Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

France: Wildfires Erupt in Aude, Trigger Evacuations and Motorway Closures 2

Wildfires broke out near the A61 and A9 motorways in Aude, southern France, on Sunday, June 29, burning around 400 hectares. Over 500 firefighters and aerial units were deployed. Evacuations included a campsite and the Fontfroide Abbey. Parts of the highways were closed for safety. Officials say a poorly extinguished barbecue in a car trailer sparked the fires, as France faces an intense heatwave and high fire risk.

E

France: Wildfires Erupt in Aude, Trigger Evacuations and Motorway Closures

Wildfires broke out near the A61 and A9 motorways in Aude, southern France, on Sunday, June 29, burning around 400 hectares. Over 500 firefighters and aerial units were deployed. Evacuations included a campsite and the Fontfroide Abbey. Parts of the highways were closed for safety. Officials say a poorly extinguished barbecue in a car trailer sparked the fires, as France faces an intense heatwave and high fire risk.

E

From super factories to super tools, Shanghai heralds development of new quality productive forces

STORY: From super factories to super tools, Shanghai heralds development of new quality productive forces SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: June 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of sci-tech facilities in Shanghai, China STORYLINE: In the eastern Chinese metropolis of Shanghai, a new round of industrial upgrading is in progress, as the country moves to foster strategic emerging industries and technological innovation -- in other words, the "new quality productive forces." The concept of new quality productive forces has penetrated all aspects of the production process in Shanghai, making production more efficient and people's lives better. Shanghai is the first city in China to count robot density, the number of robots per 10,000 employees. By 2025, the robot density in key industries in Shanghai will reach 500 units. At a factory of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation with over 400 robots, a new car rolls off the production line roughly every

E

Türkiye's most extensive health aid for Gaza on its way: minister

STORY: Türkiye's most extensive health aid for Gaza on its way: minister SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 10, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cargo ship STORYLINE: A ship carrying the largest health aid that Türkiye has ever sent to the Gaza Strip set off on Friday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced. A dry cargo ship carrying 51 containers of medical supplies and generators and 20 fully equipped ambulances left the port of Alsancak in the western province of Izmir, Koca said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. "The aid, organized under the coordination of our Presidency, is expected to arrive at Egypt's Al-Arish port on Saturday," Koca noted. The minister said the 500 tons of aid supplies included field hospitals with operating theaters and intensive care units, as well as medications and medical consumables to be used in these hospitals. Koca said the field hospitals and ambulances in

E

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-EDUCATIONAL BASE-OPEN DAY

(230910) -- BANDUNG, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members pose for photos with Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway Electrical Multiple Units and a comprehensive inspection train in Bandung, Indonesia, Sept. 9, 2023. The opening ceremony of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) Educational and Cultural Exchange Base, along with the first Open Day for Rail Enthusiasts event, was held in Indonesia's Bandung on Saturday. Nearly 500 people, including railway enthusiasts and students from across Indonesia, attended the event, which was the first occasion for Indonesian people to step inside the train maintenance facility of the Jakarta-Bandung HSR and observe the EMUs up close. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

E

New energy vehicles gain traction in China's rural market

STORY: New energy vehicles gain traction in China's rural market DATELINE: Aug. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: JINAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of new energy vehicles 2. various of charging stations and charging piles 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU JIANMIN, Resident of Houxue Village, Jining City 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI TAO, Resident of Miaohai Village, Hongfanchi Town STORYLINE: China's new energy vehicle (NEV) industry has experienced rapid development in recent years. Data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed that the output and sales of NEVs rose to 3.79 million and 3.75 million units, respectively, in the first half of this year. The association also estimates that China's vast countryside has a market potential of 500 billion yuan (about 68.5 billion U.S. dollars). Charging infrastructure is one of the primary concerns for NEV buyers. In the first half of this year, the State Grid Jinan Power Supply Company built 82 charging stations an

E

Eastern Chinese city boosts NEV development

STORY: Eastern Chinese city boosts NEV development DATELINE: July 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:19 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hefei 2. various of new energy vehicles manufacturing 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YU DONGMING, General manager of NIO Hefei branch STORYLINE: The eastern Chinese city of Hefei is aiming at building China's capital of new energy vehicle (NEV). More than 500 enterprises in NEV industrial chain are based in Hefei, including NIO, BYD and Volkswagen Anhui. From January to May this year, a total of 230,000 units of NEVs were produced in Hefei. It means in every minute, there was one NEV rolling off the production line. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ERWIN GABARDI, CEO of Volkswagen Anhui "Hefei is a city with amazing history, culture and people. It is also a place with strong entrepreneurial spirit and plenty of new opportunities as well as a right choice for us to accelerate our e-mobility vision. Ad

E

Toyota to sell 500 units of 2-seater Lexus sports car in 2010

CHIBA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda introduces a premium two-seater Lexus sports car, the LFA, at a press preview at the Tokyo Motor Show in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 21, 2009. Toyota said it will globally sell 500 units of the LFA from the end of next year.

E

Ceremony held for Japan's 8th contingent of troops for Iraq

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Hideyoshi Haraoka, a member of Japan's eighth GSDF contingent to be sent to Iraq for reconstruction assistance, smilingly watches as his family members talk to each other during a ceremony held at a garrison in the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto to deliver a unit flag to his unit on Oct. 22. The first batch of the 500-member contingent, mostly drawn from units in Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, is scheduled to leave for Iraq later in the day.

E

Mazda shuts 1 of 3 Hiroshima car plants

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The last batch of cars is assembled at Mazda Motor Corp.'s Ujina No. 2 plant Sept. 14. The company shut the plant in Hiroshima Prefecture, with some 500 employees and managers attending a farewell ceremony at the end of business for the day. The closed factory had been making the popular Familia sedan at a rate of 136,000 units per year.

E

118 prefab houses loaded for Kosovo

KOBE, Japan - Workers begin loading a cargo ship with 118 prefabricated housing units, the first batch of 500 units to be provided by the Hyogo prefectural government for Kosovo residents, at Kobe port on Aug. 8. The units, originally used to accommodate those made homeless by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, are being sent to Kosovo at the request of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The prefectural government has already provided about 3,000 prefabs for refugees overseas.

E

Workers build emergency hospital in 30 days in Hong Kong

STORY: Workers build emergency hospital in 30 days in Hong Kong DATELINE: April 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction process STORYLINE: The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, were handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The hospital is located in the Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 in intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6 and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hong Kong, China. (XHTV)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on March 10, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities under construction in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers have their meals during the break time at the construction site of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China, March 31, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on March 30, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities under construction in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on March 18, 2022 shows workers lining up to receive nucleic acid test at the construction site of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 3, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities under construction in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A builder works at the construction site of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China, March 10, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker cools his sunburned face with cold water at the construction site of an emergency hospital project in Hong Kong, south China, March 9, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 7, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A builder works at the construction site of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China, March 20, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A handover ceremony of the facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities is held in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China, April 7, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on March 10, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities under construction in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 7, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo taken on April 7, 2022 shows the interior views of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on March 9, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities under construction in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 3, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities under construction in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on March 7, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities under construction in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Builders work at the construction site of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China, April 2, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Builders work at the construction site of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China, March 9, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Builders attend the handover ceremony of the facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Hong Kong, south China, April 7, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers cross the Shenzhen River by a temporary bridge to start the construction of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Hong Kong, south China, March 6, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker talks via video link to check the power transmission at the construction site of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China, March 29, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker welds at the construction site of an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China, March 27, 2022. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on March 6, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities under construction in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL (CN)

(220408) -- HONG KONG, April 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on March 17, 2022 shows an emergency hospital project aided by China's central authorities under construction during night time in Lok Ma Chau Loop area in Hong Kong, south China. The facilities built in the first-stage construction of an emergency hospital project, aided by China's central authorities, was handed over to relevant departments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thursday. The completed facilities consist of 500 negative-pressure beds, including 32 intensive care units and two operating rooms. The first-stage construction of the hospital began on March 6, and was completed and passed evaluation on April 5. Once the whole project is completed, the hospital will boast negative-pressure wards with a total of 1,000 beds and other medical and supporting facilities. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

E

Alcohol spraying device that can be used without touching Watanabe Manufacturing Co.

Depending on the spraying mode, it can be used 400 to 800 times. Additional sterilizing solution can be purchased. Watanabe Manufacturing is involved in plastic molding. It launched the Liquid Jet in 2018 as its first in-house product. The company has sold 500 to 600 units so far, but with the spread of the new virus, alcohol for sterilization has become difficult to obtain, and customers have requested the sale of sterilizing liquid. With the cooperation of its business partners, the company secured enough sanitizing alcohol to cover the number of units sold. The product can be purchased from one unit. Senior Managing Director Yasuo Watanabe, who planned the product, says, "We want people who need the product to use it. The company will also consider expanding sales overseas. Photo taken on April 3, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

E

Ceremony held for Japan's 8th contingent of troops for Iraq

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Hideyoshi Haraoka, a member of Japan's eighth GSDF contingent to be sent to Iraq for reconstruction assistance, smilingly watches as his family members talk to each other during a ceremony held at a garrison in the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto to deliver a unit flag to his unit on Oct. 22. The first batch of the 500-member contingent, mostly drawn from units in Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, is scheduled to leave for Iraq later in the day. (Kyodo)

E

Toyota to lease 500 plug-in hybrids globally

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s plug-in hybrid car which is based on its new low-cost Prius model and can be recharged from a household power supply grid. Toyota said on June 3 it will begin leasing about 500 units of the plug-in hybrid cars in Japan, the United States and Europe from the end of this year. (Kyodo)

E

Toyota to sell 500 units of 2-seater Lexus sports car in 2010

CHIBA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda introduces a premium two-seater Lexus sports car, the LFA, at a press preview at the Tokyo Motor Show in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 21, 2009. Toyota said it will globally sell 500 units of the LFA from the end of next year. (Kyodo)

E

Mazda shuts 1 of 3 Hiroshima car plants

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The last batch of cars is assembled at Mazda Motor Corp.'s Ujina No. 2 plant Sept. 14. The company shut the plant in Hiroshima Prefecture, with some 500 employees and managers attending a farewell ceremony at the end of business for the day. The closed factory had been making the popular Familia sedan at a rate of 136,000 units per year.

E

118 prefab houses loaded for Kosovo

KOBE, Japan - Workers begin loading a cargo ship with 118 prefabricated housing units, the first batch of 500 units to be provided by the Hyogo prefectural government for Kosovo residents, at Kobe port on Aug. 8. The units, originally used to accommodate those made homeless by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, are being sent to Kosovo at the request of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The prefectural government has already provided about 3,000 prefabs for refugees overseas.