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Jorgensen wins women's race in world triathlon Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, May 20 Kyodo - American Gwen Jorgensen crosses the finish line to win the women's race at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series Yokohama in 1 hour, 57 minutes, 20 seconds in the Japanese city on May 16, 2015.

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Tanaka wins Yokohama Women's Int'l Marathon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Tomomi Tanaka crosses the tape at Yamashita Park in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, to win the Yokohama International Women's Marathon on Nov. 16, 2014. Tanaka won the race in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 57 seconds.

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Japan finishes in 9th in women's 4x5km cross country relay

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Michiko Kashiwabara sits on the snow after crossing the finish line in the women's 4x5-kilometer relay classic/free cross country event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, Canada, on Feb. 25, 2010. Japan came in ninth with a time of 57 minutes, 40.4 seconds.

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(1)Tosa wins Nagoya int'l women's marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Reiko Tosa comes behind to win the Nagoya International Women's Marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 57 seconds on March 14, making a strong case for one of the berths to this summer's Athens Olympics.

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New Zealand team wins 2003 Osaka Cup yacht race

OSAKA, Japan - New Zealand's Brian Petersen (L) and John Bankart shake hands on their yacht Marverick II at a yacht harbor at Osaka-Kita port on April 15 after winning the 2003 Osaka Cup, the world's longest race for double-handed yachts. They left Melbourne on March 15 and sailed some 5,500 nautical miles (10,190 kilometers) to Osaka with the time of 29 days, 16 hours, 57 minutes and 59 seconds.

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Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.

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Juntendo University wins Tokyo-Hakone relay

TOKYO, Japan - Anchor Nobuhito Miyazaki cuts the tape as Juntendo University won its 10th championship in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay Jan. 3. The five Juntendo runners completed the 109.2-kilometer relay from Lake Ashinoko in Kanagawa Prefecture to Tokyo's Otemachi business district in 5 hours, 30 minutes and 57 seconds to win the two-day event with a total time of 11:14:05. Defending champion Komazawa University came in second at 11:17:00 while Chuo University, which won the outward leg of the competition Jan. 2, finished third at 11:19:17.

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Fujita hits tape at Fukuoka marathon with national record

FUKUOKA, Japan - Atsushi Fujita hits the tape at Heiwadai stadium in Fukuoka on Dec. 3 to win the Fukuoka International Marathon in a national record time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds. The previous best time for a Japanese marathoner was 2:06:57 set by Takayuki Inubushi in Berlin in September 1999.

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GLOBALink| Museum docent's talk show lets young people get interested in cultural relics

STORY: Museum docent's talk show lets young people get interested in cultural relics DATELINE: July 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. footages of Bai Xuesong's online shows 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): BAI XUESONG, Docent of Xi'an Beilin Museum STORYLINE: A museum docent's online talk show has attracted a large number of Chinese young people and let them fall in love with ancient cultural relics. Bai Xuesong is a docent with Xi'an Beilin Museum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. A livestreaming talk show of his draws 400,000 netizens with more than 5 million likes. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): BAI XUESONG, Docent of Xi'an Beilin Museum "I set a standard for myself. I need to say at least a piece of interesting historical information in 10 seconds or 20 seconds and interpret cultural relics from new perspectives. The most important thing for museums is rigor and accuracy of information. On the basis of accuracy, we try to arouse people's interest with new forms.

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CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE-VICTIMS-MOURNING CEREMONY (CN)

(220413) -- NANJING, April 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People mourn during the "lights out" ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 13, 2022. A mourning ceremony for four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year was held Wednesday in Nanjing. Among the photo wall composed of 100 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng were turned off in a few seconds, and their colored photos then turned to black and white. The loss of the four survivors has reduced the number of registered survivors to 57. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE-VICTIMS-MOURNING CEREMONY (CN)

(220413) -- NANJING, April 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 13, 2022 shows the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng, the four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year (L to R), at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. A mourning ceremony for four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year was held Wednesday in Nanjing. Among the photo wall composed of 100 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng were turned off in a few seconds, and their colored photos then turned to black and white. The loss of the four survivors has reduced the number of registered survivors to 57. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE-VICTIMS-MOURNING CEREMONY (CN)

(220413) -- NANJING, April 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A family member of Pu Yeliang lays a flower to bid his farewell during the "lights out" ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 13, 2022. A mourning ceremony for four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year was held Wednesday in Nanjing. Among the photo wall composed of 100 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng were turned off in a few seconds, and their colored photos then turned to black and white. The loss of the four survivors has reduced the number of registered survivors to 57. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE-VICTIMS-MOURNING CEREMONY (CN)

(220413) -- NANJING, April 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A family member of Zhu Zaiqiang lays a flower to bid his farewell during the "lights out" ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 13, 2022. A mourning ceremony for four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year was held Wednesday in Nanjing. Among the photo wall composed of 100 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng were turned off in a few seconds, and their colored photos then turned to black and white. The loss of the four survivors has reduced the number of registered survivors to 57. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE-VICTIMS-MOURNING CEREMONY (CN)

(220413) -- NANJING, April 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People mourn during the "lights out" ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 13, 2022. A mourning ceremony for four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year was held Wednesday in Nanjing. Among the photo wall composed of 100 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng were turned off in a few seconds, and their colored photos then turned to black and white. The loss of the four survivors has reduced the number of registered survivors to 57. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE-VICTIMS-MOURNING CEREMONY (CN)

(220413) -- NANJING, April 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 13, 2022 shows the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng, the four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year (bottom, L to R), at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. A mourning ceremony for four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year was held Wednesday in Nanjing. Among the photo wall composed of 100 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng were turned off in a few seconds, and their colored photos then turned to black and white. The loss of the four survivors has reduced the number of registered survivors to 57. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE-VICTIMS-MOURNING CEREMONY (CN)

(220413) -- NANJING, April 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Family members of Wang Suming lay a flower to bid their farewells during the "lights out" ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 13, 2022. A mourning ceremony for four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year was held Wednesday in Nanjing. Among the photo wall composed of 100 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng were turned off in a few seconds, and their colored photos then turned to black and white. The loss of the four survivors has reduced the number of registered survivors to 57. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE-VICTIMS-MOURNING CEREMONY (CN)

(220413) -- NANJING, April 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People mourn during the "lights out" ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 13, 2022. A mourning ceremony for four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year was held Wednesday in Nanjing. Among the photo wall composed of 100 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng were turned off in a few seconds, and their colored photos then turned to black and white. The loss of the four survivors has reduced the number of registered survivors to 57. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE-VICTIMS-MOURNING CEREMONY (CN)

(220413) -- NANJING, April 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A family member of Wang Heng lays a flower to bid her farewell during the "lights out" ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 13, 2022. A mourning ceremony for four victims of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year was held Wednesday in Nanjing. Among the photo wall composed of 100 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, the lightboxes of Zhu Zaiqiang, Pu Yeliang, Wang Suming and Wang Heng were turned off in a few seconds, and their colored photos then turned to black and white. The loss of the four survivors has reduced the number of registered survivors to 57. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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New Zealand team wins 2003 Osaka Cup yacht race

OSAKA, Japan - New Zealand's Brian Petersen (L) and John Bankart shake hands on their yacht Marverick II at a yacht harbor at Osaka-Kita port on April 15 after winning the 2003 Osaka Cup, the world's longest race for double-handed yachts. They left Melbourne on March 15 and sailed some 5,500 nautical miles (10,190 kilometers) to Osaka with the time of 29 days, 16 hours, 57 minutes and 59 seconds. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Takamiya comes in 8th at Tokyo Marathon

Japan's Yuki Takamiya crosses the finish line at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Feb. 28, 2016, to come in eighth in the Tokyo Marathon. Takamiya finished first among Japanese runners with a record of two hours, 10 minutes and 57 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jorgensen wins women's race in world triathlon Yokohama

American Gwen Jorgensen crosses the finish line to win the women's race at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series Yokohama in 1 hour, 57 minutes, 20 seconds in the Japanese city on May 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan finishes in 9th in women's 4x5km cross country relay

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Michiko Kashiwabara sits on the snow after crossing the finish line in the women's 4x5-kilometer relay classic/free cross country event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, Canada, on Feb. 25, 2010. Japan came in ninth with a time of 57 minutes, 40.4 seconds. (Kyodo)

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(1)Tosa wins Nagoya int'l women's marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Reiko Tosa comes behind to win the Nagoya International Women's Marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 57 seconds on March 14, making a strong case for one of the berths to this summer's Athens Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.

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Juntendo University wins Tokyo-Hakone relay

TOKYO, Japan - Anchor Nobuhito Miyazaki cuts the tape as Juntendo University won its 10th championship in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay Jan. 3. The five Juntendo runners completed the 109.2-kilometer relay from Lake Ashinoko in Kanagawa Prefecture to Tokyo's Otemachi business district in 5 hours, 30 minutes and 57 seconds to win the two-day event with a total time of 11:14:05. Defending champion Komazawa University came in second at 11:17:00 while Chuo University, which won the outward leg of the competition Jan. 2, finished third at 11:19:17.

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Fujita hits tape at Fukuoka marathon with national record

FUKUOKA, Japan - Atsushi Fujita hits the tape at Heiwadai stadium in Fukuoka on Dec. 3 to win the Fukuoka International Marathon in a national record time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds. The previous best time for a Japanese marathoner was 2:06:57 set by Takayuki Inubushi in Berlin in September 1999.