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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter drills

Japan started construction work Thursday for a Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in a southwestern prefecture, the Defense Ministry said, under a plan to relocate military drills using U.S. carrier-borne fighter jets. In the work expected to last four years on Mage Island in Kagoshima, the ministry will first build runways and ammunition storage facilities, according to an environmental assessment report made public earlier in the day. The project will pave the way for the relocation of the practice site for U.S. fighter jets from Iwoto Island in the Pacific, about 1,250 kilometers south of Tokyo, following the construction work on the 8 square km island.

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Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple.

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Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows two swords found under the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, exhibited at a cultural assets research center in Nara. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple.

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Int'l water forum to start Sun. in Kyoto

NARA, Japan - Members of the World Water Council and the National Steering Committee for the third World Water Forum hold a joint session at Todaiji Temple in Nara on March 15, the eve of the opening of the forum in Kyoto. Todaiji was chosen as the venue for the meeting because a popular ceremony known as Omizutori (literally, ''water-drawing'') involving a water offering to the Eleven Headed Kannon has been held annually in March at the temple for over 1,250 years.

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Renovated museum recounts Egyptian postal history throughout ages

STORY: Renovated museum recounts Egyptian postal history throughout ages DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:54 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Egyptian Postal Museum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HEBA BARAKAT, Adviser to the head of Egypt's postal authority for museum affairs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HEBA BARAKAT, Adviser to the head of Egypt's postal authority for museum affairs STORYLINE: The old-style, palace-like building of the renovated Egyptian Postal Museum in the heart of downtown Cairo is home to thousands of items recounting the country's postal history from the times of ancient Egypt until the modern Egyptian mail service established in the 19th century. When the museum was officially inaugurated by King Farouk of Egypt in 1940, it was only one hall and a passage with 1,250 exhibited items in this very same building of Egypt's first postal authority, which was established in 1865. But today after its renovation and development over the past three years, the museum

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Algiers International Book Fair back on track

STORY: Algiers International Book Fair back on track DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Algiers International Book Fair 2. SOUNDBITE (Italian): GABRIEL BARONE, Director of Italian Agency for Foreign Trade 3. various of Algiers International Book Fair STORYLINE: The 25th Algiers International Book Fair (SILA), one of the biggest cultural events both in Algeria and the African continent, has kicked off after two years of absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fair attracted about 1,250 exhibitors from across the world. Before the pandemic, the fair can attract more than 2 million visitors. This year, 16 Italian publishing houses attended the fair, and a rich cultural program has been scheduled. SOUNDBITE (Italian): GABRIEL BARONE, Director of Italian Agency for Foreign Trade "We are very glad to be the country of honor in this fair. It reflects how strong bilateral ties between Algeria and Italy are. In fact, this is our first e

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Int'l water forum to start Sun. in Kyoto

NARA, Japan - Members of the World Water Council and the National Steering Committee for the third World Water Forum hold a joint session at Todaiji Temple in Nara on March 15, the eve of the opening of the forum in Kyoto. Todaiji was chosen as the venue for the meeting because a popular ceremony known as Omizutori (literally, ''water-drawing'') involving a water offering to the Eleven Headed Kannon has been held annually in March at the temple for over 1,250 years. (Kyodo)

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Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows two swords found under the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, exhibited at a cultural assets research center in Nara. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple. (Kyodo)

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Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple. (Kyodo)