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BENIN-PARAKOU-CHINESE TECHNOLOGY-COTTON PRODUCTION

(240612) -- PARAKOU, June 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A Chinese expert explains cotton cultivation methods to local farmers in Belle Cite village, near the central city of Parakou, Benin, Aug. 31, 2022. Parakou is a vital hub for cotton production in Donatien Benin, with cotton cultivation serving as the primary income source for locals like Ezin. Since 2013, the Chinese Support Mission for Cotton Production in Benin has been assisting local farmers to improve agricultural techniques. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese technology boosts cotton production in Benin" (Chinese Support Mission for Cotton Production in Benin/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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English translation of Murakami novel goes on sale

NEW YORK, United States - The owner of a New York bookstore holds a copy of "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" by Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami at his store on Aug. 12, 2014. The English translation of the book, originally published in Japanese in April 2013, went on sale in bookstores across the United States the same day.

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Alpinist Noguchi captures life, death in photos

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese alpinist Ken Noguchi speaks about his recently published photo book during an interview on Aug. 12, 2013 in Tokyo.

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Sushi-shaped donuts

BANGKOK, Thailand - A high-school girl in Bangkok tastes a donut that looks like sushi in the Thai capital on Aug. 12, 2013. Mister Donut will offer the "Sushido" until the end of September.

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Marines hold ceremony for Osprey unit

GINOWAN, Japan - The U.S. Marines hold a ceremony for a unit formed to operate MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2013. The Marines deployed 12 Ospreys at Futenma in October 2012 and are in the process of deploying 12 more of the aircraft at the base.

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Nintendo 2DS

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a new game console called the Nintendo 2DS. Nintendo Co. said on Aug. 29, 2013, it will launch the 2DS, a cheaper version of its 3DS portable game console, on Oct. 12 in the United States and Europe.

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TPP ministerial meeting

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Ministers of the 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations attend a joint press conference after their meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 23, 2013.

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Japanese TPP minister

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, holds a press conference after a ministerial meeting of the 12 countries involved in the TPP talks in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 23, 2013.

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Japanese TPP minister

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, holds a press conference after a ministerial meeting of the 12 countries involved in the TPP talks in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 23, 2013.

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TPP ministerial meeting

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Ministers of the 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations attend a joint press conference after their meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 23, 2013.

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TPP ministerial meeting

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Ministers of the 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations attend a joint press conference after their meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 23, 2013.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Vietnamese Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang (L) and Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, shake hands in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 23, 2013, the second day of the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact by 12 Pacific Rim countries.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Canadian Minister of International Trade Ed Fast (L) and Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, shake hands in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 23, 2013, the second day of the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact by 12 Pacific Rim countries.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, speaks to reporters in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 23, 2013, the second day of the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact by 12 Pacific Rim countries.

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Artificial rain

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an artificial rain facility housed in a hut in the town of Okutama, western Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2013. The Tokyo metropolitan government ran the facility to release silver iodide mixed with acetone to up in the air on a trial basis for the first time in 12 years in light of low storage levels in dams in the area.

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Artificial rain

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo metropolitan government runs on a trial basis an artificial rain facility housed in a hut in the town of Okutama, western Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2013. The facility to release silver iodide mixed with acetone to up in the air was operated for the first time in 12 years in light of low storage levels in dams in the area.

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Israeli filmmaker locates Japanese woman featured in '50s picture book

TOKYO, Japan - Dvorit Shargal (R), an Israeli filmmaker, and Eva Crafoord from Sweden, hold a picture book titled "Eva visits Noriko-san" in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2013. Shargal, after a three-year search, has located and met with Noriko-san, a Japanese woman who as a girl was featured in the book that has remained popular in Israel for more than half a century. Crafoord, who was the other heroine in the book and accompanied the filmmaker in her search for Noriko in Japan, also met with the woman. Shargal came to Tokyo on Aug. 12 to look for Noriko and feature her in a documentary film.

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Yankees beat Angels

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 12, 2013. Kuroda pitched eight shutout innings in the Yankees' 2-1 win.

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Yankees beat Angels

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 12, 2013. Kuroda pitched eight shutout innings in the Yankees' 2-1 win.

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Yankees beat Angels

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 12, 2013. Kuroda pitched eight shutout innings in the Yankees' 2-1 win.

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Yankees beat Angels

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki hits an infield single to second during the sixth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 12, 2013. The Yankees won 2-1.

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Yankees beat Angels

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki (back) reaches first base behind Los Angeles Angels first baseman Mark Trumbo after hitting an infield single to second during the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 12, 2013. The Yankees won 2-1.

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Darvish loses no-hitter

HOUSTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 12, 2013. Astros catcher Carlos Corporan hit a home run against Darvish in the eighth inning, ending the right-hander's bid for his first no-no in the majors. The Rangers won 2-1.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Seito Yamamoto makes an attempt during the men's pole vault final at the world athletics championships in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 12, 2013. Yamamoto finished 6th.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Christine Ohuruogu of Britain (R) crosses the finish line in the women's 400 meters final at the world athletics championships in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 12, 2013. Ohuruogu won the gold medal with a time of 49.41 seconds. To the left is Botswana's Amantle Montsho, who won the silver medal.

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Darvish loses no-hitter

HOUSTON, United States - Photo shows Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (R) after Houston Astros catcher Carlos Corporan (L) homered during the eighth inning of a game at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 12, 2013, ending the right-hander's bid for his first no-no in the majors. The Rangers won 2-1.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Pawel Fajdek of Poland competes in the men's hammer throw final at the world athletics championships in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 12, 2013. Fajdek won the gold medal.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Christine Ohuruogu of Britain waves after winning the gold medal in the women's 400 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 12, 2013.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica (R) runs in the women's 100 meters final at the world athletics championships in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 12, 2013. She won the gold medal with a time of 10.71 seconds. To the left is English Gardner of the United States, who finished 4th.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Pawel Fajdek of Poland celebrates his victory in the men's hammer throw final at the world athletics championships in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 12, 2013.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Koji Murofushi competes in the men's hammer throw final at the world athletics championships in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 12, 2013. Murofushi finished 6th. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt receives the gold medal in the men's 100 meters race of the world athletics championships during the award ceremony in Moscow on Aug. 12, 2013.

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Darvish loses no-hitter

HOUSTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 12, 2013. Astros catcher Carlos Corporan hit a home run against Darvish in the eighth inning, ending the right-hander's bid for his first no-no in the majors. The Rangers won 2-1.

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Japan, Kenya oil exploration project

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) meets with Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug. 11, 2013. Motegi said Aug. 12 that he has confirmed with the Kenyan government that the two countries will jointly undertake oil exploration in the southwestern part of the country.

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Darvish loses no-hitter

HOUSTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 12, 2013. Astros catcher Carlos Corporan hit a home run against Darvish in the eighth inning, ending the right-hander's bid for his first no-no in the majors. The Rangers won 2-1.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - David Oliver of the United States reacts after winning gold in the men's 110-meter hurdles of the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 12, 2013.

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Japan, Kenya oil exploration project

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (far L) and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto (far R) hold talks in Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug. 11, 2013. Motegi said Aug. 12 that he has confirmed with the Kenyan government that the two countries will jointly undertake oil exploration in the southwestern part of the country.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - David Oliver of the United States competes in the men's 110-meter hurdles final of the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 12, 2013. He won gold.

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U.S. envoy Roos

NARITA, Japan - Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos waves to people seeing him off at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2013.

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Awa dance festival

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - The Awa dance festival begins in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2013.

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Astronauts bound for ISS

MOSCOW, Russia - (From L) Astronauts Richard Mastracchio of the United States, Koichi Wakata of Japan and Mikhail Tyurin of Russia hold a press conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in the suburbs of Moscow on Aug. 12, 2013. They will head to the International Space Station on a Soyuz spacecraft in November 2013.

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Japan's highest temperature

KOCHI, Japan - A man and boy play in the Shimanto River in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The western Japan city registered 41.0 C the same day, the highest recorded temperature in the country.

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U.S.-Philippine defense talks

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario (L) and Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin hold a press conference in Manila on Aug. 12, 2013. The United States and the Philippines will kick off formal negotiations to spell out activities to be carried out by U.S. troops in the Philippines, after a series of informal discussions that started the previous year.

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Oliver Stone in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. film director Oliver Stone holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2013.

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JAL jet crash anniversary

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki offers flowers at a cenotaph at the site of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, the 28th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew on board were killed when the Boeing 747 flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed. It was the worst single-aircraft accident ever. (Pool photo)

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JAL jet crash anniversary

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki puts his hands together at a cenotaph at the site of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, the 28th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew on board were killed when the Boeing 747 flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed. It was the worst single-aircraft accident ever. (Pool photo)

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JAL jet crash anniversary

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki lowers his head at a cenotaph at the site of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet on Osutaka Ridge in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, the 28th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew on board were killed when the Boeing 747 flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed. It was the worst single-aircraft accident ever. (Pool photo)

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Youths from Israel, Palestinian areas

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) receives a message from the representatives of youths from Israel and Palestinian areas who visited his office in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2013.

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Japan GDP up in April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2013, after the country's gross domestic product data for the second quarter of 2013 was released the same day. GDP grew an annualized real 2.6 percent in the three months through June.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military the same day resumed the delivery of MV-22 Osprey aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, for deployment. Abe pledged to make every possible effort to relieve the burden on Okinawa.