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Japan's nuke wastewater discharge to batter local fishermen's livelihoods

STORY: Japan's nuke wastewater discharge to batter local fishermen's livelihoods DATELINE: March 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:04 LOCATION: SOMA, Japan CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fukushima prefecture's Soma-related footage 2. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TOSHIMITSU KONNO, Head of Fukushima prefecture's Soma Futaba Fisheries Cooperative Association 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KENICHI OSHIMA, Professor at Ryukoku University 5. various of Fukushima prefecture's Soma-related footage STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent "I'm here in Japan's Fukushima prefecture. The Japanese government has announced that this spring or summer, the treated nuclear wastewater from its damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be discharged into the Pacific Ocean. The plan has raised widespread concern that fuels public opposition, especially in the most affected fishing industry." SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TOSHIMITSU KONNO, Hea

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is surrounded by students at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 15, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) is surrounded by students at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 15, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd from R) receives flowers from students at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 15, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) gives her autograph to a student at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 15, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (far L) receives flowers from students after delivering a speech at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 15, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 15, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi puts her hands together before giving a speech at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 15, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 15, 2013.

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Self-propelled endoscope

OSAKA, Japan - A woman holds a self-propelled, remote-controlled capsule endoscope in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on June 21, 2011. A research team in western Japan has successfully captured images inside a human stomach and colon using the endoscope, about 1 centimeter in diameter and 4.5 cm in length. The team that developed the device consists of researchers from such institutes as Ryukoku University and Osaka Medical College.

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Self-propelled endoscope

OSAKA, Japan - A man holds a self-propelled, remote-controlled capsule endoscope in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on June 21, 2011. A research team in western Japan has successfully captured images inside a human stomach and colon using the endoscope, about 1 centimeter in diameter and 4.5 cm in length. The team that developed the device consists of researchers from such institutes as Ryukoku University and Osaka Medical College.

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Ryukoku Museum in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Invited guests view exhibited artifacts at Ryukoku Museum, believed to be the world's first comprehensive Buddhist museum, in Kyoto on April 4, 2011, a day before the public opening.

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Ryukoku Museum in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Invited guests look at a Buddhist painting at Ryukoku Museum, believed to be the world's first comprehensive Buddhist museum, in Kyoto on April 4, 2011, a day before the public opening.

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Coming-of-age ceremonies held nationwide

KOBE, Japan - Daichi Onishi, a 20-year-old student at Ryukoku University, speaks during a Coming-of-age ceremony, which celebrates the accession to adulthood of those who have reached 20 years old, in Kobe, about his experience in the deadly Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. The city marks the 15th anniversary of the quake this month.

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Kurosawa's handwritten storyboards, scripts released on Net

KYOTO, Japan - This photo shows part of the script of the film ''Rashomon'' and production notes handwritten by the late director Akira Kurosawa. The items are part of nearly 20,000 materials Ryukoku University released in its online archive May 26.

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Kurosawa's handwritten storyboards, scripts released on Net

KYOTO, Japan - This photo shows part of the storyboard of the film ''Seven Samurai'' handwritten by the late director Akira Kurosawa. The storyboard is part of nearly 20,000 materials Ryukoku University released in its online archive May 26.

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Buddhist caves found west of Afghanistan's Bamiyan

YAKAWLANG, Afghanistan - Takashi Irisawa, professor of Japan's Ryukoku University, checks one of Buddhist caves his team has found in a valley near Yakawlang, some 100 kilometers west of the Bamiyan archeological site on Oct. 14. Bamiyan had been considered to mark the western edge of the spread of Buddhist culture in pre-Islamic Afghanistan, but the discovery of the caves, believed to have been built around the eighth century, suggests there was a large-scale Buddhist cultural area west of Bamiyan.

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Buddhist caves found west of Afghanistan's Bamiyan

YAKAWLANG, Afghanistan - Photo taken on Oct. 14 shows Buddhist caves found by a research team from Japan's Ryukoku University in a valley near Yakawlang, some 100 kilometers west of the Bamiyan archeological site. The team's members said on Oct. 30 that the existence of these Buddhist caves suggests there was a large-scale Buddhist cultural area west of Bamiyan.

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Student takes up war orphans' plight at U.N. rights panel

GENEVA, Switzerland - Yumi Nakai (L), a fourth-year law student at Ryukoku University, is pictured in Geneva on Aug. 12 after asking the U.N. Human Rights Commission to look into Japan's policy of deporting Chinese relatives of war-displaced Japanese nationals that are not related by blood. She said the practice violates human rights. At right is Etsuro Totsuka, a professor at the university.

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Student to take up war orphans' plight at U.N. rights panel

OSAKA, Japan - Yumi Nakai (photo taken July 2), a fourth-year law student at Ryukoku University, will travel to Geneva this summer and ask the U.N. Human Rights Commission to look into Japan's policy of deporting Chinese relatives of war-displaced Japanese nationals that are not related by blood. She said the practice violates human rights.

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LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Hidetoshi Yamashita (C) lifts two bouquets into the air Oct. 22 after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Shiga Prefecture by running on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. At right is his wife Mieko. Yamashita, a 47-year-old former banker and the son of late Defense Agency chief Ganri Yamashita, beat Shunyu Norikumo, a former professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto who ran on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket. He also vanquished Takashi Kawauchi, a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Yamashita will fill a seat vacated by Tenzo Okumura, who resigned before an unsuccessful attempt to win a lower house seat as an independent in the June 25 general elections.

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Kurosawa's handwritten storyboards, scripts released on Net

KYOTO, Japan - This photo shows part of the script of the film ''Rashomon'' and production notes handwritten by the late director Akira Kurosawa. The items are part of nearly 20,000 materials Ryukoku University released in its online archive May 26. (Kyodo)

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Kurosawa's handwritten storyboards, scripts released on Net

KYOTO, Japan - This photo shows part of the storyboard of the film ''Seven Samurai'' handwritten by the late director Akira Kurosawa. The storyboard is part of nearly 20,000 materials Ryukoku University released in its online archive May 26. (Kyodo)

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Japanese univ. team finds stone caves 120 km west of Bamiyan rui

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows one of Buddhist stone caves found by a Japanese research team in late October on cliffs located 1 km west of Keligan ruins and 120 km west of the Bamiyan ruins in central Afghanistan. The caves are believed to date back to the eighth century, said members of the team, headed by Ryukoku University professor Takashi Irisawa, on Nov. 9. The photo was provided by Akira Inoue. (Kyodo)

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Japanese univ. team finds stone caves 120 km west of Bamiyan rui

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows one of Buddhist stone caves found by a Japanese research team in late October on cliffs located 1 km west of Keligan ruins and 120 km west of the Bamiyan ruins in central Afghanistan. The caves are believed to date back to the eighth century, said members of the team, headed by Ryukoku University professor Takashi Irisawa, on Nov. 9. The photo was provided by Akira Inoue. (Kyodo)

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Buddhist caves found west of Afghanistan's Bamiyan

YAKAWLANG, Afghanistan - Takashi Irisawa, professor of Japan's Ryukoku University, checks one of Buddhist caves his team has found in a valley near Yakawlang, some 100 kilometers west of the Bamiyan archeological site on Oct. 14. Bamiyan had been considered to mark the western edge of the spread of Buddhist culture in pre-Islamic Afghanistan, but the discovery of the caves, believed to have been built around the eighth century, suggests there was a large-scale Buddhist cultural area west of Bamiyan. (Kyodo)

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Buddhist caves found west of Afghanistan's Bamiyan

YAKAWLANG, Afghanistan - Photo taken on Oct. 14 shows Buddhist caves found by a research team from Japan's Ryukoku University in a valley near Yakawlang, some 100 kilometers west of the Bamiyan archeological site. The team's members said on Oct. 30 that the existence of these Buddhist caves suggests there was a large-scale Buddhist cultural area west of Bamiyan. (Kyodo)

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Self-propelled endoscope

OSAKA, Japan - A woman holds a self-propelled, remote-controlled capsule endoscope in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on June 21, 2011. A research team in western Japan has successfully captured images inside a human stomach and colon using the endoscope, about 1 centimeter in diameter and 4.5 cm in length. The team that developed the device consists of researchers from such institutes as Ryukoku University and Osaka Medical College. (Kyodo)

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Self-propelled endoscope

OSAKA, Japan - A man holds a self-propelled, remote-controlled capsule endoscope in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on June 21, 2011. A research team in western Japan has successfully captured images inside a human stomach and colon using the endoscope, about 1 centimeter in diameter and 4.5 cm in length. The team that developed the device consists of researchers from such institutes as Ryukoku University and Osaka Medical College. (Kyodo)

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Ryukoku Museum in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Invited guests look at a Buddhist painting at Ryukoku Museum, believed to be the world's first comprehensive Buddhist museum, in Kyoto on April 4, 2011, a day before the public opening. (Kyodo)

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Ryukoku Museum in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Invited guests view exhibited artifacts at Ryukoku Museum, believed to be the world's first comprehensive Buddhist museum, in Kyoto on April 4, 2011, a day before the public opening. (Kyodo)

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Coming-of-age ceremonies held nationwide

KOBE, Japan - Daichi Onishi, a 20-year-old student at Ryukoku University, speaks during a Coming-of-age ceremony, which celebrates the accession to adulthood of those who have reached 20 years old, in Kobe, about his experience in the deadly Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. The city marks the 15th anniversary of the quake this month. (Kyodo)

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Student takes up war orphans' plight at U.N. rights panel

GENEVA, Switzerland - Yumi Nakai (L), a fourth-year law student at Ryukoku University, is pictured in Geneva on Aug. 12 after asking the U.N. Human Rights Commission to look into Japan's policy of deporting Chinese relatives of war-displaced Japanese nationals that are not related by blood. She said the practice violates human rights. At right is Etsuro Totsuka, a professor at the university. (Kyodo)

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Student to take up war orphans' plight at U.N. rights panel

OSAKA, Japan - Yumi Nakai (photo taken July 2), a fourth-year law student at Ryukoku University, will travel to Geneva this summer and ask the U.N. Human Rights Commission to look into Japan's policy of deporting Chinese relatives of war-displaced Japanese nationals that are not related by blood. She said the practice violates human rights. (Kyodo)

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LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Hidetoshi Yamashita (C) lifts two bouquets into the air Oct. 22 after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Shiga Prefecture by running on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. At right is his wife Mieko. Yamashita, a 47-year-old former banker and the son of late Defense Agency chief Ganri Yamashita, beat Shunyu Norikumo, a former professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto who ran on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket. He also vanquished Takashi Kawauchi, a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Yamashita will fill a seat vacated by Tenzo Okumura, who resigned before an unsuccessful attempt to win a lower house seat as an independent in the June 25 general elections.