Kyodo News Images
Kyodo News Images is a Japanese visual content company established in 2014 that provides news photography and video services, including the corporate content platform KYODO NEWS IMAGELINK.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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Overview
Kyodo News Images (株式会社共同通信イメージズ) is a Japanese visual content company established in 2014. It operates KYODO NEWS IMAGELINK, a corporate content provision site where photographs and videos from Kyodo News and domestic and international newspapers and news agencies can be searched in real time. The company also offers services including on-location shooting, rights clearance, digitization of photo assets, and the IMAGELINK Share image and video management and sharing service. It also runs the gallery site BEHIND.
History
Kyodo News Images was established in 2014 to convey photographs and videos taken over many years by reporters and photographers of Kyodo News, a leading international news agency in Japan, to a wide audience. Based on the Kyodo News Group's policy of contributing to the people's right to know and the sound development of society through the accurate and fair provision of domestic and international news and other information, the content handled by Kyodo News Images exceeds 26 million items, from historical moments to the present. In addition to Kyodo News material, it archives photographs and videos gathered from domestic and international sources.
Products and positioning
A top-class domestic news photo agency in Japan, providing visual content based on the Kyodo News Group's policy.
KYODO NEWS IMAGELINK
A corporate content provision site where photographs and videos from Kyodo News and domestic and international newspapers and news agencies can be searched in real time. Membership registration is required.
IMAGELINK Share
An image and video management and sharing service developed with know-how from storing and managing vast amounts of news photographs.
BEHIND
A gallery site whose mission is to create opportunities for more people to see photographs taken by photographers. Its photographs are provided through the KYODO NEWS IMAGELINK image database.
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