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Canada: Spring Storm Dumps Heavy Snow To Greater Toronto Area

Much of the Greater Toronto Area was blanketed with heavy snow on Friday, March 22, as a spring storm moved through the region, dumping up to 19 centimeters in some parts of the city.

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Breathtaking winter scenery in China's Inner Mongolia

STORY: Breathtaking winter scenery in China's Inner Mongolia SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:30 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the snow scenery in Yakeshi City, Inner Mongolia STORYLINE: Yakeshi City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is famous for its winter scenery. The average winter temperature here is about minus 24 degrees Celsius. Yakeshi has a long snow season, with snow accumulation expected to reach over 16 centimeters. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hohhot, China. (XHTV)

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Chum salmon fry release at peak in Hokkaido river

SHIBECHA, Japan, May 11 Kyodo - Chum salmon fry form a school in the Nishibetsu River in Shibecha, Hokkaido, on May 11, 2017, after being released. About 2 million chum salmon fry, which are five centimeters in length, were released in the river that day. Some 25 million chum salmon fry were to be released from early March to May 22, with fewer than one percent expected to return to the river in several years to spawn.

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Japan space agency developing world's smallest satellite-launch rocket

SAGAMIHARA, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Hiroto Habu, an assistant professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, poses with the TRICOM1 ultra small satellite developed by the University of Tokyo, at JAXA's facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2016. JAXA said it will launch the world's smallest rocket, which is around 10 meters long, about 50 centimeters in diameter and weighs 2.6 tons, to put the satellite into Earth orbit from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by the end of March 2017.

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Benthic moss pillars in Antarctic lake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows colonies of Benthic moss pillars (Koke Bouzu) discovered at the bottom of ''Nagaike'' lake, some 40 kilometers south of Japan's Showa Station in the Antarctic. Members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition team found the moss pillars measuring 20-50 centimeters high at a depth of eight meters on Jan. 22, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Benthic moss pillars in Antarctic lake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows colonies of Benthic moss pillars (Koke Bouzu) discovered at the bottom of ''Nagaike'' lake, some 40 kilometers south of Japan's Showa Station in the Antarctic. Members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition team found the moss pillars measuring 20-50 centimeters high at a depth of eight meters on Jan. 22, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Benthic moss pillars in Antarctic lake

TOKYO, Japan - A diver works near Benthic moss pillars on the bottom of a lake around 40 kilometers south of Japan's Showa Station in Antarctica on Jan. 22, 2010. Members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition team found the moss pillars measuring 20-50 centimeters high at a depth of eight meters. (Pool photo)

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Coelacanth dissected for research

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A coelacanth, which has features of an ancient fish, is anatomized at the Tokyo Institute of Technology Dec. 22 for scientific research on a evolution process of fishes moving up to land from the sea. The coelacanth, 120 centimeters long and weighing 45 kilograms, has been presented to institute professor Norihiro Okada from a Tanzanian institute. Prince Akishino (C, in back) is watching the event.

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Venture firm unveils robotics-based music player

TOKYO, Japan - ZMP Inc. demonstrates the robotics-based music player, dubbed ''miuro,' at a presentation in Tokyo on Sept. 8. The miuro, which is sandwiched between a set of wheels and is 22 centimeters high and 34 cm wide, can automatically move to a place designated by the user via remote control device or mobile phone.

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(2)Japan's Murofushi wins silver in men's hammer throw

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Koji Murofushi is disappointed after throwing 82.91 meters to win the silver medal, just 28 centimeters short of the gold, in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 22.

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Pure gold soccer ball exhibited at Mitsukoshi's Osaka branch

OSAKA, Japan - Female shoppers look at a soccer ball made of pure gold at the Osaka branch of the department store chain operator Mitsukoshi Ltd., on March 28. Mitsukoshi exhibited the gold soccer ball, which weighs three kilograms and is 22 centimeters in diameter, the same size as the official ball for the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, to commemorate the event. The ball is priced at 20.02 million yen.

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N. Korean sports delegation welcomed in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Ri Myong Hun (C), one of the 62-member North Korean sports delegation, receives a bouquet at Seoul's Kimpo international airport Dec. 22. Ri is 235 centimeters high and one of the world's tallest players. North Korean players are scheduled to play a series of friendly basketball matches with South Korean players. The visit is sponsored by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group.

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Pure gold soccer ball exhibited at Mitsukoshi's Osaka branch

OSAKA, Japan - Female shoppers look at a soccer ball made of pure gold at the Osaka branch of the department store chain operator Mitsukoshi Ltd., on March 28. Mitsukoshi exhibited the gold soccer ball, which weighs three kilograms and is 22 centimeters in diameter, the same size as the official ball for the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, to commemorate the event. The ball is priced at 20.02 million yen.

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Coelacanth dissected for research

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A coelacanth, which has features of an ancient fish, is anatomized at the Tokyo Institute of Technology Dec. 22 for scientific research on a evolution process of fishes moving up to land from the sea. The coelacanth, 120 centimeters long and weighing 45 kilograms, has been presented to institute professor Norihiro Okada from a Tanzanian institute. Prince Akishino (C, in back) is watching the event. (Kyodo)

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50-cm drone with camera found on roof of Japanese prime minister's office

Photo taken April 22, 2015, shows a four-propeller drone about 50 centimeters long on the roof of the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo. The drone equipped with a miniature camera and carrying a flare and 10-centimeter plastic bottle, apparently fell onto the roof from the sky. An investigative source said low-level radiation was detected from the drone, which bore a radioactivity symbol. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rhinoceros auklet seabird returns to nest on Hokkaido islet

A rhinoceros auklet returns to its nest on Teuri Island off Haboro in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on the night of June 22, 2015. The seabird, about 35 centimeters long, is capable of diving and swimming underwater like a penguin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Venture firm unveils robotics-based music player

TOKYO, Japan - ZMP Inc. demonstrates the robotics-based music player, dubbed ''miuro,' at a presentation in Tokyo on Sept. 8. The miuro, which is sandwiched between a set of wheels and is 22 centimeters high and 34 cm wide, can automatically move to a place designated by the user via remote control device or mobile phone. (Kyodo)

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(3)Japan's Murofushi wins silver in men's hammer throw

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Koji Murofushi shouts after throwing 82.91 meters to win the silver medal in men's hammer throw, just 28 centimeters short of the gold claimed by Adrian Annus of Hungary, in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 22. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(1)Japan's Murofushi wins silver in men's hammer throw

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Koji Murofushi throws 82.91 meters, his best of the season and just 28 centimeters short of the gold, in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 22, to win the silver medal. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(2)Japan's Murofushi wins silver in men's hammer throw

ATHENS, Greece - Japan's Koji Murofushi is disappointed after throwing 82.91 meters to win the silver medal, just 28 centimeters short of the gold, in the Athens Olympics on Aug. 22. (Kyodo)

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Benthic moss pillars in Antarctic lake

TOKYO, Japan - A diver works near Benthic moss pillars on the bottom of a lake around 40 kilometers south of Japan's Showa Station in Antarctica on Jan. 22, 2010. Members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition team found the moss pillars measuring 20-50 centimeters high at a depth of eight meters. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Benthic moss pillars in Antarctic lake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows colonies of Benthic moss pillars (Koke Bouzu) discovered at the bottom of ''Nagaike'' lake, some 40 kilometers south of Japan's Showa Station in the Antarctic. Members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition team found the moss pillars measuring 20-50 centimeters high at a depth of eight meters on Jan. 22, 2010. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Benthic moss pillars in Antarctic lake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows colonies of Benthic moss pillars (Koke Bouzu) discovered at the bottom of ''Nagaike'' lake, some 40 kilometers south of Japan's Showa Station in the Antarctic. Members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition team found the moss pillars measuring 20-50 centimeters high at a depth of eight meters on Jan. 22, 2010. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Chum salmon fry release at peak in Hokkaido river

Chum salmon fry form a school in the Nishibetsu River in Shibecha, Hokkaido, on May 11, 2017, after being released. About 2 million chum salmon fry, which are five centimeters in length, were released in the river that day. Some 25 million chum salmon fry were to be released from early March to May 22, with fewer than one percent expected to return to the river in several years to spawn. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan space agency developing world's smallest satellite-launch rocket

The TRICOM1 ultra small satellite developed by the University of Tokyo is unveiled to the media at a facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2016. JAXA said it will launch the world's smallest rocket, which is around 10 meters long, about 50 centimeters in diameter and weighs 2.6 tons, to put the satellite into Earth orbit from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by the end of March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan space agency developing world's smallest satellite-launch rocket

Hiroto Habu, an assistant professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, poses with the TRICOM1 ultra small satellite developed by the University of Tokyo, at JAXA's facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2016. JAXA said it will launch the world's smallest rocket, which is around 10 meters long, about 50 centimeters in diameter and weighs 2.6 tons, to put the satellite into Earth orbit from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by the end of March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean sports delegation welcomed in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Ri Myong Hun (C), one of the 62-member North Korean sports delegation, receives a bouquet at Seoul's Kimpo international airport Dec. 22. Ri is 235 centimeters high and one of the world's tallest players. North Korean players are scheduled to play a series of friendly basketball matches with South Korean players. The visit is sponsored by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group.

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2-yr-old girl goes missing at Tokyo kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - A 2-year-old girl has been missing since the morning of Nov. 22 when she was last seen at a kindergarten in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, police say on Nov. 23. The girl, Haruna Wakayama, disappeared at about 11:40 a.m. on Nov. 22 at the kindergarten her 5-year-old brother attends. Haruna is about 90 centimeters tall and has shoulder-length hair. She was wearing a long-sleeved shirt with pink and white stripes, red shorts, and white sneakers rimmed with pink, police said.