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(InTibet) CHINA-XIZANG-CHANGTANG NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE-RANGERS (CN)

(231223) -- LHASA, Dec. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tibetan antelopes are pictured by Kelsang Lhundrup as he patrols the Changtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2023. Changtang National Nature Reserve is located in the northern part of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. With a total area of about 298,000 square kilometers, the reserve is home to over 30 wild animal species listed on China's national-level protection catalogue, such as the Tibetan antelope and the wild yak. Norbu Yugyel wildlife protection station, named after a heroic ranger who died in a fight against poaching, is among the 73 wildlife protection stations established at the Changtang National Nature Reserve since 2015. It guards the main road leading to the no-man's land of Changtang. Kelsang Lhundrup, 35, leads a team of 14 rangers at the Norbu Yugyel wildlife protection station. Kelsang loves documenting wild animals, the starry sky, and everything along his patrol routes. "While ev

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Baseball: Yakult Swallows pitcher Tony Barnette

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 14 Kyodo - Yakult Swallows pitcher Tony Barnette lets out a roar after striking out the final Yomiuri Giants batter in the ninth inning during Game 3 of a Central League Climax Series baseball playoff game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2015.

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Fujinami finds his groove, pitches Tigers past Swallows

TOKYO, Aug. 14 Kyodo - Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami picks up his 10th win of the season after holding the Yakult Swallows to two runs in seven innings at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2015. The Tigers won 7-3.

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Girl prays at mass in Nagasaki for 70th anniversary of A-bombing

NAGASAKI, Aug. 14 Kyodo - A girl prays during a morning mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, often known as Urakami Cathedral, in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city.

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Utility shows procedures for resuming Sendai reactor

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan, July 14 Kyodo - A Kyushu Electric Power Co. official explains to reporters about the procedures for resuming the No. 1 reactor of its Sendai Nuclear Power Station in the southwestern Japanese city of Satsumasendai on July 14, 2015. The utility plans to reactivate the reactor around Aug. 10 to generate and transmit electricity around Aug. 13.

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New bullet train station in Niigata Pref.

NIIGATA, Japan - Joetsu-myoko station in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shown in this photo taken on Aug. 17, 2014, is one of the new station built for the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line to be operated from March 14, 2015.

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Human hair wigs find lucrative market in Tanzania

STORY: Human hair wigs find lucrative market in Tanzania DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:41 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): JOHNSON ALLEN, Hairstylist in Dar es Salaam 2. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): LINAH KIDOTI, Fashionista 3. various of wigs in a shop 4. various of social media video clips showing customers wearing wig STORYLINE: Johnson Allen, a 28-year-old hairstylist based in Tanzania's business capital Dar es Salaam, said in a recent interview with Xinhua that the hair wigs from China are selling like hotcakes in his three shops. Allen, who owns a chain of hairstyle shops called Jonijo, is nicknamed Jonijo wigs, a recognition he earned after he ventured into the business in 2015. "I started this business when I was still in secondary school. I started it as a passion when I realized that the future for this kind of business was bright. I threw my full weight into it and in 2018 the business started to pick up," said the hairstylist. However, he

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Japan's Takarazuka Revue to make 2nd tour of Taiwan

Rio Asumi (R) and Maria Kano, the two top stars of the Flower Troupe of the Japanese all-female Takarazuka Revue, perform at a press conference in Taipei on Jan. 27, 2015. The musical theater group announced that it will perform 14 shows at the National Theater in Taipei from Aug. 8 to 16 in its second appearance before a Taiwanese audience following its first in April 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe hosts dinner party for 14 female ambassadors in Japan

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C, front row) and 14 female ambassadors to Japan pose for photos at the beginning of a dinner party at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2015. Abe hosted the party to show his intention to promote the global empowerment of women. Haruko Arimura, minister in charge of women's empowerment, stands on Abe's right. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hattori reacts after winning CAT Ladies golf tourney

Japan's Mayu Hattori reacts after parring the final hole for a 69 to clinch the CAT Ladies Golf Tournament title at 14-under 205 at the Daihakone Country Club in Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Aug. 23, 2015. It was her first tour victory in three seasons and fifth overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hattori wins CAT Ladies Golf Tournament

Japan's Mayu Hattori holds the winner's trophy during a ceremony after winning the CAT Ladies Golf Tournament at the Daihakone Country Club in Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, for a three-day total of 14-under 205 by carding a 69 on the final day on Aug. 23, 2015. It was Hattori's first tour title in three seasons and her fifth overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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WWII survivor keeps wartime memory alive with ink drawings

Kazuo Inamura explains his "sumie" black-ink drawing of a girl in Sapporo in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 14, 2015. The girl died along with about 1,700 others when Soviet submarines attacked three ships carrying Japanese evacuees from the Russian Far East island of Sakhalin on Aug. 22, 1945. Inamura survived the tragedy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota adds new SUV model to luxury Lexus series in Japan

Toyota Motor Corp. unveils a plan on Aug. 20, 2015, to introduce to the Japanese market its LX570 sports utility vehicle from the luxury Lexus line from Sept. 14. The LX series debuted in the North America market in 1996 as the first Lexus SUV and has been selling well overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean analyst says Park's response to Abe statement restrained

Jin Chang Soo, president of South Korea's Sejong Institute, says in an interview with Kyodo News in Seoul on Aug. 18, 2015, that President Park Geun Hye's response to the Aug. 14 statement by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II was restrained. But he said Abe's perception of the 1915-45 Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula as expressed in the statement is one-sided and therefore unacceptable. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Men's 20-kilometer walk

Spain's Miguel Angel Lopez celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 20-kilometer walk at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing on Aug. 23, 2015. Lopez won in a personal best time of 1:19:14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Men's 20-kilometer walk

Spain's Miguel Angel Lopez wins the gold medal in the men's 20-kilometer walk at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing on Aug. 23, 2015. Lopez won in a personal best time of 1:19:14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsinghua Univ. expert says Abe's words, actions key to better Sino-Japanese ties

Liu Jiangyong, deputy dean at Tsinghua University's Institute of Modern International Relations, comments during an interview in Beijing on Aug. 14, 2015, on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Liu said improvement in Sino-Japanese relations will depend on Abe's words and deeds from now on. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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V-J Day Kiss in Times Square reenacted 70 years later

Hundreds of couples participate in a mass "Kiss In" at New York's Times Square on Aug. 14, 2015, the 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, to reenact the famous photo of an American sailor kissing a nurse snapped by Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt 70 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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V-J Day Kiss in Times Square reenacted 70 years later

A young couple (foreground) exchange a kiss during a mass "Kiss In" at New York's Times Square on Aug. 14, 2015, the 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, to reenact the famous photo of an American sailor kissing a nurse snapped by Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt 70 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filipino ex-medical officer bears no grudge against Japan

Photo taken in Manila on Aug. 14, 2015, shows Romeo Castro, 91, a former Filipino medical officer who was once captured by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II but escaped from prison later. He says he does not hate Japan now for giving economic assistance as a friendly nation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protesters in Berlin urge Japan to resolve 'sex slave' issue

Protesters show banners in Berlin on Aug. 14, 2015, calling on Japan to resolve the problem of so-called wartime sex slaves euphemistically called "comfort women." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Database on Dutch navy POWs in WWII available in English

Kaori Maekawa, chairperson of the Foundation for the People Affected by the War in the Pacific, talks about an English-language database on former Dutch navy POWS during World War II in Den Helder, the Netherlands, on Aug. 14, 2015. She wants to expand the recently-launched database further. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Database on Dutch navy POWs in WWII available in English

Kaori Maekawa (far R), chairperson of the Foundation for the People Affected by the War in the Pacific, talks about an English-language database on former Dutch navy POWs during World War II in Den Helder, the Netherlands, on Aug. 14, 2015. The launching of the database was announced there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fox dance performed in Himeshima festival in Oita Pref.

The traditional fox dance is performed by children on Himeshima, an island off Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, during the "Himeshima Bon Dance" festival on Aug. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lanterns lit at Kyoto temple's mausoleum

Families visit their ancestors' graves at Otani Mausoleum of Higashi Honganji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2015. The annual summer event featuring some 10,000 illuminated lanterns is called "Mantoue." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North Koreans march in Pyongyang

Participants of the national reunification conference for celebrating the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule march down a street in Pyongyang on Aug. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota Motor building in Tianjin damaged by blasts

The Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co. building in Tianjin, northeastern China, damaged by the massive Aug. 12 explosions is seen on Aug. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Koreans cheer anniversary march marking end of Japanese rule

North Koreans cheer their fellow citizens marching through the streets of Pyongyang as part of a three-day commemorative event on Aug. 14, 2015, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the end of Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People seek missing persons' info after Tianjin explosions

People hold boards as they seek information about missing persons on Aug. 14, 2015, at a school, which became an evacuation center after the massive Aug. 12 explosions in Tianjin, northeastern China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Road closures after Tianjin blasts keep residents on street

Local residents stay on a street in Tianjin, northeastern China, on Aug. 14, 2015, as the roads to their homes remain closed following the massive Aug. 12 explosions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa assembly panel adopts resolution against U.S. chopper crash

A special committee of the Okinawa prefectural assembly decides on Aug. 14, 2015, to present a resolution to a plenary session condemning the crash of a U.S. military helicopter in waters off Uruma in the southwestern Japanese prefecture on Aug. 12. The assembly adopted the resolution on Aug. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fund set up to help WWII chemical weapon victims in China

Lawyer Norio Minami (R) poses with his Japanese and Chinese co-founders of a peace fund in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2015, set up to support people affected by chemical and biological weapons discarded in China by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Koreans join anniversary march marking end of Japanese rule

North Korean citizens take part in a march in Pyongyang as part of a three-day commemorative event on Aug. 14, 2015, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the end of Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local political leaders join hands to promote use of wooden panels

Noboru Ota (L), mayor of Maniwa in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, Parliamentary Cabinet Office Vice Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) and Kochi Governor Masanao Ozaki pose for photos with a sample of cross-laminated timber in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2015. A group of governors and mayors is promoting this type of timber to help revive the forestry industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian deputy PM attends forum on disputed island off Hokkaido

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev (R) answers questions after his speech at a forum on Etorofu Island, one of the Russian-administered islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan, on Aug. 14, 2015. The island is called Iturup in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drum festival begins in Shimoda, Shizuoka Pref.

The two-day Shimoda Taiko Matsuri (drum festival) starts in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Johnson shakes hands with Kuroda at Hiroshima ballpark

Retired Major League Baseball pitcher Randy Johnson (L), special assistant to the president & CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks, shakes hands with Hiroshima Carp pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, a former major leaguer, at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Aug. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police chopper flies over waters off Chigasaki after shark sightings

A police helicopter flies over the sea off Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 14, 2015, after sharks were spotted swimming in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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No-swimming flag up in Kamakura beach after shark sightings

A no-swimming flag is placed on the Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 14, 2015, following sightings of sharks in waters near the beach. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's Teresa Lu wins NEC Karuizawa 72 golf tournament

Teresa Lu of Taiwan poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the NEC Karuizawa 72 women's golf tournament in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2015. She won the competition with a 14-under 202. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 Japanese win best actress award at Locarno film festival

(From L) Maiko Mihara, Hazuki Kikuchi, Risa Kawamura and Sachie Tanaka acknowledge the crowd after the film "Happy Hour," directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, was screened during the Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland, on Aug. 14, 2015. The four Japanese won the best actress award for their performances in the film the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suzuki matches Cobb's career hit total

Ichiro Suzuki singles to left field in the fifth inning of the Miami Marlins' 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Aug. 14, 2015. Suzuki's 4,191st career hit, including 1,278 in Japan, equaled Hall of Famer Ty Cobb's major league hits total. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwata steals show on 2nd day of PGA Championship

Japanese golfer Hiroshi Iwata hits a bunker shot on the eighth hole during the second round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin, on Aug. 14, 2015. Iwata matched the lowest single round in a major with a 63, vaulting him into a tie for 15th. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori beats Nadal for 1st time to reach semis in Montreal

Kei Nishikori hits a forehand against Rafael Nadal in their quarterfinal match of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada, on Aug. 14, 2015. Nishikori won 6-2, 6-4, his first victory in eight meetings with the former world No. 1 player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori beats Nadal for 1st time to reach semis in Montreal

Kei Nishikori celebrates after defeating Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada, on Aug. 14, 2015. It was Nishikori's first win in eight meetings with the former world No. 1 player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori beats Nadal for 1st time to reach semis in Montreal

Rafael Nadal (L) and Kei Nishikori pose for a photo before their quarterfinal match at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada, on Aug. 14, 2015. Nishikori won 6-2, 6-4, his first win in eight meetings with the former world No. 1 player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-PM Murayama lashes out at Abe's war statement for lacking clarity

Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama speaks at a press conference in Oita, Japan, on Aug. 14, 2015, following the release of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Murayama, who while prime minister issued a landmark statement in 1995 apologizing for the wartime suffering inflicted by Japan on its Asian neighbors, said Abe's statement lacked clarity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea to be in time zone of its own from Aug. 15

Photo taken Aug. 14, 2015, shows a clock at Pyongyang station. North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency has reported that from Aug. 15, the 70th anniversary of independence from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, clocks in the country will be turned back 30 minutes, placing North Korea in a time zone of its own. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's ruling party shows mixed reaction to Abe statement

People at Seoul's main train station watch TV coverage on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug. 14, 2015. South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party showed a mixed reaction to the statement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Belgian designer files suit to halt use of Tokyo Olympic logo

Undated photo shows Olivier Debie, the designer of a Belgian theater logo who says his creation was plagiarized in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic symbol. Debie filed suit in Belgium seeking to get the International Olympic Committee to halt its use, his lawyer said on Aug. 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo