ILEA000670140: Richard O'Barry in interview in Tokyo

World Bank cuts 2024 growth forecast for Japan

STORY: World Bank cuts 2024 growth forecast for Japan SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: The World Bank has cut its economic growth forecast for Japan for 2024 to 0.7 percent from 0.9 percent, while lifting the global growth outlook for the year to 2.6 percent from 2.4 percent, local media reported. The Japan growth forecast fell 0.2 percentage point from the previous estimate in January due to sluggish consumption growth and slowing exports, as well as a halt in growth in demand from foreign tourists, Jiji Press said Tuesday, citing the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report. Japan's economic growth is projected to rise to 1.0 percent in 2025, as consumption is expected to improve moderately, it added. Meanwhile, the global economy would avoid a third consecutive drop in real GDP growth since a major post-pandemic jump in 2021, with 2024 growth stabilizin

Kenyan coastal fishermen rejoice over export of anchovies to China

STORY: Kenyan coastal fishermen rejoice over export of anchovies to China DATELINE: June 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:13 LOCATION: KWALE, Kenya CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fishermen 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): ABDI DURA, Local fisherman 3. various of boats 4. various of factory 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SALIM MVURYA, Kenya's cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): MOHAMED SALIM, Fisherman 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Swahili): RISHADI IKI HAMISI, Chairman of a fishermen's lobby in Kwale County 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Swahili): MWANAMGENI JUMA, Local resident STORYLINE: Braving an early morning chill that swept over a scenic beachfront in Kenya's coastal county of Kwale, Abdi Dura offloaded a bucket full of anchovies, locally known as "dagaa," into a waiting truck for delivery to a processing factory in a nearby village. The 30-year-old father of two, who was born into a fishing family in a village on the shores of the Indian Ocean, said venturing into

Japan books 13.6 bln USD current account surplus in April

STORY: Japan books 13.6 bln USD current account surplus in April DATELINE: June 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ports in Japan 2. various of city views in Japan STORYLINE: Japan logged a current account surplus of 1.9 trillion yen (13.6 billion U.S. dollars) in April, said a government report on Thursday. According to the Finance Ministry's preliminary information, the figure, in the black for the third consecutive month, was 76.3 percent higher than in the same period last year. According to the ministry, the country saw a goods trade deficit of 113.1 billion yen and a services trade deficit of 646.5 billion yen in the recording period. Imports decreased by 4.1 percent while exports expanded 2.6 percent year on year, the preliminary data showed. The report also said that the primary income, which reflects returns on overseas investments, booked a surplus of 3.07 trillion yen. (1 U.S. dollar equals 139.94 Japanese yen) Xinhua News Agency

Japan's fertility rate drops for 7th straight year

STORY: Japan's fertility rate drops for 7th straight year DATELINE: June 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of children in Japan STORYLINE: Japan's fertility fell to a record low of 1.26 in 2022, declining for the seventh consecutive year, government data showed Friday. According to data released by the health ministry, the average number of children born per woman during her lifetime was 1.26 last year, down 0.05 points from the final figure for 2021 and on par with a record low marked in 2005. By prefecture, Tokyo had the lowest fertility rate at 1.04, followed by Miyagi at 1.09 and Hokkaido at 1.12, while Okinawa reported the highest fertility rate at 1.70, followed by 1.63 in Miyazaki and 1.6 in Tottori. The number of babies born in 2022 was also a record low at 770,747, down 40,875 from the year before, marking the first time the number dipped below 800,000. The latest statistics come a day after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida released a draft

Japan's fish catch hits record low in 2022

STORY: Japan's fish catch hits record low in 2022 DATELINE: May 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fishing harbour in Japan STORYLINE: Japan's fish catch in 2022 dropped 7.5 percent from the previous year to a record low of 3.85 million tons under the impact of rising sea temperatures, local media reported. The total, which includes farm-grown fish, was the lowest figure since comparable data became available in 1956 and marked a second consecutive year of decline, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday citing data by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. By category, catches of saury fell 5.6 percent from a year earlier to 18,400 tons, while Japanese flying squid slipped 8.3 percent to 29,700 tons and octopus dipped 18.7 percent to 22,200 tons, said the report. Meanwhile, salmon jumped 55.0 percent to 87,900 tons and anchovy increased 13.3 percent to 135,100 tons, it added. Apart from global warming, overfishing has also been a factor

'The Cove' activist mounts rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Richard O'Barry (C), an environmentalist who appears in the Oscar-winning film ''The Cove,'' holds a sign near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Sep. 2, 2010, in protest against a dolphin hunt by Japanese fishermen. O'Barry submitted a signed petition to the embassy requesting its support in stopping the controversial hunt. (Kyodo)

Dolphin hunt near Wakayama cove

TAIJI, Japan - Fishermen in the town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, hunt a pod of bottlenose dolphins off the western Japan prefecture. The hunt has been a target of criticisms by animal-rights activists after it was highlighted in ''The Cove,'' a film that won this year's Oscar for best documentary. (Kyodo)

Film director Shindo speaks of A-bomb movie

TOKYO, Japan - Kaneto Shindo, the director of the 1952 film ''Genbaku no Ko'' (Children of the Atomic Bomb), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 20, 2010. The 98-year-old, now preparing to release another film later this year, said, ''Filmmakers must continue to make films about the atomic bombings'' of 1945. (Kyodo)

Director calls 'The Cove' his 'love letter' to Japanese people

TOKYO, Japan - Louis Psihoyos, director of ''The Cove,'' speaks to the media in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2009. His documentary film about dolphin hunting in Japan was screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival the same day. (Kyodo)

Hatoyama in interview after election victory

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at his residence in Tokyo's upscale Denenchofu district on Aug. 31, a day after the DPJ scored a landslide victory in the general election, driving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party from power for only the second time in its 54-year history. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

Richard O'Barry in interview in Tokyo

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