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Russian expat finds ideal place for personal growth in E China

STORY: Russian expat finds ideal place for personal growth in E China DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROMAN BUZUNOV, Russian expat 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ROMAN BUZUNOV, Russian expat 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ROMAN BUZUNOV, Russian expat 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ROMAN BUZUNOV, Russian expat 5. various of Roman's daily life in China STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROMAN BUZUNOV, Russian expat "My name is Roman, I'm from Russia, and now I live and work in China, in Changxing, Huzhou city, Zhejiang province, a beautiful city next to Taihu Lake and not far away from Shanghai, only 200 kilometers away. I came to Changxing at the end of 2014, and I like this city very much. I joined Noblelift Intelligent Equipment by the end of the year and became a member of the company. And actually, at that time, I felt quite a high level of support from local authorities and also from the company. So my transition from Russia to Ch

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ICRC sows seeds of hope for conflict-affected young farmers in Cameroon

STORY: ICRC sows seeds of hope for conflict-affected young farmers in Cameroon DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:58 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Kerawa locality in the Far North region, Cameroon 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): NOURATOU BOUBA HADJA, ICRC agricultural engineer 3. various of people visiting a field of okra and maize in Mozogo locality in the Far North region 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): BOUKARA ABBA, Farmer 5. various of the family of Wandala Hoda eating together 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): WANDALA HODA, Displaced person 7. various of Simplice Sadou talking to others 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (French): SIMPLICE SADOU, Far North regional chief of agriculture and rural development 9. various of people chatting under a tree STORYLINE: Since 2014, a wide area of Cameroon's Far North region has been suffering from the fighting between the terrorist group Boko Haram and government forces. The armed conflict and worsening humanitarian crises have left the region's agriculture

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Chinese volunteers help talent growth in Kenyan slum

STORY: Chinese volunteers help talent growth in Kenyan slum DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of talent show 2. various of audience 3. various of football competition 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WANG ZEXU, Volunteer 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FU YUJIE, Volunteer 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BEVERLEY MASITA, Volunteer 7. various of carnival 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): EMMANUEL ODHIAMBO, Participant STORYLINE: Hundreds of children joined a carnival held by Dream Building Service Association (DBSA), a non-governmental organization (NGO), in Mathare in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Friday. The event allowed the children to showcase their talent in different fields. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WANG ZEXU, Volunteer "Our carnival started from 2015 and this year that is our fifth carnival. They love it. They are crazy about the carnival. You can see all the kids around here. They love the camera, and they want to show their talents." DBSA, founded in 2014 b

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Niece of Japanese POW visits his grave in Australia

COWRA, Australia - Yasuko Hayashi (R), a niece of Michiaki Wakaomi who died of illness in 1945 as a prisoner of war in Australia, visits his grave at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra, eastern Australia, with her husband on Aug. 5, 2014, following the confirmation of Wakaomi's grave earlier this year.

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Japan boss Aguirre starts from scratch with new-look squad

TOKYO, Japan - Japan coach Javier Aguirre attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2014, as he named players in a new-look squad for his first two games in charge of the Blue Samurai team. Japan is scheduled to take on Uruguay in Sapporo on Sept. 5 and Venezuela in Yokohama four days later.

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Japanese, Czech pair win 1st doubles match at U.S. Open

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiko Date-Krumm (L) of Japan and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic play in the first round of the U.S. Open women's doubles against the U.S. pair of Irina Falconi and Anna Tatishvili at the Billy-Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Aug. 27, 2014. Date-Krumm and Strycoya won 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

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Japan's Ito advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Tatsuma Ito returns a shot during a match against American Steve Johnson in the first-round match of the U.S. Open on Aug. 27, 2014, in New York. Ito advanced to the second round as Johnson retired at 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-4, due to severe cramping in the hot and humid conditions.

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Japan's Ito advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Tatsuma Ito returns a shot during a match against American Steve Johnson in the first-round match of the U.S. Open on Aug. 27, 2014, in New York. Ito advanced to the second round as Johnson retired at 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-4, due to severe cramping in the hot and humid conditions.

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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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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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Yamaha raises yearly sales target of 3-wheel bike

NAGOYA, Japan - Yamaha motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi says in a media interview in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014, the company will revise upward its annual sales target of Tricity MW125, a three-wheel motorcycle to be launched in Japan on Sept. 10, from the initial plan of 7,000 units. Total orders received for the new model have already reached 5,000 units since the announcement of the release in July, according to Yanagi.

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Main stadium for Incheon Asian Games ready for opening

INCHEON, South Korea - The main stadium for the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, is ready for the opening ceremony on Sept. 19, 2014, as seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 5.

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No. of koalas kept at Japanese zoos dropping

NAGOYA, Japan - One of five koala bears kept at Nagoya's Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens eats eucalyptus on Aug. 5, 2014. The cost of cultivating the plant is rising while the number of koalas kept at Japanese zoos is declining as they age.

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Anti-TPP group protests in front of U.S. trade office

WASHINGTON, United States - A civic organization opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative raises a banner saying "Secret TPP Negotiations Here" in front of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Postwar photos exhibited in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Osami Imamura, head of a group recording the air raids on Aomori, explains photos believed to have been taken by U.S. troops of the Allied Occupation forces stationed in Aomori Prefecture shortly after World War II at a photo exhibition in Aomori city on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Liege's Kawashima in action against Mouscron-Pruwelz

MOUSCRON, Belgium - Standard Liege goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima makes a save in a Belgian first-division match against Mouscron-Pruwelz on Aug. 15, 2014. Liege suffered a 5-2 defeat in the game at Mouscron, with Kawashima conceding the largest number of goals since joining the club.

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Okazaki's Mainz stunned in German Cup 1st round

CHEMNITZER, Germany - Shinji Okazaki of Japan scores Mainz's second goal during the second half of a German Cup first-round match against Chemnitzer in Chemnitzer on Aug. 15, 2014. Bundesliga club Mainz suffered a shock 5-4 penalty shootout defeat to third-tier Chemnitzer.

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Musical on state secrecy law to be played in autumn

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the musical troupe "Musical Guild q." practice at a studio in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2014, for "The Secret Garden" stage play, based on the premise that a citizen is arrested on a charge of violating a controversial state secrecy law. The play is scheduled for late October.

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Ex-WWII manned torpedo pilot recalls wartime days

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Yoshitome looks at photos taken when he was a manned torpedo pilot for a suicide mission during the closing days of World War II in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Aerial view of ancient tumuluses in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - The Miyakozuka tomb mound in Asuka in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nara, found to have been shaped like a pyramid and built in the late sixth century, is seen at the bottom of this photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014. The Ishibutai tumulus is located in the middle.

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Big stone coffin found in 6th-century tumulus

NARA, Japan - A large stone coffin is shown in this photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014, inside the Miyakozuka tomb mound in Asuka in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nara, which is found to have been shaped like a pyramid. The tumulus was built in the late sixth century.

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Stones found piled up in staircase pattern at tumulus

NARA, Japan - Archaeologists find stones piled up in a staircase pattern on the east side of the Miyakozuka tomb mound in Asuka in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nara, as shown in this photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014. Built in the late sixth century, the tumulus was shaped like a pyramid, according to the archaeologists.

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Aaerial view of ancient tumulus in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - The Miyakozuka tomb mound in Asuka in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nara is seen in this aerial photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014. Archaeologists say the sixth-century tumulus was a flat-topped burial mound made by piling up stones in a staircase pattern.

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Temporary housing in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Lights remain off on the night of Aug. 5, 2014, at a temporary housing facility in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. An increasing number of residents who had taken shelter at the facility since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster have moved out, while some 90,000 people still live in the prefabricated temporary housing in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

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Safety control improved in factory

OIZUMI, Japan - A monitoring device installed at the side of a production line of the factory of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. is pictured on Aug. 5, 2014, in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The factory's safety controls are being improved after a disgruntled worker laced frozen food products with pesticide last year.

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Safety control improvement required

OIZUMI, Japan - A security monitor installed on the ceiling of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. factory is pictured on Aug. 5, 2014, in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The factory's safety controls are being improved after a disgruntled worker laced frozen food products with pesticide last year.

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Girl swept away by 2004 tsunami reunited with family

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Raudhatul Jannah (R) and her mother Jamaliah speak to reporters in the Indonesian state of Aceh on Aug. 5, 2014, about their happy reunion after the daughter, then 4, was swept away by the 2014 tsunami following a devastating earthquake off Sumatra.

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Yankees' Kuroda pitches against Detroit Tigers

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda of Japan reacts after allowing a run-tying RBI single to the Detroit Tigers' Alex Avila in the seventh inning on Aug. 5, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees lost 4-3 in 12 innings.

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Gathering held at N.Y. church to pray for world peace

NEW YORK, United States - Some 200 people attend a gathering at a New York church on Aug. 5, 2014, to pray for the realization of a world free from nuclear weapons as a bell sounds at 7:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, or 8:15 a.m. in Japan, when an atomic bomb was dropped 69 years ago on Hiroshima, western Japan.

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New list of names of 5,507 A-bomb victims dedicated

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) dedicates a new list of the names of 5,507 atomic bombing victims who have died or have been acknowledged dead since Aug. 6 last year at a memorial cenotaph for victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2014. The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen at the back.

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Japan, U.S. take step forward in beef, pork tariffs talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Hiroshi Oe, deputy chief TPP negotiator of Japan, speaks to reporters in Washington on Aug. 5, 2014, after the two-day talks with his U.S. counterpart Wendy Cutler. Oe said the two countries took a "step forward" in negotiations over Japan's proposed exceptional tariffs on beef and pork under a Pacific Rim free trade agreement.

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Fukushima students meet Hiroshima A-bomb survivor

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Maya Fukuda (front far R) and other middle and high school students from Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, listen to the tragic history of atomic bombing survivor Taeko Teramae in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014. The students in turn told Teramae of their own experiences with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power accident.

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Yankees' Kuroda pitches against Detroit Tigers

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda of Japan pitches against the Detroit Tigers on Aug. 5, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Kuroda worked seven solid innings, but the Yankees lost 4-3 in 12 innings.

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Japan, Ukraine sign joint statement on energy

KIEV, Ukraine - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan in Kiev, Ukraine, on Aug. 5, 2014, after signing a joint statement on bilateral energy cooperation.

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Hanagasa Festival starts in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - People dance in the main street of the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2014, as the Hanagasa Festival started there. Around 13,000 people from 150 groups will take part in the dancing during the three-day festival.

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China quake death toll nears 600 amid ongoing rescue efforts

LUDIAN, China - Children's bags are left among the rubble of collapsed houses in Ludian County of Zhaotong City in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Aug. 5, 2014, following a devastating earthquake. The 6.5-magnitude quake which struck at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 was centered in the county.

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Kashiwa, Lanus before Suruga Bank Championship

KASHIWA, Japan - (From L) Japan's Kashiwa Reysol captain Hidekazu Otani and Kashiwa manager Nelsinho stand for photos with Argentina's CA Lanus manager Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Lanus captain Maximiliano Velazquez in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 5, 2014, the day before facing off in the Suruga Bank Championship.

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Hiroshima to mark 69th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman lights a candle in front of a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 5, 2014, prior to the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing the next day.

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Hanagasa Festival starts in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - People dance in the main street of the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2014, as the Hanagasa Festival started there. Around 13,000 people from 150 groups will take part in the dancing during the three-day festival.

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Japanese-Filipino man seeks Japanese citizenship

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Miyake (R), who was born in the Philippines to a Japanese father and Filipino mother before the end of World War II, speaks at a press conference at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2014, during his visit to Japan to seek Japanese citizenship.

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Japanese-Filipino war children seek Japanese citizenship

TOKYO, Japan - A group of people who were born in the Philippines to Japanese fathers and Filipino mothers before and during World War II hold a press conference at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2014, during their visit to Japan to seek Japanese citizenship.

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Nurse reports on Ebola outbreak

TOKYO, Japan - Terumi Yoshida, a Doctors Without Borders nurse deployed in Sierra Leone, reports about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Emergency food brought to quake victims in China

ZHAOTONG, China - Chinese police officers carry emergency food on Aug. 5, 2014, Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, after a major earthquake struck the area on Aug. 3.

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Residents walk through debris in quake-hit China

ZHAOTONG, China - Residents walk through debris of destroyed houses in Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, on Aug. 5, 2014, after a major earthquake struck the area on Aug. 3.

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China quake death toll tops 400 amid ongoing rescue efforts

ZHAOTONG, China - A man (R) in earthquake-hit Zhaotong, in southern China's Yunnan Province, wails amid the devastation on Aug. 5, 2014. The death toll from the quake two days earlier surpassed 400 as rescuers raced to find survivors.

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China quake death toll tops 400 amid ongoing rescue efforts

ZHAOTONG, China - Photo taken Aug. 5, 2014, shows the wreckage of a village in southern China's Yunnan Province, which was hit by a powerful earthquake two days earlier. The death toll from the quake has surpassed 400 as rescuers race to find survivors.

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Families lose loved ones in China quake

ZHAOTONG, China - Residents who lost their family members walk through debris on Aug. 5, 2014, in Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, which was hit by a major earthquake on Aug. 3.

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Conductor adds coal on 'stove train' in northern Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A conductor adds coal to a stove in a carriage of a "stove train" operated by Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, in a rare event timed with a local fire festival. The stove train is a feature of the railway operator in winter.

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China quake death toll tops 400 amid ongoing rescue efforts

ZHAOTONG, China - People in earthquake-hit Zhaotong, in southern China's Yunnan Province, shelter from the sun beneath umbrellas on Aug. 5, 2014. The death toll from the quake two days earlier surpassed 400 as rescuers raced to find survivors.

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Passengers eat ice cream on 'stove train'

AOMORI, Japan - Passengers eat ice cream in a carriage of a "stove train" operated by Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, in a rare event timed with a local fire festival. The stove train is a feature of the railway operator in winter.