"East Meets West" concert held in Southern California to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

STORY: "East Meets West" concert held in Southern California to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month DATELINE: May 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of performances at concert 2. various of audiences 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SUSIE SHU, Director of the Sino U.S. Performing Arts Organization STORYLINE: A brand-new concert themed "East Meets West" was held Saturday night in Rosemead, California, to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. Co-organized by Merano Cultural Performances and Sino U.S. Performing Arts Organization, the event highlighted the achievement of AAPI artists who make invaluable contributions to Southern California's diverse and thriving cultural life. In the concert at Rosemead Auditorium, hundreds of representatives from local Asian American communities and residents enjoyed an amazing journey where a star-studded lineup presented diverse AAPI art genres and styles. Musicians from Californ

3 scientists share 2022 Nobel Chemistry Prize

STORY: 3 scientists share 2022 Nobel Chemistry Prize DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): HANS ELLEGREN, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2. various of the announcement of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 3. various of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless from the United States and Morten Meldal from Denmark shared the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday. SOUNDBITE (English): HANS ELLEGREN, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has this morning decided to award the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in equal shares to Carolyn Bertozzi, Stanford University, California, USA, Morten Meldal, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Barry Sharpless, Scripps Research, La Jolla, Californ

Marukome fetes completion of 1st ever overseas plant in Californ

Marukome fetes completion of 1st ever overseas plant in Californ

LOS ANGELES, United States - Marukome Co. President Tokio Aoki (far left) and other officials crack open a cask of rice wine in a ceremony to dedicate the company's first miso (fermented bean paste) factory in Irvine, California, on Dec. 5. ''I am pleased to be able to contribute to the health of Americans through miso,'' Aoki said at the ceremony. (Kyodo)