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NEPAL-MAKWANPUR-TUNNEL BREAKTHROUGH-FAST TRACK PROJECT

(240805) -- MAKWANPUR, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song addresses the breakthrough ceremony held at the construction site of Nepal's major fast-track package 2 project in Makwanpur district of Nepal, Aug. 5, 2024. The last tunnel was broken through on Monday for the package 2 project contracted by a Chinese company under the Kathmandu-Terai/Madhesh fast track project, which Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli described as an "important milestone" toward achieving Nepal's development goals. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Young Egyptians, Japanese hold dialogue via Internet

CAIRO, Egypt - Akiko Terai (R) from Japan and young Egyptians in Cairo talk to young people in Tokyo via Internet calling on April 18, 2011. Terai organized the dialogue in hope that the young generation in Japan would feed off the energy of the uprising in Egypt, which was led by young people and ousted long-ruling President Hosni Mubarak, and utilize it in reconstruction efforts in quake-hit Japan.

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Divorce ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A former bride and groom hold a wooden hammer together to smash a wedding ring during a ''divorce ceremony'' in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 19, 2011. The hammer is in the shape of a frog, or ''kaeru'' in Japanese which is a pun for the word ''return,'' to symbolize their return to single life. Hiroki Terai started holding the event for divorce-bound couples in 2009.

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Divorce ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A former bride (L) and groom undergo a ''divorce ceremony'' marking the end to their married life at a venue in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 19, 2011. Over 60 couples have undergone a ''divorce ceremony,'' being marketed by Hiroki Terai, in Japan since its start in 2009.

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Tunnel boring machine launched for Nepal's irrigation-cum-hydropower tunnel construction

STORY: Tunnel boring machine launched for Nepal's irrigation-cum-hydropower tunnel construction DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site STORYLINE: A double-shield tunnel boring machine (TBM) was put into operation on Friday, marking a new phase for the construction of a 13.3-km-long tunnel under Nepal's Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project. Pampha Bhusal, Nepal's minister for energy, water resources and irrigation, inaugurated the TBM operation together with the project manager. Listed by the Nepali government as a national pride project, the project is aimed at diverting water from the Sunkoshi River to the Marin River through the tunnel to irrigate 122,000 hectares of farmland in the districts of Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Rauthat and Bara in the Terai Plains. In addition, a power house will be built to generate 28.62 megawatts of electricity to alleviate the shortage of power supply in the area. The proj

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Principal defends controversial remarks about women and childbirth

Hisao Terai, the head of a junior high school in Osaka, speaks to reporters in the western Japan city on March 15, 2016, about his controversial remarks about women and childbirth. Terai defended his Feb. 29 remarks in front of about 600 students that giving birth to two children or more is the "most important thing" for a woman and "more valuable than building her career." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawyers to challenge constitutionality of security laws

A group of legal experts attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2015, announcing that they will file lawsuits across the country arguing that the newly enacted security laws violate Japan's war-renouncing Constitution. Kazuhiro Terai (C in front row), co-head of the group, said, "Unreasonable acts by the Cabinet and the Diet are not permissible under the Constitution." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Conductor of chorus group comprising A-bomb survivors

Conductor Kazumichi Terai performs on April 14, 2015, in leading the choral society "Himawari" made up of some 50 survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. The group, whose average age is 77, sings not only at an annual peace memorial ceremony on Aug. 9 but in some overseas cities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese openly gay chef Terai

Japanese chef and caterer Yukiya Terai poses for a photo at his home in Tokyo on March 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Conductor of chorus group comprising A-bomb survivors

Conductor Kazumichi Terai performs on April 14, 2015, in leading the choral society "Himawari" made up of some 50 survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. The group, whose average age is 77, sings not only at an annual peace memorial ceremony on Aug. 9 but in some overseas cities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Divorce ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A former bride and groom hold a wooden hammer together to smash a wedding ring during a ''divorce ceremony'' in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 19, 2011. The hammer is in the shape of a frog, or ''kaeru'' in Japanese which is a pun for the word ''return,'' to symbolize their return to single life. Hiroki Terai started holding the event for divorce-bound couples in 2009. (Kyodo)

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Young Egyptians, Japanese hold dialogue via Internet

CAIRO, Egypt - Akiko Terai (R) from Japan and young Egyptians in Cairo talk to young people in Tokyo via Internet calling on April 18, 2011. Terai organized the dialogue in hope that the young generation in Japan would feed off the energy of the uprising in Egypt, which was led by young people and ousted long-ruling President Hosni Mubarak, and utilize it in reconstruction efforts in quake-hit Japan. (Kyodo)

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Divorce ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A former bride (L) and groom undergo a ''divorce ceremony'' marking the end to their married life at a venue in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 19, 2011. Over 60 couples have undergone a ''divorce ceremony,'' being marketed by Hiroki Terai, in Japan since its start in 2009. (Kyodo)

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Gay couple in Japan

Gay couple Yukiya Terai (C) and Tsukasa Nakagawa, in this photo taken Nov. 5, 2015, receive a same-sex partnership certificate from Nobuto Hosaka, mayor of Setagaya Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo