Malawi police destroy more than 1,000 illegal firearms to boost safety

STORY: Malawi police destroy more than 1,000 illegal firearms to boost safety DATELINE: July 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of officers piling the arms 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HAPPY MKANDAWIRE, Deputy inspector general of Malawi police service 3. various of the deputy inspector general lighting torch to start the flame 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TAK MASHIKO, United Nations Programs Officer for the Conventional Arms Branch 5. various of officials at the burning of the guns 6. various of the firearms burning 7. various of police officers 8. various of burning firearms STORYLINE: Malawi Police Service, in collaboration with its partners, has destroyed a total of 1,073 firearms and muzzleloaders that were illegally owned and confiscated in the process of law enforcement. The destruction of the firearms took place in public Friday last week at the Malawi Police Service's headquarters in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HAPPY MKANDAWI

Famous pottery kilns to be fired after 40-year interval

Famous pottery kilns to be fired after 40-year interval

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Kilns used by the late Shoji Hamada, a Japanese ceramic artist credited with developing Mashiko town in Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, into a world-renowned pottery center, will be fired in February 2015 for the first time in about 40 years. This file photo of the kilns was taken on July 27, 2014.

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - A pine tree, knocked down by an apparent tornado, blocks a road in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

Report on faulty reactor inspections

Report on faulty reactor inspections

TOKYO, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Takashi Yamashita (R) hands to Economy, Trade and Industry Senior Vice Minister Teruhiko Mashiko a final report on faulty inspections of reactors at its Shimane nuclear plant at the ministry in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. The report said the utility had neglected to perform regular inspections or component replacements at the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture.

Inspections insufficient for over 500 spots at Shimane reactor

Inspections insufficient for over 500 spots at Shimane reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Takashi Yamashita (R) submits a report on the review of the company's inspections of the No.1 and No.2 reactors of the Shimane nuclear plant to Teruhiko Mashiko, senior vice minister of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, in Tokyo on April 30, 2010. The company reported that over 500 spots at the reactors were checked insufficiently during past periodic inspections.

DPJ candidate wins Fukushima upper-house seat

DPJ candidate wins Fukushima upper-house seat

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Teruhiko Mashiko, 59, of the Democratic Party of Japan, celebrates after winning an upper-house seat in Fukushima, one of the two prefectures where by-elections were held on April 22.

Wei maintains lead midway through JLPGA Championship

Wei maintains lead midway through JLPGA Championship

MASHIKO, Japan - Taiwan's Wei Yun-jye held onto her overnight lead by shooting an even-par 72 in the second round of the Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup at Taiheiyo Club and Associates in Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 10.

House panel head opposes Nogami's nomination as UK envoy

House panel head opposes Nogami's nomination as UK envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Teruhiko Mashiko, a Democrataic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, releases a statement by the panel's chairman Takashi Yonezawa at a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 31. Yonezawa, who is currently on an overseas trip abroad, expressed opposition to the goverment's plan to name former Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami as ambassador to Britain.

Beisia in Japan

Beisia in Japan

Beisia, exterior, sign, logo, Japanese company, business, retail, Mashiko Town, Haga County, Tochigi Prefecture

Beisia in Japan

Beisia in Japan

Beisia, exterior, sign, logo, Japanese company, business, retail, Mashiko Town, Haga County, Tochigi Prefecture

Beisia in Japan

Beisia in Japan

Beisia, exterior, sign, logo, Japanese company, business, retail, Mashiko Town, Haga County, Tochigi Prefecture

Beisia in Japan

Beisia in Japan

Beisia, exterior, sign, logo, Japanese company, business, retail, Mashiko Town, Haga County, Tochigi Prefecture

Beisia in Japan

Beisia in Japan

Beisia, exterior, sign, logo, Japanese company, business, retail, Mashiko Town, Haga County, Tochigi Prefecture

House panel head opposes Nogami's nomination as UK envoy

House panel head opposes Nogami's nomination as UK envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Teruhiko Mashiko, a Democrataic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, releases a statement by the panel's chairman Takashi Yonezawa at a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 31. Yonezawa, who is currently on an overseas trip abroad, expressed opposition to the goverment's plan to name former Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami as ambassador to Britain. (Kyodo)

Wei maintains lead midway through JLPGA Championship

Wei maintains lead midway through JLPGA Championship

MASHIKO, Japan - Taiwan's Wei Yun-jye held onto her overnight lead by shooting an even-par 72 in the second round of the Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup at Taiheiyo Club and Associates in Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 10. (Kyodo)

DPJ projected to capture Fukushima upper-house seat

DPJ projected to capture Fukushima upper-house seat

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Teruhiko Mashiko, 59, of the Democratic Party of Japan, celebrates after he was projected to win an upper-house seat in Fukushima, one of the two prefectures where by-elections were held on April 22. (Kyodo)

Fashion show on Japanese indigo dying held in Tochigi Pref.

Fashion show on Japanese indigo dying held in Tochigi Pref.

Six young designers and Higeta Indigo Dyeing Studio hold a fashion show to showcase clothes dyed in Japanese traditional indigo in the town of Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese couple promote "Burmese soup" in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese couple promote "Burmese soup" in Tochigi Pref.

Hiroshi Iitsuka and his wife Fumi promote a local summer delicacy called "Burmese soup" in the town of Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 6, 2015. Iitsuka's father Junichi created the dish based on the soup he had during World War II in Burma, now named Myanmar, after returning home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Noted potter Hamada's climbing kiln gets initial firing

Noted potter Hamada's climbing kiln gets initial firing

Tomoo Hamada, head of a pottery house in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, fires a climbing kiln on Feb. 7, 2015, to mark the 120th anniversary of the late potter Shoji Hamada's birth. It was the first such firing in some 40 years there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fukushima evacuees face tough decision as housing aid ends

Fukushima evacuees face tough decision as housing aid ends

Rika Mashiko is interviewed on Feb. 17, 2017, in Tokyo about her life as a so-called voluntary evacuee from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Mashiko fled Fukushima with her daughter about two months after the worst nuclear accident in Japan occurred in 2011, and now lives in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese Mashiko-yaki potters help recover Cambodian ceramic industry

Japanese Mashiko-yaki potters help recover Cambodian ceramic industry

Japanese shoppers look at made-in-Cambodia tableware at a shop in Shibuya Ward, central Tokyo on June 8, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Report on faulty reactor inspections

Report on faulty reactor inspections

TOKYO, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Takashi Yamashita (R) hands to Economy, Trade and Industry Senior Vice Minister Teruhiko Mashiko a final report on faulty inspections of reactors at its Shimane nuclear plant at the ministry in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. The report said the utility had neglected to perform regular inspections or component replacements at the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - A pine tree, knocked down by an apparent tornado, blocks a road in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

Inspections insufficient for over 500 spots at Shimane reactor

Inspections insufficient for over 500 spots at Shimane reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Takashi Yamashita (R) submits a report on the review of the company's inspections of the No.1 and No.2 reactors of the Shimane nuclear plant to Teruhiko Mashiko, senior vice minister of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, in Tokyo on April 30, 2010. The company reported that over 500 spots at the reactors were checked insufficiently during past periodic inspections. (Kyodo)

Famous pottery kilns to be fired after 40-year interval

Famous pottery kilns to be fired after 40-year interval

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Kilns used by the late Shoji Hamada, a Japanese ceramic artist credited with developing Mashiko town in Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, into a world-renowned pottery center, will be fired in February 2015 for the first time in about 40 years. This file photo of the kilns was taken on July 27, 2014. (Kyodo)

Mashiko-yaki pottery exhibition

Mashiko-yaki pottery exhibition

Photo taken Aug. 4, 2020, shows an exhibition of Shoji Hamada, a late Mashiko-yaki pottery artist, being held at Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art through Nov. 8. The exhibition marks the 100th anniversary of Hamada's visit from 1920 to Britain where he built an Eastern-style climbing kiln.

2 Japanese opposition parties in process to form alliance

2 Japanese opposition parties in process to form alliance

Motohisa Furukawa (L), secretary general of the Party of Hope, and his Democratic Party counterpart Teruhiko Mashiko meet the press in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2018, after their talks. The two major opposition parties agreed on their basic policies to form an alliance in the Diet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese traditional crafts at exhibition in London

Japanese traditional crafts at exhibition in London

Items of Japan's traditional "Mashiko-Yaki" style of pottery are displayed at an international trade show in London on Jan. 15, 2017. Distributors of Mashiko-Yaki are seeking to cultivate a market abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese traditional crafts at exhibition in London

Japanese traditional crafts at exhibition in London

Items of Japan's traditional "Mashiko-Yaki" style of pottery are displayed at an international trade show in London on Jan. 15, 2017. Distributors of Mashiko-Yaki are seeking to cultivate a market abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo