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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Protest banners are seen near a building housing Aleph, one of the three groups created after the AUM Shinrikyo cult group went bankrupt in 1996, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on March 20, 2025. AUM Shinrikyo's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 people dead and over 6,000 injured.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

A protest banner is seen near a building housing Aleph, one of the three groups created after the AUM Shinrikyo cult group went bankrupt in 1996, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on March 20, 2025. AUM Shinrikyo's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 people dead and over 6,000 injured.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Photo taken on March 20, 2025, shows a building housing Aleph, one of the three groups created after the AUM Shinrikyo cult group went bankrupt in 1996, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward. AUM Shinrikyo's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 people dead and over 6,000 injured.

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24th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision off Hawaii

Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2025, shows a cenotaph built in Hawaii's Honolulu in memory of those killed in a fatal collision between the Ehime Maru training boat of Uwajima Fisheries High School in Japan's Ehime Prefecture and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members exactly 24 years earlier.

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Gisele Pelicot's Ex-Husband Dominique Jailed For 20 Years In Mass Rape Trial

Gisele Pelicot addresses the press as she leaves the courthouse after hearing the verdict of the court that sentenced her ex-husband to the maximum term of 20 years jail for committing and orchestrating her mass rapes with dozens of strangers he recruited online, in Avignon on December 19, 2024. Dominique Pelicot, who had already confessed to the crimes, was earlier found guilty by the court in the southern city of Avignon after an over three-month trial that shocked France and turned his former wife Gisele into a feminist hero. His 50 co-defendants in the case were also convicted by the court, with no acquittals. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gisele Pelicot's Ex-Husband Dominique Jailed For 20 Years In Mass Rape Trial

Gisele Pelicot addresses the press as she leaves the courthouse after hearing the verdict of the court that sentenced her ex-husband to the maximum term of 20 years jail for committing and orchestrating her mass rapes with dozens of strangers he recruited online, in Avignon on December 19, 2024. Dominique Pelicot, who had already confessed to the crimes, was earlier found guilty by the court in the southern city of Avignon after an over three-month trial that shocked France and turned his former wife Gisele into a feminist hero. His 50 co-defendants in the case were also convicted by the court, with no acquittals. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gisele Pelicot's Ex-Husband Dominique Jailed For 20 Years In Mass Rape Trial

Gisele Pelicot addresses the press as she leaves the courthouse after hearing the verdict of the court that sentenced her ex-husband to the maximum term of 20 years jail for committing and orchestrating her mass rapes with dozens of strangers he recruited online, in Avignon on December 19, 2024. Dominique Pelicot, who had already confessed to the crimes, was earlier found guilty by the court in the southern city of Avignon after an over three-month trial that shocked France and turned his former wife Gisele into a feminist hero. His 50 co-defendants in the case were also convicted by the court, with no acquittals. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The 33rd anniversary of the restoration of Estonia's independence

20.08.2024. Tallinn. Restoration of Independence Day is marked on August 20 each year to celebrate the date in 1991 when Estonia regained the freedom it had lost to the Soviet Union more than five decades earlier. Thirty-three years ago, on August 20 1991, volunteers rushed to protect Tallinn's TV tower after Soviet forces were sent to the country to cripple the country's communication systems. Now a family day was held there. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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The 33rd anniversary of the restoration of Estonia's independence

20.08.2024. Tallinn. Restoration of Independence Day is marked on August 20 each year to celebrate the date in 1991 when Estonia regained the freedom it had lost to the Soviet Union more than five decades earlier. Thirty-three years ago, on August 20 1991, volunteers rushed to protect Tallinn's TV tower after Soviet forces were sent to the country to cripple the country's communication systems. Now a family day was held there. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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The 33rd anniversary of the restoration of Estonia's independence

20.08.2024. Tallinn. Restoration of Independence Day is marked on August 20 each year to celebrate the date in 1991 when Estonia regained the freedom it had lost to the Soviet Union more than five decades earlier. Thirty-three years ago, on August 20 1991, volunteers rushed to protect Tallinn's TV tower after Soviet forces were sent to the country to cripple the country's communication systems. Now a family day was held there. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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The 33rd anniversary of the restoration of Estonia's independence

20.08.2024. Tallinn. Restoration of Independence Day is marked on August 20 each year to celebrate the date in 1991 when Estonia regained the freedom it had lost to the Soviet Union more than five decades earlier. Thirty-three years ago, on August 20 1991, volunteers rushed to protect Tallinn's TV tower after Soviet forces were sent to the country to cripple the country's communication systems. Now a family day was held there. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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Traumatized Iraqi child struggles to overcome hardships after years of war

STORY: Traumatized Iraqi child struggles to overcome hardships after years of war SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: June 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: SALAHUDIN, Iraq CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hathal Sabbar herding sheep 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HATHAL SABBAR, Iraqi child 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): OUD, Local resident STORYLINE: Iraqi children have been struggling to escape the impacts of violence, displacement, and terrorism that swept the country following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. 10-year-old Hathal Sabbar living in the town of al-Dhuluiya in north Baghdad is one of them. Sabbar has suffered from poverty and insufficient education after his father was killed and his three uncles kidnapped by the Islamic State (IS) militants days after his birth. Not long after the death of his father, Sabbar's mother left home, which made his life even harder. He is now in the third grade of primary school, which is about 7 km from his home. Sabbar also needs to herd t

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Japan logs trade deficit of 38 bln USD in fiscal 2023

STORY: Japan logs trade deficit of 38 bln USD in fiscal 2023 SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: April 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's trade deficit in fiscal 2023 shrank around 70 percent from a year earlier to 5.89 trillion yen (about 38 billion U.S. dollars), government data showed Wednesday. In the fiscal year ended March, exports expanded 3.7 percent to 102.90 trillion yen, topping 100 trillion yen for the first time and marking a record high for the third straight year, according to a preliminary Finance Ministry report. Automobile exports, which account for about 17 percent of Japan's total, grew 30.2 percent to 17.88 trillion yen, eclipsing the previous record of 14.67 trillion yen in fiscal 2007. In contrast, imports dived 10.3 percent to 108.79 trillion yen, falling for the first time in three years, chiefly reflecting falls in imports of coal and liquefied natural gas. With a weaker yen inflati

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Italy's cabinet lowers 2024 growth forecast

STORY: Italy's cabinet lowers 2024 growth forecast SHOOTING TIME: April 10, 2024 DATELINE: April 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:45 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Rome STORYLINE: Italy's cabinet on Tuesday approved the Economic and Financial Document (DEF), lowering the economic forecast for 2024 to 1 percent from the 1.2 percent forecast last September. The DEF is the official paper that set Italy's economic and financial goals for the next three years. Growth estimates for 2025 were also lowered to 1.2 percent from 1.3 percent, and that for 2026 to 1.1 percent from 1.2 percent. The government's new growth forecast remained higher than predictions made earlier this year by the European Union (EU), which expected Italy to grow by 0.7 percent in 2024, and by 1.2 percent in 2025. The government confirmed a budget deficit target of 4.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for 2024, 3.7 percent for 2025 and 3 percent for 2026. The DEF set the public debt t

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Italy's major banks report record profits in 2023

STORY: Italy's major banks report record profits in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 7, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:39 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Italy STORYLINE: Italy's two major banks have reported record profits in 2023, signaling the recovery of the country's banking sector from recent difficulties. On Tuesday, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank by total assets, reported a net profit of 7.7 billion euros (8.3 billion U.S. dollars) for 2023, a year-on-year increase of 76.4 percent. A day earlier, Unicredit revealed a record net profit of 8.6 billion euros for last year, 51 percent higher than in 2022. Both exceeded market expectations. The two banks rank among the world's 50 largest banks, according to Standard & Poor's ratings. Over the past three years, Italy's banking sector faced multiple challenges due to the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the energy crisis stemming from the Ukraine crisis. Additionally, four months ago, the Italian p

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Three giant pandas in U.S. head to China, national Zoo says goodbye

STORY: Three giant pandas in U.S. head to China, National Zoo says goodbye SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 8, 2023 and Oct. 25, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of giant pandas being transported and them in the U.S. earlier 2. SOUNDBITE (English): BOB LEE, Director of animal care sciences, National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute 3. SOUNDBITE (English): FedEX staff 4. SOUNDBITE (English): LAURIE THOMPSON, Assistant curator of giant pandas, National Zoo STORYLINE: Three giant pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Xiao Qi Ji, left the Smithsonian's National Zoo in the U.S. on Wednesday for a flight returning to China. The panda couple's departure came after 23 years of stay at the zoo, while their baby Xiao Qi Ji was born at the zoo in 2020. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BOB LEE, Director of animal care sciences, National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute "The training they do every day is to come in and go into the training area that's where

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Border ports in China's Tibet see increasing traffic after operation resumed

STORY: Border ports in China's Tibet see increasing traffic after operation resumed DATELINE: Sept. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of general view of ports 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Nepali): TARDEL, Nepalese citizen 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SUASTAMA, Nepalese citizen 4. various of general view of ports 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): RAMESH MAGAR, Nepalese tour guide 6. various of general view of ports 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Tibetan): SONAM YANGKI, Nepalese shop owner STORYLINE: Three Chinese land ports connecting China and Nepal have witnessed steady growth in traffic since they fully resumed operations earlier this year. Zham port Tibet, China The Zham port resumed two-way passenger traffic on Sept. 1 after being closed for eight years. It was a major gateway between China and Nepal before 2015, when a mega-earthquake hit Nepal, forcing it to stop service. After the resumption, Nepalese people with border resident certificates are able to purchase daily nece

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Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan arrested after sentenced to 3-year jail term

STORY: Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan arrested after sentenced to 3-year jail term DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. various of local court 3. various of surroundings 4. former PM Imran Khan delivering a speech (file) STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "The Islamabad police of Pakistan arrested former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday from his residence in the eastern city of Lahore after a local court which is behind me sentenced him to three-year imprisonment for hiding his financial assets." Earlier in the day, Additional District and Sessions Judge in Islamabad Humayun Dilawar announced a short order to sentence Khan in the Toshakhana case (national gift case), and disqualified him for five years from holding any office. The case alleges that Khan had deliberately concealed details of the gifts he bought from the Toshaskhana, a repository where presents handed to gov

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India's forex reserves decline to 593.48 bln USD in May

STORY: India's forex reserves decline to 593.48 bln USD in May DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. shot of India gate 2. shots of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) building 3. shots of market area STORYLINE: India's foreign exchange reserves declined by 6.05 billion U.S. dollars during the week ended May 19 to 593.48 billion U.S. dollars, showed the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India. This situation came after three consecutive weeks seeing the forex reserves rise. In the previous week ended May 12, India's forex reserves rose by 3.55 billion U.S. dollars to reach 599.53 billion U.S. dollars, according to the country's central bank. Earlier this week Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said India was in a "comfortable" position for the next five to six years in terms of its forex reserves. "In the worst case, with whatever difficulties anybody may have, India is comfortable for the next five or six years, given (that) o

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Sri Lanka welcomes 1st Chinese tour groups in 3 years

STORY: Sri Lanka welcomes 1st Chinese tour groups in 3 years DATELINE: March 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:30 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the welcome ceremony at the country's main Bandaranaike International Airport STORYLINE: Sri Lanka's tourism authority held a ceremony on Wednesday night at the country's main Bandaranaike International Airport to welcome the first batch of Chinese tour groups in three years. Sri Lankan Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said at the airport that he was happy to receive the first tour groups from China and the South Asian country is expecting more Chinese tourists to come. Featured with beautiful scenery and friendly people, Sri Lanka is expected to receive more Chinese tourists, which is an important part of people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, said Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong. Priantha Fernando, chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, said earlier that the SriLankan Airlines would operate nine flights a week start

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Racism, culture of violence, firearms abuse fuel gun violence in U.S.: scholar

STORY: Racism, culture of violence, firearms abuse fuel gun violence in U.S.: scholar DATELINE: Feb. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gun violence reports 2.various of protests against gun violence 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HEBA GAMAL, Professor of political science, Institute of National Planning 4. various of a gun store 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HEBA GAMAL, Professor of political science, Institute of National Planning STORYLINE: A white Louisiana police officer was arrested Thursday for fatally shooting an unarmed Black man earlier this month. Body camera footage of the fatal encounter was also released Thursday. Gun violence is one of the acutest social problems in the United States. According to the Gun Violence Archive, the country has lost more than 5,500 lives to gun violence so far this year. Its figures also show that the number of mass shootings has been on the rise in recent years. In the last three years, there had been more than 600 mas

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Wuhan amid COVID surge

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2022, shows Wuhan's Huanan seafood wholesale market, which has been closed for about three years since the initial outbreak of the novel coronavirus there. The Chinese government eased its strict antivirus measures earlier in the month.

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Wuhan amid COVID surge

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2022, shows Wuhan's Huanan seafood wholesale market, which has been closed for about three years since the initial outbreak of the novel coronavirus there. The Chinese government eased its strict antivirus measures earlier in the month.

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Wuhan amid COVID surge

Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2022, shows Wuhan's Huanan seafood wholesale market, which has been closed for about three years since the initial outbreak of the novel coronavirus there. The Chinese government eased its strict antivirus measures earlier in the month.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Honda's group net profit down for 1st time in 3 yrs

TOKYO, April 28 Kyodo - Tetsuo Iwamura, executive vice president of Honda Motor Co., announces the company's earnings results for the year ended in March 2015 at a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2015. Honda's group net profit fell for the first time in three years, down 8.9 percent from a year earlier to 522.76 billion yen ($4.4 billion), hurt by recall-related costs and sluggish sales in Japan.

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Thaksin supporters rally

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra rally in Bangkok on May 19, 2013, to commemorate demonstrators who were killed three years earlier.

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Day after general election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2012, the day after his Democratic Party of Japan's crushing defeat in a general election. The DPJ is to slip from power after losing more than two-thirds of its seats in the House of Representatives, as the major opposition Liberal Democratic Party, defeated by the DPJ in the previous election three years earlier, achieved a landslide.

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Day after general election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2012, the day after his Democratic Party of Japan's crushing defeat in a general election. The DPJ is to slip from power after losing more than two-thirds of its seats in the House of Representatives, as the major opposition Liberal Democratic Party, defeated by the DPJ in the previous election three years earlier, achieved a landslide.

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Clock on red brick JR Tokyo Station building

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the clock on the red-brick building of JR Tokyo Station after its installation on Aug. 22, 2012. Following around three years of renovation work to recreate the original appearance of the station, which opened around a century earlier, the Marunouchi district side of the building will formally open in October 2012.

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Ozeki Chiyotaikai rains on Akebono's parade

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Chioytaikai (R) slaps down Akebono to hand the Hawaiian-born grand champion his first defeat of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 22. Akebono wrapped his first title in more than three years by winning his 13th straight bout a day earlier at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.

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This holiday season, U.S. poor buckle under inflation: NYT

STORY: This holiday season, U.S. poor buckle under inflation: NYT DATELINE: Nov. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): PAN LIJUN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of screenshots of New York Times report 3. various of street views in Manhattan during holiday season STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): PAN LIJUN, Xinhua correspondent "In Boston, Massachusetts, wealthy people check in at the Langham Hotel, and the 135-U.S. dollar Thanksgiving brunch per adult at its in-house restaurant sold out weeks ago. Meanwhile, many families line up in front of a local charity around 4:30 a.m. for its free pantry and turkeys. This is four hours earlier than its opening time. 'The contrast illustrates a divide that is rippling through America's topsy-turvy economy nearly three years into the pandemic,' said The New York Times on Nov. 25. Many well-off consumers are still flush with savings and faring well financially, bolstering luxury brands and keeping some high-e

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Dominican musician in Hong Kong cheers people up amid pandemic

STORY: Dominican musician in Hong Kong cheers people up amid pandemic DATELINE: Sept. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hong Kong and Dominican musician Chris Polanco related footage 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHRIS POLANCO, Dominican musician 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHRIS POLANCO, Dominican musician 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CHRIS POLANCO, Dominican musician 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CHRIS POLANCO, Dominican musician STORYLINE: Earlier this year, Hong Kong was hit hard by the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Staying at home, 44-year-old Dominican musician Chris Polanco started to produce short videos and put them on social media, calling on people to sing Cantonese songs with him to overcome the difficult time. In just three months, around 80,000 fans followed him. Twenty-two years ago, Polanco left his home country for Hong Kong. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHRIS POLANCO, Dominican musician "It's kind of weird, because when I arrived here, I

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New Zealand's Rotorua Marathon brings thousands of runners into lake tracks

STORY: New Zealand's Rotorua Marathon brings thousands of runners into lake tracks DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: ROTORUA, New Zealand CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Rotorua Marathon STORYLINE: More than 2,400 runners stepped on the picturesque tracks around Rotorua Lake on Saturday in one of the oldest sporting events in New Zealand. Home favorite Michael Voss won by a clear margin in 2:29:21 and became the first man to win three consecutive Rotorua Marathons since the event began 58 years ago. Wellington-based athlete Mel Brandon won the women's race in 3:00:08. Earlier in the day, more than 2,400 participants set out in the sunshine to take on either the full marathon, half-marathon, 10km or 5.5km distances. Rotorua, one of North Island's top visitor destinations, is well-known for its fascinating geothermal activity, Maori culture, hot springs and mud pools. Rotorua Marathon is famous for its stunning scenery across the various race options around Lake Rotorua, the b

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Israel begins vaccinating children under 5 against COVID-19

STORY: Israel begins vaccinating children under 5 against COVID-19 DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:26 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a four-year old before and after receiving COVID-19 vaccine STORYLINE: A nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 for children aged six months to five years was launched in Israel on Sunday. The vaccination will provide children "with an important protection layer against serious illness and post-COVID symptoms," said a statement issued by the Israeli Ministry of Health on Sunday evening. The vaccine is especially recommended for children at risk of severe COVID-19 illness due to underlying health conditions that impair the immune system, the ministry noted. The shots will either be three doses of the Pfizer vaccine or two doses of the Moderna vaccine, said the ministry. Vaccination for children under the age of five was approved by the ministry's Director General Nachman Ash earlier this month, following a recommendation by a pan

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Farm owner given suspended prison term over bird flu outbreak

KYOTO, Japan - Asada Nosan Co. President Hideaki Asada answers questions from reporters in Kyoto on Aug. 10 after the Kyoto District Court sentenced him to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for not reporting a bird flu outbreak at a farm in Kyoto Prefecture earlier this year. (Kyodo)

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Relative nabbed over Kobe stabbing spree

KOBE, Japan - Police arrest Yasutaka Fujishiro,47, Aug. 31 on suspicion of killing three relatives and attempting to kill another in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, earlier this month. The stabbing spree left seven people dead. Fujishiro had reportedly admitted to killing the seven relatives with a knife ''due to long years of hatred.'' (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestler avoids prison for marijuana possession

