ILEA000673385: Quake-hit Chinese students help other evacuees in Niigata

Death toll climbs after Japan quake, self-defense forces dispatched

STORY: Death toll climbs after Japan quake, self-defense forces dispatched SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1-2, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:00 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of scenes of the earthquake STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent "The death toll has been climbing after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity. A series of building collapses and fires left dozens of people dead in the most-hit Ishikawa prefecture. As more damage reports and information about people trapped continued to come in regarding other municipalities, injuries were reported in Niigata, Toyama, Fukui and Gifu prefectures due to collapsed or damaged buildings. Calling the rescue of those impacted by the earthquakes a battle against time, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the government has already dispatched a number of self-defense force troops to the impacted ar

Death toll rises to 20 in powerful Japan quake

STORY: Death toll rises to 20 in powerful Japan quake SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of scenes of the earthquake STORYLINE: STANDUP: ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent "At least 20 people were confirmed dead in Ishikawa prefecture after a massive earthquake hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, the national news agency Kyodo reported on Tuesday, citing local authorities. Calling the rescue of those impacted by the earthquakes a battle against time, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the government has already dispatched a number of self-defense force troops to the impacted areas and will continue to provide assistance. A series of strong earthquakes, with major ones of up to a preliminary 7.6 magnitude, hit on Monday at a shallow depth on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency has officially named i

Exploring venue for swimming events of World University Games

STORY: Exploring venue for swimming events of World University Games DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of aerial photos of the Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Center 2. various of interior view of the Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Center 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) : BAI XUE, Deputy executive director, Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Center 4. various of interior view of the Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Center 5. various of aerial photos of the swimming center STORYLINE: The Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Center now stands ready for the upcoming Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games to hold swimming events. It is a large Class A aquatics center and covers a floor area of over 73,500 square meters, which contains a competition pool and a warm-up pool, both with 10 lanes and a water depth of two meters. Unlike a regular swimming venue, it has seats on both sides of the pool. It can accommodate 3,000 people in fixed seats an

37 pct of population displaced from Japan's Fukushima may have PTSD: survey

STORY: 37 pct of population displaced from Japan's Fukushima may have PTSD: survey DATELINE: April 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Fukushima 2. various of local fishermen STORYLINE: A survey of Fukushima Prefecture residents who evacuated to areas outside the prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear disaster found that nearly 40 percent of respondents may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), local media reported Monday. Waseda University and a citizens group sent questionnaires to 5,350 households mainly in the Kanto region around Tokyo who had fled from Fukushima following the nuclear disaster, and obtained responses from 516. The results indicated that 37.0 percent of the evacuees had PTSD. Behind the high rate are long-term stress factors, including memories of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, drastic changes in living environments and problems resulting from the government's p

Kobe marks 27th anniversary of deadly quake

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an overview of Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2022, the 27th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people. The western Japan city of Kobe on Monday marked the 27th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6,434 people in the area. Local residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the port city in Hyogo Prefecture and neighboring areas on Jan. 17, 1995. In a predawn event at Higashi Yuenchi, a park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, people lit about 3,000 bamboo lanterns that were aligned to form "1.17," the date of the disaster.

Diner opens in nuclear disaster-hit city for returning evacuees

A diner called "Odaka no Hirugohan" (Lunch at Odaka) opens in the Odaka district of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2015, in support of start-ups in the area once evacuated due to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster and for residents planning to move back. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's historic quake

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the letters ''SOS'' on an athletic field at Shizugawa High School, as people await rescue in tsunami-devastated Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 13, 2011, two days after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake. (Kyodo)

Kobe archives preserving memories of 1995 quake

KOBE, Japan - Kazuko Sasaki, a researcher at Kobe University, looks at a file of fliers in foreign languages collected as records of the 1995 earthquake in Hyogo Prefecture and its vicinity at the university's Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection on Dec. 21, 2009. (Kyodo)

Honda joint venture opens school for Sichuan quake victims

MAO, China - Chinese students attend the opening ceremony on Aug. 31 of an elementary school for children living in an area of Sichuan province that was hit by a devastating earthquake in May 2008. Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co. and affiliated manufacturers offered 9.2 million yuan, or about 125 million yen, to build the school. (Kyodo)

Kobe residents anxious about stranded wild boar piglets

KOBE, Japan - Four wild boar piglets are seen stranded on a riverbank of a residential area in Kobe's Chuo Ward in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture on July 4. As many as eight boar piglets, of which one was dead, have been seen since around June 26 on the bank of the shallow Kitsune River, which is about 5 meters wide and enclosed by 6-meter-high concrete levees, drawing concern from neighborhood residents. (Kyodo)

Quake-hit Chinese students help other evacuees in Niigata

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