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Flying car tested in N China

STORY: Flying car tested in N China SHOOTING TIME: June 16, 2024 DATELINE: June 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: LANGFANG, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flying car STORYLINE: The XPeng X2 flying car successfully completed on Sunday a test flight in Langfang City, north China's Hebei Province. This flying car can cruise for approximately 25 minutes. It has an empty weight of 680 kilograms and a maximum payload of 160 kilograms. The vehicle is designed for altitudes of up to 1,000 m and flight speeds of up to 130 km/h. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Langfang, China. (XHTV)

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Life-saving Robots

ANQING, CHINA - JULY 16, 2023 - Police officers practice using water life-saving robots on the Yangtze River in Anqing city, Anhui province, China, July 16, 2023. The robot is a conspicuous orange, U-shaped, weighing about 30 kilograms, sailing speed of 7 meters/second, can bear 300 kilograms.

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Life-saving Robots

ANQING, CHINA - JULY 16, 2023 - Police officers practice using water life-saving robots on the Yangtze River in Anqing city, Anhui province, China, July 16, 2023. The robot is a conspicuous orange, U-shaped, weighing about 30 kilograms, sailing speed of 7 meters/second, can bear 300 kilograms.

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Life-saving Robots

ANQING, CHINA - JULY 16, 2023 - Police officers practice using water life-saving robots on the Yangtze River in Anqing city, Anhui province, China, July 16, 2023. The robot is a conspicuous orange, U-shaped, weighing about 30 kilograms, sailing speed of 7 meters/second, can bear 300 kilograms.

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Life-saving Robots

ANQING, CHINA - JULY 16, 2023 - A police officer inspects a life-saving robot before it is launched in Anqing city, Anhui province, China, July 16, 2023. The robot is a conspicuous orange, U-shaped, weighing about 30 kilograms, sailing speed of 7 meters/second, can bear 300 kilograms.

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Life-saving Robots

ANQING, CHINA - JULY 16, 2023 - Police officers practice using water life-saving robots on the Yangtze River in Anqing city, Anhui province, China, July 16, 2023. The robot is a conspicuous orange, U-shaped, weighing about 30 kilograms, sailing speed of 7 meters/second, can bear 300 kilograms.

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Life-saving Robots

ANQING, CHINA - JULY 16, 2023 - Police officers practice using water life-saving robots on the Yangtze River in Anqing city, Anhui province, China, July 16, 2023. The robot is a conspicuous orange, U-shaped, weighing about 30 kilograms, sailing speed of 7 meters/second, can bear 300 kilograms.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan shows samples of crystal meth in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan works with her colleague at a logistics center in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan works with her colleague at a logistics center in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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Australian zoo welcomes 1st southern white rhino calf born in decade

STORY: Australian zoo welcomes 1st southern white rhino calf born in decade DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the southern white rhino calf STORYLINE: The Werribee Open Range Zoo in the Australian state of Victoria has been celebrating the arrival of a southern white rhino calf, which is the first calf of this threatened species to be born at the zoo in almost a decade. The zoo said in a statement on Thursday that following a 16-month pregnancy, first-time mother Kipenzi gave birth just before 4:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday to the female calf who weighed just over 60 kilograms. Both Kipenzi and the newborn has been carefully monitored by veterinarians and zookeepers. According to the statement, keepers observed an absence of healthy bonding after birth, with the calf not thriving as expected during the first hours of infancy. It was later brought to the zoo's vet clinic for medical checks and supplementary feeding. This

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Stranded whale rescued in S China

STORY: Stranded whale rescued in S China DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: SANYA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue operations 2. various of the whale being treated STORYLINE: A whale was found stranded on Wednesday afternoon in Sanya City, south China's Hainan Province. Marine experts said it's a dwarf sperm whale, a second-class nationally protected animal. It is over 3 meters long and weighs about 150 kilograms. Rescuers later took the wounded whale to a professional rescue center. It will be released back to the sea after recovery. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sanya, China. (XHTV)

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100-kg Canadian gold coin

SAPPORO, Japan - A gold coin weighing 100 kilograms is exhibited at a Hokkaido hotel on Nov. 16, 2012, to mark the 30th anniversary of the sale of Canadian gold coins in Japan.

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100-kg Canadian gold coin

SAPPORO, Japan - A gold coin weighing 100 kilograms is exhibited at a Hokkaido hotel on Nov. 16, 2012, to mark the 30th anniversary of the sale of Canadian gold coins in Japan.

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ChubuSat-1 satellite developed by Japanese consortium

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyasu Tajima, professor at the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory at Nagoya University, gives a briefing about a prototype of the ChubuSat-1 satellite in Nagoya on May 16, 2012. A consortium of universities and aerospace companies in the Chubu region of central Japan that jointly developed the satellite, with sides measuring 50 centimeters and weighing 50 kilograms, said the same day it will be launched into space on a Russian rocket in December.

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ChubuSat-1 satellite developed by Japanese consortium

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Nagoya on May 16, 2012, shows a prototype of the ChubuSat-1 satellite. A consortium of universities and aerospace companies in the Chubu region of central Japan that jointly developed the satellite, with sides measuring 50 centimeters and weighing 50 kilograms, said the same day it will be launched into space on a Russian rocket in December.

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Ropid robot jumps 8 centimeters high

KYOTO, Japan - Ropid, a robot that walks on two legs, jumps eight centimeters high in response to an order from Tomotaka Takahashi during a presentation in Kyoto on Oct. 27, 2009. The robot, which is 38 centimeters tall and weighs 16 kilograms, was developed by Takahashi, who represents Robo Garage, a venture firm headquartered at Kyoto University.

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Humanoid robot walking like fashion model developed

TSUKUBA, Japan - The humanoid robot HPR-4C developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology looks surprised during a demonstration in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 16. The robot, designed to look like a young Japanese woman, is 158 centimeters tall, weighs 43 kilograms and walks like a fashion model. The robot will make its debut during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo scheduled for March 23-29.

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Humanoid robot walking like fashion model developed

TSUKUBA, Japan - The humanoid robot HPR-4C developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology is unveiled in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 16. The robot, designed to look like a young Japanese woman, is 158 centimeters tall, weighs 43 kilograms and walks like a fashion model. The robot will make its debut during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo scheduled for March 23-29.

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Mitsubishi Heavy to take orders for Wakamaru robot in Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Aug. 29 it will accept orders from Sept. 16 to Oct. 31 for the Wakamaru humanoid robot (in photo) for use at home. Mitsubishi said it plans to sell 100 of the robot at a price of 1.58 million yen each, including consumption tax, initially for residents of Tokyo's 23 wards. It will select buyers by lot if too many people place orders. Wakamaru, 1-meter high and 30 kilograms in weight, is powered by rechargeable batteries and moves on wheels. It can work as a ''secretary,'' taking note of the owner's schedule and announcing appointments. It can also serve as a ''watchdog'' by alerting the home owner in the event of a break-in, the company said.

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Giraffe at Akita zoo gets artificial leg

AKITA, Japan - A nine-month-old giraffe named Taiyo, who underwent an operation to receive an artificial leg on his front right leg on May 14, looks well in his stall at Omoriyama Zoo in Akita on May 16. Doctors made a 40-centimeter-long incision in order to attach the artificial leg. The giraffe stands about 280 centimeters tall and weighs 200 kilograms.

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Space reentry experiment device unveiled

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A space reentry device, called DASH (Demonstrator of Atmospheric reentry System with Hyperbolic Velocity), is unveiled to the media at the National Space Development Agency of Japan's (NASDA) space center in Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture on Dec. 16. DASH will be loaded into Japan's second H-2A rocket to be launched Jan. 31 by the government's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. The device consists of box-shaped storage equipment (fore) and a cylinder-shaped tester (center), which is 40 centimeters wide, 20 cm high and weighs 16 kilograms.

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Frenchman nabbed for drug smuggling

NARITA, Japan - A customs officer explains to the media May 16 how a 49-year-old man claiming to be French has attempted to smuggle about 6 kilograms of cannabis resin into Japan. Jean Lacombe, a resident of Bangkok, was arrested on suspicion of smuggling the cannabis resin, with an estimated street value of 48 million yen, into Narita airport.

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Public gets first look at baby hippopotamus born at Ueno zoo

TOKYO, Japan - A baby pygmy hippopotamus (L), born at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, makes its first public appearance on May 16. Born April 24, the female -- which weighed 11.5 kilograms as of May 6 -- is the offspring of an 11-year-old female named Ebony, which came from a U.S. zoo, and Showhei, aged 10, which hails from a zoo in Nagoya, central Japan.

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4 in Aichi Pref. nabbed for smuggling drugs from H.K.

NAGOYA, Japan - Police in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16 display for the media some 70 kilograms of amphetamines allegedly smuggled into Japan from Hong Kong. Four people, including Kiyosada Isobe, a 59-year-old inn owner, were arrested on suspicion of smuggling the drugs by concealing them inside a cardboard box containing Shanghai crabs that arrived at Nagoya airport from Hong Kong on Dec. 15.

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JR West's president speaks after inspecting tunnel

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Shojiro Nanya, president of West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), speaks to reporters Oct. 16 at Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, after inspecting a tunnel on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line where a block of concrete weighing 226 kilograms fell from the wall Oct. 9.

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Humanoid robot walking like fashion model developed

TSUKUBA, Japan - The humanoid robot HPR-4C developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology looks surprised during a demonstration in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 16. The robot, designed to look like a young Japanese woman, is 158 centimeters tall, weighs 43 kilograms and walks like a fashion model. The robot will make its debut during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo scheduled for March 23-29. (Kyodo)

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Humanoid robot walking like fashion model developed

TSUKUBA, Japan - The humanoid robot HPR-4C developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology is unveiled in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 16. The robot, designed to look like a young Japanese woman, is 158 centimeters tall, weighs 43 kilograms and walks like a fashion model. The robot will make its debut during Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo scheduled for March 23-29. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Materials makes world's largest gold bar

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Materials Corp. has made the world's largest gold bar weighing 250 kilograms (photo), the company announced on June 16. The gold bar, valued at 400 million yen (about $3.7 million), measures 45.5 centimeters by 22.5 cm at the base and is 17 cm high. The photo was provided by Mitsubishi Materials. (Kyodo)

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Los Angeles becomes 1st U.S. city to receive peace bell

LOS ANGELES, United States - Los Angeles Mayor Richard J. Riorda (3rd from L) holds the replica of a peace bell presented to the city by Tomijiro Yoshida, president of the World Peace Bell Association, on March 16. The original bell, cast from coins and metals collected from 103 nations, weighs 365 kilograms and is to be delivered next month.

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Baby lion unveiled to press at western Japan safari park

A baby lion is unveiled to the press at Akiyoshidai Safari Land in the western Japan city of Mine on July 13, 2016. From July 16, visitors to the animal park will be able to see the female cub that was born on June 30 and now weighs 1.5 kilograms. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wreckage believed to be part of N. Korean missile displayed to media

Metallic wreckage believed to be part of a North Korean rocket is shown to the media at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 23, 2016. The wreckage, measuring about 1.9 meters in length, 1.2 meters in width and weighing 75 kilograms, was found on a beach in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 16. North Korea launched a long-range rocket, widely seen as a disguised test of ballistic missile technology, on February 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wreckage believed to be part of N. Korean missile displayed to media

Metallic wreckage believed to be part of a North Korean rocket is shown to the media at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 23, 2016. The wreckage, measuring about 1.9 meters in length, 1.2 meters in width and weighing 75 kilograms, was found on a beach in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 16. North Korea launched a long-range rocket, widely seen as a disguised test of ballistic missile technology, on February 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wreckage believed to be part of N. Korean missile displayed to media

Metallic wreckage believed to be part of a North Korean rocket is shown to the media at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 23, 2016. The wreckage, measuring about 1.9 meters in length, 1.2 meters in width and weighing 75 kilograms, was found on a beach in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 16. North Korea launched a long-range rocket, widely seen as a disguised test of ballistic missile technology, on February 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Worker fatally attacked by bear at safari park in Japan

Photo shows the car that was being driven by Kiyomi Saito when she was attacked by an Asian black bear at Gunma Safari Park in the city of Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2016. Saito was attacked inside the car by the bear weighing around 160 kilograms, while she was on patrol alone in the park in an area that exhibits the species. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Heavy to take orders for Wakamaru robot in Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Aug. 29 it will accept orders from Sept. 16 to Oct. 31 for the Wakamaru humanoid robot (in photo) for use at home. Mitsubishi said it plans to sell 100 of the robot at a price of 1.58 million yen each, including consumption tax, initially for residents of Tokyo's 23 wards. It will select buyers by lot if too many people place orders. Wakamaru, 1-meter high and 30 kilograms in weight, is powered by rechargeable batteries and moves on wheels. It can work as a ''secretary,'' taking note of the owner's schedule and announcing appointments. It can also serve as a ''watchdog'' by alerting the home owner in the event of a break-in, the company said. (Kyodo)

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ChubuSat-1 satellite developed by Japanese consortium

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyasu Tajima, professor at the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory at Nagoya University, gives a briefing about a prototype of the ChubuSat-1 satellite in Nagoya on May 16, 2012. A consortium of universities and aerospace companies in the Chubu region of central Japan that jointly developed the satellite, with sides measuring 50 centimeters and weighing 50 kilograms, said the same day it will be launched into space on a Russian rocket in December. (Kyodo)

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ChubuSat-1 satellite developed by Japanese consortium

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Nagoya on May 16, 2012, shows a prototype of the ChubuSat-1 satellite. A consortium of universities and aerospace companies in the Chubu region of central Japan that jointly developed the satellite, with sides measuring 50 centimeters and weighing 50 kilograms, said the same day it will be launched into space on a Russian rocket in December. (Kyodo)

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Airplane arrives with missing panel

Photo shows an American Airlines' Boeing 777 plane with a panel on the fuselage missing at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 16, 2018. The plane that departed from Fort Worth, Dallas, was found to have the panel weighing around 2 kilograms missing after landing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo: Asahina wins national crown for spot in world championships

Sara Asahina (front) overpowers Megumi Tachimoto during the final of the over-78 kilograms division at the national women's championships in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on April 16, 2017. Asahina won her first national crown to secure her ticket for the world judo championships. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ropid robot jumps 8 centimeters high

KYOTO, Japan - Ropid, a robot that walks on two legs, jumps eight centimeters high in response to an order from Tomotaka Takahashi during a presentation in Kyoto on Oct. 27, 2009. The robot, which is 38 centimeters tall and weighs 16 kilograms, was developed by Takahashi, who represents Robo Garage, a venture firm headquartered at Kyoto University. (Kyodo)

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Public gets first look at baby hippopotamus born at Ueno zoo

TOKYO, Japan - A baby pygmy hippopotamus (L), born at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, makes its first public appearance on May 16. Born April 24, the female -- which weighed 11.5 kilograms as of May 6 -- is the offspring of an 11-year-old female named Ebony, which came from a U.S. zoo, and Showhei, aged 10, which hails from a zoo in Nagoya, central Japan.

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Frenchman nabbed for drug smuggling

NARITA, Japan - A customs officer explains to the media May 16 how a 49-year-old man claiming to be French has attempted to smuggle about 6 kilograms of cannabis resin into Japan. Jean Lacombe, a resident of Bangkok, was arrested on suspicion of smuggling the cannabis resin, with an estimated street value of 48 million yen, into Narita airport.