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Foreign visiting group impressed by wine industry development in China's Ningxia

STORY: Foreign visiting group impressed by wine industry development in China's Ningxia SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 20-21, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tour of the group to the vineyards 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IVAYLO NIKOLAEV IORDANOV, Charge d'Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria 3. various of the wine factory 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): CHIKAMATSU SHIGEHIRO, Director of Beijing Office, Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) 5. various of the wine factory 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): WINFRED NII OKAI HAMMOND, Ghanaian Ambassador to China STORYLINE: A group of foreign envoys, diplomats and representatives from international organizations has been deeply impressed by the development of wine industry against the harsh environment in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region after a recent on-site visit. Ningxia has emerged as China's largest wine-producing region after ove

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Fujifilm Holdings to promote Nakajima to president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shigehiro Nakajima, executive vice president of Fujifilm Holdings Corp. The company said on June 7, 2012, that it plans to promote Nakajima to president on June 28.

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Fujifilm joins race to be Olympus partner

TOKYO, Japan - Shigehiro Nakajima, representative director of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2012. Nakajima said the company has proposed a capital and business tie-up with Olympus Corp., joining competition with Sony Corp. and others to become a business alliance partner for the scandal-tainted optical equipment manufacturer.

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NHK's board chairman resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Shigehiro Komaru, chairman of public broadcaster NHK's board of governors, speaks at a press conference to announce his resignation at the broadcaster's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011. Komaru apparently assumed responsibility for the messy process to select a new NHK president.

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School offers open-air classes for chemically sensitive siblings

OSAKA, Japan - Koji, 20, Naoko, 17, and Shigehiro Irie, 16, study with a teacher (far L) at an open-air evening class offered by Kitano Senior High School in Osaka's Yodogawa Ward for the three siblings who have severe allergy to chemical substances.

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Senior defense officer arrested for alleged espionage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Defense Agency's National Institute for Defense Studies in Tokyo's Meguro Ward, one of whose top officers, Lt. Commander Shigehiro Hagisaki, was arrested Sept. 8 on suspicion of violating the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) Law. Hagisaki allegedly passed defense secrets to the Russian military attache, identified by the Metropolitan Police Department as Victor Bogatenkov, 44, a resident of Tokyo's Minato Ward. Bogatenkov cannot be arrested as he has diplomatic immunity.

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Chukyo Univ. professor leads program to produce top athletes

Chukyo University professor Shigehiro Takahashi, head of the School of Health and Sports Science, talks on March 3, 2015, about a program he leads to produce top athletes and instructors in a wide-ranging field of sports. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujifilm joins race to be Olympus partner

TOKYO, Japan - Shigehiro Nakajima, representative director of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2012. Nakajima said the company has proposed a capital and business tie-up with Olympus Corp., joining competition with Sony Corp. and others to become a business alliance partner for the scandal-tainted optical equipment manufacturer. (Kyodo)

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NHK's board chairman resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Shigehiro Komaru, chairman of public broadcaster NHK's board of governors, speaks at a press conference to announce his resignation at the broadcaster's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011. Komaru apparently assumed responsibility for the messy process to select a new NHK president. (Kyodo)

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69-yr climber returns home after scaling unclimbed Himalaya peak

Tsuneo Shigehiro (far L), a 69-year-old climber, and his party arrive at Kansai International Airport in western Japan on Nov. 8, 2016, after scaling the unclimbed summit of 6,209-meter Nangamari II in the Himalayas in northern Nepal in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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69-yr climber returns home after scaling unclimbed Himalaya peak

Tsuneo Shigehiro, a 69-year-old climber, arrives at Kansai International Airport in western Japan on Nov. 8, 2016, after scaling the unclimbed summit of 6,209-meter Nangamari II in the Himalayas in northern Nepal in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese team led by 69-year-old scales unclimbed peak in Himalayas

Japanese mountaineer Tsuneo Shigehiro speaks in Kobe on Sept. 2, 2016, a week before leaving for the Himalayas. A Japanese party led by the 69-year-old has scaled the unclimbed peak of Nangamari II in the Himalayas, the Japanese Alpine Club Kansai said on Oct. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-defense officer admits passing info to Russian attache

TOKYO, Japan - Former Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) officer Shigehiro Hagisaki (file photo) admits in court Nov. 27 that he passed defense secrets to Russian military attache Victor Bogatenkov in exchange for money. The indictment said Hagisaki met Bogatenkov at a Tokyo restaurant June 30 and gave him documents.

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Senior defense officer arrested for alleged espionage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Defense Agency's National Institute for Defense Studies in Tokyo's Meguro Ward, one of whose top officers, Lt. Commander Shigehiro Hagisaki, was arrested Sept. 8 on suspicion of violating the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) Law. Hagisaki allegedly passed defense secrets to the Russian military attache, identified by the Metropolitan Police Department as Victor Bogatenkov, 44, a resident of Tokyo's Minato Ward. Bogatenkov cannot be arrested as he has diplomatic immunity.