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Serbia's tourism industry looks forward to return of Chinese visitors

STORY: Serbia's tourism industry looks forward to return of Chinese visitors DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:20 LOCATION: Belgrade CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Belgrade 2. various of the Belgrade International Tourism Fair 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, President of Serbia 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VALOK, Tour guide and representative of Sai Hua Travel Agency 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Serbian): MARIJA LABOVIC, Director of National Tourism Organization of Serbia 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR PUACA, Assistant to the president of Belgrade's Stari Grad city municipality STORYLINE: On the occasion of the 44th edition of the Belgrade International Tourism Fair, representatives of Serbia's tourism industry said they "eagerly anticipate" the return of visitors from China. China, the country that has sent the largest number of foreign visitors to Serbia in recent years, is the guest of honor at the fair, which takes place between Feb. 23 and 26. In 2017, the mutual visa exe

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China's top diplomat Yang to visit U.S.

BEIJING, China, Feb. 6 Kyodo - File photo taken on Sept. 30, 2017, shows China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi in Beijing. The top diplomat is scheduled to visit the United States for two days from Feb. 8, 2018, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.==Kyodo

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Offshore construction work begins for moving U.S. base in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Offshore construction work to build a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base starts on Feb. 6, 2017, at the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa, amid strong local opposition.

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Ski jumping: Takanashi flies to 8th victory of season

HINZENBACH, Austria, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Sara Takanashi of Japan soars through the air during the World Cup ski jumping event in Hinzenbach, Austria, on Feb. 5, 2017. Takanashi took her eighth victory of the season and 52nd of her career.

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Asian Winter Games in Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Images representing Japan are projected during the closing ceremony for the Asian Winter Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 6, 2011. The northern Japanese cities of Sapporo and Obihiro will host the 2017 Asian Winter Games.

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

(220708) -- NAIROBI, July 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of the first cohort of independent Kenyan locomotive drivers pose for a group photo in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 19, 2022. The standard gauge railway (SGR) passenger train has moved some 7.78 million passengers between the capital, Nairobi and Mombasa since its inception in June 2017, a national statistics agency said in a report released on July 6, 2022. (Xinhua)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

(220708) -- NAIROBI, July 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of the cohort of independent Kenyan locomotive drivers work in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 19, 2022. The standard gauge railway (SGR) passenger train has moved some 7.78 million passengers between the capital, Nairobi and Mombasa since its inception in June 2017, a national statistics agency said in a report released on July 6, 2022. (Xinhua)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

(220706) -- NAIROBI, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) pose for photo as they attend a ceremony celebrating 1,000 days of safe operations in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 25, 2020. Kenya has now found a new lifeline in the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) since its launch on May 31, 2017. Data from Afristar, the SGR operator, show the modern railway has transported more than 7.7 million passengers in the last five years. (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)

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Baseball: Former Yomiuri starter Mikolas

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2017, shows Miles Mikolas (L), then a Yomiuri Giants starter, fielding a ball during spring training in Naha, southwestern Japan. Mikolas has signed a two-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, the club announced Dec. 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Families speak of children's deaths from overwork before students

Lawyer Toshimasa Yamashita teaches junior high school students in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2017, how to cope with work-related problems they may encounter in the future, as deaths from overwork come under a renewed spotlight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. leadership hopeful Tsang urges security legislation, tax reform

Hong Kong leadership hopeful and former financial secretary John Tsang reveals his campaign platform to the press on Feb. 6, 2017, vowing to tackle controversial political issues once elected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Winter Games in Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Images representing Japan are projected during the closing ceremony for the Asian Winter Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 6, 2011. The northern Japanese cities of Sapporo and Obihiro will host the 2017 Asian Winter Games. (Kyodo)

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Part falls from another U.S. military aircraft over Okinawa: source

File photo taken in May 2017 shows an F-15 fighter jet at the U.S. military's Kadena air base in Okinawa Prefecture. An antenna-like part weighing 1.4 kilograms fell from one of F-15 fighter jets stationed at the base during a flight over Okinawa on Feb. 27, 2018, a Japanese government source said on March 6. It is not known where the part landed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Pyeongchang organizers face ticket-selling challenges

Lee Hee Beom, president of the Pyeongchang Olympics' organizing committee, is interviewed in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2017. Lee said coaxing spectators into buying tickets for less-popular events remains a problem, three months ahead of the Olympics' start on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean envoy ordered to leave Malaysia departs embassy

North Korean Ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol (R), departs the embassy in Kuala Lumpur on March 6, 2017, as he was ordered to leave Malaysia, with the once-amicable ties between the two countries deteriorating over the Feb. 13 murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean envoy ordered to leave Malaysia departs embassy

North Korean Ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol (3rd from L), departs the embassy in Kuala Lumpur on March 6, 2017, as he was ordered to leave Malaysia, with the once-amicable ties between the two countries deteriorating over the Feb. 13 murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean envoy ordered to leave Malaysia departs embassy

North Korean Ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol, departs in a car from the embassy in Kuala Lumpur on March 6, 2017, as he was ordered to leave Malaysia, with the once-amicable ties between the two countries deteriorating over the Feb. 13 murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean envoy ordered to leave Malaysia departs embassy

North Korean Ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol, departs the embassy in Kuala Lumpur on March 6, 2017, as he was ordered to leave Malaysia, with the once-amicable ties between the two countries deteriorating over the Feb. 13 murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean envoy ordered to leave Malaysia departs embassy

North Korean Ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol (2nd from L), departs the embassy in Kuala Lumpur on March 6, 2017, as he was ordered to leave Malaysia, with the once-amicable ties between the two countries deteriorating over the Feb. 13 murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Rangers' Darvish pitches against Royals

Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish pitches as a starter in a pre-season match against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2017. The Rangers won 6-4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Rangers' Darvish pitches against Royals

Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish pitches as a starter in a pre-season match against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2017. The Rangers won 6-4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Rangers' Darvish pitches against Royals

Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish pitches as a starter in a pre-season match against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2017. The Rangers won 6-4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Rangers' Darvish pitches against Royals

Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish pitches as a starter in a pre-season match against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2017. The Rangers won 6-4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan batter China for 1st gold in women's ice hockey

Players of the Japan women's ice hockey team toss bouquets into the air after receiving the gold medal following a 6-1 win over China in the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Feb. 25, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Nishikori crashes out in 1st round of Rio Open

Kei Nishikori, seen in this undated photo, crashed out in the first round of the Rio Open in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 21, 2017, the top-seeded Japanese losing to Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-4, 6-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Minamino grabs hat-trick to power Salzburg past Ried

Takumi Minamino (L) of Salzburg is congratulated by a teammate after scoring the second goal of his hat-trick during the first half of their 6-1 win away to Ried in the Austrian Bundesliga on Feb. 19, 2017. The Japanese striker took his season goal tally to nine to move into second in the top-flight scoring charts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Minamino grabs hat-trick to power Salzburg past Ried

Takumi Minamino (18) of Salzburg scores the first goal of his hat-trick in the first half of their 6-1 win away to Ried in the Austrian Bundesliga on Feb. 19, 2017. The Japanese striker took his season goal tally to nine to move into second in the top-flight scoring charts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan women win ice hockey opener

Japan's Shoko Ono (R) is congratulated by teammate Yurie Adachi after scoring against Kazakhstan during the second period in the opener of the Asian Winter Games women's ice hockey tournament at Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo on Feb. 18, 2017. Japan knocked off defending gold medalist Kazakhstan 6-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan women win ice hockey opener

Japan's Shoko Ono (R) scores past Aray Shegebayeva of Kazakhstan during the second period in the opener of the Asian Winter Games women's ice hockey tournament at Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo on Feb. 18, 2017. Japan knocked off defending gold medalist Kazakhstan 6-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan women win ice hockey opener

Japan's Ami Nakamura (back) scores the opening goal during the first period of the opener against Kazakhstan in the Asian Winter Games women's ice hockey tournament at Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo on Feb. 18, 2017. Japan knocked off defending gold medalist Kazakhstan 6-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Matsuyama struggles in storm-suspended Genesis Open

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan misses a par putt on the 15th green during the second round of the Genesis Open in Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, on Feb. 17, 2017. Matsuyama fell to 100th place with 6-over after 15 holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okayama Univ. team to conduct lung transplant operation in Vietnam

Takahiro Oto (front), professor at Okayama University Hospital, speaks at a press conference in Okayama, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2017. Ota said the university's medical team headed by him will conduct a lung transplant operation on a 6-year-boy in Vietnam, probably on Feb. 21. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One year to go before Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games

The five-ringed symbol of the Olympic Games is lit up at a snow festival in Pyeongchang on Feb. 6, 2017, about one year before the start of the Winter Olympics in the South Korean city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Netherlands' Kramer wins men's 5000-meter speed skating

Sven Kramer of the Netherlands celebrates after winning the men's 5000 meters at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships on Feb. 9, 2017, in the South Korean coastal town of Gangneung, one of the venues for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Kramer won the event with a time of 6 minutes, 6.82 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Netherlands' Kramer wins men's 5000-meter speed skating

Sven Kramer of the Netherlands competes in the men's 5000 meters at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships on Feb. 9, 2017, in the South Korean coastal town of Gangneung, one of the venues for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Kramer won the event with a time of 6 minutes, 6.82 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Netherlands' Kramer wins men's 5000-meter speed skating

Sven Kramer of the Netherlands competes in the men's 5000 meters at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships on Feb. 9, 2017, in the South Korean coastal town of Gangneung, one of the venues for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Kramer won the event with a time of 6 minutes, 6.82 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ice hockey: Japan wins women's Olympic final qualifying opener

Shiori Koike scores Japan's second goal in the second period of a 6-1 win over Austria at Hakucho Oji Ice Arena in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Feb. 9, 2017, the first day of a four-team final qualifying tournament for the women's ice hockey of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ice hockey: Japan wins women's Olympic final qualifying opener

Hanae Kubo (L) celebrates with Haruka Toko after scoring Japan's fifth goal in the third period of a 6-1 win over Austria at Hakucho Oji Ice Arena in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Feb. 9, 2017, the first day of a four-team final qualifying tournament for the women's ice hockey of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Russia ban remains in place for world championships

Sebastian Coe, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, attends a press conference in Cap d'Ail, France, on Feb. 6, 2017. The council of the governing body decided the same day that the ban on Russian athletes will continue through August's athletics world championships. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Injury-hit star Otani in Arizona

Nippon Ham Fighters two-way player Shohei Otani practices hitting at the team's training camp in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 6, 2017. Otani, who has withdrawn from March's World Baseball Classic due to an ankle injury, went through a personalized training program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Injury-hit star Otani in Arizona

Nippon Ham Fighters two-way player Shohei Otani (R) smiles at the team's training camp in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 6, 2017. Otani, who has withdrawn from March's World Baseball Classic due to an ankle injury, went through a personalized training program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Injury-hit star Otani in Arizona

Nippon Ham Fighters two-way player Shohei Otani works at the team's training camp in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 6, 2017. Otani, who has withdrawn from March's World Baseball Classic due to an ankle injury, went through a personalized training program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Injury-hit star Otani in Arizona

Nippon Ham Fighters two-way player Shohei Otani works at the team's training camp in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 6, 2017. Otani, who has withdrawn from March's World Baseball Classic due to an ankle injury, went through a personalized training program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Injury-hit star Otani in Arizona

Nippon Ham Fighters two-way player Shohei Otani gives an interview to a reporter from a U.S. baseball magazine after training in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 6, 2017. Otani has withdrawn from March's World Baseball Classic due to an ankle injury. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mountain shrine's torch festival off-limits to women

Men clad in white outfits burn torches at the mountainous Kamikura shrine, part of a World Heritage Site in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan, during the Oto (fire) Festival on the night of Feb. 6, 2017. About 2,000 men took part in the festival dating back some 1,400 years that is off-limits to women. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mountain shrine's torch festival off-limits to women

Men carrying torches and clad in white outfits run down the steep stone steps of the mountainous Kamikura shrine, part of a World Heritage Site in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan, during the Oto (fire) Festival on the night of Feb. 6, 2017. About 2,000 men took part in the festival dating back some 1,400 years that is off-limits to women. (8-second exposure)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mountain shrine's torch festival off-limits to women

Men clad in white outfits burn torches at the mountainous Kamikura shrine, part of a World Heritage Site in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan, during the Oto (fire) Festival on the night of Feb. 6, 2017. About 2,000 men took part in the festival dating back some 1,400 years that is off-limits to women. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Transplants of eye cells grown from another's iPS stem cells to begin

Masayo Takahashi of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology speaks at a press conference in Kobe on Feb. 6, 2017. A Japanese research team, led by Takahashi, said it will begin the world's first clinical trials involving transplanting retinal cells grown from iPS stem cells obtained from another person. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Sunwolves training in Fukuoka

Harumichi Tatekawa, co-captain of the Sunwolves, Japan's Super Rugby franchise, takes part in practice in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Offshore construction work begins for moving U.S. base in Okinawa

Demonstrators protest in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2017 against the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma from a densely populated area of Ginowan to the Henoko coastal area in Nago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo