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Japan: Typhoon Jangmi Lashes Okinawa and Amami Islands With Destructive Winds

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and damaging winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan, as it approached Okinawa's main island on Monday, June 1. All flights to and from Naha Airport were cancelled, while public transport, schools, and businesses were also shut for the day.

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Japan: High Waves Pound Yoron Island Shore as Typhoon Jangmi Approaches

Typhoon Jangmi brought strong winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan on Monday, June 1 as it approached the Okinawa main island.

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Iceland: Volcano On Reykjanes Peninsula Erupts For 7th Time Since Last December 4

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Wednesday night, November 20, marking its seventh eruption since last December. The eruption occurred on the Reykjanes Peninsula, sending molten lava flowing toward the Blue Lagoon spa, a major tourist attraction.

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UK: Japanese Imperial Couple State Visit – The Mall Carriage Procession

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. King Charles and Queen Camilla met the imperial couple on Horse Guards Parade before traveling on royal carriages down The Mall to Buckingham Palace for a state banquet.

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UK: Japanese Imperial Couple State Visit – The Mall Carriage Procession 2

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. King Charles and Queen Camilla met the imperial couple on Horse Guards Parade before traveling on royal carriages down The Mall to Buckingham Palace for a state banquet.

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Italy: Mount Etna Blows Vortex Rings Into Sky 2

This video shows Sicily's Mount Etna, the largest volcano in Europe, blowing smoke rings into the sky on Thursday, April 4. The rare phenomenon, called vortex rings, has been seen since Wednesday, April 3, after a new crater opened on Etna's summit.

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INDONESIA-BALI-CHINESE TOURISTS RETURN

(230216) -- BALI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A local tour guide (C) talks to Chinese tourists on a bus departing from the Bali Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport to a hotel in Bali, Indonesia on Feb. 12, 2023. Some 1,000 tourists from China's mainland have visited Bali since Jan. 22, 2023 when this famed resort island welcomed back this year's first batch of Chinese tourists by charter flight from Shenzhen, China. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

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Paris to increase commuting price in 2023: official

STORY: Paris to increase commuting price in 2023: official DATELINE: Dec. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Paris 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): MARINE, Tour guide 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): ERNESTO, Waiter 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): YOLENE, Employee in tourism STORYLINE: The Paris Region Transport Company has announced that the price of a monthly bus ticket will increase by 12 percent in 2023, from 75.2 euros to 84.1 euros. The price of a single metro ticket will also rise. The increase varies for different types of tickets. For the 2023 budget, there is a 450-million-euro shortfall and the French government has provided 200 million euros in aid from the state to the Paris Region Transport Company, which has controlled the price increase for the monthly pass. However, the French public is not satisfied. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): MARINE, Tour guide "It's hard to tell what's happening in the market now, everything has to go up in price. But people don't have mor

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42 Japanese hurt as bus falls from cliff in South Africa

DURBAN, South Africa - Rescuers help a Japanese traveler who was injured after a bus carrying 44 people fell from a cliff in a suburb of Durban, South Africa, on Feb. 8. Forty Japanese tourists aged between 22 and 77 were on the bus, along with a tour attendant and an interpreter as well as a locally hired driver and a guide. The group was making a stop in South Africa as part of an around-the-world cruise with Japanese NGO Peace Boat.

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Open-top double-decker officially launched in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kintetsu Bus Co.'s open-top double-decker "OSAKA SKY VISTA," officially launched on July 10, 2014, is equipped with an automatic verbal guide system in English, Chinese and Korean.

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Open-top double-decker bus to debut in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest building, is seen ahead from the open top of Kintetsu Bus Co.'s double-decker in Osaka, western Japan, on July 2, 2014. The sightseeing bus, equipped with an automated verbal guide system in English, Chinese and Korean, starts running from July 10.

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Bus tour from China to Italy

ROME, Italy - Tour participants and tour guide Shinobu Nimura (L) toast with sparkling wine in Rome on Oct. 28, 2012. The Japanese group completed a two-month, 15-nation, 15,000-kilometer bus tour from China's Xian.

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Japan's 1st female 'bus guide' dies at 98

OITA, Japan - File photo taken in December 2004 shows Ayame Murakami, Japan's first female bus tour guide, who died of old age March 31.

