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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on Dec. 25, 2020 shows tourists learning surfing moves on a beach in Houhai Village of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certif

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Dec. 25, 2020 shows tourists learning surfing moves on a beach in Houhai Village of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu

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(SP)CHINA-HUNAN-ZHANGJIAJIE-DOWNHILL MOUNTAIN BIKING-TOURISM (CN)

(240519) -- CHANGSHA, May 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 6, 2017 shows a view of the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province. Zhangjiajie, located in the northwest of Hunan Province, is one of the World Natural Heritage sites in China. Its breathtaking natural landscapes have attracted tourists worldwide and have drawn extreme sports enthusiasts to prove their skills. Ye Zhengwu, a 25-year-old mountain biker, was born and raised in Zhangjiajie. He developed a passion for biking at a young age. In 2015, while studying in university, he first encountered downhill mountain biking and was deeply attracted to it. "As a child growing up in the mountains, I always love exploring mountains. Riding through the forests is a great pleasure for me," Ye said. According to him, the natural resources and challenging road conditions here are ideal for downhill mountain biking. "For me, it's truly a pleasure to engage in my favorite sport in my beloved hometown

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Giant Network

HANGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 25, 2015 - (FILE) Shi Yuzhu, founder of Giant Network, in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, June 25, 2015.

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Giant Network

HANGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 25, 2015 - (FILE) Shi Yuzhu, founder of Giant Network, in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, June 25, 2015.

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Kansai Electric to seek reactivation of idled reactors

OSAKA, June 25 Kyodo - Monitor image shows Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi addressing the company's general shareholders' meeting in Osaka on June 25, 2015. Yagi said the utility will make its utmost effort to reactive idled reactors to turn around the business.

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Toyota to launch hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in Japan by March 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuhisa Kato, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., briefs reporters on the company's sedan-style hydrogen fuel cell vehicle at a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2014. Kato said Toyota will begin selling the fuel car in Japan by March 2015 with a retail price of around 7 million yen.

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Toyota to launch hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in Japan by March 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a prototype of Toyota Motor Corp.'s sedan-style hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. Toyota said on June 25, 2014, that it will begin selling the hydrogen fuel cell car in Japan by March 2015 with a retail price of around 7 million yen.

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Toyota to launch hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in Japan by March 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuhisa Kato, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., stands by a prototype of the company's sedan-style hydrogen fuel cell vehicle during a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2014. Kato said Toyota will begin selling the fuel car in Japan by March 2015 with a retail price of around 7 million yen.

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US Air Force To Send Dozens Of F-22 Fighter Jets To The Pacific

Handout file photo dated June 6, 2015 of an F-22 Raptor from the Hawaii Air National Guardâs 199th Fighter Squadron increases altitude shortly after takeoff at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The United States Air Force is sending more than two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to an exercise in the western Pacific this month, an unusually large deployment of the powerful jets that analysts say sends a strong message to a possible adversary in China.Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii this week said approximately 25 F-22s Raptors from the Hawaii Air National Guard and from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, will deploy this month to Guam and Tinian islands for Operation Pacific Iron 2021. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Aaron Oelrich via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - A Rafale jet fighter aircraft by Dassault Aviation makes a flight demonstration during the 49th Paris International Air Show (Salon du Bourget), in Le Bourget, near Paris, France, on June 25, 2011. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Christophe Guibbaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - A Rafale jet fighter aircraft by Dassault Aviation makes a flight demonstration during the 49th Paris International Air Show (Salon du Bourget), in Le Bourget, near Paris, France, on June 25, 2011. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Christophe Guibbaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kajima, translator of Faulkner, Twain, dies at 92

Photo taken June 2012 shows Shozo Kajima, a poet as well as translator of William Faulkner, Mark Twain and Agatha Christie. It was reported on Jan. 6, 2016, that Kajima died of old age at 92 on Dec. 25, 2015. After studying in the United States, Kajima taught English and American literature at Shinshu University and Yokohama National University. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China announces formal creation of Asian infrastructure bank

File photo taken in June 2015 in Beijing shows representatives from the founding countries of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank posing for commemorative photos during a signing ceremony for its establishment pact. The institution was formally established on Dec. 25, 2015, China said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation order lifted for southwestern Japan island residents

File photo taken June 4, 2015 shows Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, with Yakushima Island seen in the background. An evacuation order for most of Kuchinoerabu Island was lifted on Dec. 25, nearly seven months after a volcanic eruption there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People queue up at "teriyaki" grilled chicken restaurant in Nairobi

Kenyan citizens wait in a long line at Teriyaki Japan, a grilled chicken restaurant in Nairobi, as pictured on June 25, 2015. Set up last March, the restaurant is operated by Toridoll Corp. of Kobe, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Softbank Team Japan manager, skipper eye America's Cup

Kazuhiko Sofuku (L), general manager of Softbank Team Japan, and skipper Dean Barker shake hands in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, ahead of the start of the America's Cup World Series event in Britain from late July. The team aims to challenge for the 2017 America's Cup in Bermuda. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Syrian deputy foreign minister Mekdad in interview

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Damascus on June 25, 2015, in which he criticized neighbors Turkey and Jordan for supporting armed rebels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea master Sen Genshitsu shows "way of tea" in China

Sen Genshitsu (L), former grand master of the Urasenke school of chado, displays "the way of tea" in front of Chinese students at Beijing Foreign Studies University on June 25, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea master Sen Genshitsu gives lecture in China

Sen Genshitsu, former grand master of the Urasenke school of chado, gives a lecture at Beijing Foreign Studies University on June 25, 2015, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the university's Beijing Center for Japanese Studies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp's motion sensor module for elderly care

Photo taken in Osaka on June 25, 2015, shows Sharp Corp.'s microwave-based sensor module that can detect a person's heart rate and body motion. The company eyes a utilization of the sensor at residences and nursing homes as a way to watch over elderly persons who need support. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Akasaki honored by Kagoshima Prefecture

Isamu Akasaki (L), one of the 2014 Nobel physics prize winners behind the invention of energy-efficient blue light-emitting diodes, receives his honorary citizen certificate from Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito at the prefectural government office in Kagoshima on June 25, 2015. Akasaki hails from the southwestern Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Peach Aviation to launch Haneda-Taipei route from 7,680 yen

Shinichi Inoue (C), chief executive officer of low-cost carrier Peach Aviation, announces at a press conference on June 25, 2015, in Tokyo that the airline will launch a new route linking Haneda airport with Taipei from Aug. 8, with one-way tickets starting from 7,680 yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea master Sen Genshitsu lectures in China

Sen Genshitsu, former grand master of the Urasenke school of chado, lectures at Beijing Foreign Studies University on June 25, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wild plant protection deal sealed in Kyoto

The Japan Association of Botanical Gardens and the Environment Ministry conclude an agreement on the protection of endangered wild plants on June 25, 2015, in Kyoto, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan rugby coach Jones in Miyazaki

Eddie Jones, coach of Japan's national rugby union team, is seen in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on June 25, 2015. Jones is also the director of rugby for the Japanese Super Rugby team, which will join the expanded championship in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka's Dotonbori eyes new Guinness record in Bon dance

Singer Tatsuo Kamon (C, 2nd row) and others pose for photos during a press conference in Osaka on June 25, 2015. The organizer of a dance event in the western Japanese city's famous Dotonbori entertainment district aims to break a Guinness world record with 3,000 participants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. envoy Kennedy inspects Kotohikihama Beach

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (3rd from L) inspects Kotohikihama Beach in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on June 25, 2015, as Kyotango Mayor Yasushi Nakayama (L) speaks with her. The sand of the beach is famous for making a squeaking sound. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Students walk past quake-hit people's tents in Nepal

Two students walk past tents in Kathmandu that serve as temporary homes for survivors of the April 2015 quake, in the rain on June 25, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People mourn loss of cat stationmaster Tama in Wakayama Pref.

People mourn the death of Tama, a popular feline stationmaster at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, on June 25, 2015. Tama died on June 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamanashi officials check safety of Mt. Fuji trail

Yamanashi prefectural government officials walk up the Yoshidaguchi Trail on the Yamanashi side of Mt. Fuji on June 25, 2015, to check the safety of Japan's tallest mountain ahead of its opening for climbers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People mourn loss of cat stationmaster Tama in Wakayama Pref.

A man bows in front of pictures of Tama, a popular feline stationmaster at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, on June 25, 2015, as he mourns the death of the cat who died on June 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Helicopter transports new cable car

A helicopter transports a new cable car on June 25, 2015, over Isehara for use on Mt. Oyama in the Tanzawa-Oyama Quasi-National Park in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's central bank cuts lending, deposit rates again

File photo taken in March 2015 shows the People's Bank of China in Beijing. The central bank said June 27, 2015 it will cut its benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points again, its fourth cut since November 2014. It will also lower the requirement reserve ratio for certain banks as part of efforts to stem the slowdown of the world's second-largest economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panasonic to roll out new 4K tablet this summer

Panasonic Corp. announces on June 23, 2015, the release on Aug. 25 of a new Toughpad 4K tablet computer for corporate users. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori says calf feeling better for Wimbledon

Kei Nishikori hits a shot during practice in Wimbledon, England, on June 25, 2015. The world No. 5 player has said on his official Website that his injured left calf is feeling better before the June 29 start of the grass-court championships. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan opens "salon" in Milan to showcase food, agriculture

Visitors make hand-rolled sushi at the food-themed Expo Milano on June 25, 2015. Japanese public- and private-sector entities jointly opened a venue in central Milan to showcase the country's culinary culture and farming technology -- the "Japan Salone" (Salone del Giappone). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan opens "salon" in Milan to showcase food, agriculture

Visitors taste Japanese sake rice wine at the food-themed Expo Milano on June 25, 2015. Japanese public- and private-sector entities jointly opened a venue in central Milan to showcase the country's culinary culture and farming technology -- the "Japan Salone" (Salone del Giappone). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan opens "salon" in Milan to showcase food, agriculture

Photo taken June 25, 2015, shows producers of Japanese sake rice wine and "shochu" distilled spirits at the "Japan Salone" (Salone del Giappone) of the food-themed Expo Milano. Japanese public- and private-sector entities jointly opened the venue in central Milan to showcase the country's culinary culture and farming technology. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Donors pledge $4.4 bil. for Nepal's post-quake recovery

Nepalese Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat (C) speaks at a press conference at the end of an international conference on Nepal's reconstruction in Kathmandu on June 25, 2015. Mahat called the conference a success as donors pledged a total of $4.4 billion for helping Nepal recover from the devastating earthquakes of April and May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Vietnamese leaders likely to discuss China's sea moves

U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius talks about China's muscle-flexing in the South China Sea in Hanoi on June 25, 2015. Osius said Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party, is expected to discuss the issue with U.S. President Barack Obama in early July during the first visit to the United States by a Vietnamese top party leader. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ruling party calls for tighter sanctions on N. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) receives a list of recommendations from Keiji Furuya (L), head of the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters for North Korean abductions, at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, alongside Eriko Yamatani, minister in charge of the abduction issue. The LDP demanded that the government tighten sanctions on Pyongyang to prod it to provide information as soon as possible about Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar parliament votes to keep military veto over charter changes

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at a news conference at the parliament building in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on June 25, 2015, after parliament voted to retain the military's veto power over any constitutional amendments, dealing a blow to the leader of the opposition National League for Democracy running for the presidency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kyotango

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L), walks barefoot on Kotohiki-hama beach along with Yasushi Nakayama, mayor of Kyotango city, Kyoto Prefecture, on June 25, 2015. The beach, designated a natural treasure, is famous for the peculiar sound its sands make. The squeaking sound is said to be similar to the sound of the koto, a kind of Japanese harp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar parliament votes to keep military veto over charter changes

Military representatives cast their ballots on constitutional amendments during a session of Myanmar's parliament in the capital of Naypyitaw on June 25, 2015. The parliament voted to retain the military's veto power over any constitutional amendments, dealing a blow to leader of the opposition National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi's hopes of running for the presidency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar parliament votes to keep military veto over charter changes

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R in front) heads for a debate on constitutional amendments at the parliament building in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on June 25, 2015. The parliament voted to retain the military's veto power over any constitutional amendments, dealing a blow to Suu Kyi's hopes of running for the presidency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP's Endo assumes 2020 Tokyo Olympics minister

Toshiaki Endo (L), a member of the House of Representatives from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, after Endo assumed the post of a Cabinet minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP's Endo assumes 2020 Tokyo Olympics minister

Toshiaki Endo, a member of the House of Representatives from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, after assuming the post of a Cabinet minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takata chief apologizes in 1st appearance since massive recalls

Reporters raise their hands to question Shigehisa Takada (C), chairman and chief executive officer of Japan's troubled Takata Corp., during a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2015. Takada offered an apology over the company's defective air bags, making his first appearance since the crisis arising from its potentially deadly products deepened in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takata chief apologizes in 1st appearance since massive recalls

Shigehisa Takada (C), chairman and chief executive officer of Japan's troubled Takata Corp., bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2015. Takada offered an apology over the company's defective air bags, making his first appearance since the crisis arising from its potentially deadly products deepened in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo