2 workers die at Fukushima Daiichi, Daini nuclear plants

2 workers die at Fukushima Daiichi, Daini nuclear plants

NARAHA, Japan - Senior officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., including Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant chief Akira Ono (C), bow during a press conference on Jan. 20, 2015, in the northeastern Japanese city of Naraha, as two workers died in separate accidents at the Daiichi plant and the nearby Daini complex, despite TEPCO's pledge to improve working conditions at the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster.

2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

CHIBA, Japan - Makoto Akashi, executive director of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, speaks in a press conference at the institute in the city of Chiba on May 30, 2011. Two Tokyo Electric Power Co. employees working at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant underwent health checks at the institute after it was found that they may have been exposed to radiation exceeding the maximum limit of 250 millisieverts.

2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

CHIBA, Japan - Makoto Akashi, executive director of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, speaks in a press conference at the institute in the city of Chiba on May 30, 2011. Two Tokyo Electric Power Co. employees working at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant underwent health checks at the institute after it was found that they may have been exposed to radiation exceeding the maximum limit of 250 millisieverts.

(2)Workers rally in spring labor offensive

(2)Workers rally in spring labor offensive

TOKYO, Japan - Workers raise their fists demanding wage increases and better labor conditions at a rally sponsored by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) at Meiji Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 6. They rallied ahead of the March 17 announcements on wages by management of major companies.

GLOBALink | Chinese company brings "new hope" to Egypt's animal farming

STORY: Chinese company brings "new hope" to Egypt's animal farming DATELINE: May 29, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:38 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the New Hope Egypt Co., Ltd. 2. workers working at a chicken feed storage workshop 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ASMAA SAEID, Staffer of New Hope Egypt Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMED MONEEB, Veterinarian of New Hope Egypt Co., Ltd. 5. workers loading vehicles with chicken feed STORYLINE: New Hope Egypt Co., Ltd. is the first feed factory established a decade ago in Egypt by New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese corporation in feed, animal farming and food industry. New Hope has four feed manufacturing companies and one poultry farming company in Egypt, with an investment of 600 million Chinese yuan (about 90 million U.S. dollars), creating 800 jobs for Egyptians. Many Egyptians have gained better lives and career paths through working for the Chinese firm. Asmaa Saeid, an Egyptian veterinarian, joined New Hope in 2018. She is a d

Chinese-Brazilian home appliance joint venture opens 3rd factory in Brazil

STORY: Chinese-Brazilian home appliance joint venture opens 3rd factory in Brazil DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: MANAUS, Brazil CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1.TCL new factory and air conditioner dealers from Brazil 2.Workers in the factory 3.SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FELIPE FAY, Vice president of SEMP TCL 4.various of the factory 5.SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FELIPE FAY, Vice president of SEMP TCL STORYLINE: Chinese-Brazilian home appliance joint venture SEMP TCL has inaugurated its third factory in Manaus, Brazil. On Wednesday's opening ceremony, Felipe Hennel Fay, vice president of SEMP TCL, said that the factory's annual air conditioner manufacturing capacity is expected to reach up to one million units. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FELIPE FAY, Vice president of SEMP TCL "This factory has an annual output capacity of half a million units, so 500,000 units in one shift and capacity can be expanded up to 1 million units if we work in two shifts." Covering more than 34,000 square meters, the factory

2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo taken on March 22, 2011, shows the control room of the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said May 30 that two of its employees who worked at the plant, including in the control room, may have been exposed to radiation exceeding the maximum limit of 250 millisieverts. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.) (Kyodo)

2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

CHIBA, Japan - Makoto Akashi, executive director of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, speaks in a press conference at the institute in the city of Chiba on May 30, 2011. Two Tokyo Electric Power Co. employees working at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant underwent health checks at the institute after it was found that they may have been exposed to radiation exceeding the maximum limit of 250 millisieverts. (Kyodo)

2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

CHIBA, Japan - Makoto Akashi, executive director of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, speaks in a press conference at the institute in the city of Chiba on May 30, 2011. Two Tokyo Electric Power Co. employees working at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant underwent health checks at the institute after it was found that they may have been exposed to radiation exceeding the maximum limit of 250 millisieverts. (Kyodo)

(2)Workers rally in spring labor offensive

(2)Workers rally in spring labor offensive

TOKYO, Japan - Workers raise their fists demanding wage increases and better labor conditions at a rally sponsored by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) at Meiji Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 6. They rallied ahead of the March 17 announcements on wages by management of major companies. (Kyodo)