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Weather Conditions Exacerbate Difficulties in Camps - Khan Yunis

Two boys push up a sagging plastic sheet to drain rainwater from the roof of a makeshift shelter as children stand nearby in Al-Mawasi, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on November 16, 2025. Weather conditions have intensified the hardships in the overcrowded camp, where residents rely on improvised structures for survival. Photo by Abdolrahman Rashad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Weather Conditions Exacerbate Difficulties in Camps - Khan Yunis

Two boys push up a sagging plastic sheet to drain rainwater from the roof of a makeshift shelter as a woman and a child stand nearby in Al-Mawasi, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on November 16, 2025. Weather conditions have intensified the hardships in the overcrowded camp, where residents rely on improvised structures for survival. Photo by Abdolrahman Rashad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FPV drone pilots on Orikhiv axis

ORIKHIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 27, 2024 - Wires are sagging in the gap after a section of a nine-storey apartment building collapsed as a result of a KAB (Russian precision-guided munition) strike in frontline Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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FPV drone pilots on Orikhiv axis

ORIKHIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 27, 2024 - Wires are sagging in the gap after a section of a nine-storey apartment building collapsed as a result of a KAB (Russian precision-guided munition) strike in frontline Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Mayor joins blitz to shore up sagging commerce

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Retail workers smile on a shopping street in Atsugi west of Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014, after receiving thermal underwear from lightly clothed Mayor Tsuneyoshi Kobayashi (3rd from R) in a campaign designed to shore up declining local business by taking advantage of the city's name that also means "heavily dressed" in Japanese.

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'Pearl of Europe' in Ukraine hit by sagging tourist numbers

LVIV, Ukraine - Lviv, a western Ukraine city known as the "pearl of Europe" seen in this file photo taken on Oct. 4, 2014, is witnessing a decrease in tourist numbers amid harmful rumors resulting from the protracted armed conflict between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the eastern part of the country nearly 1,000 kilometers away.

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River floodgate blamed for sagging eel population

TSUKUBA, Japan - A floodgate at the mouth of the Hitachi-Tonegawa River flowing from Lake Kasumigaura in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, is shown on Aug. 19, 2014. The floodgate reportedly blocks eel fry from entering the lake, contributing to a decline in the eel population.

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Mitsubishi Motors to end production of Lancer Evolution

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. announces on March 28, 2014, that it will discontinue the production of its Lancer Evolution sporty sedan due to sagging sales. First put on sale in 1992, the model has sold a total of 154,000 cars worldwide.

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Prime Minister Fukuda announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda replies to a reporter's question during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1. Fukuda announced that he will step down, citing a political stalemate in his efforts to implement key policies amid sagging support ratings.

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Prime Minister Fukuda announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda bows as he ends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1. Fukuda announced that he will step down, citing a political stalemate in his efforts to implement key policies amid sagging support ratings.

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Prime Minister Fukuda announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda bows as he ends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1. Fukuda announced that he will step down, citing a political stalemate in his efforts to implement key policies amid sagging support ratings.

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Central League to introduce playoffs next year

TOKYO, Japan - Central League Chairman Hajime Toyokura speaks at a press conference after the league decided to introduce postseason playoffs in the 2007 season to help boost sagging attendance.

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Panel proposes record wage cuts for gov't employees

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayoshi Nakajima (L), president of the National Personnel Authority (NPA), hands NPA recommendations to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minister's office on Aug. 8. The authority proposed record wage cuts for central government employees to make the levels commensurate with sagging private-sector wages.

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Yanagisawa, TSE's Tsuchida agree on need to boost stock market

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa looks into the terminal screen during his visit to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) on April 25. He agreed with TSE President Masaaki Tsuchida on the need to make efforts to boost the sagging stock market

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Koizumi pledges to take necessary economic steps

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pledges to take necessary fiscal and monetary steps to revive Japan's sagging economy during a House of Councillor's Budget Committee session on March 7. But he added there are no ''quick fixes.''

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Koizumi pledges to take necessary fiscal, monetary steps

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at the House of Councillors Budget Committee in reply to opposition questions March 7. He pledged to take the necessary fiscal and monetary steps to revive Japan's sagging economy, but admitted there are no ''quick fixes.''

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Koizumi to go ahead with reforms despite sagging stock market

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks into his official residence on returning from a stumping trip to Oita Prefecture on July 18. Koizumi said, despite the day's drop in Tokyo stock prices to a four-month low, he will push ahead with his reform programs.

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Hashimoto announces candidacy with apology for past mistakes

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, 63, throws up his fist April 12 after declaring his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) presidency with an apology for his past policies blamed for Japan's sagging economy. ''I will do my best to win, and I sincerely ask for your support toward this goal,'' Hashimoto said after his faction, the LDP's largest, approved a plan to field him in a meeting at a Tokyo hotel.

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Kamei holds 'town hall meeting' to drum up support for LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei (C), policy affairs chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Feb. 24 fields questions from 16 members of the public about issues ranging from the recent sub-ship collision to education and sagging stock prices at an event at party headquarters. The event, held to drum up support chiefly from undecided voters ahead of this summer's House of Councillors election, lasted for some two hours, with Kamei responding to queries from the floor.

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Hashimoto pledges major tax cuts

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto meets the press at his official residence in Tokyo on April 9 and pledges 4 trillion yen taxcuts as part of a package of stimulus measures to boost the sagging economy.

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Central League to introduce playoffs next year

TOKYO, Japan - Central League Chairman Hajime Toyokura speaks at a press conference after the league decided to introduce postseason playoffs in the 2007 season to help boost sagging attendance. (Kyodo)

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Aso, Kuroda attend press conference following G-20

Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attend a press conference in Shanghai on Feb. 27, 2016, after finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies agreed to use "all policy tools -- monetary, fiscal and structural -- individually and collectively" to strengthen market stability and prop up sagging growth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aso, Kuroda attend press conference following G-20

Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attend a press conference in Shanghai on Feb. 27, 2016, after finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies agreed to use "all policy tools -- monetary, fiscal and structural -- individually and collectively" to strengthen market stability and prop up sagging growth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People view cenotaph built in memory of coup d'etat victims in Kiev

People stop on May 22, 2015, in Kiev to look at a cenotaph built in memory of about 100 demonstrators who died in clashes with security forces at the time of a coup d'etat in the Ukrainian capital in February 2014. A year has passed since a presidential election in Ukraine, in which pro-West Petro Poroshenko emerged victorious, but his popularity has been sagging as fighting with pro-Russian separatists drags on in the eastern part of the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yanmar demonstrates remote-controlled loading shovel

Japanese construction and agricultural machinery maker Yanmar Co. demonstrates a loading shovel operated by wireless remote control in Osaka, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Nov. 19, 2014. Demand for farm machinery based on robotics technology is expected to grow in Japan amid a serious labor shortage stemming from the country's sagging birthrate and aging population. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's coastal fishing industry aiming for bold changes

Osamu Oka, head of a fishery cooperative in Kishiwada, southern Osaka, holds on Aug. 1, 2017 a sardine caught off the city's Jizohama district, which is traded at expensive prices at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market. The district is one of more than 600 fishing communities in Japan that have implemented bold coastal fishing revival plans to turn around sagging revenues amid higher material costs, dwindling fish catches and an aging workforce. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prime Minister Fukuda announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda bows as he ends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1. Fukuda announced that he will step down, citing a political stalemate in his efforts to implement key policies amid sagging support ratings. (Kyodo)

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Prime Minister Fukuda announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda replies to a reporter's question during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1. Fukuda announced that he will step down, citing a political stalemate in his efforts to implement key policies amid sagging support ratings. (Kyodo)

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Prime Minister Fukuda announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda bows as he ends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1. Fukuda announced that he will step down, citing a political stalemate in his efforts to implement key policies amid sagging support ratings. (Kyodo)

