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China Fortifies Green Great Wall To Contain Desert

This photo shows green belts along the Taklimakan Desert highway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 16, 2005. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-NANNING-ASEAN-EXPO-EVOLUTION(CN)

(230918) -- NANNING, Sept. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows an exhibitor displaying a telephone at the 2nd China-ASEAN Expo (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Liu Guangming on Oct. 19, 2005) and a staff member showcasing a smart phone at the 20th China-ASEAN Expo (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Lu Boan on Sept. 18, 2023) in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The 20th China-ASEAN Expo is held in Nanning from September 16-19, with nearly 2,000 enterprises attending. Since the first China-ASEAN Expo was held in 2004, the event has actively built a platform for ASEAN enterprises to enter the Chinese market. (Xinhua)

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Japanese businessman Nobukazu Yuzawa's new pursuit in China's Tianjin

STORY: Japanese businessman Nobukazu Yuzawa's new pursuit in China's Tianjin DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various the factory 2. various of Nobukazu Yuzawa 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): NOBUKAZU YUZAWA, Executive Vice President, Meiji Dairies (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. 4. various the factory 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): NOBUKAZU YUZAWA, Executive Vice President, Meiji Dairies (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: Japanese businessman Nobukazu Yuzawa is the Executive Vice President of Meiji Dairies (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., a newly-opened factory in north China's Tianjin Municipality. He said that he has been impressed by the speed of China's development, as well as the huge growth opportunities that China offers to the world. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): NOBUKAZU YUZAWA, Executive Vice President, Meiji Dairies (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. "I first came to China in 2005, mainly to buy raw material for fruit yogurt produced in Japan. At that time, I felt that China was develo

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Ex-Futaba mayor to run in Fukushima gubernatorial race

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Katsutaka Idogawa, former mayor of Futaba, home of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, announces on Sept. 16, 2014, in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima that he will run in the October Fukushima gubernatorial election. Idogawa served as Futaba mayor from December 2005 to February 2013.

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Yamaguchi, former film star known as Li Xianglan, dies at 94

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in February 2005 shows Yoshiko Yamaguchi, a China-born Japanese singer and actress who became a House of Councillors member in 1974. Yamaguchi, who appeared in several films under the name of Li Xianglan, died of heart failure on Sept. 7, 2014, aged 94, her office said Sept. 14.

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2005 train derailment

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows a train crash at an apartment building after a derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25, 2005, in which 107 people were killed. On Sept. 27, 2013, the Kobe District Court found three former heads of West Japan Railway Co. not guilty over the derailment.

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Ichiro fails to mark 11th straight season of 200 hits

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows batting by Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners in (from upper L to R) 2001 to 2005 and (from bottom L to R) 2006 to 2010, when Suzuki had 200 hits for 10 consecutive seasons, a major league record. Suzuki ended the season with 184 hits on Sept. 28, 2011, snapping the streak at 10.

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ANA plane flew almost belly-up

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2005 shows a Boeing 737-700 aircraft of All Nippon Airways Co. An ANA jetliner of the same type briefly flew almost belly-up at a height of 10,000 meters off Shizuoka Prefecture due to co-pilot error on Sept. 6, 2011.

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Academic seminar in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo shows an academic seminar held in Beijing on Sept. 19, 2011. The event, organized by the China Institute of International Studies, was held to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the adoption of a landmark 2005 agreement among six nations over the denuclearization of North Korea. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Academic seminar in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R), Wu Dawei (C), China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, and Ri Yong Ho (L), a North Korean vice foreign minister, attend an academic seminar in Beijing on Sept. 19, 2011. The event, organized by the China Institute of International Studies, was held to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the adoption of a landmark 2005 agreement among six nations over the denuclearization of North Korea.

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AKB48 cafe in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Staff at AKB48 Official Cafe Singapore dance in schoolgirl uniforms, mimicking AKB48, on Sept. 3, 2011 at the cafe in Singapore, which opened in July as the first such cafe outside Japan. Created in 2005 in Tokyo, AKB48 is an all-girl pop group based on the concept ''Idols you can meet every day.'' It has become one of the most popular Japanese idol groups of all time.

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JR West to set up investigative panel on improper access to info

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Takayuki Sasaki speaks during a news conference in Osaka on Sept. 29, 2009. Sasaki said his company will set up a panel of outside investigators to look into how and why its officials approached the governmental railway accident investigation panel and obtained a draft report in advance on the cause of a 2005 fatal derailment that claimed the lives of more than 100 people.

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JR West ordered to improve business

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) hands a notice to West Japan Railway Co. President Takayuki Sasaki on Sept. 28, 2009, ordering the company to improve its business practices after the railway operator admitted late last week that it had obtained a draft report on the cause of a 2005 fatal derailment involving its train services from a member of the government safety board.

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Panel member leaked draft report on fatal train crash to JR West

OSAKA, Japan - Masao Yamazaki, former president of West Japan Railway Co., winces during a news conference in Osaka on Sept. 25, 2009. Yamazaki met the press after a revelation that a then member of the government's transport accident investigation commission leaked a draft report on the 2005 fatal train derailment accident in Hyogo Prefecture to the railway operator in response to Yamazaki's repeated requests.

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Panel member leaked draft report on fatal train crash to JR West

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Koichi Yamaguchi, a then member of the government's transport accident investigation commission who, according to government officials on Sept. 25, 2009, leaked a draft report on the 2005 fatal train derailment accident in Hyogo Prefecture to the railway operator, West Japan Railway Co.,

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Victims of S. Asia earthquake still await rehabilitation

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Salma (R), a 22-year-old woman crippled in the 2005 South Asian Earthquake, lies marooned in an Islamabad hospital as her 3-year-old daughter Aima sits in her lap on Sept. 30.

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Nikkei closes at lowest level since June 2005

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board in Tokyo's Nihombashi district shows the key Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunging 260.49 points to close at 11,489.30, the lowest level since June 27, 2005, on Sept. 18.

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Koizumi gives support to Koike's bid for prime minister

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) poses with former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike during a lunch meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 16 at which Koizumi gave encouragement to Koike in her campaign to replace Yasuo Fukuda as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and prime minister. The gathering was also attended by more than a dozen of the ''Koizumi children'' LDP lawmakers who were elected during Koizumi's landslide victory in the September 2005 general election.

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Papers on JR West fatal derailment case sent to prosecutors

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. President Masao Yamazaki speaks during a news conference in Osaka on Sept. 8 after police sent papers to prosecutors on 10 people at JR West, including Yamazaki, over a 2005 fatal train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Nikkei closes below 13,000 for 1st time since Sept. 2005

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a securities company in Tokyo's Otemachi district shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average down 752.89 points from Jan. 21 to end at 12,573.05, its lowest closing level since Sept. 8, 2005, when it closed at 12,533.89.

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Tani wins gold in 48 kg weight class

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japan's Ryoko Tani gazes at the gold medal she won in the women's 48-kilogram category at the judo world championships in Rio De Janeiro on Sept. 16. It was the 32-year-old Tani's first international competition since the 2004 Athens Olympics and her first gold medal since she gave birth to her son Yoshiaki in 2005.

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KCNA reports death of N. Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun

BEIJING, China - The Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's official news agency, on Jan. 3 reported that the country's foreign minister, Paek Nam Sun (file photo taken Sept. 2005), has died. He was 77.

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Yokomine second at Japan Women's Open

IBARAKI, Japan - Jang Jeong of South Korea, winner of the 2005 Women's British Open, watches her driver shot during the first round of the Japan Women's Open at Ibaraki Country Club in Osaka on Sept. 28. Jang reeled off three birdies from the No. 1 on a bogey-free outward journey for a 69 and sole possession of first place.

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TV Asahi hid 137 mil. yen in taxable income

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Kimiwada, president of TV Asahi Corp., holds a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28 following reports that the company hid 137 million yen in taxable income by booking fictitious subcontract costs over three years to March 2005.

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Princess Kiko is pregnant, birth expected in autumn

TOYOOKA, Japan - Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko watch a stork released during their visit to a stork park in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sept. 24, 2005. Imperial Household Agency sources said on Feb. 7 that the 39-year-old princess is pregnant and is expected to give birth to her third baby around September.

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Dolls reflecting events in 2005 unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo doll maker Nov. 17 unveils a pair of dolls (bottom, R) based on the Nov. 15 wedding of Princess Sayako and another pair (bottom, L) depicting Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who won a landslide victory in the Sept. 11 general election. The dolls will go on public display Jan. 7-March 3, 2005.

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Emperor thanks Aichi Expo organizers

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L), talk to Toyota Motor Corp. Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (R), who served as chairman of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition, at the Imperial Palace on Oct. 2. The Imperial couple invited 38 people involved with the expo to express their appreciation for efforts made for the six-month event that closed Sept. 25. At 2nd from right is Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Pool photo)

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Court rejects fishermen's plea to stop bay reclamation project

TOKYO, Japan - The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal Sept. 30 by fishermen seeking to halt a controversial state project to reclaim Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture. Local fishermen argued the reclamation will damage the fishing industry. Photo taken July 6, 2005, shows the reclamation project under way in Isahaya Bay.

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Aichi Expo ends after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito makes a speech during a grand closing ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition held at the Nagakute main site in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito makes a speech during a closing ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks during a closing ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Visitors pack the Nagakute main site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Flags of the countries participating in the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture stand under the blue sky as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25. The Expo served as a testing ground for new technologies and featuring exhibits like humanoid robots and a frozen mammoth from Siberia.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Visitors pack the Nagakute main site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Flags of the countries participating in the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture stand under the blue sky as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25. The Expo served as a testing ground for new technologies and featuring exhibits like humanoid robots and a frozen mammoth from Siberia.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Visitors pack the Nagakute main site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo packed with visitors

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Thai dancers give their performance at the Nagakute site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 24 during the special events marking the end of the 185-day event on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo ends Sunday after 6-month run

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Visitors pack the Nagakute main site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture as the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo packed with visitors

NAGAKUTE, Japan - The Nagakute site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture is packed with visitors on Sept. 24, the day before the 185-day event comes to a close. By 4 p.m., 165,908 visitors had entered the Nagakute main site and the adjacent Seto site, bringing the total attendance to 21.76 million.

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Aichi Expo packed with visitors

NAGAKUTE, Japan - The Nagakute main site of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture is packed with visitors on Sept. 24, the day before the 185-day event comes to an end on Sept. 25.

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Aichi Expo packed with visitors

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Staff employees at foreign pavilions at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture participate in a fashion show held Sept. 24 as part of the special events marking the end of the 185-day event on Sept. 25.

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Int'l Beauty Pageant contestants gather at Aichi Expo

NAGOYA, Japan - Contestants for the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2005 gather at the World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 21. Some 50 contestants visited the exposition as part of events preceding the Sept. 26 beauty competition in Tokyo.

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Philippine national day at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Philippine dancers give their performance during one of events marking their country's national day at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 20.

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Shanghai Week begins at Aichi expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Teenage Japanese table tennis star Ai Fukuhara (2nd from R) of the Chinese Super League club Liaoning speaks in the Shanghai Week events at the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 19. The Shanghai Week, which began the same day, runs through Sept. 25.

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Record number of people visit Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - A full moon is seen from the Nagakute site of the 2005 World Exposition on Sept. 18. A record number of people for a single day visited the exposition in Aichi Prefecture on the day, reaching 281,441, its organizer said. The previous single-day record was 250,694 set on Sept. 10.

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Japan's biggest video game show opens at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation 3 draws the attention of visitors to Tokyo Game Show 2005, Japan's biggest video game console and software exhibition that opened at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 16. PlayStation 3, a video game console featuring realistic high-definition graphics, will be released next spring.

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Number of Expo visitors tops 20 mil.

NAGAKUTE, Japan - People throng the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 16, the same day the number of visitors there topped the 20 million mark. The figure surpassed the 15 million targeted by the organizers. The expo ends its six-month run on Sept. 25.

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Japan's biggest video game show opens at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 16 to open the three-day Tokyo Game Show 2005. Japan's biggest video game console and software exhibition features products from a record 131 companies.

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Aichi expo celebrates Mexico national day

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Dancers perform Mexican dance at the 2005 World Exposition at Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 15.

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Tabuse to join Raptors training camp

NEW YORK, United States - Yuta Tabuse (file photo), who became the first Japanese NBA player in 2005 with the Phoenix Suns, will join the Toronto Raptors' training camp, the Toronto Star reported on Sept. 13.