Interest in learning Chinese language grows in Türkiye

STORY: Interest in learning Chinese language grows in Türkiye DATELINE: April 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul city in Türkiye 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): MUSTAFA KARSLI, Vice president of Turkish-Chinese Cultural Association 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): YUSA NISAR, Student studying Chinese 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): YUAN REN, Chinese Instructor 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): MUSTAFA KARSLI, Vice president of Turkish-Chinese Cultural Association STORYLINE: In recent years, a growing number of Turks have become more interested in learning the Chinese language, with many attending classes in Türkiye's financial and cultural hub Istanbul, and the capital city of Ankara. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): MUSTAFA KARSLI, Vice president of Turkish-Chinese Cultural Association "Demand is growing because the value of Chinese, and the value of Chinese trade, has been skyrocketing in Türkiye." The Turkish-Chinese Cultural Association was established in 1999. It off

Japanese sake promoted at Turin int'l food fair

Japanese sake promoted at Turin int'l food fair

TURIN, Italy - Yujin Yusa of Ninki Inc., Japanese brewery from Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, offers sake to visitors at international food fair "Salone del Gusto" in Turin, Italy, on Oct. 27, 2014.

Japan's Yusa wins beach flags in World Games life saving

Japan's Yusa wins beach flags in World Games life saving

AKITA, Japan - Japan's Masami Yusa (front) wins the women's beach flags event in the World Games life saving competition at Iwaki Island Park in Akita Prefecture on Aug. 26. The sixth World Games, held in and around the northern Japanese city of Akita, conclude on Aug. 26.

Queen of Aoi Matsuri departs Kyoto Imperial Palace

Queen of Aoi Matsuri departs Kyoto Imperial Palace

Clad in a multilayered traditional Japanese costume, Yusa Shirai aboard a float departs Kyoto Imperial Palace for a parade of the Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main annual festivals in the ancient capital of Japan, on May 15, 2015. Shirai played the "Saio-dai" queen of the festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Atomic bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow at the Vatican

Atomic bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow at the Vatican

Setsuko Thurlow (C), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, is pictured in the Vatican City on March 20, 2019. She met Pope Francis during a general audience the same day. On the left is Yusa Okada, the granddaughter of a Nagasaki survivor. At 13 years of age, Okada is the same age as Thurlow was at the time of the attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Yusa wins beach flags in World Games life saving

Japan's Yusa wins beach flags in World Games life saving

AKITA, Japan - Japan's Masami Yusa (front) wins the women's beach flags event in the World Games life saving competition at Iwaki Island Park in Akita Prefecture on Aug. 26. The sixth World Games, held in and around the northern Japanese city of Akita, conclude on Aug. 26.