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American pizzeria owner provides free bread to flood-affected villagers in E China

STORY: American pizzeria owner provides free bread to flood-affected villagers in E China SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: June 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: HUANGSHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the American pizzeria owner and his team making bread 2. various of the American pizzeria owner and his team distributing bread to flood-affected villagers STORYLINE: An American pizzeria owner gives out free bread to over 100 elderly villagers who were relocated due to flooding in east China's Huangshan. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Huangshan, China. (XHTV)

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INDONESIA-CENTRAL JAVA-EARTHQUAKE-AFTERMATH

(230701) -- WONOGIRI, July 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An elderly man stands in front of a house damaged in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake at a village of Tirtomoyo district, Wonogiri regency, Central Java, Indonesia, July 1, 2023. One person was killed and at least 9 others were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake has destroyed over 100 houses and infrastructure facilities in Yogyakarta province and its nearby provinces, officials said Saturday. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)

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China's COVID-19 response secures great outcomes

STORY: China's COVID-19 response secures great outcomes DATELINE: Jan. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:44 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NIGEL DIXON, British actor living in China's Wuhan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BILAL AHMAD, Public health scientist at Central Care Pakistan 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): CANTURK ALAGOZ, CEO of Alagoz Holding Company, Türkiye STORYLINE: During the past three years, China launched a war against COVID-19, effectively handled more than 100 cluster outbreaks, and protected the lives and health of more than 1.4 billion people to the greatest extent. Some expats living in China say they have observed a government that has kept its words to protect its people. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NIGEL DIXON, British actor living in China's Wuhan "When the outbreak first happened there was like a pledge from China, responsible for the people, that they will minimize the amount of elderly people who can be potentially affected and die from it. Giv

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Sorry, grandpa

SASEBO, Japan - A scarecrow resembling an abandoned human skeleton forms part of a piece commenting on cases in which families were unaware of, or hid, the deaths of elderly relatives, in some cases to unlawfully claim their pensions, on Sept. 25, 2010. In the foreground is a sign reading, ''Are you there, grandpa...? Sorry about being unaware for 30 years.'' About 100 scarecrows have been displayed for the annual ''Onigigo Tanada Matsuri'' festival in rice paddies in the town of Hasami, Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Many centenarians unaccounted for in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A Kobe city official (L) talks to a 100-year-old resident, Mitsue Watase (C), at her home in the western Japan city Aug. 10, 2010. City officials began a special house-to-house visit program the same day for the elderly after finding more than 100 centenarians registered as residents were unaccounted for.

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Oldest Japanese, Hongo, to turn 114

TOKYO, Japan - Kamato Hongo (file photo), a Kagoshima resident who will turn 114 on Sept. 16, tops the most elderly list of Japanese for the third year in a row, according to a government survey released on Sept. 11 prior to Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 15. The survey showed that the number of Japanese aged 100 or older by the end of this month will be a record high 15,475, with women accounting for over 80%.

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Mother, son reunited in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - An identified mother (L) living in South Korea and her son from North Korea are reunited in Seoul on Feb. 26 under a program of reunions between relatives separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. A group of 100 elderly North Koreans arrived in Seoul and the same number of South Koreans left to go to Pyongyang under the three-day program starting the same day. It is the third round of visits by separated family members following previous exchanges in August and November last year.

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Elderly N. Koreans arrive in Seoul for family reunions

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a delegation of elderly North Koreans wave after arriving at South Korea's Kimpo international airport on Feb. 26. The 100-member group arrived in Seoul for three days of reunions with relatives from whom they were separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.

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CHINA-HUNAN-XIANGTAN-NURSING WORKER (CN)

(220519) -- XIANGTAN, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Meng (R) teaches the elderly finger dance at an elderly care service center in Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2022. Liu Meng, born in 1997, is a nursing worker of elderly care in Yuhu District. She has been working in this field for 5 years. Together with other nursing staff, Liu accompanies more than 100 elderly people, providing leisure activities and health care for them. She has also participated in various training courses and competitions in elderly care to make herself more professional. In recent years, Yuhu District has continuously improved the skills training in elderly care service, and has provided free training for nearly 1,000 nursing staff. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-XIANGTAN-NURSING WORKER (CN)

(220519) -- XIANGTAN, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Meng (L) helps an elderly sit on a wheelchair at an elderly care service center in Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2022. Liu Meng, born in 1997, is a nursing worker of elderly care in Yuhu District. She has been working in this field for 5 years. Together with other nursing staff, Liu accompanies more than 100 elderly people, providing leisure activities and health care for them. She has also participated in various training courses and competitions in elderly care to make herself more professional. In recent years, Yuhu District has continuously improved the skills training in elderly care service, and has provided free training for nearly 1,000 nursing staff. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-XIANGTAN-NURSING WORKER (CN)

(220519) -- XIANGTAN, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Meng (R) applauds as an elderly makes a shot at an elderly care service center in Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2022. Liu Meng, born in 1997, is a nursing worker of elderly care in Yuhu District. She has been working in this field for 5 years. Together with other nursing staff, Liu accompanies more than 100 elderly people, providing leisure activities and health care for them. She has also participated in various training courses and competitions in elderly care to make herself more professional. In recent years, Yuhu District has continuously improved the skills training in elderly care service, and has provided free training for nearly 1,000 nursing staff. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-XIANGTAN-NURSING WORKER (CN)

(220519) -- XIANGTAN, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 17, 2022 shows Liu Meng (L) encouraging an elderly during his rehabilitation training at an elderly care service center in Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province. Liu Meng, born in 1997, is a nursing worker of elderly care in Yuhu District. She has been working in this field for 5 years. Together with other nursing staff, Liu accompanies more than 100 elderly people, providing leisure activities and health care for them. She has also participated in various training courses and competitions in elderly care to make herself more professional. In recent years, Yuhu District has continuously improved the skills training in elderly care service, and has provided free training for nearly 1,000 nursing staff. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-XIANGTAN-NURSING WORKER (CN)

(220519) -- XIANGTAN, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Meng (R) helps an elderly walk at an elderly care service center in Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2022. Liu Meng, born in 1997, is a nursing worker of elderly care in Yuhu District. She has been working in this field for 5 years. Together with other nursing staff, Liu accompanies more than 100 elderly people, providing leisure activities and health care for them. She has also participated in various training courses and competitions in elderly care to make herself more professional. In recent years, Yuhu District has continuously improved the skills training in elderly care service, and has provided free training for nearly 1,000 nursing staff. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-XIANGTAN-NURSING WORKER (CN)

(220519) -- XIANGTAN, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Meng (L) feeds an elderly at an elderly care service center in Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2022. Liu Meng, born in 1997, is a nursing worker of elderly care in Yuhu District. She has been working in this field for 5 years. Together with other nursing staff, Liu accompanies more than 100 elderly people, providing leisure activities and health care for them. She has also participated in various training courses and competitions in elderly care to make herself more professional. In recent years, Yuhu District has continuously improved the skills training in elderly care service, and has provided free training for nearly 1,000 nursing staff. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-XIANGTAN-NURSING WORKER (CN)

(220519) -- XIANGTAN, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Meng (L) takes the elderly for rehabilitation training at an elderly care service center in Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2022. Liu Meng, born in 1997, is a nursing worker of elderly care in Yuhu District. She has been working in this field for 5 years. Together with other nursing staff, Liu accompanies more than 100 elderly people, providing leisure activities and health care for them. She has also participated in various training courses and competitions in elderly care to make herself more professional. In recent years, Yuhu District has continuously improved the skills training in elderly care service, and has provided free training for nearly 1,000 nursing staff. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-XIANGTAN-NURSING WORKER (CN)

(220519) -- XIANGTAN, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Meng (R) washes feet for an elderly at an elderly care service center in Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2022. Liu Meng, born in 1997, is a nursing worker of elderly care in Yuhu District. She has been working in this field for 5 years. Together with other nursing staff, Liu accompanies more than 100 elderly people, providing leisure activities and health care for them. She has also participated in various training courses and competitions in elderly care to make herself more professional. In recent years, Yuhu District has continuously improved the skills training in elderly care service, and has provided free training for nearly 1,000 nursing staff. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-XIANGTAN-NURSING WORKER (CN)

(220519) -- XIANGTAN, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Meng (L) takes the elderly for rehabilitation training at an elderly care service center in Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2022. Liu Meng, born in 1997, is a nursing worker of elderly care in Yuhu District. She has been working in this field for 5 years. Together with other nursing staff, Liu accompanies more than 100 elderly people, providing leisure activities and health care for them. She has also participated in various training courses and competitions in elderly care to make herself more professional. In recent years, Yuhu District has continuously improved the skills training in elderly care service, and has provided free training for nearly 1,000 nursing staff. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-XIANGTAN-NURSING WORKER (CN)

(220519) -- XIANGTAN, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Meng (R) teaches the elderly to shoot a video with a smart phone at an elderly care service center in Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, May 17, 2022. Liu Meng, born in 1997, is a nursing worker of elderly care in Yuhu District. She has been working in this field for 5 years. Together with other nursing staff, Liu accompanies more than 100 elderly people, providing leisure activities and health care for them. She has also participated in various training courses and competitions in elderly care to make herself more professional. In recent years, Yuhu District has continuously improved the skills training in elderly care service, and has provided free training for nearly 1,000 nursing staff. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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How virus-hit Shanghai ensures food supply to residents

STORY: How virus-hit Shanghai ensures food supply to residents DATELINE: April 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:12 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY STORYLINE: Community canteen Jiangsulu Neighborhood, Shanghai SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SHEN CHANGZHU, Deliveryman "We deliver the meals every day to the hands of the residents on time. It's a special menu for seniors. Two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes. Today's menu includes braised chicken, stir-fried potato chips, and stir-fried pak choi. This is for the elderly." SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG GUIZHONG, Canteen manager "We deliver over 160, about 170 boxed meals for the elderly residents every morning and about 20 every afternoon. It's about 200 each day. And we deliver over 100 boxes to the nursing home every day. It's a lot of work. The elderly people greet me politely, saying 'You've been working so hard. Thank you so much.' It's a special period of time. It's my duty to do all this." SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Deliveryman "It's three o'clock." SOUNDBITE (Chin

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Toyota Motor Corporation's Special Mobility for the Tokyo Olympics

On April 18, Toyota Motor Corporation unveiled to the press the APM (Accessible People Mover), an electric vehicle (EV) specially designed for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The APM will be used to transport the elderly, parents with infants, wheelchair users, spectators and athletes around the venue. The APM is an open-type vehicle with doors removed on both sides and can accommodate up to six people, including the driver. It is designed to be easy to get in and out of and easy for volunteers to drive. A ramp is stored under the floor, and the center seat can be folded to allow wheelchair access. The vehicle measures 3.9 meters in length, 1.6 meters in width, and 2 meters in height, has a maximum speed of 19 kilometers per hour, and can travel 100 kilometers on a single charge. Toyota plans to provide a total of more than 3,000 vehicles, including fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), for the Tokyo Olympics. (= July 18, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Retail giant evolves to engage aging customer base

Around 100 elderly people participate in group exercises Nov. 15, 2017, at a Tokyo shopping mall run by Aeon Retail Co., the core arm of Japan's retail-to-finance conglomerate Aeon Co. The mall has been renovated to lure aging neighbors. ==Kyodo

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Sorry, grandpa

SASEBO, Japan - A scarecrow resembling an abandoned human skeleton forms part of a piece commenting on cases in which families were unaware of, or hid, the deaths of elderly relatives, in some cases to unlawfully claim their pensions, on Sept. 25, 2010. In the foreground is a sign reading, ''Are you there, grandpa...? Sorry about being unaware for 30 years.'' About 100 scarecrows have been displayed for the annual ''Onigigo Tanada Matsuri'' festival in rice paddies in the town of Hasami, Nagasaki Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Many centenarians unaccounted for in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A Kobe city official (L) talks to a 100-year-old resident, Mitsue Watase (C), at her home in the western Japan city Aug. 10, 2010. City officials began a special house-to-house visit program the same day for the elderly after finding more than 100 centenarians registered as residents were unaccounted for. (Kyodo)

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Oldest Japanese, Hongo, to turn 114

TOKYO, Japan - Kamato Hongo (file photo), a Kagoshima resident who will turn 114 on Sept. 16, tops the most elderly list of Japanese for the third year in a row, according to a government survey released on Sept. 11 prior to Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 15. The survey showed that the number of Japanese aged 100 or older by the end of this month will be a record high 15,475, with women accounting for over 80%.

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Mother, son reunited in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - An identified mother (L) living in South Korea and her son from North Korea are reunited in Seoul on Feb. 26 under a program of reunions between relatives separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. A group of 100 elderly North Koreans arrived in Seoul and the same number of South Koreans left to go to Pyongyang under the three-day program starting the same day. It is the third round of visits by separated family members following previous exchanges in August and November last year.

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Elderly N. Koreans arrive in Seoul for family reunions

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a delegation of elderly North Koreans wave after arriving at South Korea's Kimpo international airport on Feb. 26. The 100-member group arrived in Seoul for three days of reunions with relatives from whom they were separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.