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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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Search continues on Mt. Ontake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows members of a search team getting off a helicopter near the top of snowcapped Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Oct. 15, 2014, to resume searching for seven climbers who remain missing following the deadly eruption Sept. 27 of the 3,067-meter volcano, which has claimed 56 lives.

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Search continues on Mt. Ontake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Self-Defense Forces at the top of snowcapped Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Oct. 15, 2014, searching for seven climbers who remain missing following the deadly eruption Sept. 27 of the 3,067-meter volcano, which has claimed 56 lives.

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Snowcapped Mt. Ontake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 15, 2014, shows snowcapped Mt. Ontake in central Japan, whose eruption Sept. 27 has claimed 56 lives with seven people remaining missing. Kengamine, the highest peak of the mountain, is seen in the background and one of its ponds, called Ninoike, is seen in front.

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Young author calls for end to animal euthanasia

TOKYO, Japan - Manami Mukai, a pet care school student hoping to be a groomer, calls for an end to the euthanasia of pet animals in her book titled "Inochi no Hana" (Flower of Life), as shown in this file photo taken on Sept. 15, 2014.

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Nikkei tumbles 2.6% to 1-month low on global economic worries

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board in central Tokyo shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ending at 15,661.99 on Oct. 2, 2014, its worst finish since Sept. 1.

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Yokozuna Hakuho clinches 31st title at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia waves to the crowd at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014, after winning the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with a 14-1 record.

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Yokozuna Hakuho clinches 31st title at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia, surrounded by supporters, poses with the Emperor's Cup after winning the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with a 14-1 record at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014.

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Ichinojo wins 2 prizes at autumn sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Tenth-ranked maegashira Ichinojo of Mongolia poses with the trophies for the Outstanding Performance Prize and the Fighting Spirit Prize at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014, after ending the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with a 13-2 record.

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Yokozuna Hakuho clinches 31st title at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia, surrounded by supporters, poses with the Emperor's Cup after winning the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with a 14-1 record at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014.

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Ichinojo wins 2 prizes at autumn sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Tenth-ranked maegashira Ichinojo of Mongolia (back) pushes sixth-ranked maegashira Aminishiki out of the ring on the final day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014. Ichinojo won both the Outstanding Performance Prize and the Fighting Spirit Prize with a 13-2 record.

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Yokozuna Hakuho clinches 31st title at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (back) brings down compatriot yokozuna Kakuryu on the final day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014. Hakuho won his 31st career championship with a 14-1 record.

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Yokozuna Hakuho clinches 31st title at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mogolia (L) receives the Emperor's Cup from Kitanoumi, chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014, after winning the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with a 14-1 record.

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Yokozuna Hakuho clinches 31st title at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mogolia (L) receives the Emperor's Cup from Kitanoumi, chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014, after winning the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with a 14-1 record.

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Yokozuna Hakuho clinches 31st title at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (front) brings down compatriot yokozuna Kakuryu on the final day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014. Hakuho won his 31st career championship with a 14-1 record.

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Yokozuna Kakuryu suffers 2nd loss at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Kakuryu of Mongolia (L) is forced out of the ring by ozeki Kotoshogiku on the twelfth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 24, 2014, suffering his second loss.

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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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Cosmetic surgery booming in land of smiles

BANGKOK, Thailand - Dr. Samphan Khomrit, secretary general of the Medical Council of Thailand, speaks of his country's cosmetic surgery trend in an interview in Bangkok on Sept. 15, 2014. The Thai cosmetic surgery market, which has roughly doubled or tripled in the past five years, is expected to grow even bigger as ASEAN prepares to launch a common market in 2015.

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Vietnam's biggest waterfalls attract visitors on rafts

DAM THUY, Vietnam - A raft full of tourists approaches the Ban Gioc waterfalls straddling the border between China and Vietnam on Sept. 15, 2014.

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Vietnam's biggest waterfalls attract visitors on rafts

DAM THUY, Vietnam - Vietnamese vendors on a raft approach another raft carrying Chinese tourists in front of the Ban Gioc waterfalls straddling the border between China and Vietnam on Sept. 15, 2014.

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Int'l aerospace trade fair kicks off in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Aeromart Nagoya 2014, a three-day international aerospace and aviation trade fair, begins in the city of Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 24, 2014. With roughly 160 companies from 15 countries taking part, it is the first time the Aeromart fair has been held in Japan.

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Relief of late PM Inukai displayed in his hometown

OKAYAMA, Japan - A relief of former Prime Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai, who was assassinated by junior navy officers in the May 15 incident of 1932, is put on display at the Inukai Bokudo Memorial Museum on Sept. 11, 2014, in his native city of Okayama, western Japan, following donation by a U.S. citizen.

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No stopping co-leading yokozuna at Autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia pulls down No. 2 maegashira Toyonoshima at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 21, 2014, day 8 of the 15-day event. Kakuryu and compatriot yokozuna Hakuho remained unbeaten.

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No stopping co-leading yokozuna at Autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (R) forces komusubi Jokoryu out of the ring at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 21, 2014, remaining unbeaten on the eighth day of the 15-day competition.

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Disaster-hit Route 6 stretch in Fukushima opened to traffic

TOMIOKA, Japan - A police vehicle heads out on patrol on Sept. 15, 2014, on a closed stretch of National Route 6 running north to south along the coast in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, after being opened to traffic for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear disaster.

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Haukho beats Aoiyama at autumn sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia pulls down third-ranked maegashira Aoiyama of Bulgaria at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 18, 2014, remaining unbeaten on the fifth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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F-22 stealth fighter on tarmac for U.S. military drill

GUAM, United States - A cutting-edge F-22 stealth fighter stands on the tarmac for maintenance on Sept. 15, 2014, during a U.S. military exercise in the Pacific Ocean off Guam. The drill, called "Valiant Shield 2014," was shown to some media.

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U.S. rear admiral explains aim of Pacific military drill

GUAM, United States - Rear Adm. Russell Allen, deputy commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, briefs reporters on the purpose of a military exercise in the Pacific Ocean in Guam on Sept. 15, 2014, the first day of the nine-day drill.

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Osaka student cycles across N. America in 2 months

NEW YORK, United States - Takuya Shirasawa (L), a vocational school student in Osaka, western Japan, celebrates with his former teacher Yoshiharu Higa in New York on Sept. 15, 2014, after cycling from San Francisco to New York in about two months, emulating Higa's similar achievement.

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Japan firm opens 'shabu-shabu' restaurant in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A staffer demonstrates how to cook thin slices of beef parboiled in hot soup at the first U.S. restaurant of "Shabu-Shabu Kobe" in New York operated by Kobe Bussan Co. of the western Japan city on Sept. 15, 2014.

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Astronaut Noguchi 1st Asian to head space explorers' group

BEIJING, China - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi lectures at a Japanese school in Beijing on Sept. 15, 2014. He was selected as head of the Huston, Texas-based Association of Space Explorers as the first Asian to assume the post.

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IWC kicks off general meeting

PORTOROZ, Slovenia - The Japanese delegation attends a general meeting of the International Whaling Commission that started on Sept. 15, 2014, in Portoroz, Slovenia. Japan will express its intention to continue its so-called research whaling.

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H.K. activists say they will "fish" off Senkakus

HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong activists claiming Chinese sovereignty over the Japanese-administered Senkaku islets in East China Sea set sail for a "fishing" voyage there from Hong Kong on Sept. 15, 2014.

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Footage of "comfort women" interviews released

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Association for the Pacific War Victims releases footage of 1993 interviews with women known as former "comfort women" on Sept. 15, 2014, in Seoul. The interviews were conducted at the office of the association in July 1993 by the Japanese government with victims of World War II sexual slavery to produce a 1993 apology known as the Kono statement.

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IWC kicks off general meeting

PORTOROZ, Slovenia - The International Whaling Commission begins a general meeting on Sept. 15, 2014, in Portoroz, Slovenia. Japan will express its intention to continue its so-called research whaling.

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IAEA remains dubious about Iran's nuclear stance

VIENNA, Austria - Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says at the IAEA's regular board meeting in Vienna on Sept. 15, 2014, that the U.N. nuclear watchdog takes a dim view of Iran's oft-delayed promise to meet its confidence-building obligations designed to ensure that its nuclear program is purely for peaceful purposes.

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Gathering on issue of abductions by N. Korea

AKITA, Japan - Midori Amanai, elder sister of Kahoru Kimura who went missing in 1960 in Akita at age 21, shows a quilt sent from supporters during a gathering to think about the issue of abductions by North Korea held in the northeastern Japanese city on Sept. 15, 2014. North Korea's involvement is suspected in the disappearance of Kimura.

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100th day since death of Prince Katsura observed

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Akiko performs the role of chief mourner at a Tokyo cemetery on Sept. 15, 2014, in a ceremony marking the first 100 days since the death of her uncle Prince Katsura on June 8. She offered a "sakaki" tree branch decorated with strips of "washi" Japanese paper at his grave at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery.

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Visa-free delegation meets with Russian residents

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 13, 2014, on Russian-held Etorofu Island off Hokkaido shows members of a visa-free delegation from Hokkaido meeting with local residents. The delegation returned home on Sept. 15. (Pool photo)

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Fertility network head interviewed in Paris

PARIS, France - Mariam Kukunashvili, director and founder of New Life Global Network headquartered in Georgia, speaks in an interview in Paris on Sept. 14, 2014. According to Kukunashvili, a 24-year-old Japanese man who she introduced surrogate mothers to wanted to father 10 to 15 babies every year for as long as he lived.

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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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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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Abe meets with BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2014, after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the first time since April 15. Kuroda said he told Abe that the BOJ "would adjust monetary policy without hesitation" if it faces difficulty achieving its 2 percent inflation goal.

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3 and a half years after tsunami

NAMIE, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2014, three and a half years after the disaster. According to the National Police Agency, the disaster left 15,889 people dead while the whereabouts of 2,597 people in the three hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima remain unaccounted for.

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3 and a half years after tsunami

NAMIE, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2014, three and a half years after the disaster. According to the National Police Agency, the disaster left 15,889 people dead while the whereabouts of 2,597 people in the three hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima remain unaccounted for.

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Official record of Emperor Hirohito's life

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 15, 1923, shows Crown Prince Hirohito (L front) during his visit to Tokyo's Ueno Park to inspect fire damage following the magnitude 7.9 Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated the Japanese capital and its vicinity on Sept. 1 that year. On Sept. 9, 2014, the Imperial Household Agency released the official record it compiled of the 87-year life of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa.

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Jelly in shape of ancient burial mound

MATSUE, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 3, 2014, shows a jelly in the shape of an ancient Japanese burial mound, with a gummy bear inside, provided at the cafe of the Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo, in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The green-tea-flavored dessert is being offered for 500 yen until Sept. 15 in commemoration of a special exhibit at the museum.

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Jelly in shape of ancient burial mound

MATSUE, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 3, 2014, shows a jelly in the shape of an ancient Japanese burial mound, provided at the cafe of the Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo, in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The green-tea-flavored dessert is being offered for 500 yen until Sept. 15 in commemoration of a special exhibit at the museum.

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15 workers injured in blast at Nippon Steel plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Smokes are seen rising from a Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. plant in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 3, 2014, following a blast near its coke oven. A total of 15 workers were injured, five of them seriously.