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DEEP Robotics - China

Yang Jun (R) introduces a quadruped robot to clients at DEEP Robotics in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, February 28, 2025. Yang Jun, born in 2003, is an engineer on the technical support team at Hangzhou-based robotics firm DEEP Robotics. An enthusiast of anime and mech models, he majored in computer science and technology in college and logged in his dreamed walk of life after graduation. DEEP Robotics is a high-tech enterprise at the state level, specialized in innovation and application of "embodied AI technology." Most members of Yang's team are between 20 to 30 years old, tasked with product demonstrations, on-site installation and debugging, and post-installation maintenance for clients. As their hosting city draws steadily increased interest in the field of sci-tech innovation, Yang and his colleagues have to receive nearly 40 groups of clients and investors daily. The city is super friendly to innovations, which has attracted Yang to pursue his career here. "I enjoy the buzz atmosphere for

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DEEP Robotics - China

Yang Jun tests a quadruped robot in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, February 28, 2025. Yang Jun, born in 2003, is an engineer on the technical support team at Hangzhou-based robotics firm DEEP Robotics. An enthusiast of anime and mech models, he majored in computer science and technology in college and logged in his dreamed walk of life after graduation. DEEP Robotics is a high-tech enterprise at the state level, specialized in innovation and application of "embodied AI technology." Most members of Yang's team are between 20 to 30 years old, tasked with product demonstrations, on-site installation and debugging, and post-installation maintenance for clients. As their hosting city draws steadily increased interest in the field of sci-tech innovation, Yang and his colleagues have to receive nearly 40 groups of clients and investors daily. The city is super friendly to innovations, which has attracted Yang to pursue his career here. "I enjoy the buzz atmosphere for relentless exploration at the forefro

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DEEP Robotics - China

Yang Jun poses for a photo at DEEP Robotics in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, February 28, 2025. Yang Jun, born in 2003, is an engineer on the technical support team at Hangzhou-based robotics firm DEEP Robotics. An enthusiast of anime and mech models, he majored in computer science and technology in college and logged in his dreamed walk of life after graduation. DEEP Robotics is a high-tech enterprise at the state level, specialized in innovation and application of "embodied AI technology." Most members of Yang's team are between 20 to 30 years old, tasked with product demonstrations, on-site installation and debugging, and post-installation maintenance for clients. As their hosting city draws steadily increased interest in the field of sci-tech innovation, Yang and his colleagues have to receive nearly 40 groups of clients and investors daily. The city is super friendly to innovations, which has attracted Yang to pursue his career here. "I enjoy the buzz atmosphere for relentless exploration at

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DEEP Robotics - China

Yang Jun and his colleague debug a humanoid robot in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, February 28, 2025. Yang Jun, born in 2003, is an engineer on the technical support team at Hangzhou-based robotics firm DEEP Robotics. An enthusiast of anime and mech models, he majored in computer science and technology in college and logged in his dreamed walk of life after graduation. DEEP Robotics is a high-tech enterprise at the state level, specialized in innovation and application of "embodied AI technology." Most members of Yang's team are between 20 to 30 years old, tasked with product demonstrations, on-site installation and debugging, and post-installation maintenance for clients. As their hosting city draws steadily increased interest in the field of sci-tech innovation, Yang and his colleagues have to receive nearly 40 groups of clients and investors daily. The city is super friendly to innovations, which has attracted Yang to pursue his career here. "I enjoy the buzz atmosphere for relentless explorati

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DEEP Robotics - China

Yang Jun (R) and his colleague debug a humanoid robot in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, February 28, 2025. Yang Jun, born in 2003, is an engineer on the technical support team at Hangzhou-based robotics firm DEEP Robotics. An enthusiast of anime and mech models, he majored in computer science and technology in college and logged in his dreamed walk of life after graduation. DEEP Robotics is a high-tech enterprise at the state level, specialized in innovation and application of "embodied AI technology." Most members of Yang's team are between 20 to 30 years old, tasked with product demonstrations, on-site installation and debugging, and post-installation maintenance for clients. As their hosting city draws steadily increased interest in the field of sci-tech innovation, Yang and his colleagues have to receive nearly 40 groups of clients and investors daily. The city is super friendly to innovations, which has attracted Yang to pursue his career here. "I enjoy the buzz atmosphere for relentless explo

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DEEP Robotics - China

Yang Jun cleans a quadruped robot after demonstration in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, February 28, 2025. Yang Jun, born in 2003, is an engineer on the technical support team at Hangzhou-based robotics firm DEEP Robotics. An enthusiast of anime and mech models, he majored in computer science and technology in college and logged in his dreamed walk of life after graduation. DEEP Robotics is a high-tech enterprise at the state level, specialized in innovation and application of "embodied AI technology." Most members of Yang's team are between 20 to 30 years old, tasked with product demonstrations, on-site installation and debugging, and post-installation maintenance for clients. As their hosting city draws steadily increased interest in the field of sci-tech innovation, Yang and his colleagues have to receive nearly 40 groups of clients and investors daily. The city is super friendly to innovations, which has attracted Yang to pursue his career here. "I enjoy the buzz atmosphere for relentless explo

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DEEP Robotics - China

Yang Jun (C) and his colleagues debug a robotic dog at DEEP Robotics in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, February 28, 2025. Yang Jun, born in 2003, is an engineer on the technical support team at Hangzhou-based robotics firm DEEP Robotics. An enthusiast of anime and mech models, he majored in computer science and technology in college and logged in his dreamed walk of life after graduation. DEEP Robotics is a high-tech enterprise at the state level, specialized in innovation and application of "embodied AI technology." Most members of Yang's team are between 20 to 30 years old, tasked with product demonstrations, on-site installation and debugging, and post-installation maintenance for clients. As their hosting city draws steadily increased interest in the field of sci-tech innovation, Yang and his colleagues have to receive nearly 40 groups of clients and investors daily. The city is super friendly to innovations, which has attracted Yang to pursue his career here. "I enjoy the buzz atmosphere for r

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DEEP Robotics - China

Yang Jun (L) learns to control a robot from his colleague in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, February 28, 2025. Yang Jun, born in 2003, is an engineer on the technical support team at Hangzhou-based robotics firm DEEP Robotics. An enthusiast of anime and mech models, he majored in computer science and technology in college and logged in his dreamed walk of life after graduation. DEEP Robotics is a high-tech enterprise at the state level, specialized in innovation and application of "embodied AI technology." Most members of Yang's team are between 20 to 30 years old, tasked with product demonstrations, on-site installation and debugging, and post-installation maintenance for clients. As their hosting city draws steadily increased interest in the field of sci-tech innovation, Yang and his colleagues have to receive nearly 40 groups of clients and investors daily. The city is super friendly to innovations, which has attracted Yang to pursue his career here. "I enjoy the buzz atmosphere for relentless e

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DEEP Robotics - China

Yang Jun (2nd L) and his colleagues demonstrate a quadruped robot for clients at DEEP Robotics in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, February 28, 2025. Yang Jun, born in 2003, is an engineer on the technical support team at Hangzhou-based robotics firm DEEP Robotics. An enthusiast of anime and mech models, he majored in computer science and technology in college and logged in his dreamed walk of life after graduation. DEEP Robotics is a high-tech enterprise at the state level, specialized in innovation and application of "embodied AI technology." Most members of Yang's team are between 20 to 30 years old, tasked with product demonstrations, on-site installation and debugging, and post-installation maintenance for clients. As their hosting city draws steadily increased interest in the field of sci-tech innovation, Yang and his colleagues have to receive nearly 40 groups of clients and investors daily. The city is super friendly to innovations, which has attracted Yang to pursue his career here. "I enjoy

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DEEP Robotics - China

Yang Jun (2nd R) introduces an application scenario of a humanoid robot to clients at DEEP Robotics in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, February 28, 2025. Yang Jun, born in 2003, is an engineer on the technical support team at Hangzhou-based robotics firm DEEP Robotics. An enthusiast of anime and mech models, he majored in computer science and technology in college and logged in his dreamed walk of life after graduation. DEEP Robotics is a high-tech enterprise at the state level, specialized in innovation and application of "embodied AI technology." Most members of Yang's team are between 20 to 30 years old, tasked with product demonstrations, on-site installation and debugging, and post-installation maintenance for clients. As their hosting city draws steadily increased interest in the field of sci-tech innovation, Yang and his colleagues have to receive nearly 40 groups of clients and investors daily. The city is super friendly to innovations, which has attracted Yang to pursue his career here. "I

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Thierry Desmarest, Chief Executive Officer of TotalFina Elf, speaks at 2002 results press conference, in Paris, France, on February 20, 2003. Photo by Lucas Schifres/ABACA.

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Thierry Desmarest, Chief Executive Officer of TotalFina Elf, answers journalists' questions after 2002 results press conference, in Paris, France, on February 20, 2003. Photo by Lucas Schifres/ABACA.

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Thierry Desmarest, Chief Executive Officer of TotalFina Elf, listens at 2002 results press conference, in Paris, France, on February 20, 2003. Photo by Lucas Schifres/ABACA.

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Memphis Zoo in U.S. holds sendoff for giant panda Ya Ya

STORY: Memphis Zoo in U.S. holds sendoff for giant panda Ya Ya DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the farewell event at the Memphis Zoo STORYLINE: The Memphis Zoo in Memphis, the U.S. state of Tennessee, held a farewell event for female giant panda Ya Ya on Saturday. Hundreds of people attended the sendoff at the CHINA exhibit, where they said goodbye to Ya Ya, signed letters, and watched cultural performances. Ya Ya came to the Memphis Zoo in 2003 with male giant panda Le Le under a partnership between the zoo and the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens (CAZG). The Memphis Zoo announced in December 2022 that the giant panda loan agreement with the CAZG will end in 2023. Unfortunately, Le Le died in February ahead of the pair's scheduled return to China. According to an autopsy by Chinese and American experts, the death was caused by heart disease. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of pied avocets are observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of black-faced spoonbills are observed at Danzhou Bay Wetland in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 13, 2022. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of spotted redshanks are observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A garganey is observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of black-winged stilts are observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A spoon-billed sandpiper forages at Danzhou Bay Wetland in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 11, 2022. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wintering water birds are observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Common greenshanks fly over the water in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Egrets forage in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of egrets are observed in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A spoon-billed sandpiper forages at Danzhou Bay Wetland in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 11, 2022. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Common greenshanks forage in Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve in south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 30, 2023. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is saluted by Maritime Self-Defense Force members after touring the MSDF destroyer Takanami during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) tours the Japanese destroyer Takanami during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Owada reelected as ICJ judge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2009 shows Hisashi Owada, the father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako and president of the International Court of Justice. Owada, who has been a member of the court since 2003, was reelected on Nov. 10, 2011, as a judge on the The Hague-based institution after the 15-member U.N. Security Council and the General Assembly voted to appoint him for a second nine-year term.

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Ex-S. Korean President Roh dead, left suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Roh Moo Hyun (R) taking an oath at his inaugural ceremony in Seoul in February 2003 to succeed Kim Dae Jung as South Korea's president. Roh's wife stands in center and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at left. Former President Roh died May 23 after falling from a mountain near his residence in southeastern S. Korea amid a probe into a bribery scandal.

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Owada elected as chief of International Court of Justice

BRUSSELS, Belgium - File photo shows Hisashi Owada, a former Japanese diplomat serving as a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague in the Netherlands, who was elected president of the court Feb. 6. Owada, father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako, became an ICJ judge in February 2003.

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S. Korean A-bomb survivor who sought unpaid medical fees dies

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Kang Young (photo), a South Korean atomic bomb survivor who filed a lawsuit in Japan over unpaid medical allowances, died on July 11 in a hospital in Busan, South Korea. He was 78. Lee, born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, was exposed to radiation in the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, while he was working there as a forced laborer. This photo was taken in February, 2003.

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Japanese skiing pioneer Miura dies at 101

TOKYO, Japan - Well-known Japanese skiing pioneer Keizo Miura (file photo) died of multiple organ failure on Jan. 5 at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was 101. Miura skied down the Mont Blanc glacier in France in February 2003 at age 99 together with his eldest son Yuichiro, also known as an adventure skier, and his grandson Yuta.

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Noguchi to fly space in May

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (file photo) will be among the seven crew members of the space shuttle Discovery to be launched in mid-May, the first shuttle to lift off since February 2003 when Columbia broke up as it reentered the atmosphere due to damage on its wing caused by insulation parts that fell from its external fuel tank. All seven on board died.

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Japan to continue providing fuel for free to U.S. ships

TOKYO, Japan - The supply ship Tokiwa (L) of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen in operation to provide fuel to a U.S. Navy ship in a file photo taken in February 2003 in the Arabian Sea. Japan intends to continue providing fuel for free to U.S. naval ships in the Arabian Sea as part of its rear-area support for U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in the area despite a pact that makes it possible to charge fees, Japanese government sources said on Sept. 29.

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Thai girl fights immigration bureau, seeks to settle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mevisa Yoshida, a junior high school student in Tokyo living in Japan since February 2003, filed a suit June 29 seeking repeal of an immigration bureau's decision not to grant her permanent residence status.

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Osaka mint to accept orders for Winter Asian Games silver coin

OSAKA, Japan - The Finance Ministry's Mint Bureau in Osaka said Nov. 15 it will accept mail orders from Nov. 22 to Dec. 5 for its first colored silver coins to mark the fifth Winter Asian Games to be held in Aomori Prefecture in February 2003. The 1,000-yen coin made of pure silver features a skier and a skater on the front, and apples and the games' symbol on the back. The apples a major local product of Aomori.

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Japan to issue colored silver coins for Winter Asian Games

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa at a news conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 4 holds up a sheet depicting a colored silver coin to be issued to mark the 5th Winter Asian Games to be held in Aomori Prefecture in February 2003. The 1,000 yen coins made of pure silver will feature a skier and a skater on the front, and apples, the games' symbol mark, in the back.

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Benetton to open 3 megastores in Osaka, Kyoto

TOKYO, Japan - Benetton Group Chairman Luciano Benetton speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2001 on his group's plan to open three megastore outlets in Osaka and Kyoto from next February to February 2003. ''We hope to open 20 megastores in Japan by 2004,'' he said.

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Benetton to open 3 megastores in Osaka, Kyoto

TOKYO, Japan - Benetton Group Chairman Luciano Benetton speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2001 on his group's plan to open three megastore outlets in Osaka and Kyoto from next February to February 2003. ''We hope to open 20 megastores in Japan by 2004,'' he said.

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Japan to continue providing fuel for free to U.S. ships

TOKYO, Japan - The supply ship Tokiwa (L) of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen in operation to provide fuel to a U.S. Navy ship in a file photo taken in February 2003 in the Arabian Sea. Japan intends to continue providing fuel for free to U.S. naval ships in the Arabian Sea as part of its rear-area support for U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in the area despite a pact that makes it possible to charge fees, Japanese government sources said on Sept. 29. (Kyodo)

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Noguchi to fly space in May

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi (file photo) will be among the seven crew members of the space shuttle Discovery to be launched in mid-May, the first shuttle to lift off since February 2003 when Columbia broke up as it reentered the atmosphere due to damage on its wing caused by insulation parts that fell from its external fuel tank. All seven on board died. (Kyodo)

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is saluted by Maritime Self-Defense Force members after touring the MSDF destroyer Takanami during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) tours the Japanese destroyer Takanami during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Mowgli Characters: Mowgli Film: The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Director: Steve Trenbirth 05 February 2003 Date: 05 February 2003

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The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Lucky The Vulture Film: The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Director: Steve Trenbirth 05 February 2003 Date: 05 February 2003

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The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Ranjan Film: The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Director: Steve Trenbirth 05 February 2003 Date: 05 February 2003

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The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Kaa & Sher Khan Characters: Kaa & Film: The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Director: Steve Trenbirth 05 February 2003 Date: 05 February 2003

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The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Lucky The Vulture And Friends Characters: AND Film: The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Director: Steve Trenbirth 05 February 2003 Date: 05 February 2003

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The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Shanti, Ranjan & Mowgli Characters: Shanti, & Mowgli Film: The Jungle Book 2 (2003) Director: Steve Trenbirth 05 February 2003 Date: 05 February 2003