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China: Man Saves Four People Seconds Before Crash Vehicle Erupts in Fire

A man in Jinzhong, Shanxi, rushed to save four people trapped in a crashed, smoke-filled vehicle on November 30, 2025. The doors were jammed and the passengers unconscious, so he smashed a window and pulled them out. Just three minutes later, the car burst into flames as the rescued victims received help on the roadside.

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irector Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car at Ghibli Park

Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car, a Citroen 2CV, is displayed at Ghibli Park, a theme park featuring characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli's animation films such as "My Neighbor Totoro," in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 29, 2025.

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irector Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car at Ghibli Park

Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car, a Citroen 2CV, is displayed at Ghibli Park, a theme park featuring characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli's animation films such as "My Neighbor Totoro," in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 29, 2025.

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Director Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car at Ghibli Park

Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki's beloved car, a Citroen 2CV, is displayed at Ghibli Park, a theme park featuring characters and scenes from Studio Ghibli's animation films such as "My Neighbor Totoro," in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 29, 2025.

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Iceland: Volcano On Reykjanes Peninsula Erupts For 7th Time Since Last December 4

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Wednesday night, November 20, marking its seventh eruption since last December. The eruption occurred on the Reykjanes Peninsula, sending molten lava flowing toward the Blue Lagoon spa, a major tourist attraction.

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Cat Bus starts operating in central Japan park

NAGAKUTE, Japan, March 16 Kyodo -A low-speed electric vehicle modeled after the Cat Bus from Studio Ghibli's anime film "My Neighbor Totoro" runs in the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture on March 16, 2024. The service started the same day in the central Japan park, which houses the Ghibli theme park.(Kyodo)

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Cat Bus starts operating in central Japan park

A low-speed electric vehicle modeled after the Cat Bus from Studio Ghibli's anime film "My Neighbor Totoro" runs in the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture on March 16, 2024. The service started the same day in the central Japan park, which houses the Ghibli theme park.

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Cat Bus starts operating in central Japan park

A low-speed electric vehicle modeled after the Cat Bus from Studio Ghibli's anime film "My Neighbor Totoro" runs in the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture on March 16, 2024. The service started the same day in the central Japan park, which houses the Ghibli theme park.

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[Breaking news] Cat Bus electric vehicles at central Japan park

NAGAKUTE, Japan, Feb. 27 Kyodo - Cat Bus low-speed electric vehicles, inspired by the animation film "My Neighbor Totoro," are parked at Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 27, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Cat Bus electric vehicle at central Japan park

A Cat Bus low-speed electric vehicle, inspired by the animation film "My Neighbor Totoro," is driven at Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 27, 2024.

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Cat Bus electric vehicles at central Japan park

Cat Bus low-speed electric vehicles, inspired by the animation film "My Neighbor Totoro," are parked at Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 27, 2024.

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Cat Bus electric vehicles at central Japan park

Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (2nd from R) rides on a Cat Bus low-speed electric vehicle, inspired by the animation film "My Neighbor Totoro," at Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 27, 2024.

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Anime, manga character lantern floats in Japan festival

A paper lantern float featuring characters from Hayao Miyazaki's popular animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" are paraded through the streets during the Manga Ebuta Matsuri festival in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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New Year's Eve in disaster area

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A paper lantern in the form of Catbus, a character from the animation film My Neighbor Totoro, is illuminated in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on the New Year's Eve on Dec. 31, 2012. The destination board on the bus reads "Odaka," an area in Minamisoma that was made a no-go zone due to the nuclear accident that followed the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Ghibli theme park

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a life-sized recreation of Satsuki and Mei's house from "My Neighbor Totoro" in Ghibli Park's Dondoko Forest area in the Aichi Prefecture city of Nagakute on Nov. 1, 2022. Ghibli Park opened the same day.

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Ghibli theme park

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wooden Totoro-shaped statue from the Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro" in Ghibli Park's Dondoko Forest area in the Aichi Prefecture city of Nagakute on Nov. 1, 2022. Ghibli Park opened the same day.

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Ghibli theme park

Photo taken on Nov. 1, 2022, shows a life-sized recreation of Satsuki and Mei's house from "My Neighbor Totoro" in Ghibli Park's Dondoko Forest area in the Aichi Prefecture city of Nagakute. Ghibli Park opened the same day.

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Ghibli theme park

Children climb on a fluffy cat bus from "My Neighbor Totoro" located inside the themed area Ghibli's Grand Warehouse on Nov. 1, 2022, the opening day of Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Pool photo)

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Exhibition featuring "My Neighbor Totoro" in Bangkok

Photo taken at a commercial complex in Bangkok on Feb. 10, 2022, shows an exhibition featuring Japanese animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" a day ahead of its opening. The exhibition, co-hosted by Studio Ghibli Inc. and Uniqlo (Thailand) Co., will run through March 27.

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Exhibition featuring "My Neighbor Totoro" in Bangkok

Photo taken at a commercial complex in Bangkok on Feb. 10, 2022, shows an exhibition featuring Japanese animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" a day ahead of its opening. The exhibition, co-hosted by Studio Ghibli Inc. and Uniqlo (Thailand) Co., will run through March 27.

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Exhibition featuring "My Neighbor Totoro" in Bangkok

Photo taken at a commercial complex in Bangkok on Feb. 10, 2022, shows an exhibition featuring Japanese animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" a day ahead of its opening. The exhibition, co-hosted by Studio Ghibli Inc. and Uniqlo (Thailand) Co., will run through March 27.

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MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

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MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO Date: 1988

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Actress Tanie Kitabayashi dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - Tanie Kitabayashi (file photo taken in May, 2001), a popular actress best known for playing elderly women in numerous movies, TV dramas and plays, died of pneumonia on April 27 at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98. Some of her notable film appearances include ''Letter from the Mountain'' (2002), ''Tora-san's Song of Love'' (1983) and ''Branch School Diary'' (1978). She also did voice acting in Hayao Miyazaki's popular animated feature ''My Neighbor Totoro'' (1988).

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My Neighbor Totoro

Undated file photo shows Satsuki and Mei's House, inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's popular animation film "My Neighbor Totoro," in the 2005 Aichi Expo commemorative park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" in China

Koji Hoshino (R), chairman of Japanese animation film studio Studio Ghibli Inc., appears at an event in Shanghai on Dec. 10, 2018, to announce that "My Neighbor Totoro" will be played at movie theaters in China from Dec. 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" in China

Koji Hoshino, chairman of Japanese animation film studio Studio Ghibli Inc., speaks at an event in Shanghai on Dec. 10, 2018, to announce that "My Neighbor Totoro" will be played at movie theaters in China from Dec. 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Ghibli Park" set to open in Japan in early 2020s

File photo taken in April 2005 shows "Satsuki and Mei's House," which was modeled after the house belonging to the lead characters in the film "My Neighbor Totoro," at a park in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. The prefecture said it will build a theme park based on the film by director Hayao Miyazaki within the park, aiming to open it in the early 2020s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo