Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

HANAMAKI, Japan, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team. (Kyodo)

Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team.

Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team.

Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team.

Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team.

Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team.

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - VATICAN GARDENS : MONASTERY MATER ECCLESIAE OF THE NUNS, WHICH BECAME THE RESIDENCE OF BENEDICT XVI. TO WELCOME THE FORMER POPE, WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS FOUR-STOREY BUILDING, WHICH HAS A CHAPEL, AN ORGANIC GARDEN AND A ROOF TERRACE WITH VIEWS OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA AND THE VATICAN GARDENS, WHERE JOSEPH RATZINGER LIKES TO WALK IN THE AFTERNOON. IN THE FOREGROUND, THE KITCHEN GARDEN OF THE POPE. VEGETABLES ARE GROWN AND FRUITS ARE HARVESTED, ALL OF WHICH ARE 100% NATURAL AND DESTINED FOR THE PAPAL TABLE. THE WATER USED FOR WATERING, LIKE ALL THE WATER USED TO WATER THE 300 PLANT SPECIES AND 6.500 SPECIMENS OF GARDEN PLANTS, COMES DIRECTLY FROM LAKE BRACCIANO. IN THE PAST, THIS PURE WATER PASSED THROUGH THE ANCIENT ROMAN AQUEDUCT OF TRAJAN. ON BACKGROUND LEFT, THE VATICAN RADIO TOWER. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sebastiao Salgado Dead at 81

Sebastiao Salgado Dead at 81

File photo - Sebastiao Salgado attending the Sebastiao Salgado's Aqua Mater Exhibition Opening at La Defense in Paris, France on March 31, 2022. - Legendary Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado dead at 81. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sebastiao Salgado Dead at 81

Sebastiao Salgado Dead at 81

File photo - Sebastiao Salgado attending the Sebastiao Salgado's Aqua Mater Exhibition Opening at La Defense in Paris, France on March 31, 2022. - Legendary Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado dead at 81. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sebastiao Salgado Dead at 81

Sebastiao Salgado Dead at 81

File photo - Sebastiao Salgado attending the Sebastiao Salgado's Aqua Mater Exhibition Opening at La Defense in Paris, France on March 31, 2022. - Legendary Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado dead at 81. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sebastiao Salgado Dead at 81

Sebastiao Salgado Dead at 81

File photo - Sebastiao Salgado attending the Sebastiao Salgado's Aqua Mater Exhibition Opening at La Defense in Paris, France on March 31, 2022. - Legendary Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado dead at 81. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sebastiao Salgado Dead at 81

Sebastiao Salgado Dead at 81

File photo - Sebastiao Salgado attending the Sebastiao Salgado's Aqua Mater Exhibition Opening at La Defense in Paris, France on March 31, 2022. - Legendary Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado dead at 81. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis exchanges Christmas greetings with former Pope Benedict XVI in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery, his new residence, in Vatican City on December 23, 2013. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Vatican Media (EV) /ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae, in the Vatican on June 30, 2015 . - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Vatican Media (EV) /ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae, in the Vatican on November 28, 2020. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Vatican Media (EV) /ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - File photo - Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae, in the Vatican on June 30, 2015 to greet him and wish him a pleasant stay in Castel Gandolfo in the Roman hills. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI is leaving the Vatican for his first sojourn since retiring. He's escaping an impending heat wave by heading to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. The meeting lasted about half and hour. Pope Emeritus Benedict will remain in Castel Gandolfo for the next two weeks. He is scheduled to return  on July 14.  - Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis exchanges Christmas greetings with former Pope Benedict XVI in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery, his new residence, in Vatican City on December 23, 2013. Together they went to the Chapel of the Monastery to share a 'moment of prayer. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki speaks to his alma mater Aikodai Meiden High School's baseball team during a baseball clinic on Nov. 18, 2024, in Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki speaks to his alma mater Aikodai Meiden High School's baseball team during a baseball clinic on Nov. 18, 2024, in Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches his alma mater Aikodai Meiden High School's baseball team during a baseball clinic on Nov. 18, 2024, in Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches his alma mater Aikodai Meiden High School's baseball team during a baseball clinic on Nov. 18, 2024, in Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches his alma mater Aikodai Meiden High School's baseball team during a baseball clinic on Nov. 18, 2024, in Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches his alma mater Aikodai Meiden High School's baseball team during a baseball clinic on Nov. 18, 2024, in Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches his alma mater Aikodai Meiden High School's baseball team during a baseball clinic on Nov. 18, 2024, in Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches his alma mater Aikodai Meiden High School's baseball team during a baseball clinic on Nov. 18, 2024, in Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki smiles during a baseball clinic for his alma mater Aikodai Meiden High School's baseball team on Nov. 18, 2024, in Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

A music concert is held at Niigata Elementary School, Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota's alma mater in Niigata city northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2024, the 47th anniversary of her abduction by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.

47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

A music concert is held at Niigata Elementary School, Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota's alma mater in Niigata city northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2024, the 47th anniversary of her abduction by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.

47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

A music concert is held at Niigata Elementary School, Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota's alma mater in Niigata city northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2024, the 47th anniversary of her abduction by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.

VOLLEY - Evento - NCAA - Texas Women vs Arkansas Women

VOLLEY - Evento - NCAA - Texas Women vs Arkansas Women

Olympic Gold Medalist and Texas alum Chiaka Ogbogu greets the crowd on a return to her alma mater

VOLLEY - Evento - NCAA - Texas Women vs Arkansas Women

VOLLEY - Evento - NCAA - Texas Women vs Arkansas Women

Olympic Gold Medalist and Texas alum Chiaka Ogbogu greets the crowd on a return to her alma mater

US: Anti-Israel Protesters Interrupt Columbia Uni Classes With Vandalism And Picket Line 3

Anti-Israel demonstrators interrupted Columbia University fall semester’s first day of classes with picket lines and vandalism against a monument on Tuesday, September 3. The picket lines were formed by Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) at the Morningside Heights campus gates to protest over failure of complying with anti-Israel demands, and the Alma Mater Statue was drenched in red paint.

US: Anti-Israel Protesters Interrupt Columbia Uni Classes With Vandalism And Picket Line

Anti-Israel demonstrators interrupted Columbia University fall semester’s first day of classes with picket lines and vandalism against a monument on Tuesday, September 3. The picket lines were formed by Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) at the Morningside Heights campus gates to protest over failure of complying with anti-Israel demands, and the Alma Mater Statue was drenched in red paint.

US: Anti-Israel Protesters Interrupt Columbia Uni Classes With Vandalism And Picket Line 2

Anti-Israel demonstrators interrupted Columbia University fall semester’s first day of classes with picket lines and vandalism against a monument on Tuesday, September 3. The picket lines were formed by Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) at the Morningside Heights campus gates to protest over failure of complying with anti-Israel demands, and the Alma Mater Statue was drenched in red paint.

[Breaking News]Huge artwork of judoka Hifumi Abe in Kobe

KOBE, Japan, July 26 Kyodo - A giant artwork of Tokyo Olympic men's 66-kilogram judo champion Hifumi Abe of Japan is unveiled, painted on the facade and windows of a building at his alma mater, Shinko Gakuen High School, in the western Japan city of Kobe on July 26, 2024. (Kyodo)

Huge artwork of judoka Hifumi Abe in Kobe

Huge artwork of judoka Hifumi Abe in Kobe

A giant artwork of Tokyo Olympic men's 66-kilogram judo champion Hifumi Abe of Japan is unveiled, painted on the facade and windows of a building at his alma mater, Shinko Gakuen High School, in the western Japan city of Kobe on July 26, 2024.

Japan emperor's trip to Britain

Japan emperor's trip to Britain

Emperor Naruhito of Japan and Empress Masako plant a cherry tree during a visit to Merton College in Oxford, the emperor's alma mater, on June 28, 2024, during their state visit to Britain. (Pool photo)

Japan emperor's trip to Britain

Japan emperor's trip to Britain

Emperor Naruhito of Japan and Empress Masako plant a cherry tree during a visit to Merton College in Oxford, the emperor's alma mater, on June 28, 2024, during their state visit to Britain. (Pool photo)

Japan emperor's trip to Britain

Japan emperor's trip to Britain

Emperor Naruhito of Japan and Empress Masako plant a cherry tree during a visit to Merton College in Oxford, the emperor's alma mater, on June 28, 2024, during their state visit to Britain. (Pool photo)

Japan emperor's trip to Britain

Japan emperor's trip to Britain

Emperor Naruhito of Japan and Empress Masako arrive at Merton College in Oxford, the emperor's alma mater, on June 28, 2024, during their state visit to Britain. (Pool photo)

Baseball: Ohtani donates gloves to Japanese schools

OSHU, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Dec. 22, 2023, shows a baseball glove that Shohei Ohtani donated to his alma mater Anetai Elementary School in Oshu in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, with a message reading "Let's play baseball!." The two-way baseball star is donating three gloves to each of Japan's 20,000 elementary schools and deliveries are expected to be completed by next March. (Kyodo)

Baseball: Ohtani donates gloves to Japanese schools

Baseball: Ohtani donates gloves to Japanese schools

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2023, shows a baseball glove that Shohei Ohtani donated to his alma mater Anetai Elementary School in Oshu in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, with a message reading "Let's play baseball!." The two-way baseball star is donating three gloves to each of Japan's 20,000 elementary schools and deliveries are expected to be completed by next March.

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students occupy SciencesPo premises on December 7, 2023 in Paris, France. Students at the elite Paris college whose graduates include presidents, business leaders and top civil servants are demanding the resignation of its director Mathias Vicherat after his arrest over alleged domestic violence. It follows a series of scandals involving sexual abuse and drugs that have tarnished the reputation of the ultra-selective Paris Institute of Political Studies, better known as SciencesPo. It is the alma mater of President Macron and the most prestigious of France’s grandes ecoles, which are comparable to Oxbridge and ranked above France’s overcrowded and underfunded universities.Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students occupy SciencesPo premises on December 7, 2023 in Paris, France. Students at the elite Paris college whose graduates include presidents, business leaders and top civil servants are demanding the resignation of its director Mathias Vicherat after his arrest over alleged domestic violence. It follows a series of scandals involving sexual abuse and drugs that have tarnished the reputation of the ultra-selective Paris Institute of Political Studies, better known as SciencesPo. It is the alma mater of President Macron and the most prestigious of France’s grandes ecoles, which are comparable to Oxbridge and ranked above France’s overcrowded and underfunded universities.Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students occupy SciencesPo premises on December 7, 2023 in Paris, France. Students at the elite Paris college whose graduates include presidents, business leaders and top civil servants are demanding the resignation of its director Mathias Vicherat after his arrest over alleged domestic violence. It follows a series of scandals involving sexual abuse and drugs that have tarnished the reputation of the ultra-selective Paris Institute of Political Studies, better known as SciencesPo. It is the alma mater of President Macron and the most prestigious of France’s grandes ecoles, which are comparable to Oxbridge and ranked above France’s overcrowded and underfunded universities.Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students occupy SciencesPo premises on December 7, 2023 in Paris, France. Students at the elite Paris college whose graduates include presidents, business leaders and top civil servants are demanding the resignation of its director Mathias Vicherat after his arrest over alleged domestic violence. It follows a series of scandals involving sexual abuse and drugs that have tarnished the reputation of the ultra-selective Paris Institute of Political Studies, better known as SciencesPo. It is the alma mater of President Macron and the most prestigious of France’s grandes ecoles, which are comparable to Oxbridge and ranked above France’s overcrowded and underfunded universities.Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students occupy SciencesPo premises on December 7, 2023 in Paris, France. Students at the elite Paris college whose graduates include presidents, business leaders and top civil servants are demanding the resignation of its director Mathias Vicherat after his arrest over alleged domestic violence. It follows a series of scandals involving sexual abuse and drugs that have tarnished the reputation of the ultra-selective Paris Institute of Political Studies, better known as SciencesPo. It is the alma mater of President Macron and the most prestigious of France’s grandes ecoles, which are comparable to Oxbridge and ranked above France’s overcrowded and underfunded universities.Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students occupy SciencesPo premises on December 7, 2023 in Paris, France. Students at the elite Paris college whose graduates include presidents, business leaders and top civil servants are demanding the resignation of its director Mathias Vicherat after his arrest over alleged domestic violence. It follows a series of scandals involving sexual abuse and drugs that have tarnished the reputation of the ultra-selective Paris Institute of Political Studies, better known as SciencesPo. It is the alma mater of President Macron and the most prestigious of France’s grandes ecoles, which are comparable to Oxbridge and ranked above France’s overcrowded and underfunded universities.Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students occupy SciencesPo premises on December 7, 2023 in Paris, France. Students at the elite Paris college whose graduates include presidents, business leaders and top civil servants are demanding the resignation of its director Mathias Vicherat after his arrest over alleged domestic violence. It follows a series of scandals involving sexual abuse and drugs that have tarnished the reputation of the ultra-selective Paris Institute of Political Studies, better known as SciencesPo. It is the alma mater of President Macron and the most prestigious of France’s grandes ecoles, which are comparable to Oxbridge and ranked above France’s overcrowded and underfunded universities.Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students Occupy SciencesPo - Paris

Students occupy SciencesPo premises on December 7, 2023 in Paris, France. Students at the elite Paris college whose graduates include presidents, business leaders and top civil servants are demanding the resignation of its director Mathias Vicherat after his arrest over alleged domestic violence. It follows a series of scandals involving sexual abuse and drugs that have tarnished the reputation of the ultra-selective Paris Institute of Political Studies, better known as SciencesPo. It is the alma mater of President Macron and the most prestigious of France’s grandes ecoles, which are comparable to Oxbridge and ranked above France’s overcrowded and underfunded universities.Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM