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

Australian unemployment rate rises to 4.1 pct

STORY: Australian unemployment rate rises to 4.1 pct SHOOTING TIME: May 15, 2024 DATELINE: May 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ABS House 2. various of Canberra employees STORYLINE: Australia's unemployment rate rose for a second straight month to 4.1 percent in April. According to official figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday, the unemployment rate rose from 3.9 percent in March to 4.1 percent in April -- the equal-highest rate since January 2022. The rise in the unemployment rate came despite the number of employed Australians increasing by 38,500 people between March and April, with a 44,600 rise in part-time positions partially offset by a 6,100 fall in full-time roles. In the same period, the number of unemployed people -- meaning those who are not employed but are actively looking for work -- rose by 30,300 to 604,200. The participation rate, which measures the proportion of the working-age popu

E

Lebanon: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Near Sidon

Israel carried out 2 airstrikes targeting alleged Hezbollah weapons warehouse locations near Sidon on Monday, February 19. Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that "Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on the town of Ghaziyeh". The Israeli army said that the attack was in "response to to the explosion of an enemy drone, the wreckage of which was found near the Tiberias area this afternoon." This live footage shows smoke billowing as seen from Sidon.

E

Japan's industrial output rises 0.8 pct in March

STORY: Japan's industrial output rises 0.8 pct in March DATELINE: April 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ports and industrial manufacturing in Japan STORYLINE: Japan's industrial output rose from a month earlier in March, marking the second straight month of increase, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a report on Friday. According to the ministry, industrial output in March rose 0.8 percent from the previous month, with the seasonally adjusted index of output at factories and mines standing at 95.7 against the base of 100 for 2015. The figure for March follows an upwardly revised 4.6 percent increase logged in February, the ministry's data showed. The ministry's data set also showed the index of industrial shipments were up 0.4 percent to 93.1, while inventories gained 0.6 percent to 104.1 in the recording period. Industrial output fell 0.2 percent from the previous year in fiscal 2022 ended March, the ministry also said. The minis

E

Men's world No. 1 tennis player Djokovic has son

PARIS, France - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic attends a press conference in Paris on Oct. 27, 2014, prior to the Paris Masters, revealing that he and his wife had their first child earlier this month. The world's top-ranked men's player is aiming to win the title for a second straight year.

E

USJ man credited with bringing Harry Potter attraction

OSAKA, Japan - Tsuyoshi Morioka, an executive officer at USJ Co., speaks of his tough job of bringing the Harry Potter attraction to Universal Studio Japan in Osaka, western Japan, in this photo taken on Sept. 5, 2014. The number of visitors to the theme park set a record monthly high for the second straight month in September after the new attraction opened in mid-July.

E

BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa is pictured during a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012, after the central bank's Policy Board decided to further ease its monetary policy for the second straight month.

E

BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa leaves after a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012, following a decision by the central bank's Policy Board to further ease its monetary policy for the second straight month.

E

BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa attends a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012, after the central bank's Policy Board decided to further ease its monetary policy for the second straight month.

E

Japan lowers economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from L in front) attends a meeting of Cabinet ministers concerned on the government's monthly economic report at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. The government downgraded its basic assessment of the Japanese economy for the second straight month in the report.

E

Gov't downgrades economic assessment for 2nd month

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R), economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota (C) and Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L) attend a meeting of ministers in charge of economic affairs at the prime minister's office on March 19. In its March report, the government downgraded its monthly economic assessment for the second straight month.

E

August economic report short of declaring full end to deflation

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi presides over a meeting of his economic ministers at his office on Aug. 8. In a monthly economic report adopted at the meeting, the government avoided declaring that deflation has ended in Japan's economy, though it dropped the word ''deflation'' for the second straight month.

E

Gov't holds upbeat economic assessment in May report

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) presides over a meeting of his economic ministers at his official residence on May 16. The government said in a monthly report adopted at the meeting that Japan's economy ''is recovering'' on solid private demand and rising exports, maintaining its upbeat assessment of the world's second largest economy for the third straight month.

E

Gov't maintains recovery assessment in April report

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) presides over a meeting of his economic ministers called on April 14 at his official residence to endorse a governent monthly economic report for April. The said in the report that the economy ''is recovering,'' leaving its assessment unchanged for the second straight month.

E

Gov't keeps assessment unchanged, ups business confidence

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) presides over a meeting his economic ministers called to discuss a monthly economic report for July at his office on July 12. The government kept its overall assessment of Japan's economy unchanged for the second straight month, after raising it in June for the first time in 11 months based on improved personal spending and employment conditions.

E

Japan upgrades economic assessment for 2nd month

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi takes his seat to preside over a meeting of his economic ministers at his official resident April 10. A government economic report for April, adopted at the meeting, said the Japanese economy is showing increasing signs of bottoming out, for a second straight month.

E

Japan maintains dismal view on economy

TOKYO, Japan - Heizo Takenaka, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, speaks at a news conference Sept. 13 after the release of a government monthly economic report for September. The government left its dismal view on the Japanese economy unchanged for the second straight month, but slashed its outlook for the global economy due to a slowing U.S. economy.

