Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

India's industrial production grows 5.7 pct in July

STORY: India's industrial production grows 5.7 pct in July DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of wheels factory 3. various of factories 4. various of traffic in India STORYLINE: India's factory activity, determined by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 5.7 percent in July, the government data showed Tuesday. For the month, the quick estimates of IIP with the 2011-12 fiscal year's base stand at 142. The indices of industrial production for the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors in July stand at 111.9, 141.2 and 204 respectively, according to the data of the Ministry of statistics and Program Implementation. As per use-based classification, the indices stand at 141.7 for primary goods, 101.6 for capital goods, 151.8 for intermediate goods and 168.5 for infrastructure and construction goods, said the ministry. In addition, the indices for consumer durables and consumer non-durables stand at 118

E

New reconstruction minister visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Newly appointed Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita shakes hands with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the prefectural office in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Sept. 4, 2014. They exchanged views on how to promote rehabilitation from the March 2011 disasters and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

E

Women in Kesennuma knit to build world-class brand

SENDAI, Japan - Tamako Mitarai (C), president of Kesennuma Knitting Co., watches local women practice knitting on Sept. 4, 2013 in the coastal Miyagi prefectural city of Kesennuma, which was badly hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

E

Women in Kesennuma knit to build world-class brand

SENDAI, Japan - Local women in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, practice knitting on Sept. 4, 2013 in the coastal city, which was badly hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

E

Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2013 shows (from L bottom) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 and 6 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the plant on Sept. 19 and urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. The utility is moving ahead with decommissioning of the Nos. 1 to 4 units.

E

Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2013 shows (from L bottom) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 and 6 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the plant on Sept. 19 and urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. The utility is moving ahead with decommissioning of the Nos. 1 to 4 units.

E

Japan to be without nuclear power

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows the No. 4 reactor building at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. The No. 4 reactor, Japan's sole operating reactor, is set to be taken offline for routine checks on Sept. 15, leaving the country without nuclear power supply for the second time since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex disaster.

E

Japan to be without nuclear power

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows the No. 4 (L) and No. 3 reactor buildings at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. The No. 4 reactor, Japan's sole operating reactor, is set to be taken offline for routine checks on Sept. 15, leaving the country without nuclear power supply for the second time since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex disaster.

E

2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

E

Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:23 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (top L) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

E

Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:20 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (bottom) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The two objects at top are the lid to the containment vessel. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

E

1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

E

1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

E

1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

E

1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show a ballpark in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (R).

E

1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Haramachi thermal power plant in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (R).

E

1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area stretching from the town of Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture (front), to the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture (back), on March 28, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (R).

E

1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show Sendai port in Miyagi Prefecture on March 25, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

E

Future energy policy meeting

TOKYO, Japan - A meeting on Japan's future energy policy following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis is held at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2012, attended by key members of the Cabinet. Estimates under a nuclear power phase-out scenario were presented at the meeting.

E

Wozniacki loses in 3rd round at Pan Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark returns a shot against Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in a women's singles third-round match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis championships at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. The top seed Wozniacki lost to unseeded Kanepi 7-5, 1-6, 6-4.

E

Sharapova advances to final 8 in Pan Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Julia Goerges of Germany in a women's singles third-round match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis championships at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Shrapova advanced to the last 8 after beating Goerges 7-6(4), 7-6(4).

E

Sharapova advances to final 8 in Pan Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Julia Goerges of Germany in a women's singles third-round match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis championships at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Shrapova advanced to the last 8 after beating Goerges 7-6(4), 7-6(4).

E

Athletics' Matsui vs. Mariners

SEATTLE, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to center in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 26, 2011. Matsui went 2-for-4 with an RBI in a 4-2 loss by the A's.

E

Mariners' Ichiro vs. A's

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits an infield single in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 26, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 in a 4-2 win for the Mariners.

E

Rangers' Uehara vs. Angels

ANAHEIM, United States - Koji Uehara of the Texas Rangers pitches in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Sept. 26, 2011. Uehara took the mound during the sixth inning with the bases loaded, two outs and after the Angels scored two runs, and escaped the inning without allowing a run. The Rangers won the game 4-3.

E

Schalke 04 4-2 Freiburg

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany - Schalke 04 defender Atsuto Uchida (L) of Japan controls the ball while being guarded by Freiburg midfielder Yacine Abdessadki in the first half of a Bundesliga game in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Sept. 24, 2011. Schalke won 4-2.

E

Mariners' Ichiro vs. Rangers

ARLINGTON, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a run-scoring single to left in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 with an RBI in a 5-3 loss by the Mariners.

E

Mariners' Ichiro vs. Twins

MINNEAPOLIS, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki raps an RBI double to right-center in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Sept. 21, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-4 with an RBI in a 5-4 victory by the Mariners.

E

Athletics' Matsui vs. Rangers

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to left in the fourth inning of a major-league baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 21, 2011. Matsui went 1-for-4 in a 3-2 loss for the A's.

E

Mariners' Ichiro vs. Rangers

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 18, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 in a 3-0 loss by the Mariners.

E

Indians' Fukudome vs. Twins

MINNEAPOLIS, United States - Cleveland Indians right fielder Kosuke Fukudome singles to left in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis on Sept. 18, 2011. Fukudome went 1-for-4 in a 6-5 win for the Indians.

E

Indians' Fukudome vs. Rangers

ARLINGTON, United States - Kosuke Fukudome of the Cleveland Indians runs to home base on a double by Jason Kipnis in the fifth inning of a game against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 13, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-4 in a 10-4 loss for the Indians.

E

Indians' Fukudome vs. Rangers

ARLINGTON, United States - Kosuke Fukudome of the Cleveland Indians singles to left in the fifth inning of a game against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 13, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-4 in a 10-4 loss for the Indians.

E

Indians' Fukudome vs. Rangers

ARLINGTON, United States - Kosuke Fukudome of the Cleveland Indians singles to left in the fifth inning of a game against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 13, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-4 in a 10-4 loss for the Indians.

E

Djokovic wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after beating Rafael Nadal of Spain in the men's singles final 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Sept. 12, 2011. Djokovic won his first title at the competition.

E

Djokovic wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Novak Djokovic of Serbia raises his trophy after beating Rafael Nadal of Spain in the men's singles final 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Sept. 12, 2011. Djokovic won his first title at the competition.

E

Djokovic wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Novak Djokovic of Serbia (R), the 2011 U.S. Open men's singles champion, and runner-up Rafael Nadal of Spain hold their trophies in New York on Sept. 12, 2011. The first-seeded Djokovic dethroned 2010 champion Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in the final of the tennis tournament.

E

Djokovic wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot against Rafael Nadal of Spain in the men's singles final match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Sept. 12, 2011. The first-seeded Djokovic beat second-seeded Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 to win his first title at the competition.

E

Nadal in U.S. Open final

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a shot against Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Sept. 12, 2011. Djokovic dethroned 2010 champion Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 to win his first career U.S. Open title and third Grand Slam title of 2011.

E

Palermo 4-3 Inter

PALERMO, Italy - Inter Milan's Yuto Nagatomo of Japan (R) and striker Diego Forlan of Uruguay are in action in the first half of a Serie A game against Palermo in Palermo, Italy, on Sept. 11, 2011. Palermo won 4-3.

E

Half year after disaster

TOKYO, Japan - About 1,300 people join hands to surround the International Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2011, calling for an end to nuclear power on the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

E

Mariners' Ichiro vs. Royals

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners gets an RBI double down the right-field line during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Safeco Field in Seattle on Sept. 11, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 with an RBI in a 2-1 loss for the Mariners.

E

Half year after disaster

TOKYO, Japan - About 1,300 people join hands to surround the International Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2011, calling for an end to nuclear power on the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

E

Half year after disaster

TOKYO, Japan - About 1,300 people join hands to surround the International Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2011, calling for an end to nuclear power on the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

E

Half year after disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - At the site where the main building of the Kongo Temple was swept away by a tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, a fire burns in a rite on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The ceremony was attended by Buddhist monks from six prefectures of the Tohoku area of northeastern Japan and some 250 other people. The March 11 disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in the Tohoku area.

E

Half year after disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - At the site where the main building of the Kongo Temple was swept away by a tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, a fire burns in a rite on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The ceremony was attended by Buddhist monks from six prefectures of the Tohoku area of northeastern Japan and some 250 other people. The March 11 disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in the Tohoku area.

E

Half year after disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - Parishioners offer a moment of silence at a site where their church was swept away by a tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m., the time a devastating quake occurred a half year ago. The quake and subsequent tsunami killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan.

E

Half year after disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - About 200 people call for an end to nuclear power during a demonstration in the city of Fukushima on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

E

Half year after disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - A police officer holds flowers at a site where a house was swept away by a tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in picture taken on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan.

E

Federer loses at U.S. Open semifinal

NEW YORK, United States - Roger Federer of Switzerland closes his eyes after losing to Novak Djokovic of Serbia in a men's singles seminal match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Sept. 10, 2011. The first-seeded Djokovic defeated the third-seeded Federer 6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the final.