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High inflation rate tests consumers'patience in Türkiye

STORY: High inflation rate tests consumers' patience in Türkiye DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:42 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish people on the streets and shopping 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): MEHMET NURI SULAT, 70-year-old pensioner 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): SAKINE YELGE, 57-year-old homemaker 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): ISMAIL YIGIT, 67-year-old pensioner STORYLINE: Annual inflation in Türkiye hit 58.9 percent in August, with consumer prices increasing 9.09 percent from the previous month, according to official data released on Monday. Food costs increased significantly to a high of 72.9 percent year-on-year in August, putting an additional burden on struggling households. Türkiye is undergoing an economic overhaul since the appointment of market-friendly figures at key economic posts following the May general elections. More conventional monetary policies have been implemented, and interest rates have been significantly hiked but this has not helped ye

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American professor calls for more exchanges to improve China-U.S. relations

STORY: American professor calls for more exchanges to improve China-U.S. relations DATELINE: Aug. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiamen 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WILLIAM BROWN, American professor at Xiamen University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WILLIAM BROWN, American professor at Xiamen University 4. various of China 5. various of street views 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): WILLIAM BROWN, American professor at Xiamen University 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): WILLIAM BROWN, American professor at Xiamen University 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): WILLIAM BROWN, American professor at Xiamen University STORYLINE: William Brown, a 67-year-old U.S. professor of business management at Xiamen University in east China's Fujian Province, has been living with his family in China for more than 30 years. In the past years, he has been writing over 20 books to record a changing and vibrant China to help people better understand the country. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WILLIAM B

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Tanzanian grape farmer rejoices as local winery plans to tap Chinese market

STORY: Tanzanian grape farmer rejoices as local winery plans to tap Chinese market DATELINE: June 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Dodoma CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the vineyard 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): WILLIAM MEDARD SWAI, Grape farmer 3. various of the vineyard 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ARCHARD KATO, Managing director of Alko Vintages Company Limited 5. various of the wine company STORYLINE: In a 1.5-hectare vineyard 39 kilometers north of the Tanzanian capital of Dodoma, 67-year-old grape farmer William Swai has recently been busy checking the grapes, which will be fully ripe and picked to make delicious wine by mid-July. Tanzania, despite not having an international reputation as a wine producer, is home to the second-largest wine-producing region in sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa. Swai said that the opening of international markets, including the Chinese market, to locally-made wines will boost the production of the country's wineries. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): WILLIA

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American professor devoted to writing books on China for over 30 years

STORY: American professor devoted to writing books on China for over 30 years DATELINE: June 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of William Brown writing 2. various of books written by William Brown 3. various of William Brown and his family 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WILLIAM BROWN, American MBA professor at Xiamen University 5. various of William Brown's travel in China 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WILLIAM BROWN, American MBA professor at Xiamen University 7. various of William Brown writing 8. various of books written by William Brown 9. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): WILLIAM BROWN, American MBA professor at Xiamen University STORYLINE: An American professor living in Xiamen City, southeast China's Fujian Province, has been writing books to record a changing and vibrant China for over 30 years. William Brown is a 67-year-old MBA professor at Xiamen University. Having been interested in China for a long time, he sold his company and moved to Xiamen with his family

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Taiwan compatriot explores lotus industry on Chinese mainland

STORY: Taiwan compatriot explores lotus industry on Chinese mainland DATELINE: June 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chien Fu-Chuan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHIEN FU-CHUAN, Lotus grower from Taiwan 3. various of Chien's lotus ponds 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHIEN FU-CHUAN, Lotus grower from Taiwan STORYLINE: Chien Fu-Chuan, a 67-year-old lotus grower from Taiwan, has been exploring the industry on the Chinese mainland since 1997. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHIEN FU-CHUAN, Lotus grower from Taiwan "Why did I want to engage in the lotus industry on the Chinese mainland at that time? The main reason is that Taiwan's agriculture is largely affected by typhoons. So I wanted to tap into the market here. The market is very big here." In 2006, Chien settled down in Lotus Village of Tong'an District in Xiamen City. Covering an area of 120 mu (about 8 hectares), Chien's "lotus world" now features more than 600 species. Over the past 26 years, beside

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7 killed in two shootings in northern California

STORY: 7 killed in two shootings in northern California DATELINE: Jan. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:50 LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, U.S. CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of northern California STORYLINE: Seven people were killed and one was critically injured in two shootings in northern California on Monday, U.S. media reported. The shootings occurred at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay, about 50 km south of San Francisco. The motives of the shootings are still unknown, Los Angeles Times quoted a statement of the Sheriff's Office as saying. Previously, the Sheriff's Office reported on Twitter a shooting incident with multiple victims and said a 67-year-old suspect was arrested. "The Sheriff's Office is responding to a shooting incident with multiple victims in the area of (Highway) 92 and the (Half Moon Bay) City limits," it tweeted. "Suspect is in custody." The shootings took place just two days after 11 people were killed in a mass shooting in the city of Monterey

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Funeral for Okinawa Gov. Onaga

NAHA, Japan, Aug. 13 Kyodo - Photo shows a funeral ceremony held in the Okinawa prefectural capital of Naha on Aug. 13, 2018, for incumbent Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga. The 67-year-old Onaga, who had fought against the relocation of a U.S. base within Okinawa, died of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 8. (Pool photo)==Kyodo

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Otto Hahn's grandson visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Dietrich Hahn, a 67-year-old journalist and grandson of Otto Hahn, the German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of nuclear fission, delivers a speech in Hiroshima on the night of Sept. 30, 2013. Earlier in the day, Hahn met survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city and offered flowers at the cenotaph for the victims of the attack.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka (2nd from R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day. At right is Yasuhiro Yamashita, a 1984 Olympic judo gold medalist who became vice president of the federation. At left is Hiromasa Uno, who was named secretary general, and 2nd from left is Yasuhiro Chikaishi, who was chosen as executive director.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka (L) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day. At right is Yasuhiro Yamashita, a 1984 Olympic judo gold medalist who became the vice president of the federation.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Shoji Muneoka at the Kodokan hall in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japanese-Filipino in search of father's identity

KUMAMOTO, Japan - David Honda, a 67-year-old Filipino pastor born of a Japanese father and Filipino mother, holds a press conference while showing photos of his father, Torao Honda, at Kumamoto airport on Aug. 7, 2012. Honda arrived in Japan the same day for the first time to visit his father's hometown in Kumamoto Prefecture after establishing contact with his father's relatives in Japan.

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Japanese-Filipino in search of father's identity

MANILA, Philippines - David Honda, a 67-year-old Filipino pastor born of a Japanese father and Filipino mother, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Metropolitan Manila on Aug. 6, 2012. Honda will arrive in Japan the following day for the first time to visit his father's hometown after establishing contact with his father's relatives in Japan.

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Ex-farm minister neglected to report 60 mil. yen in donations

OSAKA, Japan - A political organization affiliated with former farm minister Mineichi Iwanaga (file photo) neglected to report 60 million yen in donations from a religious group in its political funds reports. Iwanaga, a 67-year-old lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, served as the agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister in 2005 in the Cabinet of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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Woman becomes sick after eating Cup Noodle

TORIDE, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 23 shows a Nissin Food Products Co.'s factory in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture. A 67-year-old woman in Kanagawa Prefecture vomited after eating the company's Cup Noodle produced at the factory. A chemical normally found in bug repellant was later detected in the soup, a municipality said the same day.

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Ex-abductee Soga's husband Jenkins promotes Sado rice

TOKYO, Japan - Charles Jenkins (R), the 67-year-old husband of former abductee Hitomi Soga, participated in a event in Tokyo on Nov. 9 to help promote organic rice from Sado, an island in Niigata Prefecture where the couple now live after being allowed to leave North Korea.

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67-year-old granny Ito wins career No. 100 at nationals

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuko Ito, a 67-year-old grandmother and former world doubles champion, beats a high school player to claim an unprecedented 100th singles victory at the table tennis national championships in Tokyo on Dec. 18. Ito made her first appearance in the national championships in 1954 and won the women's singles title twice. She won world doubles and team titles between the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Empress returns home after Switzerland trip

NARITA, Japan - Empress Michiko returns to Narita airport after attending a jubilee congress in Basel, Switzerland, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). It was the first time for the 67-year-old empress to travel overseas without her husband since she married into the imperial family in 1959, according to the Imperial Household Agency. (Pool photo)

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Empress leaves for Switzerland to attend book confab

NARITA, Japan - Empress Michiko leaves Narita airport for Switzerland on Sept. 28 to attend a jubilee congress in Basel to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). It is the first time for the 67-year-old empress to travel overseas alone since she married into the imperial family in 1959. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress greeted by well-wishers

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave their hands to greet well-wishers, many of whom wave Japanese flags at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2. ''I am very happy to celebrate the new year with you. I pray for peace and happiness for my country and the world,'' said the 67-year-old emperor. The Imperial Household Agency said the number of visitors -- totaling 70,870 -- rose by 13,630 from last year.

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UNICEF to honor actress Kuroyanagi for helping children

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (file photo), a Japanese actress and television personality, will be honored by the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) for helping children in poverty and civil strife. The 67-year-old Kuroyanagi, who is serving as UNICEF's goodwill ambassador, will be the first recipient of the ''Global Leadership for Children Award'' established by UNICEF to mark the 10th anniversary of the 1990 World Summit for Children.

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Yokoyama receives educational award in S. Africa

PRETORIA, South Africa - Osaka Gov. Knock Yokoyama (R) shakes hands with South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma after receiving a special educational award on Nov. 20 for helping to donate abandoned bicycles to South Africa's children. Women's groups and others in Japan, however, are protesting Yokoyama's trip to South Africa, saying the 67-year-old governor does not deserve such a prize from South Africa because of his loss in a sexual harassment suit.

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China's new leadership launched

Photo taken at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Oct. 23, 2022, shows Wang Huning, China's top ideological theorist. The party announced the same day that the 67-year-old would stay on as a Politburo Standing Committee member.

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SOMALIA-MOGADISHU-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(220516) -- MOGADISHU, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A member of lawmakers votes during the presidential election in Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 15, 2022. The Somalian parliament on Sunday chose Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country's new president in a third-round runoff in an election that has been delayed for over a year. The 67-year-old Mohamud, former Somalian president in 2012-2017, won 214 votes from lawmakers, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Farmajo, who garnered 110 votes. Mohamud was immediately sworn in after the vote. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)

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SOMALIA-MOGADISHU-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(220516) -- MOGADISHU, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is seen during the presidential election in Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 15, 2022. The Somalian parliament on Sunday chose Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country's new president in a third-round runoff in an election that has been delayed for over a year. The 67-year-old Mohamud, former Somalian president in 2012-2017, won 214 votes from lawmakers, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Farmajo, who garnered 110 votes. Mohamud was immediately sworn in after the vote. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)

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SOMALIA-MOGADISHU-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(220516) -- MOGADISHU, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Somali parliament speaker Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur announces the results of the presidential election in Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 15, 2022. The Somalian parliament on Sunday chose Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country's new president in a third-round runoff in an election that has been delayed for over a year. The 67-year-old Mohamud, former Somalian president in 2012-2017, won 214 votes from lawmakers, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Farmajo, who garnered 110 votes. Mohamud was immediately sworn in after the vote. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)

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India reports 2nd case of Omicron XE variant of COVID-19

STORY: India reports 2nd case of Omicron XE variant of COVID-19 DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of New Delhi STORYLINE: India has reported its second case of Omicron XE variant of COVID-19, this time from its western state of Gujarat, a minister in the state government said on Saturday. The 67-year-old patient had tested positive for COVID-19 last month. His sample was sent to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium for further testing, with the report coming back confirming the presence of the new variant. The patient reportedly has a travel history from Mumbai city, where the country's first Omicron XE case was reported a couple of days ago. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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Ex-abductee Soga's husband Jenkins promotes Sado rice

TOKYO, Japan - Charles Jenkins (R), the 67-year-old husband of former abductee Hitomi Soga, participated in a event in Tokyo on Nov. 9 to help promote organic rice from Sado, an island in Niigata Prefecture where the couple now live after being allowed to leave North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Woman becomes sick after eating Cup Noodle

TORIDE, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 23 shows a Nissin Food Products Co.'s factory in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture. A 67-year-old woman in Kanagawa Prefecture vomited after eating the company's Cup Noodle produced at the factory. A chemical normally found in bug repellant was later detected in the soup, a municipality said the same day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-farm minister neglected to report 60 mil. yen in donations

OSAKA, Japan - A political organization affiliated with former farm minister Mineichi Iwanaga (file photo) neglected to report 60 million yen in donations from a religious group in its political funds reports. Iwanaga, a 67-year-old lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, served as the agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister in 2005 in the Cabinet of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Kyodo)

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67-year-old granny Ito wins career No. 100 at nationals

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuko Ito, a 67-year-old grandmother and former world doubles champion, beats a high school player to claim an unprecedented 100th singles victory at the table tennis national championships in Tokyo on Dec. 18. Ito made her first appearance in the national championships in 1954 and won the women's singles title twice. She won world doubles and team titles between the late 1950s and early 1960s. (Kyodo)

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Pro-Constitution scholar Kobayashi's group losing in upper house race

Constitutional scholar Setsu Kobayashi is seen in Nagoya on July 10, 2016, after losing in his attempt to gain a seat in the House of Councillors in the election that day for his political group to help block amendments to the pacifist supreme law. Kobayashi, a 67-year-old professor emeritus at Keio University, leads the "Kokumin Ikari no Koe" (Angry Voice of the People) group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singer, scandal-hit politician, scholar among election candidates

Setsu Kobayashi, a professor emeritus at Keio University, makes a speech in Tokyo on June 22, 2016, for the July 10 House of Councillors election. The 67-year-old has created his own political group "Kokumin Ikari No Koe" (Angry Voice of the People). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo governor steps down over political funds scandal

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (front L) bows before leaving the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on June 15, 2016. Earlier that day, the 67-year-old governor submitted his resignation over a political funds scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo governor steps down over political funds scandal

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe speaks about the reason for his resignation before the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on June 15, 2016. Earlier that day, the 67-year-old governor submitted his resignation over a political funds scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Photo taken June 9, 2015, shows Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, who was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature on Oct. 8, 2015. The 67-year-old Alexievich, known for her nonfiction works on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, became the 14th female Nobel laureate in literature, with the prize judges hailing her works as "a monument to suffering and courage in our time." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Photo taken June 9, 2015, shows Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, who was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature on Oct. 8, 2015. The 67-year-old Alexievich, known for her nonfiction works on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, became the 14th female Nobel laureate in literature, with the prize judges hailing her works as "a monument to suffering and courage in our time." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Law school professor suspected of leaking bar exam questions

Photo taken in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2015, shows Meiji University, where a law school professor is suspected of having leaked questions for the 2015 national bar examination to one of his former students. The Justice Ministry says the 67-year-old professor, Koichi Aoyagi, leaked the information to a female student in her 20s and the two have admitted to the allegation during the ministry's questioning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Law school professor suspected of leaking bar exam questions

Photo taken in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015, shows Meiji University, where a law school professor is suspected of having leaked questions for the 2015 national bar examination to one of his former students. The Justice Ministry says the 67-year-old professor, Koichi Aoyagi, leaked the information to a female student in her 20s and the two have admitted to the allegation during the ministry's questioning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages to suicide victim's family

Lawyers hold banners to show that the Fukushima District Court accepted their argument on June 30, 2015, that a 67-year-old man committed suicide due to mental problems related to the nuclear disaster at the Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi complex, ordering TEPCO to pay 27 million yen in damages to his family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral for Okinawa Gov. Onaga

Photo shows a funeral ceremony held in the Okinawa prefectural capital of Naha on Aug. 13, 2018, for incumbent Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga. The 67-year-old Onaga, who had fought against the relocation of a U.S. base within Okinawa, died of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 8. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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Former vice governor plans to run in Tokyo gubernatorial race

Photo taken in December 2009 shows former Tokyo Vice Gov. Yutaka Takehana. The 67-year-old former police bureaucrat and current president of convention center operator Tokyo Big Sight Inc. said June 27, 2016, that he plans to contest the July 31 Tokyo gubernatorial election if he can gain support from the ruling coalition to succeed Yoichi Masuzoe, who resigned amid a political funds scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Acquittal finalized for Korean-Japanese accused of espionage

Lee Chul (C) smiles after South Korea's Supreme Court finalized his acquittal over espionage charges in a retrial on Nov. 26, 2015. The 67-year-old Korean born and raised in Japan was detained in South Korea in 1975 and sentenced to death for spying for North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese ambassador, wife charged over daughter's death

EVIA ISLAND, Greece - Masami Tanida (R), 77, a former ambassador to the Vatican, is taken from a police station to a local court on Evia Island, Greece, on Sept. 9. Greek prosecutors indicted Tanida and his 67-year-old Greek wife the same day on charges of killing their 35-year-old daughter. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Americans hope imperial visit reawakens Japanese identit

HONOLULU, United States - Lois Yasui, 67-year-old president of the United Japanese Society of Hawaii, speaks at the Buddhist temple of Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii in Honolulu on July 13. (Kyodo)

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Empress leaves for Switzerland to attend book confab

NARITA, Japan - Empress Michiko leaves Narita airport for Switzerland on Sept. 28 to attend a jubilee congress in Basel to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). It is the first time for the 67-year-old empress to travel overseas alone since she married into the imperial family in 1959. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)