Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Japan launches H3 rocket

MINAMITANE, Japan, Feb. 2 Kyodo - Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed at improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications. (Kyodo)

E

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.

E

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.

E

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.

E

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 soars through the sky after lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.

E

Japan launches H3 rocket

Japan's H3 rocket No. 5 soars through the sky after lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2025. The rocket is carrying a quasi-zenith satellite aimed improving the accuracy of global positioning data for various applications.

E

MotoGP World Championship - Gran Premio Motorrand de MotoGP de Austria - Race

Marco Bezzecchi (Francesco Bagnaia ha conquistato la vittoria nella MotoGP d'Austria, assicurandosi la sua terza doppietta Sprint-Grand Prix della stagione. Membro della VR46 Rider Academy quasi sin dalla sua nascita, Bagnaia e cresciuto come pilota sotto la guida del nove volte campione del mondo Valentino Rossi. Prima della partenza in Austria, ha ricevuto alcuni consigli diretti dal suo mentore. "Prima della gara, lui [Rossi] mi ha detto che quello che ho fatto ieri [nella Sprint] era gia buono, quindi cerca di ripeterlo", ha detto Bagnaia alla conferenza stampa post-gara. Bagnaia ha continuato, e ha approfondito il tipo di fraternita che esiste tra i vari membri della VR46 Academy. "Dopo la gara era molto contento, anche perche Celestino [Vietti] ha appena vinto la sua prima gara dell'anno, non era in una buona situazione, quindi siamo molto contenti per lui; Penso che anche Bezzecchi abbia fatto una buona gara; Franky non e stata la gara migliore ma e riuscito a rimontare molto; q during Gran Premio Moto

E

Mountain-burning event in Japan

Grass is burnt during a "yamayaki" mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2024. Setting fires on the karst plateau is a traditional practice to preserve the landscape and ecology and is said to herald the arrival of spring.

E

Mountain-burning event in Japan

Spectators watch as grass is burnt during a "yamayaki" mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2024. Setting fires on the karst plateau is a traditional practice to preserve the landscape and ecology and is said to herald the arrival of spring.

E

Mountain-burning event in Japan

Spectators watch as grass is burnt during a "yamayaki" mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2024. Setting fires on the karst plateau is a traditional practice to preserve the landscape and ecology and is said to herald the arrival of spring.

E

Mountain-burning event in Japan

Spectators watch as grass is burnt during a "yamayaki" mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2023.

E

Mountain-burning event in Japan

Spectators watch as grass is burnt during a "yamayaki" mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2023.

E

Taiwan's chief negotiator with China Koo Chen-fu dies

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Business tycoon Koo Chen-fu (file photo), Taiwan's top negotiator with China, died of cancer in Taipei on Jan. 3 at the age of 87, his doctor said. Koo had served since 1990 as chairman of the quasi-official Straits Exchange Foundation that spearheaded the delicate task of direct and informal talks with China.

E

China, Taiwan policy planners hold talks on APEC sidelines

BEIJING, China - China's Taiwan Affairs Council Minister Zhang Zhijun (R) meets with Wang Yu-chi, head of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, on Nov. 12, 2014, in Beijing on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. They agreed to negotiate on more trade pacts and set up representative offices of their quasi-official cross-strait agencies, among other things.

E

China, Taiwan policy planners hold talks on APEC sidelines

BEIJING, China - China's Taiwan Affairs Council Minister Zhang Zhijun (R) shakes hands with Wang Yu-chi, head of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, on Nov. 12, 2014, in Beijing. During their meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, they agreed to negotiate on more trade pacts and set up representative offices of their quasi-official cross-strait agencies, among other things.

E

1 dead, 7 hurt in June car crash in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo police investigate a crash in which a car, driven by a 37-year-old man suspected of having been under the influence of a quasi-legal drug, struck pedestrians in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on June 24, 2014. The accident killed a Chinese woman and injured seven other people.

E

China, Taiwan ink pact on trade in services

SHANGHAI, China - Lin Join-sane (L), chairman of Taiwan's quasi-official Straits Exchange Foundation that handles negotiations with China in the absence of formal ties, shakes hands with Chen Deming, chairman of SEF's counterpart in China, after signing an agreement on trade in services in Shanghai on June 21, 2013.

E

Smelt fishing on frozen lake in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A child fishes for smelt through an ice hole on a frozen lake at the Onuma quasi-national park in Hokkaido on Jan. 9, 2012.

E

Michibiki launched from Tanegashima Space Center

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - The H2A Launch Vehicle No. 18 with the first quasi-zenith satellite Michibiki aboard is launched into space from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2010.

E

Michibiki launched from Tanegashima Space Center

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - The H2A Launch Vehicle No. 18 with the first quasi-zenith satellite Michibiki aboard is launched into space from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2010.

E

Michibiki launched from Tanegashima Space Center

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - The H2A Launch Vehicle No. 18 with the first quasi-zenith satellite Michibiki aboard is launched into space from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2010.

E

Michibiki launched from Tanegashima Space Center

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - The H2A Launch Vehicle No. 18 with the first quasi-zenith satellite Michibiki aboard is launched into space from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2010.

E

Michibiki to be launched from Tanegashima Space Center

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - People watch as the HIIA Launch Vehicle No. 18 with the first quasi-zenith satellite Michibiki arrives at the launch pad at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2010.

E

Michibiki to be launched from Tanegashima Space Center

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - People watch as the H2A Launch Vehicle No. 18 with the first quasi-zenith satellite Michibiki is moved to the launch pad at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2010.

E

Dead grass burnt at Akiyoshidai park in Yamaguchi Pref.

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Dead grass is burnt at the Akiyoshidai quasi-national park on Feb. 29, heralding the arrival of spring.

E

Dead grass burned on Akiyoshi Plateau

SHUHO, Japan - The annual burning of dead grass on Akiyoshi plateau in the quasi-national park in Yamaguchi Prefecture takes place Feb. 15.

E

Cambodia, U.N. ink pact on Khmer Rouge tribunal

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - U.N. legal affairs chief Hans Corell (L) meets with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) in Phnom Penh on March 17. The two sides initiated a provisional agreement on establishing a quasi-international tribunal to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice for genocide and crimes against humanity committed in the late 1970s.

E

118 Chinese given death by Japanese military during WWII: docume

TOKYO, Japan - Documents in this photo show that among 179 Chinese citizens tried in 79 cases by a Japanese quasi-military court during World War II in southern China's Huanan region, 118 were given the death sentence, according to a Japanese researcher on Aug. 27. Hiroaki Kita, visiting professor at the Asian Institute at Osaka University of Economics and Law, uncovered the documents on judicial proceedings of the 79 cases and recently compiled them into a book.

E

Tokyo Gov. Ishihara cuts tape at opening of Oedo Line

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (2nd from R) and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi (3rd from R) cut a tape Dec. 11 at a ceremony at Shinjuku-Nishiguchi Station to celebrate the completion of the Oedo Line, Tokyo's fourth city-run subway. The 41-kilometer quasi-loop subway runs beneath downtown Tokyo, passing under the Shinjuku, Roppongi, Shiodome, Ryogoku, Ueno and Kagurazaka districts.

E

China-Taiwan working-level meeting held in Beijing

Jan Jih-horng (L), deputy secretary general of Taiwan's quasi-official Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), shakes hands with Li Yafei, deputy secretary general of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), on June 28 in Beijing before discussing a planned visit to Taiwan by ARATS chief Wang Daohan.

E

Cloned calves through DNA tests

A university group and a quasi-governmental research center say July 17 they confirmed through DNA tests that twin calves born earlier in July were produced by cloning somatic cells taken from an adult cow. The photo shows Yukio Tsunoda, a Kinki University professor (C), and researchers attending a news conference to confirm the cloning at the Ishikawa Prefectural Livestock Research Center in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast.

E

Ueno zoo reopens

Photo taken on March 23, 2022, shows twin giant panda Xiao Xiao at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. The zoo reopened the same day following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

E

Ueno zoo reopens

Photo taken on March 23, 2022, shows twin giant panda Lei Lei (top) and her mother Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. The zoo reopened the same day following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

E

Ueno zoo reopens

Photo taken on March 23, 2022, shows twin giant panda Lei Lei at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. The zoo reopened the same day following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

E

Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter an area for giant pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

E

Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter an area for giant pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

E

Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter an area for giant pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

E

Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

E

Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

E

Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

E

COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs fully lifted in Japan

Commuters walk in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on March 22, 2022, as the central government lifts all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan.

E

COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs fully lifted in Japan

Commuters walk in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on March 22, 2022, as the central government lifts all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan.

E

COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs fully lifted in Japan

Commuters walk in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on March 22, 2022, as the central government lifts all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan.

E

COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs fully lifted in Japan

A crossing in Osaka's Umeda area is crowded with pedestrians on March 22, 2022, as the central government lifts all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan.

E

COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs fully lifted in Japan

A crossing in Osaka's Umeda area is crowded with pedestrians on March 22, 2022, as the central government lifts all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan.

E

COVID-19 quasi-emergency steps to be lifted fully in Japan

A scramble intersection in Tokyo's Shibuya area is crowded with pedestrians on March 21, 2022, as the central government is set to lift all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan at the end of the day.

E

COVID-19 quasi-emergency steps to be lifted fully in Japan

A scramble intersection in Tokyo's Shibuya area is crowded with pedestrians on March 21, 2022, as the central government is set to lift all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan at the end of the day.

E

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2022. Kishida talked about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the planned lifting of Japan's COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure.

E

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (top C) meets the press at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2022. Kishida talked about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the planned lifting of Japan's COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure.

E

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2022. Kishida talked about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the planned lifting of Japan's COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure.