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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-JINJIANG RIVER-CHANGE (CN)

(230713) -- CHENGDU, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members puts a testing robot into a sewage pipeline in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 16, 2023. Jinjiang River traverses the central part of Chengdu, contributing to the fame and glamor of Chengdu's many historic and cultural events. It has two main streams called Fuhe River and Nanhe River. Starting from Dujiangyan, the 150-km river goes outbound from Shuangliu District. In February of 2016, local government of Chengdu implemented ten regulations on water control. In 2017, the city started a program on water ecology management and building a greenway along Jinjiang River. As a result, the water quality of Jinjiang River has been improved a lot. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-JINJIANG RIVER-CHANGE (CN)

(230713) -- CHENGDU, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker controls a testing robot checking at a sewage pipeline in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 16, 2023. Jinjiang River traverses the central part of Chengdu, contributing to the fame and glamor of Chengdu's many historic and cultural events. It has two main streams called Fuhe River and Nanhe River. Starting from Dujiangyan, the 150-km river goes outbound from Shuangliu District. In February of 2016, local government of Chengdu implemented ten regulations on water control. In 2017, the city started a program on water ecology management and building a greenway along Jinjiang River. As a result, the water quality of Jinjiang River has been improved a lot. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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Deadly blast at Chinese kindergarten suspected criminal act

XUZHOU, China, June 16 Kyodo - A police officer investigates on June 16, 2017 the scene of an explosion at the front gate of a kindergarten on the outskirts of Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, eastern China. The explosion the previous day killed at least eight people and injured 65 others.

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Cabinet Office denies staff spoke of PM "wishes" in favoritism scandal

TOKYO, Japan, June 16 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a session of the House of Councillors budget committee in Tokyo on June 16, 2017. Cabinet Office staff did not make comments implying Abe sought to sway a decision on a university construction project to benefit a close friend, the minister in charge of the office said the same day.

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Citizens stage protests as conspiracy law rammed through Diet

TOKYO, Japan, June 16 Kyodo - Protesters gather in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on the night of June 15, 2017, demonstrating against the ruling parties' steamrolling through the Diet of a controversial law to criminalize the planning of serious crimes.

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Hirano ends wait for Japan women's worlds singles medal

DUSSELDORF, Germany, June 3 Kyodo - Japan's 17-year-old Miu Hirano (R) defeats Feng Tianwei of Singapore 11-5, 11-2, 18-16, 11-5 to reach the semifinals at the World Table Tennis Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany, on June 2, 2017.

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on May 16, 2020 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 25, 2022 (photo taken by Li Xiang), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua)

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Flea market in Beirut attracts hundreds of people amid financial crisis

STORY: Flea market in Beirut attracts hundreds of people amid financial crisis DATELINE: June 5, 2022 LENGTH: 0:05:16 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flea market in Beirut 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): DANIELLE KIRIDJIAN, Organizer of the exhibition 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): DANIELLE KIRIDJIAN, Organizer of the exhibition 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): AVEDIS DER BOGHOSSIAN, Owner of The Vintage Shop STORYLINE: A five-day flea market exhibition, Forum de Beyrouth, concluded on Sunday in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. Hundreds of people flocked to the market on the opening day as the market encouraged people to sell quality items that were left unused in their homes at affordable prices to those who want them amid the current financial crisis. Danielle Kiridijian, the organizer of the exhibition, told Xinhua that her initiative started in 2017 and is gaining popularity. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): DANIELLE KIRIDJIAN, Organizer of the exhibition "We started in 2017 in Beit Mery with the

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Suite room of luxurious sleeper train unveiled

Photo taken June 16, 2016, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, shows a full-scale model of a bathtub installed at a suite room of a luxurious sleeper train to be introduced by East Japan Railway Co. in May 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suite room of luxurious sleeper train unveiled

Photo taken June 16, 2016, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, shows a full-scale model of a suite room on a luxurious sleeper train to be introduced by East Japan Railway Co. in May 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suite room of luxurious sleeper train unveiled

Photo taken June 16, 2016, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, shows a full-scale model of a suite room on a luxurious sleeper train to be introduced by East Japan Railway Co. in May 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suite room of luxurious sleeper train unveiled

Photo taken June 16, 2016, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, shows a full-scale model of a suite room on a luxurious sleeper train to be introduced by East Japan Railway Co. in May 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean reactor to be decommissioned

Photo taken June 16, 2015, shows Kori Nuclear Power Plant in the suburbs of the South Korean city of Busan. Its operator decided the same day to shut down operations of the No. 1 reactor in June 2017, marking the first decommissioning of a South Korean reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean reactor to be decommissioned

Photo taken June 16, 2015, shows Kori Nuclear Power Plant in the suburbs of the South Korean city of Busan. Its operator decided the same day to shut down operations of the No. 1 reactor in June 2017, marking the first decommissioning of a South Korean reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2018 World Cup stadium

Photo taken June 16, 2017, shows St. Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, one of the venues for the 2018 soccer World Cup finals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese TV network apologizes over comedy show mocking gay men

File photo taken in June 2016 shows Fuji Television Network Inc.'s head office in Tokyo. The network apologized on Oct. 16, 2017, for making viewers "feel unpleasant" over a comedy program that revived a 30-year-old stereotype character depicting a gay man. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes in Tokyo: then and now

Combination photo taken from a building rooftop shows a shinkansen bullet train running in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line on Dec. 21, 1964 (top), and the same location on June 16, 2017 (below). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volleyball: Yanagida, Ishikawa named to Japan's Asian qualifiers team

Masahiro Yanagida (L) of Japan spikes the ball as a trio of Australian players try to block during a Group 2 match of the World League men's volleyball tournament in Gold Coast, Australia, on June 24, 2017. Yanagida and Yuki Ishikawa are among the 14 players named to Japan's national team for the July 12-16 Asian qualifiers for the world championship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takata eyes filing for bankruptcy protection soon

Photo taken June 16, 2017, shows the building housing the Tokyo headquarters of Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. The company plans to file for bankruptcy protection, possibly on June 26, to address massive liabilities following a global recall of its air bags, sources close to the matter said June 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan farm minister to visit Europe for free trade talks

Japanese farm minister Yuji Yamamoto attends a parliamentary session in Tokyo on June 16, 2017. He plans to visit Europe in the final week of June for talks with the European Union's agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan to discuss the Japan-EU free trade deal, a source close to the matter said on June 21. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hope flickers for table soccer's growth in Japan, and across Asia

Japan's Kenzo Koi (R) plays Singaporean Tan Kok Wee at the Asian Cup of table soccer in Tokyo on June 10, 2017. Tan won their round of 16 clash in extra time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea says new president, Trump to hold talks in June

Combined photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and South Korea's newly elected President Moon Jae In. The two leaders are planning to hold a summit in late June 2017, South Korea's presidential office said on May 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New head of Japan's LDP Suga

Photo taken June 16, 2017, shows Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attending a press conference in Tokyo. Suga won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Sept. 14, 2020, and is set to be appointed prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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Japan power companies face surging nuclear fuel recycling costs

File photo taken in June 2010 shows a mixed oxide fuel cask being unloaded from a transport vessel that arrived at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Takahama in Japan's Fukui Prefecture. Kyodo News learned on Dec. 16, 2017 that the cost of recycling spent nuclear fuel has surged since Japan started using such fuel in 1999, adding to questions about the economics of nuclear fuel reprocessing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Germany edge Australia 3-2 in Confederations Cup

Aziz Behich (16) of Australia and Joshua Kimmich of Germany vie for the ball during the second half of a Confederations Cup first stage match in Sochi, Russia, on June 19, 2017. Germany won 3-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese teenagers Hasegawa, Ikee on Mare Nostrum tour

Japanese swimmers Suzuka Hasegawa (L) and Rikako Ikee pose for photos with their trophies in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, on June 18, 2017, after 17-year-old Hasegawa won the women's 200 meters butterfly and 16-year-old Ikee came second in the 50 meters butterfly on Europe's Mare Nostrum tour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Japan's Matsuyama finishes 2nd at U.S. Open

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama (L) celebrates with his caddie after shooting a 6-under 66 to finish in a tie for second on 12-under 276 at the U.S. Open at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, on June 18, 2017. American Brooks Koepka won with 16-under. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Table tennis: Sun wins women's title in World Tour debut

Sun Yingsha hits a forehand en route to winning the women's singles title at the Japan Open table tennis tournament at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on June 18, 2017. The 16-year-old was making her ITTF World Tour debut. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Table tennis: Sun wins women's title in World Tour debut

Sun Yingsha hits a forehand en route to winning the women's singles title at the Japan Open table tennis tournament at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on June 18, 2017. The 16-year-old was making her ITTF World Tour debut. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsuyama at U.S. Open 2nd round

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama hits a tee shot on the seventh hole during the second round of the U.S. Open Championship at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, on June 16, 2017. Matsuyama rebounded from an opening-day 74 with authority, sinking seven birdies against zero bogeys to jump from 82nd place to a five-way tie for eighth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsuyama at U.S. Open 2nd round

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama hits his second shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open Championship at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, on June 16, 2017. Matsuyama rebounded from an opening-day 74 with authority, sinking seven birdies against zero bogeys to jump from 82nd place to a five-way tie for eighth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hibakusha present 3 mil. signatures to protest nukes at U.N. confab

Japanese atomic bomb survivors or hibakusha -- Toshiyuki Mimaki and Masako Wada -- hand over a petition with nearly 3 million signatures demanding the abolishment of nuclear weapons on June 16, 2017, at the U.N. headquarters in New York to Costa Rican Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez, who is chairing a three-week U.N. conference, and Izumi Nakamitsu, undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hibakusha present 3 mil. signatures to protest nukes at U.N. confab

Japanese atomic bomb survivors or hibakusha -- Toshiyuki Mimaki and Masako Wada -- hand over a petition with nearly 3 million signatures demanding the abolishment of nuclear weapons on June 16, 2017, at the U.N. headquarters in New York to Costa Rican Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez, who is chairing a three-week U.N. conference, and Izumi Nakamitsu, undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hibakusha present 3 mil. signatures to protest nukes at U.N. confab

Japanese atomic bomb survivors or hibakusha -- Toshiyuki Mimaki and Masako Wada -- hand over a petition with nearly 3 million signatures demanding the abolishment of nuclear weapons on June 16, 2017, at the U.N. headquarters in New York to Costa Rican Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez, who is chairing a three-week U.N. conference, and Izumi Nakamitsu, undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl dies at 87

File photo taken in April 1992 shows German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (R) shaking hands with Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa prior to their meeting in Bonn. Kohl, who was credited with Germany's reunification in 1990, died at 87 on June 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl dies at 87

File photo taken in November 1983 shows German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (L) meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Kohl, who was credited with Germany's reunification in 1990, died at 87 on June 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crown Prince Naruhito in Copenhagen

(From L) Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito, Danish Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik attend a Japanese music concert in Copenhagen on June 16, 2017. The concert was organized by the Japanese Embassy there in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crown Prince Naruhito in Copenhagen

(From L) Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito, Danish Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik attend a Japanese music concert in Copenhagen on June 16, 2017. The concert was organized by the Japanese Embassy there in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Table tennis: Hirano advances to Japan Open 2nd round

Miu Hirano of Japan hits a forehand during her first-round match against South Korea's Suh Hyo Won at the Japan Open table tennis tournament at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on June 16, 2017. Hirano won the match four games to none. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Table tennis: Ishikawa crashes out in Japan Open 1st round

Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan reacts after losing a point during her first-round match against China's Wang Manyu at the Japan Open table tennis tournament at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on June 16, 2017. Wang won four games to one. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Confederations Cup in Russia

Security officers walk on June 16, 2017 around Saint Petersburg Stadium, the venue of the Confederations Cup opening match between Russia and New Zealand the next day. (Kyodo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Confederations Cup in Russia

A security officer walks on June 16, 2017 around Saint Petersburg Stadium, the venue of the Confederations Cup opening match between Russia and New Zealand the next day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cabinet Office denies staff spoke of PM "wishes" in favoritism scandal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a session of the House of Councillors budget committee in Tokyo on June 16, 2017. Cabinet Office staff did not make comments implying Abe sought to sway a decision on a university construction project to benefit a close friend, the minister in charge of the office said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cabinet Office denies staff spoke of PM "wishes" in favoritism scandal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) speaks during a session of the House of Councillors budget committee in Tokyo on June 16, 2017. Cabinet Office staff did not make comments implying Abe sought to sway a decision on a university construction project to benefit a close friend, the minister in charge of the office said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shanghai Disneyland marks 1st anniversary

Shanghai Disneyland marks its first anniversary in Shanghai, China, on June 16, 2017. It opened as the third Disney resort in Asia following those in Tokyo and Hong Kong. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan crown prince appreciates Denmark's post-disaster support

Danish Crown Prince Frederik (L) and Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from R) visit a monument in Copenhagen on June 16, 2017 commemorating international contributions by Danish officials and soldiers. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan crown prince appreciates Denmark's post-disaster support

Danish Crown Prince Frederik (3rd from L) and Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (5th from L) visit a monument in Copenhagen on June 16, 2017 commemorating international contributions by Danish officials and soldiers. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan crown prince appreciates Denmark's post-disaster support

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (3rd from R) and Danish Crown Prince Frederik (4th from R) visit a monument in Copenhagen on June 16, 2017 commemorating international contributions by Danish officials and soldiers. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ keeps monetary policy unchanged, Kuroda quiet on exit strategy

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda leaves a press conference in Tokyo on June 16, 2017. The central bank decided to maintain its monetary easing policy, while Kuroda refrained from commenting on an exit strategy, saying he wants to avoid causing "confusion" in the market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ keeps monetary policy unchanged, Kuroda quiet on exit strategy

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a press conference after a policy meeting in Tokyo on June 16, 2017. The central bank decided to maintain its monetary easing policy, while Kuroda refrained from commenting on an exit strategy, saying he wants to avoid causing "confusion" in the market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo