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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Topples Archway of Tainan’s Nankunshen Daitian Temple

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai Township, Chiayi County around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The storm toppled Tainan's iconic archway of Nankunshen Daitian Temple, causing widespread flooding across the neighborhood.

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Comedian duo Woman Rush Hour

OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Daisuke Muramoto (L) and Paradise Nakagawa of Japanese comedic duo Woman Rush Hour pose after winning the 43rd "manzai" standup comedy contest sponsored by public broadcaster NHK in Osaka, western Japan, on March 1, 2013. (Kyodo)

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India's defense exports reach all-time high of 2.63 bln USD

STORY: India's defense exports reach all-time high of 2.63 bln USD SHOOTING TIME: File footage DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India Gate 2. various of Indian government buildings 2. various of tanks and missiles on parade STORYLINE: India's defense exports reached an all-time high of 2.63 billion U.S. dollars during the financial year 2023-24 running from April 2023 to the end of March 2024, announced the federal government on Monday. The figure registered a 32.5 percent growth over the last financial year, it said. The data indicated that the defense exports have grown by 31 times in the last 10 years as compared to the financial year 2013-14, said a statement issued by the ministry of defense. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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China trains new-generation workers on vocational education boom

STORY: China trains new-generation workers on vocational education boom SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage / March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 26, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:25 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shenyang 2. various of the training 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HOU BOMIN, Dean of ShenYang Sino German Institute 4. various of the students 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DONG AIPENG, Student of BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA) New Vocational Education program 6. various of the students 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SASIKARN PANYAOPAS, Thai student 8. various of the students STORYLINE: In recent years, China has actively expanded its vocational education to align with the demands of enterprises. With various programs, the country's vocational education has embraced international cooperation. Since 2013, BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA) in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, has run a vocational program. By teaming up with vocational schools, BBA designs courses that match the needs of b

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Middle school in China's Xizang prioritizes Tibetan language learning

STORY: Middle school in China's Xizang prioritizes Tibetan language learning SHOOTING TIME: March 21, 2024 DATELINE: March 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: NAGQU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zhejiang Middle School and students 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MA XIAOJUN, Student STORYLINE: Zhejiang Middle School opened its doors in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region in August 2013. It was funded by Zhejiang Province and named after it. The school places a strong emphasis on Tibetan language learning. Ma Xiaojun is a student of the Hui ethnic group. Once a novice in Tibetan, he can now speak it fluently in daily conversations. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MA XIAOJUN, Student "I have been studying here in Nagqu for over ten years. I've picked up some basic Tibetan and can now comprehend the language fairly well. My classmates are all very nice to me. If I need help, they will always lend a hand. I want to continue studying here in Xizang." Xinhua News Agency correspondents

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Turkish police detain 24 suspected IS members

STORY: Turkish police detain 24 suspected IS members SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: March 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police detaining at least 24 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in anti-terror operations across Türkiye (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish police have detained at least 24 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in anti-terror operations across Türkiye, the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Saturday. The operations, dubbed "Bozdogan-15," were carried out in eight provinces across the country, Yerlikaya said on social media platform X, without specifying the dates of the operations. The minister said the operations were conducted in coordination with intelligence and counterterrorism directorates. The Turkish government designated the IS as a terrorist organization in 2013 and blamed it for a spate of deadly attacks in the country since 2015. In D

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Chinese company increases overseas investments, achieving win-win results

STORY: Chinese company increases overseas investments, achieving win-win results DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Wellhope Foods Co., Ltd. 2. various of Golden Harvesta INC. 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Filipino): EUNICE HILARIO, Local farmer 4. various of production 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PRAJAYA, Joint venture partner of PT Mulia Harvest Agritech in Indonesia 6. various of production 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JIN WEIDONG, Chairman of Wellhope Foods Company Limited STORYLINE: Headquartered in northeast China's Shenyang, Wellhope Foods Co., Ltd. is a private enterprise mainly focusing on fodder trade, pig raising, and food processing. Since 2013, Wellhope has invested and built factories in the Philippines, Indonesia and other Belt and Road countries, bringing win-win results. Golden Harvesta INC. in the Philippines is one of the companies Wellhope has invested in. It has brought tangible benefits to local farmers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Filip

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Prehistoric snake fossils discovered in China's Guangxi

STORY: Prehistoric snake fossils discovered in China's Guangxi DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the discoveries 2. various of the published article 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG QINGPING, Research fellow with Guangxi Institute of Conservation and Archaeology Research STORYLINE: Snake skeleton bones dating back to 6,000 years ago have been discovered in the Zuojiang basin in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Chinese researchers recently published their findings in the journal Historical Biology. 　　 From 2013 to 2015, a team led by Yang Qingping, a research fellow with the Guangxi Institute of Conservation and Archaeology Research, carried out excavations in the Zuojiang basin, and found several Neolithic sites. After analyzing the snake remains found in the Baojianshan site and Dawan site, researchers found that the fossil relics belonged to the python, king cobra and elaphe moellendorffi species. After measuring t

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I see China as "the land of opportunities": Brazilian businessman

STORY: I see China as "the land of opportunities": Brazilian businessman DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:04 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiamen 2. various of Marcos's business 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman STORYLINE: Marcos Caldeira, a Brazilian who has lived in east China's coastal city of Xiamen for 10 years, said that he has good expectations for his business in China, a place he takes as his second hometown. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman "I came to China in 2013, so this year celebrates my 10-year anniversary of coming to China. I'd like to say these 10 years have been like 'crazy 10 years,' in a good way, because we started our business in 2015 and after that it just keeps growing and growing and gro

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China's "river chief" safeguards water quality of rural river

STORY: China's "river chief" safeguards water quality of rural river DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QIN WEIJUAN, Party Secretary of Dongwang Village, Huzhou City 2. various of Qin Weijuan patrolling along the river STORYLINE: Qin Weijuan is a "river chief" in charge of a river in Dongwang Village, east China's Zhejiang Province. She is one of over 1.2 million "river chiefs" or stewards assigned for waterways to tackle water pollution amid China's efforts in water resources protection. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QIN WEIJUAN, River chief "I was born and raised in Dongwang Village. I grew up near the Beiheng Port. This river bears many memories of mine. Now I am in charge of the river. I became the river chief since 2013. I patrol the river routinely to check the water quality and see if there are any floating garbage or other objects. Over the past decade, the water quality of the river has greatly improved. It was smelly an

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Cherry blossoms reach full bloom in Tokyo

STORY: Cherry blossoms reach full bloom in Tokyo DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:57 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1 various of cherry blossoms in Tokyo STORYLINE: The Japan Meteorological Agency announced on Wednesday that cherry blossoms in Tokyo are in full bloom, which came nine days earlier than average and five days earlier than in 2022. A cherry tree monitored in Tokyo has reached full bloom when about 80 percent or more of its buds are open, becoming this year's first sample cherry tree to do so in Japan. The Somei-Yoshino cherry tree, used by the agency as a yardstick to measure the annual event, started blooming on March 14, also the earliest in the country this year. According to the agency, the full bloom matched 2013, 2020, and 2021 to become the second-earliest day in the year for the seasonal phenomena to occur since records began. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tokyo. (XHTV)

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Xinjiang, My home: Interior designer's passion for designing homes

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: Interior designer's passion for designing homes DATELINE: March 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kurban Rozi STORYLINE: Kurban Rozi, an interior designer, is passionate about designing homes for people in Qiemo County, China's Xinjiang. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): KURBAN ROZI, Interior designer from Xinjiang "Hi, I'm Kurban." "I'm from Tograk Township, Qiemo County, Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture." "This is my store selling interior decoration materials." "I sell and deliver materials while doing decoration design." "Now, I'm going to a client's home." "We're gonna make another cabinet and put it here." "Is it okay to make the sofa about 4 meters long?" "Okay." "Do you think this design is okay? Like this." "Ah, that's it?" "Yes." "Okay, let's do this." "This is the wardrobe in bedroom." "That's it. I want the white color." "Okay, this white color." "I have been doing interior decoration since 2013." "This is my clie

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Egypt extends initiatives to support tourism sector

STORY: Egypt extends initiatives to support tourism sector DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) 2. various of banks in Egypt STORYLINE: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced on Sunday that it has extended two initiatives supporting the tourism sector through March 2023. The initiatives were initially set to expire at the end of this year. The first initiative allows companies to obtain loans with a lower interest rate, within which the banks will accept the beneficiaries' requests to delay due repayment to the banks. The initiative was first launched in 2013 and amended in 2021 to support the sector amid the severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The second initiative that was extended aims to provide retail loans to the sector's workers. During the three-month period, the banks will be required to carry forward the dues on the initiative's beneficiaries, particularly for loans obtained by workers for co

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Work to shield groundwater flow at Fukushima nuke plant

SENDAI, Japan - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings (from foreground) are seen (L) from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 3, 2013. The other photo, taken on Sept. 5, 2014, shows work is under way to build underground ice walls around the basements of the buildings to prevent groundwater from seeping into them and becoming contaminated with radioactive substances.

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Town landscape before and after 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - A long conveyer belt to carry earth and sand from the mountains for ground-level-raising purposes is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter in the photo below taken on Sept. 1, 2014, in the 2011 tsunami-devastated city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in contrast with the above picture of the same place photographed on March 6, 2013.

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Hyogo assembly member cries during press conference

KOBE, Japan - Ryutaro Nonomura, a member of the Hyogo prefectural assembly, cries during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on July 1, 2014. Nonomura admitted to spending around 3 million yen without any receipts for 195 one-day business trips in fiscal 2013 through March.

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Hyogo assembly member cries during press conference

KOBE, Japan - Ryutaro Nonomura, a member of the Hyogo prefectural assembly, cries during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on July 1, 2014. Nonomura admitted to spending around 3 million yen without any receipts for 195 one-day business trips in fiscal 2013 through March.

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Private-sector managed public library in Saga Pref.

SAGA, Japan - Visitors relax at Takeo City Library in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, on April 1, 2014, one year after the public library was reopened under the management of a private-sector entity. The total number of visitors to the library in fiscal 2013 ended March 31 reached 920,000, 3.6 times higher than the last fiscal year the library was open for a full 12 months under city management.

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Empress Michiko walks to main hall of Ise Grand Shrine

ISE, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko walks to the main shrine of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on March 26, 2014. The 1,500-year-old shrine, rebuilt in 2013 for the 62nd time, is dedicated to Japan's sun goddess, Amaterasu Omikami, the supreme deity in the Shinto pantheon.

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Emperor Akihito walks to main hall of Ise Grand Shrine

ISE, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito walks to the main shrine of Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on March 26, 2014. The 1,500-year-old shrine, rebuilt in 2013 for the 62nd time, is dedicated to Japan's sun goddess, Amaterasu Omikami, the supreme deity in the Shinto pantheon.

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Sendai nuclear power plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Photo taken in June 2013 shows (from R) the No. 1 and 2 reactors of the Sendai nuclear power plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co. in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Nuclear regulators decided on March 13, 2014, to prioritize the safety review of the two reactors, making them potentially the closest to being allowed to restart among Japan's 48 offline commercial reactors.

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Sendai nuclear power plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Photo taken in June 2013 shows (from L) the No. 1 and 2 reactors of the Sendai nuclear power plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co. in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Nuclear regulators decided on March 13, 2014, to prioritize the safety review of the two reactors, making them potentially the closest to being allowed to restart among Japan's 48 offline commercial reactors.

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Fallout from U.S. nuke tests continues to take toll

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 shows Masatoshi Yamashita, a former high school teacher, giving an interview at his home in Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture. Yamashita, together with his students, confirmed after 30 years of studies that some 1,000 Japanese fishing boats were exposed to "death ash" caused by a series of U.S. nuclear tests in the central Pacific Ocean around 60 years ago, in addition to the Fukuryu Maru No. 5 tuna fishing boat that was exposed to fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954.

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Lady Gaga in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - American pop star Lady Gaga holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2013. Lady Gaga said she will put a specially made stuffed Hello Kitty doll up for auction in support of reconstruction in areas in northeastern Japan hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Christmas tree in disaster-hit city

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo shows a Christmas tree to encourage children in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Dec. 1, 2013, prior to the 1,000th day on Dec. 4 since the disaster.

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Lady Gaga in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - American pop star Lady Gaga holds a stuffed Hello Kitty doll in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2013. Lady Gaga said she will put the specially made toy up for auction in support of reconstruction in areas in northeastern Japan hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan enters 9th Warm Biz season

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Environment Ministry work at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2013, wearing items such as sweaters and stoles, as the Japanese government began promoting a nationwide "Warm Biz" energy-saving campaign the same day to encourage the use of warm clothing and food with body-heating effects, rather than electric heating, to fend off the autumn and winter cold. During the ninth Warm Biz season until March 31, 2014, the ministry will encourage setting room temperatures at offices and homes across the country at 20 C.

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Japan enters 9th Warm Biz season

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Environment Ministry work at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2013, wearing items such as sweaters and stoles, with an official (front) having a ginger drink to warm herself, as the Japanese government began promoting a nationwide "Warm Biz" energy-saving campaign the same day to encourage the use of warm clothing and food with body-heating effects, rather than electric heating, to fend off the autumn and winter cold. During the ninth Warm Biz season until March 31, 2014, the ministry will encourage setting room temperatures at offices and homes across the country at 20 C.

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Japan Tobacco to undertake drastic restructuring

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Tobacco Co. Vice President Akira Saeki speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2013, as the company said it will close four of its nine cigarette manufacturing-related factories in Japan and a vending machine production base, most of them in March 2015, and cut 1,600 jobs, or about 20 percent of the employees in its tobacco business, due to falling sales.

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China's National Day

BEIJING, China - Police officers march during a ceremony at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2013, to celebrate China's National Day.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yoshida area of Watari town, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), a day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R), complete with a greenhouse complex to grow strawberries.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Arahama area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area around Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Many pupils and teachers at the school were killed or became unaccounted for in the disaster.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show Shizugawa High School in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). People still live in temporary housing units (R) on the school ground, where survivors wrote "SOS." (L).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Shishiori area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Work began Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle the fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 18 (front in both) that was washed ashore by the tsunami and has remained stranded.

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Japan's new patrol plane P-1

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2013 shows a P-1 jet, the next-generation Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft, at the MSDF's Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture. The MSDF has grounded P-1 patrol planes deployed at the base due to engine problems, Defense Ministry sources said on June 20, 2013.

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Indonesian workers stage May Day rally

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian workers march on a main street of Jakarta on May 1, 2013, as tens of thousands of people across the archipelago stage May Day rallies, opposing cheap labor, demanding health services and rejecting fuel price hikes.

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Photographer traces history of granddad in U.S.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photographer Misaki Matsui opens a photo exhibition titled "Back to California after 100 Years" on March 1, 2013 at the Japan International Cooperation Agency's Japanese Overseas Migration Museum in Yokohama. The exhibition running through May 6 shows a collection of her works tracing the history of her family through trips to follow in the footsteps of her grandfather and great-grandfather in the United States. Photo taken March 1, 2013 at the exhibition venue.

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First post-disaster public housing completed in Miyagi Pref.

YAMAMOTO, Japan - A man unlocks the door of the new public housing home he will move into in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 1, 2013. A ceremony was held the same day in the prefecture following the completion of the first public housing to be built after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Ozawa to become director general of Art Tower Mito

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. Art Tower Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture said on March 31, 2013, Ozawa will become its director general on April 1.

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Court decision over vote disparity

AKITA, Japan - Lawyer Hidetoshi Masunaga (C) and other plaintiffs hold a press conference in the city of Akita on March 27, 2013, after the Sendai High Court's Akita branch ruled that a general election result in a northeastern Japan constituency was unconstitutional due to a significant disparity in the weight of votes. The ruling by the court was the last in 16 cases brought by two groups of lawyers over disparities in the weight of votes of up to 2.43 to 1 in the Dec. 16 general election.

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Japan vs. Jordan in World Cup qualifier

AMMAN, Jordan - Japan's Yasuhito Endo had a light apparently from a laser shone in his face during the second half of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at King Abdullah International Stadium in Amman on March 26, 2013. Jordan won 2-1.

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Japan vs. Jordan in World Cup qualifier

AMMAN, Jordan - Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima had a light apparently from a laser shone in his face in the first half of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at King Abdullah International Stadium in Amman on March 26, 2013. Jordan won 2-1.

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Japan vs. Jordan in World Cup qualifier

AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's Ahmad Ibrahim (10) scores in the 60th minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Japan at King Abdullah International Stadium in Amman on March 26, 2013. Jordan won 2-1.

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Japan vs. Jordan in World Cup qualifier

AMMAN, Jordan - Japan's Shinji Kagawa (front) reacts after losing to Jordan 1-2 in a 2014 World Cup qualifier against at King Abdullah International Stadium in Amman on March 26, 2013.

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Japan vs. Jordan in World Cup qualifier

AMMAN, Jordan - Japan's Shinji Kagawa scores in the 69th minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at King Abdullah International Stadium in Amman on March 26, 2013. Jordan won 2-1.

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Japan vs. Jordan in World Cup qualifier

AMMAN, Jordan - Japan's Yasuhito Endo had a light apparently from a laser shone in his face before he took a penalty in the second half of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at King Abdullah International Stadium in Amman on March 26, 2013. Jordan won 2-1.

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Japan vs. Jordan in World Cup qualifier

AMMAN, Jordan - Japan's Shinji Kagawa scores in the 69th minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at King Abdullah International Stadium in Amman on March 26, 2013. Jordan won 2-1.

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Japan vs. Jordan in World Cup qualifier

AMMAN, Jordan - Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima had a light apparently from a laser shone in his face while defending a free kick by Jordan in the first half of a 2014 World Cup qualifier at King Abdullah International Stadium in Amman on March 26, 2013. Jordan won 2-1.