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China: Rainbow Cloud Spotted Near Summit Of Mount Sanqing In Jiangxi

A rare rainbow cloud was spotted near the summit of Sanqing Mountain in Shangrao, Jiangxi on May 14. The filmer, Sanqing Mountain tour guide Mr. Chen, had just led several tourists to climb up to a scenic spot called Yu Tai when they spotted the colorful cloud. With permission from Sanqing Mountain tour guide Mr. Xiao Chen.

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G20 summit held in New Delhi

STORY: G20 summit held in New Delhi DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: New Delhi, India CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YICHI, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE (English): B. R. DEEPAK, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG YICHI, Xinhua correspondent "The 18th Group of 20 (G20) Summit is going to take place on Saturday and Sunday in New Delhi, India. The summit, themed 'One Earth · One Family · One Future,' will focus on inclusive growth, digital innovation, climate resilience, and equitable global health access, among other topics." SOUNDBITE (English): B. R. DEEPAK, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India "Some countries, especially in the West, they are adhering to the policies of protectionism, nativism, exclusivism, and perhaps not believing in the kind of multilateralism which the developing countries or the Global South believe in. China calls it true multilateralism. And multilateralism is also the kind of, you can say, share in

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Former UN chief appeals for increased funding during climate summit

STORY: Former UN chief appeals for increased funding during climate summit DATELINE: Sept. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Africa Climate Summit 2. SOUNDBITE (English): BAN KI-MOON, Former UN secretary-general STORYLINE: The Africa Climate Summit opened in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Monday. Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon attended the three-day summit, calling for increased funding. SOUNDBITE (English): BAN KI-MOON, Former UN secretary-general "Climate issues cannot be handled by only one country or one organization, including the United Nations. All should put their hands together. That is why all African leaders are coming to Nairobi to make sure that the necessary actions are being made to help people overcome this climate crisis. We have no time to lose. We have only one planet Earth. At least I am urging that climate support for adaptation activities, the current level of support should be increased by tenfold, ten t

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China's Dong becomes first woman to conquer all 14 peaks above 8,000m

STORY: China's Dong becomes first woman to conquer all 14 peaks above 8,000m DATELINE: May 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dong Hongjuan ascending the Mount Shishapangma STORYLINE: Chinese mountaineer Dong Hongjuan has become the first woman to conquer all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters on earth. Dong, 42, successfully ascended to the summit of 8,027-meter Mount Shishapangma on May 26, which was confirmed by the international mountaineering summit website 8000ers.com on Sunday. Dong reached the summit of Mt. Qomolangma in 2013, completed Cho Oyu and Gasherbrum II in 2014, Qogir (K2), Nanga Parbat and Gasherbrum I in 2017, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Broad in 2018, Annapurna in 2021, Makalu, Dhaulagiri and Manaslu in 2022. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lhasa, China. (XHTV)

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Canadian environmental activist Cullis-Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Severn Cullis-Suzuki, a Canadian environmental activist, holds a press conference at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, on June 21, 2012. Cullis-Suzuki made a legendary speech at the 1992 U.N. Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro when she was a 12-year-old.

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Earth Observation Summit kicks off in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses the opening of the second Earth Observation Summit at a Tokyo hotel on April 25. ''Global observation plays a great role in accurately assessing the various phenomena taking place around the globe, and toward adopting appropriate measures,'' Koizumi told 300 representatives from 45 countries who gathered to create a global planet observation system.

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Koizumi meets orphans again after 5 yrs in S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) meets orphans from an orphanage in Soweto again at Ubuntu Village on Sept. 2, where exhibitions and events are being held in parallel with the Earth Summit. Koizumi met with them five years ago when he visited as health minister.

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Koizumi attends roundtable discussions

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves at people as he walks to a venue of world earth summit roundtable discussions in Johannesburg on Sept. 3.

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Koizumi speaks to media at World Earth Summit

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a news conference after attending the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg on Sept. 3.

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Environment group sets up 6,000 dolls in Earth Summit protest

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The international environmental organization Friends of The Earth (FOE) sets up 6,000 paper dolls near the venue of the Earth Summit in Johannesburg on Sept. 1 to protest the ''hegemony'' of big enterprises. FOE said the 1-meter-high paper dolls represent ordinary citizens and paid poor South Africans to make them.

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(1)Kawaguchi in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (C on L side) meets with delegates from Pacific island nations in Johannesburg on Aug. 30. Kawaguchi is in the South African capital for the ongoing Earth Summit.

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(3)Kawaguchi in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) and Japanese Environment Minister Hiroshi Oki (C) chat with British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at a Johannesburg hotel on Aug. 30. The three leaders are attending the ongoing Earth Summit.

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(2)Kawaguchi in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) delivers a speech before delegates from African countries during a lunch at a Johannesburg hotel on Aug. 30. Kawaguchi is in the South African capital for the ongoing Earth Summit.

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Japanese NGOs to be more active, monitor gov't at WSSD

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsutoshi Hayakawa, managing director of the Osaka-based Citizens' Alliance for Saving the Atmosphere and the Earth (CASA), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News. He said Japanese nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are planning to play a greater role and monitor government activities at the upcoming summit on sustainable development in South Africa.

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(2)Kawaguchi in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) delivers a speech before delegates from African countries during a lunch at a Johannesburg hotel on Aug. 30. Kawaguchi is in the South African capital for the ongoing Earth Summit. (Kyodo)

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Subaru telescope captures 'halo' of nebula M57

TOKYO, Japan - The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) released Sept. 17 a picture showing a faint ''halo'' around nebula M57, or the Ring Nebula, some 1,600 light years away from Earth. The Subaru telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the first one to successfully capture the halo surrounding the nebula's clear, white outer ring, NAOJ said.

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Earth Observation Summit kicks off in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses the opening of the second Earth Observation Summit at a Tokyo hotel on April 25. ''Global observation plays a great role in accurately assessing the various phenomena taking place around the globe, and toward adopting appropriate measures,'' Koizumi told 300 representatives from 45 countries who gathered to create a global planet observation system. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi speaks to media at World Earth Summit

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a news conference after attending the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg on Sept. 3. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi meets orphans again after 5 yrs in S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) meets orphans from an orphanage in Soweto again at Ubuntu Village on Sept. 2, where exhibitions and events are being held in parallel with the Earth Summit. Koizumi met with them five years ago when he visited as health minister. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi attends roundtable discussions

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves at people as he walks to a venue of world earth summit roundtable discussions in Johannesburg on Sept. 3. (Kyodo)

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Environment group sets up 6,000 dolls in Earth Summit protest

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The international environmental organization Friends of The Earth (FOE) sets up 6,000 paper dolls near the venue of the Earth Summit in Johannesburg on Sept. 1 to protest the ''hegemony'' of big enterprises. FOE said the 1-meter-high paper dolls represent ordinary citizens and paid poor South Africans to make them. (Kyodo)

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(3)Kawaguchi in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) and Japanese Environment Minister Hiroshi Oki (C) chat with British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at a Johannesburg hotel on Aug. 30. The three leaders are attending the ongoing Earth Summit.

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(1)Kawaguchi in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (C on L side) meets with delegates from Pacific island nations in Johannesburg on Aug. 30. Kawaguchi is in the South African capital for the ongoing Earth Summit. (Kyodo)

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Japanese NGOs to be more active, monitor gov't at WSSD

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsutoshi Hayakawa, managing director of the Osaka-based Citizens' Alliance for Saving the Atmosphere and the Earth (CASA), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News. He said Japanese nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are planning to play a greater role and monitor government activities at the upcoming summit on sustainable development in South Africa. (Kyodo)

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Subaru telescope photographs protostars' jets

TOKYO, Japan - The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan released Aug. 24 this image of two parallel jets being emitted from a nebula which is 450 light years from Earth and believed to contain two protostars. The image was captured by the Subaru, one of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes which is located at the summit of the Mt. Mauna Kea in Hawaii.