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Moscow opens world's longest metro ring

STORY: Moscow opens world's longest subway line DATELINE: March 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening of the 70-km Big Circle Line (BCL) 2. various of Russian President Vladimir Putin participating in the opening ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE (Russian): SERGEI SOBYANIN, Moscow Mayor 4. various of the Big Circle Line STORYLINE: Moscow on Wednesday opened the 70-km Big Circle Line (BCL), the longest subway line in the world. The metro line was constructed from 2011 to 2022. The first section of the BCL opened in 2018, and another 20-km section, which is the longest in the history of the capital's metro, was launched in December 2021. The BCL has 31 stations, with 24 of those providing 47 interchanges to existing and future stations of the capital's metro. Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the ceremony dedicated to the launch of the BLC via video link, while Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin attended the opening in person. SOUNDBITE (Rus

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Dancers from Japan's quake-ravaged regions on stage at Milan expo

MILAN, July 25 Kyodo - Dancers and drummers from Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, areas devastated by the major earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, perform the traditional "Sansa Odori" dance on the stage of the Milan expo's Japan Pavilion in Milan, Italy, on July 24, 2015, expressing gratitude to visitors for support given in post-quake reconstruction.

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Tsunami-destroyed railway station to be restored

SENDAI, Japan - East Japan Railway Co.'s Rikuchu-Yamada Station on the Yamada Line in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is seen in tatters in this file photo taken on March 23, 2011, a dozen days after it was hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. The company and the local community agreed on Dec. 24, 2014, to restore the station, burned down by a tsunami-caused fire, as part of a project to revive the line wrecked by the disaster.

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Japanese fan thanks Brazil for aid after 2011 tsunami

CUIABA, Brazil - A Japanese supporter at a World Cup Group C match of Japan against Colombia at the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, Brazil, on June 24, 2014, holds a banner in Portuguese thanking Brazil for its aid and friendship for the areas devastated by the March 11, 2011, disaster in Japan.

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Lawmaker Inoki, Ultraman hold event in Tohoku in July

SENDAI, Japan - Japan's House of Councillors member Antonio Inoki (L) shouts during a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 24, 2014, where the professional wrestler-turned politician announced a plan to hold an event together with TV superhero Ultraman (C) in July to encourage victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Lawmaker Inoki, Ultraman join hands in Tohoku event

SENDAI, Japan - Japan's House of Councillors member Antonio Inoki and TV superhero Ultraman strike the hero's signature "Specium Ray" pose during a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 24, 2014. The professional wrestler-turned politician announced a plan to hold an event together with Ultraman in July to encourage victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Plaintiff group against Ikata nuclear plant

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A plaintiff group proceeds to the Matsuyama district court in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on June 24, 2014, to file a lawsuit seeking to halt the operation of the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant of Shikoku Electric Power Co. The power plant has been idled since the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Gold medal is symbol of hopes for quake-hit people: Hanyu

TOKYO, Japan - Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu shows the gold medal he won at the Sochi Olympics at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 24, 2014, saying it serves as a symbol of the hopes and dreams of people who were affected by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Hanyu's hometown is Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the disaster.

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Fukushima school gives debris art to NRA head

TOKYO, Japan - A student from Hobara high school in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, hands a piece of debris from the 2011 earthquake with a drawing of flower on it to Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (L) at the authority in Tokyo on March 24, 2014. The students have created artworks to encourage victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the earthquake.

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Huge belt conveyor removes sand in quake-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A huge belt conveyor begins operating on March 24, 2014, to remove earth and sand in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, which was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, and tsunami.

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Giant conveyer belt begins operations in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Children and other guests cut the tape during a ceremony to start operation of a giant conveyor belt in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on March 24, 2014. The three-kilometer belt is designed to carry soil for a massive project to move residential areas to higher ground that will be less vulnerable to tsunami than the neighborhoods swept away in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Giant conveyor belt begins operations in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken on March 24, 2014, shows a giant conveyor belt in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, which was devastated in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The three-kilometer belt, beginning operation the same day, is designed to carry soil for a massive project to move residential areas to higher ground that will be less vulnerable to tsunami.

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Diet building illumination resumes

TOKYO, Japan - The Diet building in Tokyo is illuminated on Jan. 24, 2014, as nighttime illumination of the Japanese parliament resumes after a nearly three-year hiatus. The illumination, which started in 1990 to mark the centennial of the launch of the Diet, was halted on March 14, 2011, three days after the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, leading to power shortages in Japan.

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Diet building illumination resumes

TOKYO, Japan - The Diet building in Tokyo is illuminated on Jan. 24, 2014, as nighttime illumination of the Japanese parliament resumes after a nearly three-year hiatus. The illumination, which started in 1990 to mark the centennial of the launch of the Diet, was halted on March 14, 2011, three days after the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, leading to power shortages in Japan.

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Student from quake-hit region

GENEVA, Switzerland - Kosuke Kagaya (R), a student at the Miyagi prefectural Sendai Daisan senior high school, is pictured on a snowboarding outing in the Swiss mountain resort village of Verbier on Dec. 24, 2013. Kagaya is spending time in Switzerland until the end of the year on a project started by a Japanese woman living in the country to invite children and students from Japan's Tohoku region hit by the March 2011 disaster to a school in Switzerland.

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Athletics legends in disaster area

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. athletics legends (from L) long jump world-record holder Mike Powell, former triple jump world-record holder Willie Banks and nine-time Olympic gold medal winner Carl Lewis offer flowers in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 24, 2013, an area hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Athletics legends in disaster area

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. nine-time Olympic gold medal winner Carl Lewis runs in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 24, 2013, with students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, areas hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

NARAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech to police officers at a checkpoint in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 24, 2013, during the prime minister's visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

NARAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech to police officers at a checkpoint in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 24, 2013, during the prime minister's visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front, 2nd from R) listens as Katsuya Endo (front, 3rd from R), mayor of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, describes the situation in the town at JR Tomioka Station on March 24, 2013, during the prime minister's visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

TOMIOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) listens as Katsuya Endo (L), mayor of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, describes the situation in the town at JR Tomioka Station on March 24, 2013, during the prime minister's visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

NAMIE, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto (C) listen as Tamotsu Baba (L), mayor of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, describes the situation in the town on March 24, 2013, during their visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

NAMIE, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto (C) listen as Tamotsu Baba (L), mayor of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, describes the situation in the town on March 24, 2013, during their visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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Christmas tree lit up in disaster-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Christmas tree is lit up in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012, illuminating a coastal area of the northeastern city hit by the 2011 March tsunami.

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Miss Japan 2012 Hara

LAS VEGAS, United States - Ayako Hara, who represented Japan at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant in Las Vegas, is interviewed by Kyodo News in the U.S. city on Dec. 20, 2012. Hara, 24, who is from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, failed to make it to the shortlist of 16 competitors in the pageant held the previous day, which was won by American Olivia Culpo, 20.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2012, shows farmland covered in yellow due to growth of wild Canada Goldenrod flowers. The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen near the upper-right corner. Town residents remain evacuated following the nuclear disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The town's mayor declared in September 2012 that residents would not return for the next five years.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

NEW YORK, United States - Students from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen's Shukoh Middle School in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, sing in New York on July 24, 2012. The high school students from the disaster-hit prefecture shared their stories of surviving the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at an event there, expressing their gratitude for support they received from around the world.

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Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

NEW YORK, United States - Gosei Arima, a student from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen's Shukoh Middle School in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, speaks on his disaster experience in New York on July 24, 2012. Twenty-six students from the school in the disaster-hit prefecture shared their stories of surviving the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at an event there, expressing their gratitude for support they received from around the world.

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Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

NEW YORK, United States - Sahoko Baba, a student from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen's Shukoh Middle School in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, speaks on her disaster experience in New York on July 24, 2012. Twenty-six students from the school in the disaster-hit prefecture shared their stories of surviving the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at an event there, expressing their gratitude for support they received from around the world.

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Japan disaster-hit students visit New York

NEW YORK, United States - Students from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen's Shukoh Middle School in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, sing in New York on July 24, 2012. The high school students from the disaster-hit prefecture shared their stories of surviving the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at an event there, expressing their gratitude for support they received from around the world.

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Japanese students from quake-hit areas begin U.S. tour

WASHINGTON, United States - High school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the March 11 earthquake of 2011, gather for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2012. Sixty high school students from the quake-hit areas started a U.S. tour the same day as part of a bilateral exchange-promotion program dubbed the Tomodachi initiative.

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Japanese students from quake-hit areas begin U.S. tour

WASHINGTON, United States - High school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the March 11 earthquake of 2011, gather for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2012. Sixty high school students from the quake-hit areas started a U.S. tour the same day as part of a bilateral exchange-promotion program dubbed the Tomodachi initiative.

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Cherry blossoms in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 24, 2012, shows cherry blossoms in a park overlooking a coastal area that remains flattened after being hit by the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Mariners pitcher Iwakuma in Tokyo for season-opening series

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma (C) smiles with manager Eric Wedge (L) and pitcher Felix Hernandez of his major league team at a press conference in Tokyo on March 24, 2012, ahead of their season-opening series against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome on March 28 and 29. Iwakuma joined Seattle from the Rakuten Eagles, a ballclub based in the northeastern city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, after the 2011 season.

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JKT48 performs in event

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Members of the Indonesian pop group JKT 48 perform at a hotel in Jakarta on Feb. 24, 2012, during an event hosted by the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta to express gratitude for Indonesian support for Japan over the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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'Miracle pine' lit up on Christmas Eve

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A pine tree that withstood the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, is lit up amid snow on Dec. 24, 2011.

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Christmas tree in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Kenichi Kurosawa (R), a 40-year-old plumber, and Takeru Okuda, a 19-year-old college student, stand in front of a Christmas tree in disaster-hit Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2011. Kurosawa placed the Christmas tree at the site where his home office was located, in memory of the victims of the March quake and tsunami and to wish for the reconstruction of the disaster-hit areas.

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Footballer Kagawa turns into Santa Claus

SENDAI, Japan - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa in Santa Claus costume speaks at a Christmas event in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2011. About 300 children from soccer teams in the prefecture affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami were invited to the event and received jerseys and shoes as Christmas gifts.

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Labor strike in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Workers march through the streets in Athens on Dec. 1, 2011, as labor unions carried out a 24-hour strike throughout Greece the same day. It was the first national general strike since the government of Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was launched in November.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas at Wembley

LONDON, Britain - High school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japanese prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and others pose for photos at London's Wembley Stadium on Nov. 24, 2011. The students' trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for Japan's reconstruction efforts.

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Writer Morio Kita dies at 84

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese novelist Morio Kita speaks during an interview in Tokyo in March 1968. Kita, known for works including ''The House of Nire'' and his ''Dr. Mambo'' series of humorous essays, died in a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 24, 2011, at the age of 84.

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TEPCO accident operation manuals with, without blackouts

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows copies of a page which is mostly blacked out (L) and the same page without being blacked out (R) from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s accident operation manuals for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was crippled by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The governmental Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency publicized on Oct. 24, 2011, part of the manuals with few blacked-out parts, which TEPCO submitted at the agency's request, which was made after the utility submitted mostly blacked-out versions to parliament in September 2011 and drew public criticism.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Sanyo Shokai's luxury coat to support Japan quake victims

NEW YORK, United States - A man wears a limited edition coat with the stitched-letter of ''Kibo'' (hope) inside, which was manufactured in disaster-hit northeastern Japan using materials from the area to support the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Major Japanese apparel company Sanyo Shokai Ltd. is scheduled to launch the luxurious trench coats for men on Oct. 24, 2011, at Saks Fifth Avenue, an upper-end department store in New York, at the price of $795 apiece. All proceeds will be donated to a quake relief charity.

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Rice harvest in tsunami-hit Iwate Pref.

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 24, 2011, shows Seiichi Konno's rice paddy in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, that was hit by the March 11 tsunami.