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Tanzanian young man pursues career in Kung Fu

STORY: Tanzanian young man pursues career in Kung Fu DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English & Swahili): YASINI BAKARI, Kung Fu trainer 2. various of Chinese Kung Fu training STORYLINE: Yasini Rajabu Bakari, 26, comes from Tanzania's commercial hub of Dar es Salaam. He now works as a Kung Fu trainer in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. "Chinese Kung Fu is in my blood. The Chinese martial arts is my lifetime savior," said Bakari. In 2014, the Tanzania Wushu Association, in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania, sent Bakari to be trained in Kung Fu for four weeks at the Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan Province. In 2017, Bakari was sponsored to get further training for three months at a martial arts school in north China's Tianjin, where he was awarded a diploma after completing a program in martial arts coaching. After that, Bakari landed a job as a trainer at Dragon Warriors Martial Arts Clu

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Wildlife Conservation Society's deputy head in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Jerome Mokoko, assistant director of the Wildlife Conservation Society, speaks of the importance of conserving nature in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014. Mokoko, from the Republic of Congo, warned that increasing demand for ivory and growing Asian needs for wood have impacted wildlife preservation in his country.

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Disaster survivor expresses gratitude through calligraphy

MORIOKA, Japan - Shuetsu Kubo, who has weak eyesight, shows a sample of his calligraphy in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 26, 2014. Kubo started expressing gratitude for his family through calligraphy after losing his younger brother in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Drug-related crime in China increasing rapidly

BEIJING, China - A "No Drugs!" warning is displayed at a restaurant in a Beijing amusement center on Aug. 26, 2014, as the number of criminal cases related to drugs reached about 43,000 nationwide during the January-May period this year, up by 30% over the same period of last year.

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JA group promotes Kyoto-raised farm produce in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Women from the Kyoto chapter of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) group make a sales pitch for vegetables and other farm products grown in Kyoto Prefecture at a dinner party at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul on Aug. 26, 2014, to mark the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Turkey.

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Kyoto food promoted for Turkish cuisine

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish cuisine made from vegetables and beef produced in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is served for dinner at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul on Aug. 26, 2014. Some 270 Turkish government officials were invited to the event marking the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Turkey.

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Kagawa suffers concussion in League Cup match

MILTON KEYNES, Britain - Japan international Shinji Kagawa of Manchester United collapses on the ground in the first half of an English League Cup second-round match against third-tier MK Dons as he suffers concussion after tangling with a Dons player and is replaced soon afterward in his team's 4-0 loss in Milton Keynes on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Actor, stage director Yonekura dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows actor and stage director Masakane Yonekura, who died on Aug. 26, 2014, at 80. While playing lead roles and serving as stage director for theater company Gekidan Mingei until leaving the group in 2000, Yonekura also appeared in television dramas and films.

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Man Utd midfielder Kagawa sidelined due to concussion

MILTON KEYNES, Britain - Japan international Shinji Kagawa of Manchester United is replaced about 20 minutes into an English League Cup match, his first game of the season, against third-tier MK Dons as he suffers concussion after tangling with a Dons player in Manchester's 4-0 rout in Milton Keynes on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Nishikori advances in straight sets to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori celebrates after winning his first-round match of the U.S. Open on Aug. 26, 2014, in New York, the United States. Nishikori defeated American Wayne Odesnik 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

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Baby food seasoned with 'dashi' broth to go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Co. releases chicken porridge as part of its new high-end baby food series seasoned with "dashi" broth essential to Japanese cuisine in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014. The product, designed to develop a sense of taste for Japanese cuisine from a young age, will go on sale on Sept. 19.

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Nishikori advances in straight sets to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during the first round of the U.S. Open on Aug. 26, 2014, in New York, the United States. Nishikori defeated American Wayne Odesnik 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Mikio Watanabe (C) heads for the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima with a picture of his late wife Hamako on Aug. 26, 2014. The court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of Hamako, who was forced to evacuate from her home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Nishikori advances in straight sets to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during the first round of the U.S. Open on Aug. 26, 2014, in New York, the United States. Nishikori defeated American Wayne Odesnik 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

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Aftermath of mudslides in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People lie down to rest at an elementary school used as an evacuation center in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 26, 2014. Many homes were damaged or destroyed by massive mudslides there following torrential rain on Aug. 20.

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Baby food seasoned with 'dashi' broth to go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Meiji Co. unveils "udon" noodle stewed with chicken and vegetables as part of its new high-end baby food series seasoned with "dashi" broth essential to Japanese cuisine in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014. The product, designed to develop a sense of taste for Japanese cuisine from a young age, will go on sale on Sept. 19.

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5 mil. yen grant for Bunraku puppet show in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A Bunraku puppet receives a document on a 5 million yen grant in Osaka on Aug. 26, 2014, as the first recipient of the grant from Arts Support Kansai, a body launched in April to support cultural and artistic activities in the Kansai region. Keihanshin Building Co. President Kenjiro Nakano has decided to donate 5 million yen to the body to support the Bunraku puppet show.

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Motegi speaks at ASEAN

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (3rd from R) speaks at a meeting between economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their counterparts of Japan, China and South Korea in Myanmar's capital of Naypyitaw on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Incheon Asian Games athletes' village

INCHEON, South Korea - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2014, shows the athletes' village of the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea's western city of Incheon. The organizers of the games, running from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, opened the athletes' village to the press the same day.

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Incheon Asian Games athletes' village

INCHEON, South Korea - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2014, shows the International Zone, where medical and other services are available, in the athletes' village of the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea's western city of Incheon. The organizers of the games, running from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, opened the athletes' village to the press the same day.

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Incheon Asian Games athletes' village

INCHEON, South Korea - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2014, shows the athletes' village of the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea's western city of Incheon. The organizers of the games, running from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, opened the athletes' village to the press the same day.

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Incheon Asian Games athletes' village

INCHEON, South Korea - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2014, shows the athletes' village of the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea's western city of Incheon. The organizers of the games, running from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, opened the athletes' village to the press the same day.

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Aftermath of mudslides in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Junko Hirata, 69, stands in what used to be her house, in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 26, 2014. The area was hit by massive mudslides following torrential rain on Aug. 20.

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Incheon Asian Games athletes' village

INCHEON, South Korea - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2014, shows the International Zone, where medical and other services are available, in the athletes' village of the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea's western city of Incheon. The organizers of the games, running from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, opened the athletes' village to the press the same day.

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Incheon Asian Games athletes' village

INCHEON, South Korea - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2014, shows a restaurant accommodating 3,500 people in the athletes' village of the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea's western city of Incheon. The organizers of the games, running from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, opened the athletes' village to the press the same day.

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Fire festival marks end of Mt. Fuji's summer climbing season

KOFU, Japan - A fire festival is held in Fujiyoshida in the central Japan prefecture of Yamanashi on Aug. 26, 2014, to mark the end of the summer climbing season of Mt. Fuji this year.

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Documents for maglev train project displayed to press

TOKYO, Japan - A set of documents is displayed at a press conference held by Central Japan Railway Co. in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014, after presentation of an application to the government for approval of a plan to launch work on a 290-km magnetically levitated train line between the Japanese capital and Nagoya for completion in 2027.

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Aftermath of mudslides in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 26, 2014, shows a site of a mudslide in the city of Hiroshima. The area was hit by massive mudslides following torrential rain on Aug. 20.

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Playwright Noda at press conference in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Playwright Hideki Noda gives a press conference in Seoul on Aug. 26, 2014, on his play "Half God," which depicts the struggles of conjoined twin sisters, who share one heart. The play will run from Sept. 12 to Oct. 5 at the Myeongdong Theater in Seoul.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Mikio Watanabe (L), holding a picture of his late wife Hamako, answers reporters' questions outside the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Aug. 26, 2014, after the court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of Hamako. The couple was forced to evacuate from their home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Area where N. Korean agent enters specified

MATSUE, Japan - Kazuhiro Araki (front), head of the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to N. Korea, investigates a coastal area in Toda town of Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2014. Araki said the same day that the location where a North Korean agent is said to have entered Japan in 1980, based on the information provided by a former agent, was specified.

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Leader of Japanese abductees' kin calls for early settlement

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, head of a group representing relatives of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, calls for prompt settlement of the issue at a seminar held by the government in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Playwright Noda's 'Half God' to be performed in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Playwright Hideki Noda (3rd from L) and persons concerned with his play "Half God" hold a press conference in Seoul on Aug. 26, 2014, ahead of the play's opening night on Sept. 12 at the Myeongdong Theater in South Korean capital. The play depicts the struggles of conjoined twin sisters, who share one heart.

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Baby food seasoned with 'dashi' broth to go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Takuji Takahashi (L), manager of time-honored Japanese-style restaurant "Kinobu" in Kyoto, western Japan, joins other people in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014, to promote Meiji Co.'s newly developed high-end baby food seasoned with "dashi" broth essential to Japanese cuisine. The product, designed to develop a sense of taste for Japanese cuisine from a young age, will go on sale on Sept. 19.

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JR Tokai seeks go-ahead for maglev train line project

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Uno (L), an executive officer at Central Japan Railway Co. known as JR Tokai, presents an application to an official in charge at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014, for approval of a plan to launch work on a 290-km magnetically levitated train line between the Japanese capital and Nagoya for completion in 2027.

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Former PM Kan on nuclear crisis

CANBERRA, Australia - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) speaks at Australia's federal parliament building in Canberra on Aug. 26, 2014. Kan, who was Japan's prime minister at the time of the March 2011 nuclear disaster, called for the full disclosure of testimonies regarding the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Baseballs dumped instead of ice water in ALS awareness blitz

NAGOYA, Japan - Doala, a mascot character of the Japanese professional baseball club Chunichi Dragons, dumps a bucket of baseballs instead of ice water over his head at the Nagoya Dome ball park on Aug. 26, 2014, to promote awareness of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease and encourage donations to research.

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Daihatsu launches minicar series with many color choices

OSAKA, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. unveils a partially restyled regional model of the "Mira Cocoa" minicar series in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 26, 2014. The model caters to customers in the Kinki region that includes Osaka and Kyoto. The remodeled series offers 160 different color combinations for the body and interior components as well as different versions according to 11 regions.

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Figure skater Asada attends cosmetics maker's campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada attends a sales promotion campaign by a cosmetics maker for which she models in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Japan, ASEAN economic ministers meet in Myanmar

TOKYO, Japan - The economic ministers of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations discuss ways of cooperation at their annual meeting in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Inoki, wrestlers pose at press meet on event in Pyongyang

TOKYO, Japan - Retired Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki (C), an upper house member, joins a group of wrestlers in posing at a press conference held in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014, to brief reporters about a wrestling event to be held in Pyongyang on Aug. 30 and 31.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Lawyers show triumphal banners in front of the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Aug. 26, 2014, after the court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of a woman forced to evacuate her home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Date-Krumm leaves court after 1st-round loss at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan leaves the court after losing to Venus Williams of the United States in the first round of women's singles at the U.S. Open in New York on Aug. 26, 2014. The game was Date-Krumm's 50th Grand Slam match.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Mikio Watanabe heads for the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima with a picture of his late wife Hamako on Aug. 26, 2014. The court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of Hamako, who was forced to evacuate her home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Japan, ASEAN hold public-private meet on new industries

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (4th from R, front row) poses with other participants in a public-private dialogue on new industries between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations held in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Search-and-rescue operations continue in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Self-Defense Forces personnel search for missing people on Aug. 26, 2014, together with rescue dogs in the western Japan city of Hiroshima, which was hit by deadly landslides.

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Search-and-rescue operations continue in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (2nd from R) inspects a landslide-hit site in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Aug. 26, 2014. Onodera told Self-Defense Forces personnel deploying at the area to make utmost effort to rescue missing residents.

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Japanese politician pleads innocent at drugs trial in China

GUANGZHOU, China - A lawyer for a Japanese politician accused of drug smuggling in China meets with reporters in Guangzhou, China, on Aug. 26, 2014, the date of the first court hearing for his client. The lawyer said Takuma Sakuragi, a member of the Inazawa municipal assembly in Aichi Prefecture, has denied any wrongdoing since his arrest in December.

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Japan to bid for host of 2020 Futsal World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Governor Hideaki Omura (R) of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, submits a proposal to host the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup to Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Ishihara visits candidate town for radioactive waste storage

IWAKI, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (L) greets attendees at a town meeting of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 26, 2014. Futaba is one of two candidate towns for the temporary storage of contaminated soil accumulated in cleanup work for the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.