Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

India's solar energy potential estimated at 748 GW

STORY: India's solar energy potential estimated at 748 GW SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of solar park 3. various of high-voltage transmission 4. various of the traffic in New Delhi STORYLINE: The Indian government Wednesday said the country's total solar energy potential has been estimated at 748 Giga Watt peak. The information was given by the federal minister for new and renewable energy and power R. K. Singh in written replies in the upper house of the Indian parliament. The minister said the estimate has been provided by the National Institute of Solar Energy based on data from Waste Land Atlas of India 2010. Singh said until the end of last year, 51 solar parks with an aggregate capacity of 37,740 MW have been sanctioned in 12 states in the country since the launch of the scheme in December 2014. "An aggregate capacity of 10,504 MW of solar projects have been commissioned in 2

E

Finnish daughter-in-law has fun making Chinese New Year snacks

STORY: Finnish daughter-in-law has fun making Chinese New Year snacks DATELINE: Feb. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:33 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Guangzhou during the Spring Festival 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SARAH YAAKSOLA, Finnish expat in China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Auntie 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SARAH YAAKSOLA, Finnish expat in China 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): Auntie 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): SARAH YAAKSOLA, Finnish expat in China 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): Auntie 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): SARAH YAAKSOLA, Finnish expat in China 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (Chinese): Auntie 10. SOUNDBITE 9 (Chinese): SARAH YAAKSOLA, Finnish expat in China 11. SOUNDBITE 10 (Chinese): Auntie 12. SOUNDBITE 11 (English): SARAH YAAKSOLA, Finnish expat in China 13. SOUNDBITE 12 (English): Sarah Yaaksola's husband STORYLINE: Sarah Yaaksola from Finland came to study in south China's Guangzhou in 2010. After graduation, she stayed in China and had a Chinese family. Having been in China for over

E

Judo teacher Fukuda dies

TOKYO, Japan - A 2010 file photo shows Keiko Fukuda, the first woman to earn a ninth-dan ranking in judo from the Kodokan. Fukuda died at her home in San Francisco on Feb. 9, 2013, at the age of 99.

E

Japan beats Russia in women's curling game

VANCOUVER, Canada - Curler Mari Motohashi (R) of Japan watches the stone after releasing it, while Anna Omiya (L) and Mayo Yamaura sweep, in the 10th end of a match against Russia in the round-robin stage of the women's curling tournament at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 21, 2010. Japan won the match 12-9.

E

Japan beats Russia in women's curling game

VANCOUVER, Canada - Mari Motohashi of Japan shouts instructions during a match against Russia in the eighth end of the round-robin stage of the women's curling tournament at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 21, 2010. Japan won the match 12-9.

E

Japan beats Russia in women's curling game

VANCOUVER, Canada - Mari Motohashi of Japan celebrates after teammate Moe Meguro's winning shot in a match against Russia in the round-robin stage of the women's curling game at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 21, 2010. Japan won the match 12-9.

E

Japan beats Russia in women's curling game

VANCOUVER, Canada - Mari Motohashi of Japan (R) hugs teammate Moe Meguro after their team defeated Russia in the round-robin stage of the women's curling tournament at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 21, 2010. Japan won the match 12-9.

E

Japan beats Russia in women's curling game

VANCOUVER, Canada - Mari Motohashi (R) and Anna Omiya (L) discuss strategy with their teammates in a match against Russia in the round robin stage of the women's curling tournament at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 21, 2010. Japan won the match 12-9.

E

Japan beats Russia in women's curling game

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese skip Moe Meguro shouts instructions after releasing the stone during a match against Russia in the sixth end of the round-robin stage of the women's curling tournament at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 21, 2010. Japan won the match 12-9.

E

Japan curling team loses to China

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Anna Omiya (L) releases the stone during the fifth end of the round-robin stage of the women's curling tournament against China at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 18, 2010. China won the match 9-5.

E

Japan curling team loses to China

VANCOUVER, Canada - (From L) Japan's Moe Meguro, Anna Omiya, Kotomi Ishizaki, and Mari Motohashi discuss strategy in a match against China in the round-robin stage of the women's curling tournament at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 18, 2010. China won the match 9-5.

E

Japan curling team loses to China

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Anna Omiya (L) releases the stone as Kotomi Ishizaki (C) and Mari Motohashi (R) sweep the course during the fourth end of the round-robin stage of the women's curling tournament against China at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 18, 2010. China won the match 9-5.

E

Japan curling team loses to China

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Mari Motohashi (C) releases the stone as Kotomi Ishizaki (L) and Anna Omiya (R) sweep the course during the first end of the round-robin stage of the women's curling tournament against China at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 18, 2010. China won the match 9-5.

E

Japan defeats U.S. in women's curling

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Annna Omiya (JR) releases the stone during the women's round robin curling game against the United States at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 16, 2010. Japan defeated the U.S. 9-7.

E

Japan defeats U.S. in women's curling

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Mari Motohashi releases the stone during the women's round robin curling game against the United States at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 16, 2010. Japan defeated the U.S. 9-7.

E

Japan defeats U.S. in women's curling

VANCOUVER, Canada - (From R) Moe Meguro, Anna Omiya, Kotomi Ishizaki, and Mari Motohashi wave to the crowd after winning their first women's round robin curling game against the United States at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 16, 2010. Japan won 9-7 against the U.S.

E

Japan defeats U.S. in women's curling

VANCOUVER, Canada - (From L) Mari Motohashi, Kotomi Ishizaki, Moe Meguro, and Anna Omiya celebrate their victory over the United States in their first women's round robin curling game at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 16, 2010. Japan won 9-7 against the U.S.

E

Japan defeats U.S. in women's curling

VANCOUVER, Canada - Kotomi Ishizaki (L) and Anna Omiya (R) sweep the course as Mari Motohashi (C) releases the stone during the second end of the women's round robin curling game against the United States at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 16, 2010. Japan defeated the U.S. 9-7.

E

Japan defeats U.S. in women's curling

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Kotomi Ishizaki (L) and Anna Omiya (R) sweep the course as Mari Motohashi (C) releases the stone during the second end of the women's round robin curling game against the United States at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Feb. 16, 2010. Japan defeated the U.S. 9-7.

E

Kokubo barred from Games opening ceremony over dress code

NARITA, Japan - Japanese snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo (C) waits at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2010, before his departure for Vancouver with his tie loosened and his shirt hanging out of his trousers, which he wore low down off his hips. The Japanese Olympic delegation decided to bar Kokubo from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 12 for flouting the Olympic dress code after receiving a flood of criticism from Japanese people.

E

U.N. envoy says N. Korea not eager to return to 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - Lynn Pascoe (R), U.N. undersecretary general for political affairs, speaks at a news conference in Beijing on Feb. 12, 2010, after returning from Pyongyang. Pascoe visited North Korea from Feb. 9 to 12 as a special envoy for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.

E

Olympic torch arrives in Richmond

RICHMOND, Canada - Rick Hansen, one of several honorary mayors of the Olympic Athletes' Village, carries the Olympic torch into Minoru Park in Richmond on Feb. 9, 2010. Hansen won a series of international wheelchair marathons and six medals at the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics.

E

Ohno aims for more medals in Vancouver

Vancouver, Canada - Short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States speaks to reporters on Feb. 9, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada, ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Ohno, who has won five Olympic medals in the past, would replace Bonnie Blair as the American winter Olympic athlete with the most medals, if he wins two more medals at what would be his third Olympic games.

E

Olympic torch arrives in Richmond

RICHMOND, Canada - An Olympic torch bearer runs past the Richmond Olympic Oval, home of the speed skating events during the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games in Richmond, on Feb. 9, 2010.

E

Heil prepares for Vancouver Olympics

CYPRESS MOUNTAIN, Canada - Canadian freestyle moguls skier Jennifer Heil practices an aerial maneuver during an official practice session at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver on Feb. 9, 2010, ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

E

Heil prepares for Vancouver Olympics

CYPRESS MOUNTAIN, Canada - Canadian freestyle moguls skier Jennifer Heil takes a fall during an official practice session at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver on Feb. 9, 2010, ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

E

Memorial held on 9th anniv. of ship collision with U.S. sub

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi speaks to a Kyodo News reporter on Feb. 9, 2010, in Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu, Hawaii, where a ninth-year memorial ceremony was held for the nine Japanese who died in a collision between Japanese fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in the waters off Hawaii. Mizuguchi lost his 17-year-old son, Takeshi, in the accident.

E

Olympic torch arrives in Richmond

RICHMOND, Canada - Rick Hansen, one of several honorary mayors of the Olympic Athletes' Village, lights a community cauldron at Minoru Park in Richmond, Canada, with the Olympic torch on Feb. 9, 2010. Hansen won a series of international wheelchair marathons and six medals at the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics.

E

Olympic torch arrives in Richmond

RICHMOND, Canada - Rick Hansen, one of several honorary mayors of the Olympic Athletes' Village, carries the Olympic torch into Minoru Park in Richmond on Feb. 9, 2010. Hansen won a series of international wheelchair marathons and six medals at the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics.

E

Kawaguchi, Smirnov, prepare for the Olympics

VANCOUVER, Canada - Yuko Kawaguchi (C) and Alexander Smirnov (L) of Russia take part in a pre-Olympic practice session at Abbotsford, east of Vancouver, on Feb. 9, 2010. Kawaguchi, a Japanese-born skater who changed her citizenship to Russian, and her partner won the pairs competition at the European Figure Skating Championships in January.

E

Olympic torch arrives in Richmond

RICHMOND, Canada - Rick Hansen, one of several honorary mayors of the Olympic Athletes' Village, poses after lighting a community cauldron at Minoru Park in Richmond, Canada, with the Olympic torch on Feb. 9, 2010. Hansen won a series of international wheelchair marathons and six medals at the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics.

E

Ohno aims for more medals in Vancouver

Vancouver, Canada - Short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States attends a press conference on Feb. 9, 2010 in Vancouver, ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Ohno, who has won five Olympic medals in the past, would replace Bonnie Blair as the American winter Olympic athlete with the most medals, if he wins two more medals at what would be his third Olympic games.

E

Memorial held on 9th anniv. of ship collision with U.S. sub

HONOLULU, United States - Uwajima Mayor Hirohisa Ishibashi speaks in front of a memorial cenotaph at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Feb. 9, 2010, during the ninth-year memorial service for the nine Japanese victims of a ship collision between fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine. About 60 people attended the service at the park, which overlooks the site of the accident.

E

Ishikawa practices for Pebble Beach golf

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa smiles during a practice round for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2010. The tournament starts Feb. 11.

E

Ishikawa practices for Pebble Beach golf

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa smiles during a practice round for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2010. The tournament starts Feb. 11.

E

Ishikawa practices for Pebble Beach golf

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa hits a shot as a rainbow appears in the sky during a practice round for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2010. The tournament starts Feb. 11.

E

Ishikawa practices for Pebble Beach golf

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa is seen under a rainbow in the sky during a practice round for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2010. The tournament starts Feb. 11.

E

Ishikawa practices for Pebble Beach golf

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa follows a shot during a practice round for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2010. The tournament starts Feb. 11.

E

Somalia seeks greater Japanese engagement in peace-building

TOKYO, Japan - Ali Ahmed Jama Jangeli, visiting foreign minister of the Somali transitional government, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2010. He called for greater engagement by Japan in the peace-building process in the African country, which remains a hotbed of Islamist insurgents and pirates.

E

Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda (L) bows to transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2010. Toyota announced the same day a global recall of about 400,000 of four of its hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

E

Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda (L) bows to transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2010. Maehara said after the meeting with Toyoda that the automaker had failed to see things from the customer's viewpoint and act promptly. Toyota announced the same day a global recall of about 400,000 of four of its hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

E

Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda announces a global recall of about 400,000 of four of the automaker's hybrid models including its best-selling Prius due to brake problems at a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010.

E

Ishikawa says he will not resign as lawmaker or leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and former aide to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, speaks during a news conference in Obihiro, Hokkaido, where his constituency is located, on Feb. 9, 2010. Ishikawa said he will not resign as a lawmaker or leave the party in the wake of his indictment over funding irregularities in connection with a land purchase in Tokyo.

E

Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda is seen during a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He offered apologies as he announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

E

Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda is seen during a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He offered apologies as he announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

E

Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda speaks at a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He offered apologies as he announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

E

Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda is seen during a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He offered apologies as he announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

E

Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda walks away after speaking at a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He offered apologies as he announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

E

Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda bows in apology during a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

E

Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Co.'s luxury Lexus HS250h sedan which was recalled by the automaker Feb. 9, 2010 due to brake problems.