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China: Playful Tiger Cub Sneaks Up on Caretaker in Harbin Zoo

This video was filmed at a zoo in Harbin, Heilongjiang, on August 26, 2025. It captured the cute moment when a tiger cub tried to catch his caretaker off guard, but was quickly noticed, scooped into his arms, and turned into a cuddly kitten.

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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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New Kansai airport president

OSAKA, Japan - New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2013. Ando said his firm is sounding out foreign low-cost carriers, including China's Spring Airlines and Singapore Airlines' Scoot, to launch services using Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Spring Airlines launches Japan services

NARITA, Japan - A Spring Airlines Co. passenger jet arrives to a water-spraying welcome at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 1, 2014, the same day the Japanese unit of the Chinese budget carrier commenced three domestic routes after twice postponing the launch originally planned for May.

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Spring Japan to sell indigenous products

TAKAMATSU, Japan - The Japanese unit of Chinese low-cost airline Spring Airlines Co. shows local specialties which the airline plans to sell on its flights at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on July 8, 2014. Local products will be sold on three routes connecting Narita with Takamatsu, Hiroshima, and Saga airports.

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Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Ugai, president of Spring Airlines Japan Co., apologizes at a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2014. The Japanese unit of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. said the same day it will postpone the start of flight services from June 27 as previously planned to Aug. 1 due to a delay in necessary preparations, including the training of crew members.

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Spring Airlines

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2014, shows an aircraft of Spring Airlines Japan at Narita airport near Tokyo. The Japanese unit of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. said the same day it will postpone the start of flight services from June 27 as previously planned to Aug. 1 due to a delay in necessary preparations, including the training of crew members.

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JTB invests in Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Tagawa (L front), president of Tokyo-based travel agency JTB Corp., and Wang Zhenghua, chairman of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co., shake hands after their press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2014. JTB has invested in Spring Airlines to boost travel between Japan and China.

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Spring Airlines serves Osaka-Shanghai route

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - An aircraft of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. serving the route between Osaka and Shanghai parks at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, western Japan, on March 15, 2014.

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Spring Airlines chairman meets press at Kansai airport

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Wang Zhenghua, chairman of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co., speaks to reporters at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on March 15, 2014.

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China's Spring Airlines launches Shanghai-Osaka flights

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A passenger plane operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. is seen on the tarmac at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 15, 2014, as the airline company began daily round-trip flights between Shanghai and Osaka. Spring Airlines is the first low-cost carrier connecting mainland China and Kansai International Airport.

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China's Spring Airlines launches Shanghai-Osaka flights

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A ceremony is held to mark the inauguration of Shanghai-Osaka flights by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 15, 2014. Spring Airlines started daily round-trip flights between Shanghai and Osaka, becoming the first low-cost carrier connecting mainland China and Kansai International Airport.

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Spring Airlines

OSAKA, Japan - Wang Wei (R), head of the Japan office of Spring Airlines Co., holds a press conference at Kansai International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014. The Chinese budget carrier will launch daily flights linking Shanghai and Osaka on March 15.

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Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Ugai (C), president of Spring Airlines Japan Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2013. The Japanese unit of the Chinese discount carrier Spring Airlines Co. plans to start scheduled passenger flights in late May 2014 linking Tokyo and three other cities in Japan.

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight in service

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Chinese tourists arrive from Shanghai at Takamatsu airport in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2011. The regular charter flight service operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. connecting the Chinese and Japanese cities was launched the same day.

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight in service

SHANGHAI, China - Chinese tourists hold a banner commemorating the launch of a regular charter flight service between Shanghai and the western Japanese city of Takamatsu at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on July 15, 2011. The flight service operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. was launched the same day.

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight

SHANGHAI, China - Passengers board a plane bound for Takamatsu, western Japan, at Shanghai's Pudong airport on June 2, 2011. Chinese budget airline Spring Airlines Co. launched a regular charter flight service between the two cities that day, more than two months later than initially planned due to the March natural disasters in Japan.

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JAL in talks with rival NCA to merge air cargo business

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. executive Kunio Hirata (L) and Hitoshi Oshika, corporate officer of Nippon Yusen K.K., attend a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21. JAL said it is negotiating with Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., a Nippon Yusen arm, to merge cargo operations next spring to turn JAL's cargo business around.

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JAL resumes Tokyo-Dallas route for 1st time in 14 years

Officials of Japan Airlines Co. cut the tape during a ceremony at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2015, to mark the resumption of JAL's flight service connecting Narita with Dallas, Texas, after a hiatus of 14 years. The service was launched with four round trips a week the same day and is expected to increase to one round trip a day from spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL resumes Tokyo-Dallas route for 1st time in 14 years

Yoshiharu Ueki, president of Japan Airlines Co., gives a speech in a ceremony at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2015, to mark the resumption of JAL's flight service connecting Narita with Dallas, Texas, after a hiatus of 14 years. The service was launched with four round trips a week the same day and is expected to increase to one round trip a day from spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Spring Airlines to serve central Japan airport

Spring Airlines Japan Co. General Manager Sun Zhencheng (L) shakes hands with Central Japan International Airport Co. President Hiroshi Kawakami in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on June 9, 2015. They agreed to have the Chinese low-cost carrier start services between the central Japanese airport and five Chinese cities from June 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Spring Airlines to expand services at Kansai airport

Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines Co. CEO Zhang Xiuzhi (2nd from L) shakes hands with Keiichi Ando, president of New Kansai International Airport Co., during a press conference at a hotel inside Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 3, 2015. Spring Airlines announced a plan to increase the number of Chinese destinations from the airport from the existing six to more than 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese budget carrier to open new routes to Japan

Chinese low-cost career Spring Airlines Co. announces the launch of regular flights between three cities in China and Japan at a press conference at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 26, 2015. The flights will connect the airport with Guiyang in Guizhou Province, Changzhou in Jiangsu Province and Yinchuan in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region starting on Sept. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight in service

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Chinese tourists arrive from Shanghai at Takamatsu airport in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2011. The regular charter flight service operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. connecting the Chinese and Japanese cities was launched the same day. (Kyodo)

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight in service

SHANGHAI, China - Chinese tourists hold a banner commemorating the launch of a regular charter flight service between Shanghai and the western Japanese city of Takamatsu at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on July 15, 2011. The flight service operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. was launched the same day. (Kyodo)

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight

SHANGHAI, China - Passengers board a plane bound for Takamatsu, western Japan, at Shanghai's Pudong airport on June 2, 2011. Chinese budget airline Spring Airlines Co. launched a regular charter flight service between the two cities that day, more than two months later than initially planned due to the March natural disasters in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Spring Airlines launches Japan services

NARITA, Japan - A Spring Airlines Co. passenger jet arrives to a water-spraying welcome at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 1, 2014, the same day the Japanese unit of the Chinese budget carrier commenced three domestic routes after twice postponing the launch originally planned for May. (Kyodo)

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Spring Japan to sell indigenous products

TAKAMATSU, Japan - The Japanese unit of Chinese low-cost airline Spring Airlines Co. shows local specialties which the airline plans to sell on its flights at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on July 8, 2014. Local products will be sold on three routes connecting Narita with Takamatsu, Hiroshima, and Saga airports. (Kyodo)

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JAL in talks with rival NCA to merge air cargo business

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. executive Kunio Hirata (L) and Hitoshi Oshika, corporate officer of Nippon Yusen K.K., attend a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21. JAL said it is negotiating with Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., a Nippon Yusen arm, to merge cargo operations next spring to turn JAL's cargo business around. (Kyodo)