Gold bullion worth 600 mil. yen

Gold bullion worth 600 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a piece of gold bullion, weighing 120 kilograms and worth 600 million yen ($6 million), at Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on April 19, 2013. The store began a special display the same day of the gold block, letting visitors touch it, to mark the launch inside the department store of a shop specializing in purchasing gold.

Gold bullion worth 600 mil. yen

Gold bullion worth 600 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A shopper at Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Shinjuku district touches a piece of gold bullion, weighing 120 kilograms and worth 600 million yen ($6 million), on April 19, 2013. The store began a special display the same day of the gold block, letting visitors touch it, to mark the launch inside the department store of a shop specializing in purchasing gold.

Window falls from police helicopter over Tokyo's Setagaya Ward

Window falls from police helicopter over Tokyo's Setagaya Ward

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows an empty window frame on the Metropolitan Police Department helicopter Otori after the glass pane fell off while it was flying some 600 meters above Tokyo's Setagaya Ward in the afternoon of June 9. The glass pane, which weighed 2.25 kilograms, has not been found. (Photo courtesy of the MPD)

Mitsui Engineering succeeds in test operation of NGH plant

Mitsui Engineering succeeds in test operation of NGH plant

ICHIHARA, Japan - Photo shows a test plant Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. built in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, for reducing natural gas to a sherbet-like state and then returning it to a gaseous form, a process that will reduce transportation and storage costs. The company said Feb. 10 it has succeeded in the test operation of the plant, which is capable of producing 600 kilograms of natural gas hydrate (NGH), a chemically stable crystalline substance that resembles sherbet, a day.

China's Inner Mongolia reports record-high grain output

STORY: China's Inner Mongolia reports record-high grain output DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of grain harvesting in Inner Mongolia STORYLINE: Official data show that north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region this year reported a record-high annual grain output of over 39 billion kilograms, up 600 million kilograms from last year. According to the regional agriculture and animal husbandry department, Inner Mongolia has maintained an annual grain output of above 37.5 billion kilograms for five consecutive years. As one of China's major grain-producing regions, Inner Mongolia's output of major food crops such as corn, soybeans and potatoes ranks among the top in China. In 2022, the region saw the stable expansion of its sown grain area, which climbed to more than 104 million mu (about 6.9 million hectares), and its average crop yield per area unit also grew. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hohhot, China. (XHTV)

Intelligent technologies aid rice production, harvest in NE China

STORY: Intelligent technologies aid rice production, harvest in NE China DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): DAI JINRONG, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YE ZHIFENG, Deputy general manager of Puyang Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): DAI JINRONG, Xinhua correspondent "Now I am in a paddy field in Beidahuang Group, Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. This year, the rice's estimated production of this field can reach around 600 kilograms per mu (0.0667 hectares), which means this farm can really enjoy a rice bumper harvest. Now rice is mature. Sophisticated combines are cutting the rice and separating the grain from the stalks. Let's go and record the whole process." The combine harvester is a versatile machine designed to efficiently harvest a variety of grain crops. It can combine separate harvesting operations including reaping, threshing, gathering, and winnow

Window falls from police helicopter over Tokyo's Setagaya Ward

Window falls from police helicopter over Tokyo's Setagaya Ward

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows an empty window frame on the Metropolitan Police Department helicopter Otori after the glass pane fell off while it was flying some 600 meters above Tokyo's Setagaya Ward in the afternoon of June 9. The glass pane, which weighed 2.25 kilograms, has not been found. (Photo courtesy of the MPD) (Kyodo)

World's largest tasting of "yakisoba" noodles

World's largest tasting of "yakisoba" noodles

People pose for a photo after participating in the tasting of instant "yakisoba" stir fry noodles made using a 1.3 meter by 1.8 meter metallic container in Isesaki city, eastern Japan, on May 5, 2019. The noodles, weighing about 160 kilograms, were eaten by nearly 600 people, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest tasting of instant noodles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

World's largest tasting of "yakisoba" noodles

World's largest tasting of "yakisoba" noodles

People make instant "yakisoba" stir fry noodles using a 1.3 meter by 1.8 meter metallic container in Isesaki city, eastern Japan, on May 5, 2019, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest tasting of instant noodles. The noodles, weighing about 160 kilograms, were eaten by nearly 600 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

World's largest tasting of "yakisoba" noodles

World's largest tasting of "yakisoba" noodles

People make instant "yakisoba" stir fry noodles using a 1.3 meter by 1.8 meter metallic container in Isesaki city, eastern Japan, on May 5, 2019, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest tasting of instant noodles. The noodles, weighing about 160 kilograms, were eaten by nearly 600 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

World's largest tasting of "yakisoba" noodles

World's largest tasting of "yakisoba" noodles

People make instant "yakisoba" stir fry noodles using a 1.3 meter by 1.8 meter metallic container in Isesaki city, eastern Japan, on May 5, 2019, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest tasting of instant noodles. The noodles, weighing about 160 kilograms, were eaten by nearly 600 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mitsui Engineering succeeds in test operation of NGH plant

Mitsui Engineering succeeds in test operation of NGH plant

ICHIHARA, Japan - Photo shows a test plant Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. built in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, for reducing natural gas to a sherbet-like state and then returning it to a gaseous form, a process that will reduce transportation and storage costs. The company said Feb. 10 it has succeeded in the test operation of the plant, which is capable of producing 600 kilograms of natural gas hydrate (NGH), a chemically stable crystalline substance that resembles sherbet, a day. (Kyodo)

Japan conducts geological study in Antarctica

Japan conducts geological study in Antarctica

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Japan's 41st Antarctic expedition conducted a large-scale geological study in Antarctica by detonating dynamite in January to research underground structures. A total of 180 seismometers were buried deep under ice over a 200-kilometer-long area. Some 600-kilograms of dynamite were set at each of six points to cause an artificial earthquake of about magnitude 2. The photo, provided by expedition member Shintaro Nomoto, shows one of the explosions.