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Chinese acupuncture works wonders for Zimbabweans

STORY: Chinese acupuncture works wonders for Zimbabweans SHOOTING TIME: June 6, 2024 DATELINE: June 9, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:40 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of acupuncture 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHARITY KAREKWAIVANANE, Patient 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RICHARD MUTINGWENDE, Acupuncturist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): RICHARD MUTINGWENDE, Acupuncturist 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): RICHARD MUTINGWENDE, Acupuncturist 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): VIMBAINASHE SIZIBA, Patient STORYLINE: At an acupuncture clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, Charity Karekwaivanane remained calm as acupuncture needles pierced her body. The 69-year-old grandmother had suffered from back pain for more than a decade. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHARITY KAREKWAIVANANE, Patient "It's a mystery that I got healed by those needles. I did not know what they would do to my body. I don't have any pain anymore. I am okay." The acupuncturist, Richard Mutingwende, a Zimbabwean licensed acupuncturist, opened the clinic after witness

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69-year-old saves driver out of river

Heartwarming! A #69-year-old man recently jumped into a river to save the driver of a #sinking car from #drowning in northeast #China's Liaoning Province

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THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA-PARANAQUE CITY-FIRE

(231109) -- PARANAQUE CITY, Nov. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A resident searches for his belongings inside his charred home after a fire at a residential area in Paranaque City, the Philippines, Nov. 9, 2023. A 69-year-old mother and her 42-year-old son died in a nearly three-hour fire that hit a residential area in the Philippine capital early on Thursday, the Philippines' Bureau of Fire Protection official said. The fire gutted at least 20 houses, affecting around 40 families. The bodies of the two victims were found in the bathroom and the living room, he said. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA-PARANAQUE CITY-FIRE

(231109) -- PARANAQUE CITY, Nov. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl is seen outside the door of her charred home after a fire at a residential area in Paranaque City, the Philippines, Nov. 9, 2023. A 69-year-old mother and her 42-year-old son died in a nearly three-hour fire that hit a residential area in the Philippine capital early on Thursday, the Philippines' Bureau of Fire Protection official said. The fire gutted at least 20 houses, affecting around 40 families. The bodies of the two victims were found in the bathroom and the living room, he said. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA-PARANAQUE CITY-FIRE

(231109) -- PARANAQUE CITY, Nov. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A resident is seen inside his charred home after a fire at a residential area in Paranaque City, the Philippines, Nov. 9, 2023. A 69-year-old mother and her 42-year-old son died in a nearly three-hour fire that hit a residential area in the Philippine capital early on Thursday, the Philippines' Bureau of Fire Protection official said. The fire gutted at least 20 houses, affecting around 40 families. The bodies of the two victims were found in the bathroom and the living room, he said. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA-PARANAQUE CITY-FIRE

(231109) -- PARANAQUE CITY, Nov. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A resident searches for her belongings inside her charred home after a fire at a residential area in Paranaque City, the Philippines, Nov. 9, 2023. A 69-year-old mother and her 42-year-old son died in a nearly three-hour fire that hit a residential area in the Philippine capital early on Thursday, the Philippines' Bureau of Fire Protection official said. The fire gutted at least 20 houses, affecting around 40 families. The bodies of the two victims were found in the bathroom and the living room, he said. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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Century-long legend of Hong Kong Chin Woo

STORY: Century-long legend of Hong Kong Chin Woo DATELINE: Oct. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the training of Kung Fu 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cantonese): KE JUNLONG, Chairman of Hong Kong Chin Woo Athletic Association 3. various of the training of Kung Fu 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Cantonese): KE JUNLONG, Chairman of Hong Kong Chin Woo Athletic Association STORYLINE: In Hong Kong, the Kung Fu world, made up of numerous martial arts sects, can be wrapped up in a single room. More than 20 martial arts masters of various Kung Fu styles have gathered together in a studio in downtown Kowloon and aligned with one and another under the name of "Chin Woo." After spending nearly five decades in the Hong Kong Chin Woo Athletic Association, Ke Junlong, the 69-year-old chairman, reckons Chin Woo as "a big family," drawing like-minded martial arts addicts together from various sects, and even across the boundaries of space and time. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cantonese): KE JUNLONG, Ch

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ELDERLY BARISTA (CN)

(230421) -- CHONGQING, April 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lei Shanpeng, a 69-year-old barista, serves pour-over coffee to customers in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on April 20, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Elderly barista delights young customers with aromatic coffee" (Xinhua/Chen Qingbing)

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Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi

TOKYO, Japan - Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012. The 69-year-old artist, formerly known as Katsura Sanshi, will give performances of comic storytelling in Paris on Dec. 7 and 8 as part of ongoing shows marking his succession to the name of his late master.

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Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi

TOKYO, Japan - Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi is pictured at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012. The 69-year-old artist, formerly known as Katsura Sanshi, will give performances of comic storytelling in Paris on Dec. 7 and 8 as part of ongoing shows marking his succession to the name of his late master.

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Ozawa arrives at court

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, arrives at the Tokyo District Court on the morning of March 9, 2012. Lawyers acting as prosecutors in the 69-year-old politician's trial are set to unveil later in the day their recommended punishment for the powerbroker, who has been charged with allegedly filing false political funds reports.

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Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, lays her hand on the shoulder of Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war.

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Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, smiles at Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war.

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Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

MANILA, Philippines - Pacita Okuma (L) and six other Filipinos of Japanese descent attend a press conference near Manila on Aug. 3, 2011, before leaving for Japan to meet their Japanese relatives. Okuma, a 69-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman, plans to meet her Japanese father for the first time in 66 years. They will make personal appearances at the Tokyo Family Court as part of their petition to acquire Japanese citizenship.

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Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

MANILA, Philippines - Pacita Okuma, a 69-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman, speaks during a press conference near Manila on Aug. 3, 2011, before leaving for Okinawa to meet her Japanese father for the first time in 66 years. Okuma and six other Filipinos of Japanese descent will go to Japan to meet their Japanese relatives. They will make personal appearances at the Tokyo Family Court as part of their petition to acquire Japanese citizenship.

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Court grants S. Korean woman A-bomb health passbook

NAGASAKI, Japan - Kang Sok Chong (3rd from L), 69-year-old son of Chong Nam Su, 88, rejoices at a Nagasaki District Court ruling on Nov. 10. The court ordered the state and the Nagasaki prefectural government to give the South Korean woman an atomic-bomb sufferer's health passbook and associated benefits, declaring illegal the prefecture's earlier refusal to issue it to her under an old rule.

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S. Korea's former premier drops out of presidential race

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's former Prime Minister Goh Kun (R), a leading hopeful for December's presidential race, is kept unable to come out of an elevator by his supporters after announcing his decision not run for the presidency at a press conference in Seoul on January 16. ''After deeply anguishing, I decided not to run for the 17th presidential election,'' the 69-year-old Goh said in a statement.

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Lebanese seeks Jenkins' help to repatriate daughter from N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - Mountaha Chehade Haidar, a 69-year-old Lebanese woman, speaking through one of her supporters at a Niigata hotel on Dec. 16, seeks help to get back her daughter (in photo) who was apparently abducted to North Korea 27 years ago. Haidar met the press after meeting Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. Army deserter to the North who is the husband of a repatriated Japanese abductee, to ask for his help.

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Lebanese seeks Jenkins' help to repatriate daughter from N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - Mountaha Chehade Haidar, a 69-year-old Lebanese woman, speaking through one of her supporters at a Niigata hotel on Dec. 16, seeks help to get back her daughter (in photo) who was apparently abducted to North Korea 27 years ago. Haidar met the press after meeting Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. Army deserter to the North who is the husband of a repatriated Japanese abductee, to ask for his help.

