Flowertime Festival opens in Brussels

STORY: Flowertime Festival opens in Brussels DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Brussels CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Flowertime Festival STORYLINE: The five-day "Flowertime" show opened Friday in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. In Brussels City Hall, 23 teams of flower artists arranged more than 100,000 flowers for tourists from all over the world. Every August, Brussels welcomes a grand flower show. The famous "Flower Carpet" and "Flowertime" are held alternately. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Brussels. (XHTV)

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Yokohama science high school

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Yokohama science high school

YOKOHAMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy poses with students at Yokohama Science Frontier High School during her visit to the port city's municipal school on Feb. 25, 2014. Kennedy observed three students make presentations in English alternately on the expanding universe and other scientific themes, repeatedly calling them "fantastic."

Japan's ski jumping team wins bronze in Sochi

Japan's ski jumping team wins bronze in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Members of Japan's ski jumping team jump alternately on the podium on Feb. 18, 2014, after winning the bronze medal at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Russia. (From L) Reruhi Shimizu, Taku Takeuchi, Daiki Ito and Noriaki Kasai.

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 19, 2012, shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward being lit up in blue (L) and purple. The operator of the world's tallest self-standing tower conducted tests to light up the 634-meter tower using all of its around 2,000 light-emitting diode lamps ahead of its opening on May 22. The two colors will be used alternately, every other day, to light up the tower.

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward is lit up in blue on April 19, 2012. The operator of the world's tallest self-standing tower conducted tests to light up the 634-meter tower using all of its around 2,000 light-emitting diode lamps ahead of its opening on May 22. The tower will be lit up alternately, every other day, in blue or purple.

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward is lit up in blue on April 19, 2012. The operator of the world's tallest self-standing tower conducted tests to light up the 634-meter tower using all of its around 2,000 light-emitting diode lamps ahead of its opening on May 22. The tower will be lit up alternately, every other day, in blue or purple.

White tigers on display at Kagoshima zoo

White tigers on display at Kagoshima zoo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A male white tiger is put on public display at Hirakawa Zoological Park in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on May 26, 2011. The zoo on the same day began showing it and a female white tiger alternately.

White tigers on display at Kagoshima zoo

White tigers on display at Kagoshima zoo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A male white tiger is put on public display at Hirakawa Zoological Park in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on May 26, 2011. The zoo on the same day began showing it and a female white tiger alternately.

Tokyo Towers lit up with 50th anniversary illuminations

Tokyo Towers lit up with 50th anniversary illuminations

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Tower is lit up with special illuminations on Dec. 1 in commemoration of its 50th anniversary. Two different color variations, named 'special rainbow' and 'white diamond', will light the tower alternately with the traditional 'landmark' color during December.

Newspaper editors from Japan, S. Korea meet

Newspaper editors from Japan, S. Korea meet

TAEJON, South Korea - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Han Dong delivers an opening address at a meeting of senior editors from 12 Japanese and South Korean regional newspapers in the central South Korean city of Taejon on Sept. 27. The editors will discuss the relationship between politics and the mass media in the two-day event. The annual forum, launched in 1995 in Hiroshima, is held alternately in Japan and South Korea.

IN HER SHOES is the alternately hilarious and heart-rending

IN HER SHOES is the alternately hilarious and heart-rending

IN HER SHOES is the alternately hilarious and heart-rending story of two sisters, Maggie and Rose Feller (Toni Collette), with nothing in common but size 8 1/2 feet. IN HER SHOES CAMERON DIAZ, TONI COLLETTE Date: 2005

Tokyo Towers lit up with 50th anniversary illuminations

Tokyo Towers lit up with 50th anniversary illuminations

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Tower is lit up with special illuminations on Dec. 1 in commemoration of its 50th anniversary. Two different color variations, named 'special rainbow' and 'white diamond', will light the tower alternately with the traditional 'landmark' color during December. (Kyodo)

White tigers on display at Kagoshima zoo

White tigers on display at Kagoshima zoo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A male white tiger is put on public display at Hirakawa Zoological Park in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on May 26, 2011. The zoo on the same day began showing it and a female white tiger alternately. (Kyodo)

White tigers on display at Kagoshima zoo

White tigers on display at Kagoshima zoo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A male white tiger is put on public display at Hirakawa Zoological Park in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on May 26, 2011. The zoo on the same day began showing it and a female white tiger alternately. (Kyodo)

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 19, 2012, shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward being lit up in blue (L) and purple. The operator of the world's tallest self-standing tower conducted tests to light up the 634-meter tower using all of its around 2,000 light-emitting diode lamps ahead of its opening on May 22. The two colors will be used alternately, every other day, to light up the tower. (Kyodo)

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward is lit up in blue on April 19, 2012. The operator of the world's tallest self-standing tower conducted tests to light up the 634-meter tower using all of its around 2,000 light-emitting diode lamps ahead of its opening on May 22. The tower will be lit up alternately, every other day, in blue or purple. (Kyodo)

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

Tokyo Sky Tree fully lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward is lit up in blue on April 19, 2012. The operator of the world's tallest self-standing tower conducted tests to light up the 634-meter tower using all of its around 2,000 light-emitting diode lamps ahead of its opening on May 22. The tower will be lit up alternately, every other day, in blue or purple. (Kyodo)

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

ROMAN PRYMULA, ROBERT PLAGA

Culture events will be suspended in Czechia for two weeks as of Monday to curb COVID-19 spread cinemas, theatres, zoos will close - said Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula (right) in Prague, Czech Republic, October 8, 2020. All professional and leisure activities of athletes will be canceled as of Monday. Maximally 20 persons may practice sport outdoors. Catering services in shopping centres will have to switch off wi-fi, only two people can sit at one table to limit youth gathering. Restaurants in Czechia will have to close at 20:00, only up to four people can sit at one table, only two in catering services in shopping centres. The pupils at the upper grade level of elementary schools (from the 6th to 9th grades) will be alternately taught online and at school for two weeks in the Czech Republic as of Monday, Education Minister Robert Plaga (for ANO) told journalists today. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Newspaper editors from Japan, S. Korea meet

Newspaper editors from Japan, S. Korea meet

TAEJON, South Korea - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Han Dong delivers an opening address at a meeting of senior editors from 12 Japanese and South Korean regional newspapers in the central South Korean city of Taejon on Sept. 27. The editors will discuss the relationship between politics and the mass media in the two-day event. The annual forum, launched in 1995 in Hiroshima, is held alternately in Japan and South Korea.