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Laos' average inflation for 2022 rises to 23 pct

STORY: Laos' average inflation for 2022 rises to 23 pct DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Central Bank of Laos 2. various of the traffic and market STORYLINE: Laos' annual average inflation rate was 23 percent in 2022, jumping from 3.8 percent in 2021, according to a report issued by the Lao Statistics Bureau on Thursday. The soaring price of fuel, gas and other imported goods, compounded with the depreciation of the kip, the Lao currency, is among the main factors driving inflation, according to the report. The price of food and non-alcoholic beverages category rose by 22 percent on average in 2022. The cost of medical care and medicine increased by 27.6 percent. The price of the communications and transport surged by 41.3 percent. The cost of the hotel and restaurant category rose by 18.8 percent. The cost in the alcohol and tobacco category rose by 14.2 percent. In addition, the cost of clothing and footwear category surged by 1

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CHINA-CHONGQING-RAILWAY-FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS (CN)

(230120) -- CHONGQING, Jan. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tan Lin (C) and Bao Jie (L), members of the "Fanghua" female railway police officer unit, take alcohol breath tests before work in Chongqing, southwest China, Jan. 18, 2023. The "Fanghua" female railway police unit of Chongqing railway police office consists of seven female police officers with an average age of 29. They are responsible for some passenger trains from Chongqing to Xi'an. During the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as "chunyun," each member of the unit would work on the train with a travel mileage of about 40,000 kilometers. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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Winter fishing festival kicks off in NE China

STORY: Winter fishing festival kicks off in NE China DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:29 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of festivities STORYLINE: A winter fishing-themed festival kicked off on Tuesday at the Songhua River in Jingyu County, northeast China's Jilin Province. Visitors came to watch the opening ceremony in freezing temperatures. Performers drink alcohol to pray for health and harvest. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Changchun, China. (XHTV)

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Scotch on 'Alaskan rock'

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo bar LoiteR serves Scotch whisky with what the owner Ryota Nanba says is ice dug up from Alaskan permafrost. This so-called Scotch on ''Alaskan rock'' is part of a sales campaign launched by Kirin Brewery Co. to perk up the consumption of whisky in Japan. Kirin officials say the company, the distributor of Scotch whisky Shevas Regal in Japan, has contracted for 7 tons of Alaskan permafrost ice from a licensed U.S. dealer. The ice is being distributed for free to more than 600 bars in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya that are participating in the Kirin campaign, and customers ordering a Chevas in these bars can ask for Alaskan ice to go with their whisky. As sake and other Japanese liquors have been nibbling away at the non-native alcohol market, the consumption of whisky in Japan has reportedly fallen below 100,000 kiloliters a year from a peak of 380,000 kl in 1983.

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Nissan develops concept car to help prevent drunk driving

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a senor on the driver's seat (black part) which detects alcohol odor from a driver. Nissan Motor Co. unveiled on Aug. 3 a concept car equipped with such sensors to reduce drunk driving. When the driver is deemed to have consumed a certain level of alcohol, the transmission will be automatically locked, making it impossible to drive the car, the company said.

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Competition held to choose best sake brands

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from Japanese sake brewers Miyaizumi Meijo Co. of Fukushima Prefecture (R) and Yamawa Shuzoten Co. of Miyagi Prefecture, both northeastern Japan, hold wining plaques during an award ceremony at the 2014 Sake Competition held in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014, to choose the tastiest rice wine in the "junmai-shu" (pure sake without alcohol addition) and "junmai daiginjo-shu" (with rice polished to less than 50% of its original size) categories, respectively.

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Japan increases duty-free items for foreign tourists

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign tourists browse the food floor in the Ginza Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2014. The Japanese government expanded its list of duty-free items for foreign visitors the same day to include foods, alcohol, drugs and cosmetics on top of electronic goods, clothing and bags already exempt from the 8 percent consumption tax.

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Enzyme dissolving polyvinyl alcohol cultured

OKAYAMA, Japan - A researcher at Hayashibara Co., a Japanese biochemical firm in Okayama, western Japan, cultures an enzyme that dissolves polyvinyl alcohol, an adhesive used for restoration of cultural properties, in this file photo of May 29, 2014. The use of such enzymes is effective in removing the hardened adhesive without damaging properties.

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New York bar car

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a train equipped with a bar car on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line in New York on May 9, 2014. The train car that for years provided New York suburban commuters with a lounge serving alcohol in the evening had its last run the same day, as the train operator introduces new vehicles made by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. without bar facilities.

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New York bar car

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows the bar car on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line in New York on May 9, 2014. The train car that for years provided New York suburban commuters with a lounge serving alcohol in the evening had its last run the same day, as the train operator introduces new vehicles made by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. without bar facilities.

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Halal soy sauce for Muslim market

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014 in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, shows bottles of the alcohol-free soy sauce-like seasoning named "Fukumurasaki."

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Halal soy sauce for Muslim market

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014 in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, shows Takashi Utagawa, specially appointed professor of applied microbiology at the Fukui Prefectural University, holding a bottle of the alcohol-free soy sauce-like seasoning named "Fukumurasaki."

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Olympic judo champion Uchishiba arrested

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Masato Uchishiba, a two-time Olympic judo champion, leaves the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, following his arrest earlier in the day on suspicion of raping a female member of the judo team of the university where he had served as a coach. Uchishiba, 33, allegedly raped the teenager at a Tokyo hotel in late September after drinking alcohol with her, police said.

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Non-alcohol beverage market growing in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman takes a can from a shelf of non-alcohol beverages at a supermarket in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2011. Sales of non-alcohol beverages tasting like beer or wine have been expanding in Japan.

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'Healthy' mahjong popular among elderly

TOKYO, Japan - People play ''healthy'' mahjong at a parlor in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Dec. 28, 2010. The new type of mahjong has been gaining popularity among elderly people in Japan because of its ban on betting, smoking and alcohol.

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New-flu infections hit 135 in Japan, Aso seeks calm response

TOKYO, Japan - A notice at a drugstore in Kobe on May 18 informs customers that face masks and alcohol for disinfection have sold out, as the number of new-flu cases in Japan reached 135 after 39 more infections were confirmed.

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High court gives drunk driver 20-yr-term for killing 3 kids

FUKUOKA, Japan - Akio Ogami (R) and his wife Kaori attend a news conference in Fukuoka on May 15 after the Fukuoka High Court sentenced Futoshi Imabayashi, a 24-year-old former Fukuoka City employee, to 20 years in prison for causing the deaths of their three children in a 2006 hit-and-run case while driving under the influence of alcohol.

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Police send arrested pop star Kusanagi to prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A police car carrying pop star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who was arrested after stripping naked while under the influence of alcohol April 23, heads for the public prosecutors office after leaving Harajuku Police Station in Tokyo on April 24.

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Police send arrested pop star Kusanagi to prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A police car carrying pop star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who was arrested after stripping naked while under the influence of alcohol April 23, leaves Harajuku Police Station in Tokyo on April 24 to send him to prosecutors.

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Police send arrested pop star Kusanagi to prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A police car carrying pop star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who was arrested after stripping naked while under the influence of alcohol April 23, leaves Harajuku Police Station in Tokyo on April 24 to send him to prosecutors.

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SMAP member Kusanagi arrested for public indecency

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo of Hinokicho Park in Tokyo's Minato Ward where Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, a member of Japanese pop music group SMAP, was arrested at around 3 a.m. on April 23 for allegedly stripping naked under the influence of alcohol.

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SMAP member Kusanagi arrested for public indecency

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters gather in front of an office of talent agency Johnny and Associates Inc., to which Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, a member of Japanese pop music group SMAP, belongs, in Tokyo on April 23 after Kusanagi was arrested earlier in the day for allegedly stripping naked under the influence of alcohol at a park in Tokyo's Akasaka district.

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Figure skater Oda suspected of drink driving

OSAKA, Japan - Figure skater Nobunari Oda bows during a press conference at Kansai University in Osaka on July 25 after he was suspected of riding a motorbike under the influence of alcohol.

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Figure skater Oda suspected of drink driving

OSAKA, Japan - Figure skater Nobunari Oda (file photo) is suspected of riding a motorbike under the influence of alcohol in Osaka, police said July 27.

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Prince Tomohito speaks about alcoholism with touch of humor

SENDAI, Japan - Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, speaks about his struggle with alcoholism at a lecture meeting on welfare services in Sendai on July 7. ''I am Prince Tomohito, dependent on alcohol,'' the 61-year-old prince began his speech, drawing laughter from the audience.

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa to receive treatment for alcoholism

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (file photo), a cousin of Emperor Akihito, needs to receive treatment for alcohol dependency for more than a month at the Imperial Household Hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said June 22. Prince Tomohito is suffering severe insomnia and difficulty in swallowing food, the agency said. Prince Tomohito has gone through seven operations to remove tumors from his throat and esophagus since 1991.

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Miyazaki man given certificate for being world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Tomoji Tanabe, a 111-year-old resident of Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, speaks after being presented with a certificate for being the world's oldest male from Britain's Guinness World Records on June 18. ''Not drinking alcohol is the best formula for keeping myself healthy,'' he said with a smile.

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Drinkers under police protection down but alcohol consumption up

TOKYO, Japan - The Metropolitan Police Department's Toriizaka protection center reports a drop in the number of drunkards in a stupor. It is the only ''tora'' (tiger) box for drunkards still in existence in Japan.

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Ishikawa Pref. brewer to sell low-alcohol sake

KANAZAWA, Japan - A brewer in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, will on Dec. 12 start selling sake with almost no alcohol content but with the taste and flavor unimpaired, the brewer said Dec. 5. Fukumitsuya, the largest brewer in the prefecture, says its ''Enkai Kibun (party mood),'' to be sold in 200-milliliter bottles and priced at 250 yen, is the first of its kind in the industry.

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Slush 2022 Startup Event - Helsinki, Finland

Juliana Harkki (right) and Jukka Planman from Aalto University present hentoTouch, a discreet neuromodulating device for alcohol relapse prevention, at the Slush 2022 Startup Event in Helsinki, Finland on November 18, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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