his death in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2019. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Communicating The Revolution 89 exhibition, messages to the late president Vaclav Havel, Volkswagen Golf car

An exhibition and communication project Communicating The Revolution 89 on Letna plain (Letenska plan), Prague, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 16, 2019. The project will run until Saturday, November 30, 2019. People can record their messages to the late president Vaclav Havel in the Volkswagen Golf car which he used during the breakthrough events of 1989 and his first months as Czechoslovak president, that will be at the disposal for their messages on Prague's Letna plain throughout the weekend. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Communicating The Revolution 89 exhibition, messages to the late president Vaclav Havel, Volkswagen Golf car

An exhibition and communication project Communicating The Revolution 89 on Letna plain (Letenska plan), Prague, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 16, 2019. The project will run until Saturday, November 30, 2019. People can record their messages to the late president Vaclav Havel in the Volkswagen Golf car which he used during the breakthrough events of 1989 and his first months as Czechoslovak president, that will be at the disposal for their messages on Prague's Letna plain throughout the weekend. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Communicating The Revolution 89 exhibition, messages to the late president Vaclav Havel, Volkswagen Golf car

An exhibition and communication project Communicating The Revolution 89 on Letna plain (Letenska plan), Prague, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 16, 2019. The project will run until Saturday, November 30, 2019. People can record their messages to the late president Vaclav Havel in the Volkswagen Golf car which he used during the breakthrough events of 1989 and his first months as Czechoslovak president, that will be at the disposal for their messages on Prague's Letna plain throughout the weekend. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Communicating The Revolution 89 exhibition, messages to the late president Vaclav Havel, Volkswagen Golf car

An exhibition and communication project Communicating The Revolution 89 on Letna plain (Letenska plan), Prague, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 16, 2019. The project will run until Saturday, November 30, 2019. People can record their messages to the late president Vaclav Havel in the Volkswagen Golf car which he used during the breakthrough events of 1989 and his first months as Czechoslovak president, that will be at the disposal for their messages on Prague's Letna plain throughout the weekend. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety, March

People hold hearts during the Heart to the Castle march commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the seventh anniversary of his death in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2018. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety, March

People hold big heart during the Heart to the Castle march commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the seventh anniversary of his death in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2018. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety, March

People hold big heart during the Heart to the Castle march commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the seventh anniversary of his death in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2018. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Heart to the Castle, Vaclav Havel, Piety

Big heart and candles commemorating Vaclav Havel, the late Czech dissident, playwright and first post-communist president, on the seventh anniversary of his death at the Vaclav Havel Square in Prague, Czech Republic, December 18, 2018. Meetings in remembrance of Havel, including a church service, a march to Prague Castle and a discussion meeting in a theatre, were held at several places in Prague and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Havel, who was Czechoslovak and later Czech president in 1989-2003, died in his house in Hradecek on December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)