KAWASAKI, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Wakakirin speaks to reporters at the Kawasaki Branch of the Yokohama District Court on April 22. The former wrestler whose real name is Shinichi Suzukawa was sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for three years, for possessing marijuana earlier this year. (Kyodo)

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Families in tsunami-hit town then and now

Combined photo shows (clockwise from top L) Yasufumi Oikawa, his wife Mika, and their children Momoka, Tamon and Mihiro on June 10, 2011 (top), standing in front of the family-run chrysanthemum farm in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan after it was reduced to piles of rubble by a massive tsunami three months earlier, and the Oikawa family on Feb. 15, 2017, standing in front of the rebuilt farm along with Shoko (back C) who was born three years after the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Families in tsunami-hit town then and now

Combined photo shows first-grade elementary school student Ayaka Sato in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on June 8, 2011 (L) with her "randoseru" schoolbag that was found after being washed away by a massive tsunami three months earlier, and Ayaka six years later on Feb. 15, 2017, who will be graduating in March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Families in tsunami-hit town then and now

Combined photo shows Sayaka Sugawara (C) and her daughters Sara (R) and Sena, sitting on what was left of their family-run inn in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan on June 8, 2011 (top), after it was washed away by a massive tsunami three months earlier, and six years later on Feb. 18, 2017, as they stand in front of their rebuilt inn as it marked five years of operation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Wakayama governor convicted of bribery, bid rigging

OSAKA, Japan - Former Wakayama Gov. Yoshiki Kimura was sentenced to three years in prison on Sept. 10, suspended for four years, for taking 10 million yen in bribes and rigging bids for three prefectural public works projects in 2004. The photo shows the 55-year-old Kimura entering the Osaka District Court earlier in the day for the verdict-delivering session. (Kyodo)

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YOKOHAMA horiwarigawa canal

The new canal in Yokohama. Two or three years earlier, Captain Brown of the British Army often used this location for maneuvers. It is part of the new canal leading to the west plains and Mississippi Bay from Yokohama. From The Far East January 22, 1872. In the republished edition of The Far East.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐12‐0]

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Ex-Ozawa aide Ishikawa

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa (R), a former secretary to Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa and now a House of Representatives member, holds a press conference in Tokyo on the evening of Sept. 26, 2011, after being sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for violating the political funds control law by the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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More firms let workers take leave to chase their dreams

TOKYO, Japan - Shigehiko Yamada, 27, works at Kirin Brewery Co.'s plant in Kobe on Oct. 28, 2010. He made his dream come true -- studying English in Canada for three months earlier this year -- by applying for the company's new leave system allowing workers to take up to three years' leave for the sake of personal development. (Kyodo)

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Scenes from Mosul after Iraq declares victory over Islamic State

A former Iraqi serviceman (R), who had been held in custody by Islamic State until recently, and his fiancee hold their belated wedding ceremony, originally scheduled two years earlier, in Mosul on Aug. 3, 2017. On July 10, the Iraqi government declared victory in the northern city over the militant group which had ruled it for three years. (Photo by Yusuke Suzuki)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brazilian President Temer in Japan

Brazilian President Michel Temer meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2016, after arriving in Japan earlier in the day. Temer is in Japan for three days on the first trip to Japan by a Brazilian leader in eight years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public security panel OKs AUM surveillance

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Fujita, head of the Public Security Examination Commission, meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 31 after the independent panel formally decided to allow security authorities to put the AUM Shinrikyo cult under surveillance for up to three years. Cult founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, is on trial in 17 criminal cases, including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. The cult said earlier this month it had changed its name to ''Aleph.''

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Singer given suspended term for drug possession

TOKYO, Japan - Popular singer-songwriter Noriyuki Makihara, 30, walks into the Tokyo District Court on Dec. 8 to hear a ruling. The court sentenced him to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for possessing stimulant drugs at his Tokyo home. Makihara had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges.