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Dollar tumbles to 157 yen level

Financial monitors at a foreign exchange company in Tokyo show the dollar trading in the 157 yen range in early New York trading on July 11, 2024, down sharply from over 161 yen earlier in the day, in reaction to the release of June's U.S. consumer price index.

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Dollar tumbles to 157 yen level

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the dollar plunging to the 157 yen level in early New York trading on July 11, 2024, from over 161 yen earlier in the day, in reaction to the release of June's U.S. consumer price index.

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SOLOMON ISLANDS-CHINESE AID-BROADBAND NETWORK

(240709) -- HONIARA, July 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2024 shows a China-assisted telecommunication tower of Solomon Islands' National Broadband Network Project, in Sali village of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. China's assistance to the Solomon Islands' National Broadband Network Project, jointly implemented by China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd. and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd., is a landmark project for cooperation between the two countries. The project plans to construct 161 3G/4G wireless communication base stations on 35 major islands in the Solomon Islands' nine provinces. The construction, to last for three years, started on Aug. 28, 2023, with the first telecommunication tower launched on March 22 in Sali village. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese aid to Solomon Islands' broadband network improves infrastructure, education " Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Jianhua)

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[Breaking News]Dollar surges against yen

Screens at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar rising to the lower 161 yen range on June 28, 2024.(Kyodo)

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Dollar surges against yen

Screens at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar rising to the lower 161 yen range on June 28, 2024.

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Dollar surges against yen

Screens at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar in the lower 161 yen range on June 28, 2024.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240411) -- BEIJING, April 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 10, 2024 shows the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 10, 2024. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 10, 2024. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students and members of the expedition team pose for a group photo in front of the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 10, 2024. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Members of the expedition team attend a welcoming ceremony at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 10, 2024. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students and members of the expedition team pose for a group photo in front of the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 10, 2024. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 10, 2024. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 10, 2024 shows the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 10, 2024 shows the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 10, 2024 shows the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 10, 2024 shows the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-ICEBREAKER XUELONG-ARRIVAL (CN)

(240410) -- QINGDAO, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Members of the expedition team wave flags on the icebreaker Xuelong at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 10, 2024. China's research icebreaker Xuelong on Wednesday arrived at a port in Qingdao after completing its latest Antarctic expedition and it will host a three-day open house to the public. China's 40th Antarctic expedition team set off from Shanghai on Nov. 1, 2023 and successfully completed various expedition tasks that lasted 161 days with a total of more than 81,000 nautical miles. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHENZHEN-NEV-SUPERCHARGING (CN)

(240117) -- SHENZHEN, Jan. 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A driver uses a 600-kilowatt charger to recharge his new energy vehicle (NEV) at the supercharging station of the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 28, 2023. Shenzhen City started building advanced new energy vehicle (NEV) charging facilities in June 2023 to become "a city of supercharging," and has set up 161 supercharging stations by the end of the year. The move is expected to relieve the range anxiety among NEV owners. TO GO WITH "Across China: Shenzhen strives to become NEV supercharging city" (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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CHINA-SHENZHEN-NEV-SUPERCHARGING (CN)

(240117) -- SHENZHEN, Jan. 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 28, 2023 shows new energy vehicles (NEVs) recharged with 600-kilowatt chargers at the supercharging station of the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen City started building advanced new energy vehicle (NEV) charging facilities in June 2023 to become "a city of supercharging," and has set up 161 supercharging stations by the end of the year. The move is expected to relieve the range anxiety among NEV owners. TO GO WITH "Across China: Shenzhen strives to become NEV supercharging city" (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

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US Military Osprey With 8 Crew Crashes Off Japan

Handout photo dated April 23, 2013 shows landing signalman enlisted direct an MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 onto the flight deck aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Anchorage (LPD 23). A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, the coastguard said, in the latest accident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft. The Osprey, developed by Bell Helicopters and Boeing and which can operate like a helicopter or a fixed-wing plane, has suffered a string of fatal crashes over the years. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Quiles via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar town records highest single-day rainfall in 58 years

STORY: Myanmar town records highest single-day rainfall in 58 years DATELINE: May 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: BAGAN, Myanmar CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of raining in Bagan, Nyaung-U 2. various of flooded areas in Bagan STORYLINE: A town in central Myanmar experienced its heaviest single-day rainfall in 58 years on Saturday, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. The Nyaung-U town in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region logged its heaviest rainfall in 58 years, with 161 mm recorded on Saturday, compared to the figure of 121 mm in May 2018, the weather bureau said. Cyclone Mocha hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday with winds of up to 130 mph (about 209 kph). The two towns of Chauk and Sinphyukyun in central Myanmar's Magway Region also experienced the heaviest single-day rainfall in 55 years and 50 years, respectively, on Sunday, according to the weather agency. Cyclone Mocha came after towns in Myanmar experienced record-high temperatures ami

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Tunisia holds 1st legislative elections since parliament's dissolution

STORY: Tunisia holds 1st legislative elections since parliament's dissolution DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a polling station in Tunis 2. various of voters casting votes STORYLINE: Tunisia held on Saturday the first parliamentary elections since President Kais Saied disbanded the legislative body in March. At 8 a.m. local time (0700 GMT), Tunisians began casting ballots at 4,551 voting centers and 11,310 polling stations across the North African country. Polls closed at 6 p.m. (1700 GMT) and the preliminary results will be announced between Sunday and Tuesday. A total of 1,058 candidates competed in the elections for the 161 seats in the parliament. Saied suspended the Tunisian parliament and sacked the government in July 2021, before dissolving the legislative body on March 30 this year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tunis. (XHTV)

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TUNISIA-TUNIS-PARLIAMENTARY-ELECTIONS

(221218) -- TUNIS, Dec. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of Tunisia's Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) count votes for parliamentary elections in Tunis, Tunisia on Dec. 18, 2022. Tunisia held on Saturday the first parliamentary elections since President Kais Saied disbanded the legislative body in March. A total of 1,058 candidates competed in the elections for the 161 seats in the parliament. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)

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TUNISIA-TUNIS-PARLIAMENTARY-ELECTIONS

(221218) -- TUNIS, Dec. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of Tunisia's Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) count votes for parliamentary elections in Tunis, Tunisia on Dec. 18, 2022. Tunisia held on Saturday the first parliamentary elections since President Kais Saied disbanded the legislative body in March. A total of 1,058 candidates competed in the elections for the 161 seats in the parliament. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)

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NY Times corrections 161 years later

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows The New York Times' article in the Corrections section on March 4, 2014, to report misspellings in an article on Jan. 20, 1853. The paper says the article published 161 years ago recounting the story of Solomon Northup misspelled his surname as Northrop and the headline misspelled it as Northrup. The movie "12 Years a Slave" based on his memoir won the best picture Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards on March 2.

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Wie flops at Casio World Open

KOCHI, Japan - Michelle Wie reacts after missing her putt on the ninth hole on the second day of Casio World Open at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club on Nov. 24. Wie failed to make a single birdie for the second straight day and followed her first-round 81 with an 80 for a 17-over 161, well below the cut line established at even-par 144.

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Court rejects demand to stop enshrining Koreans at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean plaintiffs head for the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on May 25 to hear the court's ruling on their lawsuit filed against the state, demanding the state stop enshrining Korean war dead at Yasukuni Shrine and pay damages. The court rejected the claim filed by 414 plaintiffs -- 161 former South Korean soldiers and civilian personnel who served in the Japanese military as well as 253 bereaved family members of such soldiers.

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Ex-diplomat pleads guilty to fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Tokyo District Court on July 31 to attend the trial of Katsutoshi Matsuo, a former Foreign Ministry logistics chief, who is charged with fraud. Matsuo pleaded guilty to swindling the state out of 161 million yen in secret funds while in charge of helping coordinate overseas trips by Japanese prime ministers between 1997 and 1999.

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Industrial and energy internet expo kicks off in east China

STORY: Industrial and energy internet expo kicks off in east China DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the expo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI GUANHUA, Vice president of Li Auto 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHENG JUNYI, Co-founder of Star Charge STORYLINE: The 2022 World Industrial and Energy Internet Expo kicked off Friday in Changzhou City of east China's Jiangsu Province. Agreements on 21 key projects have been signed at the expo with a total investment of 47 billion yuan (about 6.6 billion U.S. dollars), mostly covering new energy, industrial and energy internet, and digitalization. A series of summits focusing on digital transformation, the new energy industry, and innovation and start-ups will be held during this expo which will conclude on Sunday. Two hundred products from 161 enterprises in numerous fields including new energy vehicles (NEVs) and intelligent manufacturing will also be virtually exhibited until Dec. 10 at

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Spanish government's energy-saving decree wins Congress support

STORY: Spanish government's energy-saving decree wins Congress support DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Congress of Spain 2. various of different energy infrastructures 3. various of several ways to save energy at home 4. various of PP deputy at Spanish Congress 5. various of power grid 6. various of different ways to save energy in city and at home 7. various of trains 8. various of different ways to save energy in city and at home STORYLINE: An energy-saving decree approved by Spain's Council of Ministers on August 1st has now been given the green light by the Congress (the lower house of the Spanish Parliament). The decree was approved on Thursday with 187 votes in favor and 161 against. It was supported by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialist Party (PSOE) and its Unidas Podemos coalition partners, along with groups such as the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and the Catalan nationalists Esguerra Republicana (ERC). Howe

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Wie flops at Casio World Open

KOCHI, Japan - Michelle Wie reacts after missing her putt on the ninth hole on the second day of Casio World Open at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club on Nov. 24. Wie failed to make a single birdie for the second straight day and followed her first-round 81 with an 80 for a 17-over 161, well below the cut line established at even-par 144. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat pleads guilty to fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Tokyo District Court on July 31 to attend the trial of Katsutoshi Matsuo, a former Foreign Ministry logistics chief, who is charged with fraud. Matsuo pleaded guilty to swindling the state out of 161 million yen in secret funds while in charge of helping coordinate overseas trips by Japanese prime ministers between 1997 and 1999.

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10 of 161 plaintiffs recognized as "hibakusha"

Photo taken Feb. 22, 2016, in the city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, shows a meeting attended by plaintiffs seeking official recognition as "hibakusha" atomic bomb survivors and their supporters, after the Nagasaki District Court recognized 10 of 161 plaintiffs seeking such recognition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 of 161 plaintiffs recognized as "hibakusha"

A lawyer representing 161 plaintiffs seeking official recognition as "hibakusha" atomic bomb survivors holds a banner in Nagasaki on Feb. 22, 2016, reading "partial win" in front of the Nagasaki District Court. Of the 161, who at the time of the 1945 atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city were located outside the area later officially designated as the bomb site, 10 were recognized as hibakusha. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokaidai Sagami wins Japanese high school baseball c'ship

Tokaidai Sagami pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara breaks a 6-6 tie with a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning in the final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Japan on Aug. 20, 2015. Ogasawara also threw 161 pitches in a complete game for his team's 10-6 victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court rejects demand to stop enshrining Koreans at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean plaintiffs head for the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on May 25 to hear the court's ruling on their lawsuit filed against the state, demanding the state stop enshrining Korean war dead at Yasukuni Shrine and pay damages. The court rejected the claim filed by 414 plaintiffs -- 161 former South Korean soldiers and civilian personnel who served in the Japanese military as well as 253 bereaved family members of such soldiers. (Kyodo)

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A woman writing a letter

A woman is writing a letter next to an andon lamp. Chrysanthemums and birds are painted on a scroll hanging in the alcove behind. A beautifully dressed girl is looking in from the open sliding door. A gekkin (moon lute) is placed against another door.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐161‐0]

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A shrine

The name of the Shrine is unknown. It is a small shrine, but the stone lanterns that line along both sides of the approach are splendid, and it is probably a venerable shrine in the area.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐161‐0]

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New coronavirus

Photo taken in Tokyo on March 17, 2020, shows a countdown board for the Tokyo Games, with 129 days to go until the Olympics and 161 days until the Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken in Tokyo on March 17, 2020, shows a countdown board for the Tokyo Games, with 129 days to go until the Olympics and 161 days until the Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tram train in Osaka

Photo taken in Osaka on Dec. 20, 2018, shows a "161 series" tram manufactured in 1928 and operated by Hankai Tramway Co., said to be Japan's oldest working train car. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ferry lies stranded off Kochi

KOCHI, Japan - The ferry boat Muroto, with 161 passengers and crew members, runs aground off Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 27, while trying to dock, because of stormy seas and strong winds due to a typhoon. This photo is taken by a Kyodo News helicopter.