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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto teaches as students learn martial arts in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a school specializing in Kung Fu traini

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto practices martial arts at a park in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 4, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a school specializing in Kung Fu training and

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto (1st R) practices skill of Miaodao, a two-handed long sabre, with his fellows at a park in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto teaches as students learn martial arts in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a school specializing in Kung Fu traini

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto (front) practices martial arts with his fellows besides Yongjiang River in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a scho

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto (C) practices skill of Miaodao, a two-handed long sabre, with his fellows at a park in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he o

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto (2nd L) has meal featuring Brazilian roast meat with his friends in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a school spec

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto (L) learns massage skills from doctor Wen Yong at Guangxi International Zhuang Medicine Hospital in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 4, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Braz

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto teaches as students learn martial arts at a club in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a school specializing in Kung

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Doctor Liao Lianlian demonstrates as Gabriel de Moraes Neto (R) learns acupuncture at Guangxi International Zhuang Medicine Hospital in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 4, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel ret

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto teaches as students learn martial arts at a club in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a school specializing in Kung

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto practices martial arts at a park in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 4, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a school specializing in Kung Fu training and

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial photo taken on July 6, 2024 shows Gabriel de Moraes Neto (front) practicing with Miaodao, a two-handed long sabre,, with his fellows at a park in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gab

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto returns home after his martial arts instruction class in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a school specializing in

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto (L) learns massage skills from doctor Wen Yong at Guangxi International Zhuang Medicine Hospital in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 4, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Braz

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto (R) learns calligraphy from a teacher in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a school specializing in Kung Fu trainin

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"Laowai" in China | A Brazilian's love on martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine

(240710) -- NANNING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel de Moraes Neto rides a bike in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 9, 2024. Born in 1978, Gabriel de Moraes Neto hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is now a martial arts coach based in Nanning, Guangxi. Inspired by Bruce Lee's Kung Fu at young age, Gabriel developed an interest in Chinese martial arts and began to receive systematic training in 1999. As his understanding of martial arts and traditional Chinese culture deepened, he named himself "Mo Xiaolong," after Bruce Lee's Chinese name, "Li Xiaolong." In 2008, Gabriel visited Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as an exchange student to study acupuncture while practicing martial arts. To him, Kung Fu embodies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and physical strengthening, displaying the charm of Chinese culture. After completing his studies, Gabriel returned to Brazil where he opened a school specializing in Kung Fu training and acupuncture courses

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River Yamuna in Indian capital swells to highest recorded level

STORY: River Yamuna in Indian capital swells to highest recorded level DATELINE: July 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. Shot of India gate 2. various shots of overflowing Yamuna River 3. various shots of flooded houses and roads 4. various shots of shelter tent, relief camps and cars STORYLINE: River Yamuna in the Indian capital Delhi's territory swelled to a record level on Wednesday, with the water level of Yamuna recorded at 207.55 meters, according to India's central water commission. The level has broken the previous all-time record of 207.49 meters set in 1978. The river's danger mark is 204.5 meters. The Yamuna has flooded homes and markets, causing immense hardship to residents across the South Asian country. Many of them living near the river have moved to safer locations and some have shifted their belongings to the terraces of the buildings. The administration has issued a high alert, anticipating a rise in the water level and potential flood-lik

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Film director Oshima dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in July 1982 shows Japanese film director Nagisa Oshima (C) holding a press conference about the production of his movie "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," with Ryuichi Sakamoto (L) and Beat Takeshi, who later became known as Takeshi Kitano. Oshima, who won the best director award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1978 with "Empire of Passion," died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2013. He was 80.

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Ex-abductee Hasuike wins nonfiction award

TOKYO, Japan - Repatriated abductee Kaoru Hasuike (file photo) won an award Aug. 27, 2009, for a nonfiction work that features his experience of being abducted to North Korea and living in the reclusive country. Hasuike went missing along with his girlfriend, Yukiko Okudo, in Niigata Prefecture in July 1978, and returned to Japan in October 2002 with Okudo, to whom he got married in North Korea, after Pyongyang admitted to past abductions of Japanese citizens.

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High court OKs retrial for 2 convicts of 1967 murder-robbery

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Sugiyama (C) and Shoji Sakurai (R) shake hands in front of the Tokyo High Court on July 14 after the court approved a retrial of a 1967 murder-robbery case in Ibaraki Prefecture. The court accepted a petition from the two who have pleaded innocent. The life sentences of the two were finalized at the Supreme Court in 1978 for the murder of a carpenter and theft of some 100,000 yen in cash from the victim.

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Masumoto heading for loss in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto, brother of a woman abducted to North Korea in 1978, bites his lip at his election campaign office in Tokyo on July 11 after it became certain he would fail in his bid for election to the House of Councillors.

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(12)Campaigning for upper house election starts

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto, whose sister was abducted by North Korea in 1978, shakes hands with a voter in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on June 24 as campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election began. He is running as an independent in the Tokyo constituency.

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Abductee's brother to run for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto, whose sister was abducted by North Korea in 1978, said in Tokyo on June 4 he will run as an independent representing the Tokyo constituency in July's House of Councillors election.

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Hasuike, Okudo register marriage at city office

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko Okudo look at their seals as they register their marriage at the city office of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 25. Hasuike and Okudo married in North Korea in May 1980 after being abducted by North Korean agents in July 1978. (Pool photo)

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(3)Couple abducted by N. Korea register marriage

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (L) puts his signature on a marriage registry document at the Obama municipal government in Fukui Prefecture on Oct. 23, with his wife Fukie Hamamoto looking on. The couple were abducted to North Korea on July 7, 1978, just before their scheduled marriage ceremony on Nov. 26 the same year. (Pool photo)

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(3)Abductees spend their time in hometown

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (C) enjoys chatting with his former classmates at his home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 18. It was their first reunion since Chimura was abducted to North Korea in July 1978. Chimura indicated he hopes to return to Japan after going back to North Korea. (Pool photo)

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(2)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Yasushi Chimura, 47, was abducted by North Korea with Fukie Hamamoto on July 7, 1978. They married in 1979 and have two sons a daughter.

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(1)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Fukie Hamamoto, 47, was abducted by North Korea on July 7, 1978, with Yasushi Chimura. They married in North Korea in 1979.

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(3)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike, 45, was abducted by North Korea on July 31, 1978, along with his girlfriend Yukiko Okudo. They married in 1980 and has a son.

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(4)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo, 46, was abducted by North Korea on July 31, 1978 with Kaoru Hasuike. They married in 1980. Their son, Pak Ki Hyok, is a student at a computer college.

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(5)5 abductees to N. Korea reunited with families

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (C) is reunited with his kin on arriving, along with four other Japanese abductees to North Korea, at Haneda airport on Oct. 14 for a temporary homecoming. Hasuike, 45, was abducted by North Korea on July 31, 1978.

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(4)5 abductees to N. Korea reunited with families

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (C) smiles at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 15 after arriving, along with four other Japanese abductees to North Korea, for a temporary homecoming. Okudo, 46, was abducted by North Korea in July 1978.

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(2)5 abducted by N. Korea reunited with families

TOKYO, Japan - Fukie Hamamoto (C), abducted to North Korea in July 1978, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 15. Hamamoto and four other Japanese abducted by North Korea arrived in the afternoon for a temporary homecoming.

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Brazilian woman nabbed for marijuana smuggling attempt

NARITA, Japan - The customs office at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 8 shows to the press 22.3 kilograms of marijuana which 22-year-old woman Keila Kakoi is suspected of trying to smuggle into Japan hidden in a carry-on bag. Kaoko, a resident of Kani, Gifu Prefecture, was arrested on July 20 when she arrived at the airport from Brazil. The drug haul is the largest found in a single piece of carry-on luggage at Narita since the airport's opening in 1978.

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China's development inspirational, beneficial to rest of world: Kenyan expert

STORY: China's development inspirational, beneficial to rest of world: Kenyan expert DATELINE: Oct. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University-Africa 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University-Africa STORYLINE: Stephen Ndegwa, lecturer of International relations with United States International University-Africa, points out that the progress across China under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is self-evident, noting that China's development is all-encompassing. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University-Africa "July last year, the CPC celebrated its centenary. The progress across the country is self-evident, and especially the thrust of reform and opening-up policy of 1978, within 40 yea

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Kim Young Nam and his family picture+

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 4 Kyodo - Photo taken at a hotel in Pyongyang in July 2006 shows Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abductee who is believed to have married Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota in 1986, holding a photo in which he is pictured with Yokota and their daughter Kim Eun Gyong or Kim Hye Gyong as she is known in Japan.Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13 while Kim is believed to have been abducted in 1978.

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(3)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike, 45, was abducted by North Korea on July 31, 1978, along with his girlfriend Yukiko Okudo. They married in 1980 and has a son. (Kyodo)

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Hasuike, Okudo register marriage at city office

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko Okudo look at their seals as they register their marriage at the city office of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 25. Hasuike and Okudo married in North Korea in May 1980 after being abducted by North Korean agents in July 1978. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(4)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo, 46, was abducted by North Korea on July 31, 1978 with Kaoru Hasuike. They married in 1980. Their son, Pak Ki Hyok, is a student at a computer college. (Kyodo)

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(1)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Fukie Hamamoto, 47, was abducted by North Korea on July 7, 1978, with Yasushi Chimura. They married in North Korea in 1979. (Kyodo)

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