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(SkyEye) CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-KYRGYZSTAN-SILK ROAD

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 12, 2023 shows the site of Talgar in Kazakhstan. About 2,000 years ago, in the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 25), a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian began his expedition to the Western Regions and opened a trade route that later became the Silk Road. In 2014, a joint application by China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan led to the recognition of "the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanning thousands of miles and thousands of years, the ancient Silk Road was not only a route for trade and barter, but also a route for exchanges between civilizations, making a significant contribution to the development and progress of human society. (Photo by Alisher Bayazitov/Xinhua)

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Finnish logistics company thrives on BRI

STORY: Finnish logistics company thrives on BRI DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:15 LOCATION: Helsinki CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the logistics company 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLLI POHJANVIRTA, CEO of Nurminen Logistics 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OLLI POHJANVIRTA, CEO of Nurminen Logistics 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): OLLI POHJANVIRTA, CEO of Nurminen Logistics 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): OLLI POHJANVIRTA, CEO of Nurminen Logistics STORYLINE: The Finnish enterprise Nurminen Logistics had already recognized Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a significant opportunity for collaboration back in 2015 when it decided to participate in the initiative. That's according to Olli Pohjanvirta, the company's chief executive officer. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLLI POHJANVIRTA, CEO of Nurminen Logistics "In 2014, we started the preparation work to start as a railway operator on this route. In 2015, we made an agreement with the Kazakhstan National Railways KTZ, to cooperate with them on this route. And as

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Aoki saves best for last as Royals advance in 12 innings

KANSAS CITY, United States - The Kansas City Royals' Norichika Aoki hits a ninth-inning sacrifice fly on Sept. 30, 2014, in Kansas City, the United States. The Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 9-8 in 12 innings and advanced to the American League playoffs.

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Aoki saves best for last as Royals advance in 12 innings

KANSAS CITY, United States - The Kansas City Royals' Norichika Aoki (C) celebrates after his team advanced to the American League playoffs by beating the Oakland Athletics 9-8 in 12 innings on Sept. 30, 2014, in Kansas City, the United States.

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Syrian villagers in Israel-occupied Golan Heights

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights - Villagers harvest apples in Majdal Shams in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights on Sept. 12, 2014. Syrian cities used to be major destinations for apples grown in the village before the outbreak of civil war.

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Syrian villager in Israel-occupied Golan Heights

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights - A restaurateur stands in front of his shop in the village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights on Sept. 12, 2014. The majority of villagers have family members in civil war-torn Syria.

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Ichinojo beats grand champion Kakuryu

TOKYO, Japan - Ichinojo (C), a 10th-ranked maegashira, smiles as fans ask for his autograph after he beat grand champion Kakuryu in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2014. The victory leaves the 21-year-old Ichinojo, the first makuuchi debutant to beat a yokozuna since 1973, tied at 12-1 with grand champion Hakuho.

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Ichinojo beats grand champion Kakuryu

TOKYO, Japan - Ichinojo (L), a 10th-ranked maegashira, beats grand champion Kakuryu in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2014. The victory leaves the 21-year-old Ichinojo, the first makuuchi debutant to beat a yokozuna since 1973, tied at 12-1 with grand champion Hakuho.

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Ichinojo beats grand champion Kakuryu

TOKYO, Japan - Ichinojo (R), a 10th-ranked maegashira, beats grand champion Kakuryu in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2014. The victory leaves the 21-year-old Ichinojo, the first makuuchi debutant to beat a yokozuna since 1973, tied at 12-1 with grand champion Hakuho.

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Yokozuna Hakuho remains unbeaten at autumn sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho of Mongolia (R) forces down ozeki Kisenosato at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 25, 2014, remaining unbeaten during the first 12 days of the 15-day event.

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Ichinojo pulls off another upset at autumn sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Tenth-ranked maegashira Ichinojo of Mongolia (L) throws ozeki Goeido out of the ring at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 24, 2014, day 12 of the 15-day competition.

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Japan travel industry signs U.N. tourism code of ethics

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Tourist Service Inc. President Yoshikazu Azuma (L) holds a signed document of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism at the office of the Japan Tourism Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2014, as U.N. World Tourism Organization Secretary General Taleb Rifai looks on. The company and 12 other tourism organizations and agencies are the first ones in Japan to sign the code.

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Japan beat Jordan in women's soccer at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan striker Yuika Sugasawa scores her team's seventh goal, completing a hat trick, during the first half of an Asian Games women's soccer match against Jordan in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014, a day before the opening of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 sports event. Japan won 12-0.

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Japan beat Jordan in women's soccer at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan midfielder Aya Miyama heads her team's 10th goal during the second half of an Asian Games women's soccer match against Jordan in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014, a day before the opening of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 sports event. Japan won 12-0.

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Japan beat Jordan in women's soccer at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan midfielder Mizuho Sakaguchi scores her team's fourth goal during the first half of an Asian Games women's soccer match against Jordan in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014, a day before the opening of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 sports event. Japan won 12-0.

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Japan beat Jordan in women's soccer at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan striker Yuika Sugasawa heads her side's second goal during the first half of an Asian Games women's soccer match against Jordan in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014, a day before the opening of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 sports event. Japan won 12-0.

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Japan beat Jordan in women's soccer at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan midfielder Nahomi Kawasumi scores the opening goal during the first half of an Asian Games women's soccer match against Jordan in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2014, a day before the opening of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 sports event. Japan won 12-0.

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Temple refurbishes exhibit of wooden god reliefs

NARA, Japan - A Buddhist priest watches a refurbished display of the wooden reliefs of 12 gods, designated as national treasures, at Kofuku-ji temple in the ancient capital of Nara in western Japan on Sept. 17, 2014, on the eve of the public opening of the exhibition.

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Ex-S. Korean player hopes for reunion with N. Korean partner

TOKYO, Japan - Hyung Jung Hwa, a former South Korean table tennis player who formed a united Korea team with Ri Bun Hui of North Korea to win the women's doubles event in the World Table Tennis Championships held in Chiba, Japan, in April 1991, speaks about her hope for a reunion with her former partner at the Asian Paralympics in Inchon in October 2014 at a press conference in the South Korean city on Sept. 12.

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Cup of new Starbucks coffee costs 1,998 yen

TOKYO, Japan - Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. unveils the Panama Auromar Geisha coffee brand in Tokyo ahead of its launch on Sept. 17, 2014. A cup of the coffee sells for 1,998 yen ($18.7). It will also sell a 250-gram pack of the same coffee for 10,800 yen, as shown in the file photo taken on Aug. 12.

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M5.6 quake hits north of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yohei Hasegawa, director of the Earthquake and Tsunami Observation Division of the Japan Meteorological Agency, holds a press conference on Sept. 16, 2014, at the agency in Tokyo, on a magnitude 5.6 quake that hit parts of the Kanto region north of Tokyo earlier in the day. The 12:28 p.m. quake registered lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of Tochigi, Gunma and Saitama prefectures, and 4 in Tokyo. There was no tsunami alert following the quake.

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Fantastic mythological artwork looms on resort path

YONAGO, Japan - A spectacular mythological scene drawn with special fluorescent paint looms at night when lit by black light on a coastal path at the Kaike hot spring resort in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, as part of an event linked to a myth set in the region.

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Black light-lit painting at western Japan hot spring resort

YONAGO, Japan - A mythological scene drawn with special fluorescent paint becomes visible at night when lit by black light on a coastal path at the Kaike hot spring resort in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, as part of an event linked to a myth set in the region.

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ASEM finance chiefs seek Europe's growth-friendly fiscal reform

MILAN, Italy - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference in Milan, Italy, on Sept. 12, 2014, after a one-day meeting of finance ministers from 49 member countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

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Toyota to begin car-sharing experiment in Grenoble

GRENOBLE, France - Takeshi Uchiyamada, chairman of the board of Toyota Motor Corp., stands by a Toyota i-ROAD three-wheeled electric vehicle in Grenoble, France, on Sept. 12, 2014. The automotive giant will conduct an experiment of a car-sharing service with the French city and others from October.

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Participants taste 'ayu' sweetfish at competition

KOCHI, Japan - Participants try out grilled "ayu" sweetfish brought from a total of 49 different rivers across Japan during an ayu-tasting competition at a hotel in Kochi on western Japan's Shikoku island on Sept. 12, 2014.

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'Ayu' sweetfish from Wara River wins grand prize

KOCHI, Japan - People of a fisheries cooperative association from the Wara River in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, celebrate after their "ayu" sweetfish won a grand prize in an annual ayu-tasting competition held in Kochi on western Japan's Shikoku island on Sept. 12, 2014.

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World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on Sept. 12, 2014, after a Japanese research team transplanted retinal cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to a woman in her 70s earlier in the day, marking the first time iPS-derived cells have been introduced into a human body by surgery. Yamanaka developed iPS cells, a type of stem cells that can grow into various human body tissue.

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World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

KOBE, Japan - Masayo Takahashi, researcher of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, holds a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, after a Japanese research team led by Takahashi transplanted retinal cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to a woman in her 70s. It marked the first time iPS-derived cells have been introduced into a human body by surgery.

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World Assembly for Women

TOKYO, Japan - A video message from former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is shown at the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014. The three-day international symposium on women's empowerment, dubbed the "women's Davos forum" by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, began the same day.

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PM Abe, wife Akie

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his wife Akie attend a reception for participants in the World Assembly for Women, an international symposium on women's empowerment, in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014. (Pool photo)

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World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

KOBE, Japan - Masayo Takahashi, researcher of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, smiles during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, after a Japanese research team led by Takahashi transplanted retinal cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to a woman in her 70s. It marked the first time iPS-derived cells have been introduced into a human body by surgery.

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Koriyama Castle found to have had tower 15-20m high

OSAKA, Japan - The foundation stones of Koriyama Castle's main keep in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, are seen on Sept. 12, 2014. The city's education board announced the same day that the castle, used as the residence of Toyotomi Hidenaga (1540-1591), younger brother of Japanese feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, had a castle tower as high as 15 to 20 meters.

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World Assembly for Women

TOKYO, Japan - Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, delivers a keynote speech at the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014. The three-day international symposium on women's empowerment, dubbed the "women's Davos forum" by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, began the same day.

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World Assembly for Women

TOKYO, Japan - Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, attends a dialogue session with Cherie Blair, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, at the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014. The three-day international symposium on women's empowerment, dubbed the "women's Davos forum" by Prime Minister Abe, began the same day.

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World Assembly for Women

TOKYO, Japan - Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, delivers a keynote speech at the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014. The three-day international symposium on women's empowerment, dubbed the "women's Davos forum" by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, began the same day.

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World Assembly for Women

TOKYO, Japan - Akie Abe (L), the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Cherie Blair, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, attend a dialogue session at the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014. The three-day international symposium on women's empowerment, dubbed the "women's Davos forum" by Prime Minister Abe, began the same day.

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World Assembly for Women

TOKYO, Japan - Cherie Blair, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, attends a dialogue session with Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014. The three-day international symposium on women's empowerment, dubbed the "women's Davos forum" by Prime Minister Abe, began the same day.

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METI document on Sendai plant handed to mayor

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Takayuki Ueda (L), head of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, hands a document under the name of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi on the government's policy to restart the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to Satsumasendai Mayor Hideo Iwakiri at the city hall on Sept. 12, 2014.

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World Santa Clauses meet for congress in southwest Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Many Santa Clauses from around the world, authorized by the Greenland International Santa Claus Association, parade in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sept. 12, 2014, together with the southwestern Japanese prefecture's popular mascot character "Kumamon" to promote the Sept. 14 World Santa Claus Congress in Amakusa.

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18 Santa Clauses from world gather in southwestern Japan

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Eighteen Santa Clauses from around the world, authorized by the Greenland International Santa Claus Association, gather in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, to promote the Sept. 14 World Santa Claus Congress in Amakusa, known for its observation of Christmas even when Christians were persecuted in feudal-era Japan.

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U.S. envoy in charge of women's issues

TOKYO, Japan - Catherine Russell, a senior U.S. official in charge of global women's issues, attends a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014.

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U.S. envoy in charge of women's issues

TOKYO, Japan - Catherine Russell, a senior U.S. official in charge of global women's issues, attends a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014.

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Tokyo gov't building lit in blue for abductee rescue

TOKYO, Japan - The facade of the Tokyo metropolitan government's main building No.1 in the capital's Shinjuku Ward is illuminated blue, the color symbolizing hope for the rescue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, on Sept. 12, 2014.

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Findings suggest keep 15-20m tall at Koriyama Castle

OSAKA, Japan - Foundation stones that supported the keep of Koriyama Castle in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, are seen on Sept. 12, 2014. New findings suggest that the keep was 15 to 20 meters tall. Toyotomi Hidenaga (1540-1591), younger brother of Japanese feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, used the castle as his residence.

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Gold leaf left in fragment of tile found at Koriyama Castle

NARA, Japan - Gold leaf is seen left, as indicated by an arrow, in this photo taken on Sept. 12, 2014, in a fragment of tile unearthed at Koriyama Castle in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture. Toyotomi Hidenaga (1540-1591), younger brother of Japanese feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, used the castle as his residence.

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Hotel sells 3 kinds of 10,000 yen curried rice

FUKUOKA, Japan - Three kinds of 10,000 yen ($109) "supreme" curried rice, coming with lobster, Japanese tiger prawn or beef, are shown to the press at Nishitetsu Grand Hotel in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, to mark the 45th anniversary of its opening.

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Southwestern Japan hotel sells 10,000 yen curried rice

FUKUOKA, Japan - A chef cooks "supreme" curried rice priced at 10,000 yen ($109) before the press at Nishitetsu Grand Hotel in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2014, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of its opening.

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World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 10, 2014, shows the Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation Hospital in Kobe, western Japan. At the hospital on Sept. 12, a Japanese research team transplanted retinal cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to a woman in her 70s, marking the first time iPS-derived cells have been introduced into a human body by surgery.

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Mercedes-Benz Japan to sell EV with Mickey Mouse colors

TOKYO, Japan - Mercedes-Benz Japan unveils a two-seater electric vehicle painted with the four colors of Disney character Mickey Mouse in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014. The company will limit sales to 40 vehicles.