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More injuries, damage reported after major quakes struck central Japan

STORY: More injuries, damage reported after major quakes struck central Japan SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: BREAKING NEWS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of recordings during the earthquake STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent "A series of strong earthquakes with major ones measured at up to 7.6 magnitude have struck the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Monday, with tsunami warnings issued, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture observed tsunami waves of more than 1.2 meters at 4:21 p.m. local time on Monday. According to reports, Toyama prefecture on the western coast of Japan also reported tsunami waves of 50 centimeters at 4:23 p.m. local time. Torrents of water could reach as high as 5 meters and authorities urged people to flee to high land or a top of a nearby building as quickly as possible, according to NHK." Xinhua

CHINA-SHANXI-LYULIANG-COAL MINE COMPANY-BUILDING-FIRE (CN)

(231116) -- LYULIANG, Nov. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters try to put out a fire at a building of the Yongju coal mine company in Lyuliang City, north China's Shanxi province, Nov. 16, 2023. As of 2 p.m. Thursday, 26 died and 38 were injured after a fire broke out Thursday morning at a building of a coal mine company in north China's Shanxi Province, authorities said. The fire ripped through the second floor of the four-story building located in Lishi District of Lyuliang City. The on-site rescue operation ended at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, according to the information office of the city government. (Xinhua)

4 injured after explosion in downtown Tokyo

STORY: 4 injured after explosion in downtown Tokyo DATELINE: July 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the explosion site STORYLINE: Four people were injured after an explosion took place on Monday afternoon near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan. The explosion was reported at around 3:15 p.m. local time as a fire broke out in an eight-story building some 300 meters away from the centrally located JR Shimbashi Station, according to the local police department. According to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, four people suffered minor injuries, who were two passersby and two employees of the restaurant where the explosion reportedly took place. At the time of the accident, Xinhua reporters heard the blast while driving past an intersection less than 50 meters away from the scene, and then saw a lot of fragments flying out of a room on the second floor of the building. A burst of smoke was spotted in the room accompanied by a slight smell of

16 confirmed dead in Bangladeshi commercial building explosion: official

STORY: 16 confirmed dead in Bangladeshi commercial building explosion: official DATELINE: March 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:10 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue efforts at the blast site 2. various of crowds 3. various of a hospital STORYLINE: At least 16 people were killed and many others injured in a massive explosion that took place in a commercial building in the old part of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Tuesday, an official said. Mominur Rahman, Dhaka district's administration chief, told Xinhua that "16 bodies have been brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital from the explosion site." At least 20 people with critical injuries were admitted to the hospital, he added. Because of the explosion, officials said two buildings -- one seven-story and the other one five-story -- were damaged at the Siddique Bazar area in old Dhaka. The incident occurred around 4:50 p.m. local time on Tuesday, the fire service control room said. The blast occurred at the seven-floor building whic

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2023 shows giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

410 people evacuated as forest fire breaks out in S. Türkiye

STORY: 410 people evacuated as forest fire breaks out in S. Türkiye DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of forest fire 2. Various of firefighters, helicopter, and fire trucks STORYLINE: A forest fire broke out Wednesday in the Gulnar District of the southern Turkish province of Mersin, prompting local authorities to evacuate 410 people from 110 homes. Mersin Governor Ali Hamza Pehlivan told reporters that no injuries or major house damage had been reported, adding that "only an abandoned building in the forest area was burned." Firefighters continued tackling the blaze after aircraft and ground crews were dispatched to the region, he said. The reason for the fire was still not clear, but the state-run Anadolu news agency reported that strong wind spread the fire to settlement areas. The fire area is also close to the construction site of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Mersin Province. Firefighters have been struggling to prevent the blaze

Boom returns to Atami, thanks to rising fuel prices

ATAMI, Japan - Sun Beach at Atami spa town in the Izu Peninsula is crowded with holidaymakers in a photo taken Aug. 5. According to travel agent JTB, the occupancy rate at inns and hotels in Atami rose 19 percent in July from a year earlier. Travel analysts believe high fuel costs have prompted many Japanese to give up overseas summer vacations or long-distance domestic travel. Atami, an hour or so by express train from Tokyo, is the nearest spa summer resort for Tokyoites. (Kyodo)

Prince Akishino, family visit Karuizawa on vacation

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Prince Akishino, the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, strolls with his family in the garden of the hotel they are staying at in the popular resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on May 3. They arrived in Karuizawa the previous day. (Pool photo)

3 people rescued from atop 7-story Tokyo condo building after fi

TOKYO, Japan - A 65-year-old man and two female family members were rescued Nov. 9 from the rooftop of a seven-story condominium building in Tokyo's Minato Ward about two hours after a fire broke out in the man's top floor residence, firefighters said. Photo shows a helicopter rescuing one of the three from roof of the building, located about 400 meters southwest of JR Hamamatsucho Station. (Kyodo)

Festival to remember Goryo Hamaguchi

KAINAN, Japan - Participants in the Inamura-no-himatsuri (festival) light rice straws to commemorate Goryo Hamaguchi who saved villagers' lives by setting fire on rice fields to direct them to high ground when tsunami was going to hit a village located in today's Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture in 1854. The photo was taken on Oct. 16, 2005. (Kyodo)

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