Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, March 5 Kyodo - The 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring wooden roof structure is being dismantled in Osaka on March 5, 2026, about five months after the event's six-month run came to a close. (Kyodo)

Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

The 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring wooden roof structure is being dismantled in Osaka on March 5, 2026, about five months after the event's six-month run came to a close.

Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

The 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring wooden roof structure is being dismantled in Osaka on March 5, 2026, about five months after the event's six-month run came to a close.

Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

The 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring wooden roof structure is being dismantled in Osaka on March 5, 2026, about five months after the event's six-month run came to a close.

Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

The 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring wooden roof structure is being dismantled in Osaka on March 5, 2026, about five months after the event's six-month run came to a close.

Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

Wooden Grand Ring at expo venue in Osaka

The 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring wooden roof structure is being dismantled in Osaka on March 5, 2026, about five months after the event's six-month run came to a close.

Dollar tops 157 yen

Dollar tops 157 yen

A monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar topping 157 yen for the first time in about five months on Dec. 19, 2024.

Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong up 20 pct in May

STORY: Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong up 20 pct in May SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists in Hong Kong, China STORYLINE: Hong Kong saw about 3.4 million visitor arrivals in May, up around 20 percent year on year, the Hong Kong Tourism Board said Monday. In the first five months of this year, Hong Kong registered about 18 million tourist arrivals, an increase of about 80 percent year-on-year, the tourism board said in a press release. The initial data showed that in May, Hong Kong recorded about 2.63 million visitor arrivals from the Chinese mainland, up 15 percent from last year. The number of visitors outside the mainland saw a year-on-year increase of 43 percent to about 770,000. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hong Kong, China. (XHTV)

New housing completed in Fukushima town hit by nuclear disaster

New housing completed in Fukushima town hit by nuclear disaster

Photo taken on June 1, 2024, shows municipal housing recently completed for evacuees in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. An evacuation order was partially lifted in August 2022, allowing residents to return to the town about 11 years and five months after the 2011 nuclear crisis.

China's Xinjiang posts robust foreign trade growth in Jan-Feb

STORY: China's Xinjiang posts robust foreign trade growth in Jan-Feb SHOOTING TIME: Archives DATELINE: March 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:33 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of land ports and freight trains in Xinjiang STORYLINE: The foreign trade of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region surged by 51.4 percent year on year in the first two months of this year, local authorities said. The region's total imports and exports reached 63.69 billion yuan (about 8.97 billion U.S. dollars) during this period, according to the Urumqi Customs. In the January-February period, the region engaged in trade with 186 countries and regions worldwide. Its trade with five Central Asian countries amounted to 43.74 billion yuan, accounting for 68.7 percent of the total. Private enterprises in Xinjiang showed a strong performance in foreign trade during the period. Their trade value soared 48.1 percent year on year to reach 59.81 billion yuan, accounting for 93.9 percent of the r

Palestine condemns Israel's use of starvation as weapon in Gaza

STORY: Palestine condemns Israel's use of starvation as weapon in Gaza SHOOTING TIME: March 15, 2024 DATELINE: March 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED MAHRAN, Displaced Gazan 3. various of locals 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): NAGLAA, Displaced Gazan STORYLINE: The Palestinian Ministry of National Economy on Friday condemned Israel for using starvation as a weapon in its war in the Gaza Strip for more than five months. It highlighted the sharp and unprecedented rise in the cost of living index in the Gaza Strip as a result of the prolonged conflict, recording a staggering increase of 111 percent since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Oct. 7, 2023. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED MAHRAN, Displaced Gazan "We haven't had bread for about five months. Even when my uncle managed to get a bag of flour, some people robbed him after threatening him with a knife. We only ate soy, corn, and any available

