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[Breaking News]Panel reports on Fuji TV scandal

TOKYO, Japan, April 1 Kyodo - Lawyer Akira Takeuchi, head of the third-party panel probing Fuji Television Network Inc. and its handling of a scandal involving famous former TV host Masahiro Nakai, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 31, 2025, to announce the panel's investigation. (Kyodo)

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Panel reports on Fuji TV scandal

Lawyer Akira Takeuchi (2nd from R, front row), head of the third-party panel probing Fuji Television Network Inc. and its handling of a scandal involving famous former TV host Masahiro Nakai, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 31, 2025, to announce the panel's investigation.

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Panel reports on Fuji TV scandal

Lawyer Akira Takeuchi, head of the third-party panel probing Fuji Television Network Inc. and its handling of a scandal involving famous former TV host Masahiro Nakai, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 31, 2025, to announce the panel's investigation.

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April 15 Marks 5 Years Since The Fire At Notre-Dame De Paris

File photo - A picture taken on April 16, 2019 shows the altar surrounded by charred debris inside the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in the aftermath of a fire that devastated the cathedral. French investigators probing the devastating blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019, questioned workers who were renovating the monument on April 16, as hundreds of millions of euros were pledged to restore the historic masterpiece. As firefighters put out the last smouldering embers, a host of French billionaires and companies stepped forward with offers of cash worth around 600 million euros ($680 million) to remake the iconic structure. - On April 15, 2019, a fire broke out in the attic of Notre-Dame de Paris, a medieval Catholic cathedral in Paris, France. By the time the fire was extinguished, this spire had collapsed and most of the roof had been destroyed. 5 years after the fire, the cathedral is scheduled to reopen in December 2024. Photo by Amaury Blin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240104) -- BEIJING, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 3, 2024 shows the wreckage of JAL Flight 516 after an aircraft collision at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's transport authorities on Wednesday started probing the cause of a collision between a Japan Coast Guard aircraft and a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening, which led to over 300 flight cancellations. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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NASA's Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way

Handout photo - The latest image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to explain. The star-forming region, named Sagittarius C (Sgr C), is about 300 light-years from the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A. The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's reveals a portion of the Milky Way’s dense core in a new light. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, along with some as-yet unidentified features. A large region of ionized hydrogen, shown in cyan, contains intriguing needle-like structures that lack any uniform orientation. The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb is solving mysteries in our solar system, looking beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and o

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NASA's Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way

Handout photo - The latest image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to explain. The star-forming region, named Sagittarius C (Sgr C), is about 300 light-years from the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A. Approximate outlines help to define the features in the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region. Astronomers are studying data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to understand the relationship between these features, as well as other influences in the chaotic galaxy center. The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb is solving mysteries in our solar system, looking beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency.

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NASA's Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way

Handout photo - The latest image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to explain. The star-forming region, named Sagittarius C (Sgr C), is about 300 light-years from the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A. The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's reveals a portion of the Milky Way’s dense core in a new light. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, along with some as-yet unidentified features. A large region of ionized hydrogen, shown in cyan, contains intriguing needle-like structures that lack any uniform orientation. The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb is solving mysteries in our solar system, looking beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and o

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Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro convicted of contempt of Congress

STORY: Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro convicted of contempt of Congress DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Peter Navarro at the White House 2. various of the White House STORYLINE: Peter Navarro, former adviser of then U.S. President Donald Trump, was on Thursday found guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from a House panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro, 74, who was director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy under the Trump presidency, was convicted on one count over his refusal to appear for a deposition in front of the select committee, and another count for refusing to produce documents. The judge has scheduled his sentencing for Jan. 12. Navarro could face a maximum of two years in jail and fines up to 200,000 U.S. dollars, U.S. media reported. He is the former president's second ex-aide to be prosecuted for his lack of cooperation with the select

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Arab Parliament's 5th Congress of Speakers of Arab Councils, Parliaments held in Cairo

STORY: Arab Parliament's 5th Congress of Speakers of Arab Councils, Parliaments held in Cairo DATELINE: Feb. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. exterior shot of the Arab League headquarters 2. meeting of heads of Arab Parliaments 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ADEL AL-ASSOUMI, Speaker of Arab Parliament 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMED ABOUL GHEIT, Arab League Secretary-General 5. various of the session 6. exterior shot of the Arab League headquarters STORYLINE: The Arab Parliament's 5th Congress of Speakers of Arab Councils and Parliaments kicked off on Saturday at the Arab League's headquarters with the participation of Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. The congress offered an important opportunity for probing the document, which was prepared by the Arab Parliament on the problem of food security under the rubric "Parliamentary Vision To Boost Arab Food Security," according to local media. The document calls for overcoming the most important challenges

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Brewers' Braun

MILWAUKEE, United States - Photo shows Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun during a major league baseball game against the Oakland Athletics at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 4, 2013. Media reports said the major league has been probing performance improvement drug allegations involving several players including Braun.

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Nobel laureate Tanaka in Fukushima probe panel

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel chemistry laureate Koichi Tanaka speaks in the Diet in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2011, after assuming a post as a member of a panel probing the causes of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., makes a speech in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford was visiting Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Experts' panel on Fukushima nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Yotaro Hatamura, a researcher on human error who is leading an independent panel of experts on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, speaks at the first meeting of the panel in Tokyo on June 7, 2011. Japan has started probing the causes of the crisis under the panel.

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Kan at experts' panel meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at the first meeting of an independent panel of experts on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on June 7, 2011, in Tokyo. Kan told the panel members that he is willing to be questioned as part of the panel's probing process.

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U.S. researcher probes seabed with robot

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A U.S. researcher (C) is seen at a fishing port in the quake-hit town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20, 2011. Researchers were probing the seabed of the port by operating a robot to assess whether fishing boats could dock at the port.

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Probe into maritime collision video

KOBE, Japan - Investigators leave the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Uranami in Kobe, western Japan, on Nov. 12, 2010, after probing the vessel. A Japan Coast Guard official may have downloaded video footage on maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands, which was posted on the YouTube video-sharing website, to a memory device from a personal computer on the patrol boat, for which he serves as chief navigator.

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Toyota probing Prius brake problem in response to complaints

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Executive Vice President Shinichi Sasaki responds to questions from reporters at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010, after meeting with transport minister Seiji Maehara. Company officials said Toyota has received dozens of complaints concerning the brakes of the latest model of its popular Prius hybrid car in Japan and North America and has launched a probe into the matter as instructed by the Japanese government.

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Toyota probing Prius brake problem in response to complaints

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in June 2009 shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s production line for Prius hybrid cars in Aichi Prefecture. Toyota officials said on Feb. 3, 2010, that the company has received dozens of complaints involving the brakes on the latest model of its popular Prius hybrid car in Japan and North America, and has launched a probe into the matter as instructed by the Japanese government.

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Japan, China agree to boost cooperation in food poisoning probe

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (far R) meets with China's State Councilor Dai Bingguo (far L) at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on Aug. 17. Komura and Dai agreed to strengthen cooperation in probing into food poisoning cases involving pesticide-tainted dumplings made in China, a Japanese official said.

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Japan, China agree to boost cooperation in food poisoning probe

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and China's State Councilor Dai Bingguo pose for photographers before to talks at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on Aug. 17. Komura and Dai agreed to strengthen cooperation in probing into food poisoning cases involving pesticide-tainted dumplings made in China, a Japanese official said.

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Police begin probing fire at LDP lawmaker Kato's local premises

TSURUOKA, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Koichi Kato speaks with reporters outside the gutted house of his mother in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on Aug. 16. A fire the previous day completely destroyed the house. Police suspect arson as Kato's mother, Onobu, 97, said she was not using any fire at her house.

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Police begin probing fire at LDP lawmaker Kato's local premises

TSURUOKA, Japan - Police officers and firefighters investigate the gutted house of former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Koichi Kato's mother in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, and the adjacent building used as his local office on Aug. 16. A fire the previous day completely destroyed both buildings.

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BOJ probing excess trip payments to employees

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohisa Takeda (R), councilor with the Secretariat of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board, speaks in reply to question at a press conference at the bank's head office on April 20. He said the bank has found excess business trip payments to employees and launched investigations into such payments over the past seven years covering some 2,150 former and present employees.

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Police probing deaths of 7 elderly patients in Toyama

IMIZU, Japan - Hidetsugu Asanoi, head of the Imizu City Hospital in Toyama Prefecture, speaks at a press conference on March 25 after police began investigating the deaths of seven cancer patients from 2000 to 2005 at the hospital as cases of possible murder. The patients died after the hospital's surgery department head removed their respirators, the city government and the police said. Asanoi quoted the 50-year-old surgeon as saying he had removed respirators of the seven in their 50s to 90s with consent from their families but without consent from the patients themselves.

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Police probing deaths of 7 elderly patients in Toyama

IMIZU, Japan - Photo taken on March 25 shows Imizu City Hospital in Toyama Prefecture, where police have begun to investigate the deaths of seven elderly patients, all of whom died after their respirators were removed.

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Horie says Livedoor is probing suspected illegal practice

TOKYO, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie bows after a news conference Jan. 17 in Tokyo.

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Horie says Livedoor is probing suspected illegal practice

TOKYO, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie speaks to reporters Jan. 17 in Tokyo after prosecutors ended an all-night raid into the Internet company's head office and other locations over allegations a group company gave false information about a corporate buyout and inflated earnings results to boost its stock price.

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School staff pray for young sisters found dead

OKAYAMA, Japan - School staff on Feb. 10 pray for Akise Haruna, a second-grader at an elementary school in Saku, Okayama Prefecture, and her younger sister Rise, who were found dead the previous day on a wooded slope in the village of Higashiawakura in the prefecture. Police are probing the possibility that the girls got lost along the way and died of exposure in the cold weather.

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Philippines offers help in probing scandal-hit Japan group

MANILA, Philippines - Rafael Buenaventura, governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Manila on March 8. He said the Philippines is willing to cooperate with Japanese authorities in investigating the acquisition of a small Philippine thrift bank by the head of a Japanese group of companies suspected of defrauding investors.

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Admiral calls Ehime Maru rescue effort 'perfect'

HONOLULU, United States - Rear Adm. Albert Konetzni is seen outside a U.S Navy Court of Inquiry at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on March 12. The court is probing the Feb. 9 collision between the U.S. submarine Greeneville and the Japanese ship Ehime Maru, which sank. Konetzni, who heads the Pacific Fleet submarine force, testified that he thinks the post-collision search and rescue operation was ''perfect.''

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Police probing Blackman case find body parts on beach

TOKYO, Japan - Police cover a section of beach in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, with plastic sheets on Feb 9, where they have discovered what appears to be parts of a woman's body. Police are trying to determine if the severed arm and ankles are parts of the body of British woman Lucie Blackman, who has been missing since last July.

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Kono instructs new team to look further into scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono is surrounded by reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after the first meeting of two senior vice foreign ministers and three parliamentary foreign secretaries tasked with thoroughly probing alleged embezzlement of public funds by a ministry official.

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Japan rescue team probing quake damage to building

NANTOU, Taiwan - Two members of a rescue team, dispatched by the Tokyo Fire Department, on Sept. 23 investigate the extent of damage inflicted on a building in Nantou County, Taiwan, by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that occurred on Sept. 21.

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-JIUQUAN-SATELLITES-LAUNCHING (CN)

(220727) -- JIUQUAN, July 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Lijian-1 carrier rocket carrying six new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, July 27, 2022. The satellites, including a new space technology test satellite and a test satellite for probing atmospheric density, were launched by the Lijian-1 carrier rocket at 12:12 p.m. Beijing Time and entered the orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-JIUQUAN-SATELLITES-LAUNCHING (CN)

(220727) -- JIUQUAN, July 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Lijian-1 carrier rocket carrying six new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, July 27, 2022. The satellites, including a new space technology test satellite and a test satellite for probing atmospheric density, were launched by the Lijian-1 carrier rocket at 12:12 p.m. Beijing Time and entered the orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-JIUQUAN-SATELLITES-LAUNCHING (CN)

(220727) -- JIUQUAN, July 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Lijian-1 carrier rocket carrying six new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, July 27, 2022. The satellites, including a new space technology test satellite and a test satellite for probing atmospheric density, were launched by the Lijian-1 carrier rocket at 12:12 p.m. Beijing Time and entered the orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-JIUQUAN-SATELLITES-LAUNCHING (CN)

(220727) -- JIUQUAN, July 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Lijian-1 carrier rocket carrying six new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, July 27, 2022. The satellites, including a new space technology test satellite and a test satellite for probing atmospheric density, were launched by the Lijian-1 carrier rocket at 12:12 p.m. Beijing Time and entered the orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-JIUQUAN-SATELLITES-LAUNCHING (CN)

(220727) -- JIUQUAN, July 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Lijian-1 carrier rocket carrying six new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, July 27, 2022. The satellites, including a new space technology test satellite and a test satellite for probing atmospheric density, were launched by the Lijian-1 carrier rocket at 12:12 p.m. Beijing Time and entered the orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

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Philippines offers help in probing scandal-hit Japan group

MANILA, Philippines - Rafael Buenaventura, governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Manila on March 8. He said the Philippines is willing to cooperate with Japanese authorities in investigating the acquisition of a small Philippine thrift bank by the head of a Japanese group of companies suspected of defrauding investors.

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BOJ probing excess trip payments to employees

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohisa Takeda (R), councilor with the Secretariat of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board, speaks in reply to question at a press conference at the bank's head office on April 20. He said the bank has found excess business trip payments to employees and launched investigations into such payments over the past seven years covering some 2,150 former and present employees. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China agree to boost cooperation in food poisoning probe

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (far R) meets with China's State Councilor Dai Bingguo (far L) at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on Aug. 17. Komura and Dai agreed to strengthen cooperation in probing into food poisoning cases involving pesticide-tainted dumplings made in China, a Japanese official said. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China agree to boost cooperation in food poisoning probe

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and China's State Councilor Dai Bingguo pose for photographers before to talks at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on Aug. 17. Komura and Dai agreed to strengthen cooperation in probing into food poisoning cases involving pesticide-tainted dumplings made in China, a Japanese official said. (Kyodo)

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Horie says Livedoor is probing suspected illegal practice

TOKYO, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie bows after a news conference Jan. 17 in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

Keanu Reeves Characters: Johnny Mnemonic Film: Johnny Mnemonic (USA/CAN 1995) Director: Robert Longo 15 April 1995 Date: 15 April 1995

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Fukushima Medical University opens center for probing death cause

Naohito Kuroda, head of Fukushima Medical University's newly opened center for identifying causes of death, explains to the press at the facility in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on July 29, 2015, about a specialized CT scanner for determining cases of unnatural death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New robot unveiled for probing reactor gear at Fukushima plant

The International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) and Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd. unveil at a Hitachi-GE plant in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Feb. 5, 2015, a new tubular-shaped robot to be used for probing containment vessels of nuclear reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo