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National high school hula competition held in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Students from Nihon Newart High School in Kokubunji, western Tokyo, perform at a national high school hula dance competition in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2014. The school won the best performance prize at the event, held to encourage people still trying to recover from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.

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National high school hula competition held in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Students from Tokiwagi Gakuen High School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, perform during a national high school hula dance competition in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2014, en route to winning an excellent performance prize. The event was held to encourage people still trying to recover from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.

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National high school hula competition held in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Students from Nihon Newart High School in Kokubunji, western Tokyo, perform at a national high school hula dance competition in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2014. The school won the best performance prize at the event, held to encourage people still trying to recover from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.

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Water balloon fight held on Japan beach

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Young people throw water balloons on a beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 24, 2014, to promote the sport under rules laid down by volunteer workers in Fukushima Prefecture following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Ueda hits approach shot on final day of CAT Ladies

HAKONE, Japan - Japanese professional golfer Momoko Ueda hits an approach shot on the fifth hole in the final round of the CAT Ladies golf tournament at the Daihakone Country Club in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 24, 2014, en route to scoring her first victory since November 2011.

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Young people enjoy water balloon fight on Japan beach

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Young people enjoy a water balloon fight on a beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 24, 2014, under rules laid down by volunteer workers in Fukushima Prefecture following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Ueda gives big smile after winning CAT Ladies golf title

HAKONE, Japan - Japanese professional golfer Momoko Ueda gives a big smile after winning the CAT Ladies golf tournament with a 9-under 210 at the Daihakone Country Club in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 24, 2014, for her first victory since November 2011

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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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Hokusai exhibition in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - People look at works by Katsushika Hokusai, a renowned ''ukiyoe'' woodblock print artist from Japan's late Edo period, at the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum in Berlin on Aug. 25, 2011. An exhibition of more than 440 of Hokusai's works is scheduled to be held at the museum through Oct. 24.

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Libyan rebel forces in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan rebel fighters try to tip over a damaged vehicle used by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in a square in central Tripoli on Aug. 24, 2011. Gaddafi's decades-long dictatorship effectively collapsed after he abandoned his fortified compound in the capital.

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Libyan rebel forces in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan rebel fighters on a pick-up truck drive past a stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi's administration shrouded in smoke in southern Tripoli on Aug. 24, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi's decades-long dictatorship effectively collapsed after he abandoned his fortified compound in the capital.

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Civilians in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Civilians remain on alert on a street in Tripoli on Aug. 24, 2011. Muammar Gaddafi's decades-long dictatorship effectively collapsed after he abandoned his fortified compound in the capital.

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Ex-teammates' reunion

NEW YORK, Untied States - New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (back) and his former teammate Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics hug before their game at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 24, 2011.

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Nakaya wins men's 73 kg at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Riki Nakaya (R) beats Dutchman Dex Elmont in the men's 73-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 24, 2011.

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Apple's Jobs resigns as CEO

NEW YORK, United States - Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs speaks during a presentation in San Francisco in March 2011. The computer giant said on Aug. 24, 2011, that Jobs resigned as chief executive officer, effectively immediately, replaced by Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook. Jobs was elected chairman.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki (L) steals second base in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Aug. 24, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-6 with an RBI in a 9-2 victory.

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Sato wins women's 57 kg at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Aiko Sato (top) beats Brazil's Rafaela Silva in the women's 57-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 24, 2011.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R center), seen as a leading contender in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, after seeing Shizuka Kamei, chief of the People's New Party. Before seeing Kamei, Maehara met with Ichiro Ozawa, a power broker in the ruling DPJ, and asked for his support in the upcoming DPJ presidential election which will choose the successor to Naoto Kan, the current DPJ leader and prime minister.

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Moody's analyst Byrne

TOKYO, Japan - Thomas Byrne, an analyst at Moody's Investors Service Inc., speaks about the rating agency's downgrade of Japan's debt at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011.

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Libyan opposition enters capital

TRIPOLI, Libya - Black smoke billows in the Bab al-Aziziya bastion, the location of Muammar Gaddafi's compound in southern Tripoli, on Aug. 24, 2011. The Libyan opposition group National Transitional Council sent a delegation to Tripoli from its base in Benghazi the same day in a move to speed up the transfer of power, while Gaddafi's whereabouts remained unknown.

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Gov't radiation decontamination team

DATE, Japan - An employee of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency measures radiation levels at a crop field in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2011, as part of a pilot program for radiation decontamination launched by the Japanese government the same day. The government also formed a team in the prefecture to promote decontamination.

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U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) delivers a speech in front of members of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, thanking them for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Biden also said the U.S. alliance with Japan will become more important than in the past.

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Libyan opposition enters capital

Benghazi, Libya - People watch television image projected on the wall of a building in Benghazi, northeastern Libya, on Aug. 24, 2011. Libyan opposition group National Transitional Council sent a delegation to Tripoli from its base in Benghazi the same day in a move to speed up the transfer of power, while Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts remained unknown.

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U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech in front of members of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, thanking them for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Biden also said the U.S. alliance with Japan will become more important than in the past.

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Libyan rebel forces in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan rebel fighters celebrate the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's regime at Green Square in central Tripoli on Aug. 24, 2011.

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Nakamura wins women's 52 kg at world judo c'ships

PARIS, France - Japan's Misato Nakamura (L) beats compatriot Yuka Nishida in the women's 52-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 24, 2011.

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Gov't radiation decontamination team

DATE, Japan - Employees of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency measure radiation levels at a crop field in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2011, as part of a pilot program for radiation decontamination launched by the Japanese government the same day. The government also formed a team in the prefecture to promote decontamination.

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Maehara seeks Ozawa's support in DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R), seen as a leading contender in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, and Ichiro Ozawa, a power broker in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Maehara asked Ozawa on Aug. 24, 2011, for his support in the upcoming DPJ presidential election which will choose the successor to Naoto Kan, the current DPJ leader and prime minister.

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U.S. Vice President Biden at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd from R, front)thanks members of U.S. forces at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, for their role in Operation Tomodachi which provided relief and recovery assistance in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Glasses-like LC display

NAGOYA, Japan - Brother Industries Ltd. said on Aug. 24, 2011, it has developed ''AiRScouter'' liquid crystal head-mounted displays to be worn like glasses, initially for industrial use and in the future for entertainment purposes. The device will help plant workers assemble products by projecting instructions on its display.

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Japan gov't debt downgraded

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda answers reporters' questions about the downgrading of Japan's government debt at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011. Moody's Investors Service Inc. said the same day it has downgraded its credit rating for Japanese government bonds by one notch from Aa2 to Aa3.

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Japan gov't debt downgraded

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011. Moody's Investors Service Inc. said the same day it has downgraded its credit rating for Japanese government bonds by one notch from Aa2 to Aa3. ''Over the past five years, frequent changes in administrations have prevented the government from implementing long-term economic and fiscal strategies into effective and durable policies,'' the U.S. rating agency said in its report.

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Chinese aircraft carrier at Dalian port

DALIAN, China - Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2011, shows China's first aircraft carrier, the Soviet-built Varyag, at Dalian port in Liaoning Province. Chinese media reported that an aircraft landing drill on the carrier may be conducted on Aug. 13, 2011, as Chinese authorities have issued a 24-hour navigation ban in the northwestern Bohai Sea.

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Piano that survived atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese pianist Mami Hagiwara is pictured with a piano that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in Mazda Stadium in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack. To mark the anniversary, a concert was held before a night game between the Hiroshima Carp and the Yomiuri Giants at the stadium, with Hagiwara, a 24-year-old Hiroshima native who won first prize in the piano division of the Geneva International Music Competition in 2010, playing the piano.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People pray in front of the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at 6:24 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Rehabilitated prairies form green barrier in north China

STORY: Rehabilitated prairies form green barrier in north China DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's Inner Mongolia 2. various of Inner Mongolia's green drive to form an important ecological barrier in China 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU SIYANG, Senior researcher at M-Grass 4. various of Hulun Lake STORYLINE: Home to several large deserts, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is at the forefront of the country's fight against desertification, and has been fueling its green drive to form an important ecological barrier in China. In 2011, China launched a grassland ecological protection program with subsidy and reward incentives to encourage herdsmen to join the efforts in grazing prohibition in eight provincial-level regions, including Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According to the regional authority, about 404 million mu (about 26.9 million hectares) of grasslands in Inner Mongolia have been c

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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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Flame lighting event for Paralympic torch relay

Flame-lighting is conducted for the Tokyo Paralympic torch relay on Aug. 12, 2021, in the Iwate prefecture city of Rikuzentakata, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. A series of events for the Tokyo Paralympic torch relay began the same day ahead of the Games' opening ceremony on Aug. 24.

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Mega solar power station built in Fukushima town

A ribbon-cutting ceremony is held in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2015, to commemorate the completion of a mega solar power generation station. The new facility is a core reconstruction project in the town, which has been designated as an evacuation zone since the 2011 nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima gov't announces results of tourism promotion blitz

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks to reporters in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 24, 2015, about the results of the April-June "Fukushima Destination Campaign" to attract tourists to the northeastern Japan prefecture. Uchibori said 13.32 million people visited the prefecture during the period, up 12.2 percent from the same quarter of 2014 and the largest since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Season's 1st saury haul at disaster-hit northern Japan port

Fishermen check saury landed at the port of Ofunato in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Iwate for the first time this fishing season on Aug. 24, 2015, about four and a half years since the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-hit area then and now

Photo (top) taken March 27, 2011 shows Onagawa train station and a nearby area in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in the wake of the M9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that year. Bottom photo taken Aug. 24, 2015, shows the same station after being rebuilt. A family is using a footbath set up in front of the station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan students from quake-hit region study wave power in Britain

Six senior students from Japan's Kamaishi High School greet an executive of a British marine engineering company in the port town of Stromness on the Orkney Islands off the northern coast of Scotland on Aug. 24, 2015. The students from the northeastern Japanese city of Kamaishi, ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, visited the company and the European Marine Energy Center to learn about their research and development on power generation from waves and tidal movements. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crew swap ceremony for U.S. aircraft carriers held in San Diego

A crew swap ceremony takes place on the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan's deck in San Diego, California, on Aug. 24, 2015. Nearly two-thirds of the servicemembers who departed Japan aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington are returning to Yokosuka on the Reagan which left San Diego on Aug. 31 for its new home. The departure of the Reagan, which was operated in Operation Tomodachi to support Japan's northeastern region soon after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is part of the three-carrier swap involving the Reagan, the Washington and the Theodore Roosevelt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Piano that survived atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese pianist Mami Hagiwara is pictured with a piano that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in Mazda Stadium in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack. To mark the anniversary, a concert was held before a night game between the Hiroshima Carp and the Yomiuri Giants at the stadium, with Hagiwara, a 24-year-old Hiroshima native who won first prize in the piano division of the Geneva International Music Competition in 2010, playing the piano. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People pray in front of the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at 6:24 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack. (Kyodo)

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Libyan rebel forces in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - Libyan rebel fighters celebrate the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's regime at Green Square in central Tripoli on Aug. 24, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Hokusai exhibition in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - People look at works by Katsushika Hokusai, a renowned ''ukiyoe'' woodblock print artist from Japan's late Edo period, at the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum in Berlin on Aug. 25, 2011. An exhibition of more than 440 of Hokusai's works is scheduled to be held at the museum through Oct. 24. (Kyodo)