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Overseas tourists at Japanese ski resort

A local police official (R) hands out safety brochures to foreign visitors at a ski resort in the village of Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in January 2026, amid a surge of incidents involving foreign skiers getting stranded while backcountry skiing.

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun Testifies At Senate Hearing - DC

Sen. LaPhonza Butler (D-CA) questions Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun during a Senate Energy and National Resources Committee subcommittee hearing on the company’s safety culture, following a number of recent incidents on Boeing airplanes, Washington, DC, USA, on June 18, 2024. Families of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed in 2019, attended the hearing and spoke to reporters earlier in the day. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun Testifies At Senate Hearing - DC

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun listens as Chief Engeineer Hoard McKenzie testifies before a subcommittee of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on the company’s safety culture, following a number of recent incidents on Boeing airplanes, Washington, DC, USA, on June 18, 2024. Families of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed in 2019, attended the hearing and spoke to reporters earlier in the day. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun Testifies At Senate Hearing - DC

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testifies before a subcommittee of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on the company’s safety culture, following a number of recent incidents on Boeing airplanes, Washington, DC, USA, on June 18, 2024. Families of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed in 2019, attended the hearing and spoke to reporters earlier in the day. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun Testifies At Senate Hearing - DC

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testifies before a subcommittee of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on the company’s safety culture, following a number of recent incidents on Boeing airplanes, Washington, DC, USA, on June 18, 2024. Families of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed in 2019, attended the hearing and spoke to reporters earlier in the day. Calhoun plans to step down at the end of 2024. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun Testifies At Senate Hearing - DC

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testifies before a subcommittee of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on the company’s safety culture, following a number of recent incidents on Boeing airplanes, Washington, DC, USA, on June 18, 2024. Families of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed in 2019, attended the hearing and spoke to reporters earlier in the day. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun Testifies At Senate Hearing - DC

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testifies before a subcommittee of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on the company’s safety culture, following a number of recent incidents on Boeing airplanes, Washington, DC, USA, on June 18, 2024. Families of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed in 2019, attended the hearing and spoke to reporters earlier in the day. Calhoun plans to step down at the end of 2024. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun Testifies At Senate Hearing - DC

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testifies before a subcommittee of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on the company’s safety culture, following a number of recent incidents on Boeing airplanes, Washington, DC, USA, on June 18, 2024. Families of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed in 2019, attended the hearing and spoke to reporters earlier in the day. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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JAL CEO Tottori

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after submitting a set of recurrence prevention measures to the transport ministry in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, following a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft.(Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]JAL CEO Tottori

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after submitting a set of recurrence prevention measures to the transport ministry in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, following a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft.(Kyodo)

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JAL CEO Tottori

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori bows when meeting the press at the transport ministry in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, over a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft. JAL submitted a set of recurrence prevention measures to the ministry the same day.

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JAL CEO Tottori

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after submitting a set of recurrence prevention measures to the transport ministry in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, following a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft.

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JAL CEO Tottori

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after submitting a set of recurrence prevention measures to the transport ministry in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, following a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft.

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[Breaking News]Japan's transport ministry warns JAL over safety incidents

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori (R) bows after receiving a warning letter from an official at the Japanese transport ministry in Tokyo on May 27, 2024, following a spate of safety incidents involving the company's planes.(Kyodo)

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Japan's transport ministry warns JAL over safety incidents

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori speaks to reporters after receiving a warning letter at the Japanese transport ministry in Tokyo on May 27, 2024, over a spate of safety incidents involving the company's planes.

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Japan's transport ministry warns JAL over safety incidents

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori (R) receives a warning letter from an official at the Japanese transport ministry in Tokyo on May 27, 2024, following a spate of safety incidents involving the company's planes.

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Japan's transport ministry warns JAL over safety incidents

Japan Airlines Co. CEO Mitsuko Tottori (R) bows after receiving a warning letter from an official at the Japanese transport ministry in Tokyo on May 27, 2024, following a spate of safety incidents involving the company's planes.

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Transport ministry reviews safety at JAL

Officials from the Japanese transport ministry enter an office of Japan Airlines Co. at Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 24, 2024, for an extraordinary inspection following a series of safety incidents involving the company's aircraft, including one the previous day in which two jets touched wings while taxiing.

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Thailand aims to ensure safety, restore tourists confidence after deadly mall shooting

STORY: Thailand aims to ensure safety, restore tourists confidence after deadly mall shooting DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:34 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Siam Paragon Mall 2. various of Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin giving an interview to reporters 3. various of press briefing by the Thai Foreign Ministry 4. various of police searching the residence of the suspect 5. various of scenes after the shooting STORYLINE: Thailand will take steps to ensure safety and restore confidence among tourists, officials said on Wednesday, one day after a shooting at a renowned shopping mall in downtown Bangkok that killed two people and injured five others. The Thai government has attached great importance to this matter and will implement measures to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said after joining a one-minute silence at the mall and expressing condolences to the deceased. He added that the government will be working on the i

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France launches awareness campaign for women's safety

STORY: France launches awareness campaign for women's safety DATELINE: July 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: LYON, France CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of distribution of leaflets by the police 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): CAROLINE, Policewoman 3. various shots of distribution of leaflets by the police 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): LEA, Passenger 5. various shots of police patrol in public transport 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): CLARA, Passenger STORYLINE: France has launched a campaign to raise awareness of women's safety in public spaces. Five million flyers will be distributed by the end of the summer throughout the streets and public transport systems of the country. The flyer includes a QR code that links to a website, where anyone can report incidents and contact police officers online at any time. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): CAROLINE, Policewoman "We distribute leaflets for the safety of women in the public space." The campaign also gives recommendations to women in the event of an assault in a p

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3Japan team meets Chinese officials over food poisoning

BEIJING, China - Wang Daning (L), director general of the Import and Export Food Safety Bureau at China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, attends a meeting with Japanese officials in Beijing over food-poisoning incidents in Japan involving China-made frozen meat dumplings.

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Construction of 2nd Lotte World temporarily halted

SEOUL, South Korea - Construction work on the 2nd Lotte World commercial complex in Seoul, shown in this photo taken on Dec. 16, 2014, has been temporarily suspended as the city government is poised to carry out a safety check of the building. The order follows a series of incidents raising safety issues including water leaks at the aquarium and a worker's fatal fall at the construction site.

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Construction of 2nd Lotte World temporarily halted

SEOUL, South Korea - Construction work on the 2nd Lotte World commercial complex in Seoul, shown in this photo taken on Dec. 16, 2014, has been temporarily suspended as the city government is poised to carry out a safety check of the building. The order follows a series of incidents raising safety issues including water leaks at the aquarium and a worker's fatal fall at the construction site.

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Alawi village in support of Syrian president

QATANA, Syria - A woman (R) supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells a U.N. monitor (L) about deteriorated safety in her Alawi village due to shooting incidents aimed at the school and houses in the Damascus suburb of Qatana on June 10, 2012. The Syrian crisis, triggered by antigovernment protests and the regime's crackdowns on them, has recently been turning to hostility and violent attacks between the Sunnis, who make up 70 percent of the Syrian population and mostly oppose the regime, and the Alawis, who comprise 12 percent of the population and are in control under the regime of President al-Assad.

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Actress Keiko Takeshita named ambassador for product safety

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari (L), minister of economy, trade and industry, shakes hands with actress Keiko Takeshita at the ministry in Tokyo on May 19 after she was named the nation's first ambassador for product safety to help raise public awareness about the handling of consumer products to avoid fires and other hazards. According to government data, authorities registered 1,300 cases last year of deaths, fires and other incidents linked to the use of consumer products.

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25 harassment cases reported against Chinese interests in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows some of the threatening mails made public by the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on April 19. A total of 25 harassment incidents against Chinese interests, including diplomatic missions and schools, have been reported in Japan since April 9, when the first wave of anti-Japanese demonstrations and vandalism took place in China, the National Public Safety Commission said.

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New safety norms likely to hit EV production in India

STORY: New safety norms likely to hit EV production in India DATELINE: Dec. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. Shots of India gate 2. Shots of electric car showroom 3. Shots of electric bus manufacturing unit 4. Shots of electric vehicle charging points 5. Shots of traffic STORYLINE: The production and sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in India are expected to be hit in the coming months by new rules on battery safety as a stumbling block, said a report by The Economic Times on Tuesday. The new safety norms have been put in place following several incidents of fire in EVs in recent months, which are being implemented in two phases - with effect from Dec. 1, and April 1 next year. The second phase or norm involves fixing additional sensors and sending out warnings in case of thermal heating. The EV manufacturers are learned to have expressed an inability in implementing the new norms in such a short time frame and are demanding an extension of the deadline. The f

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China, Laos launch joint emergency exercise for responding to railway security incidents

STORY: China, Laos launch joint emergency exercise for responding to railway security incidents DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the emergency exercise STORYLINE: A joint emergency exercise aimed at responding to security incidents on China-Laos Railway was held on Tuesday in Lao capital Vientiane. The exercise was held by the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd., a joint venture responsible for the operation of the railway, and coordinated by the Chinese Embassy in Laos, the Laos Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security. According to the Chinese embassy, the joint emergency exercise achieved the expected results and tested emergency response to security incidents, emergency coordination, information transmission, and emergency handling capabilities. It provided a solid guarantee for effective maintenance of the safety of China-Laos Railway transportation and the safety of passengers and railway staff. The China-Lao

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Actress Keiko Takeshita named ambassador for product safety

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari (L), minister of economy, trade and industry, shakes hands with actress Keiko Takeshita at the ministry in Tokyo on May 19 after she was named the nation's first ambassador for product safety to help raise public awareness about the handling of consumer products to avoid fires and other hazards. According to government data, authorities registered 1,300 cases last year of deaths, fires and other incidents linked to the use of consumer products. (Kyodo)

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Japan gov't kicks off safety campaign for pending Pokemon Go launch

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga acknowledges concerns over the "Pokemon Go" smartphone game's impact on public manners and safety during a press conference in Tokyo on July 21, 2016. The government has begun a public awareness campaign ahead of the impending domestic release of the game, which has been linked to injuries and trespassing incidents in countries where it is already available. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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McDonald's Japan logs 2014 group net loss of 21.8 bil. yen

Sarah Casanova (C), president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), bows in apology for a string of food safety incidents involving its products at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2015, as she briefs reporters on the company's consolidated financial statements for 2014. McDonald's Japan logged a group net loss of 21.84 billion yen ($190.1 million) in 2014, falling into the red for the first time in 11 years, due to a food safety scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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25 harassment cases reported against Chinese interests in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows some of the threatening mails made public by the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on April 19. A total of 25 harassment incidents against Chinese interests, including diplomatic missions and schools, have been reported in Japan since April 9, when the first wave of anti-Japanese demonstrations and vandalism took place in China, the National Public Safety Commission said. (Kyodo)

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3Japan team meets Chinese officials over food poisoning

BEIJING, China - Wang Daning (L), director general of the Import and Export Food Safety Bureau at China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, attends a meeting with Japanese officials in Beijing over food-poisoning incidents in Japan involving China-made frozen meat dumplings. (Kyodo)

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Seoul to check safety of 2nd Lotte World complex

SEOUL, South Korea - The Seoul city government has ordered a temporary ban on the operation of an aquarium and on further construction work at the partially opened second Lotte World commercial complex in the South Korean capital, shown in this photo taken on Dec. 16, 2014, to carry out a safety inspection. The order follows a series of incidents raising safety issues including water leaks at the aquarium and a worker's fatal fall at the construction site. (Kyodo)

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Japan enacts law with tougher penalties for road rage incidents

Japanese National Public Safety Commission chairman Ryota Takeda bows after a law to impose harsher penalties for road rage incidents was enacted at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on June 2, 2020. The revised road traffic law will also oblige elderly drivers aged 75 or older with records of traffic offenses to pass a driving test when renewing their license. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ASEAN, China launch maritime exercises in Singapore

The navies of China and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations hold a tabletop maritime exercise in Singapore on Aug. 3, 2018, focusing on cooperation in times of safety-related sea incidents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo