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

Trump Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day Event

Space Force Vice Chief of Operations Michael Guetlein participates in the announcement byUnited States President Donald J Trump he has selected the path forward for his Golden Dome missile defense shield, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Credit: Chris Kleponis / Pool via CNP

E

Trump Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day Event

Space Force Vice Chief of Operations Michael Guetlein participates in the announcement byUnited States President Donald J Trump he has selected the path forward for his Golden Dome missile defense shield, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Credit: Chris Kleponis / Pool via CNP

E

Trump Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day Event

Space Force Vice Chief of Operations Michael Guetlein participates in the announcement byUnited States President Donald J Trump he has selected the path forward for his Golden Dome missile defense shield, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Credit: Chris Kleponis / Pool via CNP

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

General Michael A. Guetlein, Vice Chief of Space Operations, testifies before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

General Michael A. Guetlein, Vice Chief of Space Operations, testifies before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

(Left to right) General James J. Mingus, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Admiral James W. Kilby, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, General Christopher J. Mahoney, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Michael A. Guetlein, Vice Chief of Space Operations, Lieutenant General Adrian L. Spain, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air Force Operations and Ms. Diana C. Maurer, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management at the Government Accountability Office, testify before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

(Left to right) General James J. Mingus, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Admiral James W. Kilby, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, General Christopher J. Mahoney, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Michael A. Guetlein, Vice Chief of Space Operations, Lieutenant General Adrian L. Spain, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air Force Operations and Ms. Diana C. Maurer, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management at the Government Accountability Office, testify before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

General James J. Mingus, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, testifies before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

(Left to right) General James J. Mingus, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Admiral James W. Kilby, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, General Christopher J. Mahoney, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Michael A. Guetlein, Vice Chief of Space Operations, Lieutenant General Adrian L. Spain, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air Force Operations and Ms. Diana C. Maurer, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management at the Government Accountability Office, testify before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

General James J. Mingus, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, testifies before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

General James J. Mingus, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, testifies before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

James W. Kilby, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, testifies before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

James W. Kilby, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, testifies before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

General Michael A. Guetlein, Vice Chief of Space Operations, testifies before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Senate Hearing on Federal Mineral Mining Regulations - Washington

(Left to right) General James J. Mingus, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Admiral James W. Kilby, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, General Christopher J. Mahoney, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Michael A. Guetlein, Vice Chief of Space Operations, Lieutenant General Adrian L. Spain, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air Force Operations and Ms. Diana C. Maurer, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management at the Government Accountability Office, testify before the Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on defense readiness, in Washington DC, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Kenya appoints new military chief

STORY: Kenya appoints new military chief SHOOTING TIME: May 2, 2024 DATELINE: May 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the appointment ceremony STORYLINE: Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday announced the promotion of Lieutenant General Charles Muriu Kahariri to the rank of General and appointed him as the new Chief of Defense Forces following the death of General Francis Ogolla in a helicopter crash in April. Kahariri, who joined the Kenya Defense Forces in April 1987, served as the Vice Chief of Defense Forces before his new appointment. On the same day, Kenya Air Force Commander Major General John Omenda was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and named as the new Vice Chief of Defense Forces. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nairobi. (XHTV)

E

Indigenous Nations Hold A Media Event - Saskatchewan

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice Chief Heather Bear is seen during a media event announcing that the FSIN announced their intent to file a lawsuit against the federal and provincial governments saying the nation resources transfer act infringes on treaty rights at the FSIN in Saskatoon, Sask., Canada, Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Photo by Liam Richards/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Indigenous Nations Hold A Media Event - Saskatchewan

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice Chief Heather Bear is seen during a media event announcing that the FSIN announced their intent to file a lawsuit against the federal and provincial governments saying the nation resources transfer act infringes on treaty rights at the FSIN in Saskatoon, Sask., Canada, Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Photo by Liam Richards/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Indigenous Nations Health Gathering - Canada

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice Chief Dutch Lerat speaks during the grand opening of Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Traditional Health Gathering at James Smith Cree Nation, Sask., Canada on Monday, August 21, 2023. Photo by Heywood Yu/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

N. Korea appoints new envoy to China

BEIJING, China - A man believed to be new North Korean Ambassador to China Ji Jae Ryong arrives at Beijing airport on Oct. 26, 2010. Ji, vice chief of the International Department of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, reportedly replaced Choe Pyong Gwan.

E

LDP suffers general election defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda (R) and Yoshihide Suga, vice chief of the party's election strategy headquarters, appear dejected at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo as only a few victory flowers are attached to a board listing the names of LDP candidates for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

E

LDP in crushing defeat in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Suga, vice chief of the election committee of Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party, faces a throng of reporters, photographers and TV crews in a TV interview in front of a board bearing the names of LDP candidates at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30. The LDP suffered a crushing defeat in the House of Representatives election the same day.

E

U.S. envoy apologizes for loss of Ehime Maru

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. William Fallon, special envoy from Washington, speaks upon arriving at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo on Feb. 27. He conveyed U.S. apologies to Japan over the Feb. 9 sinking of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school fisheries training ship, by the U.S. nuclear submarine Greeneville off Hawaii. Fallon, vice chief of operations in the U.S. Navy, will meet Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to brief him on progress in the investigation into the sub-ship collision.

E

U.S. envoy hands apology to Mori over ship collision

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. William Fallon (C), a special envoy from Washington, is about to shake hands with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) prior to their talks at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27. Fallon, vice chief of operations in the U.S. Navy, handed to Mori an apology from U.S. President George W. Bush for the sinking of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school training ship, by a U.S. submarine off Hawaii on Feb. 9. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley is at the left.

E

AUM to suspend external activities, use of name

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuko Muraoka (L), acting representative for the AUM Shinrikyo religious sect, and Hiroshi Araki, vice chief of public relations for the cult, hold a press conference at AUM's office in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Sept. 29 to announce AUM will suspend all its external activities from Oct. 1 and provisionally halt the use of its name.

E

Kenya Airways launches drone cage to spur training

STORY: Kenya Airways launches drone cage to spur training DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: MARKET SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kenya airways training center 2. various of drone training 3. various of launch of drone training cage 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MICHAEL GICHANGI, Chairman of Fahari Aviation 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FRANCIS OGOLLA , Vice Chief of Defence Forces, Kenya 6. various of drone training 7. various of certificate awarding to trainees STORYLINE: Fahari Aviation, a subsidiary of Kenya's national carrier Kenya Airways, on Friday launched the first drone enclosure facility in Kenya. With the construction of the Fahari Drone Cage, Fahari Aviation is positioning itself at the forefront of exploring advanced future technologies in aviation and at the same time promoting safe and secure usage of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in Kenya. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MICHAEL GICHANGI, Chairman of Fahari Aviation "The future of aviation will be based on identifying opportun

E

LDP's vice chief watches sumo bout

Masahiko Komura, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, watches a bout in the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Japan, India, U.S. join naval drill in Indian Ocean

Vice Adm. Yutaka Murakawa (R), vice chief of staff of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, joins hands with Indian and U.S. naval officers in Chennai, southern India, on Oct. 15, 2015, for the Malabar tripartite joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean where China's presence has increasingly been felt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

LDP suffers general election defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda (R) and Yoshihide Suga, vice chief of the party's election strategy headquarters, appear dejected at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo as only a few victory flowers are attached to a board listing the names of LDP candidates for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. (Kyodo)

E

LDP in crushing defeat in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Suga, vice chief of the election committee of Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party, faces a throng of reporters, photographers and TV crews in a TV interview in front of a board bearing the names of LDP candidates at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30. The LDP suffered a crushing defeat in the House of Representatives election the same day. (Kyodo)

E

Ice bucket challenge draws 27 mil. yen for Japan ALS group

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiaki Kanazawa (C), secretary general of the Japan Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, tells a press conference at the health ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2014, that the group has received a total of 27.47 million yen in donations through the ice bucket challenge from around 3,000 people in Japan and abroad in the two weeks through Aug. 31, while donations for a typical year come to around 6 million yen. At left is Hiroki Okabe, a 56-year-old ALS patient who serves as vice chief of the group. (Kyodo)

E

N. Korea appoints new envoy to China

BEIJING, China - A man believed to be new North Korean Ambassador to China Ji Jae Ryong arrives at Beijing airport on Oct. 26, 2010. Ji, vice chief of the International Department of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, reportedly replaced Choe Pyong Gwan. (Kyodo)

E

Coronavirus infections at Japan's MSDF

Hiroshi Yamamura, chief of staff at Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2021. Yamamura expressed contrition after testing positive for the novel coronavirus after dining with 13 people in mid-December, including Vice Chief of Staff Naruto Nishi, who also contracted the virus.

E

Fire foils Japanese rocket launch

Atsutoshi Tamura (R), vice chief of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s space operations, prepares to attend a press conference at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 11, 2019, after a fire prompted the cancellation of the launch of an H-2B rocket carrying the unmanned Kounotori8 spacecraft, due to fly to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Fire cancels Japanese rocket launch to ISS

Atsutoshi Tamura (L), vice chief of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s space operations, speaks at a press conference at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 11, 2019, after a fire prompted the cancellation of the launch of an H-2B rocket carrying the unmanned Kounotori8 spacecraft, which had been scheduled to fly to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Fire foils Japanese rocket launch

Atsutoshi Tamura (L), vice chief of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s space operations division, bows at a press conference at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 11, 2019, after a fire prompted the cancellation of the launch of an H-2B rocket carrying the unmanned Kounotori8 spacecraft, bound for the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

S. Korea scraps intel pact with Japan

Kim Hyun Jong, second vice chief of South Korea's national security office, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2019, following Seoul's decision the previous day to scrap the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, a bilateral military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

S. Korea scraps intel pact with Japan

Kim Hyun Jong, second vice chief of South Korea's national security office, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2019, following Seoul's decision the previous day to scrap the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, a bilateral military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

S. Korea scraps intel pact with Japan

Kim Hyun Jong, second vice chief of South Korea's national security office, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2019, following Seoul's decision the previous day to scrap the General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, a bilateral military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Nidec's addition of former Nissan executive

Shigenobu Nagamori, chairman and CEO of Japanese electric motor maker Nidec Corp., speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2020, about its earnings results. Nidec said Jun Seki, who served in Nissan Motor Co.'s No. 3 post of vice-chief operating officer, joined Nidec on Jan. 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

U.S. envoy hands apology to Mori over ship collision

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. William Fallon (C), a special envoy from Washington, is about to shake hands with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) prior to their talks at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27. Fallon, vice chief of operations in the U.S. Navy, handed to Mori an apology from U.S. President George W. Bush for the sinking of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school training ship, by a U.S. submarine off Hawaii on Feb. 9. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley is at the left.

E

AUM to suspend external activities, use of name

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuko Muraoka (L), acting representative for the AUM Shinrikyo religious sect, and Hiroshi Araki, vice chief of public relations for the cult, hold a press conference at AUM's office in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Sept. 29 to announce AUM will suspend all its external activities from Oct. 1 and provisionally halt the use of its name.