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Novelist Yoshiko Shibaki

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 30 Kyodo - Photo taken at an unidentified place on June 20, 1960, shows Japanese novelist Yoshiko Shibaki. Shibaki (1914-1991) was awarded numerous prizes, including the Akutagawa Award and the Japan Art Academy's Imperial Prize. (Kyodo)

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Northrop B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

A Northrop B-2 Spirit, a stealth strategic heavy bomber, arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, US, for the welcome home celebration after Operation Desert Storm on June 5, 1991. Photo by Howard L. Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Northrop B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

A Northrop B-2 Spirit, a stealth strategic heavy bomber, arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, US, for the welcome home celebration after Operation Desert Storm on June 5, 1991. Photo by Howard L. Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Northrop B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

A Northrop B-2 Spirit, a stealth strategic heavy bomber, arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, US, for the welcome home celebration after Operation Desert Storm on June 5, 1991. Photo by Howard L. Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Northrop B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

A Northrop B-2 Spirit, a stealth strategic heavy bomber, arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, US, for the welcome home celebration after Operation Desert Storm on June 5, 1991. Photo by Howard L. Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russia Day celebrated in St. Petersburg with military music festival

STORY: Russia Day celebrated in St. Petersburg with military music festival SHOOTING TIME: June 12, 2024 DATELINE: June 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: ST. PETERSBURG, Russia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the military music festival in Russia's St. Petersburg STORYLINE: In celebration of Russia Day, a military music festival was held on Wednesday in Russia's St. Petersburg. Over 400 musicians from Russia, Belarus, and other countries took part in the event at Peter and Paul Fortress. Russia Day, a national holiday in the Russian Federation since 1991, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on June 12, 1990. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from St. Petersburg, Russia. (XHTV)

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sophie Poirier works at her studio in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier teamed up with Zeng's compa

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sophie Poirier (L) talks with a local resident at a teahouse in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier t

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Dec. 1, 2022 shows an installation designed by Sophie Poirier for a fireworks show. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier teamed up with Zeng's compa

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sophie Poirier walks in Wanzai ancient town in east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier teamed up with Zeng's company to develo

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sophie Poirier (L) watches the fireworks drama "Love of Fireworks" in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poi

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sophie Poirier (L) talks with Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, about a fireworks drama in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, Dec. 9, 2022. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, gener

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sophie Poirier watches the fireworks drama "Love of Fireworks" in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sophie Poirier (front) talks with colleagues about the design of a fireworks drama in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tour

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sophie Poirier (L) talks with Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, about a fireworks drama in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, Dec. 9, 2022. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of W

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sophie Poirier walks in Wanzai ancient town in east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier teamed up with Zeng's company to develop fireworks dra

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sophie Poirier (L) talks with a local resident at a teahouse in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier teamed up with Z

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sophie Poirier watches the fireworks drama "Love of Fireworks" in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier teamed up with

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sophie Poirier (front) talks with colleagues about the design of a fireworks drama in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Po

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sophie Poirier works at her studio in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier teamed up with Zeng's company to develop f

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sophie Poirier (L) watches the fireworks drama "Love of Fireworks" in Wanzai ancient town, east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier teamed up

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"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 1, 2022 shows an installation designed by Sophie Poirier for a fireworks show. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier teamed up with Zeng's company to develop f

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-PALM-LEAF MANUSCRIPT-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on June 26, 2008 shows Gyumey Tsultrim arranging palm-leaf manuscripts of Buddhist sutras at Tibet Museum in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. At Truzing Palace of Norbulingka in the western suburbs of Lhasa, thousands of ancient books on various fields of Tibet are stored on shelves. For now, Gyumey Tsultrim and his colleagues' primary task is to make an inventory of the ancient books both manually and digitally. Gyumey Tsultrim was born in 1967 in Chanang County in Shannan. In 1986, while experts from the Academy of Social Sciences of the Tibet Autonomous Region were conducting historical and cultural research in Chanang, Gyumey Tsultrim, working as an assistant in Tibetan language, was exposed to Sanskrit for the first time. In 1991, he went to the High-level Tibetan Buddhism College of China in Beijing to study Sanskrit systematically. In 2006, Gyumey Tsultrim published a book on Sanskrit handwriting and began particip

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-PALM-LEAF MANUSCRIPT-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on June 26, 2008 shows Gyumey Tsultrim arranging palm-leaf manuscripts of Buddhist sutras at Tibet Museum in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. At Truzing Palace of Norbulingka in the western suburbs of Lhasa, thousands of ancient books on various fields of Tibet are stored on shelves. For now, Gyumey Tsultrim and his colleagues' primary task is to make an inventory of the ancient books both manually and digitally. Gyumey Tsultrim was born in 1967 in Chanang County in Shannan. In 1986, while experts from the Academy of Social Sciences of the Tibet Autonomous Region were conducting historical and cultural research in Chanang, Gyumey Tsultrim, working as an assistant in Tibetan language, was exposed to Sanskrit for the first time. In 1991, he went to the High-level Tibetan Buddhism College of China in Beijing to study Sanskrit systematically. In 2006, Gyumey Tsultrim published a book on Sanskrit handwriting and began particip

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Memorial for victims of eruption from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak

SHIMABARA, Japan - People light candles on June 3, 2014, at Mt. Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall in Shimabara to pray for the victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak in Nagasaki Prefecture on the same day in 1991.

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23rd anniv. of Mt. Unzen disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Family members of media workers killed in the Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak pyroclastic flow disaster in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1991 pray in Shimabara on June 3, 2014.

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Suu Kyi in Oslo

OSLO, Norway - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo on June 16, 2012. She finally received her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital after spending more than 14 years under house arrest.

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Suu Kyi in Oslo

OSLO, Norway - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) gives a press conference in Oslo on June 15, 2012. She finally received her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital the following day after spending more than 14 years under house arrest. To the right is Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

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Suu Kyi in Oslo

OSLO, Norway - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives a press conference in Oslo on June 15, 2012. She finally received her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital the following day after spending more than 14 years under house arrest.

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Suu Kyi in Oslo

OSLO, Norway - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives in Oslo on June 15, 2012. She finally received her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital the following day after spending more than 14 years under house arrest.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Mikasa, an uncle of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Yuriko (both in wheelchairs) attend the main funeral of their eldest son Prince Tomohito of Mikasa at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on June 14, 2012. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Mikasa, an uncle of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Yuriko (both in wheelchairs) attend the main funeral of their eldest son Prince Tomohito of Mikasa at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on June 14, 2012. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Akiko (R), the elder daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, receives from a Shinto priest a tree branch for worshipping during the main funeral for the late prince, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for on June 14, 2012. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying the body of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, arrives at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for the main funeral on June 14, 2012. The prince died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - (from front R) Princess Akiko, Princess Yoko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako attend the main funeral of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for on June 14, 2012. Princess Akiko is the elder daughter of the late prince and Princess Yoko is the younger daughter. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Tiananmen protests 'father' Fang Lizhi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Kyoto in June 1991 shows Fang Lizhi. The Chinese democracy activist whose ideas on democracy helped inspire protest movements in China in the late 1980s, including at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, died on April 6, 2012, in Tucson, Arizona. He was 76.

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Ex-PM Kaifu decorated

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (R front) chats with Masatoshi Wakabayashi, former agriculture minister, during a photo session for the recipients of annual spring decorations from the Japanese government at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Kaifu, 80, who was Japan's prime minister from February 1990 to November 1991, received this spring's highest award, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.

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Ex-Prime Minister Miyazawa dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (file photo taken in 2004) died on June 28. He was 87. Miyazawa, who was premier from 1991 to 1993, passed away at 1:16 p.m. at his home in Tokyo. He was not suffering from any specific illness.

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa to receive treatment for alcoholism

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (file photo), a cousin of Emperor Akihito, needs to receive treatment for alcohol dependency for more than a month at the Imperial Household Hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said June 22. Prince Tomohito is suffering severe insomnia and difficulty in swallowing food, the agency said. Prince Tomohito has gone through seven operations to remove tumors from his throat and esophagus since 1991.

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Russian foreign minister visits disputed island of Kunashiri

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C) arrives in Kunashiri Island, one of four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, on June 3. He is the first Russian foreign minister to visit one of the islands known in Japan as the Northern Territories and in Russia as the Southern Kurils since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko leave for Southeast Asia trip

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko depart from Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 8 for a weeklong visit to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. It is the couple's first visit to Singapore, and the visit to Thailand and Malaysia is their second since the emperor ascended to the throne in 1989. They last visited the two countries in 1991.

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City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - People who lost their kin when Mt. Unzen (seen in the background) errupte in 1991, visit a place that commands the volcano on June 3 as the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture marked the 15th anniversary of the disaster that took 43 lives.

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City marks 15th anniversary of Mt. Unzen eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - People offer their silent prayer on June 3 as the city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture marked the 15th anniversary of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Unzen that took 43 lives.