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

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

Residents navigate the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

People walk through the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

Residents navigate the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

People walk through the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

Residents navigate the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

People walk through the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

People walk through the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

Destroyed buildings in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

Destroyed buildings in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

Men stand on the rubble of their neighborhood in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

People walk through the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A man, carrying a child on his shoulders, stands on the ruins of their neighborhood in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

Children amidst the rubble of destroyed homes in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A man searches through the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

Destroyed buildings in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

Children walk through the ruins in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A child searches through the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A man, carrying a child on his shoulders, stands on the ruins of their neighborhood in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A man stands near the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A man walks through the ruins of a building in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A child searches through the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A man walks through the ruins of a building in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A man navigates buildings reduced to rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A man walks through the ruins of a building in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A child stands amidst the rubble of destroyed homes in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A child searches through the rubble in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A child searches for belongings among the ruins in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A man, carrying a child on his shoulders, stands on the ruins of their neighborhood in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A man, carrying a child on his shoulders, stands on the ruins of their neighborhood in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, following an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

HRW Accuses Israel Of Crimes Against Humanity - Gaza

A boy observes the destruction in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, after an Israeli strike. Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity. The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Paris 2024 - Closing Ceremony

The Golden Voyager (R) performs in front of a reproduction of the goddess Nike statute, Greek goddess of victory during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France in Paris, France, Aug. 11, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/Cao Can/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-CLOSING CEREMONY

(240811) -- PARIS, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- The Golden Voyager (R) performs in front of a reproduction of the goddess Nike statute, Greek goddess of victory during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France in Paris, France, Aug. 11, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Can)

E

NEW ZEALAND-REWI ALLEY SPIRIT

(240526) -- WELLINGTON, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 24, 2024 shows a statute of Rewi Alley at the entrance of the Christchurch Arts Center in central Christchurch, New Zealand. TO GO WITH "Feature: Rekindled Rewi Alley spirit links China, New Zealand" (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

E

NEW ZEALAND-REWI ALLEY SPIRIT

(240526) -- WELLINGTON, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 24, 2024 shows a statute of Rewi Alley at the entrance of the Christchurch Arts Center in central Christchurch, New Zealand. TO GO WITH "Feature: Rekindled Rewi Alley spirit links China, New Zealand" (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

E

Robert Badinter Dies Aged 95

File photo - Robert Badinter during the meeting of Congress on February 19, 2007. The deputies and senators, meeting in Congress of the Parliament in Versailles, voted the inscription of the prohibition of the death penalty in the Constitution, the reform of the penal statute of the head of state and the freezing of the electoral body in New Caledonia (02/19/07). - Robert Badinter, a former Justice minister best known for abolishing the guillotine in France in 1981, died on Friday at age 95. A lawyer and human rights activist, Badinter introduced major law reforms after Socialist Francois Mitterrand, a previous self-professed opponent of the death penalty, was elected president in May 1981 and made him justice minister. Photo by Martin C/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Roman-era sphinx, stele discovered in southern Egypt

STORY: Roman-era sphinx, stele discovered in southern Egypt DATELINE: March 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the discovered artifacts 2. various of temples STORYLINE: An Egyptian archaeological mission unveiled a lime-stone sphinx and a stele that dated back to the Roman era in Qena province, southern Egypt, the country's Antiquity Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The sphinx-shaped statue represents one of the Roman emperors wearing a Nemes headdress, which is the striped head-cloth typically worn by pharaohs, and a cobra on the forehead. "According to initial examination of its face, the statue most probably was for Claudius, the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from 41 to 54 AD," the statement said. The statement added that the archaeological team also found a stele below the statute, which was carved with texts in hieroglyphs and demotics, an ancient Egyptian writing system used from roughly 650 BC to the fifth century AD. The discoveries were mad

E

U.S.-CHICAGO-CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR-CELEBRATION

(230116) -- CHICAGO, Jan. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A statute of a rabbit is pictured in Chinatown in Chicago, the United States, on Jan. 15, 2023. Chicago Chinatown has been decorated with hundreds of red lanterns to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Vincent D. Johnson/Xinhua)

E

Sherlock Holmes' statute unveiled in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A statue of Sherlock Holmes is unveiled in a ceremony at Eikokukan (British Mansion) in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014, to commemorate the 160th birthday of the fictional detective.

E

Sherlock Holmes' statute unveiled in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - British Consul General Michael Shearer (R) for western Japan stands by a statue of Sherlock Holmes at its unveiling ceremony held at Eikokukan (British Mansion) in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014, to commemorate the 160th birthday of the fictional detective.

E

KFC chain stresses use of Japan-raised chickens only

TOKYO, Japan - A statute of Colonel Sanders holds a poster in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2014, saying the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain uses only chickens raised in Japan amid a food safety scandal in China.

E

Replica of famous monk's wooden statute almost completed

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Imazu of the Kyushu National Museum looks at an almost completed ceramic replica of a seated wooden statue of Kukai, founder of the Shingon (True Word) school of Buddhism, at Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics Co. in Koga, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, in this file photo taken on July 22, 2014.

E

Nakaoka's statue removed before arrival of huge typhoon

KOCHI, Japan - A statute of Shintaro Nakaoka is removed from the pedestal in front of Shikoku Railway Co.'s Kochi Station in Kochi City on July 8, 2014, ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Neoguri.

E

Polar bear statute made of white chocolate displayed

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A visitor to the Orbi Yokohama museum in Yokohama examines a life-size polar bear statue made of white chocolate on Feb. 5, 2014.

E

2001 fatal stampede

KOBE, Japan - (From front) Kiyoshi Miki, Seiji Shimomura and Masaharu Arima, who lost relatives in a 2001 stampede in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, attend a press conference in Kobe on Feb. 20, 2013. The Kobe District Court earlier the same day dismissed a case against a former senior police officer over the stampede on a bridge that was overcrowded with fireworks spectators on July 21, 2001, in which 11 people died and 247 were injured. The court ruled the statute of limitations had expired.

E

1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows police officers investigating at the scene where then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu was shot and seriously injured in front of his home in Tokyo on March 30, 1995. Tokyo police said in a report on Feb. 18, 2011, that they failed to resolve the case due to a shoddy early investigation. The shooting's statute of limitations expired about a year ago and police have blamed the shooting on the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult.

E

Statute of limitations for murder abolished

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Kobayashi (right in middle row) wipes tears from his eyes in the House of Representatives in Tokyo on April 27, 2010, after parliament enacts a legal revision to abolish the statute of limitations for murder. Kobayashi, whose daughter was murdered, is a key member of a group representing the families of murder victims.

E

Statute of limitations for 1995 shooting runs out

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard seeking information on the 1995 shooting of National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu is taken away in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward, where the shooting took place, on March 30, 2010. The 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in attempted murder cases ran out at midnight on March 29 with police unable to identify a suspect despite carrying out a major investigation suspecting the involvement of the AUM Shinrikyo cult.

E

Police says AUM carried out unsolved 1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Goro Aoki, head of the public security department of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 30, 2010, after the 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in the 1995 shooting of the then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu ran out at midnight on March 29. Aoki said police were unable to build a criminal case on the shooting as they did not obtain sufficient evidence to identify culprits, but added that only AUM Shinrikyo could be considered responsible.

E

Hawkers hoping to see Japan's statute of limitations abolished

TOKYO, Japan - William Hawker (R), 56, the visiting father of slain British woman Lindsay Ann Hawker, shakes hands on March 25 in Tokyo with members of a group of Japanese families of unresolved murder case victims who are seeking abolishment of Japan's statute of limitations. Lindsay Ann Hawker's parents as well as their two daughters visited the office of the group ''Sora no Kai'' (a group of eternal time) in Tokyo.

E

Top court orders benefit payments to 3 A-bomb victims in Brazil

TOKYO, Japan - Supporters for three Japanese atomic-bomb survivors in Brazil celebrate in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo after the top court upheld a high court decision ordering the Hiroshima prefectural government to pay them all the healthcare benefits they are entitled to without applying a statute of limitations.