E

Hingis shows off juggling skills with tennis balls

Second-seed Martina Hingis of Switzerland, fresh off her third straight Australian Open victory last month, shows off her juggling skills while Germany's Steffi Graf takes a time-out during their quarterfinal match Feb. 5. Hingis beat Graf 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

E

S.Korea's export falls 14 pct in November

STORY: S.Korea's export falls 14 pct in November DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of city scenes of Seoul 2. various of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy 3. various of Sunkwang Newport Container Terminal 4. various of a container port (courtesy of Yonhap TV) STORYLINE: South Korea's export recorded a double-digit fall last month, leading to trade deficits for the eighth consecutive month, government data showed Thursday. Export, which takes up about half of South Korea's export-driven economy, plunged 14.0 percent from a year earlier to 51.91 billion U.S. dollars in November, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The outbound shipment kept sliding for the second straight month after reducing 5.7 percent in October, the first export decrease in two years since October 2020. Import rose 2.7 percent to 58.93 billion dollars in November, sending the trade deficit to 7.02 billion dollars. The trade balance has stayed i

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People spend time outside a restaurant in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows a leasehold notice in Washington, D.C., the United States. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pedestrians walk past a window of a fashion store in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows tables of a restaurant in Washington, D.C., the United States. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks past a store in New York, the United States, May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Customers shop at a store in New York, the United States, May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows pedestrians walking on the street in Washington, D.C., the United States. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman buys food at a food truck in New York, the United States, May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pedestrians walk past a store in New York, the United States, May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- WASHINGTON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gas prices are displayed at a gas station in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-CPI-INFLATION

(220512) -- NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A customer shops at a store in New York, the United States, May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

E

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-INFLATION-SURGE

(220511) -- WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gas prices are displayed at a gas station in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-INFLATION-SURGE

(220511) -- WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk past a store in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-INFLATION-SURGE

(220511) -- WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk on a street in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-INFLATION-SURGE

(220511) -- WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The reflection of a crane and houses is seen in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-INFLATION-SURGE

(220511) -- WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows an "Office for Lease" notice in Washington, D.C., the United States. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-INFLATION-SURGE

(220511) -- WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows an office building in Washington, D.C., the United States. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-INFLATION-SURGE

(220511) -- WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People spend time outside a restaurant in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-INFLATION-SURGE

(220511) -- WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows tables of a restaurant in Washington, D.C., the United States. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-INFLATION-SURGE

(220511) -- WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks past a store in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-INFLATION-SURGE

(220511) -- WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gas prices are displayed at a gas station in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 11, 2022. U.S. consumer inflation in April surged by 8.3 percent from a year ago, marking the second straight month of inflation over 8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

E

Japan upgrades economic assessment for 2nd month

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi takes his seat to preside over a meeting of his economic ministers at his official resident April 10. A government economic report for April, adopted at the meeting, said the Japanese economy is showing increasing signs of bottoming out, for a second straight month.

E

Gov't keeps assessment unchanged, ups business confidence

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) presides over a meeting his economic ministers called to discuss a monthly economic report for July at his office on July 12. The government kept its overall assessment of Japan's economy unchanged for the second straight month, after raising it in June for the first time in 11 months based on improved personal spending and employment conditions. (Kyodo)

E

Gov't maintains recovery assessment in April report

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) presides over a meeting of his economic ministers called on April 14 at his official residence to endorse a governent monthly economic report for April. The said in the report that the economy ''is recovering,'' leaving its assessment unchanged for the second straight month. (Kyodo)

E

Gov't holds upbeat economic assessment in May report

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) presides over a meeting of his economic ministers at his official residence on May 16. The government said in a monthly report adopted at the meeting that Japan's economy ''is recovering'' on solid private demand and rising exports, maintaining its upbeat assessment of the world's second largest economy for the third straight month. (Kyodo)

E

August economic report short of declaring full end to deflation

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi presides over a meeting of his economic ministers at his office on Aug. 8. In a monthly economic report adopted at the meeting, the government avoided declaring that deflation has ended in Japan's economy, though it dropped the word ''deflation'' for the second straight month. (Kyodo)

E

Gov't downgrades economic assessment for 2nd month

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R), economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota (C) and Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L) attend a meeting of ministers in charge of economic affairs at the prime minister's office on March 19. In its March report, the government downgraded its monthly economic assessment for the second straight month. (Kyodo)

E

Swallows' Yamada wins player of month award again

Yakult Swallows second baseman Tetsuto Yamada poses for photos in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2015, as he was named the Central League player of the month for August. Leading his league with nine home runs and 22 RBIs, Yamada won the award for the second straight month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Keidanren to allow pay scale hikes by member firms for 2nd year

Koji Miyahara, vice chairman of Japan's leading business lobby known as Keidanren, addresses the press in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2015, with a copy of a report that will be used as guidance for corporate executives in wage negotiations starting later in the month. The group said it will support pay scale hikes by member companies in the annual wage talks, adopting such a policy for the second straight year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

USJ man credited with bringing Harry Potter attraction

OSAKA, Japan - Tsuyoshi Morioka, an executive officer at USJ Co., speaks of his tough job of bringing the Harry Potter attraction to Universal Studio Japan in Osaka, western Japan, in this photo taken on Sept. 5, 2014. The number of visitors to the theme park set a record monthly high for the second straight month in September after the new attraction opened in mid-July. (Kyodo)

E

China leaves benchmark lending rate unchanged

Photo taken April 20, 2020, shows the People's Bank of China in Beijing. The central bank left its benchmark lending rate unchanged for the second straight month on June 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Japan's economic expansion seen as long as 57-month Izanagi boom

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and members of his Cabinet adopt an economic report for the month of August at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2017, in which the government said Japan's economy is likely to have entered its 57th straight month of expansion, matching the second-longest growth run of the Izanagi boom between 1965 and 1970. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo