Fashion show for S. Korean abductees and captives

Fashion show for S. Korean abductees and captives

Models walk down a runway during a fashion show in Seoul on Feb. 3, 2024, in outfits featuring forget-me-nots -- a symbol of South Korean nationals abducted and detained by North Korea and prisoners of the 1950-53 Korean War.

Fashion show for S. Korean abductees and captives

Fashion show for S. Korean abductees and captives

A model walks down a runway during a fashion show in Seoul on Feb. 3, 2024, in an outfit featuring forget-me-nots -- a symbol of South Korean nationals abducted and detained by North Korea and prisoners of the 1950-53 Korean War.

Fashion show for S. Korean abductees and captives

Fashion show for S. Korean abductees and captives

A model walks down a runway during a fashion show in Seoul on Feb. 3, 2024, in an outfit featuring forget-me-nots -- a symbol of South Korean nationals abducted and detained by North Korea and prisoners of the 1950-53 Korean War.

Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general election in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district on Dec. 2, 2014. Opposition parties, including the JCP, are pushing alternatives to "Abenomics," the economic policy package of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which they say has widened the gap between haves and have-nots.

Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Taro Yamamoto, joint chief of the small opposition People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends, gives his first stump speech in official campaigning for the House of Councillors election, which started on June 22, 2016, in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district. Yamamoto said it is necessary to bridge the gap between haves and have-nots in society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Taro Yamamoto, joint chief of the small opposition People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends, gives his first stump speech in official campaigning for the House of Councillors election, which started on June 22, 2016, in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district. Yamamoto said it is necessary to bridge the gap between haves and have-nots in society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nuke ban treaty would deepen rift between haves, have-nots: Kishida

Nuke ban treaty would deepen rift between haves, have-nots: Kishida

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida gives an interview to Kyodo News in Hiroshima on May 20, 2017. Kishida defended Japan's choice not to participate in U.N. talks toward a treaty banning nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo