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A glimpse of cafe run by Vietnamese expat in China's Qinling Mountains

STORY: A glimpse of cafe run by Vietnamese expat in China's Qinling Mountains SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Liuba County 2. various of Le Thi Ky's cafe 3. various of Le Thi Ky, Ma Qiang and their daughter 4. vaious of Le Thi Ky working at her cafe 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LE THI KY, Vietnamese expat STORYLINE: This is the first Vietnamese cafe run by a Vietnamese woman in Liuba County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Le Thi Ky was married to Ma Qiang, a local, in 2015. She decided to open a cafe with Vietnamese characteristics in July as local tourism has been booming with the favorable ecological environment of Qinling Mountains. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LE THI KY, Vietnamese expat "My business was really good in October this year. Most of the customers were from Xi'an, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. They came here to see the red maple leaves. It is not hot in summer here. And the environment is very good.

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Iran rules out possibility of negotiating new nuclear deal

STORY: Iran rules out possibility of negotiating new nuclear deal SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 11, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the weekly press conference of Iranian Foreign Ministry STORYLINE: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Monday Tehran "sees no need" for a new deal on its nuclear program. At a weekly press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran, Kanaani made the remarks in response to calls from the West to modify the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and to negotiate a new one. "Ideas such as the JCPOA 2 and the likes of it are put forward by parties that have not been committed to their obligations and, as time passes by, they seek to justify their inaction" by proposing such ideas, said Kanaani. He stressed that Iran had fulfilled all of its commitments under the JCPOA, adding parties that failed to hon

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Demonstration in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Tens of thousands of people joined an opposition-organized demonstration at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec. 15, 2015.

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Trump surges to biggest lead: latest poll

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 15 Kyodo - Republican U.S. presidential front-runner Donald Trump makes a speech in Las Vegas on Dec. 14, 2015. Following his proposal to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the country, Trump has increased his lead among Republican candidates to its largest margin yet, a Washington Post-ABC News poll showed on Dec. 15.

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Shining Arcs bench proves to be difference in win over Heat

TOKYO, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Amanaki Lelei Mafi (C) powers ahead in NTT Communications Shining Arcs' 29-15 win over Honda Heat at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2015. The Shining Arcs maintained their hopes of a top-four finish in Group A and a spot in the Top League playoffs.

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Nara temples to host tea ceremonies in Feb. 2015

NARA, Japan - Representatives of seven major Buddhist temples in Nara, western Japan, attend a press conference on Dec. 18, 2014, at the city office to promote a series of grand tea ceremonies by five schools of the traditional Japanese art at the temples set for Feb. 9-15, 2015.

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Bloodstained shirt of attacked Nagasaki mayor shown

NAGASAKI, Japan - A bloodstained shirt worn in 1990 by then Nagasaki Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima during a shooting attack is shown to the press in the southwestern Japan city's municipal office on Dec. 17, 2014, ahead of an exhibit of items related to him set for Jan. 15-19, 2015. Motoshima, who died at 92 on Oct. 31, 2014, was shot by a rightist in January 1990 for his statements about the emperor's responsibility for World War II.

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Night view, 3D image projection on Tokyo Tower start

TOKYO, Japan - An event to enjoy both Tokyo's night landscape and 3D images projected on the large semi-transparent window of Tokyo Tower's 150-meter-high main observatory starts on Dec. 15, 2014, for a run through February 2015.

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CRUISER MOSKVA-SINKING

(220415) -- MOSCOW, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Dec. 17, 2015 shows the Moskva missile cruiser near the Tartus port of Syria. Russia said on April 14, 2022 that the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, sank in stormy seas when it was being tugged to a port after having been damaged in a blast. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiye)

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Document authorizing H-bomb test released by N. Korean media

An image, released by North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 6, 2016, shows a document signed Dec. 15, 2015 by the country's leader Kim Jong Un authorizing the test of a hydrogen bomb. On Jan. 6, North Korea announced it successfully conducted its first hydrogen bomb test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan lowers target for women's share of leadership positions to 15%

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting on gender equality in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2015. The government decided to lower its goal of raising women's share of leadership positions in businesses by 2020 to 15 percent from at least 30 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parade of penguins begins at Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido

A total of 15 penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido on Dec. 23, 2015. The popular attraction at the zoo, which began the same day, will continue every day until the middle of March. The penguins walked along the 500-meter path for about 40 minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parade of penguins begins at Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido

A total of 15 penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Dec. 23, 2015. The popular attraction at the zoo, which began the same day, will continue every day until the middle of March. The penguins walked along the 500-meter path for about 40 minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shining Arcs bench proves to be difference in win over Heat

Amanaki Lelei Mafi holds off the opposition in NTT Communications Shining Arcs' 29-15 win over Honda Heat at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2015. Shining Arcs maintained their hopes of a top-four finish in Group A and a spot in the Top League playoffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Construction of maglev tunnel to start in central Japan

Photo taken Dec. 15, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mountainous area in the central Japan town of Hayakawa, where the construction of a 25-kilometer tunnel for a magnetically levitated train will start on Dec. 18. Central Japan Railway Co. plans to start the maglev train service linking Tokyo's Shinagawa and the central Japan city of Nagoya in 2027. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Los Angeles schools close on threat of attack

Photo taken Dec. 15, 2015, shows an elementary school in Los Angeles, which was closed due to a threatening message. The Los Angeles Unified School District decided on the day to close its more than one thousand campuses after a message referring to explosive devices and shooting attacks at multiple schools was e-mailed to a school board member. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IAEA approves resolution to end Iran nuclear weapons probe

Yukiya Amano (L), director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, attends the IAEA's board of governors meeting on Dec. 15, 2015, in Vienna. The U.N. nuclear agency approved a resolution on the day to end a decade-long investigation into the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto Univ., Takeda launch joint research

Kyoto University Professor and Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka (L) shakes hands with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. President Christophe Weber in Fujisawa, near Tokyo, on Dec. 15, 2015, after announcing that they have launched a joint research project to develop regenerative medicines using iPS cells. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IAEA approves resolution to end Iran nuclear weapons probe

Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Reza Najafi (C) appears in front of reporters before the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting on Dec. 15, 2015, in Vienna. The U.N. nuclear agency approved a resolution on the day to end a decade-long investigation into the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter vs. Cagliari in Coppa Italia

Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo (far R) heads the ball during the first half of a Coppa Italia fifth-round match against Cagliari Calcio in Milan on Dec. 15, 2015. Inter won 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the competition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Swallows pitcher Barnette to join Texas Rangers

Former Japan's Yakult Swallows pitcher Tony Barnette speaks to reporters in Dallas, Texas, on Dec. 15, 2015, announcing that he has concluded a two-year deal with the Texas Rangers, an agreement that includes a club option for a third year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FAO adds 3 more Japanese regions to agricultural heritage list

Three Japanese prefectural governors - (from L) Hajime Furuta of Gifu Prefecture, Yoshinobu Nisaka of Wakayama Prefecture and Shunji Kono of Miyagi Prefecture - attend a meeting of an international conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's headquarters in Rome on Dec. 15, 2015. The meeting decided to add three areas in Japan's prefectures to its world agricultural heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Noh to be performed to mark 5th anniv. of disaster

Photo taken Dec. 15, 2015, at the National Noh Theater in Tokyo shows the rehearsal of a Noh program, which is based on a legend from the northeastern Japan city of Natori, heavily hit by the 2011 deadly earthquake and tsunami. The program will be performed in March 2016 to mark the 5th anniversary of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kanji meaning safety, peace chosen as best characterizing 2015

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes comments in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015, on the day's selection of the kanji "an" meaning safety or peace as the Chinese character best symbolizing the year's national mood. Abe pledged to protect citizens as the word was chosen after security bills that will expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces abroad triggered major protests in Japan and a series of terrorist attacks around the world stoked widespread fear. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan, Renault to bolster alliance after shareholding dispute

Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn has an interview with a group of reporters in Yokohama on Dec. 15, 2015. Nissan will step up its alliance with Renault S.A. without merging for now, Ghosn said while calling the recent agreement that resolved a dispute with the French government over shareholding a "milestone." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FAO adds 3 more Japanese regions to agricultural heritage list

An international conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems holds a session at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's headquarters in Rome on Dec. 15, 2015. The meeting decided to add three areas in Japan's Gifu, Wakayama and Miyazaki prefectures to its world agricultural heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Civil group seeks abolition of security laws

Nahoko Hishiyama (C), a member of a civil group campaigning for the abolition of Japan's security laws, seeks signatures for a petition on Dec. 15, 2015, in Tokyo's Shinjuku district. The group, along with other like-minded organizations, aims to collect 20 million signatures by May 2016 to terminate the laws, which allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense by using force to defend allies under attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man serving life for murder sentenced to death for another murder

Undated photo shows Yoshitomo Hori, who was sentenced to death by the Nagoya District Court on Dec. 15, 2015, for the murder of a couple in Aichi Prefecture in 1998. The 40-year-old was already serving a life sentence for killing a woman in the same prefecture in 2007. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Delivery, take-out foods to be exempt from sales tax hike

The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito party agree in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015, to exempt delivery and take-out foods as well as newspapers sold on a subscription basis from the consumption tax hike in April 2017. The two ruling parties had already agreed to designate all food products except at restaurants as subject to a lower consumption tax rate when the government raises the rate to 10 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan, Renault to bolster alliance after shareholding dispute

Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn has an interview with a group of reporters in Yokohama on Dec. 15, 2015. Nissan will step up its alliance with Renault S.A. without merging for now, Ghosn said while calling the recent agreement that resolved a dispute with the French government over shareholding a "milestone." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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River Plate fans in Osaka for Club World Cup

River Plate soccer fans gather in Osaka's famous Dotonbori entertainment district on Dec. 15, 2015. The South American champions will play their semifinal match of the Club World Cup in Japan against Sanfrecce Hiroshima the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hitachi eyes competing in railway-related business globally

Toshiaki Higashihara, president of Hitachi Ltd., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015. Higashihara said his company is moving to compete in railway-related businesses globally following the acquisition of the railway vehicle and signal businesses of Italy's Finmeccanica S.p.A. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Indonesia to strengthen defense in S. China Sea: defense minister

Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu speaks to Kyodo News in Jakarta on Dec. 15, 2015. Indonesia plans to strengthen its capability to defend its land and waters in the South China Sea, namely the Natuna Islands around which the country's has declared an exclusive economic zone that overlaps with China's so-called "nine-dash line" maritime claim, the minister said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sapporo workshop making 100 monkey kites

Mitsuo Tanaka, representative of a kite craft studio, is making 100 kites, each in the shape of a monkey -- the animal representing the year 2016 -- wearing colorful kimono, at his studio in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Dec. 15, 2015. The kites, made of bamboo frames and washi paper, will be connected to make 100 meter-long chain-like kites to fly in the skies in the New Year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hero's welcome for record-breaking Hanyu

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu shows his Grand Prix Final gold medal during a press conference at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 15, 2015. Hanyu rewrote his world record score in winning his third consecutive Grand Prix Final title in Barcelona on Dec. 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kanji meaning safety, peace chosen as best characterizing 2015

Seihan Mori (L), the chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, western Japan, writes the Chinese character "an" meaning safety or peace on a large sheet of "washi" paper using a giant Japanese calligraphy brush on Dec. 15, 2015, as the character was selected as the single best kanji symbolizing the year's national mood in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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River Plate to mark unfazed Sanfrecce skipper Aoyama

Sanfrecce Hiroshima captain Toshihiro Aoyama attends a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 15, 2015. Aoyama said South American champions River Plate can try to mark him out of the following day's Club World Cup semifinal all they want, but it won't slow down the rest of his team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sapporo workshop making 100 monkey kites

Mitsuo Tanaka, representative of a kite craft studio, is making 100 kites, each in the shape of a monkey -- the animal representing the year 2016 -- wearing colorful kimono, at his studio in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Dec. 15, 2015. The kites, made of bamboo frames and washi paper, will be connected to make 100 meter-long chain-like kites to fly in the skies in the New Year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hero's welcome for record-breaking Hanyu

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 15, 2015. Hanyu rewrote his world record score in winning his third consecutive Grand Prix Final title in Barcelona on Dec. 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hero's welcome for record-breaking Hanyu

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 15, 2015. Hanyu rewrote his world record score in winning his third consecutive Grand Prix Final title in Barcelona on Dec. 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hero's welcome for record-breaking Hanyu

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 15, 2015. Hanyu rewrote his world record score in winning his third consecutive Grand Prix Final title in Barcelona on Dec. 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kanji meaning safety, peace chosen as best characterizing 2015

Seihan Mori (L), the chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, western Japan, writes the Chinese character "an" meaning safety or peace on a large sheet of "washi" paper using a giant Japanese calligraphy brush on Dec. 15, 2015, as the character was selected as the single best kanji symbolizing the year's national mood in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kanji meaning safety, peace chosen as best characterizing 2015

Seihan Mori (L), the chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, western Japan, writes the Chinese character "an" meaning safety or peace on a large sheet of "washi" paper using a giant Japanese calligraphy brush on Dec. 15, 2015, as the character was selected as the single best kanji symbolizing the year's national mood in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureates Omura, Kajita visit education ministry

Nobel laureates Takaaki Kajita (far L) and Satoshi Omura (2nd from L) pay a courtesy call on Hiroshi Hase (R), Japan's minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015, to show their Nobel medals after returning from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Logo selection committee starts screening

Ryohei Miyata, chairman of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games' logo selection committee, meets with reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015, when it started its screening process. The logo previously selected in July was scrapped in September amid accusations of plagiarism. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe attends luncheon with 24 ambassadors to Japan

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) attends a luncheon with 24 ambassadors to Japan who speak Japanese, including those from Britain, China and South Korea, on Dec. 15, 2015, at his official residence in Tokyo. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kawasaki Santa visits hospital in Japan

Baseball fan favorite Munenori Kawasaki in a Santa Claus costume visits Kurume University Hospital in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 15, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One-third of Tokyo courtrooms to be closed

Photo taken Dec. 15, 2015, shows a building which houses the Tokyo district and high courts. The high court said on the same day that 58 of 168 courtrooms will be closed for a while as there is a possibility of asbestos dispersal during asbestos removal work inside the building. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe calls for solidarity in LDP

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) attends a board meeting of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party with other senior lawmakers in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015. Abe said the LDP needs to be united after making a major compromise during negotiations with junior coalition partner Komeito over taxation reform. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cabinet OKs convening regular Diet session Jan. 4

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) heads to a Cabinet meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015, when it approved a plan to convene parliament on Jan. 4 for a 150-day regular session. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo