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India's industrial production growth slows to 5.8 pct in September

STORY: India's industrial production growth slows to 5.8 pct in September SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 10, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of electronic product manufacture unit 3. various of traffic STORYLINE: India's factory activity growth determined by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) fell to 5.8 percent in September from 10.34 percent in August, the government data showed on Friday. "For the month of September 2023, the quick estimates of IIP with base 2011-12 stands at 141.6. The indices of industrial production for the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors for the month of September 2023 stand at 111.5, 140.6 and 205.9 respectively," read the data issued by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation. As per use-based classification, the indices stand at 138.8 for primary goods, 111.6 for capital goods, 153.8 for intermediate goods and 168.7 for infrastructure/construction goods

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Vistors view huge belt conveyor in quake-hit area

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Visitors walk along a huge belt conveyor stretching some 3 kilometers in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in this file photo taken on Nov. 11, 2014. Tours to view the conveyor as a symbol of reconstruction work from damage caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami started the same month.

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Visitors to huge belt conveyor get sunflower seeds

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A tourist association in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, offers bottles of sunflower seeds, as shown in this file photo taken on Nov. 11, 2014, to participants in a tour of a huge belt conveyor seen as a symbol of reconstruction work from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Association officials hope visitors will remember the city when sunflowers bloom in early summer.

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Tsunami-hit food firm recovering from 2011 quake

TOKYO, Japan -Atsushi Abe, senior managing director of a fish processing company in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, holds popular product "Rias Poem" -- saury in rolled kelp -- in front of a wooden board bearing the same name on Nov. 11, 2014. The board was miraculously found after the 2011 disaster.

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Exhibit on Japan's dislike-S. Korea publications in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Women read books at an exhibition in Seoul to display Japanese dislike-South Korea publications on Nov. 11, 2011, the first day of the event. The exhibition runs through Nov. 16.

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Fukushima Gov. Sato leaves office

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yuhei Sato, governor of the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, attends a press conference on Nov. 11, 2014, when he retired at the expiration of his term of office. During his eight-year tenure, Sato faced the 2011 triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdowns.

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Fukushima police comb debris in coastal areas

NAMIE, Japan - Fukushima prefectural police officers comb through debris in the town of Namie on Nov. 11, 2014, 44 months after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in search of missing victims' remains. As of Nov. 10, 2,593 people were unaccounted for in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, according to the National Police Agency.

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Families, police search for missing victims of 2011 quake

NAMIE, Japan - Family members of people missing in the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami (fore) search for the missing in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, along with Fukushima prefectural police officers on Nov. 11, 2014.

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Duty to work led midwife to put others' safety 1st in tsunami

SHIOGAMA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19, 2013 shows part of a page of the business diary at maternity hospital Ikeno Clinic in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, where midwife Yukie Aoyama works as a chief nurse. Written in the section of March 11, 2011 were encircled characters meaning a big earthquake. (Photo by Yohei Kanasashi)

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U.S. envoy Kennedy gives speech

TOKYO, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy delivers a speech during a luncheon at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2013, her first speech in the post in Tokyo. She is holding a present given to her by people affected by the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake during her visit to the disaster-stricken region in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Jane Birkin honored for disaster relief effort

PARIS, France - Jane Birkin (R) poses for photos with Japanese Ambassador to France Yoichi Suzuki at the ambassador's official residence in Paris on Nov. 14, 2013. Japan presented this year's Foreign Minister's Commendation award to the French-based singer and actress for her efforts in promoting cultural exchange between Japan and France and for relief activities after the March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster.

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Man Utd legend Charlton

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton stands at the stadium of the J-Village soccer facility in Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 11, 2013. Charlton named the J-Village more than 10 years ago. After the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, the facility turned it into an operational base to tackle the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Driftwood violins keep alive memories of prequake days

TOKYO, Japan - Polish violinist Nicolas Chumachenco (L) shows the back of his violin, on which a picture of the famed "miracle pine tree" is drawn. It was the only tree that survived the devastating tsunami that swept away a pine forest on the coast of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2011, when the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. Photo taken Nov. 3, 2012 in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture. (Photo by Yukie Nishizawa)

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Kobe, Arsenal 1-1 in women's soccer charity match

TOKYO, Japan - Players of Japanese women's league champions INAC Kobe Leonessa and English counterparts Arsenal Ladies shake hands following a charity soccer match at National Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011, to help reconstruction efforts in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The game ended 1-1.

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Honda's EV-STER unveiled at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co.'s small electric sports car, the EV-STER, is unveiled on Nov. 30, 2011, at the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened to the press the same day at Tokyo Big Sight. The motor show will be open to the public from Dec. 3 through 11.

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Fukushima Univ. to waive tuition for disaster-hit students

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima University President Osamu Nittono (L), at a press conference in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2011, said the university will waive tuition and enrollment fees for students severely affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster, from the next academic year starting in April 2012.

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Fuji Heavy's Subaru BRZ unveiled at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd's Subaru BRZ is unveiled on Nov. 30, 2011, at the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened to the press the same day before being opened to the public from Dec. 3 through 11. The rear-wheel drive sports car was co-developed with Toyota Motor Corp.

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Tokyo Motor Show opens to press

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Motor Show opens to the press at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward in the Japanese capital on Nov. 30, 2011. Japanese automakers unveiled a bevy of electric cars and other green vehicles, reflecting consumers' shift toward conserving resources after the limiting of power supplies in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The motor show will be open to the public on Dec. 3-11.

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Israeli therapist in disaster-hit Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - Nira Mizrahi (C left), a therapist of the Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid, an Israeli humanitarian relief group, gives a talk in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2011, on art therapy for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Israel is known for its advanced knowledge and care for people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Toyota's new coupe 86

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils its new 2-liter coupe ''86'' (hachiroku) in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2011. The car, which Toyota will begin selling in the spring, was named in a reference to popular sports models launched in the 1980s. Toyota will present the prototype model of the 86, equipped with what the automaker claims is the world's first horizontally opposed D-45 engine, at the Tokyo Motor Show from Dec. 3 to 11, 2011.

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Toyota's new coupe 86

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (front) stands by the automaker's new 2-liter coupe ''86'' (hachiroku) unveiled in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2011. The car to go on sale next spring was named in a reference to popular sports models launched in the 1980s. Toyota will present the prototype model of the 86, equipped with what the automaker claims is the world's first horizontally opposed D-45 engine, at the Tokyo Motor Show from Dec. 3 to 11, 2011.

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Japanese trade minister Edano, China's Li hold talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) and Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano (L) hold talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 26, 2011. Edano requested Beijing ''further ease'' restrictions on Japanese food imports that were imposed in the wake of the nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan that followed the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, while expressing gratitude over a partial easing of the restrictions.

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Takayama retains lead at Casio World Open

GEISEI, Japan - Japanese golfer Tadahiro Takayama reads putting lines on the 18th hole at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in Kochi Prefecture on Nov. 26, 2011, during the third round of the Casio World Open. Takayama shot a 2-under 70 for an 11-under 205 total, taking a one-shot lead into the final round.

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Fukushima children watch ASIMO robot

TAMURA, Japan - Elementary school students watch the ASIMO robot in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2011. The humanoid robot developed by Honda Motor Co. was demonstrated during a special class to encourage the children following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the ensuing nuclear crisis.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas at Wembley

LONDON, Britain - High school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japanese prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and others pose for photos at London's Wembley Stadium on Nov. 24, 2011. The students' trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for Japan's reconstruction efforts.

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Panamanian freighter stranded off Hokkaido

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Photo taken at 11:20 a.m. on Nov. 24, 2011, shows the Panamanian-registered freighter Propel Progress, which was stranded off the coast of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, around 2:30 a.m. the same day. No crew members, all of them Chinese, were injured in the stranding incident.

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Japan air force's acrobatic flight show

FUKUOKA, Japan - People watch a performance by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse acrobatic flight team during a festival at the ASDF's Ashiya Air Base in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2011, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the base. The Blue Impulse, based at tsunami-hit Matsushima Air Base in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, were not hit by the March 11 tsunami as the team was at the Ashiya base since March 10 to perform in an event.

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Children invited aboard U.S. rescue ship Safeguard

ONAGAWA, Japan - Some 400 local children gather to take a tour of the U.S. Navy's rescue and salvage ship Safeguard which made a port call to enhance friendly ties in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2011. The Safeguard worked side-by-side with the Japan Coast Guard in support of Operation Tomodachi to clear waterways in northeastern Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Children invited aboard U.S. rescue ship Safeguard

ONAGAWA, Japan - Local children take a tour inside the wheelhouse of the U.S. Navy's rescue and salvage ship Safeguard which made a port call to enhance friendly ties in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2011. The Safeguard assisted in salvage recovery operations in northeastern Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi with other navy assets after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Children invited aboard U.S. rescue ship Safeguard

ONAGAWA, Japan - A crew member of the U.S. Navy's rescue and salvage ship Safeguard explains to children about diving gear on the ship which made a port call to promote friendship in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2011. About 400 children were invited to take a tour of the vessel that took part in Operation Tomodachi along with other navy assets after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas leave for Wembley

NARITA, Japan - Sixteen high school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, pose for photos at Narita airport near Tokyo ahead of their departure for London on Nov. 22, 2011, to play matches at the famous Wembley Stadium. The trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for the reconstruction efforts.

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

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2011, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, shows chairs 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.''

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S. Korean student wins Japanese speech contest

OKAYAMA, Japan - South Korean high school student Pak Hye Won (front C) poses with other participants after winning the top prize in a Japanese-language speech contest in the city of Okayama on Nov. 20, 2011. Pak expressed support for Japan as it struggles to recover from the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Bhutan king, queen carve Buddhist statue

KYOTO, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (C) carve a Buddhist statue at the Gallery of Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The statue is being made using pine wood from Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, one of the areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and about 3,000 people have so far contributed to the carving.

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Bhutan king, queen carve Buddhist statue

KYOTO, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (C) carve a Buddhist statue at the Gallery of Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The statue is being made using pine wood from Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, one of the areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and about 3,000 people have so far contributed to the carving.

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Disaster debris in Otsuchi

SENDAI, Japan - Debris from the massive March 11, 2011, tsunami is piled up on a beach in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Nov. 17, 2011.

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Bhutan king, queen in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (front L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (front R) visit an area hit by the March 11 tsunami in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2011.

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Bhutan king, queen in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (3rd from R front) and Queen Jetsun Pema (R front) offer prayers as they visit an area hit by the March 11 tsunami in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2011.

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2011 Beaujolais Nouveau launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold glasses of 2011 Beaujolais Nouveau wine in Tokyo at 11:47 p.m. on Nov. 16, 2011, just before the midnight launch of the wine in Japan.

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Debris in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 3, 2011, shows debris generated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami piled up alongside a road in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan.

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Japan defeats Kenya at women's volleyball World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Saori Kimura (R) spikes the ball during the second set of a women's World Cup match against Kenya in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2011. Japan won the match 25-11, 25-10, 25-9, allowing the country to stay in the hunt for a berth at the 2012 London Olympics.

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No. 3 unit building at Fukushima Daiichi power plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2011, shows the No. 3 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was damaged by an explosion after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool Photo)

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Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held Nov. 15, 2011, to open a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The facility was built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore.

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Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Lim Theam Poh (C), director of operations at the Singapore Red Cross, visits a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Nov. 15, 2011. The facility, built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore, opened the same day.

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Monju reactor's lab unused

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2011, shows the inside of a laboratory affiliated with the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor, in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture. The lab, designed to develop new nuclear fuel recycling technology, has been unused since its construction was suspended in 2000 following several accidents, prompting the Board of Audit of Japan to call on Nov. 14, 2011, for the operator of the Monju reactor to find a use for it. Some 83 billion yen has already been spent on it.

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Monju reactor's lab unused

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2011, shows the inside of a laboratory affiliated with the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor, in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture. The lab, designed to develop new nuclear fuel recycling technology, has been unused since its construction was suspended in 2000 following several accidents, prompting the Board of Audit of Japan to call on Nov. 14, 2011, for the operator of the Monju reactor to find a use for it. Some 83 billion yen has already been spent on it.

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Reactor buildings at Fukushima complex

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2011, inside the premises of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows No. 3 reactor building (L back) and No. 4 reactor building. The government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., allowed reporters to enter the plant that day for the first time since it was badly damaged by a series of explosions just after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima plant chief Yoshida

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks with reporters at the plant on Nov. 12, 2011. The government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., allowed reporters to enter the plant the same day for the first time since it was badly damaged by a series of explosions shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima complex opened to media for 1st time since March disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters put on protective masks in a bus ahead of entering the premises of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2011. The government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., allowed reporters to enter the plant that day for the first time since it was badly damaged by a series of explosions just after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)