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Alain Delon Turns 80

File photo : "French actor Alain Delon to delivers a speech during the Closing ceremony of the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival at the Festival Palace in Cannes, southern France on May 27, 2007. A harrowing Romanian film won Cannes' top prize late 27 May as the world's biggest film festival brought the curtain down on a 12-day run remarkable for its star-studded brightness -- and the death-obsessed darkness of its movies. ""4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"" elbowed aside 21 other films to snatch the golden trophy at a glittering ceremony marking the end of the festival's 60th edition. Delon turns 80 on November 8th 2015. Photo by Hahn-Nebinger-Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM"

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Alain Delon Turns 80

File photo : "French actor Alain Delon walks on stage to deliver a speech during the Closing ceremony of the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival at the Festival Palace in Cannes, southern France on May 27, 2007. A harrowing Romanian film won Cannes' top prize late 27 May as the world's biggest film festival brought the curtain down on a 12-day run remarkable for its star-studded brightness -- and the death-obsessed darkness of its movies. ""4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"" elbowed aside 21 other films to snatch the golden trophy at a glittering ceremony marking the end of the festival's 60th edition. Delon turns 80 on November 8th 2015. Photo by Hahn-Nebinger-Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM"

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Turkish police detain 14 IS suspects

STORY: Turkish police detain 14 IS suspects SHOOTING TIME: April 9, 2024 DATELINE: April 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police detaining 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in simultaneous operations in four provinces of Türkiye (source: Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish police on Tuesday detained 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in operations in four provinces, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. Yerlikaya said on social media platform X that the police detained six suspects in Yalova province, five in Eskisehir province, two in Gaziantep province, and one in Samsun province. The Turkish government designated the IS as a terrorist organization in 2013 and blamed it for a spate of deadly attacks in the country since 2015. Türkiye has stepped up operations against IS terrorists after the group attacked an Istanbul church in late January, killing a civilian during Sunday

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Pope Francis Pays Tribute To Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano - Rome

Pope Francis arrives to pay his respects at the coffin of late President Emeritus of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano laid in state in the Senate in Rome, Italy Former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano died in a Rome clinic on 22 September 2023 at the age of 98 years. The two-time former president (2006-2015) was one of Italy's most respected political figures. Rome, Italy on September 24, 2023. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Pays Tribute To Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano - Rome

Pope Francis arrives to pay his respects at the coffin of late President Emeritus of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano laid in state in the Senate in Rome, Italy Former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano died in a Rome clinic on 22 September 2023 at the age of 98 years. The two-time former president (2006-2015) was one of Italy's most respected political figures. Rome, Italy on September 24, 2023. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Pays Tribute To Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano - Rome

Pope Francis arrives to pay his respects at the coffin of late President Emeritus of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano laid in state in the Senate in Rome, Italy Former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano died in a Rome clinic on 22 September 2023 at the age of 98 years. The two-time former president (2006-2015) was one of Italy's most respected political figures. Rome, Italy on September 24, 2023. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Pays Tribute To Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano - Rome

Pope Francis arrives to pay his respects at the coffin of late President Emeritus of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano laid in state in the Senate in Rome, Italy Former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano died in a Rome clinic on 22 September 2023 at the age of 98 years. The two-time former president (2006-2015) was one of Italy's most respected political figures. Rome, Italy on September 24, 2023. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Pays Tribute To Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano - Rome

Pope Francis arrives to pay his respects at the coffin of late President Emeritus of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano laid in state in the Senate in Rome, Italy Former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano died in a Rome clinic on 22 September 2023 at the age of 98 years. The two-time former president (2006-2015) was one of Italy's most respected political figures. Rome, Italy on September 24, 2023. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Pays Tribute To Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano - Rome

Pope Francis arrives to pay his respects at the coffin of late President Emeritus of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano laid in state in the Senate in Rome, Italy Former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano died in a Rome clinic on 22 September 2023 at the age of 98 years. The two-time former president (2006-2015) was one of Italy's most respected political figures. Rome, Italy on September 24, 2023. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies

Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks during a rally against security bills in front of the parliament building in August 2015. A world-renowned musician and composer, Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died of cancer at 71 in late March 2023.

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Coaches imported from China welcomed in Pakistan for comfortable, advanced system

STORY: Coaches imported from China welcomed in Pakistan for comfortable, advanced system DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:14 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a new train coach imported from China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (CHINESE): LEI SONG, Technician of CRRC Tangshan Company 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (URDU): USMAN, Passenger 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (URDU): MAHMOOD, Rawalpindi Railway Station 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (URDU): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister STORYLINE: Train coaches newly imported from China for a railway line in Pakistan has attracted much attention recently. The coaches run as part of a Green Line Express train from Islamabad to the country's southern port city of Karachi, passing through major cities across Punjab and Sindh provinces. The newly inaugurated train consisted of nine coaches, including six new coaches imported from China's CRRC Tangshan Company in late 2022 and three recently refurbished units imported from China in 2015. SOUNDBITE 1 (CHINESE): LEI SONG, Technician of C

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Japan's top gov't spokesman Suga

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds an urgent press conference late on Oct. 23, 2018, to announce that Jumpei Yasuda, a 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist who went missing in Syria in 2015 and was feared held captive by a militant group, has most likely been released.

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"Ukiyo-e" artist Utamaro's newly found work to be shown

FUKUOKA, July 27 Kyodo - Popular "Ukiyo-e" artist Kitagawa Utamaro's painting of a courtesan drawn solely with black ink in the late 18th century with Utamaro's friend and writer Santo Kyoden's writing on the lives of courtesans is seen in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2015. The painting, discovered in April, will be exhibited at the Fukuoka Art Museum from Aug. 8.

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Okinawa gov. to visit U.S. to air opposition to military base transfer

NAHA, Japan, May 11 Kyodo - Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (R) meets the press at the Okinawa prefectural government offices on May 11, 2015. Onaga will visit Washington and Hawaii from late May to convey local opposition to the relocation of a U.S. military base in the southern island prefecture, prefectural government officials said the same day.

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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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Cartoonist Tezuka's characters aid Japan fencing

TOKYO, Japan - Women's sabre fencer Misaki Emura (L) poses as "Princess Sapphire," the protagonist in the popular comic series "Princess Knight" written by the late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2015, together with the legendary manga character "Astro Boy" in a publicity blitz led by the Japan Fencing Federation to promote the sport.

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Cartoonist Tezuka's characters used to promote fencing

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Fencing Federation unveils in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2015, new characters produced jointly with Tezuka Productions Co., an animation production company created by the late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, for use in a publicity blitz for the sport. The characters include "Astro Boy" while Yuki Ota, a two-time Olympic foil silver medalist, and six other medalists will also be drawn as Tezuka characters for the campaign.

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N. Korean leader Kim's birthday marked in calm atmosphere

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People walk in front of large portraits of Kim Il Sung (L) and Kim Jong Il, the late grandfather and father, respectively, of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in Pyongyang on Jan. 8, 2015, believed to be the leader's 32nd birthday. The North Korean capital appeared calm, unlike the previous year when an exhibition game was held with former U.S. basketball superstar Dennis Rodman.

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Japanese astronaut Yui holds news conference in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Mikiya Yui, who will travel to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in late May, poses for photos during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. The 44-year-old former Japanese Air Self-Defense Force pilot will stay on the ISS for about six months.

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Japanese astronaut Yui holds news conference in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Mikiya Yui, who will travel to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in late May, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. The 44-year-old former Japanese Air Self-Defense Force pilot will stay on the ISS for about six months.

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Works of literary giant Ogai Mori's son to be exhibited

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsutaro Mori (R), a son of the late essayist Rui Mori, hands a list of some 6,000 works Rui wrote on the life of his father Ogai Mori, a literary great in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, to Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward Mayor Hironobu Narisawa on Dec. 22, 2014, ahead of their exhibition in March 2015 in the ward.

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Japan pro golf Hall of Fame picks Sugihara, Okamoto

TOKYO, Japan - The late Teruo Sugihara (L) and Ayako Okamoto, shown in these undated file photos, are among the four players chosen to be inducted into the Japan Professional Golf Hall of Fame at a ceremony set for February 2015. Sugihara won 63 times worldwide in a career spanning more than 50 years. Okamoto, who won 17 times on the U.S. LPGA tour, was voted into the World Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Kanazawa's travel map illustrates castle town attractions

KANAZAWA, Japan - A woman holds a map of Kanazawa which was created based on a map from the late Edo period in the central Japanese city in Ishikawa Prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014. Kanazawa is expecting more visitors due to bullet train service on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line starting in March 2015 (Nagano-Kanazawa) to link Tokyo with Kanazawa.

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Papier-mache sheep manufactured in Fukushima Pref.

KORIYAMA, Japan - Manufacturing of papier-mache sheep is at its peak at an artisan village in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2014, as 2015 falls on the Year of the Sheep. Nearly 2,000 paper sheep are expected to be made by late January 2015.

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Japan to decide in 2015 on nuclear share of power generation

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) attends a government meeting on national energy policy on Aug. 19, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan. He said Japan aims to decide the percentage of electricity to be generated by nuclear power by late 2015.

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Famous pottery kilns to be fired after 40-year interval

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Kilns used by the late Shoji Hamada, a Japanese ceramic artist credited with developing Mashiko town in Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, into a world-renowned pottery center, will be fired in February 2015 for the first time in about 40 years. This file photo of the kilns was taken on July 27, 2014.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivers a speech in Tokyo on March 20, 2014. Kuroda reiterated the central bank's view that the country's inflation rate is likely to reach 2 percent in late fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2015, saying the economy is on track to achieve the central bank's inflation target.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivers a speech in Tokyo on March 20, 2014. Kuroda reiterated the central bank's view that the country's inflation rate is likely to reach 2 percent in late fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2015, saying the economy is on track to achieve the central bank's inflation target.

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WWII suicide mission training site in western Japan

File photo taken on a small island off Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 26, 2015, shows the former site of a training base for Imperial Japanese Navy soldiers who were assigned a suicide mission using crewed torpedoes called "Kaiten" late in World War II.

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Rally held in Yemen's capital to mark 7th anniversary of war

STORY: Rally held in Yemen's capital to mark 7th anniversary of war DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally STORYLINE: Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the street in Sanaa on Saturday to mark the seventh anniversary of the intervention of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's civil war. People thronged to the streets of Sanaa to demonstrate their dissatisfaction over the years-long conflict and draconian economic blockade. Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi militia seized control of the northern provinces and forced the Saudi-backed Yemeni government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa. On March 26, 2015, Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries launched a military campaign in the country, aiming to reinstall the government to power. The war has killed tens of thousands of people in the poor Arab country and pushed millions into abject poverty

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Ex-Philippine president's family reaching out to Japan war criminals

Lila Quirino, a niece of the late Philippine President Elpidio Quirino, speaks during the launch on April 17, 2015, of a year-long celebration in Manila of the 125th birth anniversary of the former leader. His legacies include the pardoning of more than 100 Japanese war criminals despite his own family's misfortune at the hands of Japanese soldiers during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Postwar rekindling of Philippine-Japan ties credited to Quirino

Cory Quirino (L) and Ruby Gonzalez-Meyer, the grandchildren of former Philippine President Elpidio Quirino, talk about their late grandfather in Manila on March 10, 2015, remembering how their country and Japan became friends again after World War II, as the 70th anniversary of the end of the war nears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks late founder's birthday in jovial mood

A child lays a flower before giant statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 15, 2015, as North Korea marked the 103rd anniversary of the birth of the late founder, Kim Il Sung. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial gathering for 'go' board game master Go Seigen in Tokyo

Rin Kaiho or Lin Haifeng, a Japan-based professional "go" board game player from Taiwan, places a go stone on a board during a memorial gathering for the late Chinese-born go master Go Seigen or Wu Qingyuan in Tokyo on April 5, 2015. Wu passed away in November 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FW Kawamata helps Japan win soccer friendly vs. Uzbekistan

Substitute forward Kengo Kawamata (L) scores Japan's fifth goal on a header late in the second half of an international friendly against Uzbekistan at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium on March 31, 2015. Japan won 5-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince William visits Commonwealth war graves

Britain's Prince William signs condolences at a stand, where a newspaper article about his late mother Princess Diana is placed, during his visit to the Commonwealth war graves in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Feb. 27, 2015. The prince, who arrived in Tokyo the previous day, will visit disaster-hit areas in northern Japan before he leaves for China. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Late actor Takakura's exhibition held in Kitakyushu, southwest Japan

Takeshi Matsunaga, head of the Matsunaga Library in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, holds a letter written by the late actor Ken Takakura on Jan. 18, 2015, at the library displaying more than 130 items related to Takakura. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Late writer Ayako Miura's works to be exhibited across Japan

Masachika Namba, an official of the Miura Ayako Literature Museum in Asahikawa in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, speaks on Jan. 16, 2015 about a plan to exhibit across Japan items related to the late writer's novels "The Muzzle" and "Mother" to stress the tragedy of war and militarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Darvish starts in 3rd rehab assignment

Yu Darvish delivers against Oklahoma City as a starter for Round Rock, the Texas Rangers' Triple-A affiliate, in Round Rock, Texas, on May 12, 2016. Darvish, who is expected to come back in late May after Tommy John reconstruction surgery on his right elbow in March 2015, threw 54 pitches in four innings in his third rehabilitation assignment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Darvish starts in 3rd rehab assignment

Yu Darvish delivers against Oklahoma City as a starter for Round Rock, the Texas Rangers' Triple-A affiliate, in Round Rock, Texas, on May 12, 2016. Darvish, who is expected to come back in late May after Tommy John reconstruction surgery on his right elbow in March 2015, threw 54 pitches in four innings in his third rehabilitation assignment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Darvish starts in 3rd rehab assignment

Yu Darvish delivers against Oklahoma City as a starter for Round Rock, the Texas Rangers' Triple-A affiliate, in Round Rock, Texas, on May 12, 2016. Darvish, who is expected to come back in late May after Tommy John reconstruction surgery on his right elbow in March 2015, threw 54 pitches in four innings in his third rehabilitation assignment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean group pledges to erect more "comfort women" statues

People gather in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul with photographs of late former "comfort women" on Dec. 30, 2015. The Korean Council for Women Drafted for Sexual Slavery by Japan said the same day it plans to start a movement to erect both inside and outside the country statues similar to the one located in front of the embassy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean group pledges to erect more "comfort women" statues

People gather in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul with photographs of late former "comfort women" on Dec. 30, 2015. The Korean Council for Women Drafted for Sexual Slavery by Japan said the same day it plans to start a movement to erect both inside and outside the country statues similar to the one located in front of the embassy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean group pledges to erect more "comfort women" statues

People gather in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul with photographs of late former "comfort women" on Dec. 30, 2015. The Korean Council for Women Drafted for Sexual Slavery by Japan said the same day it plans to start a movement to erect both inside and outside the country statues similar to the one located in front of the embassy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Statues of "yokai" monsters cleaned ahead of New Year

Local people wipe the dirt off the statue of Kitaro, a boy "yokai" monster character, and Medama-oyaji, an eye-ball man who is Kitaro's father, on his palm, alongside the "Mizuki Shigeru Road" shopping street in Sakaiminato, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2015. Local people annually wipe the dirt off more than 150 bronze statues of characters from the late cartoonist Mizuki's horror comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" at the yearend to express their gratitude for the statues that draw an annual 2 million tourists to the town. The cartoonist, who hailed from Sakaiminato, died in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo