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Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki of the Miami Marlins hits a triple in a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Denver, Colorado, on Aug. 7, 2016, marking his 3,000th hit in MLB. It was announced on Jan. 21, 2025, that Ichiro, who also played for the Seattle Mariners, had become the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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200 Nepali tourism professionals receive Chinese language training

STORY: 200 Nepali tourism professionals receive Chinese language training DATELINE: Aug. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of participants 2. various of speeches 3. various of performances STORYLINE: The 5th Chinese language training course for Nepalese tourism professionals concluded in Kathmandu on Tuesday, bringing the total number of trainees to 200. Under a 2016 joint press statement, the Chinese side agreed to provide Chinese language training in Nepal for 200 Nepalese tourism professionals to support the recovery of tourism in the country. The program had been suspended for three years over the COVID-19 pandemic. China-Nepal cooperation on tourism has been undergoing an orderly recovery, with more and more Chinese tourists coming to Nepal, noted Wang Xin, a counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Nepal. Wang voiced hope that the learners will make full use of what they had learned and improve their language skills and service levels to better serve th

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Olympics: Japan reaches table tennis men's team final

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 16 Kyodo - Japan's Jun Mizutani reacts after gaining a point against Timo Boll of Germany in a table tennis men's team event semifinal match at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 15, 2016. Japan won 3-1 to advance to the final.

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Olympics: Japan wins table tennis team bronze

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 17 Kyodo - (From R) Mima Ito, Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan take a selfie with their coach Yasukazu Murakami after their victory against Singapore in the women's table tennis team bronze medal match at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 16, 2016. Japan won 3-1.

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Olympics: Japan headed to men's table tennis final

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 15 Kyodo - (From L) Jun Mizutani, head coach Yosuke Kurashima, Maharu Yoshimura and Koki Niwa celebrate after defeating Germany 3-1 in the table tennis men's team semifinals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 15, 2016.

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Refugee Olympic Team welcomed at athletes village

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 4 Kyodo - Athletes of the Refugee Olympic Team are welcomed at the athletes village for the Rio de Janeiro Games on Aug. 3, 2016.

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Top government spokesman announces Japan's new Cabinet lineup

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 3 Kyodo - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces Japan's new Cabinet lineup in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2016. In his third reshuffle since returning as prime minister in December 2012, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed a new defense minister with a history of hawkish views, while retaining eight of the previous Cabinet's 19 members in their posts.

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Top government spokesman announces Japan's new Cabinet lineup

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 3 Kyodo - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces Japan's new Cabinet lineup in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2016. In his third reshuffle since returning as prime minister in December 2012, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed a new defense minister with a history of hawkish views, while retaining eight of the previous Cabinet's 19 members in their posts.

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Copacabana beach, 2 years before Rio 2016 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is packed with people on Aug. 3, 2014. The beach will host beach volleyball competitions during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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Sailing test event for Rio 2016 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Windsurfers line up to start a test event for Rio 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 3, 2014. In the background is the statue of Christ the Redeemer.

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Maimed or killed, Yemeni children suffer most from tragic civil war

STORY: Maimed or killed, Yemeni children suffer most from tragic civil war DATELINE: Aug. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:23 LOCATION: HAJJAH, Yemen CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a Yemeni child, who is named Hasan al-Jaeyedi and was paralyzed by shrapnels during Yemen's civil war, sitting on a bed inside his family's hut in Midi District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen 2. various of Hasan al-Jaeyedi 3. various of a hospital 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AHMED AL-JAEYEDI, Hasan's brother STORYLINE: Hasan al-Jaeyedi, a Yemeni boy, has been largely confined to bed since shrapnel from a projectile during a military attack more than six years ago hurt his head and spine and paralysed him. The tragedy happened in January 2016, just a little more than a year since a civil war broke out in Yemen, when fierce battles between the Yemeni government forces and the Houthi rebels spread to the Midi District in the northwestern province of Hajjah. "I was playing alone when that projectile fell and exploded near my ho

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Olympic torch relay begins in Brazil

Brazilian volleyball player Fabiana Claudino, the first runner in the Brazilian leg of the Olympic torch relay, runs in Brasilia on May 3, 2016. The flame, which arrived by plane the same day, will travel across 327 cities by approximately 12,000 participants before arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the opening ceremony of the Games on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch relay begins in Brazil

Brazilian volleyball player Fabiana Claudino, the first runner in the Brazilian leg of the Olympic torch relay, leaves the presidential palace in Brasilia on May 3, 2016. The flame, which arrived by plane the same day, will travel across 327 cities by approximately 12,000 participants before arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the opening ceremony of the Games on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch relay begins in Brazil

Brazilian volleyball player Fabiana Claudino (L), the first runner in the Brazilian leg of the Olympic torch relay, and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff hold the torch in Brasilia on May 3, 2016. The flame, which arrived by plane the same day, will travel across 327 cities by approximately 12,000 participants before arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the opening ceremony of the Games on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch relay begins in Brazil

A group of demonstrators who support Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff protest the ongoing impeachment process against her in Brasilia on May 3, 2016, in parallel with the Olympic torch relay. The flame, which arrived by plane the same day, will travel across 327 cities by approximately 12,000 participants before arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the opening ceremony of the Games on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic torch relay begins in Brazil

Children cheer on Brazilian volleyball player Fabiana Claudino, the first runner in the Brazilian leg of the Olympic torch relay, in Brasilia on May 3, 2016. The flame, which arrived by plane the same day, will travel across 327 cities by approximately 12,000 participants before arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the opening ceremony of the Games on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio's Olympic flame arrives in Brazil

Brazil Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman (C) and other officials pose with the Olympic flame in a special container as it arrives by plane at Brasilia International Airport on May 3, 2016. The flame will travel around Brazil in a three-month torch relay before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio's Olympic flame arrives in Brazil

Brazil Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman holds the Olympic flame in a special container as it arrives by plane at Brasilia International Airport on May 3, 2016. The flame will travel around Brazil in a three-month torch relay before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mariners sign minor league deal with Korean slugger Lee

File photo taken Aug. 23, 2015, shows Korean slugger Lee Dae Ho in the SoftBank Hawks' game against the Rakuten Eagles in Sendai, Japan. Lee and the Seattle Mariners have signed a minor league deal with an invite to major league spring training, the club said on Feb. 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanii wins bronze in men's 50-kilometer walk

Japan's Takayuki Tanii poses for a photo with his bronze medal during the awards ceremony for the men's 50-kilometer race walk on the eighth day of the 15th world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2015. Tanii, champion of the 2014 Asian Games champion, finished in 3 hours, 42 minutes, 55 seconds to book his spot in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanii wins bronze in men's 50-kilometer walk

Japan's Takayuki Tanii pumps his fist while crossing the finish line as he captured the men's 50-kilometer race walk bronze medal on the eighth day of the 15th world athletics championships in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2015. Tanii, champion of the 2014 Asian Games, finished in 3 hours, 42 minutes, 55 seconds to book his spot in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Actor makes documentary on Japanese who helped Jews escape Holocaust

London-based Japanese actor Junichi Kajioka (R) talks about his documentary film, "Sugihara Survivors: Jewish and Japanese, Past and Future," featuring Akira Kitade (L), on Aug. 3, 2016, in Tokyo. The film focuses on individuals who helped Jews escape from Nazi persecution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan wins table tennis team bronze

Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara (front) reacts after losing a point against Yu Mengyu during the bronze medal match of the women's team event at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 16, 2016. Japan took bronze after a 3-1 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: A-Rod reflects on Ichiro legacy

Alex Rodriguez and Ichiro Suzuki celebrate the New York Yankees' 3-2 walk-off victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 20, 2013. Suzuki joined an elite club on Aug. 7, 2016, when he reached 3,000 hits in the majors and was celebrated by Rodriguez, the only other active player to reach the milestone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Books on Obama's Hiroshima speech seeing good sales

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2016, shows books about U.S. President Barack Obama's speech in Hiroshima displayed at a Tokyo bookstore. The books have a parallel Japanese translation for his English speech. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Smash-hit "Pokemon Go" launched in Brazil

A smartphone screen shows the "Pokemon Go" mobile game in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 3, 2016, when the smash-hit game was released in Brazil prior to the summer Olympic Games in the Brazilian city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet

Fumio Kishida, retained as foreign minister in a Cabinet reshuffle, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2016, prior to the attestation ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC confirms 5 additional sports for Tokyo 2020

Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee, attends a press conference in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 3, 2016, after the International Olympic Committee voted to add five sports, including baseball and karate, at the 2020 Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Copacabana beach, 2 years before Rio 2016 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is packed with people on Aug. 3, 2014. The beach will host beach volleyball competitions during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (Kyodo)

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Abe appoints trusted hands in key LDP roles

Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revamped his party leadership. A veteran politician known for his pro-China stance, Nikai was retained for the post he has held since August 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sake brewed in memory of Kumamoto earthquake victim

Photo taken in Ozu, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 3, 2019, shows sake made from rice planted by Hikaru Yamato, a 22-year-old college student who was killed in the April 2016 earthquake that hit his hometown in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, just before the tragedy. Takuya Yamato and his wife Shinobu developed the sake in memory of their son as well as to thank people who engaged in the search for him after the earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sake brewed in memory of Kumamoto earthquake victim

Takuya Yamato and his wife Shinobu, whose 22-year-old son Hikaru was killed in the April 2016 earthquake that hit their hometown in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, hold on Aug. 3, 2019, in Ozu in the same prefecture sake that was made from rice planted by the son just before the quake. The parents developed the sake in memory of Hikaru as well as to thank people who engaged in the search for him after the earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to deploy patrol aircraft in Mideast

Photo taken off Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 3, 2016, shows a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol plane. The Japanese government is planning to deploy a P-3C in the Middle East, government sources said on Dec. 1, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese MSDF patrol plane makes emergency landing at U.S. base

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2016, shows a P-3C Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft flying over the Sea of Japan off Akita Prefecture. The same type of aircraft made an emergency landing at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on March 19, 2018, but no one was injured, the MSDF said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese MSDF patrol plane makes emergency landing at U.S. base

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2016, shows a P-3C Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft flying over the Sea of Japan off Akita Prefecture. The same type of aircraft made an emergency landing at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on March 19, 2018, but no one was injured, the MSDF said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court rejects plea to halt Ikata nuclear reactor in western Japan

Photo taken Aug. 12, 2016, shows the No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. On July 21, 2017, the Matsuyama District Court rejected resident's plea to halt the reactor amid concerns about the robustness of an evacuation plan in the event of an accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe plays golf

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) plays golf in Chigasaki, near Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2016, for the first time since Aug. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe plays golf

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plays golf in Chigasaki, near Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2016, for the first time since Aug. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian Federation Council speaker visits Nagasaki

Valentina Matviyenko (2nd from L), speaker of Russia's Federation Council, looks at a replica of Fat Man, the atomic bomb detonated over the city of Nagasaki by the United States on Aug. 9, 1945, at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in the southwestern Japan city on Nov. 3, 2016. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Industry minister Seko inspects Ikata nuclear plant

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko (R) inspects a recently restarted reactor at the Ikata nuclear power plant in western Japan on Oct. 15, 2016, to assess safety measures. The No. 3 unit was reactivated on Aug. 12, having cleared a set of safety requirements imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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