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Japan, China senior officials hold talks

Masaaki Kanai, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, leaves his lodging in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2025, before talks with his Chinese counterpart amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on a potential Taiwan contingency.

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Japan, China senior officials hold talks

Masaaki Kanai, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, leaves his lodging in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2025, before talks with his Chinese counterpart amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on a potential Taiwan contingency.

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Kyoto Mayor Matsui

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Kyoto Mayor Koji Matsui explains during a press conference in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2025, about the city government's decision to raise its lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations from March 2026, setting the maximum rate at a sharply higher 10,000 yen ($64) per person per night. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto Mayor Matsui

Kyoto Mayor Koji Matsui explains during a press conference in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2025, about the city government's decision to raise its lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations from March 2026, setting the maximum rate at a sharply higher 10,000 yen ($64) per person per night.

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-CHINA NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Drolma (R) and her father and sister are pictured as they pasture on the grassland in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Nov. 15, 2023. Sichod Drolma is a student in Grade 8 at Damxung County Middle School. At school, Sichod Drolma and her 51 classmates are provided with Tibetan-Mandarin bilingual education. Xizang has made significant strides in education over the past few decades. Since 2012, students there have enjoyed free board and lodging, and they are exempt from study costs from preschool to senior high school, spanning a total of 15 years. (Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua)

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Drought in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - AUGUST 23, 2023 - Chinese herbal farmers use fennel seedlings to help lodging after drought in Shandan county, Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, August 23, 2023. It is reported that the average temperature in June 2023 in Zhangye City was the highest since 1953. Precipitation has decreased significantly, with an average precipitation of 50.5 mm, the amount of water flowing from rivers has dropped sharply, 17 small and medium-sized reservoirs have reached the state of dead storage capacity, and nearly 200,000 people have difficulties in providing water for their daily lives, suffering the worst drought in the past 70 years.

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Friendship house on Russian-held island converted into lodging facility

Photo taken on July 24, 2023, shows a sports bar in a Japan-donated friendship facility on Russian-held Kunashiri Island off Hokkaido, northern Japan. The so-called Muneo House, named after Japanese lawmaker Muneo Suzuki due to his involvement in the construction project, was converted into a commercial facility after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and is currently being used as a lodging facility rather than a center for mutual exchanges as initially agreed by Japan and Russia.

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High technology helps cotton cultivation in China's Xinjiang

STORY: High technology helps cotton cultivation in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of cotton industry 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DU KAI, Cotton farmer from Wusu City, Xinjiang 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG CHUNYUAN, Vice general manager of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Xinjiang Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHAI HUI, Senior Vice President of Suzhou Eavision Robotic Technologies Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: High-tech agricultural machinery went on display at an expo in China's Xinjiang. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DU KAI, Cotton farmer from Wusu City, Xinjiang "In the days when my grandfather was farming, it was all manual work, from planting to harvesting. At that time, we needed to hire a cotton picker for every 10 mu (0.67 hectares) of cotton farmland. We needed to take care of their board and lodging, and they might work for 45 days to collect all the cotton. Now this cotton harvesting machine can finish p

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Cheap hotels in favelas popular for tourists

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Ipanema Beach and a nearby luxury hotel are seen on June 7, 2014, from a cheap lodging house in Vidigal, one of many slum districts known as favelas in Rio de Janeiro. Because of their price, hotels in favelas are becoming popular with tourists who have come to see the World Cup finals.

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Baseball: Japan's slugger-pitcher Otani

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 5 Kyodo - Shohei Otani of the Nippon Ham Fighters arrives at the team's lodging in Peoria, Arizona, on Jan. 28, 2017, ahead of the team's training camp.

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Work underway to demolish lodging facility hit by tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Work is seen underway on Dec. 15, 2014, to demolish Enoshima Kyosai Kaikan, a lodging facility in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, overturned by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Japan World Cup squad's base camp in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - The Spa Sport Resort's lodging facility in Itu, northeastern Sao Paulo state, where the Japanese national soccer team will stay during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, is photographed on May 23, 2014.

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Lodging site operator, realtor to help foreign stayers

TOKYO, Japan - Sonosuke Mikuchi (R), president of Tomareru Inc. which operates a website for lodging information, and Yasutaka Yanase, president of real estate agent Able Inc., meet reporters in Tokyo on May 22, 2014, to announce the launch of a service designed to introduce cheap apartments to foreign visitors.

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China slams Abe's shrine visit

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua speaks with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2013, after lodging a protest with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo earlier in the day.

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China slams Abe's shrine visit

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua speaks with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2013, after lodging a protest with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo earlier in the day.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata waves as he leaves his lodging in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata waves as he leaves his lodging in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Astronauts (from L) Koichi Wakata of Japan, Mikhail Tyurin of Russia and Richard Mastracchio of the United States leave their lodging in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, with a Sochi Winter Olympics torch to be taken into space. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying the three astronauts lifted off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Acquitted man lodges damages suit

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Sakurai, one of two men acquitted in a 1967 robbery and murder case, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2012, after lodging a suit seeking 190 million yen in damages over allegedly illegal acts by law enforcement authorities that led to false accusations against him.

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Japanese peacekeeping personnel arrive in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - An advance group of Ground Self-Defense Force personnel head for their lodging after arriving in Juba, South Sudan, on Jan. 15, 2012, to prepare for the arrival of more GSDF members for U.N. peacekeeping operations in the fledgling African nation.

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Japan PM Noda and his wife

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) speaks with reporters at the entrance of his official residence in Tokyo, with his wife Hitomi standing nearby, on Oct. 1, 2011. Noda moved to the residence, located next to the prime minister's office, in the Nagatacho district from lodging for House of Representative members in the Akasaka district the same day.

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Quake in northeastern India

GANGTOK, India - A man stands beside a Tibetan Buddhist lodging facility hit by an earthquake in Gangtok, in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, on Sept. 20, 2011. The powerful earthquake jolted a mountainous region where the borders of India, Nepal and China meet on Sept. 18, 2011.

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Japan's antipiracy base in Djibouti

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Photo taken on July 8, 2011, shows Japan's Self-Defense Forces members around their lodging facility at the recently-opened SDF base in Djibouti. The desert camouflage outfit has been introduced for members at the base in addition to their ordinary green camouflage gear. Japan's first full-scale overseas base is being used for an antipiracy mission off Somalia,

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Hakuho gears up for Nagoya tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho is pictured during a practice session at the lodging of the Miyagino stable in Nagoya on June 30, 2010, ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament scheduled for July 10 through 24. The tournament will be the first regular meet since January, after a match-fixing scandal forced the Japan Sumo Association to cancel the regular spring competition in March.

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Sumo wrestler smiles broadly after promotion

KASUGAI, Japan - Fujiazuma, a sumo wrestler belonging to the Tamanoi stable, smiles broadly at a lodging facility used by the stable for its wrestlers in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, on June 27, 2011, after his promotion to the top makuuchi class from the second-tier juryo division was announced earlier in the day by the Japan Sumo Association for the July 10-24 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Fukushima plant workers

IWAKI, Japan - Workers return in the afternoon to Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, after working at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on June 4, 2011. The workers are lodging at inns in a spa area of Iwaki, south of the plant.

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Fukushima plant workers

IWAKI, Japan - Workers leave Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in the early morning for the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on June 14, 2011. The workers are lodging at inns in a spa area of Iwaki, south of the plant.

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Japan gear up for Asian Cup

OSAKA, Japan - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda of CSKA Moscow arrives at the lodging for the national squad in Osaka Prefecture on Jan. 2, 2011, ahead of the Asian Cup soccer tournament in Qatar.

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Stablemaster rents from man with alleged gangster links

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 21, 2010 shows a building in Osaka that sumo stablemaster Matsugane has rented from a man who has close ties with Japan's largest crime syndicate and used for training and lodging wrestlers.

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Stablemaster rents building from man with alleged gangster links

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Matsugane serves as a referee at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya on July 21, 2010. The stablemaster rented a building in Osaka city from a business executive who police say has close ties with Japan's largest crime syndicate, and used it for training and lodging wrestlers in March, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Sumo stables searched over wrestlers' gambling scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Onomatsu bows to reporters in front of his stable's lodging in the city of Owariasahi, Aichi Prefecture, on July 7, 2010, after police carried out raids there and on his stable in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, over illegal gambling. The Onomatsu stable is suspected of having played a central role in the sumo wrestlers' gambling, which was allegedly run by a bookie linked to gangsters.

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Hakuho prepares for scandal-hit Nagoya sumo tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho signs autographs after a practice session ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at the lodging of the Miyagino stable in Nagoya on June 29, 2010. The Japan Sumo Association will hold the annual tournament as planned despite a spate of gambling scandals involving wrestlers and other members.

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Hakuho prepares for scandal-hit Nagoya sumo tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (C) works out during a practice session ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at the lodging of the Miyagino stable in Nagoya on June 29, 2010. The Japan Sumo Association will hold the annual tournament as planned despite a spate of gambling scandals involving wrestlers and other members.

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Hakuho prepares for scandal-hit Nagoya sumo tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho works out during a practice session ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at the lodging of the Miyagino stable in Nagoya on June 29, 2010. The Japan Sumo Association will hold the annual tournament as planned despite a spate of gambling scandals involving wrestlers and other members.

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Sumo champ Hakuho turns 25

OSAKA, Japan - Sumo grand champion Hakuho holds a cake to celebrate his 25th birthday at the lodging of his Miyagino stable in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on March 11, 2010. The Mongolian yokozuna is aiming to win the 13th title of his career at the upcoming spring tournament.

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Sokokurai becomes 2nd Chinese sumo wrestler

SHIME, Japan - Chinese sumo wrestler Sokokurai of the Arashio stable is held aloft by fellow wrestlers near the stable's temporary lodging in Shime, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2009. The 25-year-old, who hails from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is the second Chinese wrestler to fight in the second-tier juryo division, following Osaka-born Chinese national Kiyonohana in the 1970s.

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Ex-sumo stablemaster given 6-yr prison over wrestler's death

NAGOYA, Japan - This Feb. 7, 2008 file photo shows the ring in the building in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, that the Tokitsukaze sumo stable used as a temporary lodging before a July 2007 tournament in Nagoya. The Nagoya District Court ruled May 29 that a former stablemaster was involved in fatal violence against a 17-year-old wrestler in the ring in June 2007.

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Cheaper day laborers' inns in Osaka attract foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - A tourist information center opens in the Airin district in Osaka's Nishinari Ward, known as a day laborers' area, on Jan. 26 through Feb. 27. Accomodations in the district have been used by day laborers for an average 3,000 yen a day, but in recent years, the facilities have attracted foreign tourists looking for cheaper lodging places.

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Aggrieved woman removed from venue of China leaders' meeting

BEIJING, China - A woman holding a piece of paper apparently with the intention of lodging a petition with the nation's leaders is removed by a police officer on Oct. 16 from the vicinity of the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the ongoing 17th Chinese Communist Party Congress. Chinese citizens with grievances against the government often seek redress by making a direct petition to a senior government official.

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Yamasaki says denuclearization taken up in talks in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Taku Yamasaki, a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his lodging in the suburbs of Pyongyang on Jan. 12. He said that the importance of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula has been a topic of his discussions with North Korean officials in Pyongyang. At left is LDP lawmaker Ryotaro Tanose.

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Japan condemns N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki releases a statement lodging ''a strong protest and sternly condemning'' North Korea's announcement of the test at a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 9. ''Our country is considering taking stern measures immediately. North Korea must take all responsibility for this situation,'' the statement said.

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Bulgarian wrestler Kotooshu promoted to ozeki

FUKUOKA, Japan - Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu smiles during a press conference at his stable's lodging place in the town of Hisayama, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 30 after being promoted to ozeki, the second highest rank in sumo, by the Japan Sumo Association.

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Bulgarian wrestler Kotooshu promoted to ozeki

FUKUOKA, Japan - Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu (C) holds up a red sea bream to celebrate his promotion to ozeki, the second-highest rank in the sport, at his stable's lodging place in the town of Hisayama, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 30. Kotooshu, 22, is the first European to become an ozeki.

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Bulgarian wrestler Kotooshu promoted to ozeki

FUKUOKA, Japan - Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu (C) bows at his stable's lodging place in the town of Hisayama, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 30 as he listens to a message from emissaries of the Japan Sumo Association. The association approved Kotooshu's promotion to ozeki, making him the first European to reach the sport's second-highest rank. At his left is his stable master Sadogatake.

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(1)Abductee's father lodges protest 'with anger,' calls for sanctions

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota, whose daughter Megumi Yokota was abducted to North Korea in 1977, accompanied by his wife Sakie, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 8. The Yokotas issued a statement lodging a protest ''with anger'' over North Korea presenting fake remains as those of his daughter, and strongly urged the Japanese government to immediately impose economic sanctions against the North.

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(3)Japan protests to China over submarine intrusion, demands apology

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks at a press conference on Nov. 12 after lodging a strong protest with China over a suspected nuclear submarine that intruded into Japanese waters which Tokyo determined belongs to the Chinese Navy.

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(3)Bird flu scare in Japan

TAMBA, Japan - A tourist disinfects her shoes before she gets on a bus to leave a lodging facility in Tamba, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 4. The facility was temporarily closed because bird flu virus was detected at a poultry farm near it.

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GSDF's lodging site in Samawah being built

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Tractors on Feb. 10 level the site where a camp will be built for Japanese noncombat troops outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. The will stay there during their humanitarian mission to the country.

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(3)Advance GSDF team in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Local contractors bulldoze roads around a candidate lodging site for main Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) units in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah Jan. 24. An advance GSDF team plans to protest the construction, which it did not endorse.

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(1)Japanese GSDF members in Samawah, Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Members of Japan's advance Ground Self-Defense Force survey their planned lodging area outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Jan. 22.