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Butterfly boom in China's Yunnan

STORY: Butterfly boom in China's Yunnan DATELINE: May 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:48 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of butterflies STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHAO ZHIQIN, Xinhua correspondent "Do you know 'butterfly explosion'? Every year in late spring and early summer, tens of millions of butterflies emerge from their chrysalises in the Honghe Butterfly Valley in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Come with me to see the sea of butterflies." Due to warmer temperatures, the "butterfly explosion" this year occurred slightly earlier than usual. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG ZHENWEN, Curator of the butterfly valley museum in Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County "With regard to the 'butterfly explosion' this year, we have obtained very good results from the four observation points. After analyzing the monitoring data of the 23 sampling sites, we've found that the butterflies this year are quite large and very healthy." About 80 million to 100 million butterflies

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Syria massacre site

AL-KUBEIR, Syria - A man points to a house hit by an arson attack in Al-Kubeir, a village in central Syria, on June 8, 2012. About 80 residents of the Sunni village, including women and children, were killed by a group of unidentified attackers on June 6, with some survivors saying the perpetrators were Alawi militias.

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Dollar remains weak, stocks tumble in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A display at the Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the dollar trading at the 79-yen level, while the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 9,119.14 on May 7, 2012. Last week, the dollar slipped below 80 yen after trading above that line for about two months, and the Nikkei tumbled 261.11 points or 2.78 percent May 7, as the results of the French and Greek elections raised concerns that Europe's efforts to implement austerity measures to settle the region's debt crisis may face a setback.

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Transport ministry annuls firm's license to operate ''km'' taxis

TOKYO, Japan - Kokusai Motorcars Co.'s President Shinichi Sugawara (L) receives a notification from a Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry official (R) of its revoked business license in Yokohama on Sept. 2. Kokusai Motorcars, operating its ''km'' taxis, reached the threshold for nullification with more than 80 penalty points in three years by repeatedly binding drivers to work over the legal limit of 21 hours in two days.

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Okuda shows high self-appraisal as Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, outgoing chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks at a press conference at Keidanren Hall in Tokyo on May 18. Okuda, who will be succeeded by Fujio Mitarai, chairman of Canon Inc., gave a high mark to his performance as head of the country's most powerful business lobby, saying, ''I think I am eligible for 70 to 80 points'' out of a perfect 100.''

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JOC head happy with Japan's performance at Sydney Olympics

SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney Olympics women's marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (R) and Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi (3rd from R) meet the press on Sept. 30. Yagi said he gives Japanese athletes a passing grade of 80 points out of 100 on the whole. Japan garnered five gold, eight silver and five bronze medals as of Sept. 29, surpassing its tally of 3-6-5 at the Atlanta Games four years ago. The Sydney Olympics are drawing to an end with the Oct. 1 closing ceremony after a 17-day run.

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1st Japanese world champ Shirai dies

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Shirai (file photo), the first Japanese boxer ever to be crowned a world champion, died of pneumonia on Dec. 26. He was 80. In May 1952, Shirai won the world flyweight title in a decision in his international debut at the age of 29 and successfully defended it four times before he lost it on points to Pascal Perez of Argentina in November 1954. (Kyodo)

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Dollar remains weak, stocks tumble in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A display at the Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the dollar trading at the 79-yen level, while the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 9,119.14 on May 7, 2012. Last week, the dollar slipped below 80 yen after trading above that line for about two months, and the Nikkei tumbled 261.11 points or 2.78 percent May 7, as the results of the French and Greek elections raised concerns that Europe's efforts to implement austerity measures to settle the region's debt crisis may face a setback. (Kyodo)

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(2)Missing Bach original piece found after 80 years

TACHIKAWA, Japan - Tadashi Isoyama, a professor of Kunitachi College of Music, points to part of a musical score composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), which had been missing for about 80 years but has been found among the possessions of the late Japanese pianist Chieko Hara, at his school in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on April 3. (Kyodo)

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Transport ministry annuls firm's license to operate ''km'' taxis

TOKYO, Japan - Kokusai Motorcars Co.'s President Shinichi Sugawara (L) receives a notification from a Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry official (R) of its revoked business license in Yokohama on Sept. 2. Kokusai Motorcars, operating its ''km'' taxis, reached the threshold for nullification with more than 80 penalty points in three years by repeatedly binding drivers to work over the legal limit of 21 hours in two days. (Kyodo)

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JOC head happy with Japan's performance at Sydney Olympics

SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney Olympics women's marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (R) and Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yushiro Yagi (3rd from R) meet the press on Sept. 30. Yagi said he gives Japanese athletes a passing grade of 80 points out of 100 on the whole. Japan garnered five gold, eight silver and five bronze medals as of Sept. 29, surpassing its tally of 3-6-5 at the Atlanta Games four years ago. The Sydney Olympics are drawing to an end with the Oct. 1 closing ceremony after a 17-day run.