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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin (back) is pictured on May 20, 2025, at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The park's deputy director Tatsuko Nakao (L) received a certificate of gratitude on behalf of the panda for promoting traffic safety.

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2025 FISU Winter World University Games - Italy

Nakao Haruka of Japan competes during the freestyle skiing women's moguls final at the 2025 FISU Winter World University Games in Bardonecchia, Italy, January 14, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Ding Xu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-NANNING-GUIYANG-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-FULL SERVICES (CN)

(230831) -- NANNING/GUIYANG, Aug. 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 31, 2023 shows a bullet train running on a bridge at the Nakao River wetland park along the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The 482-kilometer Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, linking Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, and Nanning, launched its full-scale services on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

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River in S China transformed from sewage ditch to wetland park

STORY: River in S China transformed from sewage ditch to wetland park DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the river STORYLINE: Nakao River, an inland river in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, used to be a seriously polluted gutter with dozens of sewage outlets along the river. In 2015, a public-private partnership (PPP) project was rolled out to improve the ecological environment along the river. Pollution control measures including sewage interception and treatment, as well as aquatic ecosystem restoration, have helped turn the river into a wetland park with lucid waters. The number of aquatic species found in the ecological environment along the Nakao River has increased by 40 since 2017, and the water quality of the river has continued to improve. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)

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How China safeguards water resources

STORY: How China safeguards water resources DATELINE: March 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:05:21 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of water conservation efforts in China 2. STANDUP 1 (English): WU YAO, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HAO JIFENG, Construction and Administration Bureau of South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HAO JIFENG, The Construction and Administration Bureau of South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI ZHIHAO, Xinhua correspondent and LIU WEI, Cotton farmer 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG ZHIYONG, Assistant to the general manager of a drainage company in Nanning 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): ZHOU LIUYANG, River chief, Party chief of Nakao River residential community in Nanning 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): WANG ZHIYONG, Assistant to the general manager of a drainage company in Nanning STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): WU YAO, Xinhua correspondent "Wednesday is World Water Day, an annual UN observance day that

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ADB chief says lower oil prices will benefit Asian economies

BANGKOK, Thailand - Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao is interviewed in Bangkok on Dec. 19, 2014. Nakao said the same day that Asian economies will benefit from cheaper oil prices.

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M'bishi Heavy to boost parts output for B787 in Shimonoseki

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Toru Kitamura (L), head of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Shimonoseki Mayor Tomoaki Nakao (R) shake hands on Aug. 18, 2014, in the western Japanese city after the Japanese heavy machinery makers and the city signed an agreement related to a plan to increase the production of wing boxes for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the plant.

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ADB chief Nakao

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Takehiko Nakao, president of the Asian Development Bank, holds a press conference after an annual board meeting of the ADB in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on May 5, 2014.

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ADB chief Nakao

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Takehiko Nakao, president of the Asian Development Bank, holds a press conference in the Kazakhstan capital Astana on May 2, 2014, ahead of a two-day annual meeting of the ADB starting in the city on May 4.

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ADB chief Nakao

TOKYO, Japan - Asian Development Bank chief Takehiko Nakao is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2014. He expressed concern about Japan's worsening current account balance and its budget deficit, saying "twin deficits are unhealthy."

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ADB's Nakao in Leyte

TANAUAN, Philippines - Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao visits a primary school in Tanauan on Leyte Island, the Philippines, on Feb. 11, 2014. He visited areas of the island damaged by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.

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Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) receives a gift from Tomoaki Nakao, mayor of Shimonoseki, Istanbul's sister city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014.

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ADB ends annual meet

MUMBAI, India - Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao speaks at a press conference in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi on May 5, 2013. The ADB wrapped up its two-day annual meeting there that day.

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Aso, ADB chief Nakao

GREATER NOIDA, India - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (R) and Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao attend a seminar in Greater Noida, northern India, on May 3, 2013.

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Ex-top Japan financial diplomat Nakao named new ADB head

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Takehiko Nakao holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on April 26, 2013, after being named new president of the Asian Development Bank.

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Candidate for ADB president Nakao

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's top financial diplomat Takehiko Nakao is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on March 8, 2013. Nakao, vice finance minister for international affairs, is the Japanese government's candidate for president of the Asian Development Bank.

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High levels of radiation detected on Taiwan island

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Katsumi Nakao (R), an anthropology professor at J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, and Yo Kato, an associate professor at the School of Radiology of Tokyo Metropolitan University, attend a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Nov. 20, 2012, to announce that they had detected high levels of radiation on Orchid Island earlier in November. The island is a temporary underground storage site for low-level radioactive waste off Taiwan's southeastern coast.

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'One-and-only' chair for babies in disaster-hit areas

SAPPORO, Japan - Noriyuki Nakao (L), associate professor of Tokai University, looks at chairs, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2011, which are to be given to babies born on March 11, 2011, in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures, severely hit by the quake and tsunami disasters. A Hokkaido-based team announced the same day the project to present the ''one-and-only'' chairs, which bear each baby's name, their birthday ''March 11, 2011'' and a message ''Be tough toward the future.'' Nakao designed the chair.

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EFSF's Regling in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Klaus Regling (C), chief executive officer of the European Financial Stability Facility, heads for a meeting with Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Takehiko Nakao on Oct. 31, 2011, at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo. Regling said after the meeting that Nakao assured him of Tokyo's continued purchase of rescue bonds issued by the eurozone bailout fund in ''the same way as the last 10 months.''

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3 ad agencies to integrate management under holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Nakao (L), president of Daiko Advertising Inc., Toshio Miyagawa (C), president of Hakuhodo Inc., and Katsuhiko Koike, president of Yomiko Advertising Inc. join hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 2 after announcing to integrate the three ad agencies' management under a holding company to be set up in fall 2003.

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Residents, gov't strike deal on pollution suit

OSAKA, Japan - Mitsuko Matsu (L), leader of plaintiffs in an air pollution suit in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, shakes hands with chief lawyer Hideo Nakao outside the Osaka High Court on Dec. 8. The plaintiffs reached an official settlement with the central government to end a 12-year battle over air pollution from vehicle exhaust emissions. The government and the state-run Hanshin Expressway Public Corp. promised to take steps to restrict traffic along National Highway 43 and the Kobe sector of the Hanshin Expressway.

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Nakao spurts in 200m backstroke final

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Miki Nakao spurts in the Olympic 200-meter women's backstroke final at Sydney International Aquatic Center on Sept. 22. She netted the bronze medal, clocking 2 minutes 11.05 seconds.

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Nakao wins bronze in women's 200m backstroke

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Miki Nakao waves at the audience after winning the bronze medal in the women's 200m backstroke final at Sydney's International Swimming Center on Sept. 22.

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Construction Ministry searched in bribery case

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office take out documents confiscated at the Construction Ministry in Tokyo on July 3 in a search related to allegations of bribery by former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao. Nakao allegedly accepted 30 million yen in bribes from Wakachiku Construction Co. in return for helping put Wakachiku on the ministry's list of firms designated to bid for public works contracts.

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Wakachiku Construction execs apologize over bribery scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Shimoda (R), president of Wakachiku Construction Co., and another executive bow at a news conference in Tokyo on July 3 to express their apology for a scandal in which the company allegedly bribed former Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao in 1996.

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Hagiwara leads Japanese 1-2 at Pan Pacific swimming

SYDNEY, Australia - Asian Games champion Tomoko Hagiwara (L) and Japanese national record holder Miki Nakao (R) show off their medals after making a 1-2 finish Aug. 28 in the final of the women's 200-meter backstroke in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Hagiwara, who took a 0.30-second lead into the final lap, held off Nakao down the stretch before touching in 2 minutes, 11.36 seconds to bag Japan's second gold medal of the biennial meet.

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