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Myanmar-Bangkok Earthquake Aftermath

This photo taken on April 1, 2025 shows the rescue operation of a trapped woman in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A 63-year-old woman trapped under debris for 91 hours after a powerful earthquake in Myanmar was rescued on Tuesday in Nay Pyi Taw, the Myanmar Fire Services Department (MFSD) reported. Photo by MFSD/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar-Bangkok Earthquake Aftermath

This photo taken on April 1, 2025 shows the rescue operation of a trapped woman in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A 63-year-old woman trapped under debris for 91 hours after a powerful earthquake in Myanmar was rescued on Tuesday in Nay Pyi Taw, the Myanmar Fire Services Department (MFSD) reported. Photo by MFSD/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar-Bangkok Earthquake Aftermath

This photo taken on April 1, 2025 shows the rescue operation of a trapped woman in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A 63-year-old woman trapped under debris for 91 hours after a powerful earthquake in Myanmar was rescued on Tuesday in Nay Pyi Taw, the Myanmar Fire Services Department (MFSD) reported. Photo by MFSD/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar-Bangkok Earthquake Aftermath

This photo taken on April 1, 2025 shows the rescue operation of a trapped woman in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A 63-year-old woman trapped under debris for 91 hours after a powerful earthquake in Myanmar was rescued on Tuesday in Nay Pyi Taw, the Myanmar Fire Services Department (MFSD) reported. Photo by MFSD/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar-Bangkok Earthquake Aftermath

This photo taken on April 1, 2025 shows the rescue operation of a trapped woman in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. A 63-year-old woman trapped under debris for 91 hours after a powerful earthquake in Myanmar was rescued on Tuesday in Nay Pyi Taw, the Myanmar Fire Services Department (MFSD) reported. Photo by MFSD/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Making golf club that combines Chinese and Western styles

STORY: Making golf club that combines Chinese and Western styles SHOOTING TIME: March 29, 2024 DATELINE: March 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: YUJIANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of wood carving 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FOLEY MARTIN, Canadian sculpture designer 3. various of Martin working 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FOLEY MARTIN, Canadian sculpture designer 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FOLEY MARTIN, Canadian sculpture designer STORYLINE: Wood carving, a traditional Chinese art with a history of thousands of years. Yujiang, a county in east China's Jiangxi Province, is renowned for its wood carvings. A 63-year-old Canadian artist, came here to explore Chinese intangible cultural heritage. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FOLEY MARTIN, Canadian sculpture designer "I've always wanted to see China. Since I was a young boy, I've always been fascinated by Chinese art." A year ago, Martin established a studio in Yujiang and collaborated with local wood carvers. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FOLEY MARTIN, C

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Intangible cultural heritage inheritors in Syria hope to revive glassblowing tradition

STORY: Intangible cultural heritage inheritors in Syria hope to revive glassblowing tradition SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 27, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of glassblowing process 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD HALLAQ, Glassblower 3. various of glassblowing process 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): YASMIN DARWISH, Apprentice 5. various of glassblowing process 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): BASMA MAJZOUB, Apprentice 7. various of glassblowing process STORYLINE: In the heart of Damascus, the capital of Syria, 63-year-old Muhammad Hallaq has run a glassblowing workshop, a family legacy that spans three generations. In his workshop in the Zablatani area, Hallaq and six family members have remained to blow glass to keep this time-honored Syrian technique from dying out. Hallaq is delighted as the glassblowing tradition has recently been inscribed on the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD HALLAQ, Glassblower "I hav

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Rugby: Jones to lead Brave Blossoms again

Eddie Jones receives the ball during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2023, as the 63-year-old is introduced by the Japan Rugby Football Union for his second stint as Japan head coach.

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Rugby: Jones to lead Brave Blossoms again

Eddie Jones speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2023, as the 63-year-old is introduced by the Japan Rugby Football Union for his second stint as Japan head coach.

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Rugby: Jones to lead Brave Blossoms again

Eddie Jones gestures at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2023, as the 63-year-old is introduced by the Japan Rugby Football Union for his second stint as Japan head coach.

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HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE-FREE-CONSULTATION

(231029) -- BUDAPEST, Oct. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Piroska Molnar (R 2nd), a 63-year-old Hungarian citizen consults TCM experts during the 2023 World Traditional Chinese Medicine Day Free Consultation event in Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 28, 2023. In recent years, Hungary has witnessed a surge in interest in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), as demonstrated by the success of the "2023 World Traditional Chinese Medicine Day Free Consultation." This event, which was held on Oct. 27 and 28 at the BOK Hall in Budapest, drew a large number of Hungarian citizens eager to experience the benefits of TCM. TO GO WITH "Feature: Traditional Chinese medicine consultation gains popularity in Hungary" (Xinhua/Chen Hao)

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63-year-old Chinese daredevil performs cliff diving in Mudanjiang

STORY: 63-year-old Chinese daredevil performs cliff diving in Mudanjiang DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Di Huanran performing cliff diving STORYLINE: A man in his 60s performed cliff dives at a scenic area in China's Mudanjiang, although the temperatures dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius. Di Huanran has been practicing cliff dives for four decades, no matter the weather conditions. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China. (XHTV)

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Top court acquits professor of groping girl on train

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Nagura, a 63-year-old professor at the National Defense Medical College, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 14. The Supreme Court acquitted him the same day of groping a high school girl on a train in the first instance of the apex court overturning previous guilty rulings in a molestation case.

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Man arrested over serial murder case

SHUNAN, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on July 26, 2013, shows the mountainous area (back) in which a missing man was found the same day. Police arrested the 63-year-old man, who had gone missing from a small community (front) where five people were killed in a serial murder and arson case.

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Man arrested over serial murder case

SHUNAN, Japan - A vehicle carrying a man who was found in a mountain arrives at Shunan police station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 26, 2013. Police arrested later in the day the 63-year-old man who had gone missing from a small mountainous community in the prefecture, western Japan, where five people were killed in a serial murder and arson case.

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Man arrested over serial murder case

SHUNAN, Japan - A vehicle carrying a man who was found in a mountain arrives at Shunan police station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 26, 2013. Police arrested later in the day the 63-year-old man who had gone missing from a small mountainous community in the prefecture, western Japan, where five people were killed in a serial murder and arson case.

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Man arrested over serial murder case

SHUNAN, Japan - Reporters flock around Shunan police station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 26, 2013, after hearing a report that a missing man had been found. Police arrested later in the day the 63-year-old man, who had gone missing from a small mountainous community in the prefecture, western Japan, where five people were killed in a serial murder and arson case.

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Man sets fire at city office

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the charred outer wall of the municipal office of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, after it was hit by an arson attack on July 12, 2013. A 63-year-old man enraged by a tax dispute with the city authorities used Molotov cocktails to set fire to the building, injuring at least 5 people, police and firefighters said.

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Man sets fire at city office

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Photo shows the charred outer wall of the municipal office of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, after it was hit by an arson attack on July 12, 2013. A 63-year-old man enraged by a tax dispute with the city authorities used Molotov cocktails to set fire to the building, injuring at least 5 people, police and firefighters said.

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Man sets fire at city office

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Employees of the municipal office of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, evacuate the building after it was hit by an arson attack on July 12, 2013. A 63-year-old man enraged by a tax dispute with the city authorities used Molotov cocktails to set fire to the building, injuring at least 5 people, police and firefighters said.

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Man sets fire at city office

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Smoke comes out of the municipal office of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, after it was hit by an arson attack on July 12, 2013. A 63-year-old man enraged by a tax dispute with the city authorities used Molotov cocktails to set fire to the building, injuring at least 5 people, police and firefighters said.

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Man sets fire at city office

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the charred outer wall of the municipal office of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, after it was hit by an arson attack on July 12, 2013. A 63-year-old man enraged by a tax dispute with the city authorities used Molotov cocktails to set fire to the building, injuring at least 5 people, police and firefighters said.

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Woman killed in accident on Schindler elevator

NAGOYA, Japan - Ishikawa prefectural police officers enter an office of Swiss firm Schindler in Nagoya on Nov. 1, 2012, after a 63-year-old part-time hotel worker died the previous day after she was wedged between the floor of an ascending Schindler elevator and the frame of the building in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Specialist testifies Sugaya's DNA did not match evidence

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - At the Tochigi prefectural government building, 63-year-old ex-convict Toshikazu Sugaya, who was wrongly arrested and sentenced to life in prison, speaks during a news conference on Nov. 24, 2009, after his trial at the Utsunomiya District Court. Sugaya was arrested and indicted in December 1991 on suspicion of killing a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture in May 1990, but the latest trial is expected to formally exonerate him, finding he was wrongly convicted.

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Family members of the abducted engineer feel relieved

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Mashimo (L) speaks to reporters in front of her house in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2009, after her husband Takeo, who had been kidnapped in Yemen on Nov. 15, was freed, with her son Gen standing next to her. Takeo Mashimo, a 63-year-old engineer, and his Yemeni driver were seized by armed tribesmen while traveling to the town of Arhab, several dozen kilometers north of the capital Sanaa.

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9.6 mil. yen tuna shared by Japanese, Chinese sushi restaurant owners

TOKYO, Japan - Yosuke Imada (C), 63-year-old Japanese manager of the prestigious sushi restaurant ''Kyubey'' in Tokyo's posh Ginza district, and Cheng Weitao (L), 41-year-old Chinese manager of a sushi chain in Hong Kong and elsewhere, shake hands at Tokyo's Tsukiji market on Jan. 5 after jointly bidding on a bluefin tuna that sold for 9.63 million yen at the New Year auction at the market, the highest price in eight years. They each took half of the fish, which was caught in the sea off Oma, Aomori Prefecture and cut in two at the market immediately after the bidding.

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War-displaced Japanese from Palau visits mother's grave

OTARU, Japan - Kimiko Jose, a 63-year-old war-displaced woman left behind in Palau by her Japanese mother toward the close of World War II, wipes tears during her first visit to her mother's grave in Otaru, Hokkaido, on July 19.

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Ozawa beats Kan to become new DPJ president

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C) shows his appreciation at a Tokyo hotel after winning the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election. The 63-year-old Ozawa, a former party vice president, received 119 votes from the party's 192 lawmakers, while Naoto Kan, 59, a two-time party president, garnered 72 votes.

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Concern over disappearance of craftmanship spreading

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Itakura (R), a 63-year-old metal mold worker at Aisin Seiki Co.'s Shintoyo plant in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, teaches trainees from India and Thailand how to repair metals molds used for making auto parts on March 10.

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U.N., Annan win Nobel Peace Prize

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan smiles at a news conference at the U.N. Headquarters on Oct. 12 after he won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2001 jointly with the United Nations. Annan, a 63-year-old Ghanaian who took the helm of the world body in January 1997, said he feels humbled but excited in being awarded the peace prize jointly with the 189-member world body.

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China's Xi launches new leadership

Photo shows Li Qiang, the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Shanghai, at the closing ceremony of the party's 20th National Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2022. The 63-year-old was appointed to the Politburo Standing Committee the following day.

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Rural women in S China turn desert into oasis

STORY: Rural women in S China turn desert into oasis DATELINE: March 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tao Fengjiao and trees 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TAO FENGJIAO, Villager in Hainan 3. various of Tao at a museum introducing tree planting efforts 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TAO FENGJIAO, Villager in Hainan 5. various of Tao and other villagers planting trees STORYLINE: Tao Fengjiao, a 63-year-old villager in Changjiang Li Autonomous County, south China's Hainan Province, has been devoted to tree planting around Qizi Bay along with her fellow female villagers. Over the past three decades, they planted 5.88 million casuarina trees to fend off the incursion of the coastal desert. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TAO FENGJIAO, Villager in Hainan "Here used to be a desert, but now it has been turned into an oasis." The bay was once a desert without any living plants. Whenever a typhoon landed, the sand was all over the sky, sometimes posing lethal threats to l

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Former FIA President Max Mosley Dead At 81

File photo dated October 23, 2009 of Max Mosley arriving at the hotel Westin in Paris, France. Jean Todt was elected president of motor racings governing body FIA beating Finnish candidate Ari Vatanen. Todt was the big favorite after getting backing from outgoing FIA president Max Mosley and Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone. The 63-year-old Frenchman was elected to a four-year term, beating Vatanen 135-49 in the voting at FIAs annual general meeting in Paris. The FIA said 12 votes were ruled as invalid or abstentions. - Max Mosley, the former president of motor sports' world governing body the FIA, has died aged 81. Mosley became FIA president in 1993 after serving in previous administrative roles in motor sport, including within Formula One. He served three terms as president before standing down in 2009. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former FIA President Max Mosley Dead At 81

File photo dated October 23, 2009 of Max Mosley arriving at the hotel Westin in Paris, France. Jean Todt was elected president of motor racings governing body FIA beating Finnish candidate Ari Vatanen. Todt was the big favorite after getting backing from outgoing FIA president Max Mosley and Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone. The 63-year-old Frenchman was elected to a four-year term, beating Vatanen 135-49 in the voting at FIAs annual general meeting in Paris. The FIA said 12 votes were ruled as invalid or abstentions. - Max Mosley, the former president of motor sports' world governing body the FIA, has died aged 81. Mosley became FIA president in 1993 after serving in previous administrative roles in motor sport, including within Formula One. He served three terms as president before standing down in 2009. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ozawa beats Kan to become new DPJ president

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C) shows his appreciation at a Tokyo hotel after winning the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election. The 63-year-old Ozawa, a former party vice president, received 119 votes from the party's 192 lawmakers, while Naoto Kan, 59, a two-time party president, garnered 72 votes. (Kyodo)

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Osaka_RedCross_Hospital-Press_Conference

Osaka Red Cross - Press Conference : March 10, 2000 (March 11, 2000) Police on Saturday raided the Osaka Red Cross Hospital over the death last year of a cancer patient who was accidentally given an incorrect dosage of an anticancer agent. The hospital in Osaka's Tennoji Ward is accused of professional negligence resulting in death. Following the instructions of a 27-year-old male intern who was the patient's attending physician, a nurse administered 80 milligrams of an anticancer agent intravenously to the patient on the morning on Dec. 27 last year, investigators said. By the evening of the same day, the 63-year-old patient was suffering stomach pains, diarrhea and other side affects. He died of multiple organ failure on Jan. 13, the investigators said. The doctor had intended the patient to receive 10 mg of an anticancer agent but accidentally prescribed a different agent and gave incorrect guidance to the nurse on the adequate dosage, the investigators said.

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LDP's Koike to run for Tokyo governor even without party's support

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yuriko Koike speaks in a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on July 6, 2016. The 63-year-old former defense minister formally announced she will run for Tokyo governor even if she cannot get the LDP's endorsement, possibly splitting the ruling party in the gubernatorial election set for July 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP's Koike to run for Tokyo governor even without party's support

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yuriko Koike ends a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on July 6, 2016. The 63-year-old former defense minister formally announced she will run for Tokyo governor even if she cannot get the LDP's endorsement, possibly splitting the ruling party in the gubernatorial election set for July 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP's Koike to run for Tokyo governor even without party's support

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yuriko Koike speaks in a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on July 6, 2016. The 63-year-old former defense minister formally announced she will run for Tokyo governor even if she cannot get the LDP's endorsement, possibly splitting the ruling party in the gubernatorial election set for July 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Car rams into pedestrians in Kobe, seriously injures 2

Pedestrians hit by a passenger car are attended to on May 3, 2016, in Kobe, western Japan. Seven men and women, including the 63-year-old driver of the car, were hurt. Among them were a 44-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter who sustained serious injuries in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Car rams into pedestrians in Kobe, seriously injures 2

A passenger car that hit pedestrians on May 3, 2016, in Kobe, western Japan, is seen after crashing into a scooter and a monument on the sidewalk. Seven men and women, including the 63-year-old driver of the car, were hurt. Among them were a 44-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter who sustained serious injuries in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Halilhodzic sounds alarm after first year as Japan coach

Vahid Halilhodzic, coach of Japan's men's soccer national team, is interviewed at the Japan Football Association in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2015. In an end-of-year interview, the 63-year-old Bosnian cites Japan's highly structured society as a reason for his players' lack of creativity and ability to take the initiative on the pitch. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Halilhodzic sounds alarm after first year as Japan coach

Vahid Halilhodzic, coach of Japan's men's soccer national team, is interviewed at the Japan Football Association in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2015. In an end-of-year interview, the 63-year-old Bosnian cites Japan's highly structured society as a reason for his players' lack of creativity and ability to take the initiative on the pitch. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Halilhodzic sounds alarm after first year as Japan coach

Vahid Halilhodzic, coach of Japan's men's soccer national team, is interviewed at the Japan Football Association in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2015. In an end-of-year interview, the 63-year-old Bosnian cites Japan's highly structured society as a reason for his players' lack of creativity and ability to take the initiative on the pitch. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea top court upholds acquittal of man once convicted of spying

Kang Jong Heon, a 63-year-old Korean resident of Japan, speaks with reporters in Seoul on Aug. 13, 2015, after South Korea's Supreme Court upheld a lower court's acquittal of him in a spying case. Kang, a professor now living in Kyoto, was convicted and sentenced to death in the 1970s for spying for North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local specialties served at farmhouse restaurant in central Japan

Kayoko Sakai, a 63-year-old researcher on local food, displays on July 7, 2015, a course of specialties for vegetarians in Farmhouse Restaurant Okado, which was launched by local people by using an old private house. The dishes include "somen" noodles, radish leaves with "miso" soybean taste and beaten eggs hardened in vegetable gelatin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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War-displaced Japanese from Palau visits mother's grave

OTARU, Japan - Kimiko Jose, a 63-year-old war-displaced woman left behind in Palau by her Japanese mother toward the close of World War II, wipes tears during her first visit to her mother's grave in Otaru, Hokkaido, on July 19. (Kyodo)

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Top court acquits professor of groping girl on train

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Nagura, a 63-year-old professor at the National Defense Medical College, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 14. The Supreme Court acquitted him the same day of groping a high school girl on a train in the first instance of the apex court overturning previous guilty rulings in a molestation case. (Kyodo)

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9.6 mil. yen tuna shared by Japanese, Chinese sushi restaurant ow

TOKYO, Japan - Yosuke Imada (C), 63-year-old Japanese manager of the prestigious sushi restaurant ''Kyubey'' in Tokyo's posh Ginza district, and Zheng Weitao (L), 41-year-old Chinese manager of a sushi chain in Hong Kong and elsewhere, shake hands at Tokyo's Tsukiji market on Jan. 5 after jointly bidding on a bluefin tuna that sold for 9.63 million yen at the New Year auction at the market, the highest price in eight years. They each took half of the fish, which was caught in the sea off Oma, Aomori Prefecture and cut in two at the market immediately after the bidding. (Kyodo)

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Specialist testifies Sugaya's DNA did not match evidence

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - At the Tochigi prefectural government building, 63-year-old ex-convict Toshikazu Sugaya, who was wrongly arrested and sentenced to life in prison, speaks during a news conference on Nov. 24, 2009, after his trial at the Utsunomiya District Court. Sugaya was arrested and indicted in December 1991 on suspicion of killing a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture in May 1990, but the latest trial is expected to formally exonerate him, finding he was wrongly convicted. (Kyodo)