Flood-hit Fangshan District in Beijing copes with Doksuri aftermath

STORY: Flood-hit Fangshan District in Beijing copes with Doksuri aftermath DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various the flood-hit area 2. STANDUP 1 (English): GUO PEIRAN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAO HAONAN, Villager, Shangwan Village 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHENG MINGHUI, Villager, Shangwan Village STORYLINE: Typhoon Doksuri has brought heavy rainfall to Beijing in the past few days. The city recorded 744.8 millimeters of rain between Saturday and Wednesday, the highest since records began 140 years ago. Among the hardest hit was Shangwan Village, Fangshan District located in the mountainous region in southwest Beijing. STANDUP 1 (English): GUO PEIRAN, Xinhua correspondent "About five to six hours earlier before the heavy rainstorm hit Beijing on Saturday, the local authorities of Beijing's mountainous area started to relocate its residents to safe areas like here, the place where I am now in. Once it was a conference room

Sony unveils world's slimmest LCD TV

Sony unveils world's slimmest LCD TV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the ''world's thinnest and lightest'' 40-inch liquid crystal display television, which Sony Corp. unveiled in Tokyo on Aug. 28. The company said it will launch the new television in November as part of the fall and winter lineup of its popular Bravia series. The new ZX1 has an ultra slim screen that is just 9.9-millimeters thick and weighs only 12.2 kilograms.

Gold coin to be issued to celebrate emperor's enthronement

Gold coin to be issued to celebrate emperor's enthronement

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows both sides of the 10,000-yen gold coin to be issued to celebrate Emperor Akihito's 10th anniversary of enthronement. One side of the coin, 20 grams in weight and 28 millimeters in diameter, is a design of a Phoenix, and the other side is a chrysanthemum, the emblem of the imperial family. Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazwa on July 13 announced details of the issuance in November. The government will issue 200,000 gold coins and 15 million 500-yen nickel coins.

Sony unveils world's slimmest LCD TV

Sony unveils world's slimmest LCD TV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the ''world's thinnest and lightest'' 40-inch liquid crystal display television, which Sony Corp. unveiled in Tokyo on Aug. 28. The company said it will launch the new television in November as part of the fall and winter lineup of its popular Bravia series. The new ZX1 has an ultra slim screen that is just 9.9-millimeters thick and weighs only 12.2 kilograms. (Kyodo)

Heavy rain in southwestern Japan

Heavy rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken July 4, 2019, shows a street in Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, where total precipitation has reached 1,089.5 millimeters since June 28 as heavy rains swept southwestern Japan's Kyushu region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gold coin to be issued to celebrate emperor's enthronement

Gold coin to be issued to celebrate emperor's enthronement

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows both sides of the 10,000-yen gold coin to be issued to celebrate Emperor Akihito's 10th anniversary of enthronement. One side of the coin, 20 grams in weight and 28 millimeters in diameter, is a design of a Phoenix, and the other side is a chrysanthemum, the emblem of the imperial family. Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazwa on July 13 announced details of the issuance in November. The government will issue 200,000 gold coins and 15 million 500-yen nickel coins.