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5G-supported bus stop in Fuzhou, China

STORY: 5G-supported bus stop in Fuzhou, China DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the smart bus stop 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN NING, Deputy General Manager, Jishitong (Fujian) Information Technology Co., LTD. STORYLINE: In a software park in China's Fuzhou, a smart bus stop is offering passengers unique services. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN NING, Deputy General Manager, Jishitong (Fujian) Information Technology Co., LTD.: The smart bus station is integrated with 5G communication technologies. There are a number of Internet of Things terminals, such as AI cameras, electronic station boards, self-service inquiry machine, and self-service ticket machine. At the bus station, visitors can purchase tickets on the self-service machine, and the services offered also include vehicle positioning, incoming vehicle prediction, phonological station reporting, park tourism guide, and visitor registration. All hardware and software of the smart

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THE VOICE OF TOKYO

Hato Bus, foreigner, English announcement, bus guide, sightseeing, Tokyo Tower, sightseeing bus, Imperial Palace, National Stadium, National Diet, Asakusa, Kaminarimon, kimono=Date:April, 1974, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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My Life In Ruins (2008)

Nia Vardalos Characters: Georgia Film: My Life In Ruins (2008) Director: Donald Petrie 15 May 2008 Date: 15 May 2008

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THE BREAK-UP

THE BREAK-UP 3-Brothers Bus Tours guide Gary Grobowski keeps the crowd laughing in the romantic comedy THE BREAK-UP. THE BREAK-UP

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Guided bus tours in 3 languages a big hit in Hakodate

Zhu Yanhui (far R), a Chinese student studying at Hokkaido University, works as a tour guide, providing commentary in Chinese, English and Japanese, on Oct. 10, 2016, on Hakodate Bus Corp.'s bus route to the top of Mt. Hakodate, Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Guided bus tours in 3 languages a big hit in Hakodate

Zhu Yanhui, a Chinese student studying at Hokkaido University, works as a tour guide, providing commentary in Chinese, English and Japanese, on Sept. 3, 2016, on Hakodate Bus Corp.'s bus route to the top of Mt. Hakodate, Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists listen to history of Russian control over isles off Hokkaido

Participants in a "border tourism" bus tour listen to a guide explain the history of Russia's occupation of four Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido on Oct. 2, 2015, in Nemuro on the eastern tip of the northernmost Japanese main island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tour held to view disputed islands off Hokkaido, northern Japan

Participants in a "border tourism" bus tour listen to a guide talk about the four Russian-controlled islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido on Oct. 2, 2015, at Cape Nossappu on the eastern tip of the northernmost Japanese main island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st female 'bus guide' dies at 98

OITA, Japan - File photo taken in December 2004 shows Ayame Murakami, Japan's first female bus tour guide, who died of old age March 31. (Kyodo)

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42 Japanese hurt as bus falls from cliff in South Africa

DURBAN, South Africa - Rescuers help a Japanese traveler who was injured after a bus carrying 44 people fell from a cliff in a suburb of Durban, South Africa, on Feb. 8. Forty Japanese tourists aged between 22 and 77 were on the bus, along with a tour attendant and an interpreter as well as a locally hired driver and a guide. The group was making a stop in South Africa as part of an around-the-world cruise with Japanese NGO Peace Boat. (Kyodo)

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Home visit rehearsal

KAWAUCHI, Japan - A bus travels within the off-limits zone around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on May 3, 2011, as municipal authorities rehearse an operation to guide evacuees during temporary visits to their homes in the zone ahead of the upcoming start of the program. (Photo courtesy of the Japanese government)(Kyodo)

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Open-top double-decker officially launched in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kintetsu Bus Co.'s open-top double-decker "OSAKA SKY VISTA," officially launched on July 10, 2014, is equipped with an automatic verbal guide system in English, Chinese and Korean. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Osaka prefectural government officials attend a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 26, 2020, about a female resident of the Japanese city who tested positive for the novel coronavirus for a second time after earlier undergoing treatment, recovering and testing negative. The woman rode a sightseeing bus as a guide in January with tourists from China's Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Driver's wife recalls surreal moment when car flew into bus

Umeyo Yamamoto, the wife of a tour bus driver who miraculously saved himself and passengers in the recent collision on an expressway, speaks at a press conference in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 14, 2017. She recalled the surreal moment she saw a car flying toward the bus on which she was working as a tour guide. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo