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Football: World Cup winner Sameshima retires

Aya Sameshima, a member of Japan's 2011 Women's World Cup-winning football squad, speaks at her retirement press conference in Saitama near Tokyo on May 25, 2024. She retired from competition at the end of the WE League season in Japan with Omiya Ardija Ventus.

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Football: World Cup winner Sameshima retires

Aya Sameshima, a member of Japan's 2011 Women's World Cup-winning football squad, speaks at her retirement press conference in Saitama near Tokyo on May 25, 2024. She retired from competition at the end of the WE League season in Japan with Omiya Ardija Ventus.

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China-Europe freight trains breathe new life to ancient Silk Road

STORY: GLOBALink | China-Europe freight trains breathe new life to ancient Silk Road DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Europe freight train services 2. various of the warehouse in Spain 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MOU JINWEN, Chairman of Shenzhen Qxbox Technology Warehousing Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): DIEGO CIMADEVILLA, Management director of Qxbox's subsidiary in Spain STORYLINE: The freight train service linking Chinese cities with Europe is breathing new life into the ancient Silk Road with its expanding network. In May 2011, a rail route was opened between Chongqing and Duisburg in Germany, marking the start of the China-Europe cargo train service. Boosted by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), proposed by China in 2013, the international train service has been expanding fast over the past years. Nowadays, the service connects more than 100 Chinese cities with over 200 cities in 25 countries in Europe. At this warehouse i

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - Petrochina Jiangsu LNG Terminal, August 17, 2023, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - Petrochina Jiangsu LNG Terminal, August 17, 2023, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - Petrochina Jiangsu LNG Terminal, August 17, 2023, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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LNG Terminal in Nantong

NANTONG, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2023 - A fully loaded Marshall Islands-registered MOZAH docked at petrochina's Jiangsu LNG Terminal in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, August 17, 2023. It is reported that since the operation in May 2011, the terminal has received and unloaded more than 630 LNG carriers from 25 countries and regions around the world, such as Russia, Peru and Qatar, of which 70% are countries along the "Belt and Road".

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Rebirth of Iitate discussed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Kanno (2nd from L) of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, exchanges opinions with participants at a meeting held at the University of Tokyo's campus in Bunkyo Ward on May 25, 2014, to discuss the current situation and the future of the village. Iitate is a village affected by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant disaster.

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Resurrection of Iitate discussed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants of a meeting to discuss the current situation and the future of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, look at photographs showing the condition of Iitate at the University of Tokyo's campus in Bunkyo Ward on May 25, 2014. Iitate is a village affected by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant disaster.

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Kites with reconstruction message fly in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - Participants of "Kesennuma Tenbata Matsuri" (Kesennuma Kite Festival) fly kites with a message for reconstruction written on them at the school grounds of Kesennuma Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 25, 2014. Kesennuma Koyo High School was inundated by the 2011 tsunami.

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Children plant 'miracle' rice seedlings

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - Elementary school students in Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, on May 25, 2014, plant rice seedlings cultivated from the seeds of rice plants that were growing in the debris from the March 2011 tsunami disaster in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture.

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African Union

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Photo taken on May 24, 2013, shows the headquarters building of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which was completed in late 2011, funded by China. A summit meeting was held there on May 25, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the foundation of its predecessor Organization of African Unity.

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Moai statue from Chile for disaster-hit Tohoku town

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo shows a stone replica of a Moai human figure during a ceremony in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 25, 2013, where it was placed on May 16. Chile sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on rooftop

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis is perched on a rooftop in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on tree

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis stands on a tree branch in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (top) flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. At bottom is one of its parents. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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School trip to disaster-hit Fukushima

AIZUWAKAMATSU, Japan - Junior high school students on a school excursion pose for photos in front of Tsurugajo, a castle in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 25, 2012. School excursions are gradually returning to Aizuwakamatsu, a historic city severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster and the ensuing nuclear crisis, according to local officials.

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6 months before the opening of Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 22, 2011, shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. The tower's operating company began accepting reservations for entrance tickets for groups of 25 people or more the same day, six months before the 634-meter broadcasting tower opens to the public on May 22, 2012.

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Parabola antennas in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - Parabola antennas are seen installed on the roof on a building in northern Tehran on May 25, 2011. The Iranian authorities have tightened control over citizens viewing satellite broadcasting, which is banned in the Middle Eastern country.

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Thaksin's sister eyes becoming Thai's PM

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai prime ministerial candidate Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, acknowledges supporters during an election campaign in Udon Thani Province in northeast Thailand, on May 25, 2011, ahead of the July 3 general election. The 43-year-old is running as the main opposition Pheu Thai party's candidate.

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Tornedo aftermath in Joplin

JOPLIN, United States - Photo taken May 25, 2011, shows a devastated area of Joplin, Missouri, which was struck by a killer tornado on May 22.

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Kan in France to attend G-8 summit

PARIS, France - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) is greeted by a guard of honor in Paris on May 25, 2011. Kan is visiting France to attend an annual summit of the Group of Eight countries starting the following day in a Normandy resort. (Pool Photo)

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Japan wins Hungary's support to strike FTA deal with EU

PARIS, France - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands ahead of their meeting at a Paris hotel on May 25, 2011. The two agreed to work closely on Tokyo's intention to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union. (Pool photo)

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FC Seoul 3-0 Kashima

SEOUL, South Korea - Kashima Antlers striker Shinzo Koroki evades a tackle during the second half of a round of 16 game against FC Seoul in the Asian Champions League in Seoul on May 25, 2011. K-League champions FC Seoul won 3-0.

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Kan greeted by French PM Fillon

PARIS, France - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (R) greets Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the prime minister's office in Paris on May 25, 2011. Kan is visiting France to attend an annual summit of the Group of Eight major countries starting the following day in a Normandy resort. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan wins Hungary's support to strike FTA deal with EU

PARIS, France - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L, front) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R, front) hold a meeting at a Paris hotel on May 25, 2011. The two agreed to work closely on Tokyo's intention to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union. (Pool photo)

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Suwon Bluewings 2-0 Nagoya Grampus

SUWON, South Korea - Nagoya Grampus goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki fails to stop Suwon Bluewings' Yeom Ki Hoon scoring during the first half of a round of 16 game in the Asian Champions League in Suwon, South Korea, on May 25, 2011. Suwon won 2-0.

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Kim Jong Il in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A vehicle apparently carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il enters Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 25, 2011.

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Prince Akishino visits disaster-hit Otsuchi

OTSUCHI, Japan - Prince Akishino (2nd from L), the second son of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Kiko (L) talk with people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at an evacuation center in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 25, 2011. (Pool Photo)

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Kan greeted by French PM Fillon

PARIS, France - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (2nd from R) greets Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (3rd from L) at the prime minister's office in Paris on May 25, 2011. Kan is visiting France to attend an annual summit of the Group of Eight major countries starting the following day in a Normandy resort. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Burned ship in Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - A burned ship washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami remains stranded in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 25, 2011.

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IAEA team in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano (L) and Mike Weightman, leader of a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 25, 2011. The IAEA team is visiting Japan on a fact-finding mission into the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Police in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A police officer stands guard in front of the Tiananmen Gate near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 25, 2011. A motorcade believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrived at the hall to hold talks with Chinese leaders.

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JAL president promotes travel to northeastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (R) distributes brochures to passersby on a Tokyo street on May 25, 2011, to solicit tourists to disaster-hit northeastern Japan.

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S. Korean lawmakers return from Kunashiri

SEOUL, South Korea - Kang Chang Il, a lawmaker from South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at Incheon airport, South Korea, on May 25, 2011. Kang and two other South Korean lawmakers returned from Kunashiri Island, one of the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.

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Island to be site for U.S. training

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows the uninhabited Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Municipal leaders near the island opposed on May 25, 2011, a Japanese government decision to move aircraft landing practices there, a plan associated with the transfer of the aircraft from the U.S. Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo to Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan by 2014.

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Japan to cull livestock in no-go zone near Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on April 25, 2011, shows cows wandering without their owners within a designated no-entry zone in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan has decided to cull livestock and poultry in the no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the nuclear power plant due to difficulty in feeding them, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said May 12, 2011.