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Fire festival at foot of Mt. Fuji

A fire festival marking the end of the summer climbing season is held at the foot of Mt. Fuji in the Yamanashi Prefecture city of Fujiyoshida on Aug. 26, 2025. About 100 torches are lit along a 2-kilometer approach to a shrine during the festival dating back over 450 years.

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Fire festival at foot of Mt. Fuji

A fire festival marking the end of the summer climbing season is held at the foot of Mt. Fuji in the Yamanashi Prefecture city of Fujiyoshida on Aug. 26, 2025. About 100 torches are lit along a 2-kilometer approach to a shrine during the festival dating back over 450 years.

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27 Attackers Killed and 155 Hostages Freed After Train Attack - Pakistan

Passengers rescued by security forces arrive at a railway station in southwest Pakistan's Quetta on March 12, 2025. Pakistani security forces have killed 27 terrorists and rescued 155 passengers during an ongoing operation to rescue hostages following a train attack in the country's southwest Balochistan province, security sources said on Wednesday morning. The incident happened in Kacchi district of the province on Tuesday when the train Jaffar Express, carrying about 450 passengers in nine bogies, was traveling from provincial capital city of Quetta to the country's northwest city of Peshawar on Tuesday when an unknown number of terrorists stormed the train and took passengers hostage, security forces told Xinhua. Photo by Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27 Attackers Killed and 155 Hostages Freed After Train Attack - Pakistan

Passengers rescued by security forces arrive at a railway station in southwest Pakistan's Quetta on March 12, 2025. Pakistani security forces have killed 27 terrorists and rescued 155 passengers during an ongoing operation to rescue hostages following a train attack in the country's southwest Balochistan province, security sources said on Wednesday morning. The incident happened in Kacchi district of the province on Tuesday when the train Jaffar Express, carrying about 450 passengers in nine bogies, was traveling from provincial capital city of Quetta to the country's northwest city of Peshawar on Tuesday when an unknown number of terrorists stormed the train and took passengers hostage, security forces told Xinhua. Photo by Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2024. Zelkova trees lining a 450-meter street are lit up with about 450,000 LED lights, with about 1.6 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2024. Zelkova trees lining a 450-meter street are lit up with about 450,000 LED lights, with about 1.6 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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Safeguarding the Great Wall in NW China's Qinghai

STORY: Safeguarding the Great Wall in NW China's Qinghai SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 9, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: DATONG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty 2. STANDUP (English): YANGCHUK DHADRUN, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YAN YANAN, Former director of Datong County Museum STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YANGCHUK DHADRUN, Xinhua correspondent "Here I'm standing beside the remains of a section of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Great Wall in northwest China's Qinghai Province. The construction can date back to about 450 years ago and they played an important defense role then. Standing about 3,000 meters above the sea level, they are also recognized as the world's highest remains of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall." The Great Wall is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, consisting of many interconnected walls. It traverses through 15 provinces and cities in China. R

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Foreign businessmen seek closer cooperation with China in digital economy

STORY: Foreign businessmen seek closer cooperation with China in digital economy DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China International Digital Economy Expo 2023 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OKTAY BASTANOGLU, Founding partner of RENTEX, based in Türkiye 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DAVID SMITH, Chairman of Association of Nigeria-Asian Importers and Traders STORYLINE: Foreign businessmen attending an international digital economy expo in China's Hebei said they are fully optimistic about the Chinese market and hope to seek closer cooperation with China in the future. The China International Digital Economy Expo 2023, which is being held in Hebei's provincial capital Shijiazhuang from Sept. 6 to 8, focuses on the development of the industrial internet. The expo boasts a total exhibition area of about 60,000 square meters, with more than 450 enterprises like Tesla, State Grid, iFLYTEK, Huawei and Alibaba attending. SOUND

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A family with a baby who fled from the massive flooding in Thailand continue taking refuge at Don Muang airport, northern Bangkok, on Nov. 15, 2011. More than 4,000 people had taken shelter at the airport but most of them moved to other locations in late October after the airport itself was flooded. About 450 people were staying at the airport as of mid-November.

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Japan's Iraqi reconstruction aid mission ends with ceremony

KOMAKI, Japan - About 450 members of the Air Self-Defense Force return home to an ASDF base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, from Kuwait on Feb. 15 after Japan formally ended its five-year reconstruction aid operations in Iraq. The ASDF members had carried out withdrawal-related tasks at a Kuwaiti base from early December after Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada issued an order in late November for the return to Japan of a contingent of airmen who had airlifted goods and personnel for multinational forces and the United Nations to and from Iraq.

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Amateur bicycle races growing in popularity in Japan

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The ''Super Mama Chari Grand Prix'' at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture is held Jan. 12, with about 8,000 cyclists in about 450 teams participating.

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Imperial couple visit earthquake-stricken islanders on Genkai

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd R) and Empress Michiko (C) speak to local residents during a visit to the earthquake-stricken Genkai island off Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 30. The imperial couple traveled to the island, about 18 kilometers off Fukuoka, by boat and about 450 people -- virtually the entire population of the island -- turned up at the quay to welcome the imperial visitors. An earthquake with its epicenter near the island struck on March 20, 2005, damaging 150 houses on the island, and at one point all the islanders were evacuated to the mainland.

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Mitsubishi Fuso to fix 450,000 defective vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth (L) tells reporters in Tokyo on June 14 the company will repair about 450,000 vehicles in connection with additional cases of auto parts defects it was responsible for between 1992 and March this year.

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Firemen bring Osaka oil truck blaze under control

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters struggle to extinguish a fire engulfing two trucks and two containers at a parking lot in Osaka's Taisho Ward on Dec. 13. The fire caused at least one injury and forced about 450 to evacuate.

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(1)Okinawa marks 57th anniversary of end of local battle

ITOMAN, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offers a flower at a ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itomanin, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23 to mark the 57th anniversary of the end of the battle of Okinawa. The fierce ground battle, in which about one-third of Okinawa's population of 450,000 died, was the only one fought against the Allied forces on civilian-occupied land in Japan during World War II.

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Shipments of square water watermelons begin in Zentsuji

ZENTSUJI, Japan - Farmers decorate square watermelons with ribbons before shipping them from an agricultural cooperative in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on June 17. The 18-centimeter-square watermelons are priced at 10,000 yen each. Some 450 to 500 watermelons will be shipped to department stores and other places in Tokyo and Osaka -- for display rather than for eating. About 50 of them will be shipped to Canada. The square watermelons were devised to save space in refrigerators.

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Yomiuri's Kiyohara signs 4-year deal

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants infielder Kazuhiro Kiyohara is about to leave his club office in Tokyo on Dec. 27 after agreeing to a new four-year deal carrying an estimated 450 million yen annual salary in addition to performance incentives. ''I was able to sign the new deal comfortably. I'll do my best to help the team win the championship, believing that personal improvement leads to team development,'' Kiyohara said of his goal for his 17th season.

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Tokyo fire drill conducted at S. Korean film preview

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Fire Department conducts a fire drill Nov. 6 at the Yurakucho Marion theater in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward with the cooperation of about 450 moviegoers attending a film preview of a new South Korean film, ''Libera ME.'' The latest drill came on the heels of recent deadly fires in the Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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SDF team leaves for quake-hit India to erect tents

NARITA, Japan - Members of a Japanese Self-Defense Forces team on Feb. 5 load relief goods at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for survivors of last month's powerful earthquake in northwestern India. The 89-member team is expected to set up 450 tents and hand over about 4,500 blankets. The team, which departed Japan later in the day aboard six C-130 cargo planes and a private plane, will arrive in the worst-hit area of Bhuj as early as Tuesday via Delhi.

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Tokyo stocks fall on weaker-than-expected Tanken results

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average falling more than 450 points, or about 1.7 percent, on July 1, 2022, on weaker-than-expected results from the Bank of Japan's Tankan business survey and amid concerns over the U.S. economy.

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World's 1st 100,000-tonne intelligent aquaculture ship to supply fish this fall

STORY: World's 1st 100,000-tonne intelligent aquaculture ship to supply fish this fall DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: QINGDAO, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 100,000-tonne intelligent aquaculture ship STORYLINE: The world's first 100,000-tonne intelligent aquaculture ship was ready to begin operation on Friday in east China's port city of Qingdao. According to the Qingdao Conson Development (Group) Co., Ltd., the ship is 249.9 meters long and houses 15 breeding cabins with a total water holding capacity of nearly 90,000 cubic meters. The breeding cabins can be used to cultivate fish species such as large yellow croaker, garrupa and Atlantic salmon. Around 450 million yuan (about 67 million U.S. dollars) has been invested in the ship. The ship-borne smart aquaculture system is expected to have an annual output of 3,700 tonnes of high-quality fish, equivalent to that of Chagan Lake, one of China's largest freshwater lakes. The first batch of large yellow croaker r

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Opening Ceremony of Ferrotec HD's New Plant in Hangzhou, China

Ferrotec Holdings (HD) will start mass production of 8-inch wafers at its new plant in Hangzhou, China by January to March 2020. The company plans to produce about 100,000 wafers per month. This is the first time for the company to build a line for 12-inch wafers. The company is already mass-producing 100,000 wafers of 8-inch silicon wafers at its Shanghai Plant in Shanghai City.The opening ceremony of the new plant (photo) was held on the 22nd. The ceremony was attended by about 450 people, including local government officials. Mr. Ka Xianghan, Vice President of Ferrotec HD, who oversees the company's business in China, said, "Due in part to the impact of the trade friction between the U.S. and China, domestic production is advancing, especially in the high-tech field. We will also expand our supply to contribute to the expansion of the Chinese market," he said. (November 22, 2019, Hangzhou, China; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Tokyo fire drill conducted at S. Korean film preview

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Fire Department conducts a fire drill Nov. 6 at the Yurakucho Marion theater in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward with the cooperation of about 450 moviegoers attending a film preview of a new South Korean film, ''Libera ME.'' The latest drill came on the heels of recent deadly fires in the Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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Japan's Iraqi reconstruction aid mission ends with ceremony

KOMAKI, Japan - About 450 members of the Air Self-Defense Force return home to an ASDF base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, from Kuwait on Feb. 15 after Japan formally ended its five-year reconstruction aid operations in Iraq. The ASDF members had carried out withdrawal-related tasks at a Kuwaiti base from early December after Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada issued an order in late November for the return to Japan of a contingent of airmen who had airlifted goods and personnel for multinational forces and the United Nations to and from Iraq. (Kyodo)

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Yomiuri's Kiyohara signs 4-year deal

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants infielder Kazuhiro Kiyohara is about to leave his club office in Tokyo on Dec. 27 after agreeing to a new four-year deal carrying an estimated 450 million yen annual salary in addition to performance incentives. ''I was able to sign the new deal comfortably. I'll do my best to help the team win the championship, believing that personal improvement leads to team development,'' Kiyohara said of his goal for his 17th season.

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Firemen bring Osaka oil truck blaze under control

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters struggle to extinguish a fire engulfing two trucks and two containers at a parking lot in Osaka's Taisho Ward on Dec. 13. The fire caused at least one injury and forced about 450 to evacuate. (Kyodo)

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Man in news: Head of NGO sending Japanese-language teachers abroad

Akinobu Shintani speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2015, about his role as head of the International Friendship Culture Association, a nongovernmental organization that has dispatched a total of some 450 volunteer Japanese-language teachers to 25 countries over the past 20 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial couple visit earthquake-stricken islanders on Genkai

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd R) and Empress Michiko (C) speak to local residents during a visit to the earthquake-stricken Genkai island off Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 30. The imperial couple traveled to the island, about 18 kilometers off Fukuoka, by boat and about 450 people -- virtually the entire population of the island -- turned up at the quay to welcome the imperial visitors. An earthquake with its epicenter near the island struck on March 20, 2005, damaging 150 houses on the island, and at one point all the islanders were evacuated to the mainland. (Kyodo)

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A family with a baby who fled from the massive flooding in Thailand continue taking refuge at Don Muang airport, northern Bangkok, on Nov. 15, 2011. More than 4,000 people had taken shelter at the airport but most of them moved to other locations in late October after the airport itself was flooded. About 450 people were staying at the airport as of mid-November. (Kyodo)

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Turkey's main opposition party completes 450-km protest march

Protesters hold banners and placards with the word "adalet," meaning justice, at a rally in Istanbul on July 9, 2017. The rally was organized by the largest Turkish opposition CHP (Republican People's Party) after party members walked there about 450 kilometers from the capital Ankara in a protest march against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, launched June 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Turkey's main opposition party completes 450-km protest march

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the largest Turkish opposition CHP (Republican People's Party), raises his hand at a rally in Istanbul on July 9, 2017, after walking about 450 kilometers from the capital Ankara with party members in a protest march against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, launched June 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional Yokote Kamakura Festival to start

A couple pose inside a snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance, made especially for Valentine's Day, at a square near the city office building in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2017, during a photo event before the two-day Yokote Kamakura Festival, which has a history of about 450 years, begins the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional Yokote Kamakura Festival to start

Children warm themselves with charcoal braziers inside snow huts in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2017, during a photo event before the two-day Yokote Kamakura Festival, which has a history of about 450 years, begins the following day. The festival features a number of igloo-like snow huts built in locations across the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shipments of square water watermelons begin in Zentsuji

ZENTSUJI, Japan - Farmers decorate square watermelons with ribbons before shipping them from an agricultural cooperative in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on June 17. The 18-centimeter-square watermelons are priced at 10,000 yen each. Some 450 to 500 watermelons will be shipped to department stores and other places in Tokyo and Osaka -- for display rather than for eating. About 50 of them will be shipped to Canada. The square watermelons were devised to save space in refrigerators.

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SDF team leaves for quake-hit India to erect tents

NARITA, Japan - Members of a Japanese Self-Defense Forces team on Feb. 5 load relief goods at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for survivors of last month's powerful earthquake in northwestern India. The 89-member team is expected to set up 450 tents and hand over about 4,500 blankets. The team, which departed Japan later in the day aboard six C-130 cargo planes and a private plane, will arrive in the worst-hit area of Bhuj as early as Tuesday via Delhi.

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Maruyama signs sponsorship deal with Softbank

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeki Maruyama (C) and Masayoshi Son (R), the head of a leading computer software and services company Softbank Corp., shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 9 after reaching a basic agreement on a sponsorship deal worth 450 million yen. The three-year deal is the first venture into the sports field for Softbank, which hopes to sign another 10 or so young golfers to sponsorship contracts. The company has reportedly budgeted about 50 million yen a year for the project.