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China: Black Swan Seen Scooping Leaves in Reverse at Zhaotong University

On November 15, 2025, in Zhaotong, Yunnan, a video captured the unusual sight of a black swan at Zhaotong University moving backward across a pond while repeatedly scooping leaves toward the shore.

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Japan's new farm minister Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan, May 26 Kyodo - Japan's new Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi holds a press conference at his ministry on May 26, 2025, as Japan began sales of government rice stockpiles via direct contracts, aiming to slash soaring prices after he pledged to bring them down to about 2,000 yen ($14) per 5 kilograms by early June. (Kyodo)

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A Worker Carries a Sack of Rice - Philippines

A worker carries a sack of rice inside the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines, on February 4, 2025. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices in the country. "This emergency declaration allows us to release rice buffer stocks held by the NFA to stabilize prices and ensure that rice, a staple food for millions, remains accessible to consumers," Laurel said in a statement. Photo by Xinhua/Rouelle Umali/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippines Declares Food Security Emergency To Curb High Rice Prices

Workers carry sacks of rice inside the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines, on Feb. 4, 2025. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices in the country. "This emergency declaration allows us to release rice buffer stocks held by the National Food Authority (NFA) to stabilize prices and ensure that rice, a staple food for millions, remains accessible to consumers," Laurel said in a statement. Photo by Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippines Declares Food Security Emergency To Curb High Rice Prices

Workers carry sacks of rice inside the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines, on Feb. 4, 2025. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices in the country. "This emergency declaration allows us to release rice buffer stocks held by the National Food Authority (NFA) to stabilize prices and ensure that rice, a staple food for millions, remains accessible to consumers," Laurel said in a statement. Photo by Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippines Declares Food Security Emergency To Curb High Rice Prices

Workers carry sacks of rice inside the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines, on Feb. 4, 2025. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices in the country. "This emergency declaration allows us to release rice buffer stocks held by the National Food Authority (NFA) to stabilize prices and ensure that rice, a staple food for millions, remains accessible to consumers," Laurel said in a statement. Photo by Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippines Declares Food Security Emergency To Curb High Rice Prices

Workers carry sacks of rice inside the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines, on Feb. 4, 2025. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices in the country. "This emergency declaration allows us to release rice buffer stocks held by the National Food Authority (NFA) to stabilize prices and ensure that rice, a staple food for millions, remains accessible to consumers," Laurel said in a statement. Photo by Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippines Declares Food Security Emergency To Curb High Rice Prices

A warehouse administrator walks between rows of sacks of rice inside the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines, on Feb. 4, 2025. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices in the country. "This emergency declaration allows us to release rice buffer stocks held by the National Food Authority (NFA) to stabilize prices and ensure that rice, a staple food for millions, remains accessible to consumers," Laurel said in a statement. Photo by Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippines Declares Food Security Emergency To Curb High Rice Prices

A worker carries a sack of rice inside the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines, on Feb. 4, 2025. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices in the country. "This emergency declaration allows us to release rice buffer stocks held by the National Food Authority (NFA) to stabilize prices and ensure that rice, a staple food for millions, remains accessible to consumers," Laurel said in a statement. Photo by Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippines Declares Food Security Emergency To Curb High Rice Prices

A worker carries a sack of rice inside the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines, on Feb. 4, 2025. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices in the country. "This emergency declaration allows us to release rice buffer stocks held by the National Food Authority (NFA) to stabilize prices and ensure that rice, a staple food for millions, remains accessible to consumers," Laurel said in a statement. Photo by Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Philippines Declares Food Security Emergency To Curb High Rice Prices

Workers carry sacks of rice inside the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines, on Feb. 4, 2025. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices in the country. "This emergency declaration allows us to release rice buffer stocks held by the National Food Authority (NFA) to stabilize prices and ensure that rice, a staple food for millions, remains accessible to consumers," Laurel said in a statement. Photo by Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia to import 2 mln tons of rice against impending drought

STORY: Indonesia to import 2 mln tons of rice against impending drought DATELINE: April 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Indonesian President Joko Widodo planting rice with locals in East Java Province (courtesy of BPMI) 2. various of Indonesian President Joko Widodo inspecting rice stocks at Beran Market, Ngawi, East Java Province (courtesy of BPMI) STORYLINE: Indonesia will import 2 million tons of rice by the end of this year to deal with the impending drought caused by El Nino, said Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday. Rice imports aim to keep the State Logistics Agency's stockpiles and stabilize domestic prices because El Nino will cause a protracted drought and affect the country's rice production, Widodo said after planting rice in East Java Province. Head of the National Food Agency, Arief Prasetyo, said the first batch of rice imports will be up to 500,000 tons and be sent as soon as feasible. The harvest of rice from March to May

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Yoshinoya net profit down 33% in FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Abe, president of ''gyudon'' chain Yoshinoya D&C Co., said in Tokyo April 9 the firm's consolidated net profit fell 33.8% in fiscal 2003 from the previous year to 5.69 billion yen. Yoshinoya stopped serving the beef-on-rice dish Feb. 11 after its beef stocks ran out due to Japan's import ban on U.S. beef.

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Customers line up for last 'gyudon' at Yoshinoya outlets

TOKYO, Japan - Customers line up for ''gyudon'' beef-on-rice dishes at a Tokyo outlet of fast food chain Yoshinoya D&C Co. Feb. 10, the day before it is to halt serving the popular dish at most shops because stocks are depleted following Japan's import ban on U.S. beef.

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Yoshinoya to halt 'gyudon' sales on Feb. 11

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Abe (R), president of Yoshinoya D&C Co., Japan's No. 1 chain serving the beef-on-rice dish known as ''gyudon,'' speaks to reporters at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on Feb. 9. Abe said the company will stop serving gyudon at almost all of its outlets across the nation on Feb. 11 as its stocks of beef are about to run out in the wake of Japan's ban on imports of U.S. beef.

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Sukiya restaurant chain runs out of beef

TOKYO, Japan - A customer eats one of the last ''gyudon'' (bowls of rice topped with beef) served at a Sukiya restaurant outlet in Tokyo on Feb. 5. Zensho Co., the operator of the chain, stopped serving ''gyudon'' later in the day after running out of stocks of the meat following the government's ban on U.S. beef. The Tokyo-based Zensho, which operates some 480 outlets across Japan, is the second major gyudon restaurant operator to remove beef dishes from its menus, following Nakau Co., which stopped serving them Monday.

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Syrian gov't decides measures to overcome possible impact of Ukraine crisis

STORY: Syrian gov't decides measures to overcome possible impact of Ukraine crisis DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD SAMER AL-KHALIL, Syrian Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade 3. various of the conference 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD SAMER AL-KHALIL, Syrian Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade 5. various of the conference STORYLINE: The Syrian cabinet on Thursday decided several measures to deal with the possible impact of the Ukraine crisis on the economic situation in Syria, according to state news agency SANA. The measures were decided during a government special mini-session, it said. According to the report, the measures include implementing necessary steps to manage and boost the stocks of basic materials such as wheat, sugar, oil, rice, and potato during the next two months, and to ensure the sustainability of their availability. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD SAM

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Customers line up for last 'gyudon' at Yoshinoya outlets

TOKYO, Japan - Customers line up for ''gyudon'' beef-on-rice dishes at a Tokyo outlet of fast food chain Yoshinoya D&C Co. Feb. 10, the day before it is to halt serving the popular dish at most shops because stocks are depleted following Japan's import ban on U.S. beef. (Kyodo)

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Sukiya restaurant chain runs out of beef

TOKYO, Japan - A customer eats one of the last ''gyudon'' (bowls of rice topped with beef) served at a Sukiya restaurant outlet in Tokyo on Feb. 5. Zensho Co., the operator of the chain, stopped serving ''gyudon'' later in the day after running out of stocks of the meat following the government's ban on U.S. beef. The Tokyo-based Zensho, which operates some 480 outlets across Japan, is the second major gyudon restaurant operator to remove beef dishes from its menus, following Nakau Co., which stopped serving them Monday. (Kyodo)

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Yoshinoya net profit down 33% in FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Abe, president of ''gyudon'' chain Yoshinoya D&C Co., said in Tokyo April 9 the firm's consolidated net profit fell 33.8% in fiscal 2003 from the previous year to 5.69 billion yen. Yoshinoya stopped serving the beef-on-rice dish Feb. 11 after its beef stocks ran out due to Japan's import ban on U.S. beef. (Kyodo)

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Yoshinoya to halt 'gyudon' sales on Feb. 11

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Abe (R), president of Yoshinoya D&C Co., Japan's No. 1 chain serving the beef-on-rice dish known as ''gyudon,'' speaks to reporters at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on Feb. 9. Abe said the company will stop serving gyudon at almost all of its outlets across the nation on Feb. 11 as its stocks of beef are about to run out in the wake of Japan's ban on imports of U.S. beef. (Kyodo)