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India: Bomb Threats Force Evacuations at Multiple Courts in Delhi

Multiple courts in Delhi, Saket, Dwarka and Patiala House, along with two CRPF-run schools, received bomb threats on Tuesday morning, November 18, prompting large-scale security checks across the national capital, forcing court proceedings to be temporarily suspended. Nothing suspicious was found after the inspections, said the police.

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New Komeito's Matsu fills seat vacated by LDP's Kobayashi

YOKOHAMA, Japan - New Komeito member Akira Matsu speaks during a news conference in Yokohama on Sept. 7 after being formally moved up to fill the House of Councillors seat vacated by Yutaka Kobayashi, who resigned earlier this week over an alleged election violation by his staff. Matsu had lost her seat as the runner-up in the Kanagawa constituency in which three seats were contested.

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Fukushima hospital's reopening plan frozen

SENDAI, June 2 Kyodo - Photo taken May 22, 2015, shows the exterior of the Odaka-Akasaka hospital in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. The hospital, vacated after the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture, was planning to reopen in another municipality but the plan has been frozen due to financial difficulty.

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Lights lit to recreate row of cherry trees in vacated zone

TOKYO, Japan - Numerous lights arranged in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, light up the night on Dec. 5, 2014, to recreate an image of the famous Yonomiri row of cherry trees in the prefectural town of Tomioka before the official start of the illumination the following night. The third event of its kind is aimed at encouraging some 20,000 people or more evacuated to Iwaki from municipalities around Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi power plant following the nuclear disaster.

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Miyagi gov't, Japan Asia Group ink solar power plant deal

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) and Tetsuo Yamashita, chairman of Japan Asia Group Ltd., sign an agreement in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 28, 2014, to build a mega-solar power plant on a lot vacated by a tsunami-ddamaged high school in Natori in the northeastern Japan prefecture.

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Evacuee visits home in Iitate, Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masato Takahashi jokingly demonstrates how cattle eat feed in his vacated barn in the Nagadoro district in Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 6, 2014. Takahashi lives in temporary housing in Fukushima City, about a one-hour drive from the village, after evacuating due to the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Tsunami-damaged piano returns to elementary school

KAMAISHI, Japan - A grand piano, washed away from Toni Elementary School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the devastating tsunami of March 11, 2011, is displayed in the vacated yard of the school after repair on June 2, 2014.

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Pro-Pyongyang group's Tokyo building to be vacated

TOKYO, Japan - The headquarters building of Chongryon, a pro-Pyongyang Korean group, in Tokyo is photographed in March 2014. The Tokyo High Court rejected the group's appeal against the sale of the building and land to a Japanese real estate company on May 12, 2014.

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Student protesters siege Taiwan's legislature

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Students occupy Taiwan's parliament in Taipei on March 20, 2014, in protest against a trade deal with Beijing that they believe will hurt Taiwan's economy. They vacated the building on April 10, 2014, after discussion with Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng.

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Disaster-hit building in Japan, scene of man's survival from tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Yuichi Yonezawa squats on top of the chimney of his building in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014, reenacting the time he survived the March 2011 tsunami. Although much of the surrounding area has been vacated, Yonezawa intends to preserve the building as a lesson for younger generations about natural disasters and put up a sign on the chimney indicating the water level where the tsunami reached.

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Ex-gov. Hashimoto wins Osaka mayoral election

OSAKA, Japan - Winners of the Osaka mayoral and gubernatorial elections, respectively, former Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (R) and his political ally Ichiro Matsui pose with a cake provided by their supporters in Osaka on the night of Nov. 27, 2011, after their victories in the double election. Hashimoto scored a landslide victory over incumbent Kunio Hiramatsu in Japan's second-largest business center, winning support for his proposal to establish an Osaka metropolitan government with an administrative structure similar to Tokyo's. Matsui will fill the governor's post which Hashimoto vacated in order to run for mayor.

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Ex-gov. Hashimoto wins Osaka mayoral election

OSAKA, Japan - Winners of the Osaka mayoral and gubernatorial elections, respectively, former Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (front L) and political ally Ichiro Matsui, shake hands while celebrating their victories in the double election in Osaka on the night of Nov. 27, 2011. Matsui will fill the governor's post which Hashimoto vacated in order to run for mayor. Hashimoto scored a landslide victory over incumbent Kunio Hiramatsu in Japan's second-largest business center, winning support for his proposal to establish an Osaka metropolitan government with an administrative structure similar to Tokyo's.

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Hashimoto assured of victory in Osaka mayoral election

OSAKA, Japan - Former Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (front L) celebrates in Osaka on Nov. 27, 2011, after projections showing he won the mayoral election in Osaka, Japan's second-largest business center, by defeating incumbent Kunio Hiramatsu. Hashimoto apparently won support for his proposal to establish an Osaka metropolitan government similar to Tokyo's. On right is Ichiro Matsui, a close aide to Hashimoto who was set to win the Osaka gubernatorial election to fill up the post vacated by Hashimoto.

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Man stares at pillar of old home vacated for aborted dam project

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Goichiro Takeuchi, 64, stares at a pillar of a roughly 90-year-old home in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2009. He and his wife vacated the house in anticipation of the Yamba Dam construction. They moved to a relocation site before the new administration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pledged to cancel the costly dam project in Gunma Prefecture.

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Asano to replace Konoike in senior gov't post

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government decided May 13 to appoint Katsuhito Asano (in this file photo), 71, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Councillors, to fill the government post of deputy chief Cabinet secretary being vacated by Yoshitada Konoike. Konoike resigned from his post earlier in the day over an affair with a woman reported in a weekly magazine that went on sale the same day.

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Ex-Finance Minister Fujii to get Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (file photo) will be given a seat in the House of Representatives vacated by fellow member Hiroyuki Nagahama of the Democratic Party of Japan, who on July 12 filed candidacy to run in the House of Councillors.

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Campaiging begins for upper house by-elections

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Voters listen to a speech April 5 in Fukushima as campaigning began for the April 22 by-elections to fill two vacated House of Councillors seats in Fukushima and Okinawa prefectures.

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Campaiging begins for upper house by-elections

NAHA, Japan - Supporters cheer a candidate in Naha on April 5 as campaigning began for the April 22 by-elections to fill two vacated House of Councillors seats in Okinawa and Fukushima prefectures.

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Entertainer Sonomamma Higashi wins in Miyazaki election

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Well-known TV entertainer Sonomamma Higashi (C) shakes hands with supporters as he is assured of victory in the gubernatorial election in Miyazaki Prefecture on Jan. 21. The election was called to fill the post vacated by the resignation of Tadahiro Ando, who was arrested for allegedly rigging bids.

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Voting starts in Chiba by-election

CHIBA, Japan - Voting starts on April 23 in a by-election in the Chiba No. 7 constituency to fill a vacated House of Representatives seat after a ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker stepped down in January due to an election campaign scandal.

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(2)Campaigning for Saitama gubernatorial race kicks off

SAITAMA, Japan - Citizens listen to a candidate speak in Saitama City on Aug. 14 as official campaigning for the Saitama gubernatorial election begins. The Aug. 31 election is to fill the post vacated by Yoshihiko Tsuchiya, who resigned in July over a political funds scandal involving his daughter.

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(1)Campaigning for Saitama gubernatorial race kicks off

SAITAMA, Japan - A candidate addresses voters in Saitama City on Aug. 14 as official campaigning for the Saitama gubernatorial election begins. The Aug. 31 election is to fill the post vacated by Yoshihiko Tsuchiya, who resigned in July over a political funds scandal involving his daughter. The race is widely considered to be a dry run for the House of Representatives general election that could take place as early as this fall.

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Resona Holdings picks JR East's Hosoya for chairman's post

TOKYO, Japan - Resona Holdings Inc. will appoint Eiji Hosoya (file photo), a vice president of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), as its chairman to replace Takashi Kaiho, who vacated the post earlier this month following the banking group's decision to seek an injection of public funds, company sources said May 30.

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(2)68 arrive on Miyakejima for 4-day visit

MIYAKEJIMA ISLAND, Japan - Fumio Tsukuba, one of 68 former Miyakejima Island residents who returned to the island April 19 for a four-day visit, cleans his house vacated since he was forced to evacuate with other islanders due to volcanic activities in September 2000.

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Gov't, Okinawa discuss use of land to be vacated by bases

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 10 after the first meeting of a conference to discuss how to use land in Okinawa Prefecture that is to be vacated when U.S. military bases including the Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station are relocated.

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Tsurunen hopes to fulfill expectations of Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Marutei Tsurunen, a naturalized Japanese citizen from Finland, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Feb. 15. He said he believes his election to the Diet as the first Caucasian-Japanese was down to expectations among voters that maybe he can do something new. ''It's not support, but it's expectations,'' said Tsurunen, 61, who took up a vacated seat in the House of Councillors as a member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Naturalized Japanese citizen Tsurunen makes debut in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Marutei Tsurunen, a naturalized Japanese citizen from Finland, is applauded by members of the House of Councillors after being introduced at the upper house's plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 8. Tsurunen, who was runner-up on the Democratic Party of Japan's candidate list in last July's upper chamber election, is taking up the seat vacated by Kyosen Ohashi, a former TV perrsonality, who resigned late last month.

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Tsurunen debuts at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Marutei Tsurunen, a naturalized Japanese citizen from Finland, makes his debut Feb. 8 at the House of Councillors as a member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Tsurunen, pinned with a legislator's badge at the entrance of the Diet, took up the Diet seat vacated by Kyosen Ohashi, a former TV personality who resigned late last month.

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Tsurunen's election announcement expected Feb. 8

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Marutei Tsurunen, a naturalized Japanese from Finland, who is expected to receive a certificate for his election as a member of the House of Councillors on Feb. 8. Tsurunen, 61, the runner-up on the Democratic Party of Japan candidate list in last year's upper house election, will fill the seat vacated by Kyosen Ohashi, who resigned in January 2002.

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Koizumi says took 'responsibility' with sackings

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi responds to questions during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session Jan. 30. Koizumi said he decided to dismiss Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami as a way to take responsibility for conflicts in the Foreign Ministry complicating Diet business. The empty seat (R, background) was vacated by Tanaka.

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Marutei Tsurunen to fill seat vacated by Ohashi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Marutei Tsurunen, a Finnish-born naturalized Japanese citizen, who will be awarded an upper chamber seat vacated by Kyosen Ohashi of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on Jan. 29. Tsurunen is the runner-up on the DPJ's list of candidates in the proportional representation section.

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HIV patients' advocate Kawada wins lower house Tokyo by-election

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuko Kawada shakes hands with her hemophiliac son Ryuhei (L) on Oct. 22 after winning in a House of Representatives by-election in Tokyo's No. 21 single-seat constituency. A 51-year-old independent and longtime supporter of people with HIV, Kawada garnered 51,008 votes, beating three rivals including Sekiichi Kato of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who won 48,883. Kawada will fill a seat vacated by disgraced 38-year-old lawmaker Joji Yamamoto, who resigned from the Diet last month over fraud allegations.

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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.

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Takeshita's brother cheered

MATSUE, Japan - Wataru Takeshita (L), younger brother and former secretary of the late Noboru Takeshita, a former prime minister, is cheered June 25 after he appeared certain to win the House of Representatives seat vacated by his elder brother.

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Marutei Tsurunen to fill seat vacated by Ohashi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Marutei Tsurunen, a Finnish-born naturalized Japanese citizen, who will be awarded an upper chamber seat vacated by Kyosen Ohashi of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on Jan. 29. Tsurunen is the runner-up on the DPJ's list of candidates in the proportional representation section.

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Koizumi says took 'responsibility' with sackings

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi responds to questions during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session Jan. 30. Koizumi said he decided to dismiss Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami as a way to take responsibility for conflicts in the Foreign Ministry complicating Diet business. The empty seat (R, background) was vacated by Tanaka.

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Voting starts in Chiba by-election

CHIBA, Japan - Voting starts on April 23 in a by-election in the Chiba No. 7 constituency to fill a vacated House of Representatives seat after a ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker stepped down in January due to an election campaign scandal. (Kyodo)

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Entertainer Sonomamma Higashi wins in Miyazaki election

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Well-known TV entertainer Sonomamma Higashi (C) shakes hands with supporters as he is assured of victory in the gubernatorial election in Miyazaki Prefecture on Jan. 21. The election was called to fill the post vacated by the resignation of Tadahiro Ando, who was arrested for allegedly rigging bids. (Kyodo)

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Campaiging begins for upper house by-elections

NAHA, Japan - Supporters cheer a candidate in Naha on April 5 as campaigning began for the April 22 by-elections to fill two vacated House of Councillors seats in Okinawa and Fukushima prefectures. (Kyodo)

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Campaiging begins for upper house by-elections

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Voters listen to a speech April 5 in Fukushima as campaigning began for the April 22 by-elections to fill two vacated House of Councillors seats in Fukushima and Okinawa prefectures. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Finance Minister Fujii to get Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (file photo) will be given a seat in the House of Representatives vacated by fellow member Hiroyuki Nagahama of the Democratic Party of Japan, who on July 12 filed candidacy to run in the House of Councillors. (Kyodo)

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New Komeito's Matsu fills seat vacated by LDP's Kobayashi

YOKOHAMA, Japan - New Komeito member Akira Matsu speaks during a news conference in Yokohama on Sept. 7 after being formally moved up to fill the House of Councillors seat vacated by Yutaka Kobayashi, who resigned earlier this week over an alleged election violation by his staff. Matsu had lost her seat as the runner-up in the Kanagawa constituency in which three seats were contested. (Kyodo)

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Asano to replace Konoike in senior gov't post

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government decided May 13 to appoint Katsuhito Asano (in this file photo), 71, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Councillors, to fill the government post of deputy chief Cabinet secretary being vacated by Yoshitada Konoike. Konoike resigned from his post earlier in the day over an affair with a woman reported in a weekly magazine that went on sale the same day. (Kyodo)

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Gov't, Okinawa discuss use of land to be vacated by bases

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 10 after the first meeting of a conference to discuss how to use land in Okinawa Prefecture that is to be vacated when U.S. military bases including the Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station are relocated. (Kyodo)

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LDP's Wada wins lower house by-election in Hokkaido

Liberal Democratic Party candidate Yoshiaki Wada (C) celebrates in Sapporo on April 24, 2016, with his wife Naoko (R) and supporters after winning a House of Representatives by-election in the Hokkaido No. 5 single-seat constituency. The election was held to fill a seat vacated by the LDP's Nobutaka Machimura, a former lower house speaker and foreign minister who died in 2015, and who was Naoko Wada's father. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP's Wada wins lower house by-election in Hokkaido

Liberal Democratic Party candidate Yoshiaki Wada (R) celebrates in Sapporo on April 24, 2016, with his wife Naoko after winning a House of Representatives by-election in the Hokkaido No. 5 single-seat constituency. Wada holds a portrait of the LDP's Nobutaka Machimura, a former lower house speaker and foreign minister who died in 2015, and who was his father-in-law. The election was held to fill a seat vacated by his death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kuma's design picked for 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium

Photo taken Dec. 21, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a land lot (C) vacated to build a new national stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The government announced its decision on Dec. 22 to adopt architect Kengo Kuma's design for the stadium, to be built by a joint venture led by Taisei Corp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa city wants Disney facility after U.S. base relocation

Atsushi Sakima, the mayor of Ginowan, meets the press after holding talks with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2015. Sakima sought cooperation from the central government in having a Disney Resort facility built on a land area to be vacated after the relocation of a U.S. airbase from the Okinawa Prefecture city. Suga expressed full support for the idea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa city wants Disney facility after U.S. base relocation

Atsushi Sakima (L), the mayor of Ginowan, hands Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga a written request to seek cooperation in having a Disney Resort facility built on a land area to be vacated after the relocation of a U.S. airbase from the Okinawa Prefecture city, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction of National Stadium to start in early 2017

Photo taken on Nov. 16, 2015, shows land vacated to build a new National Stadium for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Construction of the main stadium is on course to start in early 2017, the Japan Sport Council said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo