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Foster home completed in Sendai for quake orphans, others

SENDAI, Japan - Foster home facility "Kodomo no mura Tohoku" (Children's Village Tohoku) completed in Sendai, northeastern Japan, to care for orphans from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and other children in need is seen on Oct. 30, 2014. On the left is one of three houses on-site for the foster families to live with the children, while the one on the right is for staff stationed by the incorporated nonprofit organization running it.

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Post-Fukushima crisis disaster mitigation guidelines

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2012, after the authority decided on new guidelines for nuclear disaster mitigation measures following the Fukushima nuclear crisis in 2011, expanding the radius of areas that need to make special preparations to 30 kilometers from an atomic power plant.

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BOJ Deputy Governor Nishimura

KYOTO, Japan - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura attends a meeting with business leaders at a hotel in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2011. Nishimura said during a press conference after the meeting that he believes the intervention in the currency market by the Japanese government and the BOJ on Oct. 31 was effective.

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People affected by M7.2 earthquake in eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - Women hug each other outside a tent providing temporary shelter for people affected by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 30, 2011. The disaster occurred Oct. 23.

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Flooded area near Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows a flooded area near Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 30, 2011.

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Wounded Syrian man in Lebanon

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Photo taken on Oct. 30, 2011, shows a man nursing an injury at a house in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, after he was shot during an antigovernment protest in Homs, western Syria. The man in his 30s who fled his home country in September 2011 refused to show his face because he was afraid of possible reprisals against members of his family in Homs.

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Japan's Suzuki at Skate Canada exhibition

MISSISSAUGA, Canada - Japan's Akiko Suzuki performs during an exhibition at Skate Canada in Mississauga, Canada, on Oct. 30, 2011. Suzuki took the women's silver medal in the event the previous day.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Aerial photo shows a plant of Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., a subsidiary of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co., at flood-hit Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province, central Thailand, on Oct. 30, 2011.

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Japan's Takahashi at Skate Canada exhibition

MISSISSAUGA, Canada - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during an exhibition at Skate Canada in Mississauga, Canada, on Oct. 30, 2011. The 2010 world champion took the bronze medal in the men's competition the previous day.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Aerial photo shows vehicles taking refuge on an elevated road in a flooded area near Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 30, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - An aerial photo shows a flooded road in northern Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 30, 2011.

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Tosen Jordan wins Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Five-year-old Tosen Jordan (L) gallops in the autumn Emperor's Cup at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2011, with Dark Shadow (R) running next to it. The seventh choice Tosen Jordan won the race, setting a new national record of 1 minute, 56.1 seconds for 2,000 meters, followed by second choice Dark Shadow. (Pool photo)

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A man purchases fruit from a stand on a flooded street in the southeastern part of the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok, on Oct. 30, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - An aerial photo shows a flooded temple in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, on Oct. 30, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Aerial photo shows a flooded area near Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 30, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Aerial photo shows a residential area in flood-hit Ayutthaya Province, central Thailand, on Oct. 30, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - An aerial photo shows a flooded residential area in northern Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 30, 2011.

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Costume-clad runners in Osaka Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Combined photo shows participants in the inaugural Osaka Marathon running in their chosen attire in the city of Osaka in western Japan on Oct. 30, 2011. About 30,000 people took part in the event.

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Tosen Jordan wins Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Italian jockey Nicola Pinna (R) celebrates on Tosen Jordan after the horse crossed the line 1st in the autumn Emperor's Cup at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2011. The 5-year-old Tosen Jordan, the seventh choice, set a new national record of 1 minute, 56.1 seconds for 2,000 meters.

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Kawauchi finishes 4th in Osaka Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Yuki Kawauchi finishes fourth in the Osaka Marathon in Osaka on Oct. 30, 2011. Kawauchi, a Saitama prefectural government employee, was the highest-placed Japanese runner.

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Presidential election in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A man walks past a poster of former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev, a presidential candidate, in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 29, 2011. People in Kyrgyzstan voted on Oct. 30, 2011, to elect a new president.

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Hug of Switzerland wins Oita int'l wheelchair marathon

OITA, Japan - Marcel Hug of Switzerland (L) and Japan's Masayuki Higuchi (R) race in the 31st Oita International Wheelchair Marathon in Oita, southwest Japan, on Oct. 30, 2011. Hug captured his second consecutive title in the race while Higuchi finished second.

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'1Q84' arrives in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Joie Reinstein, a 30-year-old fashion editor, buys an English translation of Haruki Murakami's latest novel ''1Q84'' at Kinokuniya bookstore in New York on Oct. 25, 2011. The book hit New York bookstore shelves that day two years after the best-selling novel was released in Japanese.

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Jackie Chan at Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan (L) and Japanese singer Shoko Nakagawa are shown arriving at the opening of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2011. The festival runs through Oct. 30, 2011.

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PM Noda at opening of Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at the opening ceremony of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2011. The festival, under the auspices of Japanese ministries, runs through Oct. 30, 2011. (Pool Photo)

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PM Noda, Jackie Chan at opening of film festival

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and popular Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan shake hands at the opening ceremony of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2011. The festival runs through Oct. 30, 2011. (Pool Photo)

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Hula dancers at opening of Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - A team of hula dancers who appear in the documentary film ''Fukushima Hula Girls'' performs on the ecology-promoting Green Carpet at the opening of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2011. The festival runs through Oct. 30, 2011.

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PM Noda, industry minister Edano on Green Carpet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and industry minister Yukio Edano (R) wave as they walk on the ecology-promoting Green Carpet in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2011, the opening day of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival. The festival, under the auspices of Japanese ministries, runs through Oct. 30, 2011.

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Tokaimura mayor calls for scrapping nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuya Murakami (2nd from L), mayor of the village of Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2011 in Tokyo conveys a request to nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (R) that the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power station in the village be decommissioned. The head of Tokaimura said during a meeting with Hosono that the plant does not meet location requirements because one million people live within a 30-kilometer radius.

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Public library reopens in disaster-hit Minamisanriku

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People visit a makeshift public library in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on the opening day on Oct. 5, 2011. The town-run library lost almost all of its 30,000 books due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but reopened with 3,000 of some 10,000 donated books.

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Japanese ryokan group launches drive to woo wealthy Asians

SINGAPORE, Singapore - A consortium of some of the most exclusive ryokans, or Japanese-style inns, holds a press conference in Singapore on Oct. 4, 2011. The Ryokan Collection, which groups some 30 top-tier ryokans across Japan, has launched a promotion to woo wealthy Southeast Asian tourists.

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Racehorse Symboli Rudolf dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Symboli Rudolf (10) and jockey Yukio Okabe winning the Japanese Derby in Tokyo in 1984. The seven-time Grade One winner in Japan died on Oct. 4, 2011, in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, at the age of 30. The thoroughbred was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Komusubi Toyonoshima ties the knot

TOKYO, Japan - Toyonoshima (L), a 28-year-old komusubi belonging to the Tokitsukaze stable, and his newly wed wife Sunaho Takeuchi, a 30-year-old singer, pose for photos at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 1, 2011, where their wedding reception was held the same day.

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Education Council panel proposes increasing classroom hours

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Central Education Council's school curriculum panel meet in Tokyo on Oct. 30. The panel proposed increasing classroom hours for major subjects at elementary and junior high schools, the first time in 30 years. The measure is likely to be introduced around 2011, according to the panelists.

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Rose plantation creates rosy life in SW China's county

STORY: Rose plantation creates rosy life in SW China's county DATELINE: Oct. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rose plantation 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN WANGHUI, Party chief of Maoshui village 3. various of villagers 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN WANGHUI, Party chief of Maoshui village 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI FUGUI, Local villager 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): YU FULIANG, Local villager 7. various of rose plantation STORYLINE: A village Party chief in southwest China's Sichuan Province has helped develop the rose plantation industry in the county of Xiaojin, which boosts the income of nearly 20,000 people. Chen Wanghui, who leads the Maoshui village administered by the county, is also a delegate to the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN WANGHUI, Party chief of Maoshui village "We started to consider planting roses in 2011. At that time, I was the village chief. The villager

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Embattled stem cell researcher to be stripped of doctorate

Photo shows Haruko Obokata, a former researcher at the heart of a data fabrication scandal surrounding what was initially seen as a groundbreaking stem cell discovery. It was reported on Oct. 30, 2015, that Waseda University is set to revoke the doctoral degree of the former Riken researcher, as she failed to correct her 2011 thesis within a one-year deadline given to her in October 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman shows place of radiation exposure in Hiroshima A-bombing

Yukiko Nakabushi points to the location on a map where she was at the time of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima at an A-bomb exhibition in the western Tokyo suburb of Fuchu on Oct. 18, 2015. She joined a group of some 30 A-bomb survivors on a visit to Fukushima on Oct. 21-22 for exchanges with local people affected by the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man talks about drawings of Hiroshima A-bomb experience

Katsuji Oka talks about his pictures drawn to describe his experience of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima at his home in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2015. He joined a group of some 30 A-bomb survivors on a visit to Fukushima on Oct. 21-22 for exchanges with local people affected by the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Education Council panel proposes increasing classroom hours

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Central Education Council's school curriculum panel meet in Tokyo on Oct. 30. The panel proposed increasing classroom hours for major subjects at elementary and junior high schools, the first time in 30 years. The measure is likely to be introduced around 2011, according to the panelists. (Kyodo)

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Tokaimura mayor calls for scrapping nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuya Murakami (2nd from L), mayor of the village of Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2011 in Tokyo conveys a request to nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (R) that the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power station in the village be decommissioned. The head of Tokaimura said during a meeting with Hosono that the plant does not meet location requirements because one million people live within a 30-kilometer radius. (Kyodo)

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Komusubi Toyonoshima ties the knot

TOKYO, Japan - Toyonoshima (L), a 28-year-old komusubi belonging to the Tokitsukaze stable, and his newly wed wife Sunaho Takeuchi, a 30-year-old singer, pose for photos at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 1, 2011, where their wedding reception was held the same day. (Kyodo)

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Foster home completed in Sendai for quake orphans, others

SENDAI, Japan - Foster home facility "Kodomo no mura Tohoku" (Children's Village Tohoku) completed in Sendai, northeastern Japan, to care for orphans from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and other children in need is seen on Oct. 30, 2014. On the left is one of three houses on-site for the foster families to live with the children, while the one on the right is for staff stationed by the incorporated nonprofit organization running it. (Kyodo)

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Flooded area near Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows a flooded area near Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 30, 2011. (Kyodo)

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BOJ Deputy Governor Nishimura

KYOTO, Japan - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura attends a meeting with business leaders at a hotel in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2011. Nishimura said during a press conference after the meeting that he believes the intervention in the currency market by the Japanese government and the BOJ on Oct. 31 was effective. (Kyodo)

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Wounded Syrian man in Lebanon

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Photo taken on Oct. 30, 2011, shows a man nursing an injury at a house in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, after he was shot during an antigovernment protest in Homs, western Syria. The man in his 30s who fled his home country in September 2011 refused to show his face because he was afraid of possible reprisals against members of his family in Homs. (Kyodo)

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People affected by M7.2 earthquake in eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - Women hug each other outside a tent providing temporary shelter for people affected by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 30, 2011. The disaster occurred Oct. 23. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Takahashi at Skate Canada exhibition

MISSISSAUGA, Canada - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during an exhibition at Skate Canada in Mississauga, Canada, on Oct. 30, 2011. The 2010 world champion took the bronze medal in the men's competition the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Hula dancers at opening of Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - A team of hula dancers who appear in the documentary film ''Fukushima Hula Girls'' performs on the ecology-promoting Green Carpet at the opening of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2011. The festival runs through Oct. 30, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Malaysian court sentences Japanese woman to death for drug traffi

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese woman Mariko Takeuchi arrives at the Shah Alam High Court on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 25, 2011. Takeuchi, a former nurse, was sentenced to death for trafficking drugs. She was found to have been carrying 3.5 kilograms of methamphetamines into Malaysia on Oct. 30, 2009, a charge that carries the death penalty. (Kyodo)

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Hug of Switzerland wins Oita int'l wheelchair marathon

OITA, Japan - Marcel Hug of Switzerland (L) and Japan's Masayuki Higuchi (R) race in the 31st Oita International Wheelchair Marathon in Oita, southwest Japan, on Oct. 30, 2011. Hug captured his second consecutive title in the race while Higuchi finished second. (Kyodo)