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CHINA-JIANGSU-LIANYUNGANG-SCO-INT'L LOGISTICS PARK (CN)

(240704) -- LIANYUNGANG, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 16, 2023 shows a wheel crane loading a container onto a train at the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Inaugurated in 2015, the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park covering an area of about 69.79 square kilometers is home to over 1,600 enterprises. (SCO stands for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization) The park has built a multimodal logistics system comprising roads, railways, rivers, and the sea, which also integrates industries such as new materials and new energy besides modern logistics. As of the end of June this year, the accumulated throughput of the park hit 289 million tonnes with a combined logistics business revenue of 19.06 billion yuan (about 2.62 billion U.S. dollars). (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Japan's Miyazato finishes tied for 35th in Portland Classic

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 21 Kyodo - Japan's Mika Miyazato blasts out from a bunker on the second hole in the final round of the Cambia Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 16, 2015. She finished tied for 35th at 6-under 282.

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Iran says 2015 nuclear deal revival possible if U.S. shows flexibility

STORY: Iran says 2015 nuclear deal revival possible if U.S. shows flexibility DATELINE: Aug. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iranian foreign minister at a meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (Persian): HOSSEIN AMIR-ABDOLLAHIAN, Iranian foreign minister 3. various of Iran's nuclear facilities (file) STORYLINE: Iranian foreign minister said on Monday that an agreement on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal is possible in the coming days if the United States shows flexibility in providing guarantees over Iran's demands, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. "If the Americans show flexibility, we will reach an agreement in the coming days," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was quoted as saying. "Currently, we are exchanging messages with the U.S. about three specific issues," he said, adding that "we told America clearly that if our views on these three issues, which are reasonable, are secured, we are ready to enter the stage of announcing an agreement." The top Iranian dip

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-GUIZHOU-ASTRONOMY-FAST-TELESCOPE (CN)

(220806) -- GUIZHOU, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) with the first reflection panel installed (upper L, photo taken on Aug. 2, 2015), with nearly half of the reflection panels installed (upper R, photo taken on Dec. 16, 2015), with about 80 percent of the reflection panels installed (lower L, photo taken on March 9, 2016), and a panoramic view of FAST (lower R, photo taken on July 21, 2022), in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in southwest China's Guizhou Province, FAST started formal operation in January 2020 and officially opened to the world on March 31, 2021. It is believed to be the world's most sensitive radio telescope. With FAST, scientists have identified over 660 new pulsars. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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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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People of Pyongyang seen from bus window

A boy wearing sunglasses holds on while sitting on the luggage rack of a bicycle in Pyongyang on Aug. 16, 2015. After being frustrated with his inability to take pictures of the "real faces" of people in the North Korean capital, a Kyodo News photographer attempted to get such images through a window of a bus running fast in the city he has visited many times with little freedom to interact with local people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese doctor supports disabled kids in Kenya

Japanese pediatrician Kazuko Kumon, who has built a facility to support children with disabilities and their families in the suburbs of Nairobi, speaks in an interview in Yokohama on Aug 16, 2015. The facility provides education and rehabilitation and also conducts awareness-raising activities in the community. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Author of Japanese book on philosophy sold in Taiwan

Former high school teacher Jun Teshima, pictured in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2015, is the author of a book on philosophy which was published in Taiwan in May and which will come out in China in 2016. The book is titled "Philosophy Taught from Age 16 by a High School Teacher." Very few philosophy books are available in Taiwan and China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kono-K. Kameda title fight set for Oct. 16 in Chicago

WBA super flyweight champion Kohei Kono (L) and second-ranked Koki Kameda pose for a photo at Kono's Watanabe Boxing Gym in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2015. The two will fight in Chicago on Oct. 16. Kameda, along with his two younger brothers, have been barred from fighting in Japan due to sanctions imposed on the Kameda Boxing Gym by the Japan Boxing Commission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asia-Pacific nations aim to cut 80% of import duties in 10 years

Japan's State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Daishiro Yamagiwa (3rd from R) and other Asia-Pacific trade officials clap at their meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 24, 2015. The officials from 16 regional countries agreed to cut tariffs on 80 percent of their imports within a decade under a free trade pact known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sani Brown fails to make men's 200m final at worlds

Japanese teenager Hakim Sani Brown (L) runs in a 200-meter semifinal heat at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 26, 2015, alongside Yancarlos Martinez (C) of the Dominican Republic and Justin Gatlin of the United States. The 16-year-old, the youngest runner ever in the discipline at the worlds, did not qualify for the final after placing fifth in the heat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese teenage sprinter Sani Brown advances to 200 meters semis

Hakim Sani Brown (far L) of Japan competes in a heat of the men's 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 25, 2015. The 16-year-old sprinter clocked 20.35 seconds, advancing to the semifinals the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese teenage sprinter Sani Brown advances to 200 meters semis

Hakim Sani Brown (L) of Japan reacts after competing in a heat of the men's 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 25, 2015. The 16-year-old sprinter clocked 20.35 seconds, advancing to the semifinals the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese teenage sprinter Sani Brown advances to 200 meters semis

Hakim Sani Brown (L) of Japan competes in a heat of the men's 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 25, 2015. The 16-year-old sprinter clocked 20.35 seconds, advancing to the semifinals the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Iwata finishes 21st in PGA Championship

Japan's Hiroshi Iwata (R) shakes hands with Phil Mickelson of the United States after the final round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin, on Aug. 16, 2015. Iwata finished tied for 21st with a 7-under 281 total. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spieth finishes 2nd in PGA Championship

American golfer Jordan Spieth plays in the final round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin, on Aug. 16, 2015. He finished second with a 17-under 271 total after record-setting Jason Day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Yokomine finishes 13th in Portland Classic

Japan's Sakura Yokomine acknowledges the gallery after sinking a birdie putt on the seventh hole in the final round of the Cambia Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 16, 2015. She finished tied for 13th with a 9-under 279 total. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Descendants of Sukarno, his Japanese supporter meet for first time

Toaji Nishimura (R) from Tokyo and Romy Sukarno, grandson of Indonesia's President Sukarno, meet for the first time at the Museum of the Declaration of Independence in Jakarta on Aug. 16, 2015. Nishimura's father Tadashi Maeda was a senior naval officer who helped Sukarno and his colleagues write the declaration that was announced on Aug. 17, 1945, two days after the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese man meets Indonesian independence leaders' descendants

Toaji Nishimura (far R) from Tokyo meets descendants of Indonesia's independence leaders, including the country's first Vice President Mohammad Hatta's daughter Halida (far L) and first President Sukarno's grandson Romy (next to her), at the Museum of the Declaration of Independence in Jakarta on Aug. 16, 2015. Nishimura's father Tadashi Maeda, a senior naval officer stationed on Java Island, helped the leaders write the declaration that was announced on Aug. 17, 1945, two days after the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2,000 people perform Bon dance in Osaka, breaking Guinness record

About 2,000 people in colorful "yukata" casual kimono join a "Bon" midsummer festival dance in the Dotonbori district of Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 16, 2015, setting a Guinness record for the number of people performing the traditional Japanese Buddhist festival dance at the same time. The previous record of 1,932 dancers was marked in Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, in August 2001. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2,000 perform Bon dance in Osaka, breaking Guinness record

About 2,000 people in colorful "yukata" casual kimono join a "Bon" midsummer festival dance in the Dotonbori district of Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 16, 2015, setting a Guinness record for the number of people performing the traditional Japanese Buddhist summer festival dance at the same time. The previous record of 1,932 dancers was marked in Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, in August 2001. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cristiano scores hat trick, Reysol beat Hiroshima in J-League

Cristiano of Kashiwa Reysol scores a hat trick in the second half against Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Aug. 16, 2015, in Hiroshima, in the J-League second stage. Kashiwa won 3-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sagan beat Montedio in J-League second stage

Kota Mizunuma (C) of Sagan Tosu scores the team's second goal in the second half against Montedio Yamagata at NDsoft Stadium in Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 16, 2015, in the J-League second stage. Sagan won 3-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese woman prays in front of grave marker in N. Korea

Naoko Watanabe, a Japanese woman whose aunt died in an area of the Korean Peninsula currently located in North Korea during the chaos at the end of World War II, prays in front of a grave marker in Pyongyang on Aug. 16, 2015. She was a member of a six-person Japanese party visiting the cemetery in North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Robbery exposes security concerns for Rio Olympics

A cycling test event is held in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 16, 2015, for the 2016 Olympic Games. A group of photographers became robbery victims at the event's venue, local media reported, saying that one of the two robbers had a gun but that no one was injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 men killed in ultralight plane crash

Photo taken Aug. 16, 2015, shows an ultralight plane that crashed into a golf course in a Tokyo suburb, killed both men aboard. It was reported on Aug. 17 that the self-built plane was operated without necessary permits. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Day wins PGA Championship with record score

Australian golfer Jason Day holds up his trophy after winning the PGA Championship with a major record 20-under total at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin, on Aug. 16, 2015. The previous 72-hole low in a major of 19 under had been set by Tiger Woods at the 2000 British Open at St. Andrews. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Festival in LA's Little Tokyo

A "nebuta," or a lantern float from Japan's Aomori region, appears in a parade in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2015, during the annual Nisei Week Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Festival in LA's Little Tokyo

A "nebuta," or a lantern float from Japan's Aomori region, appears in a parade in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2015, during the annual Nisei Week Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osako nets in Cologne's season-opening victory

Japan international Yuya Osako celebrates after coming off the bench to score in Cologne's 3-1 win away to Stuttgart in their Bundesliga season-opening match on Aug. 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People in Brazil protest against corruption

People participate in a large-scale demonstration along the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 16, 2015, calling for the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff over a vast corruption scandal. According to local media, around 880,000 people attended similar protests in more than 200 cities across the country the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People in Brazil protest against corruption

People participate in a large-scale demonstration along the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 16, 2015, calling for the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff over a vast corruption scandal. According to local media, around 880,000 people attended similar protests in more than 200 cities across the country the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People in Brazil protest against corruption

People participate in a large-scale demonstration along the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 16, 2015, calling for the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff over a vast corruption scandal. According to local media, around 880,000 people attended similar protests in more than 200 cities across the country the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Festival in LA's Little Tokyo

A parade is held in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2015, during the annual Nisei Week Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Festival in LA's Little Tokyo

A parade is held in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2015, during the annual Nisei Week Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Gozan Okuribi" event in Kyoto

People observe the Chinese character "dai," which means large, formed by a bonfire on the slope of the Nyoigatake in Kyoto on Aug. 16, 2015, during the "Gozan Okuribi" event. Five giant Chinese characters were formed by bonfires on mountains surrounding Kyoto as the souls of ancestors are said to return to the spirit world following the summer "Bon" season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Fukuman, Yonao win bronze at world badminton

Bronze medalists Naoko Fukuman (L) and Kurumi Yonao from Japan smile during an award ceremony for the women's doubles at the Badminton World Championships in Jakarta on Aug. 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Festival in LA's Little Tokyo

A parade is held in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2015, during the annual Nisei Week Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Gozan Okuribi" event in Kyoto

People observe the Chinese character "dai," which means large, formed by a bonfire on the slope of the Nyoigatake in Kyoto on Aug. 16, 2015, during the "Gozan Okuribi" event. Five giant Chinese characters were formed by bonfires on mountains surrounding Kyoto as the souls of ancestors are said to return to the spirit world following the summer "Bon" season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 killed, 4 injured after car rams into sidewalk, shop in Tokyo

Photo taken on the night of Aug. 16, 2015, shows a car that ran across the sidewalk and plowed into an outlet of the Zara apparel shop near JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo, killing one person and injuring four others. Police arrested the driver, a 53-year-old doctor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Momota grabs bronze at Badminton World Chamipnships

Japan's Kento Momota poses on Aug. 16, 2015 with the bronze medal he won in men's singles at the Badminton World Championships in Jakarta. Momota, ranked fourth in the world, lost 21-9, 21-15 to reigning world No. 1 Chen Long of China the previous day. (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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Japanese visit graves in N. Korea of kin who died at end of WWII

Yasuko Irie, 73, offers rice grown in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, where Irie's deceased father Minoru came from, at the Ryongsan cemetery in Pyongyang on Aug. 16, 2015. She visited there with five other Japanese to pray for relatives who died in what is now North Korea during the chaos at the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hirosaki Castle tower raised off foundation to reconstruct stone walls

People watch on Aug. 16, 2015 the first such operation in 100 years to raise the three-story tower of Hirosaki Castle in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, off its foundation for repairs. The 14.4-meter high, 400-ton castle tower was raised 10 centimeters off its foundation by 27 hydraulic jacks, and will now be moved on carriages 70 meters by rail to allow its stone wall foundation to be reconstructed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese visit graves in N. Korea of kin who died at end of WWII

Six relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea during the chaos at the end of World War II offer prayers at the Ryongsan cemetery in Pyongyang on Aug. 16, 2015. They received approval last month for the visit from North Korea, which has no diplomatic relations with Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hirosaki Castle tower raised to reconstruct stone walls

The three-story tower of Hirosaki Castle in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, is raised 10 centimeters off its foundation by 27 hydraulic jacks on Aug. 16, 2015, during the first "Hikiya" operation at the castle in 100 years. The 14.4-meter high, 400-ton castle tower will now be moved on carriages 70 meters by rail to allow its stone wall foundation to be reconstructed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 men killed in ultra light plane crash in Tokyo suburb

Police examine the wreckage of an ultra light plane that crashed at a golf course in Tsukuba city, about 50 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 16, 2015, killing the two men inside it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Nitama (Tama the Second), a five-year-old female cat, held in the arms of Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., faces the Tama Shrine at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Aug. 11, 2015. Nitama assumed the role of stationmaster that day to succeed Tama, a cat credited with rescuing the railway from financial difficulties before dying aged 16 in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Nitama (Tama the Second), a five-year-old female cat, is seen before the framed photograph of Tama, a cat credited with rescuing Wakayama Electric Railway Co. from financial difficulties before dying aged 16 in June 2015, at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Aug. 11, 2015. Nitama is wearing a stationmaster's cap as she assumed the role from Tama that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo