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Super typhoon Haiyan's survivors in Philippines eye for renewable energy

STORY: Super typhoon Haiyan's survivors in Philippines eye for renewable energy SHOOTING TIME: July. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: TACLOBAN, Philippines CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO MIGUEL OMOTO, Typhoon Haiyan survivor 2. various of Tacloban city 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTONIO MIGUEL OMOTO, Typhoon Haiyan survivor 4. various of Omoto's graduating ceremony 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANTONIO MIGUEL OMOTO, Typhoon Haiyan survivor STORYLINE: Antonio Miguel Omoto from Tacloban city in the Philippines moved in September to the city of Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province for further study under a scholarship program. He will stay at Jiuquan Vocational Technical College (JVTC) for the next three years for renewable energy technology studies. The life-changing decision may be rooted in Omoto's nightmare memories of the super typhoon Haiyan, which blew away his home and hit the Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, and left more than 7,300 peopl

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China's Dong becomes first woman to conquer all 14 peaks above 8,000m

STORY: China's Dong becomes first woman to conquer all 14 peaks above 8,000m DATELINE: May 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dong Hongjuan ascending the Mount Shishapangma STORYLINE: Chinese mountaineer Dong Hongjuan has become the first woman to conquer all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters on earth. Dong, 42, successfully ascended to the summit of 8,027-meter Mount Shishapangma on May 26, which was confirmed by the international mountaineering summit website 8000ers.com on Sunday. Dong reached the summit of Mt. Qomolangma in 2013, completed Cho Oyu and Gasherbrum II in 2014, Qogir (K2), Nanga Parbat and Gasherbrum I in 2017, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Broad in 2018, Annapurna in 2021, Makalu, Dhaulagiri and Manaslu in 2022. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lhasa, China. (XHTV)

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Ex-Japan spokesman in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono (L) and South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye shake hands before their talks in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2013. Japan may be reviewing Kono's 1993 statement that acknowledged the Japanese military's involvement in the forced recruitment of women into sexual servitude.

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Astronaut Wakata honored in hometown parade

SAITAMA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who became the first Japanese to serve as commander of the International Space Station, waves to the crowd during a parade in Saitama, his hometown located north of Tokyo, on Aug. 20, 2014. Wakata returned to earth on May 14 after staying at the ISS from November, 2013.

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Civil war in Syria

MAALOULA, Syria - Photo taken May 14, 2014, shows St. Thecla Monastery in the Christian village of Maaloula, southern Syria, where a burned column is seen. Government forces recaptured the town in April through fierce battles against Islamic extremists after the rebels launched an attack in September 2013.

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Civil war in Syria

MAALOULA, Syria - Photo taken May 14, 2014, shows St. Thecla Monastery in the Christian village of Maaloula, southern Syria, the inside of which was heavily damaged in fierce battles between government forces and Islamic extremists. The government forces recaptured the town after the rebels launched an attack in September 2013.

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Arms control meeting

GENEVA, Switzerland - The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons holds a conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Nov. 14, 2013. The meeting through Nov. 15 agreed to convene a meeting of experts in May 2014 to address the issue of so-called "killer robots."

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Man with suspected link to Tokyo murder

TORONTO, Canada - He Liang, a Chinese man who Japanese police believe may know who committed a 1995 triple murder in suburban Tokyo, leaves an airport in Toronto, Canada, with investigators from the Tokyo metropolitan police on Nov. 14, 2013. He arrived at Narita airport near Tokyo the following day.

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Nikkei ends at 1-month high above 14,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average finishing at 14,098.74, on July 2, 2013, up 246.24 points, or 1.78 percent, from the previous day and marking its highest close since May 29.

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Nurse at quake-hit hospital awarded by Red Cross

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken May 14, 2013, shows Aiko Kin, deputy director and head nurse at the Ishinomaki Japanese Red Cross Hospital in Miyagi Prefecture, who was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross earlier in the year for her dedication to victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Kin was among 32 nurses from 16 countries to receive the medal, which honors "exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster."

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Japanese climber Miura

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, who became the world's oldest man to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 on May 23, 2013, holds a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on June 14. Miura lives in Sapporo.

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Hat-like bicycle helmets

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 14, 2013, shows hat-like helmets for cyclists designed by Nippon Parade, a company making orchestra uniforms, and the Tokyo Foundation for Employment Services, a job placement group for senior citizens. The helmets, originally developed to prevent accidents involving senior riders, have been generating interest from riders both old and young since their release in October 2012, according to the company.

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Nikkei sinks to below 14,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading below the 14,000 line on the morning of May 30, 2013. The key stock index ended the morning session down 393.54 points, or 2.75 percent, from the previous day at 13,932.92.

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Hakuho beats Kisenosato

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (front) beats ozeki Kisenosato at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 25, 2013. The yokozuna improved to 14-0 with one day left at the 15-day meet.

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Hakuho beats Kisenosato

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (front) beats ozeki Kisenosato at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 25, 2013. The yokozuna improved to 14-0 with one day left at the 15-day meet.

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Hakuho beats Kisenosato

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (L) grapples with ozeki Kisenosato at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 25, 2013. The yokozuna won the bout and improved to 14-0 with one day left at the 15-day meet.

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Hakuho beats Kisenosato

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (L) beats ozeki Kisenosato at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 25, 2013. The yokozuna improved to 14-0 with one day left at the 15-day meet.

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Nikkei jumps after previous day's dive

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading up more than 400 points at 14,919.89 at 10:26 a.m. on May 24, 2013, after briefly staying above the 15,000 mark. Japan's key stock index rose sharply after diving more than 1,140 points or 7.3 percent the previous day.

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Beautician promoting makeup for deceased

TOKYO, Japan - Teruko Kobayashi, a beautician who promotes makeup for deceased people, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on May 14, 2013, in Tokyo.

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Abe adviser meets N. Korea party secretary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Pyongyang's airport on May 14, 2013. Iijima held talks the following day with Kim Yong Il, a secretary of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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Brewers' Aoki against Pirates

PITTSBURGH, United States - Milwaukee Brewers leadoff man Norichika Aoki hits an infield single during the fifth inning of a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 14, 2013. Aoki went 3-for-6 and scored a run in the Brewers' 4-3, 12-inning loss.

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Myanmar president

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar President Thein Sein speaks during an exclusive interview with Kyodo News in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on May 14, 2013.

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Japan sprinter Kiryu

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan's sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu. The 17-year-old Kiryu's time of 10.01 seconds in the men's 100 meters at the Oda Memorial International on April 29, 2013, may not be recognized as a world junior record by the International Association of Athletics Federations because a device that measures wind speed was not used during the race, informed sources said on May 14.

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Myanmar president

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar President Thein Sein speaks during an exclusive interview with Kyodo News in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on May 14, 2013.

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Sharp's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda (L) and Executive Vice President Kozo Takahashi shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on May 14, 2013. Takahashi will be promoted to president replacing Okuda.

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Sharp's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. Executive Vice President Kozo Takahashi (R) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 14, 2013. Takahashi will be promoted to president, replacing Takashi Okuda (L).

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Sharp's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. Executive Vice President Kozo Takahashi answers questions during a press conference on the company's earnings, in Tokyo on May 14, 2013. Sharp said Takahashi will be promoted to president, replacing Takashi Okuda.

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Taiwan nuclear power plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Foreign reporters visit the fourth nuclear power plant under construction in New Taipei City in Taiwan on May 14, 2013.

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JAL completes Boeing 787 battery fixes

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a Japan Airlines Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner being washed at Narita airport on May 10, 2013. JAL has completed work for the battery fixes on all the seven Boeing 787 aircraft in its fleet ahead of the resumption of flights of the trouble-plagued jets scheduled for June 1, a company source said on May 14.

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Japan official in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima (R), an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shakes hands with Kim Chol Ho, vice director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, upon arrival at Pyongyang airport in North Korea on May 14, 2013.

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Japan official in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Pyongyang airport in North Korea on May 14, 2013.

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Taiwan nuclear power plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The fourth nuclear power plant under construction in New Taipei City in Taiwan is shown to foreign reporters on May 14, 2013.

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Hashimoto's controversial remarks on 'comfort women'

TOKYO, Japan - Shintaro Ishihara (R) and Takeo Hiranuma, lawmakers from the opposition Japan Restoration Party, attend a plenary session of the House of Representatives in the Diet in Tokyo on May 14, 2013. Ishihara, the former Tokyo governor who co-heads the party with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, defended the same day Hashimoto's controversial remarks on wartime sexual servitude by women, saying that "Any military is commonly associated with prostitution and that is like a principle of history."

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Japan official in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima (C), an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Pyongyang airport in North Korea on May 14, 2013.

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Solar power plant

OITA, Japan - Japan's biggest solar power plant built by JGC Corp. is completed in a seaside industrial area in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on May 14, 2013. The power plant's output capacity is 26,500 kilowatts -- the biggest in Japan, according to JGC.

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Japan official in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima (R), an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Pyongyang airport in North Korea on May 14, 2013.

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Davies in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Nam Shik (L), vice minister of the Ministry of Unification in charge of inter-Korean affairs, shakes hands with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, in Seoul on May 14, 2013.

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Ghosn at Tochigi factory

KAMINOKAWA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn (R, below) visits the company's factory in the town of Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 14, 2013.

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Rhone Glacier

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2007 shows the Rhone Glacier in the Alps, southern Switzerland. The area of the glacier decreased to 1,900 square kilometers in 2012, down nearly 40 percent since the late 1960s to early 1970s, Swiss experts said May 14, 2013.

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Michelin Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Bernard Delmas, president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., speaks during an event in Hiroshima on May 14, 2013, marking the publishing of Michelin Guide Hiroshima 2013 special edition giving ratings to restaurants and hotels in Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Michelin Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Bernard Delmas (L), president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., attends a ceremony in Hiroshima on May 14, 2013, marking the publishing of Michelin Guide Hiroshima 2013 special edition giving ratings to restaurants and hotels in Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Mercedes-Benz new E-Class models

TOKYO, Japan - Mercedes-Benz Japan Co. launches its new E-Class models in Tokyo on May 14, 2013.

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Kameyama to head Fuji TV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in April 2005 shows Chihiro Kameyama, managing director of Fuji Television Network Inc. Fuji TV plans to name Kameyama as president, replacing Ko Toyoda, in June 2013, sources close to the matter said May 14.

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Hashimoto's controversial remarks on 'comfort women'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto. Japanese ministers denounced Hashimoto on May 14, 2013, a day after he said sexual servitude by women was "necessary" for Japan's soldiers during World War II to maintain discipline in the military.

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Nikkei closes at near 5-yr high

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district on May 8, 2013, shows the Nikkei stock index finishing up 105.45 points, or 0.74 percent, from the previous day at 14,285.69, its highest closing level in nearly five years.

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Darvish ties career-high with 14 strikeouts

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Boston Red Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 5, 2013. Darvish tied his career high with 14 strikeouts in the Rangers' 4-3 win, allowing three runs and four hits in seven innings.

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Darvish ties career-high with 14 strikeouts

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Boston Red Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 5, 2013. Darvish tied his career high with 14 strikeouts in the Rangers' 4-3 win, allowing three runs and four hits in seven innings.

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Darvish ties career-high with 14 strikeouts

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Boston Red Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 5, 2013. Darvish tied his career high with 14 strikeouts in the Rangers' 4-3 win, allowing three runs and four hits in seven innings.

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Kagawa won't extend contract with Dortmund

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund. Kagawa has officially rejected an offer for an extension of his contract until the summer of 2013 with the Bundesliga champions, major German newspapers reported May 14, 2012.

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Soccer: Havenaar breaks Okazaki's Japanese scoring record

Mike Havenaar (L) controls the ball in ADO Den Haag's 1-1 draw at home to Heerenveen in the Dutch first division on May 8, 2016. Havenaar finished the season with his 16th goal, the most ever by a Japanese in a single European top-flight campaign. Shinji Okazaki scored 15 goals in the 2013-14 German Bundesliga season with Mainz. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo