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Fiji high school students compete in Chinese proficiency

STORY: Fiji high school students compete in Chinese proficiency SHOOTING TIME: June 8, 2024 DATELINE: June 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Suva CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 17th "Chinese-Bridge" Chinese proficiency competition for foreign high school students in Fiji STORYLINE: The Fiji finals of the 17th "Chinese-Bridge" Chinese proficiency competition for foreign high school students were held Saturday at the China Cultural Center in Fiji. The competition, which focused on written test, video shows, speech and talent shows, was hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Fiji, Yat Sen School and the China Cultural Center in Fiji. A total of eight Fijian students participated in the final contest, with diplomats, industry executives and students attending the half-day event. Leilah Chung, a student from Yat Sen School, emerged as the overall winner of the competition themed "Fly High with Chinese." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Suva. (XHTV)

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Fortune 500 executives confident about China's foreign trade environment

STORY: Fortune 500 executives confident about China's foreign trade environment DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of photos of CMIA attendees 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERNEST NICOLAS, Chief Supply Chain Officer of HP Inc. 3. various of Global R&D Center 4. various of cars 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FRANK MENG, Chairman of Qualcomm China 6. various of vehicle manufacturing process 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SABRINA SOUSSAN, Chairman and CEO of SUEZ Group 8. various of views in Chongqing STORYLINE: Fortune 500 executives have expressed confidence in China's foreign trade environment. They made the remarks while attending the just-concluded 17th Annual Meeting of the Chongqing Mayor's International Economic Advisory Council (CMIA) in China's Chongqing. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERNEST NICOLAS, Chief Supply Chain Officer of HP Inc. "I can tell you one of the greatest things of my visit this time is we celebrated the 400 millionth PC coming

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Japan gov't holds hearing with Bigmotor

Bigmotor Co. President Shinji Izumi (2nd from R) and other company executives attend a hearing at Japan's transport ministry in Tokyo on July 26, 2023, over the major used car dealer's alleged fraudulent insurance claims.

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Japan gov't holds hearing with Bigmotor

Bigmotor Co. President Shinji Izumi (back, 2nd from R) and other company executives attend a hearing at Japan's transport ministry in Tokyo on July 26, 2023, over the major used car dealer's alleged fraudulent insurance claims.

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Trade conference held in Kenya to boost partnerships with China

STORY: Trade conference held in Kenya to boost partnerships with China DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:00 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the trade conference 2. various of secretary to the Kenyan Cabinet Mercy Wanjau speaking 3. various of the general manager from KenInvest Pius Rotich speaking 4. various of shots of guest speakers making speech 5. various of guests at the trade conference 6. SOUNDBITE (English): PIUS ROTICH, General manager of investment promotion and business development, KenInvest STORYLINE: A trade conference was held in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi Monday amid calls for strategic partnerships with China to realize mutual benefits. Senior officials, diplomats and business executives attended the event that featured presentations on investment opportunities in Kenya alongside inking of partnership deals between Chinese and Kenyan firms. Representatives of eight major Chinese firms and 123 Kenyan business entities including startups attended the eco

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Türkiye detains 110 over alleged PKK ties ahead of elections

STORY: Türkiye detains 110 over alleged PKK ties ahead of elections DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the operation in Diyarbakir province STORYLINE: Turkish police on Tuesday detained 110 people over alleged ties with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The operation was launched in 21 provinces including the southeastern Kurdish-majority Diyarbakir province. The arrests included those masterminding nearly 60 street protests taken place since 2017, financing the PKK, promoting the group through media or its outlets, and some lawyers and association executives suspected of ties, according to the report. The operation came three weeks ahead of the key elections on May 14 in which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would seek to extend his two-decade rule. The PKK, listed as a terror organization by Türkiye, the United States and the European Union, has been rebelling ag

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Japan ruling party congress

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) and other executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party raise their fists on the stage at a party congress in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2023, pledging victory for the party in upcoming local elections in April.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Japanese and Chinese experts attend a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between Japan and China. About 60 panelists included scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Japanese and Chinese experts attend a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between Japan and China. About 60 panelists included scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Gen Nakatani (R), former Japanese Defense Agency chief, speaks at a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between Japan and China. About 60 panelists, including scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists, attended the forum.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan speaks at a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between China and Japan. About 60 panelists included scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists.

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Japan, China experts discuss bilateral relationship

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan speaks at a forum at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2013, to discuss bilateral relations between China and Japan. About 60 panelists included scholars, lawmakers, former senior diplomats, business executives and journalists.

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JR West slaps execs with pay cuts over fatal 2005 derailment

OSAKA, Japan - Seiji Manabe, vice president of West Japan Railway Co., speaks during a news conference in Osaka on July 23. He said the company will punish 26 executives with pay cuts of as much as 30 percent over the 2005 train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, which left 107 people dead and 562 injured.

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(13)Rescue operations continue at train crash site

OSAKA, Japan - Top executives of West Japan Railway Co. express their apology at a press conference at the company headquarters in Osaka on April 26 for a fatal train crash the previous day that left at least 73 dead and over 450 injured.

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(1)Komeito approves main GSDF dispatch to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki arrives at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 26 to attend a meeting of party executives to discuss a plan to dispatch the main Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent to Iraq for reconstruction missions. The Liberal Democratic Party's ruling coalition partner approved the, paving the way for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to give the go-ahead for deployment.

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Japan's big banks fall into red for 2nd yr on bad-loan disposal

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of Resona Holdings Inc., Japan's fifth largest banking group by assets, bow at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on May 26 before they announce an earnings report for fiscal 2002 ended March 31. The government plans to provide public funds to Resona to beef up its capital base.

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Shinsei Bank's Yashiro named 2002 ACCJ person of year

TOKYO, Japan - Shinsei Bank Chairman and CEO Masamoto Yashiro speaks March 26 after being named by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) its 2002 Person of the Year for actively promoting foreign direct investment and becoming a ''stellar role model'' for up-and-coming Japanese executives.''

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Business lobby regrets Koizumi's absence from Davos forum

DAVOS, Switzerland - Yotaro Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), tells Kyodo News in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 26 that he was sorry that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi did not attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) there.

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Doyukai's Kitashiro wants to create jobs, nurture start-ups

TOKYO, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Kakutaro Kitashiro (R), who is to become the head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 26 with Yotaro Kobayashi, the current Doyukai chairman, looking on. Kitashiro, chairman of IBM Japan Ltd., will be the first executive from a foreign-owned company to head a major Japanese business lobby.

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Japanese, S. Korean business officials call for FTA

SEOUL, South Korea - Takashi Imai (3rd from R), chairman of Japan's Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), leads a group of Japanese business executives at a meeting in Seoul with South Korean counterparts on Nov. 26. Business leaders agreed on the need to urge their governments to conclude a bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA).

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Railway executives apology for train collision+

FUKUI, Japan - Keifuku Electric Railroad Co. executives apologize for a train collision that killed a driver and injured 26 passengers in the town of Matsuoka, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 17. The collision occurred around 1:30 p.m. near Shiizakai Station on the main Echizen Line. A train coming down a branch line failed to stop at Higashi-Furuichi Station and continued onto the mainline for about 1 kilometer, railway officials said.

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Business lobby regrets Koizumi's absence from Davos forum

DAVOS, Switzerland - Yotaro Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), tells Kyodo News in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 26 that he was sorry that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi did not attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) there. (Kyodo)

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Japan's big banks fall into red for 2nd yr on bad-loan disposal

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of Resona Holdings Inc., Japan's fifth largest banking group by assets, bow at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on May 26 before they announce an earnings report for fiscal 2002 ended March 31. The government plans to provide public funds to Resona to beef up its capital base. (Kyodo)

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2 opposition party chiefs to meet possibly Fri.

Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada attends a party executives' meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2016. Okada will meet with Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno as early as Feb. 26 to formally approve a merger plan as part of efforts to better challenge the ruling bloc led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a House of Councillors election in summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takata files for bankruptcy protection amid air bag recall crisis

Takata Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Shigehisa Takada (L) and other executives bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2017, after the auto parts supplier announced it has filed for bankruptcy protection. Battered by a global recall of its defective automotive air bags, Takata's overall debt is estimated at over 1 trillion yen, marking the biggest-ever corporate failure by a Japanese manufacturer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court battle begins over Livedoor case

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoji Miyauchi (R), former Chief Financial Officer of Livedoor Co., arrives at the Tokyo District Court on May 26 as the trial began for four former Livedoor Co. group executives indicted on accounting fraud charges. Miyauchi admitted at the first court hearing that he took part in accounting manipulations at the once high-flying Internet company. (Kyodo)

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(13)Rescue operations continue at train crash site

OSAKA, Japan - Top executives of West Japan Railway Co. express their apology at a press conference at the company headquarters in Osaka on April 26 for a fatal train crash the previous day that left at least 73 dead and over 450 injured. (Kyodo)

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(1)Komeito approves main GSDF dispatch to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki arrives at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 26 to attend a meeting of party executives to discuss a plan to dispatch the main Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent to Iraq for reconstruction missions. The Liberal Democratic Party's ruling coalition partner approved the, paving the way for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to give the go-ahead for deployment. (Kyodo)

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Shinsei Bank's Yashiro named 2002 ACCJ person of year

TOKYO, Japan - Shinsei Bank Chairman and CEO Masamoto Yashiro speaks March 26 after being named by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) its 2002 Person of the Year for actively promoting foreign direct investment and becoming a ''stellar role model'' for up-and-coming Japanese executives.'' (Kyodo)

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Doyukai's Kitashiro wants to create jobs, nurture start-ups

TOKYO, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Kakutaro Kitashiro (R), who is to become the head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 26 with Yotaro Kobayashi, the current Doyukai chairman, looking on. Kitashiro, chairman of IBM Japan Ltd., will be the first executive from a foreign-owned company to head a major Japanese business lobby. (Kyodo)

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Railway executives apology for train collision+

FUKUI, Japan - Keifuku Electric Railroad Co. executives apologize for a train collision that killed a driver and injured 26 passengers in the town of Matsuoka, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 17. The collision occurred around 1:30 p.m. near Shiizakai Station on the main Echizen Line. A train coming down a branch line failed to stop at Higashi-Furuichi Station and continued onto the mainline for about 1 kilometer, railway officials said.