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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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Main road of fire-hit Itoigawa opened

ITOIGAWA, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - The municipal government of Itoigawa lifts the closure of a main road on Dec. 26, 2016, after a Dec. 22-23 massive fire burned down 144 buildings in the Sea of Japan coastal city.

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Japan PM Abe leaves for Pearl Harbor visit

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) waves at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 26, 2016, before boarding a plane for Hawaii to visit Pearl Harbor with outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama.

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Abe urges business leaders to raise wages

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a meeting of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2016. Abe urged business leaders to raise wages, saying it was key to driving economic growth.

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Hokkaido Shinkansen achieves speed of 260 kph

HOKUTO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2014, in Hokuto on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido shows a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train, which is in trial run ahead of the spring 2016 launch. It achieved a maximum speed of 260 kilometers per hour.

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Hokkaido Shinkansen train in trial run ahead of spring 2016 launch

An H5 series bullet train for the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line makes a trial run on Dec. 26, 2014, in Hokuto on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido ahead of its spring 2016 launch. The new service will enable passengers to travel from Tokyo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations in 4 hours, 10 minutes via the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, shortening the trip by about an hour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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150-day countdown begins for G-7 summit in Japan

A countdown board is set up at Japan's Chubu airport on Dec. 28, 2015, for a summit of Group of Seven leaders in the Ise-Shima area of Mie Prefecture in May 2016. The countdown began as the day marked 150 days until the May 26 opening of the summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Main construction of Hamaoka plant's breakwater completed

Photo taken Dec. 26, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear plant in the central Japan city of Omaezaki and its breakwater. Construction finished that day of the main part of the 1.6-kilometer-long wall whose top stands 22 meters above sea level, and the construction work will be completed in March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Main construction of Hamaoka plant's breakwater completed

Photo taken Dec. 26, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear plant in the central Japan city of Omaezaki and its breakwater. Construction finished that day of the main part of the 1.6-kilometer-long wall whose top stands 22 meters above sea level, and the construction work will be completed in March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Huge glove created in Nara

Photo taken Dec. 26, 2015, shows a huge baseball glove, designed to fit on a hand of the Great Buddha of Nara (behind) at the Todaiji temple in the western Japan city of Nara. The 180-kilogram glove will be displayed in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Iwaki from March 11, 2016, the 5th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters, as a symbol of hope for reconstruction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Huge glove created in Nara

Photo taken Dec. 26, 2015, shows a huge baseball glove, designed to fit on a hand of the Great Buddha of Nara (behind) at the Todaiji temple in the western Japan city of Nara. The 180-kilogram glove will be displayed in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Iwaki from March 11, 2016, the 5th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters, as a symbol of hope for reconstruction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's same-sex marriage bill passes 1st hurdle

A supporter of same-sex marriage cries at a rally held outside the legislative compound in Taipei on Dec. 26, 2016. Taiwan's legislature completed the preliminary review of proposals to legalize same-sex marriage the same day, marking a step toward marriage equality on the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Community mediators boost social harmony in Nepal's villages

Community mediators, trained by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, congregate in the mediation room in Jhangajholi Ratmati village in Sindhuli district, Nepal, on Dec. 26, 2016. Encouraged by the efforts of such mediators, Nepal is moving ahead with incorporating community mediation as one of the basic services to be provided by village development committees and municipalities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lack of Pearl Harbor apology no barrier to reconciliation: Americans

Ed Jurkens, a 99-year-old World War II veteran and resident of Hawaii, speaks in an interview at the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SMAP makes final appearance in signature variety show before breakup

File photo taken in January 2016 shows a street TV in Tokyo reporting that Japanese pop group SMAP is on the verge of breaking up. SMAP made their final appearance as a group on Dec. 26, 2016, before their planned breakup on Dec. 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan "paying attention" to Chinese aircraft carrier's movements

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2016, that the government is "paying attention" to a Chinese aircraft carrier spotted heading to the Western Pacific a day earlier, calling the move "a show of the expansion of the abilities of China's naval forces." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Girls Farm" blazes trail for Japanese would-be women farmers

Haruna Takano (R), 25, and Eri Sawai, 26, pose for a photo in Obihiro on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 7, 2015. They will be co-heads of Tokachi Girls Farm, which will open in spring 2016 in Obihiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen achieves speed of 260 kph

HOKUTO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2014, in Hokuto on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido shows a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train, which is in trial run ahead of the spring 2016 launch. It achieved a maximum speed of 260 kilometers per hour. (Kyodo)

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Scenes of Antarctic

The sun never sets in the Antarctic between late November and late January as the area has the midnight sun phenomenon in summer months. Photo conflates 24 shots of the sun taken with a fish-eye lens every hour from 9:06 p.m. on Dec. 26, 2016, from Showa Station, a Japanese research facility at the South Pole. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Site of July 2016 Dhaka terror attack

Photo taken Dec. 26, 2016, shows the Holey Artisan Bakery in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, the site of a terrorist attack on July 1 that claimed the lives of 20 hostages, mostly foreign nationals, and two police officers. The place has been under renovation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Main road of fire-hit Itoigawa opened

The municipal government of Itoigawa lifts the closure of a main road on Dec. 26, 2016, after a Dec. 22-23 massive fire burned down 144 buildings in the Sea of Japan coastal city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Search continues for missing Japanese woman in France

A photo of missing Japanese student Narumi Kurosaki is posted at the entrance of the administrative office for the dormitory at the University of Franche-Comte in Besancon, France on Dec. 26, 2016, to seek information. She disappeared around Dec. 4 and could not be reached on her cell phone thereafter, according to local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pays respects at military graves ahead of Pearl Harbor visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) signs a condolence book at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu on Dec. 26, 2016. Abe was on a two-day visit to Hawaii, including a trip to Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama the following day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pays respects at military graves ahead of Pearl Harbor visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C front) observes a moment of silence after placing a wreath at a memorial to Lt. Fusata Iida, a Japanese naval pilot who died in the Pearl Harbor attack, in the suburbs of Honolulu on Dec. 26, 2016. Abe was on a two-day visit to Hawaii, including a trip to Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama the following day. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Site of July 2016 Dhaka terror attack

Photo taken Dec. 26, 2016, shows the Holey Artisan Bakery in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, the site of a terrorist attack on July 1 that claimed the lives of 20 hostages, mostly foreign nationals, and two police officers. The place has been under renovation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe tours military graves ahead of Pearl Harbor visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front in center) observes a moment of silence after placing a wreath at a memorial to Lt. Fusata Iida, a Japanese naval pilot who died in the Pearl Harbor attack, in the suburbs of Honolulu on Dec. 26, 2016. Abe was on a two-day visit to Hawaii, including a trip to Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama the following day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe meets with Hawaii's Japanese-American community

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R in center) shakes hands with a participant at a dinner with Hawaii's Japanese-American community in Honolulu on Dec. 26, 2016. Abe was on a two-day visit to the islands, including a trip to Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama the following day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe meets with Hawaii's Japanese-American community

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses a dinner with Hawaii's Japanese-American community in Honolulu on Dec. 26, 2016, during his two-day tour of the islands, including a trip to Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama the following day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe tours military graves ahead of Pearl Harbor visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a wreath at a memorial to Lt. Fusata Iida, a Japanese naval pilot who died in the Pearl Harbor attack, in the suburbs of Honolulu on Dec. 26, 2016. Abe was scheduled to visit Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama the following day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe in Hawaii for Pearl Harbor visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) speaks with attendees during a dinner party with Japanese-American residents in Honolulu on Dec. 26, 2016. Abe was scheduled to visit Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama the following day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe in Hawaii for Pearl Harbor visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech during a dinner party with Japanese-American residents in Honolulu on Dec. 26, 2016. Abe was scheduled to visit Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama the following day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronaut Onishi meets with PM Abe

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi (L) meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2016, after completing his four-month mission on the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronaut Onishi meets with PM Abe

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi (L) meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2016, after completing his four-month mission on the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronaut Onishi meets with PM Abe

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi (L) meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2016, after completing his four-month mission on the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Everton beat Leicester 2-0

Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki (R) vies for the ball with Mason Holgate of Everton during the first half of an English Premier League match in Leicester on Dec. 26, 2016. Everton won 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Everton beat Leicester 2-0

Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki (top) vies for the ball with Ramiro Funes Mori of Everton during the first half of an English Premier League match in Leicester on Dec. 26, 2016. Everton won 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Everton beat Leicester 2-0

Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki plays during the first half of a home game against Everton in the English Premier League on Dec. 26, 2016. Everton won 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsuzaka scheduled for final start in Puerto Rico winter league

Japan's SoftBank Hawks pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who is taking part in the Puerto Rico winter league, trains with Gigantes de Carolina in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 26, 2016. The right-hander's final start in the winter league is scheduled on Dec. 28, against Tiburones de Aquadilla. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsuzaka scheduled for final start in Puerto Rico winter league

Japan's SoftBank Hawks pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who is taking part in the Puerto Rico winter league, trains with Gigantes de Carolina in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 26, 2016. The right-hander's final start in the winter league is scheduled on Dec. 28, against Tiburones de Aquadilla. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's same-sex marriage bill passes 1st hurdle

Supporters of same-sex marriage stage a rally in Taipei on Dec. 26, 2016, when Taiwan's legislature completed a preliminary review of proposals to legalize it, marking a step toward marriage equality on the island. If Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage, it will become the first Asian jurisdiction to do so. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's same-sex marriage bill passes 1st hurdle

Supporters of same-sex marriage stage a rally in Taipei on Dec. 26, 2016, when Taiwan's legislature completed a preliminary review of proposals to legalize it, marking a step toward marriage equality on the island. If Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage, it will become the first Asian jurisdiction to do so. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum on disputed islands opens in Nemuro

Former Japanese residents of Russian-controlled, Japan-claimed islands off northern Japan visit a newly-opened museum in the northern city of Nomuro on Dec. 26, 2016. The museum displays items, including photographs and panels, on life on the islands in the prewar era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum on disputed islands opens in Nemuro

Former Japanese residents of Russian-controlled, Japan-claimed islands off northern Japan celebrate the opening of a museum in the northern city of Nemuro on Dec. 26, 2016. The museum displays items, including photographs and panels, on life on the islands in the prewar era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkeys take bath at open-air spa

Japanese monkeys are taking a bath at an open-air spa on Dec. 26, 2016, at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, as the year of the monkey in the Chinese astrological calendar draws to a close. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkeys take bath at open-air spa

Japanese monkeys are taking a bath at an open-air spa on Dec. 26, 2016, at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, as the year of the monkey in the Chinese astrological calendar draws to a close. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkeys take bath at open-air spa

Japanese monkeys are taking a bath at an open-air spa on Dec. 26, 2016, at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, as the year of the monkey in the Chinese astrological calendar draws to a close. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Burned-out site pictured following massive fire

Photo taken Dec. 26, 2016, shows a burned-out site following a Dec. 22-23 massive fire in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Itoigawa. The fire burned down more than 140 buildings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Burned-out site pictured following massive fire

Photo taken Dec. 26, 2016, shows a burned-out site following a Dec. 22-23 massive fire in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Itoigawa. The fire burned down more than 140 buildings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe visits cemetery for Japanese who died in Hawaii

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with people of Japanese descent in Hawaii after paying his respects on Dec. 26, 2016, at a Honolulu cemetery for Japanese who died in Hawaii. Abe is in Hawaii for a visit to Pearl Harbor -- the site of the Japanese surprise attack in 1941 that drew the United States into World War II -- and a final summit with U.S. President Barack Obama. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe visits cemetery for Japanese who died in Hawaii

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pays his respects on Dec. 26, 2016, at a Honolulu cemetery for Japanese who died in Hawaii in both peace and wartime. Abe is in Hawaii for a visit to Pearl Harbor -- the site of the Japanese surprise attack in 1941 that drew the United States into World War II -- and a final summit with U.S. President Barack Obama. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo