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Ueda clinches Joo women's shogi title

Professional shogi player Hatsumi Ueda speaks to journalists after completing a three-game sweep in the best-of-the-five series against defending champ Tomomi Kai for the Joo (queen) women's title in Tokyo on May 10, 2011.

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Australia's environment deteriorated in 2023: report

STORY: Australia's environment deteriorated in 2023: report SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australia STORYLINE: The health of Australia's environment declined in 2023 amid low rainfall and a spike in the number of threatened species, a report has said. Led by researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), Australia's Environment Report compiles detailed scientific data to rate the overall health of the country's environment out of 10 every year since 2011. In 2023, the environment scored a 7.5 out of 10, the latest edition published on Tuesday revealed. It marks a fall from 2022 when the environment was given an 8.7 out of 10, the highest ever score. Albert Van Dijk, lead author of the report, described 2023 as a climate rollercoaster for Australia, with a relatively cool start to the year giving way to dry and unseasonably warm weather from May onwards. According to the

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Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen

STORY: Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CAI LIBO, Director of Xiamen Nature Reserve Affairs Center 3. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve STORYLINE: Xiamen, a coastal eastern Chinese metropolis, may have one of the world's smallest nature reserves for one single endangered bird species. The distinguished visitor to the reserve is called Merops philippinus, or Blue-tailed Bee-eater. Admired by many as one of the most beautiful birds in the world for its fancy feathers, the species is under Class II state protection in China. Set up in 2011, the Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve for the Blue-tailed Bee-eater welcomes its big moment every April to late October when the birds stop by during migration and dig caves on the cliffs to lay and hatch their eggs. Surrounded by over-10-story buildings just 200 to 3

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Victim Maureen Brainard Barnes one of the 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area in the New York area on April 16, 2011. Photo Police dept/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Victim Megan Waterman one of the 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area on April 16, 2011. Photo Police dept/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Victim Amber Lynn Costello one of the 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area on April 16, 2011. Photo Police dept/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Victim Melissa Barthelemy one of the 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area on April 16, 2011. Photo Police dept/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Shannon Gilbert disapeared from december 2010 and could be one of the 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area. in the New York area on April 16, 2011. Photo Police dept/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Crime scenes where they found additional remains that have yet to be identified as human during a search on Jones Beach Island on April 16, 2011 in Norfolk County, New York. It has been reported that police have two new bodies, bringing the total to 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area. on April 16, 2011. Photo by JMP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Crime scenes where they found additional remains that have yet to be identified as human during a search on Jones Beach Island on April 16, 2011 in Norfolk County, New York. It has been reported that police have two new bodies, bringing the total to 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area. on April 16, 2011. Photo by JMP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Crime scenes where they found additional remains that have yet to be identified as human during a search on Jones Beach Island on April 16, 2011 in Norfolk County, New York. It has been reported that police have two new bodies, bringing the total to 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area. on April 16, 2011. Photo by JMP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Crime scenes where they found additional remains that have yet to be identified as human during a search on Jones Beach Island on April 16, 2011 in Norfolk County, New York. It has been reported that police have two new bodies, bringing the total to 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area. on April 16, 2011. Photo by JMP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Crime scenes where they found additional remains that have yet to be identified as human during a search on Jones Beach Island on April 16, 2011 in Norfolk County, New York. It has been reported that police have two new bodies, bringing the total to 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area. on April 16, 2011. Photo by JMP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Crime scenes where they found additional remains that have yet to be identified as human during a search on Jones Beach Island on April 16, 2011 in Norfolk County, New York. It has been reported that police have two new bodies, bringing the total to 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area. on April 16, 2011. Photo by JMP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect Charged In Long Island Serial Killer Case - Long Island

After thirteen years of enigmas and stalemate due to the corruption of a Long Island police department, Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect, was finally arrested in mid-July in Manhattan, accused of at least four murders of prostitutes. The mystery surrounding this serial killer could only be solved by appointing a new team of outstanding investigators - FILE - Crime scenes where they found additional remains that have yet to be identified as human during a search on Jones Beach Island on April 16, 2011 in Norfolk County, New York. It has been reported that police have two new bodies, bringing the total to 10 bodies found on Long Island, with police working on the theory that a single serial killer may be in the New York area. on April 16, 2011. Photo by JMP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Suit over pupils' deaths in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 19, 2014. A hearing was held the same day at the Sendai District Court in the prefecture, after relatives of 23 pupils at the school who died in the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, filed a damages suit in March. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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Part of Joban railway line reopens in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A train runs near a radioactive waste storage yard in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as the Joban Line of East Japan Railway Co. resumes operations on a trial basis between Hirono and Tatsuta stations on May 10, 2014, after suspension caused by the 2011 nuclear plant disaster.

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Woman prays for March 2011 victims before new cenotaph

SENDAI, Japan - A woman prays for the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in front of a cenotaph newly erected at a park in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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Woman weeps before monument for March 2011 victims

SENDAI, Japan - A woman weeps before a monument listing the names of people killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at a park in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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New cenotaph for March 2011 disaster victims unveiled

SENDAI, Japan - A veil is removed from a new cenotaph for the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster on a park hill built with debris from the catastrophe in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Oct. 10, 2011, shows the Kosan-dong No. 1 tomb, one of the Koguryo tombs, in Pyongyang, North Korea, dating back to the early sixth century during the Koguryo dynasty, which was recently excavated by a team of Japanese and North Korean researchers after being first unearthed in 1936. North Korea may file an application with the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the No. 1 and two other tombs to be recognized as World Heritage sites.

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Sumo Nagoya meet begins

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho performs a ring-entering ceremony on the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya on July 10, 2011. The Nagoya tournament marked the resumption of the regular tournament schedule following a match-fixing scandal, a meet canceled in March and a ''test meet'' in May.

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Sumo Nagoya meet begins

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association chief Hanaregoma (front C) and sumo wrestlers bow as the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament began in Nagoya on July 10, 2011. The Nagoya tournament marked the resumption of the regular tournament schedule following a match-fixing scandal, a meet canceled in March and a ''test meet'' in May.

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Sumo Nagoya meet begins

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) disposes of Tochinoshin in the blink of an eye in a dominating performance on the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya on July 10, 2011. The Nagoya tournament marked the resumption of the regular tournament schedule following a match-fixing scandal, a meet canceled in March and a ''test meet'' in May.

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Yokuzuna Hakuho with banzuke rankings

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho from Mongolia shows the banzuke rankings of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya on June 27, 2011. The July 10-24 basho will be first held regularly since a match-fixing scandal brought sumo to its knees. The Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in May was replaced by a ''Technical Examination Tournament'' after a spring meet in March was canceled.

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Defense ministers of China, ASEAN meet

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (C) talks with defense ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations during breakfast in Jakarta on May 20, 2011.

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Hamaoka nuclear plant shut down

NAGOYA, Japan - A display in the head office of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Nagoya, central Japan, at 10:23 a.m. on May 14, 2011, indicates output of the No. 5 reactor (H5) at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture falling to zero. The No. 3 unit has already been suspended for regular checkups and the No.4 unit was halted the previous day following a request by the government to suspend the whole plant as a precautionary measure in view of the probability of a powerful earthquake striking the region on an active major fault line.

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Pet shelter in disaster-hit Ishinomaki

SENDAI, Japan - A pet owner (L) sees his dog at a pet shelter in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 10, 2011, about two months after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the area. The shelter is holding animals for evacuees who are not able to take their pets with them to evacuation centers.

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Hamaoka plant shutdown

NAGOYA, Japan - A display (top) in the head office of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Nagoya shows the output has become zero at the No. 4 reactor of the Hamaoka nuclear power station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, after 10 a.m. on May 13, 2011. The utility began shutting down the No. 4 reactor that day, complying with a request by the central government to suspend all the reactors at the plant.

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2nd group of nuclear evacuees briefly return to homes

KAWAUCHI, Japan - A man wearing a radiation protection suit receives a helping hand as he enters a public facility in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for radiation screening after completing a two-hour visit to his home in the village within a designated no-entry zone near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A group of around 70 evacuees from the no-go zone briefly returned home the same day to pick up personal belongings. It was the second two-hour trip home by evacuees, following one on May 10 involving 92 people.

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Quake monument in China

YINGXIU, China - Tourists walk in front of a collapsed building, preserved as a monument to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, in Yingxiu, Sichuan Province, on May 10, 2011, ahead of the third anniversary of the quake on May 12.

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Pakistani calls bin Laden operation U.S. 'propaganda'

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Malik Mahammad Raban, a 52-year-old newspaper vendor, sits at his stand in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on May 10, 2011. Raban called the U.S. operation that assassinated al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden ''propaganda to undermine Pakistan.''

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Orioles' Uehara vs. Mariners

BALTIMORE, United States - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Koji Uehara pitches in the seventh inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Oriole Park in Baltimore on May 10, 2011. The Orioles won 7-6.

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Germany's Merkel expresses support for Japan-EU FTA talks

BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference at her office in Berlin on May 10, 2011. Merkel expressed support for the launch of negotiations to seal a free trade agreement between Japan and the 27-member European Union.

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Japan hopes to host U.N. disaster conference

GENEVA, Switzerland - Shozo Azuma, senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office of Japan, speaks during a biennial U.N. disaster prevention gathering in Geneva on May 10, 2011. He expressed Tokyo's intention to host a U.N. conference on disaster risk reduction.

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Japan prepares for Rugby World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japan Rugby Football Union President Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister, International Rugby Board Chairman Bernard Lapasset, and IRB Chief Executive Officer and Secretary General Mike Miller shake hands in Tokyo on May 10, 2011. Japan plans to host Rugby World Cup in 2019.

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Families in village affected by nuclear crisis

IITATE, Japan - Families with babies or small children attend a briefing on an evacuation plan in the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 10, 2011. Residents of the village are to evacuate soon due to high radiation levels from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Kan to forgo PM's salary until nuclear crisis brought under control

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a press conference at his office in Tokyo on May 10, 2011. Kan said he will forgo the monthly salary and biannual bonuses paid to him for serving as Japan's leader, starting from June, until the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is brought under control.

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Ship removed from roof

OTSUCHI, Japan - The sightseeing ship Hamayuri is lifted by cranes to be removed from the roof of an inn (back) in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 10, 2011. The sight of the vessel on the rooftop had been seen as symbolizing the devastation of the March 11 disaster since it was brought there by a tsunami.

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Flooded street in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman walks her dog along a flooded street in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 10, 2011. The area has been flooded by high tides as the land sank due to the March 11 earthquake.

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U.S. evangelist in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham (front L) and Ri Gun, director of the U.S. Affairs Department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, shake hands as the North Korean official welcomed Graham at Pyongyang airport on May 10, 2011.

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TEPCO asks gov't to help in paying nuclear disaster damages

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu (L) hands a letter of request to industry minister Banri Kaieda (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 10, 2011. TEPCO asked the government to help it pay the enormous costs expected in compensating victims of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant while promising to streamline the company's operations to the utmost extent.

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Tea culture symposium in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A speaker addresses an audience at the sixth East Asia tea culture symposium in Beijing on May 10, 2011. The symposium, initiated in 2004 by Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, is intended to enhance friendship and mutual understanding in East Asia through tea culture.

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Nuclear evacuees briefly home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Radiation levels are checked on photos taken back by evacuees from the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant on May 10, 2011. A group of evacuees were allowed to briefly return to their homes within a no-entry zone to retrieve belongings.

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Tesla Motors' Model S

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Photo shows Tesla Motors Inc.'s lithium-ion battery-powered Model S sedan. The U.S. electric vehicle maker based in Palo Alto, California, said May 9, 2011, it plans to start selling the model in Japan from around 2013 and will accept reservations from May 10, 2011.

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Yoshinaga promoted to Fuji Heavy Industries president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, corporate executive vice president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., who will become president and chief operating officer of the company. The maker of Subaru automobiles on May 10, 2011, announced his promotion, which will take place in late June. Current President Ikuo Mori will become chairman while retaining his post as chief executive officer.

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New Hiroshima mayor visits Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (L) hold a press conference in the Nagasaki city office on May 10, 2011. Matsui visited Nagasaki in southwestern Japan for the first time since being elected mayor of the western Japan city in April. The mayors of the two atomic-bombed cities agreed during their talks to deepen cooperation in efforts to realize a world free of nuclear weapons.

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Evacuees move into temporary housing in Chiba Pref.

KATORI, Japan - People whose homes were damaged by the March 11 earthquake gather their belongings as they move into temporary housing units in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, on May 10, 2011.

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Nuclear evacuees to return home for 2 hours

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Residents of Kawauchi village, within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, arrive at a public facility in the Fukushima Prefecture village on May 10, 2011, to receive protective clothing to shield against radiation before visiting their homes. Around 100 evacuees from the village were allowed to return home for roughly two hours to pick up belongings that can fit into a 70-centimeter by 70 cm plastic bag per household.

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Nuclear evacuees to return home for 2 hours

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Residents of Kawauchi village, within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, receive protective suits to shield against radiation and other necessary equipment at a public facility in the Fukushima Prefecture village on May 10, 2011, in preparation for a roughly two-hour visit to their homes. Around 100 evacuees from the village were allowed to briefly return home to pick up belongings that can fit into a 70-centimeter by 70 cm plastic bag per household.