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U.S. dollar loses credibility as its hegemony backfires: Chilean expert

STORY: U.S. dollar loses credibility as its hegemony backfires: Chilean expert DATELINE: May 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:39 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Fed 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): CRISTIAN CANDIA, Chilean professor and researcher 3. various of the United States 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): CRISTIAN CANDIA, Chilean professor and researcher 5. various of the United States STORYLINE: A Chilean researcher said that as monetary abnormality in the U.S. increases, the world is losing confidence in the country's fiscal policies, though the U.S. dollar still remains an important currency for the time being. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): CRISTIAN CANDIA, Chilean professor and researcher "We are living in a moment of sharp monetary abnormality. Worldwide inflation is hitting the U.S. hard, because this has led the country to lose credibility in terms of the U.S. dollar being the currency of refuge. There is a high fiscal deficit in the United States, which makes its anti-inflation po

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Genkai nuclear plant's No. 4 reactor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in June 2011 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor at the Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture. The reactor automatically shut down on Oct. 4, 2011, after an abnormality was detected in the condenser of its secondary cooling water system, according to its operator Kyushu Electric Power Co.

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Tokyo trains halted, more than 1,000 walk on tracks to station

TOKYO, Japan - Workers conduct operations near Takadanobaba Station on April 24 to resume stalled train services on Tokyo's Yamanote loop lines. East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said an abnormality that lead to the standstill may have been caused by construction work on a road that runs below the tracks (bottom).

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Tokyo trains halted, more than 1,000 walk on tracks to station

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers walk to nearby Takadanobaba Station as train services on Tokyo's Yamanote loop lines were halted Jan. 24. East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said an abnormality that lead to the standstill may have been caused by construction work on a road that runs below the tracks.

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Japan Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Osaka, no one hurt

OSAKA, Japan - A Japan Airlines domestic jetliner made an emergency landing at Osaka International Airport on Nov. 2 after a cockpit instrument panel indicated abnormality in one of the two engines. None of the 171 passengers on board were hurt, the transport ministry said.

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Separated conjoined twin learns leg making

OITA, Japan - Nguyen Duc (R), a Vietnamese who was separated from his conjoined twin brother in 1988, learns how to make artificial legs and maintain replacement legs in a two-week training course under Mikio Yuki (L), the Japanese designer and maker of his artificial leg. Duc, 19, was born joined to his twin, Viet, in 1981. The abnormality is suspected to have been caused by a defoliant scattered by U.S. military aircraft in the Vietnam War.

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Separated conjoined twin arrives in Oita to learn leg making

OITA, Japan - Nguyen Duc (C), a Vietnamese who was separated from his conjoined twin brother in 1988, waits at Oita's airport after arriving Aug. 19 for two weeks of technical training under Mikio Yuki (L), the Japanese designer and maker of his artificial leg. Duc, 19, will learn how to make and maintain replacement legs from Yuki. Duc was born joined to his twin, Viet, in 1981. The abnormality is suspected to have been caused by a defoliant scattered by U.S. aircraft in the Vietnam War.

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Vlog: life in makeshift hospital in Shanghai

STORY: Vlog: life in makeshift hospital in Shanghai DATELINE: April 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a makeshift hospital in Lingang, Shanghai STORYLINE: A man in Shanghai was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was sent to a makeshift hospital in Lingang. He recorded his experience in the hospital and shared his thoughts and feelings. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LAN, Shanghai resident "Though spring has not yet fully arrived, the epidemic got to me first. One of my family members was diagnosed with COVID-19, and then my whole family have become COVID positive one by one. This was how it started. In the early morning of April 7, my family and I were transferred to the makeshift hospital in Lingang in Pudong (Shanghai). The accommodation is quite good in general, from toiletries to bedsheets, we have everything. Life goes on here. Most of the people in the makeshift hospital had similar experiences, from abnormality in nucleic acid tests, to suspected infectio

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Tokyo trains halted, more than 1,000 walk on tracks to station

TOKYO, Japan - Workers conduct operations near Takadanobaba Station on April 24 to resume stalled train services on Tokyo's Yamanote loop lines. East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said an abnormality that lead to the standstill may have been caused by construction work on a road that runs below the tracks (bottom). (Kyodo)

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Tokyo trains halted, more than 1,000 walk on tracks to station

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers walk to nearby Takadanobaba Station as train services on Tokyo's Yamanote loop lines were halted Jan. 24. East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said an abnormality that lead to the standstill may have been caused by construction work on a road that runs below the tracks. (Kyodo)

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Japan Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Osaka, no one hu

OSAKA, Japan - A Japan Airlines domestic jetliner made an emergency landing at Osaka International Airport on Nov. 2 after a cockpit instrument panel indicated abnormality in one of the two engines. None of the 171 passengers on board were hurt, the transport ministry said. (Kyodo)

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Genkai nuclear plant's No. 4 reactor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in June 2011 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor at the Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture. The reactor automatically shut down on Oct. 4, 2011, after an abnormality was detected in the condenser of its secondary cooling water system, according to its operator Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyodo)

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AI in radiology

Photo taken at Kasumi Clinic in Hiroshima, western Japan, on March 4, 2020, shows an MRI image analyzed by an artificial intelligence-based system with a detected abnormality marked with a circle. The clinic has introduced the AI system for doctors to improve early detection and diagnosis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hino Motors' new safety system

Photo taken in Hamura, Tokyo, on June 14, 2019, shows a camera installed on Hino Motors Ltd.'s S'elega tourist bus that can detect abnormality in a driver's behavior, such as the result of a seizure, and allow the vehicle to automatically stop. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp's smart cat toilet

A model shows Sharp Corp.'s smart toilet for cats, called Pet Care Monitor, on June 11, 2018 in Tokyo. The kit can automatically measure health data of the animal and alert its owners via smartphone if any abnormality is detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR West president

West Japan Railway Co. President Tatsuo Kijima gives a speech in front of senior officials of the company in Osaka on Jan. 4, 2018. JR West has met criticism after having allowed a shinkansen bullet train to run in its operational area the previous month even after staff reported an abnormality in the train's undercarriage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train safety scare

West Japan Railway Co. President Tatsuo Kijima bites his lips during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 27, 2017. The company admitted to having allowed a shinkansen bullet train to run despite an abnormality in the train's undercarriage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR West executives

West Japan Railway Co. President Tatsuo Kijima (2nd from L) bows in apology at a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 27, 2017. The company admitted to having allowed a shinkansen bullet train to run despite abnormality in its undercarriage within its operation area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aborts the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit shortly after liftoff from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2017, following a communication system abnormality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aborts the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit shortly after liftoff from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2017, following a communication system abnormality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aborts the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit shortly after liftoff from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2017, following a communication system abnormality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aborts the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit shortly after liftoff from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2017, following a communication system abnormality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA Boeing 787 flight to Mumbai aborted due to engine defect

An aircraft maintenance engineer checks the left engine of an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 plane at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2016, following its return to the airport after it aborted a flight to Mumbai due to the detection of an engine abnormality. The incident followed the airline's announcement on Aug. 25 that it would repair all 50 of its Boeing 787 planes due to engine defects, a move that would affect the carrier's services and possibly cause hundreds of flights to be canceled. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA Boeing 787 flight to Mumbai aborted due to engine defect

A Boeing 787 plane of All Nippon Airways Co. is pictured at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2016, after aborting a flight to Mumbai due to the detection of an engine abnormality. The incident followed the airline's announcement on Aug. 25 that it would repair all 50 of its Boeing 787 planes due to engine defects, a move that would affect the carrier's services and possibly cause hundreds of flights to be canceled. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Separated conjoined twin learns leg making

OITA, Japan - Nguyen Duc (R), a Vietnamese who was separated from his conjoined twin brother in 1988, learns how to make artificial legs and maintain replacement legs in a two-week training course under Mikio Yuki (L), the Japanese designer and maker of his artificial leg. Duc, 19, was born joined to his twin, Viet, in 1981. The abnormality is suspected to have been caused by a defoliant scattered by U.S. military aircraft in the Vietnam War.