Death toll of Palestinians in Gaza rises to 30,878: ministry

STORY: Death toll of Palestinians in Gaza rises to 30,878: ministry SHOOTING TIME: March 8, 2024 DATELINE: March 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:54 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of damaged buildings in Gaza STORYLINE: The death toll of Palestinians from the ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 30,878, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said Friday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 78 people and wounded about 104 others, the ministry said in a press statement, adding that out of the over 30,000 casualties, about 72 percent were women and children. Five months ago, Israel waged a large-scale military campaign against Gaza in response to a surprise Hamas attack on Israeli towns adjacent to the strip, in which Hamas militants killed about 1,200 people and took more than 200 others as hostages. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Gaza, Palestine. (XHTV)

Asylum seeker's sweet-bitter story in Rwanda's transit center

STORY: Asylum seeker's sweet-bitter story in Rwanda's transit center SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:50 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the transit center 2. SOUNDBITE (English): GEBRAYESUS WINTA GIRMAY, Asylum seeker at Gashora Transit Center STORYLINE: Sitting on her bed in the hostel where she now lives, Gebrayesus Winta Girmay's frustration is visible when talking about her life in Libya. Gebrayesus is an Eritrean who worked as a cleaner in Egypt before heading to Libya from where she was evacuated to Rwanda. She is one of the African asylum seekers from a variety of countries who were evacuated out of Libya detention centers through a transit mechanism to the Gashora transit facility in eastern Rwanda's Bugesera District. Gebrayesus was flown to Rwanda over a year ago by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) after spending five months in Libya. The asylum seekers that Xinhua met at the transit center speak warmly abou

Türkiye's current account deficit hits 7.93 bln USD in May

STORY: Türkiye's current account deficit hits 7.93 bln USD in May DATELINE: July 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish flags 2. various of Turkish central bank 3. various of the U.S. banknotes 4. various of Turkish central bank 5. various of Treasury and Finance Minister of Türkiye, Mehmet Simsek 6. various of the U.S. banknotes 7. various of Turkish central bank STORYLINE: Türkiye's current account registered a deficit of 7.93 billion U.S. dollars in May, according to the figures released by the Turkish central bank on Tuesday, higher than expected. Economists participating in the semi-official Anadolu Agency's expectation survey expected the current account in May to have a deficit of 7.03 billion dollars. The country's current account deficit was 5.4 billion dollars in April, while the deficit in the first five months of 2023 stands at 37.7 billion dollars, official data showed. Türkiye's deficit in 2022 was about 48.7 billion dollars. To narrow

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- KWALE, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fishermen catch fish in east Kenya, June 22, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- KWALE, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers clean anchovies at a processing plant in Kwale, Kenya, June 22, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- KWALE, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fishermen catch fish in east Kenya, June 22, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- CHANGSHA, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members test wild anchovy products from Kenya in a lab of Jinzai Food Group Company Limited in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, June 28, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- KWALE, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers load anchovy products into a truck in Kwale, Kenya, June 23, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- KWALE, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers dry anchovies in Kwale, Kenya, June 22, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- CHANGSHA, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers pack anchovy products at a production base of Jinzai Food Group Company Limited in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, June 28, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- KWALE, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fishermen catch fish in east Kenya, June 22, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- CHANGSHA, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker transports anchovy products in a warehouse of Jinzai Food Group Company Limited in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, June 28, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- KWALE, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers prepare to take fresh anchovies to the processing plant in Kwale, Kenya, June 22, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- KWALE, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A fisherman catches fish in east Kenya, June 22, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- CHANGSHA, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An employee works at a packaging workshop of Jinzai Food Group Company Limited in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, June 28, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- CHANGSHA, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 28, 2023 shows the production lines at a production base of Jinzai Food Group Company Limited in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- KWALE, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A fisherman ties his boat to the pier in Kwale, Kenya, June 22, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- CHANGSHA, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member shows wild anchovy products at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, June 29, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- CHANGSHA, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member introduces wild anchovy products to visitors at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, June 29, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- CHANGSHA, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An employee works at a production base of Jinzai Food Group Company Limited in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, June 28, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Zou Yu)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- CHANGSHA, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 29, 2023 shows dried wild anchovy products from Kenya displayed at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- CHANGSHA, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker drives a forklift to transport anchovy products in a warehouse of Jinzai Food Group Company Limited in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, June 28, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

CHINA-KENYA-ANCHOVY IMPORT

(230630) -- KWALE, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers take newly-caught anchovies to a truck in Kwale, Kenya, June 22, 2023. The first batch of wild anchovy products from Kenya made its debut at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo on Thursday, marking a new step in China's efforts in promoting the import of more high-quality African food and agricultural products, enriching the choices of domestic consumers, and boosting the trade between China and Africa. According to customs statistics, African agricultural exports to China have grown rapidly in recent years, and China has now become the second-largest destination country for African agricultural exports. In the first five months of this year, China imported 16.15 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion U.S. dollars) of African agricultural and food products, up 26.5 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mao Asada (L), Japan's three-time women's world figure skating champion who is sitting out this season, and Daisuke Takahashi, the men's Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist who retired from competitive figure skating in October, smile while speaking to reporters after their performance at an ice show in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 21, 2014. Asada performed in public for the first time in about five months.

Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mao Asada (L), Japan's three-time women's world figure skating champion who is sitting out this season, and Daisuke Takahashi, the men's Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist who retired from competitive figure skating in October, wave to the crowd during the finale of an ice show in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 21, 2014. Asada performed in public for the first time in about five months.

Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mao Asada (front), Japan's three-time women's world figure skating champion who is sitting out this season, and Daisuke Takahashi, the men's Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist who retired from competitive figure skating in October, perform during an ice show in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 21, 2014. Asada performed in public for the first time in about five months.

Korean resident of Japan acquitted after nearly 6-yr detention

Korean resident of Japan acquitted after nearly 6-yr detention

SEOUL, South Korea - Cho Duk Hun, a Korean resident of Japan detained for about five years and eight months after being accused of spying for North Korea in 1975 by South Korean security authorities, smiles at the Seoul High Court on Sept. 5, 2014, after the court acquitted him.

Fire at Japanese Embassy

Fire at Japanese Embassy

KINSHASA, Congo - Photo shows the building housing the Japanese Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Nov. 19, 2013, about five months after the diplomatic office located on the third and fourth floors of the building was partially destroyed by fire on June 20. Soot is still seen on its outer wall. A diplomat who worked for the embassy was arrested on Dec. 2 on suspicion of setting a fire at the embassy office to destroy evidence of his fund embezzlement, police said.

Paper lanterns in Iwate Pref.

Paper lanterns in Iwate Pref.

MIYAKO, Japan - Residents of temporary housing units in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami craft paper lanterns using milk cartons on July 28, 2011. They plan to light up about 2,000 lanterns on Aug. 11 to mark five months since the disaster, around the Obon holiday season in mid-August.

Astronauts in Moscow

Astronauts in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia - (From L) U.S. astronaut Michael Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa shake hands at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in the suburbs of Moscow on May 16, 2011. The three will lift off in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 8 to stay at the International Space Station for about five and a half months, with Furukawa serving as a flight engineer on his first space mission.

Tokyo stocks take another dive

Tokyo stocks take another dive

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a securities company in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average's close on Oct. 10. The key Nikkei average fell more than 9 percent to its lowest level in about five years and five months.

Nikkei clears 17,000 for 1st time in 5 yrs and 7 months

Nikkei clears 17,000 for 1st time in 5 yrs and 7 months

TOKYO, Japan - A stock board in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows Japan's key Nikkei stock average ending well above the key 17,000-line in the morning of March 30, a level unseen in about five years and seven months. Buying was sparked by overnight gains in U.S. shares and optimism over the course of the Tokyo stock market in the new business year starting April 1.

Icebreaker Shirase returns home from Antarctic expedition

Icebreaker Shirase returns home from Antarctic expedition

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese icebreaker Shirase returned home at Tokyo's Harumi wharf April 13, about five months after leaving Tokyo to carry Japan's 46th Antarctic expedition team.

Soga worried about family in N. Korea

Soga worried about family in N. Korea

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese repatriated last October after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, speaks at the town hall in her hometown of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture on April 14, six months since returning to Japan. She said she is worried about her family in North Korea. (Pool photo)

Gov't opens Isahaya lock gates for 2-month probe

Gov't opens Isahaya lock gates for 2-month probe

ISAHAYA, Japan - The farm ministry opens Isahaya Bay's lock gates in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 24 as part of its probe, to last about two months, into the cause of poor seaweed harvests in the area. Seawater was allowed into the freshwater reservoir (foreground) for the first time in five years since the gates were closed April 14, 1997.

First Ukraine grain deal vessel docks in Türkiye after buyer refuses delivery

STORY: First Ukraine grain deal vessel docks in Türkiye after buyer refuses delivery DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/MARKET SHOTLIST: 1 various of the ship STORYLINE: The first grain ship leaving Ukraine under a deal by the United Nations, Russia, Ukraine and Türkiye docked at a southern Turkish port on Thursday after the buyer in Lebanon rejected the cargo, Turkish news agency DHA reported. The Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni will unload some of its cargo at the port of Mersin, according to DHA. The vessel left the Black Sea port of Odesa in southern Ukraine on Aug. 2, carrying about 26,000 tonnes of corn to the port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon. The cargo ship was first inspected off Türkiye's largest city Istanbul by a joint monitoring center team according to the agreement before heading to Tripoli. However, the Lebanese buyer rejected the cargo, citing the delay in delivery "for more than five months," the Ukrainian embassy in Lebanon sai

Construction machinery exported to RCEP countries from Guangxi, China

STORY: Construction machinery exported to RCEP countries from Guangxi, China DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of construction machinery 2. various of Qinzhou Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region STORYLINE: More than 130 pieces of construction machinery were on their way to Australia and Indonesia, departing from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday. Officials say this was the first whole-vehicle export to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries from Qinzhou Port. Produced by Guangxi Liugong Group Co., Ltd., the exports included loaders, road rollers, and excavators. In the first five months of this year, imports and exports with the RCEP member countries via Qinzhou Port grew 28.6 percent year on year to 26.25 billion yuan (about 3.9 billion U.S. dollars). RCEP is the world's largest free trade deal that entered into force in January. Xinhua News Agency corresp

Audi FAW NEV project breaks ground in NE China

STORY: Audi FAW NEV project breaks ground in NE China DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of manufacture of vehicles STORYLINE: Audi FAW new-energy vehicle (NEV) project broke ground on Tuesday in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province. The joint venture project, with an investment of over 30 billion yuan (about 4.5 billion U.S. dollars), is designed to have an annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles. The facility, Audi's first production base specifically for purely electric vehicles in China, is expected to be completed and go into operation at the end of 2024. It will firstly produce high-end models of the A6 e-tron and Q6 e-tron. Audi holds a majority stake in the NEV joint venture with major Chinese automaker FAW. The new project came as German luxury carmaker Audi AG seeks to cash in on China's fast-growing NEV market, analysts said. In the first five months of this yea

CHINA-INDUSTRIAL PROFITS (CN)

CHINA-INDUSTRIAL PROFITS (CN)

(220627) -- JINAN, June 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker works on an assembly line at a farm machinery manufacturing company in east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 15, 2022. Profits of China's major industrial companies saw a narrower decline in May as factories in the world's second-largest economy restarted production lines as business sentiments improved, official data showed Monday. Major industrial firms, each with business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.99 million U.S. dollars), saw their profits decline 6.5 percent year on year in May, narrowing from the 8.5-percent contraction in April, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. During the first five months, major industrial firms made about 3.44 trillion yuan in total profits, rising 1 percent from a year ago, NBS data showed. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)