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Almost 600 migrants arrive on Italy's Lampedusa island

STORY: Almost 600 migrants arrive on Italy's Lampedusa island SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: LAMPEDUSA, Italy CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of The Door of Lampedusa 2. various of migrants in Lampedusa 3. various of the migrant boats STORYLINE: A fishing vessel with 573 migrants aboard landed on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Monday after being towed ashore by the Italian Coast Guard. It is the fourth major landing of migrants on the island this month. Local media reported that the migrants had set off from Libya. They arrived at a migrant processing center on Lampedusa designed to house around 400 people. With the latest arrivals, the total number of migrants landing on Italy's shores this year topped 150,000, according to figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). With only five weeks left to go this year, the figure is more than in any other complete year since 2016. As of Monday, the UNHCR said that a

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President Xi Jinping welcomes Uruguayan counterpart Lacalle

STORY: President Xi Jinping welcomes Uruguayan counterpart Lacalle SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:57 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG BIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the welcoming ceremony STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG BIN, Xinhua correspondent "This is Wang Bin with Xinhua News Agency, reporting from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. On Wednesday afternoon, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, who is on a state visit to China from November 20 to 24. This is Lacalle's first visit to China. Uruguay is an important country in South America. Over the past 35 years, since the establishment of bilateral ties, especially since the two sides established a strategic partnership in 2016, China-Uruguay relations have made good progress and delivered tangible benefits to the two peoples. After the welcoming ceremony, the two heads of state proceeded to hav

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Japan space agency developing world's smallest satellite-launch rocket

SAGAMIHARA, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Hiroto Habu, an assistant professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, poses with the TRICOM1 ultra small satellite developed by the University of Tokyo, at JAXA's facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2016. JAXA said it will launch the world's smallest rocket, which is around 10 meters long, about 50 centimeters in diameter and weighs 2.6 tons, to put the satellite into Earth orbit from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by the end of March 2017.

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CHINA-SICHUAN-GIANT PANDA-INFRARED CAMERA-IMAGE (CN)

(220107) -- CHENGDU, Jan. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken by an infrared camera on Nov. 22, 2021 shows a giant panda named Xiaohetao in the wild. Xiaohetao was released into the Longxi-Hongkou National Nature Reserve, a habitat for wild pandas, in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province in December, 2018.The female panda was born on July 30, 2016. (Xinhua)

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Ieyasu's spirit tablet unveiled for 400th death anniv.

Photo taken April 21, 2015, shows the spirit tablet of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first general of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which was unveiled at Rinnoji temple in the eastern Japan city of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, prior to the 400th anniversary of his death the following year. It is open to the public from April 22 to Nov. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran on rise as tourist destination

A relief of soldiers at Persepolis in Iran is pictured on Nov. 22, 2016. The UNESCO World Heritage site has attracted more tourists since world powers lifted economic sanctions on the country in January 2016, following a landmark nuclear deal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran on rise as tourist destination

The Quran Gate in Shiraz, southern Iran, is pictured on Nov. 22, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran on rise as tourist destination

The ruins of Persepolis in Iran are pictured on Nov. 22, 2016. The UNESCO World Heritage site has attracted more tourists since world powers lifted economic sanctions on the country in January 2016, following a landmark nuclear deal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Japanese movies may set ties with China in motion in 2017

Young Chinese people gather for an event celebrating popular Japanese animated film "your name." at the Communication University of China in Beijing on Nov. 22, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Fujinami wants to be good enough to pitch in WBC

Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami (R) bumps fists with catcher Ryutaro Umeno after throwing a complete game against the Hiroshima Carp at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Sept. 22, 2016. "The WBC is a possibility, and I want to be good enough to be considered for that," Fujinami said in Tokyo on Nov. 12, referring to his potential participation in the World Baseball Classic in March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Puddles found in reactor buildings at Fukushima Daini plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 22, 2016, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, following a powerful quake that hit the area in the early morning of the same day. The utility said Nov. 24 that puddles in three of the four reactor buildings at the idled plant may have formed from water that splashed out of spent-fuel pools during the quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M7.4 quake hits northeastern Japan, tsunami observed

A road in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture is clogged with cars evacuating at 6:32 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2016, after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 hit the area at 5:59 a.m. with the weather agency issuing a tsunami warning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Residents in northeastern Japan evacuate after quake, tsunami warnings

Evacuees gather at a shelter in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 22, 2016, after a powerful earthquake rattled Fukushima and nearby prefectures, prompting the weather agency to issue a tsunami warning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Matsushima to join Super Rugby's Rebels

Kotaro Matsushima (C) runs with the ball in Suntory Sungoliath's 38-5 loss to Panasonic Wild Knights in a Top League match in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2015. The 22-year-old utility back will join Super Rugby's Melbourne-based Rebels on a short term contract, Suntory said on Feb. 5, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spent-fuel cooling at Fukushima Daini plant temporarily halts

Photo taken at 11:33 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2016, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, following a powerful quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 which hit the area at 5:59 a.m. The cooling system at the spent-fuel pool of the No. 3 unit (2nd from front) at the plant automatically halted around 6:10 a.m. before TEPCO resumed the system at 7:47 a.m., the utility said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spent-fuel cooling at Fukushima Daini plant temporarily halts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 9:10 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2016, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, following a powerful quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 which hit the area at 5:59 a.m. The cooling system at the spent-fuel pool of the No. 3 unit (2nd from R) at the plant automatically halted around 6:10 a.m. before TEPCO resumed the system at 7:47 a.m., the utility said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spent-fuel cooling at Fukushima Daini plant temporarily halts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 9:09 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2016, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, following a powerful quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 which hit the area at 5:59 a.m. The cooling system at the spent-fuel pool of the No. 3 unit (2nd from bottom) at the plant automatically halted around 6:10 a.m. before TEPCO resumed the system at 7:47 a.m., the utility said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spent-fuel cooling at Fukushima Daini plant temporarily halts

Naohiro Masuda, a Tokyo Electric Power Co. official in charge of decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2016 following a powerful quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 which hit northeastern Japan. Masuda said the cooling system at the No. 3 unit's spent-fuel pool at Fukushima Daini plant automatically halted around 6:10 a.m. before TEPCO resumed the system at 7:47 a.m. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Residents in northeastern Japan evacuate after quake, tsunami warnings

Evacuees gather at a school in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in this photo taken Nov. 22, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter, after a powerful earthquake rattled Fukushima and nearby prefectures in Japan, prompting the weather agency to issue a tsunami warning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Residents in northeastern Japan evacuate after quake, tsunami warnings

Evacuees gather at a school in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in this photo taken Nov. 22, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter, after a powerful earthquake rattled Fukushima and nearby prefectures in Japan, prompting the weather agency to issue a tsunami warning. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Residents in northeastern Japan evacuate after quake, tsunami warnings

News of tsunami warnings for Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures is shown on TV at a shelter in Sendai, Japan, on Nov. 22, 2016, after a powerful earthquake shook the country's northeast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M7.4 quake hits northeastern Japan, tsunami observed

Firemen keep watch on a seacoast in Soma in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Nov. 22, 2016, after the weather agency issuing a tsunami warning following a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 which hit the area at 5:59 a.m. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginkgo and Kumamoto Castle

A ginkgo aflame with autumn tints is pictured on Nov. 22, 2018, against the background of Kumamoto Castle, now under repair following its partial destruction in a massive earthquake that hit the southwestern Japanese prefecture in April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginkgo and Kumamoto Castle

A ginkgo aflame with autumn tints is pictured on Nov. 22, 2018, against the background of Kumamoto Castle, now under repair following its partial destruction in a massive earthquake that hit the southwestern Japanese prefecture in April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newspaper for Paralympic athletes launched

Photographer Mika Ninagawa (L) and Sae Tsuji, a Japanese track medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, hold a copy of the first issue of the Go Journal free newspaper at an event in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2017. The publisher Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Center plans to distribute the paper aimed at raising awareness of para athletes twice a year before the 2020 Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Akishino turns 51, finds emperor's abdication message "good"

Japanese Prince Akishino (L), alongside his wife Princess Kiko, speaks to the press at their home in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2016, ahead of his 51st birthday on Nov. 30. The younger son of Emperor Akihito said it was "good" that the emperor had expressed his desire in August to abdicate out of concern about his age. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Akishino turns 51, finds emperor's abdication message "good"

Japanese Prince Akishino, alongside his wife Princess Kiko, speaks to the press at their home in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2016, ahead of his 51st birthday on Nov. 30. The younger son of Emperor Akihito said it was "good" that the emperor had expressed his desire in August to abdicate out of concern about his age. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Akishino turns 51, finds emperor's abdication message "good"

Japanese Prince Akishino speaks to the press at his home in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2016, ahead of his 51st birthday on Nov. 30. The younger son of Emperor Akihito said it was "good" that the emperor had expressed his desire in August to abdicate out of concern about his age. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Badminton: Momota's ban to be lifted as early as May: sources

The Nippon Badminton Association is considering lifting the indefinite ban on Kento Momota, shown in this undated photo, as early as May 2017, sources close to the matter said Nov. 28, 2016. Momota, the 22-year-old former world No. 2, was suspended in April and missed the Rio Olympics -- where he was likely to be a strong medal contender -- after admitting to frequenting illegal casinos. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima cleanup cost expected at 20 tril. yen, double estimate

File photo taken Nov. 22, 2016, shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry expects the combined cost of dealing with the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster to total more than 20 trillion yen ($178.8 billion), nearly double the previous estimate, sources familiar with the matter said on Nov. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese parents visit Colombia park where son was killed

Flowers are laid in a park in the Colombian city of Medellin on Nov. 24, 2016, where a 22-year-old Japanese university student, Ryo Izaki, was shot dead. His parents visited the site that day, five days after the incident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okazaki scores 1st Champions League goal

Shinji Okazaki of Leicester City (C) is congratulated by teammates after scoring his first goal in the European Champions League during the first half of a home game against Club Brugge of Belgium on Nov. 22, 2016. Leicester won 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okazaki scores 1st Champions League goal

Shinji Okazaki of Leicester City (R) celebrates after scoring his first goal in the European Champions League during the first half of a home game against Club Brugge of Belgium on Nov. 22, 2016. Leicester won 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okazaki scores 1st Champions League goal

Shinji Okazaki of Leicester City celebrates after scoring his first goal in the European Champions League during the first half of a home game against Club Brugge of Belgium on Nov. 22, 2016. Leicester won 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagawa strikes twice

Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund (R) scores his first goal in the team's 8-4 win at home over Legia Warsaw on Nov. 22, 2016. Kagawa's header made it 1-1 in the 17th minute -- his first goal in five years of European Champions League appearances -- and he netted again just a minute later to put Dortmund ahead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Director of "your name" meets with Chinese students

Makoto Shinkai (C), who directed popular Japanese animated film "your name," attends an exchange event with students at the Communication University of China in Beijing on Nov. 22, 2016, ahead of the film's release in China on Dec. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Director of "your name" meets with Chinese students

Makoto Shinkai (R), who directed popular Japanese animated film "your name," attends an exchange event with students at the Communication University of China in Beijing on Nov. 22, 2016, ahead of the film's release in China on Dec. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. special rapporteur on N. Korean human rights in Seoul

Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Nov. 22, 2016. Quintana, an Argentine lawyer who took office in August, discussed North Korean human rights issues with South Korean officials and met with North Korean defectors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan space agency developing world's smallest satellite-launch rocket

The TRICOM1 ultra small satellite developed by the University of Tokyo is unveiled to the media at a facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2016. JAXA said it will launch the world's smallest rocket, which is around 10 meters long, about 50 centimeters in diameter and weighs 2.6 tons, to put the satellite into Earth orbit from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by the end of March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan space agency developing world's smallest satellite-launch rocket

Hiroto Habu, an assistant professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, poses with the TRICOM1 ultra small satellite developed by the University of Tokyo, at JAXA's facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2016. JAXA said it will launch the world's smallest rocket, which is around 10 meters long, about 50 centimeters in diameter and weighs 2.6 tons, to put the satellite into Earth orbit from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, by the end of March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Penguins put light on winter illumination

Penguins put the light on winter illumination at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka city on Nov. 22, 2016. The illumination event goes through March 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Penguins put light on winter illumination

Penguins put the light on winter illumination at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka city on Nov. 22, 2016. The illumination event goes through March 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Demonstration of home delivery service using drone

A drone delivers a package during a home delivery service demonstration in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Nov. 22, 2016. The national and municipal governments as well as some major companies aim to put the system using remote-controlled drones into practical use around 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Demonstration of home delivery service using drone

A drone delivers a package during a home delivery service demonstration in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Nov. 22, 2016. The national and municipal governments as well as some major companies aim to put the system using remote-controlled drones into practical use around 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M7.4 quake hits northeastern Japan, causing tsunami

A boat is stranded on a dock following a tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake, at a port in the northeastern Japan city of Higashimatsushima on Nov. 22, 2016. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake is believed to be an aftershock of the magnitude-9.0 earthquake in March 2011 that left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea hold meeting to discuss space technology

Scientists and technical experts hold a meeting in Pyongyang on Nov. 22, 2016, to discuss space technology such as artificial satellites and transport rockets. The gathering is believed to be part of North Korea's efforts to show the international community its peaceful use of space technology. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M7.4 quake hits northeastern Japan, causing tsunami

Capsized boats are seen at a port in the northeastern Japan city of Higashimatsushima on Nov. 22, 2016, following a tsunami generated by a powerful earthquake. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake is believed to be an aftershock of the magnitude-9.0 earthquake in March 2011 that left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea hold meeting to discuss space technology

Scientists and technical experts hold a meeting in Pyongyang on Nov. 22, 2016, to discuss space technology such as artificial satellites and transport rockets. The gathering is believed to be part of North Korea's efforts to show the international community its peaceful use of space technology. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi sees no abnormalities

Photo taken Nov. 22, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. The power plant, which was catastrophically damaged in 2011 and where decommissioning work is underway, was not affected by a powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit the region on the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima Daiichi sees no abnormalities

Photo taken Nov. 22, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. The power plant, which was catastrophically damaged in 2011 and where decommissioning work is underway, was not affected by a powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit the region on the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo