Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Chinese film director Zhang Yimou in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2005

Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Chinese film director Zhang Yimou during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2005

Maehara's Tokyo "office" comes under suspicion

Maehara's Tokyo "office" comes under suspicion

TOKYO, Japan - National Policy Minister Seiji Maehara meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. The home of Maehara's secretary, registered as the main office of his support group in Tokyo, booked over 10 million yen in costs between 2005 and 2010 in political funds reports, though it is not clear whether substantive work was performed there, people familiar with the matter said the same day.

Maehara's Tokyo "office" comes under suspicion

Maehara's Tokyo "office" comes under suspicion

TOKYO, Japan - National Policy Minister Seiji Maehara (C) meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. The home of Maehara's secretary, registered as the main office of his support group in Tokyo, booked over 10 million yen in costs between 2005 and 2010 in political funds reports, though it is not clear whether substantive work was performed there, people familiar with the matter said the same day.

Emperor, empress visit Fukuoka quake victims at prefab housing

Emperor, empress visit Fukuoka quake victims at prefab housing

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito meets with earthquake victims who have been living in prefab housing in Fukuoka since a powerful earthquake destroyed their houses on Genkai island off the Fukuoka coast in 2005. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Oct. 29 visited the temporary housing complex in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward where 32 people from the earthquake-stricken area are still living.

CPI expected to show 1st rise in 8 yrs in FY 2005, says BOJ

CPI expected to show 1st rise in 8 yrs in FY 2005, says BOJ

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui speaks at press conference on Oct. 29 after the bank's Policy Board members projected that the nation's consumer price index will rise for the first time in eight years in fiscal 2005.

A dialogue with China's Shenzhou-15 spaceflight crew

STORY: A dialogue with China's Shenzhou-15 spaceflight crew DATELINE: Nov. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:12 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the dialogue with China's Shenzhou-15 spaceflight crew STORYLINE: How long can you hold on to your dream? A dialogue with China's Shenzhou-15 crew SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG LU, Astronaut of Shenzhou-15 spaceflight mission "I've been preparing for the mission for 12 years since I became a member of the second batch of Chinese astronauts." On Oct. 17, 2005 As Shenzhou-6 spaceship landed in Siziwang Banner in Inner Mongolia, Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng greeted the crowd after exiting the re-entry capsule SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FEI JUNLONG, Astronaut of Shenzhou-6 and Shenzhou-15 spaceflight missions "Going to space has been my dream ever since I became an astronaut. Why am I on another spaceflight mission 17 years later? Because my dream has not yet come true. I always think about the day I returned from th

Confucius Institute in Ireland's Cork marks 15th anniversary

STORY: Confucius Institute in Ireland's Cork marks 15th anniversary DATELINE: Oct. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:29 LOCATION: CORK, Ireland CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Confucious Institute at University College Cork 2. various of a panel meeting 3. various of performances STORYLINE: With a panel meeting and Chinese and Irish performances, the Confucious Institute at University College Cork celebrated its 15th anniversary on Friday evening. On behalf of the Lord Mayor of Cork City, Councillor John Sheehan in a welcome speech highly praised the institute's contribution to promoting the people-to-people exchanges between Ireland and China, especially between Cork and Shanghai, which formed a sister city relationship in 2005. "The Office of the Lord Mayor of Cork and Cork City Council fully support the aims and objectives of the Confucius Institute at University College Cork and have done so since its inception in 2007," he said. Over the last 15 years, the institute has provided Chinese language

CPI expected to show 1st rise in 8 yrs in FY 2005, says BOJ

CPI expected to show 1st rise in 8 yrs in FY 2005, says BOJ

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui speaks at press conference on Oct. 29 after the bank's Policy Board members projected that the nation's consumer price index will rise for the first time in eight years in fiscal 2005. (Kyodo)

Emperor, empress visit Fukuoka quake victims at prefab housing

Emperor, empress visit Fukuoka quake victims at prefab housing

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito meets with earthquake victims who have been living in prefab housing in Fukuoka since a powerful earthquake destroyed their houses on Genkai island off the Fukuoka coast in 2005. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Oct. 29 visited the temporary housing complex in Fukuoka's Chuo Ward where 32 people from the earthquake-stricken area are still living. (Kyodo)