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Border port sees booming trade between China, Mongolia

STORY: Border port sees booming trade between China, Mongolia SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: ERENHOT, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the land port 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI WEI, Manager of an import-export trade supermarket in Erenhot 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): UNEEN, Head of the Office of the Administrative Committee, Erenhot Border Trading Zone 4. various of the land port 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI DAWEI, Customs officer of the Erenhot railway port STORYLINE: China's biggest land port with Mongolia, Erenhot, has witnessed flourishing bilateral trade in recent months. A border trading zone between China and Mongolia opened in Erenhot in 2016. It covers a wide range of business activities including border trade, logistics and e-commerce, among others. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI WEI, Manager of an import-export trade supermarket in Erenhot "When we first opened this supermarket, we could only provide products from a few neighboring coun

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Europe struggles to fix migrant predicament

STORY: Europe struggles to fix migrant predicament SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 20-25, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: LAMPEDUSA, Italy CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the migrants 2. various of migrants' ships 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SERENA CORNIGLIA, Supervisor of migrant reception centers with the Italian Red Cross 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Italian): GIUSEPPE PALMISANO, Bar owner 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SAMSUN YOSEEF, Migrant from Ethiopia 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DANNIEL WOLDE, Migrant 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): FRIEDRICH REICH, NGO Rescue ship member from Germany STORYLINE: Migration has returned as a hotly debated issue in the European Union (EU) while a fresh crisis is looming on the continent. Irregular crossings at the EU's external borders increased by 17 percent in the first 11 months of this year to over 355,300, surpassing full-year totals in any year since 2016. Most migrants chose the Central Mediterranean route, a risky one that has seen many migrant shipwrecks due t

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China-Vietnam cross-border medical aid channel offers lifeline to patients

STORY: China-Vietnam cross-border medical aid channel offers lifeline to patients SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the border 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG DEJIN, Director of People's Hospital of Dongxing City, Guangxi 3. various of patients 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Tang's brother 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): TANG WEI, Officer at a local immigration inspection station 6. various of medical personnel STORYLINE: A cross-border medical aid channel between China and Vietnam has offered a lifeline to patients from the two countries. Opening in 2016 and named after a boundary stone, the "1369" rescue passage in Dongxing City, south China's Guangxi facilitates customs services for people in need of urgent medical assistance in Vietnam. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG DEJIN, Director of People's Hospital of Dongxing City, Guangxi "Time is critical for saving lives. Every minute and every second are important. T

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Gourmet institute selects coriander cuisine as dish of year in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 6 Kyodo - Various dishes featuring coriander are introduced at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 5, 2016, as a private gourmet institute selected food featuring the versatile herb as the dish of the year, citing its growing popularity in Japanese food culture.

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Expectations high for new Olympic sports to be added for Tokyo Games

A skateboarder performs "street" skateboarding in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Dec. 5, 2015. Skateboarding is among the sports Tokyo 2020 organizers have proposed to the International Olympic Committee for addition for the Olympics in the Japanese capital in five years' time. The IOC will announce the additional sports for the Tokyo Games in August 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Akimoto wins men's 73-kg title

Photo shows judoka Hiroyuki Akimoto from Japan, who won on Dec. 5, 2015, the men's 73-kilogram title at the Grand Slam Tokyo, one of the qualifying competitions for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe says no simultaneous Diet elections next summer

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters in the northeastern Japan city of Ichinoseki on Dec. 5, 2015. Abe said he is not considering dissolving the House of Representatives for a general election to coincide with the triennial House of Councillors election in summer 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former minister at N. Korean Embassy in London

Thae Yong Ho, a former minister at the North Korean Embassy in London who defected to South Korea in 2016, speaks at a symposium at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Japan's slugger-pitcher Otani

Shohei Otani of the Nippon Ham Fighters leaves a press conference at the team's office in Sapporo on Dec. 5, 2016, after re-signing with the team for the 2017 salary of 270 million yen ($2.37 million). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR East's luxury train to debut in May along with passenger lounge

Crew members pose for a photo after East Japan Railway Co.'s Train Suite Shiki-Shima luxury sleeper train arrives at JR Nikko Station in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, during a trial run on Dec. 5, 2016. Passengers on the train set to begin operation in May 2017 will also be offered use of an exclusive lounge at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran on rise as tourist destination

A woman makes a Persian carpet in Kashan, central Iran, on Dec. 5, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Suntory's title hopes once again in their own hands

George Smith (L) scores a try in the first half of Suntory Sungoliath's 29-5 win over NTT Communications Shining Arcs at Hanazono Rugby Ground in Higashi-Osaka on Dec. 3, 2016. Suntory will take on Kobe Kobelco Steelers on Jan. 14, 2017, with the Japan Rugby Top League title at stake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Hillman looks to apply past lessons in South Korea

Trey Hillman, the former manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters and Kansas City Royals, speaks about his new job as skipper of South Korea's SK Wyverns on Dec. 5, 2016, at the baseball winter meetings in National Harbor, Maryland, outside Washington. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Gamba's Ideguchi named top rookie of J-League

Gamba Osaka midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi (21) and Yokohama F Marinos defender Yuzo Kobayashi (13) vie for the ball in the first leg of a League Cup semifinal in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2016. Ideguchi was named the J-League's Best Young Player of the season on Dec. 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Opening ceremony for joint Japan-U.S. forces exercise

Kiyoshi Ogawa (R), commanding general of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force Western Army, and his U.S. counterpart Stephen Lanza, shake hands during the opening ceremony for a joint exercise, known as Yamasakura, at Camp Kengun in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2016. It is the 71st bilateral exercise that has been held since 1982. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Palace lit up

The Imperial Palace in Tokyo is lit up on a trial basis on Dec. 16, 2016. Part of the palace will be lit up from Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, to Jan. 8, 2017, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Palace lit up

The Imperial Palace in Tokyo is lit up on a trial basis on Dec. 16, 2016. Part of the palace will be lit up from Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, to Jan. 8, 2017, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kumamoto Castle marks 100,000th visitor since its re-opening

Photo taken Dec. 14, 2019, in Kumamoto shows an event to mark Kumamoto Castle having its 100,000th visitor since its re-opening on Oct. 5. The castle had been closed for three and a half years since being hit hard by earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity in April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong movie director Wong Chun

Wong Chun, director of 2016 hit movie "Mad World," is interviewed in Hong Kong on Dec. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Table Tennis: Ai Fukuhara

Photo taken in October 2018 shows retired Japanese table tennis star Ai Fukuhara. A four-time Olympian, Fukuhara, who won a team silver medal at the 2012 London Games and a bronze in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, said on Dec. 5 she is expecting her second child in the spring of 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former minister at N. Korean Embassy in London

Thae Yong Ho, a former minister at the North Korean Embassy in London who defected to South Korea in 2016, speaks at a symposium at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marina Bay Sands

Tourists watch the Marina Bay Sands' laser show in Singapore in this photo taken Dec. 5, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. set to resume Osprey refueling training

File photo taken Dec. 14, 2016, shows the wreckage of a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft lying in shallow waters off Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, after crash-landing the previous night. 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. (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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Soccer: Honda needs to move on if Milan don't need him: Halilhodzic

Japan men's national soccer team coach Vahid Halilhodzic speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Honda needs to move on if Milan don't need him: Halilhodzic

Japan men's national soccer team coach Vahid Halilhodzic speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's southernmost ski resort opens for this season

A snowboarder goes down the slope at Gokase Highland Ski & Snowboard resort in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki on Dec. 16, 2016, the first day of its operation for this winter. The ski resort, known as the most southerly in Japan, will stay open until March 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's southernmost ski resort opens for this season

A mascot character of Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture promotes the start of operation for this winter at Gokase Highland Ski & Snowboard resort in the southwestern Japan prefecture on Dec. 16, 2016. The ski resort, known as the most southerly in Japan, will stay open until March 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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600 mil. yen worth of gold bars stolen by fake police officers

Photo taken Dec. 14, 2016, shows JR Hakata train station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Gold bars worth 600 million yen ($5 million) were stolen near the station by men disguised as police officers sometime around the spring of 2016, according to investigative sources. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Porto beat Leicester 5-0 in European Champions League

Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki (L) vies for the ball with Yacine Brahimi of FC Porto during the first half of a game in the European Champions League in Porto, Portugal, on Dec. 7, 2016. Porto won 5-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Porto beat Leicester 5-0 in European Champions League

Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki plays during the first half of a game in the European Champions League against FC Porto in Porto, Portugal, on Dec. 7, 2016. Porto won 5-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Veterans welcome visitors at Pearl Harbor center

U.S. veterans who survived Japan's Pearl Harbor attack 75 years ago welcome visitors at the Pearl Harbor's Visitor Center in Honolulu on Dec. 5, 2016, after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced he will visit there with U.S. President Barack Obama late December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aurora observed over Indian Ocean

An aurora is pictured from aboard the Japanese icebreaker Shirase sailing in the Indian Ocean for Antarctica in the evening of Dec. 5, 2016. Crew members rushed to the deck with cameras to record the natural light display. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aurora observed over Indian Ocean

An aurora is pictured from aboard the Japanese icebreaker Shirase sailing in the Indian Ocean for Antarctica in the evening of Dec. 5, 2016. Crew members rushed to the deck with cameras to record the natural light display. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harrier fighter jets join Japan-U.S. joint drill

A U.S. military AV-8 Harrier fighter jet arrives at the Air Self-Defense Force's Chitose base in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 5, 2016, to join a Japan-U.S. joint drill together with two other Harriers. A jet of the same type crashed into the sea in September off the southern island prefecture of Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harrier fighter jets join Japan-U.S. joint drill

A U.S. military AV-8 Harrier fighter jet arrives at the Air Self-Defense Force's Chitose base in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 5, 2016, to join a Japan-U.S. joint drill together with two other Harriers. A jet of the same type crashed into the sea in September off the southern island prefecture of Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against thermal power plant project on Java held

People stage a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta on Dec. 5, 2016, against a Japan-funded $4 billion thermal power plant project on Java island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IAEA Director General Amano addresses ministerial meeting

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano addresses a minister-level meeting on nuclear security in Vienna on Dec. 5, 2016. Amano stressed the need for international cooperation in preventing nuclear terrorism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Central bank chiefs of Japan, France give speeches in Tokyo

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda gives a speech in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2016. Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau also delivered a speech at the session. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Central bank chiefs of Japan, France give speeches in Tokyo

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (L) and Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau attend a financial forum in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Central bank chiefs of Japan, France give speeches in Tokyo

Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau gives a speech in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2016. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda also delivered a speech at the session. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan introduces automatic guided vehicle system on trial

A self-driving car (front) tows finished cars to a shipping port at a Nissan Motor Co. factory in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, on Dec. 5, 2016, at which the automatic guided vehicle system has been introduced on a trial basis. The automaker aims to put it into practical use at all its domestic factories in 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reactor container at Joyo plant opened to media

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency opens the inside of the reactor container at its Joyo experimental fast reactor in Oarai, northeast of Tokyo, to the media on Dec. 5, 2016. The government is looking to the Joyo facility to continue development of fast reactors given that the JAEA's Monju prototype fast breeder reactor, which was intended to play a key role in the process, is on the verge of being scrapped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe visit Pearl Harbor

File photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress in Washington in April 2015. Abe said on Dec. 5, 2016 that he will visit Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama during his two-day trip to Hawaii from Dec. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe visit Pearl Harbor

File photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front) and U.S. President Barack Obama in a photo session at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru in November 2016. Abe said on Dec. 5, 2016 that he will visit Pearl Harbor with Obama during his two-day trip to Hawaii from Dec. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former leaders of China, Japan, S. Korea attend int'l meet

(From L) Former Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan, former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hong Koo attend a trilateral conference in Shizuoka, Japan, on Dec. 5, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Kashima manager Ishii eyeing final at Club World Cup

(From L) Kashima Antlers defender Gen Shoji, manager Masatada Ishii (C), defender Ryota Nagaki pose with the J-League championship shield in Yokohama on Dec. 5, 2016. The manager told a press conference he will try to lead the team to the final of the Club World Cup starting Dec. 8 in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fuji Heavy to invest 65 bil. yen over 6 yrs to lift output

Photo taken Dec. 5, 2016, shows a new body painting plant under construction at Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Yajima factory in Ota, Gunma Prefecture. The maker of Subaru cars said the same day it will invest a total of 65 billion yen ($569 million) over the six years through fiscal 2020 to boost production capacity to meet robust demand in the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pentagon chief "satisfied" with Japan's payment for U.S. forces

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter speaks to reporters aboard a plane bound for Japan on Dec. 5, 2016. Washington is "satisfied with" Japan's financial contributions for U.S. military forces stationed in the country, Carter said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani tells Fighters of intention to move to majors

Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher-designated hitter Shohei Otani attends a press conference after re-signing with the club for the 2017 salary of 270 million yen ($2.37 million) in Sapporo on Dec. 5, 2016. During salary talks, the Pacific League MVP informed the club of his intention to move to the major leagues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo