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Int'l Exchange | Mongolian exhibitor seeks trade opportunities at 8th China-Eurasia Expo

(240629) -- URUMQI, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Nov. 8, 2023 with a mobile phone shows Buba Batmunkh at the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in east China's Shanghai. Mongolian Buba Batmunkh is one of the fresh exhibitors to the 8th China-Eurasia Expo, but he has been to more than 30 other expos in China since he started his business in the country in 2016 to seek more trade opportunities. He brought with him woolen and cashmere products from Mongolia to the ongoing expo, where he also found people are interested in Mongolian food, and secured some new trade partners. Moreover, he was deeply impressed by the scenery and culinary arts in Xinjiang, and he wished to show up at the expo again next year. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill orders food on her mobile phone in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 30, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill poses for photo at Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 30, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill provides training for Chinese skiers in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 30, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill walks on the way to her residence after training in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 30, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill fills in the evaluation forms for Chinese skiers in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 30, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill provides training for Chinese skiers in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 30, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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World's first Zootopia land begins trial operation at Shanghai Disney Resort

STORY: World's first Zootopia land begins trial operation at Shanghai Disney Resort SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 30, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Zootopia land STORYLINE: The world's first Zootopia land, scheduled to open to the public starting from Dec. 20 at Shanghai Disney Resort, has kicked off trial operation, the resort said Wednesday. The new themed land was open to the media for the first time on Wednesday. It is based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios movie "Zootopia" and will become the eighth themed land in Shanghai Disneyland. According to the resort, the Zootopia land's construction began in December 2019, and it involves many latest original design concepts from the international Disney engineering team. Shanghai Disney Resort opened with six themed lands on June 16, 2016. Its seventh land, Disney Pixar Toy Story Land, opened in 2018, making Shanghai Disneyland the fastest-expanding Disneyland in the world. I

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Singapore president on state visit to Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Singapore President Tony Tan (2nd from L in front) and his wife Mary (far L) attend a welcome ceremony for the couple, alongside the Japanese imperial family, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and his wife Akie (R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2016.

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Sunken road found at site of huge sinkhole incident in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan, Nov. 26 Kyodo - Photo taken Nov. 26, 2016, shows a newly paved road covering the site of a huge sinkhole that opened up recently at an intersection in downtown Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, after it was discovered to have sunken slightly. Police closed part of the road at 1:45 a.m. that day, but reopened it around 5:30 a.m. after it was deemed safe for traffic.

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Road Reopened After Huge Sinkhole in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan, - Nov. 15: A road in front of JR Hakata station in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka reopens on Nov. 15, 2016, after a huge sinkhole there was filled with soil. The 30-meter-long, 27-meter-wide, 15-meter-deep hole is believed to have been caused by construction work on a subway extension line.

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

(220107) -- CHENGDU, Jan. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken by an infrared camera on Nov. 23, 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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CHINA-SICHUAN-GIANT PANDA-INFRARED CAMERA-IMAGE (CN)

(220107) -- CHENGDU, Jan. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken by an infrared camera on Nov. 21, 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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Imperial Household Agency's Wild Duck Preserve

Photo taken July 2, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Imperial Household Agency's Wild Duck Preserve, or Kamoba, in the city of Ichikawa, near Tokyo. The agency is now offering public access to facility on Sept. 30, and Nov. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Household Agency's Wild Duck Preserve

Photo taken July 2, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Imperial Household Agency's Wild Duck Preserve, or Kamoba, in the city of Ichikawa, near Tokyo. The agency is now offering public access to facility on Sept. 30, and Nov. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Farewell ceremony for cartoonist Mizuki held in Tokyo

A farewell ceremony for cartoonist Shirgeru Mizuki, who died on Nov. 30 last year at the age of 93, is held in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2016. Mizuki was well known for his "GeGeGe no Kitaro" comic series depicting spirits and monsters in Japanese folklore called "yokai." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL flies Tokyo-Dallas route for 1st time in 14 years

A Japan Airlines plane from Narita, near Tokyo, arrives at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas on Nov. 30, 2015, marking JAL's resumption of the route after a hiatus of 14 years. The service was resumed with four round trips a week and is expected to increase to one round trip a day from March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IMF to add China's yuan to currency basket

Photo taken Nov. 30, 2015, shows Chinese 100 yuan bills, 100 euro bills, U.S. 100 dollar bills and Japanese 10,000 yen bills. The International Monetary Fund decided that day to add the yuan to its benchmark currency basket starting in October 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IMF to add China's yuan to currency basket

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, holds a press conference in Washington on Nov. 30, 2015, after the IMF decided at a board meeting to add the yuan to its benchmark currency basket starting in October 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IMF to add China's yuan to currency basket

Photo taken Nov. 30, 2015, shows Chinese 100 yuan bills, 100 euro bills, U.S. 100 dollar bills and Japanese 10,000 yen bills. The International Monetary Fund decided that day to add the yuan to its benchmark currency basket starting in October 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takarazuka to issue certificates recognizing same-sex partnership

Tomoko Nakagawa, mayor of the western Japanese city of Takarazuka, announces during a press conference on Nov. 30, 2015, that the municipal government will start issuing certificates recognizing same-sex partnership as being equivalent to marriage from June 2016, following the same practice in Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards. Nakagawa said, "We hope to issue a message to same-sex couples that we are with you." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL resumes Tokyo-Dallas route for 1st time in 14 years

Officials of Japan Airlines Co. cut the tape during a ceremony at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2015, to mark the resumption of JAL's flight service connecting Narita with Dallas, Texas, after a hiatus of 14 years. The service was launched with four round trips a week the same day and is expected to increase to one round trip a day from spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL resumes Tokyo-Dallas route for 1st time in 14 years

Yoshiharu Ueki, president of Japan Airlines Co., gives a speech in a ceremony at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2015, to mark the resumption of JAL's flight service connecting Narita with Dallas, Texas, after a hiatus of 14 years. The service was launched with four round trips a week the same day and is expected to increase to one round trip a day from spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan sets up panel to increase no. of foreign tourists

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) addresses the first meeting of a panel to devise ways to attract even more foreign tourists to Japan, on Nov. 9, 2015 at his office in Tokyo. The panel headed by Abe and comprised of Cabinet ministers and private-sector experts, is expected to make a concrete plan by March 2016 to increase the number of foreign visitors to 30 million a year. The number for 2015 surpassed 15 million in early October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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Security cameras to be introduced on JR Yamanote Line trains

Photo taken March 7, 2016, shows a new East Japan Railway Co. train on the Yamanote loop line in Tokyo resuming operations after they were suspended about three months earlier due to mechanical problems late on Nov. 30, 2015, the day the new-train operations started. The railway company said on June 6, 2017, it will introduce security cameras on the trains to enhance security. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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33 Japan festivals added to UNESCO heritage list

The Yamahoko parade portion of the Gion Festival is held in Kyoto in this file photo taken July 17, 2016. The festival, with other 32 traditional festivals from across Japan, was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list on Nov. 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan, Japan sign agreement on language exchange, product safety

Chiou I-jen (L), president of Taiwan's Association of East Asian Relations, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart, Mitsuo Ohashi, chairman of the Japan Interchange Association, at the Ambassador Hotel in Taipei on Nov. 30, 2016, after signing two memoranda of understanding on language education cooperation and consumer product safety. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Yamashita joins Brave Blossoms captain Leitch with Chiefs

Hiroshi Yamashita runs with the ball in the second half of Kobe Kobelco Steelers' 23-18 win over Canon Eagles in Kobe on Nov. 15, 2015. The 30-year-old prop will join the New Zealand-based Chiefs for the 2016 Super Rugby season, his Japanese club said on Feb. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TPP debate starts by lower house special panel

Parliamentary debate on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact starts by a House of Representatives special committee on Oct. 14, 2016. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to win Diet approval for the TPP and the passage of related bills during the current extraordinary Diet session through Nov. 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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85-yr-old woman gets prison term for accident

Photo shows the scene of a car accident that happened near a hospital in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Nov. 12, 2016. Sachiko Uezu, 85, driver of the car, was sentenced to two years in prison on May 30, 2018, for fatally hitting two people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hometown of Egyptian suicide bomber

Children linger outside the home in the suburbs of Faiyum, Egypt, on Nov. 30, 2017, where Mahmoud Shafiq, who carried out a suicide bombing terrorist attack in a church in Cairo in December 2016, used to live with his mother. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hometown of Egyptian suicide bomber

Children walk in the Egyptian village in the suburbs of Faiyum on Nov. 30, 2017, where Mahmoud Shafiq, who carried out a suicide bombing terrorist attack in December 2016 at a Cairo church, used to live. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor hopes to see abdication system introduced, friend says

Image taken from a video shot Nov. 30, 2016, shows 82-year-old Mototsugu Akashi, an old friend of Japanese Emperor Akihito, giving an interview to Kyodo News. Akashi said the emperor hopes to see a system put in place enabling an emperor to abdicate, out of concern the imperial court may be split into factions in the event a regent is appointed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Southampton advance to League Cup semifinals

Southampton players celebrate after Jordy Clasie (2nd from L) opens the scoring in their 2-0 away win at Arsenal in the quarterfinals of the League Cup in London on Nov. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Majority of experts at panel hearings supported emperor's abdication

Takashi Mikuriya, acting chairman of a government advisory panel, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2016, after the panel completed the process of hearing from 16 experts on the issue of Emperor Akihito's abdication. Mikuriya, also a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, said the panel will give full consideration to points raised by the experts in future meetings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Majority of experts at panel hearings supported emperor's abdication

Takashi Mikuriya, acting chairman of a government advisory panel, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2016, after the panel completed the process of hearing from 16 experts on the issue of Emperor Akihito's abdication. Mikuriya, also a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, said the panel will give full consideration to points raised by the experts in future meetings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Minamino on target in Salzburg's win at Vienna

Japanese striker Takumi Minamino (front) celebrates after scoring Salzburg's third goal in their 3-1 away win at Austria Vienna in the Austrian first division on Nov. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Matsuzaka joins up with Puerto Rican team for winter league

SoftBank Hawks pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (front C) joins up with Gigantes de Carolina in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 30, 2016, to play winter league baseball for a month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Matsuzaka joins up with Puerto Rican team for winter league

SoftBank Hawks pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka warms up in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 30, 2016, after joining up with Gigantes de Carolina to play winter league baseball for a month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against embattled President Park continues

People stage a rally in Seoul on Nov. 30, 2016, to seek the resignation of President Park Geun Hye, even after Park, who has been under fire over her alleged role in a corruption and influence-peddling scandal, expressed her willingness to resign before her term ends if parliament decides on a plan to ensure a smooth transfer of power. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against embattled President Park continues

People stage a rally in Seoul on Nov. 30, 2016, to seek the resignation of President Park Geun Hye, even after Park, who has been under fire over her alleged role in a corruption and influence-peddling scandal, expressed her willingness to resign before her term ends if parliament decides on a plan to ensure a smooth transfer of power. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against embattled President Park continues

People stage a rally in Seoul on Nov. 30, 2016, to seek the resignation of President Park Geun Hye, even after Park, who has been under fire over her alleged role in a corruption and influence-peddling scandal, expressed her willingness to resign before her term ends if parliament decides on a plan to ensure a smooth transfer of power. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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OPEC agrees to cut output for 1st time in 8 years

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries President Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada (L), Qatar's energy and industry minister, and Secretary General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo attend a press conference in Vienna on Nov. 30, 2016. OPEC member countries have agreed to curtail crude oil production for the first time in eight years amid a global glut. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. Security Council strengthens sanctions against N. Korea

(From L) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, her Japanese counterpart Koro Bessho and South Korean counterpart Oh Joon attend a joint press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 30, 2016. The U.N. Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea in response to its fifth and largest nuclear test in September, placing a cap on the defiant country's coal exports to China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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33 Japan festivals added to UNESCO heritage list

Japan's representative (2nd from L) is congratulated in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov. 30, 2016, as 33 traditional festivals from across the country were added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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33 Japan festivals added to UNESCO heritage list

The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization holds an intergovernmental committee meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov. 30, 2016. Thirty-three traditional festivals from across Japan were added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor tells friend of permanent imperial abdication system hope

Japanese Emperor Akihito, seen in this file photo, told an old friend in July 2016 that he hopes a system is created allowing imperial abdication, the friend, Mototsugu Akashi, said on Nov. 30, 2016, in the first revelation of the emperor's thoughts on how his reign should end. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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OPEC agrees to cut output for 1st time in 8 years

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries holds a regular general meeting in Vienna on Nov. 30, 2016. OPEC said its member countries have agreed to curtail crude oil production for the first time in eight years amid a global glut. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo