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Hong Kong celebrates Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade

STORY: Hong Kong celebrates Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade SHOOTING TIME: June 10, 2024 DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1 STANDUP (English): YU LIZHEN, Xinhua correspondent 2 various of the Dragon Boat Water Parade 3 SOUNDBITE (English): SANJAY, Indian expat STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YU LIZHEN, Xinhua correspondent "Here in Hong Kong, we're witnessing a centuries-old tradition come alive -- the Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade. This is a unique sacrificial ceremony that takes place during the Dragon Boat Festival, deeply rooted in Hong Kong's cultural heritage. In 2011, this traditional ritual was inscribed on China's third National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Let's take a look." Tai O, a village in the deep south of Lantau Island, hosts one of Hong Kong's most special dragon boat events. During the festival, three fishermen associations paraded statues of deities from local temples on sampans towed by traditional dragon boats, p

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated June 18, 2011 shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 launches near F/A-18C Hornets aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Arabian Sea. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U.S. Navy p

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-MAQU WETLANDS-CONSERVATION-RESTORATION (CN)

(230915) -- GANNAN, Sept. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a degraded grassland (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Nie Jianjiang on June 10, 2011) and the grassland after restoration (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Bin on July 6, 2023) near the Yellow River bridge in Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Located on the northeast rim of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Maqu County boasts an extensive presence of grasslands and wetlands. Maqu, meaning "the Yellow River" in the Tibetan language, is the only county named after "Yellow River" in China. Covering an area of 5.62 million mu (about 374,667 hectares), the Maqu wetlands serve as an important water reserve and eco-zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. However, the Maqu wetlands once suffered from shrinking lake areas, grass degradation, and decreasing water conservation capacity. In order to protect the Maqu wetlands from degrading further, Maqu County has continued

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Tour de Tohoku 2014 on promotion

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (front R) poses for the photo with ambassadors of Tour de Tohoku 2014, an event to assist the reconstruction of Tohoku region devastated by 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, in Tokyo on June 10, 2014. The ambassadors are model Karen Michibata (2nd from front R), track and field Paralympian Mami Sato (2nd from L front), and former footballer Tetsuo Nakanishi (front L).

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Naturalist Nicol encourages children to enjoy outdoors

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Author and naturalist C.W. Nicol (L) speaks to students from Nobiru and Miyato elementary schools after an open-air class in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 10, 2014. The elementary schools were damaged by the 2011 tsunami and plan to relocate to higher ground.

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Ascidians caught in Miyagi Pref.

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Baskets of ascidians harvested in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, is photographed on June 10, 2014, the first such major harvesting since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that severely hit northeastern Japan.

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Ascidian harvesting resumes fully in Minamisanriku

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Fishermen sort harvested ascidians in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 10, 2014, as the harvesting has resumed in full swing for the first time since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that severely hit northeastern Japan.

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Tohoku Electric files for safety review to allow reactor resumption

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Inoue, vice president of Tohoku Electric Power Co., (R) submits an application for a state safety assessment of a nuclear reactor at its Higashidori plant to a Nuclear Regulation Authority official in Tokyo on June 10, 2014. The No. 1 reactor at the plant is the 19th in Japan for which a safety review application has been filed since safety requirements were tightened last year in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Sake makers from disaster-hit areas serve samples in London

LONDON, Britain - Thirteen Japanese sake makers from 10 prefectures in Japan including Miyagi and Iwate, most severely hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, take part in a tasting event in London on June 18, 2012, designed to demonstrate Japanese culture pertaining to sake as well as recovery progress in the wake of the damage caused by the disaster.

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Japanese rock singer, guitarist Yanagi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in June 1998 shows Japanese rock singer and guitarist George Yanagi. He died of kidney failure on Oct. 10, 2011, his family said Oct. 14. He was 63.

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (on screen) at the International Space Station communicates with people at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2011. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the same day that it is consulting with agencies in other countries to arrange the return of Furukawa, who has been on the ISS since June 10, to Earth on Nov. 17.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka in Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka trains at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sept. 10, 2011, as the team visited the ballpark to face the Tampa Bay Rays. Matsuzaka has been trying to recover from surgery on his pitching elbow in June 2011.

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AirAsia X to offer Osaka-Kuala Lumpur flight

OSAKA, Japan - Azran Osman-Rani (C), chief executive officer of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia X, attends an event in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 10, 2011, to promote a flight between Osaka and Kuala Lumpur to be launched on Nov. 30. In the promotional period through June 20, the lowest fare available on the new route from Kansai International Airport is set at 3,931 yen one way. The total ticket cost, including airport taxes, rises to 8,081 yen. The flight will be the airline's second service linking Malaysia and Japan after the inauguration in 2010 of flights between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo.

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Eel eggs in Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Katsumi Tsukamoto, professor at the University of Tokyo Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, shows some of the 150 eel eggs collected in June 2011 from the Pacific off the Mariana Islands as a joint research team announced the finding in Tokyo on July 10, 2011.

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PM Kan at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 30, 2011. The government and Kan's Democratic Party of Japan agreed earlier in the day on social security and tax reform plans, proposing to raise the consumption tax in stages to 10 percent by the mid-2010s to address the country's public finances.

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Sumo wrestler smiles broadly after promotion

KASUGAI, Japan - Fujiazuma, a sumo wrestler belonging to the Tamanoi stable, smiles broadly at a lodging facility used by the stable for its wrestlers in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, on June 27, 2011, after his promotion to the top makuuchi class from the second-tier juryo division was announced earlier in the day by the Japan Sumo Association for the July 10-24 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Yokozuna Hakuho at press conference

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho smiles at a press conference in Nagoya, central Japan, on June 27, 2011, to announce the wrestler rankings for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. The July 10-24 tournament will be the first regular tournament following the changes of schedule in the wake of a match-fixing scandal. The spring tournament was cancelled and the summer tournament was replaced by the ''Technical Examination Tournament.''

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Yokuzuna Hakuho with banzuke rankings

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho from Mongolia shows the banzuke rankings of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya on June 27, 2011. The July 10-24 basho will be first held regularly since a match-fixing scandal brought sumo to its knees. The Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in May was replaced by a ''Technical Examination Tournament'' after a spring meet in March was canceled.

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Rankings announced for Nagoya tournament

NAGOYA, Japan - Wrestlers on June 27, 2011, take home the wrestler rankings for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament released the same day at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan. The July 10-24 tournament will be the first regular tournament following the changes of schedule in the wake of a match-fixing scandal. The spring tournament was cancelled and the summer tournament was replaced by the ''Technical Examination Tournament.''

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Sumo wrestlers arrive in Nagoya for July tournament

NAGOYA, Japan - Sumo wrestlers arrive at JR Nagoya Station on June 26, 2011, ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament starting July 10. The tournament will be the first regular meet since January, after a match-fixing scandal forced the Japan Sumo Association to cancel the regular spring competition in March.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka starts rehab

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox right hander Daisuke Matsuzaka appears at a team training facility in Fort Myers, Florida, on June 24, 2011, as he began rehabilitation in full-swing. Matsuzaka had an operation on his pitching elbow on June 10.

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New S. Korean envoy visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - New South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo (L) eats a cherry given to him by Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on June 16, 2011. The ambassador began his duties as Seoul's top diplomat in Japan on June 10.

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Tokyo science museum upgraded

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at displays of the exhibition ''Making of Tokyo Sky Tree'' at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

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Tokyo science museum upgraded

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Geo-Cosmos (top), a miniature Earth display, and the Geo-Scope (bottom), an interactive board, at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

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Chinese police maintain heavy security in Guangdong

GUANGZHOU, China - Armed police officers stand on a street on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong Province, on June 13, 2011, following three nights of protests and rioting, reportedly involving around 1,000 migrant workers, that began June 10.

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DPJ's Hosono, NRC's Jaczko meet

WASHINGTON, United States - Gregory Jaczko (L), chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Goshi Hosono, special adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, talk about cooperation regarding the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at the NRC in a suburb of Washington on June 10, 2011. Jaczko briefed Hosono on the NRC's ongoing review of U.S. nuclear plants, while Hosono explained the Japanese government's efforts to deal with the challenges posed by the Fukushima reactors as well as the government's report submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to the joint statement.

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S. Korean college students' fees protest

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean college students hold a demonstration demanding lower tuition fees in central Seoul on June 10, 2011.

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Satellite image of N. Korea's nuke complex

WASHINGTON, United States - Satellite photo released on June 10, 2011, by the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington-based think tank, shows additional construction activities at the Yongbyon nuclear site in North Korea. The ISIS said the findings show that more is going on at Yongbyon than commonly believed and Pyongyang should provide information about these new buildings.

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Athletics' Matsui

CHICAGO, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui (C) celebrates the team's 7-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox with his teammates at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on June 10, 2011. The A's ended a season-high 10-game losing streak with the win.

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S. Korean college students' fees protest

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean college students hold a demonstration demanding lower tuition fees in central Seoul on June 10, 2011.

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Kansai Electric seeks 15% power cut

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks during a press conference in Osaka on June 10, 2011. He said the utility firm will ask households and firms in its service area in western Japan to voluntarily cut power consumption by around 15 percent from July 1 to Sept. 22 due to an expected electricity shortage this summer.

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Athletics' Matsui

CHICAGO, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a run-scoring single in the ninth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on June 10, 2011. The A's stopped a season-high 10-game losing streak with a 7-5 victory.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka after surgery

LOS ANGELES, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) gets in a car with the assistance of his wife Tomoyo (L) in Los Angeles, California, on June 10, 2011, after surgery on his right elbow. Matsuzaka's agent Scott Boras called the operation by noted orthopedic surgeon Lewis Yocum a success and said his client should need about 10 to 12 months to make a full recovery.

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Choe Thae Bok, a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, holds talks with Li Yuanchao (not shown in the photo), head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, in Pyongyang on June 10, 2011.

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PM Kan, Noda, Kano in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - (from L to R) Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda and farm minister Michihiko Kano attend a meeting of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Yuanchao, head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, holds talks with Choe Thae Bok (not shown in the photo), a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang on June 10, 2011.

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Temporary housing facilities in Ishinomaki

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows temporary housing facilities in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 10, 2011. Over 90,000 people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami still live in evacuation centers three months after the disaster.

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Yuanchao (R), head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, is greeted by Choe Thae Bok (L), a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, at Pyongyang International Airport on June 10, 2011. The two sides held a ''strategic dialogue'' later in the day in Pyongyang to discuss bilateral relations and other issues of mutual concern, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported the same day.

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Toyota Executive Vice President Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Ozawa (C), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., is surrounded by reporters after holding a press conference on the company's earnings prospects in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

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Golfer Miyazato

KOBE, Japan - Ai Miyazato takes part in the Suntory Ladies Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 10, 2011. Miyazato finished the first half of the tournament in a tie for 14th at 3 under.

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3 months since disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on June 10, 2011, nearly three months after the massive March 11 tsunami.

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Evacuation center in Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - People line up to receive their meals at an evacuation shelter in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 10, 2011. Over 100 people are still staying at the shelter about three months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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PM Kan in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a meeting of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

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Golfer Miyazato

KOBE, Japan - Ai Miyazato takes part in the Suntory Ladies Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 10, 2011. Miyazato finished the first half of the tournament in a tie for 14th at 3 under.

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U.S. envoy in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) and Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on June 10, 2011.

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3 months since disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 10, 2011, nearly three months after the massive March 11 tsunami. Temporary housing units have been erected on a hill (front).

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Ishigaki mayor seeks to visit disputed island

TOKYO, Japan - Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama (L) hands to Masanori Miyahara, a senior official of Japan's Fisheries Agency, a document requesting the central government's approval of the mayor to visit one of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the South China Sea, at the agency in Tokyo on June 10, 2011. Nakayama made the request to visit Uotsuri Island to hold a memorial service for those who died off the island during World War II.

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3 months since disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on June 10, 2011, nearly three months after the massive March 11 tsunami. Temporary housing units have been erected on a hill (front).

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Checking radioactive substances in tea leaves

SHIZUOKA, Japan - An employee of Shizuoka Prefecture takes samples of tea leaves to test for radioactive materials at a production plant in Shizuoka City on June 10, 2011. The prefecture said the previous day it found radioactive cesium surpassing the legal limit in tea leaves processed at a plant in the prefecture.

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U.S. envoy in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) and Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, meet in Seoul on June 10, 2011.