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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Topples Archway of Tainan’s Nankunshen Daitian Temple

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai Township, Chiayi County around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The storm toppled Tainan's iconic archway of Nankunshen Daitian Temple, causing widespread flooding across the neighborhood.

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CHINA-JIANGSU-LIANYUNGANG-SCO-INT'L LOGISTICS PARK (CN)

(240704) -- LIANYUNGANG, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker loads packed products onto a truck at the Uzbekistan automotive parts distribution center at the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 1, 2024. Inaugurated in 2015, the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park covering an area of about 69.79 square kilometers is home to over 1,600 enterprises. (SCO stands for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization) The park has built a multimodal logistics system comprising roads, railways, rivers, and the sea, which also integrates industries such as new materials and new energy besides modern logistics. As of the end of June this year, the accumulated throughput of the park hit 289 million tonnes with a combined logistics business revenue of 19.06 billion yuan (about 2.62 billion U.S. dollars). (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-JIANGSU-LIANYUNGANG-SCO-INT'L LOGISTICS PARK (CN)

(240704) -- LIANYUNGANG, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker operates a forklift to transfer bags of ore at Lianyungang Bonded Logistics Center at the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 1, 2024. Inaugurated in 2015, the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park covering an area of about 69.79 square kilometers is home to over 1,600 enterprises. (SCO stands for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization) The park has built a multimodal logistics system comprising roads, railways, rivers, and the sea, which also integrates industries such as new materials and new energy besides modern logistics. As of the end of June this year, the accumulated throughput of the park hit 289 million tonnes with a combined logistics business revenue of 19.06 billion yuan (about 2.62 billion U.S. dollars). (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-JIANGSU-LIANYUNGANG-SCO-INT'L LOGISTICS PARK (CN)

(240704) -- LIANYUNGANG, July 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member unloads cargoes at a warehouse at the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 1, 2024. Inaugurated in 2015, the SCO (Lianyungang) International Logistics Park covering an area of about 69.79 square kilometers is home to over 1,600 enterprises. (SCO stands for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization) The park has built a multimodal logistics system comprising roads, railways, rivers, and the sea, which also integrates industries such as new materials and new energy besides modern logistics. As of the end of June this year, the accumulated throughput of the park hit 289 million tonnes with a combined logistics business revenue of 19.06 billion yuan (about 2.62 billion U.S. dollars). (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A glimpse of cafe run by Vietnamese expat in China's Qinling Mountains

STORY: A glimpse of cafe run by Vietnamese expat in China's Qinling Mountains SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Liuba County 2. various of Le Thi Ky's cafe 3. various of Le Thi Ky, Ma Qiang and their daughter 4. vaious of Le Thi Ky working at her cafe 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LE THI KY, Vietnamese expat STORYLINE: This is the first Vietnamese cafe run by a Vietnamese woman in Liuba County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Le Thi Ky was married to Ma Qiang, a local, in 2015. She decided to open a cafe with Vietnamese characteristics in July as local tourism has been booming with the favorable ecological environment of Qinling Mountains. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LE THI KY, Vietnamese expat "My business was really good in October this year. Most of the customers were from Xi'an, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. They came here to see the red maple leaves. It is not hot in summer here. And the environment is very good.

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President Hollande Visits World Summit Climate and Territories - Lyon

French President Francois Hollande (2nd L) along with (L-R) Rhone-Alpes region president Jean Jack Queyranne, Lyon mayor and senator Gerard Collomb and Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Segolene Royal at the headquarters of Rhone-Alpes region council, as part of the World Summit Climate and Territories in Lyon, France on July 1, 2015. Photo by Stephane Audras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tunisia's national museum reopens after over 2-year closure

STORY: Tunisia's national museum reopens after over 2-year closure DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tunisia's Bardo National Museum STORYLINE: Tunisia's Bardo National Museum reopened on Thursday after more than two years of closure. The museum was closed on July 25, 2021, when Tunisian President Kais Saied shuttered the parliament and its adjacent building of the museum. However, Tunisian Culture Minister Hayat Guermazi confirmed Wednesday night during a ceremony that "the closure was due to the ministry's ongoing maintenance and restoration work on the historic building." The museum was hit by a terrorist attack in 2015, which killed more than 20 people in the building and its environs. Located in the capital Tunis, the national museum, founded in 1888, is the flagship of Tunisian heritage and hosts the second-largest collection of mosaics in the world. It used to receive 50,000 visitors worldwide every year before its closure. Xinhu

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West Lake musical fountain returns to grace the night sky

STORY: West Lake musical fountain returns to grace the night sky DATELINE: July 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:27 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the West Lake Musical Fountain in Hangzhou at night STORYLINE: The West Lake Musical Fountain in Hangzhou made a magnificent return to the night skyline on Tuesday after a three-year suspension for renovations. Adding a touch of artistic brilliance to the occasion, the famous promotional song for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games, "Ai Da Wei Lai," was thoughtfully choreographed to accompany the enchanting water display. Originally constructed in 2003, the West Lake Musical Fountain has since captured the hearts of locals and visitors alike with its captivating performances. Recognizing the need for growth and improvement, the fountain underwent significant renovations in 2011 and 2015, which enhanced its structural integrity and technological capabilities. Now, as it returns to grace the night sky once more, this iconic landmar

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Electricity trading mirrors China's commitment to green shift

STORY: Electricity trading mirrors China's commitment to green shift DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zhang Shuai working at his office 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG SHUAI, Electricity trader in Shanxi 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG SHUAI, Electricity trader in Shanxi STORYLINE: 34-year-old Zhang Shuai is an electricity trader in China's Shanxi Province. His main role is to work out the best scheme for buying and selling electricity in the energy market, to facilitate the efficient distribution of electricity from power producers to consumers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG SHUAI, Electricity trader in Shanxi "Electricity traders should try their best to buy the cheapest electricity in the market, to minimize their wholesale cost. The traders also need to choose a proper market to sell the electricity, so that they could maximize the economic returns." In 2015, China issued a regulation on deepening the reform of the electri

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Record summer heat kills over 61,000 in Europe in 2022: study

STORY: Record summer heat kills over 61,000 in Europe in 2022: study DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people protecting and refreshing themselves during the intense heat of the summer of 2022 in Barcelona, Spain 2. various of Sant Pau hospital 3. various of people in summer STORYLINE: More than 61,000 people died because of the record summer heat across Europe in 2022, according to a study published in the journal Nature Medicine. Led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), the study used data between 2015 and 2022 from 823 regions in 35 European countries. It shows that the summer of 2022 in Europe was one of the hottest on record with warmer-than-average temperatures during every week of the summer period. Italy, Spain and Portugal had the highest heat-related mortality rates. There is an "urgent need to strengthen prevention plans," said ISGlobal researcher Hicham Achebak. Researchers warned that s

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Türkiye to open 2,000-year-old Roman theater for tourism

STORY: Türkiye to open 2,000-year-old Roman theater for tourism DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ancient theater STORYLINE: A 2,000-year-old ancient theater in northwestern Türkiye is scheduled to open for tourism by the end of 2023, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported Thursday. The theater, which has a capacity of 10,000 people, was built in the second century during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan in modern-day Iznik district of Bursa Province for gladiatorial fights and religious purposes. The theater was damaged in several earthquakes in the past. Archaeological excavations at the theater have been sponsored by the Bursa municipality since 2015, Anadolu said. Aygun Ekin Meric, an assistant professor of archaeology at Izmir's Dokuz Eylul University, said the ancient theater was one of the rare structures built on a flat area and raised with vaults, without revealing the size of an area the theater covers.

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Utility shows procedures for resuming Sendai reactor

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan, July 14 Kyodo - A Kyushu Electric Power Co. official explains to reporters about the procedures for resuming the No. 1 reactor of its Sendai Nuclear Power Station in the southwestern Japanese city of Satsumasendai on July 14, 2015. The utility plans to reactivate the reactor around Aug. 10 to generate and transmit electricity around Aug. 13.

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Original shinkansen front car to be displayed at Kyoto museum

KYOTO, July 1 Kyodo - Photo taken July 1, 2015, in Kyoto shows one of the original front cars of the shinkansen bullet train, being towed on a trailer, heading to the Kyoto Railway Museum for exhibition. The first front cars, nicknamed "button nose," were operated from 1964 to 2008. The museum will open in the spring of 2016.

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Navajo woman tells of radioactive damage

ALBUQUERQUE, United States, May 1 Kyodo - Navajo woman Edith Hood talks in Church Rock, New Mexico, the United States, on April 24, 2015, about radioactive contamination. A large release of liquid radioactive waste occurred at a uranium mill near Church Rock when the retention dam for a tailings pond failed in July 1979.

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Iran says U.S. wants to return to nuke deal without paying "costs"

STORY: Iran says U.S. wants to return to nuke deal without paying "costs" DATELINE: Oct. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said at a press conference Monday that the United States wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal without paying the "costs." The U.S. behavior is "hypocritical" and "officially lying," he said, adding that the U.S. side has repeatedly sent messages through different channels and emphasized their readiness to return to the agreement. It is clear that the United States wants to return to the agreement, but does not want to pay the costs of returning to the deal, said Kanaani. He advised the U.S. government to behave "reasonably" and remain committed to their commitments in the past indirect nuclear negotiations. Iran signed the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with world powers in July 2015, agreeing to c

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Chinese rural development foundation wins acclaim for far-reaching engagements in Ethiopia

STORY: Chinese rural development foundation wins acclaim for far-reaching engagements in Ethiopia DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China Foundation for Rural Development (CFRD) having won acclaim for its far-reaching engagements in Ethiopia 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JIMA DILBO, Director general of Ethiopia's Authority for Civil Society Organization 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): YANG YIHANG, Minister counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs at the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia STORYLINE: The China Foundation for Rural Development (CFRD) has won acclaim for its far-reaching engagements in Ethiopia as the organization, formerly China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, celebrated its third anniversary of establishing the Ethiopian Office Monday. The CFRD, which started implementing various programs in Ethiopia back in 2015 and officially registered as an international charitable organization in the East African country in July 2019, w

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Iran says to begin gas injection into new centrifuges

STORY: Iran says to begin gas injection into new centrifuges DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iran's centrifuges (file) STORYLINE: The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Monday that the AEOI has been ordered to launch and inject gas into hundreds of new centrifuges, including IR-1 machines and advanced IR-6 ones. Behrouz Kamalvandi said this move was in line with the implementation of a strategic law aimed at removing anti-Iran sanctions and safeguarding the interests of the Iranian nation, the official IRNA news agency reported. The International Atomic Energy Agency has already been informed of the measure, the official noted. Iran signed a nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with world powers including the United States in July 2015, agreeing to curb its nuclear program in return for the removal of sanctions on the country. However, former U.S. Pr

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Malta international food festival kicks off

STORY: Malta int'l food festival kicks off DATELINE: July 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Valetta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Malta International Food Festival STORYLINE: International dishes on Wednesday took center stage at the annual Malta International Food Festival in the capital city Valletta. Running until Sunday, the 5-day celebration of local and international culinary traditions, dining culture, innovation, and artistry, allows visitors to enjoy cuisines prepared by over 200 international chefs. The first edition was launched back in 2015 in the historical city of Mdina. The most recent edition was held in 2019 and the festival was canceled in the past two years due to COVID-19 pandemic. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Valetta. (XHTV)

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Hungary, China resume regular passenger flights

STORY: Hungary, China resume regular passenger flights DATELINE: July 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Budapest Airport exterior 2. various of plane arriving at Budapest Airport 3. passengers check in STORYLINE: A direct flight from Beijing landed at Budapest's Ferenc Liszt International Airport Thursday, marking the official resumption of regular passenger flights between Hungary and China. Direct air links between the two countries were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. According to plans, the Beijing-Budapest flight will be operated by Air China every Thursday. Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on his Facebook page earlier that the decision to resume the Beijing-Budapest flight is a milestone that will promote tourism, trade and the overall Hungarian economy. Air China launched the first direct passenger flight between the capitals of China and Hungary on May 1, 2015. Xinhua News Agency cor

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Turkish wigmaker helps hairless kids realize dreams

STORY: Turkish wigmaker helps hairless kids realize dreams DATELINE: July 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:31 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yasin Kirazli, a 29-year-old Turkish hairdresser making a wig for Melek Su, a 6-year-old little girl at the capital city Ankara 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): YASIN KIRAZLI, Hairdresser from Ankara 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): RUKIYE YILDIRIM, Mother of Melek Su 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): HASAN YILDIRIM, Father of Melek Su STORYLINE: A 29-year-old hairdresser living in Turkey's capital city Ankara has been making wigs for free for kids who have lost their natural hair because of cancer or other ailments such as alopecia. Weaving wigs since 2015, Yasin Kirazli is helping realize the dream of children without hair and rebuild their self-esteem. He accepts hair donations from his clients and then he handles natural hair, creating wigs tailored to children's head measurements. To date, he has made nearly 180 wigs for children who are in need. His latest luck g

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Nikkei reclaims 20,000 level as upbeat Japan data buoys sentiment

An electric signboard in Tokyo shows the key Nikkei stock index closing above the 20,000 line on Dec. 1, 2015, for the first time since Aug. 20. Share prices were boosted by data showing stronger-than-expected capital spending by Japanese firms in the July-September quarter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikkei reclaims 20,000 level as upbeat Japan data buoys sentiment

An electric signboard in Tokyo shows the key Nikkei stock index closing above the 20,000 line on Dec. 1, 2015, for the first time since Aug. 20. Share prices were boosted by data showing stronger-than-expected capital spending by Japanese firms in the July-September quarter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hollywood of North Korea

Photo taken in July 2015 shows a gigantic mural featuring scenes from North Korean movies at the Korean film studio, the center of the North Korean film industry, in Pyongyang. Many of the North Korean films are produced at the studio with a total site area of about 1 million square meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Controversial Tokyo 2020 logo set to be scrapped

File photo shows Japanese designer Kenjiro Sano striking a pose in Tokyo in July 2015 after his design was chosen as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics logo. In the wake of accusations of plagiarism, the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee decided on Sept. 1 to scrap it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese fishing boat returns home after Russia's seizure

Photo taken Sept. 1, 2015, at a port in Japan's northeastern city of Nemuro shows a Japanese salmon fishing boat, the Hoko Maru No. 10, which was seized by Russian authorities in July for fishing more than its quota. It was allowed to leave Kunashiri, one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, on Aug. 31, and returned home with its 11 crew members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sendai reactor to run at full capacity

File photo taken July 2015 shows the No. 1 (front) and No. 2 reactors of the Sendai nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan. Its operator, Kyushu Electric Power Co., will start running the No. 1 unit at full capacity on Aug. 31, 2015, after it became the first commercial nuclear reactor in the country to be reactivated under safety regulations upgraded in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Film director Junkerman raps Japan's move toward collective defense

U.S. movie director John Junkerman criticizes the Japanese government's move toward exercising the right to collective self-defense during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 1, 2015, saying the time is over when international conflicts can be resolved by armed force. He directed the 2005 film "Japan's Peace Constitution," which was based on interviews with a dozen intellectuals in Japan and abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Co-existing with bears at Japan World Heritage site Shiretoko

A brown bear cuts across near fishermen on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site on the eastern tip of Japan's Hokkaido on July 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Co-existing with bears at Japan World Heritage site Shiretoko

Photo taken July 1, 2015, shows brown bears walking on a road along the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site on the eastern tip of Hokkaido in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan set to restart nuclear reactor

Photo taken in July 2015 from a Kyodo News airplane shows the No. 1 reactor of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. The company said on Aug. 10 that it will restart the reactor the following day, the first Japanese utility to do so under a set of new tighter safety regulations adopted since the Fukushima meltdowns in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reuion islanders hold special mass for all aboard MH370

A total of 239 candles are lit up at a church in Saint Andre on the French Island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean on Aug. 1, 2015, for a special mass for victims of Malaysian Airlines MH370 flight, which went missing in March last year with 239 people on board. A piece of plane wreckage, believed to be part of a wing, was found on the island on July 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire fighting on ferry continues

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 1, 2015, shows Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels spraying water on the 11,401-ton Sunflower Daisetsu, a car ferry that caught fire off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 31. One crew member is missing, while everyone else evacuated in lifeboats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire fighting on ferry continues

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 1, 2015, shows Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels spraying water on the 11,401-ton Sunflower Daisetsu, a car ferry that caught fire off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 31. One crew member is missing, while everyone else evacuated in lifeboats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire fighting on ferry continues

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 1, 2015, shows Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels spraying water on the 11,401-ton Sunflower Daisetsu, a car ferry that caught fire off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 31. One crew member is missing, while everyone else evacuated in lifeboats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire fighting on ferry continues

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 1, 2015, shows Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels spraying water on the 11,401-ton Sunflower Daisetsu, a car ferry that caught fire off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 31. One crew member is missing, while everyone else evacuated in lifeboats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Original audio of Emperor Showa's surrender speech made public

Photo taken July 24, 2015, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo shows the vinyl master records of Emperor Hirohito's speech announcing Japan's surrender in World War II to the Allied Forces on Aug. 15, 1945. The agency made available to the public for the first time the original audio from them on Aug. 1 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emergency power generator activated in drill at Sendai plant

An emergency power generator at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant is remotely activated during a disaster drill on July 27, 2015, in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The utility plans to restart unit No. 1 around Aug. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of A-bomb victim tells story tied to Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima

Masahiro Sasaki shows a paper crane folded by his late sister Sadako while giving a talk on her in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 1, 2015. Sadako, who suffered radiation from the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing and died of leukemia 10 years later at 12, kept folding paper cranes until her death. She is a model of the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-suicide attack unit pilot Yanai talks at film preview

Yoshiomi Yanai, a 93-year-old former pilot of Japan's suicide attack unit during World War II, talks at a preview of a film on a fighter pilot training corps of the ex-Imperial Japanese Navy in the waning days of the war, on July 1, 2015, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The film titled "Tsukuba Kaigun Kokutai (meaning Tsukuba Navy Flying Corps), in which Yanai recalled his memories of friends who died in suicide attacks, was produced by a citizens' group, "Project Ibaraki." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro gets hit as Marlins beat Nationals

Ichiro Suzuki singles to center field in the fifth inning of the Miami Marlins' 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals at Marlins Park on July 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Work begins to dismantle cover at Fukushima plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a panel of the cover shrouding the No. 1 reactor building of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant lifted by a crane on July 28, 2015. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, aims to complete by the end of March 2017 the removal of the whole cover, which was installed in the wake of the 2011 disaster to keep radioactive materials from dispersing. The removal is a step toward decommissioning the plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Work begins to dismantle cover at Fukushima plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a panel of the cover shrouding the No. 1 reactor building of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant lifted by a crane on July 28, 2015. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, aims to complete by the end of March 2017 the removal of the whole cover, which was installed in the wake of the 2011 disaster to keep radioactive materials from dispersing. The removal is a step toward decommissioning the plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Muto plays for Mainz in training match vs. Monaco

Japanese forward Yoshinori Muto of Bundesliga side FSV Mainz 05 stands with his foot on the ball during a training match against French Football League club AS Monaco in Meyrin, Switzerland, on July 22, 2015. Muto failed to find the net during the game as Mainz lost 5-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO to remove reactor building cover

File photo taken in February 2015 shows the No. 1 nuclear reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi complex in northeastern Japan. Its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. will start to remove the panels of the cover shrouding the building from July 28, 2015. TEPCO plans to complete the work by the end of March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe forward Watanabe scores equalizer on penalty vs. Sendai

Vissel Kobe forward Kazuma Watanabe (L) scores an equalizer from the spot in a J-League Division 1 match past Vegalta Sendai goalkeeper Yuji Rokutan at the Yurtec Stadium in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on July 19, 2015. Kobe won 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe striker Leandro shoots in J-League game vs. Sendai

Vissel Kobe forward Leandro Montera da Silva (R) shoots after vying for the ball with Vegalta Sendai defender Jiro Kamata in a J-League Division 1 game at the Yurtec Stadium in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on July 19, 2015. Kobe won 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shimizu forward Utaka scores 2nd goal in game vs. Nagoya

Shimizu S-Pulse forward Peter Utaka (top) scores his second goal in the second half of a J-League Division 1 match against Nagoya Grampus at the IAI Stadium Nihondaira in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 19, 2015. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shonan, Kofu players tussle for ball in J-League match

Shonan Bellmare center back Wataru Endo (R) and Ventforet Kofu defender Yuki Tsuchiya compete to head the ball in the second half of a J-League Division 1 game at the BMW Stadium in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo, on July 19, 2015. Kofu won 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho beats Kakuryu to win 35th career title at Nagoya sumo

Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (L) forces fellow Mongolian yokozuna Kakuryu out of the ring on the last day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 26, 2015, extending his all-time record of career titles to 35 with 14-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho closes in on 35th career title as Kakuryu crashes in Nagoya

Hakuho (L) blasts out ozeki Goeido on the 13th day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 24, 2015. Hakuho improved to 12-1 to seize sole possession of the lead as fellow Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu crashed to his second defeat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo