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Chinese Woman Celebrates Her 124th Birthday - China

Friends and relatives celebrate the 124th birthday of a senior woman at Chaishici Village of Nanbu County, Nanchong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on December 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. Photo by Li Xiangyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese Woman Celebrates Her 124th Birthday - China

Friends and relatives celebrate the 124th birthday of a senior woman at Chaishici Village of Nanbu County, Nanchong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on December 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. Photo by Li Xiangyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Int'l fishing competition held in China's Sichuan

STORY: Int'l fishing competition held in China's Sichuan DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MR. PENG, Participant from China's Hunan Province 3. various of Shengzhong Lake STORYLINE: The 12th International Fishing Competition of Shengzhong Lake in China opened on Saturday in Nanbu County of Nanchong City in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Over 900 players from 21 countries and regions are expected to participate in the four-day competition starting Sunday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MR. PENG, Participant from China's Hunan Province "Fishing is fun and good for health, and Shengzhong Lake is a paradise for fishing lovers." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chengdu, China. (XHTV)

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Lily festival in Tottori Pref.

YONAGO, Japan - A lily festival featuring rare lilies from across Japan begins at Tottori Hanakairo Flower Park in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 21, 2014.

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Bronze fitting from medieval period found in north Japan

NANBU, Japan - A bronze fitting with two cranes facing each other -- a family crest of the medieval Nanbu clan --carved on it is shown in this photo taken in Nanbu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014. The fitting was found in the remains of a hilltop castle owned by the Nanbu clan from the 12th to 16th centuries.

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Salvia flowers paint Tottori park in red

YONAGO, Japan - Salvia flowers blooming in red cover a hill at the Tottori Hanakairo (flower corridor) park in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2014.

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All-white raccoon dog

YONAGO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2013, in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, shows an all-white raccoon dog which has been captured on a farm in the town.

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Emperor attends tree-planting ceremony

YONAGO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (facing, 2nd from L) talk to children during a tree-planting ceremony at the Tottori Hanakairo Flower Park in the town of Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, on May 26, 2013.

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Emperor attends tree-planting ceremony

YONAGO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) plants a seedling during a tree-planting ceremony at the Tottori Hanakairo Flower Park in the town of Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, on May 26, 2013. Empress Michiko also attended the ceremony.

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Free toll roads for March disaster victims

SENDAI, Japan - A driver shows a certificate given to persons affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a toll booth of the Sendai-Nanbu road in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 20, 2011. A total of 20 expressways including ones in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, became free of charge for vehicles with victims of the March disaster aboard from the same day for a year.

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Kyoto Univ. professor places seismometer to study inland quakes

Kyoto University professor Yoshihisa Iio places a seismograph in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on March 23, 2015, for a project to analyze the mechanism of inland earthquakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Persimmon seed-spitting contest held in western Japan

A woman spits a persimmon seed as her daughter looks on in an annual contest on Nov. 23, 2015, in the western Japanese town of Nanbu, a persimmon-growing area in Tottori Prefecture. About 700 people participated in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Persimmon seed-spitting contest held in western Japan

A boy spits a persimmon seed as his father looks on in an annual contest on Nov. 23, 2015, in the western Japanese town of Nanbu, a persimmon-growing area in Tottori Prefecture. The winner in the men's category set a record of 18.38 meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Free toll roads for March disaster victims

SENDAI, Japan - A driver shows a certificate given to persons affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a toll booth of the Sendai-Nanbu road in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 20, 2011. A total of 20 expressways including ones in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, became free of charge for vehicles with victims of the March disaster aboard from the same day for a year. (Kyodo)

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Bronze fitting from medieval period found in north Japan

NANBU, Japan - A bronze fitting with two cranes facing each other -- a family crest of the medieval Nanbu clan --carved on it is shown in this photo taken in Nanbu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014. The fitting was found in the remains of a hilltop castle owned by the Nanbu clan from the 12th to 16th centuries. (Kyodo)

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Salvia flowers paint Tottori park in red

YONAGO, Japan - Salvia flowers blooming in red cover a hill at the Tottori Hanakairo (flower corridor) park in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 27, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Pansy, viola in bloom at western Japan flower park

Pansies and violas are on display at Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 29, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iceland poppies near Mt. Daisen

Photo taken on April 3, 2020, shows Iceland poppies coming into flower near Mt. Daisen (top) in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iceland poppies near Mt. Daisen

Photo taken on April 3, 2020, shows Iceland poppies coming into flower near Mt. Daisen (top) in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flower park in western Japan

A flower park in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, marks the 20th anniversary of its opening on April 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flower park in western Japan

A flower park in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, marks the 20th anniversary of its opening on April 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flower park in western Japan

Children sing at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the opening of a flower park in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on April 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flower park in western Japan

Children sing at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the opening of a flower park in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on April 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tulip festival in Japan

A tulip festival begins at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nanbu, western Japan, on April 13, 2019. The event runs through May 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tulip festival in Japan

A tulip festival begins at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nanbu, western Japan, on April 13, 2019. The event runs through May 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese brewery tries AI-assisted sake making

Photo taken April 6, 2018, shows Kosuke Kuji, president of Nanbu Bijin Co., an award-winning sake brewery in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. He is hoping to use artificial intelligence to assist skilled workers in sake production. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese brewery tries AI-assisted sake making

Photo taken April 6, 2018, shows Kosuke Kuji, president of Nanbu Bijin Co., an award-winning sake brewery in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. He is hoping to use artificial intelligence to assist skilled workers in sake production. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwate-brewed sake wins top prize at London contest

Kosuke Kuji (R), president of the Nanbu Bijin brewery in Iwate Prefecture, holds the trophy for the International Wine Challenge Champion Sake award at one of the world's largest wine contests in London on July 6, 2017. Kuji's wife Rika can be seen beside him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwate-brewed sake wins top prize at London contest

(From L) Hitoshi Suzuki, president of the Ichinokura brewery in Miyagi Prefecture, Kosuke Kuji, president of the Nanbu Bijin brewery in Iwate Prefecture, and his wife Rika, hold trophies in London on July 6, 2017, after winning awards at one of the world's largest wine contests. The Nanbu Bijin brewery won the International Wine Challenge Champion Sake award, while the Ichinokura brewery obtained the Sake Brewer of the Year and the Great Value Champion Sake awards. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flower exhibition begins at Hanakairo in western Japan

People visit a flower exhibition at Tottori Hanakairo Flower Park in the western Japan town of Nanbu on April 19, 2017. Marking the 20th anniversary of a cultural exchange between Hanakairo, one of Japan's largest flower parks, and the Netherlands' famed Keukenhof garden, the event will run through May 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flower exhibition begins at Hanakairo in western Japan

People visit a flower exhibition at Tottori Hanakairo Flower Park in the western Japan town of Nanbu on April 19, 2017. Marking the 20th anniversary of a cultural exchange between Hanakairo, one of Japan's largest flower parks, and the Netherlands' famed Keukenhof garden, the event will run through May 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo