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Squid season starts in northern Japan

Video taken on June 5, 2024, shows Japanese flying squid being auctioned on the first day of the year's squid season at a wholesale fish market in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The total first-day catch of flying squid only came to 200 kilograms, far below 1 ton in the previous year.(Kyodo)

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Squid season starts in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 5, 2024, shows Japanese flying squid being auctioned on the first day of the year's squid season at a wholesale fish market in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The total first-day catch of flying squid only came to 200 kilograms, far below 1 ton in the previous year.

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Squid season starts in northern Japan

The year's first auction of Japanese flying squid is held at a wholesale fish market in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on June 5, 2024. The total first-day catch of flying squid only came to 200 kilograms, far below 1 ton in the previous year.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240123) -- BEIJING, Jan. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned delivery vehicle moves out for delivery in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2024. Unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Xiong'an New Area in recent days. The recipients could make the appointment for delivery via mobile application and notifications would be sent from the vehicle before arrival. With a maximum payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and range per charge of 200 kilometers, each of the unmanned delivery vehicle is able to make 500 to 800 deliveries in a day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-UNMANNED DELIVERY VEHICLES (CN)

(240122) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned delivery vehicle waits for recipients in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2024. Unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Xiong'an New Area in recent days. The recipients could make the appointment for delivery via mobile application and notifications would be sent from the vehicle before arrival. With a maximum payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and range per charge of 200 kilometers, each of the unmanned delivery vehicle is able to make 500 to 800 deliveries in a day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-UNMANNED DELIVERY VEHICLES (CN)

(240122) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A person receives a parcel from an unmanned delivery vehicle in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2024. Unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Xiong'an New Area in recent days. The recipients could make the appointment for delivery via mobile application and notifications would be sent from the vehicle before arrival. With a maximum payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and range per charge of 200 kilometers, each of the unmanned delivery vehicle is able to make 500 to 800 deliveries in a day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-UNMANNED DELIVERY VEHICLES (CN)

(240122) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned delivery vehicle moves out for delivery in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2024. Unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Xiong'an New Area in recent days. The recipients could make the appointment for delivery via mobile application and notifications would be sent from the vehicle before arrival. With a maximum payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and range per charge of 200 kilometers, each of the unmanned delivery vehicle is able to make 500 to 800 deliveries in a day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-UNMANNED DELIVERY VEHICLES (CN)

(240122) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A person shows a notification message sent from an unmanned delivery vehicle in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2024. Unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Xiong'an New Area in recent days. The recipients could make the appointment for delivery via mobile application and notifications would be sent from the vehicle before arrival. With a maximum payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and range per charge of 200 kilometers, each of the unmanned delivery vehicle is able to make 500 to 800 deliveries in a day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-UNMANNED DELIVERY VEHICLES (CN)

(240122) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned delivery vehicle moves out for delivery in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2024. Unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Xiong'an New Area in recent days. The recipients could make the appointment for delivery via mobile application and notifications would be sent from the vehicle before arrival. With a maximum payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and range per charge of 200 kilometers, each of the unmanned delivery vehicle is able to make 500 to 800 deliveries in a day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-UNMANNED DELIVERY VEHICLES (CN)

(240122) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned delivery vehicle moves out for delivery in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2024. Unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Xiong'an New Area in recent days. The recipients could make the appointment for delivery via mobile application and notifications would be sent from the vehicle before arrival. With a maximum payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and range per charge of 200 kilometers, each of the unmanned delivery vehicle is able to make 500 to 800 deliveries in a day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-UNMANNED DELIVERY VEHICLES (CN)

(240122) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member loads a parcel onto an unmanned delivery vehicle in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2024. Unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Xiong'an New Area in recent days. The recipients could make the appointment for delivery via mobile application and notifications would be sent from the vehicle before arrival. With a maximum payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and range per charge of 200 kilometers, each of the unmanned delivery vehicle is able to make 500 to 800 deliveries in a day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-UNMANNED DELIVERY VEHICLES (CN)

(240122) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned delivery vehicle moves out for delivery in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2024. Unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Xiong'an New Area in recent days. The recipients could make the appointment for delivery via mobile application and notifications would be sent from the vehicle before arrival. With a maximum payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and range per charge of 200 kilometers, each of the unmanned delivery vehicle is able to make 500 to 800 deliveries in a day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-UNMANNED DELIVERY VEHICLES (CN)

(240122) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned delivery vehicle moves out for delivery in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2024. Unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Xiong'an New Area in recent days. The recipients could make the appointment for delivery via mobile application and notifications would be sent from the vehicle before arrival. With a maximum payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and range per charge of 200 kilometers, each of the unmanned delivery vehicle is able to make 500 to 800 deliveries in a day. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

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Winter feeding helps protect migratory birds in Hebei, China

STORY: Winter feeding helps protect migratory birds in Hebei, China DATELINE: Feb. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:58 LOCATION: HENGSHUI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of migratory birds in Hengshui Lake, China's Hebei 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU ZHIHAO, Volunteer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO HONG, Volunteer 4. various of migratory birds in Hengshui Lake, China's Hebei STORYLINE: A winter feeding event was held recently at a nature reserve in north China's Hebei Province, making it easier for migratory birds to forage. Volunteers dropped over 200 kilograms of grain on the frozen lake surface at Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU ZHIHAO, Volunteer "The Hengshui Lake is getting clearer and clearer. More and more birds are visiting here. I'm very proud to contribute to protecting migratory birds." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO HONG, Volunteer "Our efforts made over the past years have helped raise awareness on the importance of protecting the biodiversity and migr

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Multilingual guide robot at Tokyo Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Television City Corp., the operator of Tokyo Tower, inaugurates a new robot capable of providing information in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean on the tower's observation deck on Aug. 1, 2012. The 160-centimeter-tall barrel shaped robot, which weighs 200 kilograms, does the rounds of the second floor of the 150-meter-high deck and tells visitors what they can see below.

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World's biggest photo album in Guinness Book of Records

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese photographer Hitomi Toyama (C) poses with Vietnamese children in front of the world's largest photo album during a ceremony in Hanoi to mark official recognition of the record by the Guinness Book of Records on April 8. The 26-page album contains 53 photos of Vietnamese women Toyama had taken across Vietnam since 1993. The album, which measures 4 meters by 3 meters and weighs 200 kilograms, will be displayed at a photographic art museum to be built in Hanoi in 2009.

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2 supermarket chains resume selling U.S. beef

SAPPORO, Japan - A customer checks out U.S. beef products at an outlet of supermarket chain operator Cowboy Co. in Sapporo on Dec. 26 as the company started selling 200 kilograms of U.S. beef, including sirloin and tongue, at its four outlets in the city. Marunaka Co., a supermarket chain operator based in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, also resumed selling U.S. beef.

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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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MOX ship arrives in port in Takahama port

TAKAHAMA, Japan - The 5,271-ton British ship Pacific Pintail carrying 200 kilograms of mixed oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel arrives at the port of a nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on Oct. 1. The ship's arrival is part of a controversial program for the commercial use of plutonium at nuclear power plants in Japan.

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Giant panda twins celebrate 1st birthday at Madrid zoo

STORY: Giant panda twins celebrate 1st birthday at Madrid zoo DATELINE: Sept. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of panda twins 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ALEJANDRO CABRERA, Panda carer at Madrid Zoo 3. various of panda twins' first public appearance 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): ALEJANDRO CABRERA, Panda carer at Madrid Zoo 5. various of panda twins STORYLINE: The Madrid Zoo celebrated the first birthday of the panda twins, "You You" and "Jiu Jiu," on Friday with a special birthday cake made of bamboo and some of their favorite fruits. The birthday celebrations marked the start of Giant Panda Month at the zoo, which will see lots of special panda-based activities. Born in Madrid Zoo Aquarium, "You You" and "Jiu Jiu" made their first public appearance in March in an event attended by Queen Sofia of Spain and Chinese Ambassador to Spain Wu Haitao. The cubs have thrived in Madrid. From an initial weight of around 200 grams, they have grown to 30 kilograms each. SO

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Young women carry "mikoshi"

Young women carry two "mikoshi" portable shrines in a festival in Osaka on July 23, 2016. Eighty women aged from 15 to 31 carried the mikoshis, weighing around 200 kilograms each. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young women carry "mikoshi"

Young women carry two "mikoshi" portable shrines in a festival in Osaka on July 23, 2016. Eighty women aged from 15 to 31 carried the mikoshis, weighing around 200 kilograms each. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World's biggest photo album in Guinness Book of Records

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese photographer Hitomi Toyama (C) poses with Vietnamese children in front of the world's largest photo album during a ceremony in Hanoi to mark official recognition of the record by the Guinness Book of Records on April 8. The 26-page album contains 53 photos of Vietnamese women Toyama had taken across Vietnam since 1993. The album, which measures 4 meters by 3 meters and weighs 200 kilograms, will be displayed at a photographic art museum to be built in Hanoi in 2009. (Kyodo)

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2 supermarket chains resume selling U.S. beef

SAPPORO, Japan - A customer checks out U.S. beef products at an outlet of supermarket chain operator Cowboy Co. in Sapporo on Dec. 26 as the company started selling 200 kilograms of U.S. beef, including sirloin and tongue, at its four outlets in the city. Marunaka Co., a supermarket chain operator based in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, also resumed selling U.S. beef. (Kyodo)

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Japan conducts geological study in Antarctica

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Japan's 41st Antarctic expedition conducted a large-scale geological study in Antarctica by detonating dynamite in January to research underground structures. A total of 180 seismometers were buried deep under ice over a 200-kilometer-long area. Some 600-kilograms of dynamite were set at each of six points to cause an artificial earthquake of about magnitude 2. The photo, provided by expedition member Shintaro Nomoto, shows one of the explosions.

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MOX ship arrives in port in Takahama port

TAKAHAMA, Japan - The 5,271-ton British ship Pacific Pintail carrying 200 kilograms of mixed oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel arrives at the port of a nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on Oct. 1. The ship's arrival is part of a controversial program for the commercial use of plutonium at nuclear power plants in Japan.