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Nagashima ready to make public appearance

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (file photo) has indicated that he will soon make his first public appearance since suffering a stroke in March 2004. The 69-year-old Nagashima said in a message posted May 16 on the Giants' official website that his rehabilitation process ''has been progressing smoothly'' and that he thinks he can meet baseball fans ''shortly at a stadium.''

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(2)Ichiro sings praises of Ogi's Hall of Fame induction

OSAKA, Japan - Orix Buffaloes player Yoshitomo Tani (2nd from L) and wife Ryoko (L), a six-time world champion judoka, offer congratulations to former Orix BlueWave manager Akira Ogi at the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony held for the 69-year-old newly appointed manager of the Orix Buffaloes at an Osaka hotel on Dec. 7.

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(1)Ichiro sings praises of Ogi's Hall of Fame induction

OSAKA, Japan - Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki (L) poses with former Orix BlueWave manager Akira Ogi at the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony held for the 69-year-old newly appointed manager of the Orix Buffaloes at an Osaka hotel on Dec. 7. ''This is the one and only man I can call my mentor. I would not be here if it weren't for manager Ogi,'' said Suzuki, who won seven straight Pacific League batting titles from 1994 while playing for the BlueWave. (MLB)

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White-robed group in Gifu promises to move on

KIYOMI, Japan - A member of Pana Wave Laboratory, a cult-like group known for its white attire, holds up a statement by its 69-year-old female leader on a mountainous road in the village of Kiyomi, Gifu Prefecture, on May 5. The group has been under police surveillance because authorities are concerned about its activities.

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Emperor's prostate cancer surgery ends

TOKYO, Japan - A team of seven doctors ended a one-day procedure to remove Emperor Akihito's cancerous prostate gland at the University of Tokyo Hospital (in the background) on Jan. 18. The Imperial Household Agency said the 69-year-old emperor was put under general anesthetic for the operation, which involved removing the entire prostate gland.

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Actress Keiko Kishi inducted into French Legion of Honor

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese film actress Keiko Kishi makes a speech after being inducted into France's Legion of Honor with the rank of officer in a shipboard ceremony at Yokohama port on June 20. ''France taught me to live by my own values. I want to continue introducing France's great breadth of mind to Japanese,'' the 69-year-old actress said in French and Japanese.

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Japanese top spins for record length of time

TAKAMATSU, Japan - The high-tech top designed and built by Inosuke Mori, a 69-year-old retired professor, breaks a world record Oct. 24, spinning nonstop for 1 hour, 21 minutes, 35 seconds. The time is 16 minutes, 7 seconds longer than the current record listed in the Guinness Book. The top, which weighs 13 kg and measures 90 cm high and 90 cm in diameter, is substantially smaller and lighter than the top that produced the previous record: 2 meters high and 360 kg in weight.

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Yachtsman embarks on 2nd try at around-the-world trip

OSAKA, Japan - A 69-year-old Japanese yachtsman embarks on July 20 on his second attempt to sail solo around the world. ''I really want to succeed this time,'' said Ikuo Kashima, before setting sail from Tannowa Yacht Harbor in the town of Misaki, Osaka Prefecture, in his 13.92-ton yacht Koraasa-70. Kashima plans to sail across the Pacific around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, past the southern coasts of Africa and south of Australia's Tasmania island before heading back to Japan.

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A 69-year-old Osaka man begins solo yacht trip

Ikuo Kashima, 69, sets sail on a solitary, around-the-world yacht trip Tuesday Sept. 15 from Tannowa Yacht Harbor in Osaka Prefecture in his 13.92-ton yacht. He plans to complete the voyage without stopping at any port along the way. Kashima, the first Japanese to cross solitarily both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans more than 30 years ago, said, ''I want to show what a 70-year-old man can achieve.''

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Spanish PM visits wildfire sites after flames claim two lives

STORY: Spanish PM visits wildfire sites after flames claim two lives DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. shot of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visiting wildfire sites 2. various of wildfires in Spain 3. shot of rescue teams 4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): PEDRO SANCHEZ, Spanish Prime Minister 5. various of wildfires in Spain STORYLINE: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited the region of Extremadura on Monday as firefighters continued to battle wildfires that claimed two lives over the weekend. The body of a 69-year-old shepherd was found in an area known as Las Hurdes, where flames have destroyed over 6,000 hectares of woodland and scrub, while a firefighter lost his life to forest fire in the province of Zamora (central Spain), which also saw two others taken to hospital with burns. The tragedies happened as Spain continues to suffer temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius and even 45 degrees in some areas of the country, with flame

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(2)Ichiro sings praises of Ogi's Hall of Fame induction

OSAKA, Japan - Orix Buffaloes player Yoshitomo Tani (2nd from L) and wife Ryoko (L), a six-time world champion judoka, offer congratulations to former Orix BlueWave manager Akira Ogi at the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony held for the 69-year-old newly appointed manager of the Orix Buffaloes at an Osaka hotel on Dec. 7. (Kyodo)

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Nagashima ready to make public appearance

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (file photo) has indicated that he will soon make his first public appearance since suffering a stroke in March 2004. The 69-year-old Nagashima said in a message posted May 16 on the Giants' official website that his rehabilitation process ''has been progressing smoothly'' and that he thinks he can meet baseball fans ''shortly at a stadium.'' (Kyodo)

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S. Korea's former premier drops out of presidential race

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's former Prime Minister Goh Kun (R), a leading hopeful for December's presidential race, is kept unable to come out of an elevator by his supporters after announcing his decision not run for the presidency at a press conference in Seoul on January 16. ''After deeply anguishing, I decided not to run for the 17th presidential election,'' the 69-year-old Goh said in a statement. (Kyodo)

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Yachtsman embarks on 2nd try at around-the-world trip+

OSAKA, Japan - A 69-year-old Japanese yachtsman embarks on July 20 on his second attempt to sail solo around the world. ''I really want to succeed this time,'' said Ikuo Kashima, before setting sail from Tannowa Yacht Harbor in the town of Misaki, Osaka Prefecture, in his 13.92-ton yacht Koraasa-70. Kashima plans to sail across the Pacific around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, past the southern coasts of Africa and south of Australia's Tasmania island before heading back to Japan.

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White-robed group in Gifu promises to move on

KIYOMI, Japan - A member of Pana Wave Laboratory, a cult-like group known for its white attire, holds up a statement by its 69-year-old female leader on a mountainous road in the village of Kiyomi, Gifu Prefecture, on May 5. The group has been under police surveillance because authorities are concerned about its activities. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Giants manager Nagashima talks with U.S. envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Nagashima (R), former manager of the Yomiuri Giants baseball club, talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 6. The 69-year-old Japanese baseball icon has been undergoing rehabilitation after suffering a stroke in March in 2004. The photo was provided by the Yomiuri Giants. (Kyodo)

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Film director Takeshi Kitano awarded France's Legion of Honor

Japanese comedian and movie director Takeshi Kitano (R) and boxer Hisashi Amagasa pose for a photo in Tokyo in December 2014. Kitano's management office said on Oct. 18, 2016, that the French government has named the 69-year-old Kitano as a recipient of the Legion of Honor for his impact on contemporary arts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Ichiro sings praises of Ogi's Hall of Fame induction

OSAKA, Japan - Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki (L) poses with former Orix BlueWave manager Akira Ogi at the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony held for the 69-year-old newly appointed manager of the Orix Buffaloes at an Osaka hotel on Dec. 7. ''This is the one and only man I can call my mentor. I would not be here if it weren't for manager Ogi,'' said Suzuki, who won seven straight Pacific League batting titles from 1994 while playing for the BlueWave. (MLB) (Kyodo)

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Lebanese seeks Jenkins' help to repatriate daughter from N. Kore

NIIGATA, Japan - Mountaha Chehade Haidar, a 69-year-old Lebanese woman, speaking through one of her supporters at a Niigata hotel on Dec. 16, seeks help to get back her daughter (in photo) who was apparently abducted to North Korea 27 years ago. Haidar met the press after meeting Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. Army deserter to the North who is the husband of a repatriated Japanese abductee, to ask for his help. (Kyodo)

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Court grants S. Korean woman A-bomb health passbook

NAGASAKI, Japan - Kang Sok Chong (3rd from L), 69-year-old son of Chong Nam Su, 88, rejoices at a Nagasaki District Court ruling on Nov. 10. The court ordered the state and the Nagasaki prefectural government to give the South Korean woman an atomic-bomb sufferer's health passbook and associated benefits, declaring illegal the prefecture's earlier refusal to issue it to her under an old rule. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, lays her hand on the shoulder of Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, smiles at Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

MANILA, Philippines - Pacita Okuma (L) and six other Filipinos of Japanese descent attend a press conference near Manila on Aug. 3, 2011, before leaving for Japan to meet their Japanese relatives. Okuma, a 69-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman, plans to meet her Japanese father for the first time in 66 years. They will make personal appearances at the Tokyo Family Court as part of their petition to acquire Japanese citizenship. (Kyodo)

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Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

MANILA, Philippines - Pacita Okuma, a 69-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman, speaks during a press conference near Manila on Aug. 3, 2011, before leaving for Okinawa to meet her Japanese father for the first time in 66 years. Okuma and six other Filipinos of Japanese descent will go to Japan to meet their Japanese relatives. They will make personal appearances at the Tokyo Family Court as part of their petition to acquire Japanese citizenship. (Kyodo)

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Tokaimura mayor calls for denuclearization policy

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuya Murakami, mayor of Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, gives a speech at a civic meeting in Tokyo on May 26, 2012. The 69-year-old mayor of the village, which has in the past promoted itself as a "pioneer" of Japan's nuclear development, is now a chief campaigner for abandoning nuclear power generation in the wake of the world's worst nuclear accident in a quarter-century at the Fukushima Daiichi complex. (Kyodo)

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Tsukiji market scenes ahead of relocation

Oki Shinichi, who processed octopus for 51 years, smokes a cigarette at his workplace at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2018. The 69-year-old man has decided to retire on the occasion of the relocation of the 83-year-old market to the nearby Toyosu waterfront. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan court orders retrial for 1984 murder

A lawyer holds a banner that reads "Retrial begins" in front of the Otsu District Court in Shiga Prefecture on July 11, 2018, after the court ordered a retrial for Hiromu Sakahara, a deceased man who was convicted of murdering a 69-year-old woman in 1984 in the prefecture. Members of his family filed a retrial petition with the court in 2012 after his death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man seeks inheritance, damages over same-sex partner's death

A 69-year-old man, seen in this photo taken on April 24, 2018, has filed a lawsuit seeking assets left behind by his deceased same-sex partner and damages for being barred from attending his cremation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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69-yr climber returns home after scaling unclimbed Himalaya peak

Tsuneo Shigehiro (far L), a 69-year-old climber, and his party arrive at Kansai International Airport in western Japan on Nov. 8, 2016, after scaling the unclimbed summit of 6,209-meter Nangamari II in the Himalayas in northern Nepal in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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69-yr climber returns home after scaling unclimbed Himalaya peak

Tsuneo Shigehiro, a 69-year-old climber, arrives at Kansai International Airport in western Japan on Nov. 8, 2016, after scaling the unclimbed summit of 6,209-meter Nangamari II in the Himalayas in northern Nepal in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese team led by 69-year-old scales unclimbed peak in Himalayas

Japanese mountaineer Tsuneo Shigehiro speaks in Kobe on Sept. 2, 2016, a week before leaving for the Himalayas. A Japanese party led by the 69-year-old has scaled the unclimbed peak of Nangamari II in the Himalayas, the Japanese Alpine Club Kansai said on Oct. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo