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China-Europe freight trains breathe new life to ancient Silk Road

STORY: GLOBALink | China-Europe freight trains breathe new life to ancient Silk Road DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Europe freight train services 2. various of the warehouse in Spain 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MOU JINWEN, Chairman of Shenzhen Qxbox Technology Warehousing Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): DIEGO CIMADEVILLA, Management director of Qxbox's subsidiary in Spain STORYLINE: The freight train service linking Chinese cities with Europe is breathing new life into the ancient Silk Road with its expanding network. In May 2011, a rail route was opened between Chongqing and Duisburg in Germany, marking the start of the China-Europe cargo train service. Boosted by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), proposed by China in 2013, the international train service has been expanding fast over the past years. Nowadays, the service connects more than 100 Chinese cities with over 200 cities in 25 countries in Europe. At this warehouse i

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Japan to start ocean discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater Thursday

STORY: Japan to start ocean discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater Thursday DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 2. various of people opposing 3. various of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and local fishermen STORYLINE: The Japanese government announced Tuesday it has decided to start releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean on Thursday. The decision was made amid strong opposition from neighboring and Pacific island countries, as well as local fishermen over the irreversible impacts on the marine environment and public health. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, hit by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and an ensuing tsunami on March 11, 2011, suffered core meltdowns that released radiation. In April 2021, the Japanese government announced its controversial plan to release nuclear-contaminated water from the facilit

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Choir members from Fukushima sing before Pope

ROME, Italy - Members of the girls' choir MJC Ensemble, based in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, which was severely damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, sing before Pope Benedict XVI at Castel Gandolfo near Rome on Aug. 22, 2012.

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Choir members from Fukushima sing before Pope

ROME, Italy - Ena Ota (R), a senior high school student and leader of the girls' choir MJC Ensemble, and Pope Benedict XVI (L) greet each other at Castel Gandolfo near Rome on Aug. 22, 2012. Members of the choir based in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, which was severely damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, sang before the pope.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes).

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes).

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes).

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Int'l trade show in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A ceremony is held to mark the opening of an international trade show in Rason in a special economic and trade zone in North Korea on Aug. 22, 2011.

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Maehara's candidacy for DPJ leader

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara. Lawmakers close to him said on Aug. 22, 2011 that Maehara decided the same day to run in the Democratic Party of Japan's upcoming presidential election in a bid to become the country's next prime minister.

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Keene to leave N.Y. for Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Donald Keene, a prominent Japanese literature scholar, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in his apartment in New York on Aug. 22, 2011. Keene said during the interview that he remains convinced his decision to permanently leave New York for Tokyo, where he aims to become a citizen, is the correct one.

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Niigata reactor to be suspended for checkup

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2009 shows (from front L) the No. 5, 6 and 7 reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Aug. 22, 2011, that the No. 7 reactor at the plant will be suspended the following morning for an 83-day scheduled checkup.

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes).

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'Green curtain' on city hall

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2011 shows ''green curtain'' of goya, bitter gourd, shading the windows of city hall in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, as a means of power saving. About 600 goya plants were planted in June to cover the windows of the city hall. Citizens donate money to secure the right to freely take the goya fruits, with the donations to be sent to quake-hit areas in northeastern Japan.

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Int'l trade show in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An international trade show begins in Rason in a special economic and trade zone in North Korea on Aug. 22, 2011.

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Ex-Thai Prime Minister Thaksin in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra. Thaksin arrived in Japan on Aug. 22, 2011, for a seven-day stay.

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Thaksin in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (L) and Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi shake hands in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2011, after Thaksin, a fugitive following his ouster in a 2006 military coup in Thailand, arrived in Japan with the aim of assisting in the reconstruction of the earthquake- and tsunami-hit northeastern region.

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Ulan-Ude station in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Photo shows Ulan-Ude railway station in Russia decorated with Russian (R) and North Korean flags on Aug. 22, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to hold summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in the Siberian city on Aug. 23, a source in the Russian president's office said Aug. 22.

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Kan at upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoko Kan speaks at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2011. The upper house deliberated a bill the same day to allow the government to issue deficit-covering bonds in fiscal 2011.

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Kabuki actors' succession to names

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Kasho (2nd from R), who is to succeed the name of late national treasure Nakamura Matagoro II and become Nakamura Matagoro III, poses with his son Nakamura Tanetaro (2nd from L) and living national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon (R), during a parade near Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Aug. 22, 2011, to announce the planned successions. Tanetaro will become Kasho IV. The father and son will officially succeed the names at a performance to be held at Shimbashi Embujo (Shimbashi Theater) in Tokyo in September.

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Maehara ahead of DPJ election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) arrives at Tokyo Station on a shinkansen bullet train from Kyoto on Aug. 22, 2011. Attention is focused on whether he will run in the Democratic Party of Japan's leadership election to pick a successor to Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Kan at upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoko Kan (front) speaks at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2011, with Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R back) and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano (L back) seen in the background. The upper house deliberated a bill the same day to allow the government to issue deficit-covering bonds in fiscal 2011.

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Doraemon cartoonist's museum

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2011, shows the reproduced atelier of late Fujiko F. Fujio, the creator of the ''Doraemon'' cartoon series, at Fujiko F. Fujio Museum in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. The three-story museum, featuring around 50,000 of his original drawings, is scheduled to open to the general public on Sept. 3.

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Museum for Doraemon cartoonist in Kawasaki

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the inside of Fujiko F. Fujio Museum, dedicated to the legacy of the creator of the ''Doraemon'' cartoon series, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2011. The three-story museum, featuring around 50,000 of Fujiko F. Fujio's original drawings, is scheduled to open to the general public on Sept. 3.

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Kabuki actors' succession to names

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Kasho (C), who is to succeed the name of late national treasure Nakamura Matagoro II and become Nakamura Matagoro III, poses for photos with his son Nakamura Tanetaro (L) and living national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon (R) in front of the Kaminari gate of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Aug. 22, 2011, before parading to announce the planned successions. Tanetaro will become Kasho IV. The father and son will officially succeed the names at a performance to be held at Shimbashi Embujo (Shimbashi Theater) in Tokyo in September.

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Finance Minister Noda on strong yen

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda answers questions from reporters regarding the continuing appreciation of the yen at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2011. He said Japan will take ''tough action'' against the trend if necessary.

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Half year after New Zealand quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Flowers are offered at the former site of the collapsed Canterbury TV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Aug. 18, 2011, about half a year after the Feb. 22 quake.

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Half year after New Zealand quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A building undergoes demolition in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Aug. 18, 2011, about half a year after the Feb. 22 quake.

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Thermometer for babies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Pigeon Corp.'s Chibion Touch thermometer to check body temperature by placing it on a baby's forehead for one second. The company plans to begin selling the product on Aug. 22, 2011.

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U.N. chief Ban in interview

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at Kennedy international airport in New York on Aug. 6, 2011. Ban said in the interview that Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is eager to attend the United Nations' high-level meeting on nuclear safety and security on Sept. 22, indicating the premier's ambition to stay in office longer than he has indicated.

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Panasonic to launch e-book reader on Aug. 10

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the UT-PB1, an e-book reader handset to be put on sale by Panasonic Corp. on Aug. 10, 2011. The Japanese consumer electronics giant said July 22, 2011, that the handset, with a price tag of 34,800 yen, can only be purchased via Panasonic's web store. The e-book reader has a 7-inch color liquid-crystal display, and is equipped with 16 kinds of applications such as e-mail and a camera.

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREEK PHOTOGRAPHER (CN)

(220829) -- BEIJING, Aug. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by George Doupas shows terraced fields in Yuanyang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 22, 2011. TO GO WITH "Across China: The beauty of Beijing through lens of a Greek photographer" (George Doupas/Handout via Xinhua)

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Aleppo pistachio farmers in Syria affected by U.S. sanctions

STORY: Aleppo pistachio farmers in Syria affected by U.S. sanctions DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. carious of Aleppo pistachio farm in Hama countryside 2. various of the head of the Aleppo pistachio office at the agriculture ministry checking the pistachio trees 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): JIHAD MUHAMMAD, Head of the Aleppo pistachio office at the agriculture ministry 4. various of the head of the Aleppo pistachio office at the agriculture ministry checking the pistachio trees 5. various of the farmer in his pistachio farm 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): FIRAS IBRAHIM, Farmer 7. various of pistachios STORYLINE: Aleppo pistachio farmers in Syria have been facing a major obstacle in the face of reviving the country's renowned pistachio production. Pistachios in Syria had been favored across the Middle East before the eruption of the Syrian crisis in 2011. Jihad Muhammad, head of the Aleppo pistachio office at the agriculture ministry, told Xinhua th

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High school students dance hula in contest

High school students dance a hula during a dance contest on Aug. 22, 2015, in the northeastern Japan city of Iwaki, affected by the 2011 disaster. Twenty-one schools from all over Japan took part in the contest, which was started to encourage the disaster-hit areas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school students dance hula in contest

High school students dance a hula during a dance contest on Aug. 22, 2015, in the northeastern Japan city of Iwaki, affected by the 2011 disaster. Twenty-one schools from all over Japan took part in the contest, which was started to encourage the disaster-hit areas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photo exhibition shows many faces of children since WWII

People view photos at an exhibition on postwar Japan, titled "Children in the 70 Years Since World War II -- A news agency as eyewitness," in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2015. It showcases children at home and abroad from the end of World War II to the present day through more than 70 photos, including some images of children trying to make ends meet soon after the war, and others after major disasters such as the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, and the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scene after March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Shoes remain in lockers at a now-closed elementary school in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2020, left as they were on March 11, 2011, when the students evacuated from the school in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake. A local education committee started returning such belongings to their owners in August, following the easing of access restrictions to the town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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'Green curtain' on city hall

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2011 shows ''green curtain'' of goya, bitter gourd, shading the windows of city hall in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, as a means of power saving. About 600 goya plants were planted in June to cover the windows of the city hall. Citizens donate money to secure the right to freely take the goya fruits, with the donations to be sent to quake-hit areas in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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U.N. chief Ban in interview

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at Kennedy international airport in New York on Aug. 6, 2011. Ban said in the interview that Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is eager to attend the United Nations' high-level meeting on nuclear safety and security on Sept. 22, indicating the premier's ambition to stay in office longer than he has indicated. (Kyodo)

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Keene to leave N.Y. for Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Donald Keene, a prominent Japanese literature scholar, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in his apartment in New York on Aug. 22, 2011. Keene said during the interview that he remains convinced his decision to permanently leave New York for Tokyo, where he aims to become a citizen, is the correct one. (Kyodo)

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes). (Kyodo)

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes). (Kyodo)

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes). (Kyodo)

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes). (Kyodo)

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Maehara's candidacy for DPJ leader

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara. Lawmakers close to him said on Aug. 22, 2011 that Maehara decided the same day to run in the Democratic Party of Japan's upcoming presidential election in a bid to become the country's next prime minister. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Vice Pres. Biden visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos at Haneda airport in Tokyo on the night of Aug. 22, 2011. Biden is scheduled to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan the following morning and visit disaster-hit Sendai in the afternoon. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Maehara ahead of DPJ election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) arrives at Tokyo Station on a shinkansen bullet train from Kyoto on Aug. 22, 2011. Attention is focused on whether he will run in the Democratic Party of Japan's leadership election to pick a successor to Prime Minister Naoto Kan. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Thai Prime Minister Thaksin in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra. Thaksin arrived in Japan on Aug. 22, 2011, for a seven-day stay. (Kyodo)