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Hong Kong restaurant gives disabled youth chance to work

STORY: Hong Kong restaurant gives disabled youth chance to work SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2024 DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Holy Cafe 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe 3. various of Holy Cafe 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe 5. various of Holy Cafe 6. various of Holy Cafe distributing lunch boxes to the elderly 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe STORYLINE: A restaurant in Hong Kong's Cheung Sha Wan provides job opportunities and training for people with disabilities, helping them to develop their capacity for self-care and integration into society. The restaurant, named Holy Cafe, was opened in 2011 by Maria Sung Law Man-kwan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe "I hope the staff members can learn different catering skills here. My restaurant used to serve Western-style food. Some o

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Leaders of the conservative European People's Party meeting in Helsinki, Finland

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures after the EPP Summit in Helsinki, Finland on March 4, 2011. Leaders of the conservative EPP group of the European Parliament met in Helsinki on Friday to discuss the eurozone crisis. The gathering was hosted by Finland's Finance Minister. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Leaders of the conservative European People's Party meeting in Helsinki, Finland

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leaves the EPP Summit in Helsinki, Finland on March 4, 2011. Leaders of the conservative EPP group of the European Parliament met in Helsinki on Friday to discuss the eurozone crisis. The gathering was hosted by Finland's Finance Minister. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Leaders of the conservative European People's Party meeting in Helsinki, Finland

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leaves the EPP Summit in Helsinki, Finland on March 4, 2011. Leaders of the conservative EPP group of the European Parliament met in Helsinki on Friday to discuss the eurozone crisis. The gathering was hosted by Finland's Finance Minister. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Leaders of the conservative European People's Party meeting in Helsinki, Finland

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leaves the EPP Summit in Helsinki, Finland on March 4, 2011. Leaders of the conservative EPP group of the European Parliament met in Helsinki on Friday to discuss the eurozone crisis. The gathering was hosted by Finland's Finance Minister. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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37 pct of population displaced from Japan's Fukushima may have PTSD: survey

STORY: 37 pct of population displaced from Japan's Fukushima may have PTSD: survey DATELINE: April 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Fukushima 2. various of local fishermen STORYLINE: A survey of Fukushima Prefecture residents who evacuated to areas outside the prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear disaster found that nearly 40 percent of respondents may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), local media reported Monday. Waseda University and a citizens group sent questionnaires to 5,350 households mainly in the Kanto region around Tokyo who had fled from Fukushima following the nuclear disaster, and obtained responses from 516. The results indicated that 37.0 percent of the evacuees had PTSD. Behind the high rate are long-term stress factors, including memories of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, drastic changes in living environments and problems resulting from the government's p

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Russian expat turns passion for surfing into business in China

STORY: Russian expat turns passion for surfing into business in China DATELINE: March 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Alexander Pantyukhin working in his company 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ALEXANDER PANTYUKHIN, Founder of Ananas Surf Company 3. various of people surfing in the sea of Hainan Province 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ALEXANDER PANTYUKHIN, Founder of Ananas Surf Company 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ALEXANDER PANTYUKHIN, Founder of Ananas Surf Company 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ALEXANDER PANTYUKHIN, Founder of Ananas Surf Company 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): ALEXANDER PANTYUKHIN, Founder of Ananas Surf Company STORYLINE: From catching waves to making waves, Alexander Pantyukhin, a Russian who came to south China's Hainan in 2011 has turned his passion for kite surfing into a business into the global market. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ALEXANDER PANTYUKHIN, Founder of Ananas Surf Company "My name is Alexander Pantyukhin and I come from Russia. Now I live

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Musical in disaster-hit city

People affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami in eastern Japan perform in a musical in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the disaster, on March 4, 2023.

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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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1st auction at temporary fish market in Miyagi

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - The first auction of the year is held on Jan. 4, 2015, at a temporary fish market in the town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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1st auction at temporary fish market in Miyagi

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - The first auction of the year is held on Jan. 4, 2015, at a temporary fish market in the town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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1st auction at temporary fish market in Miyagi

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - The first auction of the year is held on Jan. 4, 2015, at a temporary fish market in the town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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New reconstruction minister visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Newly appointed Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita shakes hands with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the prefectural office in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Sept. 4, 2014. They exchanged views on how to promote rehabilitation from the March 2011 disasters and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Demolition of ex-Otsuchi town office bldg. begins

MORIOKA, Japan - Demolition works of the former town office building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, begins in full-swing on June 4, 2014 by using heavy machinery. Since opinions of local residents are polarized regarding the demolition of the building, where 40 town officials died due to tsunami in the March 11 devastating earthquake in 2011, part of the building, including the front entrance, will be kept as a relic.

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36m-long sushi roll made in disaster-hit Higashimatsushima

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Some 100 residents in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, make a "norimaki" sushi roll with a length of about 36 meters during a local festival held outside of temporary housing on May 4, 2014.

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Japan to introduce more foreign construction workers

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (2nd from R) speaks at a meeting of Cabinet ministers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 4, 2014. They decided to allow more foreign workers into the construction industry, given growing manpower demand for reconstruction of areas hit by the March 2011 disaster and for building facilities for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Yuriage area of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2014 (R).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Arahama area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show a junior high school in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), about a week after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2014 (R).

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People visit memorabilia display in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People visit the last display of memorabilia found in rubble after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 4, 2014, to look for their families' belongings. The items are on display through March 11.

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Memorabilia found in rubble on show in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The last display of memorabilia found in rubble after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster is held in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 4, 2014. The items are on display through March 11.

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2014 from mountains in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, shows (from left) the Nos. 1 to 4 reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, almost three years after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster that triggered meltdowns at the plant.

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Digital paintings of Japanese baseball players on display

OSAKA, Japan - Digital paintings made from photographs of celebrities such as Japanese pro baseball players are put on display at a department store in Osaka on Jan. 4, 2014, for a fundraising charity event to build a care facility for children who lost their parents in 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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Spanish artist holds exhibition in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Jose Maria Sicilia, an eminent Spanish modern artist, speaks about an exhibition in Fukushima of his works inspired by the sounds produced by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, during an interview on Oct. 4, 2013 in Tokyo.

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Women in Kesennuma knit to build world-class brand

SENDAI, Japan - Tamako Mitarai (C), president of Kesennuma Knitting Co., watches local women practice knitting on Sept. 4, 2013 in the coastal Miyagi prefectural city of Kesennuma, which was badly hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Women in Kesennuma knit to build world-class brand

SENDAI, Japan - Local women in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, practice knitting on Sept. 4, 2013 in the coastal city, which was badly hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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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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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

TONO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from R) visit temporary housing in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on July 4, 2013. The couple encouraged residents of the community-care-type houses which were built after the prefecture was severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

TONO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) visit temporary housing in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, on July 4, 2013. The couple encouraged residents of the community-care-type houses which were built after the prefecture was severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ex-PM Kan shares Fukushima lessons in California

SAN DIEGO, United States - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko attend a symposium organized by Friends of the Earth, an environmental lobbying group, in San Diego, California, on June 4, 2013. Kan, who was prime minister at the time of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, said how the Fukushima disaster changed his view of nuclear power and stressed the importance of a global network for antinuclear activists and renewable energy advocates to share their ideas and experiences.

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Blue Impulse back to disaster-hit base

SENDAI, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse flight team resumes practice of demonstration flights at the base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 4, 2013, after a lapse of more than two years following damage from the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Blue Impulse back to disaster-hit base

SENDAI, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse flight team resumes practice of demonstration flights at the base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 4, 2013, after a lapse of more than two years following damage from the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Blue Impulse back to disaster-hit base

SENDAI, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse flight team resumes practice of demonstration flights at the base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 4, 2013, after a lapse of more than two years following damage from the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in October 2008 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From back to front are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. The bottom photo shows a cover on the No. 1 reactor building used to prevent radioactive particles from being dispersed. Cranes are at work at No. 3 and No. 4 reactor buildings.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in December 2000 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From right to left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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2 years after quake

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013, with a shipyard having been reconstructed and the pleasure boat Hamayuri that was washed up on the roof of an inn having been removed.

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2 years after quake

IWAKI, Japan - Photos show a shrine in the Hisanohamamachi district in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013, with a sacred "torii" arch.

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2 years after quake

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos show U.S. Marines cleaning up debris on the island of Oshima in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013.

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2 years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Sendai Airport in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2011 (top), the day of the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same airport on March 4, 2013. Flight services at the airport, which was inundated by the tsunami, resumed around a month after the disaster.

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2 years after quake

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same location on March 4, 2013, with the fishing boat Kyotoku Maru No. 18, which was washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami, still aground.

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N.Y. photo exhibition on Japan's quake reconstruction

NEW YORK, United States - People visit a photo exhibition on Japan's reconstruction from the 2011 disaster at the Japan Society near the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 4, 2013, the opening day of the event.

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Movie on U.S. teacher killed in 2011 disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Film director Regge Life speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 4, 2013, before the screening of his movie "Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story," a documentary tracing the life of an American teacher of English killed in the March 2011 disaster in Japan.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013 photo shows workers at the No. 4 (R) and No. 3 (L back) reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013 photo shows workers at the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013, photo shows wrecked vehicles, swept away by a tsunami and left as debris on the sea side of the No. 4 reactor turbine building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - A March 1, 2013, photo shows the No. 4 reactor building (L) and a facility (R) under construction to remove spent fuel from the pool at the reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Takeshi Takahashi, chief of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, explains the work to remove spent fuel from the pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the plant on March 1, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - Photo shows the base of a crane facility (R) under construction at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station that will be used to remove spent fuel from the pool of the No. 4 reactor building (L) in Fukushima Prefecture on Jan. 28, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed the plant to reporters ahead of the second anniversary of a nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - Workers build a crane facility at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station that will be used to remove spent fuel from the pool of the No. 4 reactor building in Fukushima Prefecture on Jan. 28, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed the plant to reporters ahead of the second anniversary of a nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo)