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World Expo event to promote Japan's anime and manga

OSAKA, Japan, May 2 Kyodo - Japanese economic security minister Minoru Kiuchi, who is in charge of formulating Japan's strategy for promoting "Cool Japan" to the world, drums up publicity during an anime and manga festival at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 2, 2025. (Kyodo)

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World Expo event to promote Japan's anime and manga

Japanese economic security minister Minoru Kiuchi, who is in charge of formulating Japan's strategy for promoting "Cool Japan" to the world, drums up publicity during an anime and manga festival at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 2, 2025.

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WEF Annual Meeting urges cooperation amid global economic uncertainty

STORY: WEF Annual Meeting urges cooperation amid global economic uncertainty SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: DAVOS, Switzerland CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): PENG ZHUO, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of Davos and the World Economic Forum STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): PENG ZHUO, Xinhua correspondent "The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Monday called for a boost to global cooperation, in order to meet the demands of economic uncertainty. In the face of escalating global division and uncertainty, the 54th WEF Annual Meeting has assembled leaders from around the world for a week of dialogue aimed at enhancing cooperation and cultivating partnerships." Under the theme "Rebuilding Trust," the meeting will focus on four priorities: achieving security and cooperation in a fractured world; creating growth and jobs for a new era; harnessing artificial intelligence as a driving force for the economy and society, and formulating a long-term strategy f

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[Breaking News]Olympics Sapporo left out as IOC signals 2030, 2034 games hosts

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo -The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday named Salt Lake City, Utah, as its preferred host for the 2034 Winter Olympics, extinguishing Sapporo's hopes of hosting the games.Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto is considering formulating a policy about a potential 2038 bid by the end of this year.

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Egypt's president vows to bolster industrial production amid economic woes

STORY: Egypt's president vows to bolster industrial production amid economic woes DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:09 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of President Sisi's inspection tour at the Egyptian Military Academy 2. various of the Central Bank of Egypt 3. various of an accountant counting banknotes 4. various of the National Bank of Egypt 5. various of Banque Misr STORYLINE: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that the government is formulating a plan to enhance domestic industrial production and reduce imports, with the goal of addressing the ongoing economic challenges in the nation. Sisi, also Egypt's top military leader, made these remarks during his inspection tour of the Egyptian Military Academy, which was broadcast on Egyptian state TV. "Despite these difficult conditions, we are keen on working hard in all fields, and we are persistent in finding permanent solutions to this economic crisis," the Egyptian president said. He noted that

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Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone authorized to set up company to manage investments

STORY: Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone authorized to set up company to manage investments DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Egyptian cabinet headquarters 2. various of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly speaking 3. various of the Sokhna port 4. various of factories within the Suez Canal Economic Zone 5. various of the Suez Canal Economic Zone under development STORYLINE: The Egyptian government on Thursday authorized the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) to set up a joint-stock company called "SCZone Istithmar" to manage investments. According to a decision published by the official gazette, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has approved the move to establish the company, which is tasked with formulating strategic plans to manage the SCZone's current and future investments and set up joint development enterprises with the private sector. The company will also seek cooperation and establish partnersh

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Gov't task force on intellectual property strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) speaks during a meeting of the government's task force on formulating Japan's intellectual property strategy in Tokyo on June 9, 2023.

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Mercury conference in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Representatives of some 130 countries meet in the city of Chiba on Jan. 24, 2011, for a five-day gathering to discuss formulating the first comprehensive treaty for cutting mercury releases to protect human health and the environment.

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Mercury conference in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Representatives of some 130 countries meet in the city of Chiba on Jan. 24, 2011, for a five-day gathering to discuss formulating the first comprehensive treaty for cutting mercury releases to protect human health and the environment.

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Kan hints at giving up on formulating tax reform by next March

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 14, 2010. Kan indicated that he would give up on compiling the details of a tax reform plan by the March 31 end of fiscal 2010.

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Hiroshima assembly kills budget for 2020 Olympics bid

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (C) watches members of the Hiroshima City Council stand to approve a motion to omit a 25.69 million yen request for formulating a basic bid plan for the 2020 Summer Olympics from the city's fiscal 2010 budget bill during a plenary session on March 26, 2010.

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Hiroshima assembly kills budgets for 2020 Olympics bid

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Members of the Hiroshima City Council stand to approve a motion to omit a 25.69 million yen request for formulating the basic bid plan for the 2020 Summer Olympics from the city's fiscal 2010 budget bill at a plenary session on March 26, 2010.

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Hatoyama, labor and biz leaders discuss employment issues

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) speaks at a meeting on employment issues attended by Cabinet ministers, and labor and business leaders at the prime minister's office on Dec. 24, 2009. Hatoyama stressed the importance of formulating growth strategies to help improve the bleak employment situation.

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Plan to check pullout of nuclear nonproliferation pact eyed

TOKYO, Japan - Sergio de Queiroz Duarte, the chairman of the upcoming Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 7. He expressed his hope the meeting will discuss formulating a provision to make it more difficult for a country suspected of building nuclear weapons to pull out of the treaty.

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Tokyo, Hanshin urban highways to be privatized independently

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Imai, honorary chairman of the Japan Business Federation and head of a government advisory panel formulating ways to privatize four road-related public corporations, is surrounded by reporters after a panel meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 15. The panel agreed to make urban expressways in the Tokyo metropolitan and the Hanshin regions private independently of other highways.

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Kawaguchi asks reform panel to come up with bold ideas

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (standing at right) addresses her advisory panel in charge of formulating proposals to reform the corruption-riddled ministry at the panel meeting March 6. She urged the 13-member group to come up with ''bold'' and ''severe'' ideas for change.

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Softbank chief Son attends 1st meeting of U.N. finance panel

NEW YORK, United States - Masayoshi Son (R), president of leading Japanese Internet investor Softbank Corp., responds to questions from reporters at U.N. headquarters Feb. 14 after attending the first meeting of a U.N. panel charged with exploring ways to help developing countries with trade, aid, debt relief and investment. The 11-member High-Level Panel on Financing for Development was created in December to assist U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan in formulating strategies to eradicate global poverty.

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Residents share true stories of China's Xinjiang

STORY: Residents share true stories of China's Xinjiang DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:03 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of the online press conference 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XU GUIXIANG, Spokesperson of Xinjiang regional government 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ALIDA TUERAHMAT, HR director, Xinjiang Ili Zhuowan Garment Manufacturing Corporation STORYLINE: An online press conference was held on Friday in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Officials and residents from Xinjiang refuted the "public hearing" of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concerning the so-called "forced labor act." SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XU GUIXIANG, Spokesperson of Xinjiang regional government "Respecting the will of workers has always been an important basis for formulating Xinjiang's employment policies, to ensure workers of all ethnic groups here can work and live freely. The so-called 'public hearing' gathered a group of so-called 'witnesses' who know nothing abo

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CHINA-TIANJIN-NPC DEPUTY-BUS DRIVER (CN)

(220228) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yan (R) talks with her apprentice Liu Bin aboard a bus in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 24, 2022. Tianjin bus driver Wang Yan is a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy. Since taking on her duties in 2018, Wang has continued to submit suggestions to the NPC, covering a variety of areas, such as transportation and health care. As a bus driver, she makes the most of her job, listening to her passengers' opinions, while formulating suggestions that can have an influence on government policies. This year is the last year of her term of NPC deputy, Wang will put forward a suggestion on boosting electric vehicle charging services in expressway service areas. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-NPC DEPUTY-BUS DRIVER (CN)

(220228) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yan checks her blood pressure before starting her shift at a bus service office in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 24, 2022. Tianjin bus driver Wang Yan is a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy. Since taking on her duties in 2018, Wang has continued to submit suggestions to the NPC, covering a variety of areas, such as transportation and health care. As a bus driver, she makes the most of her job, listening to her passengers' opinions, while formulating suggestions that can have an influence on government policies. This year is the last year of her term of NPC deputy, Wang will put forward a suggestion on boosting electric vehicle charging services in expressway service areas. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-NPC DEPUTY-BUS DRIVER (CN)

(220228) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yan seeks suggestions on the application of charging piles in bus terminals from a representative of the State Grid Electric Vehicles Service's Tianjin branch at a bus service office in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 24, 2022. Tianjin bus driver Wang Yan is a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy. Since taking on her duties in 2018, Wang has continued to submit suggestions to the NPC, covering a variety of areas, such as transportation and health care. As a bus driver, she makes the most of her job, listening to her passengers' opinions, while formulating suggestions that can have an influence on government policies. This year is the last year of her term of NPC deputy, Wang will put forward a suggestion on boosting electric vehicle charging services in expressway service areas. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-NPC DEPUTY-BUS DRIVER (CN)

(220228) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yan (1st L) talks with colleagues at a bus service office in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 24, 2022. Tianjin bus driver Wang Yan is a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy. Since taking on her duties in 2018, Wang has continued to submit suggestions to the NPC, covering a variety of areas, such as transportation and health care. As a bus driver, she makes the most of her job, listening to her passengers' opinions, while formulating suggestions that can have an influence on government policies. This year is the last year of her term of NPC deputy, Wang will put forward a suggestion on boosting electric vehicle charging services in expressway service areas. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-NPC DEPUTY-BUS DRIVER (CN)

(220228) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yan (R) checks a passenger's health code and body temperature aboard a bus in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 24, 2022. Tianjin bus driver Wang Yan is a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy. Since taking on her duties in 2018, Wang has continued to submit suggestions to the NPC, covering a variety of areas, such as transportation and health care. As a bus driver, she makes the most of her job, listening to her passengers' opinions, while formulating suggestions that can have an influence on government policies. This year is the last year of her term of NPC deputy, Wang will put forward a suggestion on boosting electric vehicle charging services in expressway service areas. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-NPC DEPUTY-BUS DRIVER (CN)

(220228) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yan poses for a photo aboard a bus in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 24, 2022. Tianjin bus driver Wang Yan is a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy. Since taking on her duties in 2018, Wang has continued to submit suggestions to the NPC, covering a variety of areas, such as transportation and health care. As a bus driver, she makes the most of her job, listening to her passengers' opinions, while formulating suggestions that can have an influence on government policies. This year is the last year of her term of NPC deputy, Wang will put forward a suggestion on boosting electric vehicle charging services in expressway service areas. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-NPC DEPUTY-BUS DRIVER (CN)

(220228) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yan poses for a photo aboard a bus in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 24, 2022. Tianjin bus driver Wang Yan is a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy. Since taking on her duties in 2018, Wang has continued to submit suggestions to the NPC, covering a variety of areas, such as transportation and health care. As a bus driver, she makes the most of her job, listening to her passengers' opinions, while formulating suggestions that can have an influence on government policies. This year is the last year of her term of NPC deputy, Wang will put forward a suggestion on boosting electric vehicle charging services in expressway service areas. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-NPC DEPUTY-BUS DRIVER (CN)

(220228) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yan poses for a photo at a bus stop in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 24, 2022. Tianjin bus driver Wang Yan is a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy. Since taking on her duties in 2018, Wang has continued to submit suggestions to the NPC, covering a variety of areas, such as transportation and health care. As a bus driver, she makes the most of her job, listening to her passengers' opinions, while formulating suggestions that can have an influence on government policies. This year is the last year of her term of NPC deputy, Wang will put forward a suggestion on boosting electric vehicle charging services in expressway service areas. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-NPC DEPUTY-BUS DRIVER (CN)

(220228) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yan (R) talks about the application of charging piles in bus terminals with a representative of the State Grid Electric Vehicles Service's Tianjin branch at a meeting room of a bus service office in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 24, 2022. Tianjin bus driver Wang Yan is a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy. Since taking on her duties in 2018, Wang has continued to submit suggestions to the NPC, covering a variety of areas, such as transportation and health care. As a bus driver, she makes the most of her job, listening to her passengers' opinions, while formulating suggestions that can have an influence on government policies. This year is the last year of her term of NPC deputy, Wang will put forward a suggestion on boosting electric vehicle charging services in expressway service areas. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-NPC DEPUTY-BUS DRIVER (CN)

(220228) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yan checks the batteries of her bus at a bus stop in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 24, 2022. Tianjin bus driver Wang Yan is a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy. Since taking on her duties in 2018, Wang has continued to submit suggestions to the NPC, covering a variety of areas, such as transportation and health care. As a bus driver, she makes the most of her job, listening to her passengers' opinions, while formulating suggestions that can have an influence on government policies. This year is the last year of her term of NPC deputy, Wang will put forward a suggestion on boosting electric vehicle charging services in expressway service areas. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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Kawaguchi asks reform panel to come up with bold ideas

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (standing at right) addresses her advisory panel in charge of formulating proposals to reform the corruption-riddled ministry at the panel meeting March 6. She urged the 13-member group to come up with ''bold'' and ''severe'' ideas for change.

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Plan to check pullout of nuclear nonproliferation pact eyed

TOKYO, Japan - Sergio de Queiroz Duarte, the chairman of the upcoming Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 7. He expressed his hope the meeting will discuss formulating a provision to make it more difficult for a country suspected of building nuclear weapons to pull out of the treaty. (Kyodo)

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Mercury conference in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Representatives of some 130 countries meet in the city of Chiba on Jan. 24, 2011, for a five-day gathering to discuss formulating the first comprehensive treaty for cutting mercury releases to protect human health and the environment. (Kyodo)

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Mercury conference in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Representatives of some 130 countries meet in the city of Chiba on Jan. 24, 2011, for a five-day gathering to discuss formulating the first comprehensive treaty for cutting mercury releases to protect human health and the environment. (Kyodo)

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Kan hints at giving up on formulating tax reform by next March

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 14, 2010. Kan indicated that he would give up on compiling the details of a tax reform plan by the March 31 end of fiscal 2010. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima assembly kills budget for 2020 Olympics bid

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (C) watches members of the Hiroshima City Council stand to approve a motion to omit a 25.69 million yen request for formulating a basic bid plan for the 2020 Summer Olympics from the city's fiscal 2010 budget bill during a plenary session on March 26, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima assembly kills budgets for 2020 Olympics bid

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Members of the Hiroshima City Council stand to approve a motion to omit a 25.69 million yen request for formulating the basic bid plan for the 2020 Summer Olympics from the city's fiscal 2010 budget bill at a plenary session on March 26, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Meeting of anti-coronavirus panel for Olympics

Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiro Sugita (C) speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2020, of a panel tasked with formulating measures against the novel coronavirus during the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Japan plans to exempt overseas spectators attending the games from a 14-day quarantine if it decides to allow them to enter the country.

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Meeting of anti-coronavirus panel for Olympics

Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiro Sugita speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2020, of a panel tasked with formulating measures against the novel coronavirus during the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Japan plans to exempt overseas spectators attending the games from a 14-day quarantine if it decides to allow them to enter the country.

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Japan holds 1st meeting on COVID-19 steps for Tokyo Olympics

A Japanese government panel tasked with formulating steps to counter the coronavirus pandemic at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics holds its first meeting on Sept. 4, 2020, in Tokyo.

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Japan holds 1st meeting on COVID-19 steps for Tokyo Olympics

Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiro Sugita, who leads a government panel tasked with formulating steps to counter the coronavirus pandemic at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, speaks at its first meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2020.

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Japan holds 1st meeting on COVID-19 steps for Tokyo Olympics

A Japanese government panel tasked with formulating steps to counter the coronavirus pandemic at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics holds its first meeting on Sept. 4, 2020, in Tokyo.

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AI education

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Ryu Shionoya (L), who heads the ruling party's task force in charge of formulating its AI strategy, delivers a request paper to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2018 in pursuit of expanded budgetary appropriation for the development of human resources in AI. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan Premier Lai

Taiwan Premier William Lai speaks at a press conference in Taipei on Dec. 27, 2017, about a new policy that his government is formulating to address the island's rapidly aging population and low fertility rate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't panel begins discussion on reforming working practices

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) speaks at a meeting of a panel of Cabinet ministers and experts from the private sector, tasked with formulating recommendations for reforming Japan's working practices, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't panel begins discussion on reforming working practices

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting of a panel of Cabinet ministers and experts from the private sector, tasked with formulating recommendations for reforming Japan's working practices, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Citizens' groups to make statements to mark 70th anniv. of WWII end

Eight citizens' groups from seven Japanese prefectures hold a meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on July 29, 2015. The groups have been formulating their own statements to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hatoyama, labor and biz leaders discuss employment issues

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) speaks at a meeting on employment issues attended by Cabinet ministers, and labor and business leaders at the prime minister's office on Dec. 24, 2009. Hatoyama stressed the importance of formulating growth strategies to help improve the bleak employment situation. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo, Hanshin urban highways to be privatized independently

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Imai, honorary chairman of the Japan Business Federation and head of a government advisory panel formulating ways to privatize four road-related public corporations, is surrounded by reporters after a panel meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 15. The panel agreed to make urban expressways in the Tokyo metropolitan and the Hanshin regions private independently of other highways. (Kyodo)

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Softbank chief Son attends 1st meeting of U.N. finance panel

NEW YORK, United States - Masayoshi Son (R), president of leading Japanese Internet investor Softbank Corp., responds to questions from reporters at U.N. headquarters Feb. 14 after attending the first meeting of a U.N. panel charged with exploring ways to help developing countries with trade, aid, debt relief and investment. The 11-member High-Level Panel on Financing for Development was created in December to assist U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan in formulating strategies to eradicate global poverty.