Tuna sold at record 155.4 mil. yen

Tuna sold at record 155.4 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, president of sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co., shows a 222-kilogram bluefin tuna at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tokyo's Tsukiji district on Jan. 5, 2013. The company made a successful bid for the tuna for an all-time high of 155.4 million yen (about $1.3 million), or 700,000 yen per kg, during the year's first auction at the market.

Tuna sold at record 155.4 mil. yen

Tuna sold at record 155.4 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, president of sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co., shows a 222-kilogram bluefin tuna at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tokyo's Tsukiji district on Jan. 5, 2013. The company made a successful bid for the tuna for an all-time high of 155.4 million yen (about $1.3 million), or 700,000 yen per kg, during the year's first auction at the market.

New riot gear deployed nationwide for World Cup

New riot gear deployed nationwide for World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - The National Police Agency (NPA) has equipped about 8,600 teams at police headquarters nationwide with new riot gear (photo) to deal with hooligans and other security issues during the upcoming World Cup soccer finals, NPA officials said Thursday. The new gear is a three-item set comprised of a helmet, protective body gear and transparent shield, which weighs a total of 10.6 kilograms, 1.3 kg lighter than the current set.

China's "grain barn" enjoys bumper harvest

STORY: China's "grain barn" enjoys bumper harvest DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of autumn harvest in Heilongjiang STORYLINE: Sunday will mark the 42nd World Food Day. Heilongjiang Province, known as China's "grain barn," is witnessing a bumper autumn harvest. Last year, the province saw its 18th consecutive bumper year, with a grain harvest of more than 78.68 billion kg. This year, the total sown area in Heilongjiang stands at over 218 million mu (about 14.53 million hectares). The province is China's main soybean production base, contributing to more than 40 percent of the country's total soybean planting area. It has achieved its target of adding 10 million mu (about 666,667 hectares) of soybean plantation this year, with its total soybean growing area exceeding 68.5 million mu (about 4.57 million hectares). The province's soybean output is estimated to hit 8.5 billion kg this year, about 1.3 billion kg more than last yea

New riot gear deployed nationwide for World Cup

New riot gear deployed nationwide for World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - The National Police Agency (NPA) has equipped about 8,600 teams at police headquarters nationwide with new riot gear (photo) to deal with hooligans and other security issues during the upcoming World Cup soccer finals, NPA officials said Thursday. The new gear is a three-item set comprised of a helmet, protective body gear and transparent shield, which weighs a total of 10.6 kilograms, 1.3 kg lighter than the current set.

Ibis chick is 1-month old

Ibis chick is 1-month old

The first crested ibis bred in captivity in Japan is one month old on June 21. Officials at the ibis conservation center in Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, said the bird should be able to fly in about 10 days. The baby crested ibis, hatched from an egg laid by an bird donated by China, tips the scale at 1.3 kilograms on June 21, almost the same weight as Yang Yang, its mother, which weighs 1.36 kg.