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A woman seen from the rear

This photograph was probably taken for the same purpose as #2173. The hair seems o be arranged in marumage or married woman's style. The kimono has a bold design, and the sash made from Hakata textile is sagging fashionably.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐35‐0]

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A woman in a basket palanquin

A woman is riding on a palanquin used for road and mountain passages. The bottom part of the seat is made of braided bamboo and shows no sagging. A cushion absorbed shocks. The palanquin bearer wore a headband and short coat and held an ikizue (breath stick) to regulate his breathing while carrying the palanquin.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐143‐0]

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A woman in a basket palanquin

A woman is riding on a palanquin used for road and mountain passages. The bottom part of the seat is made of braided bamboo and shows no sagging. A cushion absorbed shocks. The palanquin bearer wore a headband and short coat and held an ikizue (breath stick) to regulate his breathing while carrying the palanquin.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐13‐0]

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Mayor joins blitz to shore up sagging commerce

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Retail workers smile on a shopping street in Atsugi west of Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014, after receiving thermal underwear from lightly clothed Mayor Tsuneyoshi Kobayashi (3rd from R) in a campaign designed to shore up declining local business by taking advantage of the city's name that also means "heavily dressed" in Japanese. (Kyodo)

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Abe, on hot seat amid sagging support, denies favoritism claims

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacts during a grilling from opposition lawmakers at an ad hoc parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on July 24, 2017. Abe denied favoritism allegations against him that have been blamed for his party's losses in two recent major local elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, on hot seat amid sagging support, denies favoritism claims

Hiroto Izumi, aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, attends an ad hoc parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on July 24, 2017, to testify as an unsworn witness over favoritism allegations against the premier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, on hot seat amid sagging support, denies favoritism claims

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) watches as his aide Hiroto Izumi (far L) testifies as an unsworn witness at an ad hoc parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on July 24, 2017, over favoritism allegations against the premier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, on hot seat amid sagging support, denies favoritism claims

Kihei Maekawa (far L), a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry, testifies as an unsworn witness at an ad hoc parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on July 24, 2017, about allegations that Shinzo Abe used his power as prime minister to help a close friend open a university department. Abe (far R) made a rare appearance at the session during a Diet recess as he is under pressure to win back public support. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, on hot seat amid sagging support, denies favoritism claims

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends an ad hoc parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on July 24, 2017, over favoritism allegations against him. Abe's rare attendance at a House of Representatives budgetary committee session held during a Diet recess came as he is under pressure to win back public support. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, on hot seat amid sagging support, denies favoritism claims

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends an ad hoc parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on July 24, 2017, over favoritism allegations against him. Abe's rare attendance at a House of Representatives budgetary committee session held during a Diet recess came as he is under pressure to win back public support. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel proposes record wage cuts for gov't employees

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayoshi Nakajima (L), president of the National Personnel Authority (NPA), hands NPA recommendations to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minister's office on Aug. 8. The authority proposed record wage cuts for central government employees to make the levels commensurate with sagging private-sector wages. (Kyodo)

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Yanagisawa, TSE's Tsuchida agree on need to boost stock market

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa looks into the terminal screen during his visit to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) on April 25. He agreed with TSE President Masaaki Tsuchida on the need to make efforts to boost the sagging stock market

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Koizumi to go ahead with reforms despite sagging stock market

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks into his official residence on returning from a stumping trip to Oita Prefecture on July 18. Koizumi said, despite the day's drop in Tokyo stock prices to a four-month low, he will push ahead with his reform programs.

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Kamei holds 'town hall meeting' to drum up support for LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei (C), policy affairs chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Feb. 24 fields questions from 16 members of the public about issues ranging from the recent sub-ship collision to education and sagging stock prices at an event at party headquarters. The event, held to drum up support chiefly from undecided voters ahead of this summer's House of Councillors election, lasted for some two hours, with Kamei responding to queries from the floor.

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Hashimoto pledges major tax cuts

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto meets the press at his official residence in Tokyo on April 9 and pledges 4 trillion yen tax cuts as part of a package of stimulus measures to boost the sagging economy.