Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Volunteers contribute to swan protection efforts in NW China's Xinjiang

STORY: Volunteers contribute to swan protection efforts in NW China's Xinjiang SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of swans 2. various of volunteers 3. various of Swan Bay of Kaidu River 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GE YUJIE, Head of local volunteer service team for wildlife protection 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO ZHIYA, Local resident, volunteer STORYLINE: More and more people are making their contributions to protecting swans and other wild birds in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Swan Bay of Kaidu River is home to a variety of migratory birds, thanks to the efforts to protect the local ecosystem. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GE YUJIE, Head of local volunteer service team for wildlife protection "I was very surprised to find six swans here in the winter of 2013. Later, we quickly set up a wildlife protection volunteer service team. The number of people in our team has grown from just a few i

E

Confucian lecture halls thrive in China's rural communities

STORY: Confucian lecture halls thrive in China's rural communities SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 25, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: JINAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Confucian lecture hall in Beidongye Village of Shandong Province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PANG DEHAI, Resident in Beidongye Village 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GAO DEYING, Volunteer lecturer with the Confucian lecture hall of Beidongye Village 4. various of Confucian lecture halls 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SUN FULU, Staffer with a Confucian lecture hall in Zibo STORYLINE: The Confucian lecture hall in Beidongye Village of Shandong Province was packed with villagers on Saturday morning. Ten years ago, the first Confucian lecture hall was established in the village, which is not far from Nishan Mountain, the birthplace of ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PANG DEHAI, Resident in Beidongye Village "The Confucian lecture hall was established in 2013. Through these years of education,

E

2023 North American Shaolin Kung Fu Games held in San Gabriel

STORY: 2023 North American Shaolin Kung Fu Games held in San Gabriel SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 11, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: SAN GABRIEL, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of 2023 North American Shaolin Kung Fu Games STORYLINE: The North American Shaolin Kung Fu Games took place in San Gabriel, a neighboring city of Los Angeles on Saturday, hosting 1,200 participants. Reconvening after its initial launch in 2013, the tournament and cultural event featured performances and competitions for all ages from 4 to 60. Students and disciples of the sport from all across the United States met to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from San Gabriel, U.S. (XHTV)

E

Super typhoon Haiyan's survivors in Philippines eye for renewable energy

STORY: Super typhoon Haiyan's survivors in Philippines eye for renewable energy SHOOTING TIME: July. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: TACLOBAN, Philippines CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO MIGUEL OMOTO, Typhoon Haiyan survivor 2. various of Tacloban city 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTONIO MIGUEL OMOTO, Typhoon Haiyan survivor 4. various of Omoto's graduating ceremony 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANTONIO MIGUEL OMOTO, Typhoon Haiyan survivor STORYLINE: Antonio Miguel Omoto from Tacloban city in the Philippines moved in September to the city of Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province for further study under a scholarship program. He will stay at Jiuquan Vocational Technical College (JVTC) for the next three years for renewable energy technology studies. The life-changing decision may be rooted in Omoto's nightmare memories of the super typhoon Haiyan, which blew away his home and hit the Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, and left more than 7,300 peopl

E

Aquino explains backing for Japan's new self-defense policy

TOKYO, Japan - Philippine President Benigno Aquino meets delegates from the Japan National Press Club at the presidential palace in Manila on Nov. 4, 2014. During the meeting, Aquino said he backs the Japanese government's reinterpretation of the Japanese Constitution to allow the exercise of the right of collective self-defense because of the situation Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights have encountered since 2013.

E

Fukushima Daiichi plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows spent fuel in a container being transferred from the No. 4 reactor unit of the disaster-striken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Nov. 29, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it transferred a batch of spent fuel rod assemblies from the No. 4 unit spent fuel pool for the first time to a more stable storage space.

E

Fukushima Daiichi plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows spent fuel in a container being transferred from the No. 4 reactor unit of the disaster-striken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Nov. 29, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it transferred a batch of spent fuel rod assemblies from the No. 4 unit spent fuel pool for the first time to a more stable storage space.

E

Fukushima Daiichi plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows spent fuel in a container being transferred from the No. 4 reactor unit of the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Nov. 29, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it transferred a batch of spent fuel rod assemblies from the No. 4 unit spent fuel pool for the first time to a more stable storage space.

E

TEPCO transfers fuel rods

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2013, shows a container with 22 unused fuel assemblies being taken on a trailer from the spent fuel pool at the No. 4 reactor building to a building housing the common spent-fuel pool at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. transfers the first batch of fuel rod assemblies.

E

TEPCO transfers fuel rods

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2013, shows a container with 22 unused fuel assemblies being carried on a trailer into a building housing the common spent-fuel pool after being taken from the spent fuel pool at the No. 4 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. transfers the first batch of fuel rod assemblies.

E

TEPCO transfers fuel rods

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2013, shows a container with 22 unused fuel assemblies being taken by a trailer from the spent fuel pool at the No. 4 reactor building (top) to a building housing the common spent-fuel pool at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. transfers the first batch of fuel rod assemblies.

E

TEPCO transfers fuel rods

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2013, shows a container with 22 unused fuel assemblies being taken by a trailer from the spent fuel pool at the No. 4 reactor building to a building housing the common spent-fuel pool at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. transfers the first batch of fuel rod assemblies.

E

TEPCO transfers fuel rods

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2013, shows the No. 4 reactor building (back) housing the spent fuel pool and a building housing the common spent-fuel pool at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled plant, transferred the same day the first batch of fuel rod assemblies taken from the No. 4 unit spent fuel pool to the building in the foreground that provides more stable storage conditions.

E

Fuel removal starts at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2013, shows (from R) the Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. started a yearlong mission later that day to remove fuel from the cooling pool at the damaged No. 4 reactor building (far L).

E

Fukushima spent fuel removal

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2013, shows the No. 4 reactor building (back) and the building housing the common spent-fuel pool (front) at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. began preparation work for nuclear fuel removal at the reactor building the same day.

E

Fuel removal from No. 4 unit to start Nov. 18

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Nov. 15 it plans to start removing spent nuclear fuel from the cooling pool at the No. 4 reactor building Nov. 18. (Pool photo)

E

Fuel removal from No. 4 unit to start Nov. 18

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel on the fifth floor of the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Nov. 15 it plans to start removing the spent fuel from the pool at the No. 4 reactor building Nov. 18. (Pool photo)

E

Sony launches PlayStation 4

NEW YORK, United States - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. CEO Andrew House (L) hands the new PlayStation 4 game console to its first customer Joey Chiu (C) during an event in New York on Nov. 15, 2013.

E

Test for Fukushima No. 4 unit fuel removal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2013, shows the No. 4 reactor building (back) and the building housing the common spent-fuel pool (front) at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. conducted a test for nuclear fuel removal at the plant the same day.

E

Test for Fukushima No. 4 unit fuel removal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2013, shows the No. 4 reactor building (back) and the building housing the common spent-fuel pool (front) at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. conducted a test for nuclear fuel removal at the plant the same day.

E

Test for Fukushima No. 4 unit fuel removal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2013, shows a heavy vehicle pulling a container to transport fuel, which has arrived at the No. 4 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. conducted a test for nuclear fuel removal at the plant the same day.

E

Test for Fukushima No. 4 unit fuel removal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2013, shows a heavy vehicle pulling a container to transport fuel, which has arrived at the No. 4 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. conducted a test for nuclear fuel removal at the plant the same day.

E

Monk follows Kukai's footsteps for 30 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Jien Shizuka, a monk from Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, speaks about pilgrimages to China he has made for 30 years to follow the footsteps of Japanese monk Kukai, during an interview on Nov. 4, 2013. Mt. Koya is Japan's headquarters of the Shingon sect of esoteric Buddhism founded by Kukai in the early ninth century.

E

Ex-baseball commissioner Negoro dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2007 in Tokyo shows Yasuchika Negoro, then acting commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball. Negoro, a former NPB commissioner who took the post after retiring as head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors' Office, died of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 4, 2013, the Justice Ministry said Nov. 8. He was 81.

E

Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Panorama composed of nine photos shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel in the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. invited journalists to the site ahead of the removal of nuclear fuel from the pool, expected to start later in the month. (Pool photo)

E

Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows spent nuclear fuel in the cooling pool at the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. invited journalists to the site ahead of the removal of nuclear fuel from the pool, expected to start later in the month. (Pool photo)

E

Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel in the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. invited journalists to the site ahead of the removal of nuclear fuel from the pool, expected to start later in the month. (Pool photo)

E

Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. invited journalists to the site ahead of the removal of spent nuclear fuel from the cooling pool in the building, expected to start later in the month. (Pool photo)

E

Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel in the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. invited journalists to the site ahead of the removal of nuclear fuel from the pool, expected to start later in the month. (Pool photo)

E

China activist at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Chinese civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng speaks at the United Nations in New York on Nov. 4, 2013. He made an appeal that China should not be elected to the Human Rights Council at a vote in the General Assembly later in the month.

E

Soyuz spacecraft

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz rocket, painted with a design celebrating the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, is taken out of an assembly plant to be carried to the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 4, 2013. The rocket contains a spacecraft to bring three astronauts, as well as a Sochi Olympic torch, to the International Space Station later in the month.

E

Soyuz spacecraft

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz rocket, painted with a design celebrating the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, is taken out of an assembly plant to be carried to the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 4, 2013. The rocket contains a spacecraft to bring three astronauts, as well as a Sochi Olympic torch, to the International Space Station later in the month.

E

Soyuz spacecraft

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz rocket, painted with a design celebrating the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, is taken out of an assembly plant to be carried to the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 4, 2013. The rocket contains a spacecraft to bring three astronauts, as well as a Sochi Olympic torch, to the International Space Station later in the month.

E

Vietnam premier

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Hanoi on Nov. 4, 2013. Dung pledged to work closely with other member countries negotiating a trans-Pacific free trade deal in order to complete the negotiations before the end of 2013.

E

Photo exhibition of VNA, Kyodo

HANOI, Vietnam - An opening ceremony is held for a photo exhibition co-sponsored by Vietnam News Agency and Kyodo News in Hanoi on Nov. 4, 2013. The exhibition, marking the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year and the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, features some 80 photographs under the central theme "Vietnam and Japan: Together to a New Horizon."

E

China's top nuclear envoy arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - China's top nuclear envoy Wu Dawei (L) arrives at Pyongyang's international airport on Nov. 4, 2013. Wu chairs long-stalled six-party negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

E

Anti-U.S. rally in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - An anti-U.S. rally is held in Tehran, Iran, on Nov. 4, 2013, the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in which Americans were taken hostage.

E

Vietnam premier

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Hanoi on Nov. 4, 2013. Dung pledged to work closely with other member countries negotiating a trans-Pacific free trade deal in order to complete the negotiations before the end of 2013.

E

China's top nuclear envoy arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - China's top nuclear envoy Wu Dawei arrives at Pyongyang's international airport on Nov. 4, 2013. Wu chairs long-stalled six-party negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

E

Anti-U.S. rally in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - An anti-U.S. rally is held in Tehran, Iran, on Nov. 4, 2013, the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in which Americans were taken hostage.

E

Office for Japan-N. Korea sports exchange

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ma Chol Su (L), a former director of Asian affairs at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, and Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki shake hands after they signed an agreement on the opening of an office to facilitate exchanges between Japan and North Korea through sports in Pyongyang on Nov. 4, 2013. Ma serves as secretary general of a friendship association between the two countries.

E

Office for Japan-N. Korea sports exchange

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki points to a plate inscribed with the name of an office to facilitate exchanges between Japan and North Korea through sports in Pyongyang on Nov. 4, 2013, as a nonprofit organization headed by Inoki opened the office.

E

Ando inches toward Sochi Games

MAEBASHI, Japan - Two-time women's world champion Miki Ando performs in the women's free program at the Eastern Japan Figure Skating Championships in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture on Nov. 4, 2013. Ando finished second overall to earn a spot in December's national championships, which will be used to select Japan's figure skating squad for the Sochi Games in February.

E

Air pollution alert in Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Junior high school students wear masks as they practice dancing in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 4, 2013. The prefecture just east of Tokyo warned its residents the same day not to go outside as the toxic air pollutant PM2.5 could exceed the limit set in national provisional guidelines.

E

Ando inches toward Sochi Games

MAEBASHI, Japan - Two-time women's world champion Miki Ando performs in the women's free program at the Eastern Japan Figure Skating Championships in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture on Nov. 4, 2013. Ando finished second overall to earn a spot in December's national championships, which will be used to select Japan's figure skating squad for the Sochi Games in February.

E

Ando inches toward Sochi Games

MAEBASHI, Japan - Two-time women's world champion Miki Ando performs in the women's free program at the Eastern Japan Figure Skating Championships in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture on Nov. 4, 2013. Ando finished second overall to earn a spot in December's national championships, which will be used to select Japan's figure skating squad for the Sochi Games in February.

E

Celebration for Eagles' 1st baseball title

SENDAI, Japan - People line up in front of department store Fujisaki Co.'s Sendai flagship in Miyagi Prefecture before its opening on Nov. 4, 2013. The department store held sales to celebrate the Sendai-based Rakuten Eagles' clinching of their first Japan Series championship in professional baseball the previous day.

E

Celebration for Eagles' 1st baseball title

SENDAI, Japan - Employees at the Sendai Mitsukoshi department store in Miyagi Prefecture split a "kusudama" ball, releasing a congratulatory banner and colorful streamers, on Nov. 4, 2013, prior to holding a sales event to celebrate the Sendai-based Rakuten Eagles' clinching of their first Japan Series championship in professional baseball the previous day.

E

Celebration for Eagles' 1st baseball title

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a ring with a star ruby surrounded by diamonds with a price tag of 10.01 million yen on Nov. 4, 2013, displayed as an eye-catcher item at department store Fujisaki Co.'s Sendai flagship in Miyagi Prefecture, where sales were held to celebrate the Sendai-based Rakuten Eagles' clinching of their first Japan Series championship in professional baseball the previous day. The number "1,001" in the price tag can be read in the same way as the first name of Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino.

E

Chinese-invested industrial parks inject new vitality into Indonesia's economic growth

STORY: Chinese-invested industrial parks inject new vitality into Indonesia's economic growth DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:41 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of two industrial parks 2. various of the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG FAN, Head of IMIP 4. various of Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE XIAOZHEN, Head of IWIP 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Indonesian): FITRIANI, Engineer of IMIP 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Indonesian): FRILEKS ARBABEN, Head of Lelilef Sawai village STORYLINE: Two industrial parks invested by a Chinese company in Indonesia have injected new vitality into Indonesia's economic growth. Located in central Sulawesi province, the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) was built in 2013 as a joint venture between Indonesia's Bintang Delapan Group and China's Tsingshan Iron and Steel. It has made a total accumulated investment of more than 13 billion U.S. dollars, elevating Indonesia to the second largest stainles