Playwright Juro Kara

Playwright Juro Kara

OSAKA, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Japanese playwright Juro Kara speaks at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka in March 2005 after being appointed as a guest professor at Kinki University. Its English name was changed to Kindai University in 2016.(Kyodo)

Ex-negotiator with N. Korea to take temporary academic post

Ex-negotiator with N. Korea to take temporary academic post

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Tanaka (in file photo), Japan's former top negotiator with North Korea, will become a guest professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy of the University of Tokyo for two years from April, school officials said on Feb. 14.

China's iconic pine tree undergoes thorough physical examination

STORY: China's iconic pine tree undergoes thorough physical examination DATELINE: Oct. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:01 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Guest-Greeting Pine 2. STANDUP (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU YIJUN, Engineer with the management committee of the Huangshan Mountain scenic area 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SHU QINGLONG, Professor, Anhui Agricultural University STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua correspondent "We're now on Huangshan Mountain in east China's Anhui Province. The altitude here is over 1,600 meters. You can see this tree behind me is probably one of the most famous trees in China. Look at its shape. It looks like a man extending his hand to welcome guests, hence the name Guest-Greeting Pine, which is believed to be over 1,000 years old. How can this ancient tree stay healthy for generations? You can see that scaffolding has been erected around this tree. Now, a thorough physical examination is u

Ex-negotiator with N. Korea to take temporary academic post

Ex-negotiator with N. Korea to take temporary academic post

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Tanaka (in file photo), Japan's former top negotiator with North Korea, will become a guest professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy of the University of Tokyo for two years from April, school officials said on Feb. 14. (Kyodo)