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World's first Zootopia land opens at Shanghai Disney Resort

STORY: World's first Zootopia land opens at Shanghai Disney Resort SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 19-20, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:26 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai Disney Resort STORYLINE: Shanghai Disney Resort on Tuesday opened the world's first Zootopia land as The Walt Disney Company looks to further tap the growing Chinese travel market. The new themed land, based on the hugely successful Walt Disney Animation Studios film "Zootopia," will officially open to the public on Wednesday, Shanghai Disney Resort announced. Zootopia, the eighth themed land inside Shanghai Disneyland, marks the second major expansion of Shanghai Disney Resort. Its construction started in December 2019. Shanghai Disney Resort opened with six themed lands on June 16, 2016. Its seventh land and first major expansion, Disney Pixar Toy Story Land, opened in 2018, which made Shanghai Disneyland the fastest-expanding Disneyland worldwide. Xinhua News Agency correspond

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Cash payment down sharply in eurozone

STORY: Cash payment down sharply in eurozone DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: LYON, France CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of customers paying with a bank card in stores in Lyon, France 2. various of coins, banknotes and bank card STORYLINE: According to a study by the European Central Bank (ECB), cash payment represents 59 percent of in-store transactions in the eurozone in 2022, compared to 72 percent in 2019 and 79 percent in 2016. The COVID-19 pandemic and the development of contactless bank card payment methods have reduced the use of cash payments. Initially imposed for reasons of hygiene, Europeans have adopted new payment habits. For the first time this year, card payments exceeded cash payments in Europe. Payment by credit card has increased from 25 percent of transactions in 2019 to 34 percent in 2022. The continued development of e-commerce is also an important factor in analyzing these figures. The share of online purchases as a percentage of all euro area day-to-day

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Abe says Japan to contribute more to U.N. peacekeeping missions

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a symposium in Tokyo commemorating 60 years of Japan's membership in the United Nations on Dec. 19, 2016. Abe said Japan will expand its contribution to United Nations peacekeeping operations in the future, with its Ground Self-Defense Force personnel already participating in a peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

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Maglev train

KOFU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Construction of an emergency exit for Central Japan Railway's maglev train service is under way in Hayakawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2016. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Baseball: NPB to adopt no-pitch intentional walk rule in 2018

SAPPORO, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Shohei Otani (L) of the Nippon Ham Fighters draws an intentional walk in Game 2 of the Pacific League Climax Series final stage against the SoftBank Hawks at Sapporo Dome on Oct. 13, 2016. Nippon Professional Baseball will adopt the no-pitch intentional walk rule in 2018, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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East Japan city to mark 1,300 yrs of ties with ancient Korea

SAITAMA, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Fumiyasu Koma, chief priest of Koma Shrine in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, poses for a photo on Nov. 19, 2015. Hidaka city is hosting a series of events for the 1,300th anniversary, to be marked in 2016, of the formation of the former Koma township where descendants of Koguryo, one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea, moved and settled before and after the fall of the monarchy.

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Arena under construction for '16 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo shows construction of a sports arena under way in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 19, 2014, for fencing and other events of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil.

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Tennis courts under construction for '16 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photos shows construction of tennis courts under way in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 19, 2014, for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil.

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Toyota suppliers to integrate business to boost efficiency

NAGOYA, Japan - Fumio Fujimori (L), president of Aisin Seiki Co., shakes hands with Takuo Matsui, president of Shiroki Corp., at a press conference in Nagoya on Dec. 19, 2014. The two companies, which both supply parts to Toyota Motor Corp., said they will integrate their businesses in April 2016.

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Xinhua Headlines: A decade of stargazing on roof of world

(220610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientists work at the Ngari Observatory of National Astronomical Observatories (NAO) in Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 19, 2016. (NAO Ngari Observatory/Handout via Xinhua)

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S. Korean man given 4-year prison term over fire at Yasukuni

Photo taken Dec. 9, 2015, shows Chon Chang Han, a South Korean man, who has been found guilty of damaging the ceiling of a public restroom at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in November 2015 after setting fire to a gunpowder-filled metal pipe. The Tokyo District Court sentenced the 28-year-old to four years in prison on July 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toshiba to incur around 500 bil. yen net loss in FY 2015

File photo taken in July 2015 shows a building which houses Toshiba Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo. The electronics maker expects a record group net loss of around 500 billion yen ($4.13 billion) for the business year ending in March 2016, as it makes greater efforts to streamline operations following its profit-padding scandal, a company source said on Dec. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Chapecoense could pull out of Suruga Cup: report

Photo taken Dec. 14, 2016, shows supporters of Colombia's Atletico Nacional holding a banner carrying a message of support for Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, ahead of a match against Japan's Kashima Antlers at Suita Stadium in Osaka Prefecture. A Nov. 28 plane crash in Colombia killed 71 people, including 19 Chapecoense players. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Duterte floats resource sharing with China in disputed waters

Undated file photo shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte said on Dec. 19, 2016, that his country is willing to share oil resources with China in part of the South China Sea where their claims overlap, citing his country's inability to stand up to Chinese military might. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Park's confidante denies all charges against her

Combined photo shows South Korean President Park Geun Hye (L) and Choi Soon Sil (R), a longtime friend of the president. Choi denied all charges against her at her first court hearing at the Seoul Central District Court on Dec. 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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EU calls on Japan to abolish death penalty

Lawmakers and legal experts join a symposium on the death penalty sponsored by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Princess Mako to visit Bhutan in June

Princess Mako, the granddaughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, as shown in this photo taken in December 2015, is planning to visit Bhutan and may attend a flower exhibition in the country to be held in June 2017, a source at the Imperial Household Agency said Dec. 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor's year-end luncheon with PM cancelled due to cold

File photo shows Japanese Emperor Akihito. The Imperial Household Agency said on Dec. 19, 2016, that the emperor's annual year-end luncheon with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slated for that day has been cancelled because he still has symptoms of a cold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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EU calls on Japan to abolish death penalty

Francesco Fini (L), minister of the EU Delegation to Japan, calls on Japan to abolish the death penalty during a symposium sponsored by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis courts under construction for '16 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photos shows construction of tennis courts under way in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 19, 2014, for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil. (Kyodo)

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Arena under construction for '16 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo shows construction of a sports arena under way in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 19, 2014, for fencing and other events of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil. (Kyodo)

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Toyota suppliers to integrate business to boost efficiency

NAGOYA, Japan - Fumio Fujimori (L), president of Aisin Seiki Co., shakes hands with Takuo Matsui, president of Shiroki Corp., at a press conference in Nagoya on Dec. 19, 2014. The two companies, which both supply parts to Toyota Motor Corp., said they will integrate their businesses in April 2016. (Kyodo)

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Scenes of Antarctic

A snow petrel flies above the Antarctic Sea in this photo taken Dec. 19, 2016, from the deck of the Japanese icebreaker Shirase. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Youngest mayor in Japan resigns after conviction for taking bribes

Hiroto Fujii, the 32-year-old mayor of Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, leaves his office in the central Japan city on Dec. 19, 2016, following his resignation after being convicted in November of taking bribes in 2013 while an assembly member. He became the youngest city mayor in Japan in June 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singer Aska released as prosecutors forgo meth use indictment

Pop singer-songwriter Aska emerges from a police station in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016, after being released from detention following his arrest Nov. 28. The release follows a decision by prosecutors the same day not to indict him on charges of using methamphetamine while on probation for a 2014 drug offense, due to a lack of evidence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singer Aska released as prosecutors forgo meth use indictment

Pop singer-songwriter Aska emerges from a police station in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016, after being released from detention following his arrest Nov. 28. The release follows a decision by prosecutors the same day not to indict him on charges of using methamphetamine while on probation for a 2014 drug offense, due to a lack of evidence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singer Aska released as prosecutors forgo meth use indictment

Pop singer-songwriter Aska emerges from a police station in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016, after being released from detention following his arrest Nov. 28. The release follows a decision by prosecutors the same day not to indict him on charges of using methamphetamine while on probation for a 2014 drug offense, due to a lack of evidence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson (R), the top commander of the U.S. military in Okinawa, shakes hands with Masumi Toyama, 38, a local resident leader, after offering an apology on Dec. 19, 2016, to residents of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture who gathered at a community center, over the recent crash-landing of an Osprey plane off the Nago coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada speaks to reporters at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016, the day the U.S. military in Japan resumed flying its Osprey planes, less than a week after one of the MV-22 tilt-rotor transport aircraft made a crash-landing off Okinawa. Inada said the resumption of flights other than those that involve aerial refueling was "understandable." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singer Aska released as prosecutors forgo meth use indictment

Pop singer-songwriter Aska emerges from a police station in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016, after being released from detention following his arrest Nov. 28. The release follows a decision by prosecutors the same day not to indict him on charges of using methamphetamine while on probation for a 2014 drug offense, due to a lack of evidence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Badminton: Malaysian's Goh, Tan win men's doubles in Dubai

Malaysia's Goh V Shem (R) and Tan Wee Kiong (2nd from R) pose with their trophies after winning the men's doubles at the Dubai World Superseries Finals on Dec. 18, 2016, alongside Japanese silver medalists Takeshi Kamura (L) and Keigo Sonoda. The Malaysians won 21-14, 21-19 in the final. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

An Osprey aircraft takes off from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 19, 2016. The U.S. military in Japan resumed flying its Ospreys, sparking sharp local reaction over a move that came less than a week after one of the MV-22 tilt-rotor transport aircraft made a crash-landing off the southern Japan island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

An Osprey aircraft takes off from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 19, 2016. The U.S. military in Japan resumed flying its Ospreys, sparking sharp local reaction over a move that came less than a week after one of the MV-22 tilt-rotor transport aircraft made a crash-landing off the southern Japan island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China must explain grounds for U.S. sea drone seizure: Japan

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016 that China needs to explain its seizure of an underwater drone belonging to the U.S. Navy in the South China Sea the previous week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

An Osprey aircraft takes off from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 19, 2016. The U.S. military in Japan resumed flying its Ospreys, sparking sharp local reaction over a move that came less than a week after one of the MV-22 tilt-rotor transport aircraft made a crash-landing off the southern Japan island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military to resume Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (C) speaks to reporters at the prefectural government building in Naha on Dec. 19, 2016, after the U.S. military in Japan said it will resume flying Osprey planes later in the day. Onaga called the central government's approval of the flight resumption "outrageous." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Administrative vice minister of education may resign

Kihei Maekawa, administrative vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, attends a meeting in Tokyo, as shown in the file photo taken Dec. 19, 2016. It was reported on Jan. 19, 2017, that Maekawa may step down to take responsibility for alleged illegal support for the reemployment of a retired senior official at a univerisity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. set to resume Osprey refueling training

Photo taken Dec. 19, 2016, shows a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. Japan's Defense Ministry said on Jan. 5, 2017 that the U.S. military is set to resume aerial refueling training the following day for Osprey aircraft stationed at a base in Okinawa, less than a month after the crash-landing of one of the tilt-rotor aircraft in nearby waters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sagamihara care facility removes table for offered flowers

People remove a table for flowers on Dec. 26, 2016, that was set up in front of the Tsukui Yamayuri En mental care facility in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo, where 19 residents were killed in a stabbing rampage five months earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sagamihara care facility removes table for offered flowers

People remove a table for flowers on Dec. 26, 2016, that was set up in front of the Tsukui Yamayuri En mental care facility in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo, where 19 residents were killed in a stabbing rampage five months earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sagamihara care facility removes stand for offered flowers

Nobuko Mikata (seated in a wheelchair) sings a song on Dec. 26, 2016, that she wrote for 19 residents killed in a stabbing rampage five months earlier at the Tsukui Yamayuri En mental care facility in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo. A table for offered flowers was removed from the front of the facility the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People mourn victims of Christmas market attack

People light candles at the Christmas market in central Berlin on Dec. 24, 2016, to mourn the victims of a terrorist attack with a truck on Dec. 19, for which the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility. The market reopened on Dec. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People mourn victims of Berlin Christmas market attack

People light candles on Dec. 23, 2016, near the spot where a large truck plowed through a Christmas market in Berlin on Dec. 19. Twelve people were killed and dozens injured in the attack, with the Islamic State militant group claiming responsibility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Berlin Christmas market reopens after suspected terrorist attack

A woman prepares to open her stall in the Christmas market in central Berlin on Dec. 22, 2016, as the market reopens following a suspected terrorist attack with a truck on Dec. 19 in which 12 people were killed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Berlin Christmas market reopens after suspected terrorist attack

People walk through the Christmas market in central Berlin on Dec. 22, 2016, as it reopens following a suspected terrorist attack with a truck on Dec. 19 in which 12 people were killed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. questions Japan's hesitancy in backing S. Sudan arms embargo

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 19, 2016. Power laid out her criticism of Tokyo's logic in its reluctance to back a draft Security Council resolution Washington is pushing to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IMF chief Lagarde convicted over payout, won't face jail term

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Dec. 19, 2016, that she will stay on in her role after being convicted of negligence by a French court the same day over her handling of a multimillion euro dispute when she was French finance minister. The court did not hand down any sentence in the case, despite the ruling. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. questions Japan's hesitancy in backing S. Sudan arms embargo

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 19, 2016. Power laid out her criticism of Tokyo's logic in its reluctance to back a draft Security Council resolution Washington is pushing to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic silver medal-winning relay members named athletes of year

The members of Japan's Rio Olympic silver medal-winning men's 4x100-meter relay team, (from L) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge, pose with their plaques in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016, as they were named the Japan Association of Athletics Federations' athletes of the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, the top commander of the U.S. military in Okinawa, meets the press after offering an apology on Dec. 19, 2016, to residents of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, who gathered at a community center, over the recent crash-landing of an Osprey plane off the Nago coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo