E-money experiments starts

E-money experiments starts

Commercial banks and credit card companies in Japan will begin an experiment Thursday July 16 to introduce electric money, or ''e-money'' in one of Tokyo's busiest shopping areas in Shibuya. A 46-company consortium led by Visa International and Sumitomo Bank plans to issue 130,000 cards for use at some 700 shops. The photo shows a mother being advised how to use ''e-money'' in ademonstration at an ice cream shop in Shibuya on Wednesday July 15.

"Coffee town" in China's Hainan

STORY: "Coffee town" in China's Hainan DATELINE: Nov. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:46 LOCATION: WANNING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xinglong STORYLINE: In a small town in south China's Hainan Province, there are more than 200 coffee shops, with per capita annual coffee consumption exceeding 200 cups. Xinglong Town in Wanning City is located at 18 degrees north latitude, an area that is rich in selenium, making it an ideal place to grow coffee. In the 1950s, returned overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia brought back not only coffee planting and production technology, but also the habit of drinking coffee. The first coffee factory was established in Xinglong in 1952, three years after the founding of New China. In recent years, the coffee business has skyrocketed in Wanning. According to the latest official figures, its coffee plantation area reached about 307 hectares by the end of 2021. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wanning, China. (XHTV)

China's booming coffee industry pursues high-quality development

STORY: China's booming coffee industry pursues high-quality development DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of coffee plantations 2. various of farmers 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG WEI, Manager, Local international coffee trading center 4. various of coffee production lines 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG RUIXING, Coffee shop owner 6. various of coffee shops STORYLINE: Famous for Pu'er tea, a deep-brewed tea with a sweet aroma, Pu'er City in southwest China's Yunnan Province is making a name for itself as China's coffee capital. Pu'er has 668,000 mu (around 44,530 hectares) of coffee plantation in 2021, producing the highest yield of coffee beans of 46,000 tonnes in China. This is thanks to the efforts of the local government to develop coffee planting and processing as a backbone industry. In 2019, Pu'er City launched a pilot insurance program for the pricing of green coffee beans in the city, so as to reduce the burden on coffee pro

Embrace "La Dolce Vita" in China's Tianjin as COVID-19 under control

STORY: Embrace "La Dolce Vita" in China's Tianjin as COVID-19 under control DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. Aerial view of Italian Style Area in Tianjin 2. various of dishes in an Italian restaurant 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RENATO PEGORARO, Owner of Tianjin Italy Venezia Restaurant 4. various of customers dinning 5. various of exterior of restaurants 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XU YANAN, Director of Sino-Italian International Exchange Office of Tianjin Flight Group 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU ZONGJIN, Director of the organizing committee of Tianjin Italian Style Area STORYLINE: With effective control measures against COVID-19, business regains vitality in the Italian Style Area in north China's Tianjin Municipality. With a history of 120 years and more than 100 Italian-style villas, the area is not only a popular tourist destination but also a place of leisure for locals. It boasts a concentration of restaurants, shops and well-pre

14 injured in Kuwait's landmark market fire

STORY: 14 injured in Kuwait's landmark market fire DATELINE: April 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Kuwait City CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the scenevarious of firefighters working STORYLINE: A total of 14 were injured on Thursday afternoon as a huge fire broke out at Kuwait's popular Al-Mubarakiya market in Kuwait City, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said. The flame started at about 3:20 p.m. local time (1220 GMT) at the market, the Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) said, noting that eight firefighting teams were dealing with the huge fire at the market, and the fire was brought under control. The fire firstly broke out in about 20 shops, and then spread to a larger number of shops that contained perfumes and leather, KFF said, adding that the wooden ceiling of the market increased the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation, KFF said. Al-Mubarakiya is a traditional market in Kuwait City. As one of the oldest markets in Kuwait, it features a variety of shops such as da

Benten-dori Street

Benten-dori Street

View of Benten Dori 3-chome from 2-chome. The main street of Kan'nai, Benten Dori runs two blocks south of Honmachi Dori. It was the centre of the trading business of Yokohama and the site of shops opened by prominent silk companies like Hara, Mogi, and Ono.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐46‐0]

Making unbrellas

Making unbrellas

A scene of Japanese umbrellas drying. Japanese umbrellas were made by pasting Japanese paper on bamboo skeletons, coloring it and drawing designs and letters, and covering the surface with oil. These included janome (bull's eye design), bangasa (coarse oil-painted umbrella), daikokugasa etc. Demand was strong, as was the demand for repapering. and so there were at least one or more umbrella shops in each neighborhood.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐46‐0]

E-money experiments starts

E-money experiments starts

Commercial banks and credit card companies in Japan will begin an experiment Thursday July 16 to introduce electric money, or ''e-money'' in one of Tokyo's busiest shopping areas in Shibuya. A 46-company consortium led by Visa International and Sumitomo Bank plans to issue 130,000 cards for use at some 700 shops. The photo shows a mother being advised how to use ''e-money'' in a demonstration at an ice cream shop in Shibuya on Wednesday July 15. ==Kyodo