BTS members Jimin, Jung Kook discharged from S. Korea military

BTS members Jimin, Jung Kook discharged from S. Korea military

Two members of K-pop group BTS, Jimin (R) and Jung Kook, receive bouquets in front of the media after completing their mandatory military service in Yeoncheon, South Korea, on June 11, 2025.

Russian Airstrikes Hit Idlib Region - Syria

Russian Airstrikes Hit Idlib Region - Syria

Two men ride a motorcycle with bouquets of flowers in Saraqib, Syria, on December 1, 2024. Civil defense teams and community members are actively restoring the city's vital areas. A wave of airstrikes has pummelled hospitals and neighbourhoods in the rebel-held region of Idlib in northern Syria as Islamist insurgents continued to battle forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad after the militants' lightning assault on Aleppo. Photo by Bilal Alhammoud/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Russian Airstrikes Hit Idlib Region - Syria

Russian Airstrikes Hit Idlib Region - Syria

Two men hold bouquets of flowers, smiling, in a street in Saraqib, Syria, on December 1, 2024. Civil defense teams and community members are actively restoring the city's vital areas. A wave of airstrikes has pummelled hospitals and neighbourhoods in the rebel-held region of Idlib in northern Syria as Islamist insurgents continued to battle forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad after the militants' lightning assault on Aleppo. Photo by Bilal Alhammoud/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

2 S. Korean residents of Japan acquitted of espionage

2 S. Korean residents of Japan acquitted of espionage

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Jong Sa (L) and Yu Song Sam hold bouquets presented by friends in Seoul on Sept. 23, 2011, after the Seoul High Court acquitted the two South Korean residents of Japan, who had been detained for two years, of working as North Korean spies in the 1970s.

LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Hidetoshi Yamashita (C) lifts two bouquets into the air Oct. 22 after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Shiga Prefecture by running on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. At right is his wife Mieko. Yamashita, a 47-year-old former banker and the son of late Defense Agency chief Ganri Yamashita, beat Shunyu Norikumo, a former professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto who ran on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket. He also vanquished Takashi Kawauchi, a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Yamashita will fill a seat vacated by Tenzo Okumura, who resigned before an unsuccessful attempt to win a lower house seat as an independent in the June 25 general elections.

China's 2nd manned space mission returns, declared success

China's 2nd manned space mission returns, declared success

TOKYO, Japan - Two Chinese astronauts -- 40-year-old Fei Junlong (L) and 41-year-old Nie Haisheng -- hold up bouquets of flowers in front of the Shenzhou-6 spacecraft at its landing site in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Oct. 17 after having orbited the Earth for five days. (Xinhua)(Kyodo)

2 S. Korean residents of Japan acquitted of espionage

2 S. Korean residents of Japan acquitted of espionage

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Jong Sa (L) and Yu Song Sam hold bouquets presented by friends in Seoul on Sept. 23, 2011, after the Seoul High Court acquitted the two South Korean residents of Japan, who had been detained for two years, of working as North Korean spies in the 1970s. (Kyodo)

Body of missing Japanese woman found in Vancouver

Body of missing Japanese woman found in Vancouver

Bouquets along with a photograph of Natsumi Kogawa are offered outside an empty house in Vancouver, Canada on Sept. 30, 2016, where her body was found two days earlier. William Schneider, 48, was arrested for his possible role in the death of the 30-year-old Japanese woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Hidetoshi Yamashita (C) lifts two bouquets into the air Oct. 22 after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Shiga Prefecture by running on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. At right is his wife Mieko. Yamashita, a 47-year-old former banker and the son of late Defense Agency chief Ganri Yamashita, beat Shunyu Norikumo, a former professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto who ran on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket. He also vanquished Takashi Kawauchi, a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Yamashita will fill a seat vacated by Tenzo Okumura, who resigned before an unsuccessful attempt to win a lower house seat as an independent in the June 25 general elections.