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Water Pollution Due To Plastic Waste - Indonesia

Two teenage girls pose with their cellphones in the Deli River which is polluted by plastic waste in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on February 26, 2024. Every year, around 8 million tons of plastic are thrown into the sea. Indonesia accounts for more than 600,000 tons of that amount, according to estimates by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Pollution Due To Plastic Waste - Indonesia

Two teenage girls pose with their cellphones in the Deli River which is polluted by plastic waste in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on February 26, 2024. Every year, around 8 million tons of plastic are thrown into the sea. Indonesia accounts for more than 600,000 tons of that amount, according to estimates by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Pollution Due To Plastic Waste - Indonesia

Two teenage girls pose with their cellphones in the Deli River which is polluted by plastic waste in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on February 26, 2024. Every year, around 8 million tons of plastic are thrown into the sea. Indonesia accounts for more than 600,000 tons of that amount, according to estimates by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Pollution Due To Plastic Waste - Indonesia

Two teenage girls pose with their cellphones in the Deli River which is polluted by plastic waste in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on February 26, 2024. Every year, around 8 million tons of plastic are thrown into the sea. Indonesia accounts for more than 600,000 tons of that amount, according to estimates by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Pollution Due To Plastic Waste - Indonesia

Two teenage girls pose with their cellphones in the Deli River which is polluted by plastic waste in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on February 26, 2024. Every year, around 8 million tons of plastic are thrown into the sea. Indonesia accounts for more than 600,000 tons of that amount, according to estimates by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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From Bruce Lee fan to Chinese firm employee: A Malian's story

STORY: From Bruce Lee fan to Chinese company employee: Malian man's connection with China SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Abidjan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Idriss Sanogo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): IDRISS SANOGO, Employee of CHEC 3. various of Idriss Sanogo 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): IDRISS SANOGO, Employee of CHEC 5. various of Idriss Sanogo 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): IDRISS SANOGO, Employee of CHEC STORYLINE: Idriss Sanogo from Mali was a big fan of Bruce Lee and dreamed that one day he could go to China. This is where his connection with the Asian country began. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): IDRISS SANOGO, Employee of CHEC "When I was a kid, there were no cellphones, and the internet was not widely used. In our village, TV was a very rare item. All the children would gather at one of the houses after school to watch TV. The most often shown on TV were Chinese movies, especially those starring Bruce Lee. It was then that I found that I had a special interest in C

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U.S., Britain launch airstrikes against Houthi camps in Yemen

STORY: U.S., Britain launch airstrikes against Houthi camps in Yemen SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of airstrikes on Monday at midnight, captured by local residents' cellphones STORYLINE: The U.S.-British coalition struck Houthi camps in Yemen's capital and other provinces at midnight, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported Tuesday. The strikes targeted the al-Hafa camp in eastern Sanaa and the al-Daylami air base in the north. They also hit sites in Rada, a city in the central province of al-Bayda, and Maqbanah area in the southwestern province of Taiz, the TV said without giving details. Residents said the explosions were powerful and their sounds could be heard across the city. Meanwhile, U.S. media reported that the United States and Britain carried out strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen late Monday, the eighth round of attacks on the rebels' camps in just over 10 days. The strikes came hours after the Hou

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People pay with cellphones at a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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Cellphone firms move to protect minors from offensive Net sites

TOKYO, Japan - Children pick up cellphones at a forum on the safe use of the Internet at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district in late August.

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H.K. pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters gather on a main road in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong and raise their cellphones with flashlight on on Oct. 26, 2014.

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Russia gives Japanese scientist energy prize

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino (L) is awarded the 2013 Global Energy Prize by Russia in a ceremony in St. Petersburg on June 21, 2013, for his development of the lithium ion battery technology widely used in cellphones and electric vehicles.

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Sichuan quake

LUSHAN, China - Survivors gather at a vehicle charging cellphones in Lushan county in Ya'an, the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 21, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake the previous day.

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Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows local residents in an area to charge cellphones at a Japanese supermarket relying on a power generator during a blackout in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Edgewater, New Jersey, on Nov. 3, 2012.

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Charging cellphones with heat from open fire

TSUKUBA, Japan - A demonstrator charges a cellphone while boiling hot water on a fire using the ''Hatsuden-nabe (power generating pot),'' developed by TES NewEnergy Corp., in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 9, 2011. The product enables users to charge cellphones and other electronics using a thermoelectric module which converts heat-waste into electricity during emergencies.

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Softbank President Son in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son speaks to reporters after visiting a disaster management headquarters in quake-hit Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 22, 2011. Son said he plans to provide children who lost their parents in the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami with cellphones and free services until they turn 18.

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Aftermath of online cheating

KUSHIRO, Japan - Applicants for an entrance examination held on March 8, 2011, at Kushiro Public University of Economics place their cellphones, in transparent plastic bags distributed by the university to stem online cheating, on the desks. Schools in Japan have begun taking tougher measures to prevent cheating at their entrance exams in the wake of the arrest March 3 of a 19-year-old student for allegedly disrupting a university entrance exam in February by soliciting answers online via a cellphone from the exam room.

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Checking cellphones at exam

TOKYO, Japan - A test observer checks to see if the power is off on a test taker's cellphone at Tokyo's Taisho University on March 2, 2011. A preparatory school student in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, was arrested the following day on suspicion of obstructing the process of university entrance exams by posting questions on the Internet via mobile phone while the tests were in progress.

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Cellphone user in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - A man uses a cellphone in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 17, 2011. According to several people who recently traveled to the country, North Korea has barred foreigners on short-term stays in the country from renting cellphones capable of making international calls since January.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

SAITAMA, Japan - Sumo wrestler Enatsukasa, one of three wrestlers who have reportedly admitted involvement in match-fixing, gets into a car outside the Irumagawa stable in Saitama on Feb. 3, 2011. Japan Sumo Association sources said the same day the lower-tier wrestler is believed to be a mediator in fixing matches, a day after police said text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

SAITAMA, Japan - Sumo wrestler Enatsukasa, one of three wrestlers who have reportedly admitted involvement in match-fixing, leaves the Irumagawa stable in Saitama on Feb. 3, 2011. Japan Sumo Association sources said the same day the lower-tier wrestler is believed to be a mediator in fixing matches, a day after police said text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media approach a sumo wrestler (2nd R, in blue kimono) who arrived at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011, a day after a match-fixing scandal rocked the sport. Police said Feb. 2 text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers enter Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium on Feb. 3, 2011, a day after a match-fixing scandal rocked the sport. Police said Feb. 2 text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows juryo-division wrestler Chiyohakuho (L) and sumo elder Takenawa (C), who have reportedly admitted to involvement in match-fixing, and lower-tier wrestler Enatsukasa, who did not deny involvement during questioning in Tokyo by the Japan Sumo Association on Feb. 2, 2011, after police said the same day text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma heads to an emergency board meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011, after it was reported the same day that text messages implying that wrestlers have routinely bought and sold their wins for several hundred thousand yen per bout were found on several sumo wrestlers' cellphones confiscated by the police.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster Kokonoe, former grand champion Chiyonofuji, heads to the Japan Sumo Association's emergency board meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011, after it was reported the same day that text messages implying that wrestlers have routinely bought and sold their wins for several hundred thousand yen per bout were found on several sumo wrestlers' cellphones confiscated by the police.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media approach a sumo wrestler (C) after he emerged from the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011, after it was reported the same day that text messages implying that wrestlers have routinely bought and sold their wins for several hundred thousand yen per bout were found on several sumo wrestlers' cellphones confiscated in a police investigation into a separate scandal involving organized baseball gambling among sumo wrestlers.

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Well at Meiji Shrine said to be 'power spot'

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors take pictures of ''Kiyomasa no Ido'' (Kiyomasa's well) with their cellphones in a garden of Tokyo's Meiji Shrine on Dec. 16, 2010. The site became famous as a ''power spot,'' after television programs featured it with people claiming their luck improved when they used pictures of the well as background screens on their cellphones.

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NTT Docomo's new cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. President Ryuji Yamada gives a briefing on the Lynx 3D smartphone which allows users to see 3-D images without special glasses, one of his company's 28 new mobile phone models to be put on the market between the winter of 2010 and the spring of 2011, during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010.

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NTT Docomo's new cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - Models hold three of the 28 new mobile phone models to be put on the market by NTT Docomo Inc. between the winter of 2010 and the spring of 2011 during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010.

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NTT Docomo's new cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - A model holds the waterproof Regza Phone, one of the 28 new mobile phone models to be put on the market by NTT Docomo Inc. between the winter of 2010 and the spring of 2011, during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010.

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Sharp to launch solar-powered cell phones in China in February

OSAKA, Japan - This photo shows a solar-powered cellphone which Sharp Corp. said on Jan. 27, 2010, it will launch in China next month with the goal of boosting its annual overall handset shipments in the country fivefold to 5 million units. The solar-powered cellphones are expected to retail for around 3,400 yuan, or about 45,000 yen.

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Softbank Mobile rolls out solar-powered cellphone

TOKYO, Japan - A model shows off cellphones rolled out by Softbank Mobile Corp. as part of its summer lineup on May 19 that can recharge using solar energy.

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Gov't may require telecom firms to collect used cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a box for collecting used mobile phones at a convenience store in Yokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry officials said Jan. 20 that the ministry is considering requiring telecom companies and retailers to collect used cellphones to step up Japan's efforts to secure precious metals.

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Used-up cellphones popular amid surging demand for rare metals

SENDAI, Japan - A resident of Odate, Akita Prefecture, deposits a used-up small electric household appliance into a collection box.

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DoCoMo to enable cellphones to be used as IP phones at home

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows off a new cellphone (R) launched by Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. in Tokyo on May 27. NTT DoCoMo's new service, starting in June, will enable customers to use the cellphone as Internet protocol phones at home so they can benefit from high-speed data networks and cheaper call rates. At left is a touch-panel terminal.

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NEC, NTT develop robot helping parents monitor kids at remote sites

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said on Oct. 25 they have jointly developed a robot to enable parents to watch over children at remote locations via Net-linked video cameras and instruct it on how to care for them via Net-linked cellphones. The two firms said that they will test the robot at two nursing schools in Tokyo and Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture, from November to the year-end, with an eye to applying it to commercial use in view of the growing need to protect children from crimes and accidents while parents are away.

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Vodafone to sell cellphones with face-recognition technology

TOKYO, Japan - A model holds up Vodafone K.K.'s new mobile phone 904SH model by Sharp Corp. during a presentation in Tokyo on Feb. 28. The model equipped with face-recognition technology developed by Oki Electric Industry Co. can verify the phone's owner as soon as the owner looks into the built-in camera.

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Global positioning system cellphones tested for guiding evacuees

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University students and an engineer from the research arm of telecom carrier KDDI Corp. carry out an experiment on the school campus to see how mobile phones equipped with global positioning systems can be used to provide evacuation guidance in the event of a disaster.

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Cellphones and credit cards to link up in 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Press Center Store of Junkudo Co., a major bookstore, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, accepts payments using a cellphone to buy books by credit card., Jan. 13 Kyodo -

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KDDI cellphones to be used to pay fares at JR East stations

TOKYO, Japan - A model demonstrates how a mobile phone handset is used to pay train fares at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 11. Subscribers to KDDI Corp.'s ''au'' mobile phone service will be able to pay train fares with their handsets at East Japan Railway Co. stations starting in January 2006, the two companies said. JR East will allow its Suica electronic train fare card functions to be installed on Internet-capable mobile phone handsets for use with KDDI's EZ FeliCa service to be launched in September in combination with Sony Corp.'s FeliCa contactless integrated-circuit card technology.

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KDDI to release new 3G handsets, including video cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. said May 23 it will release five new handsets for third-generation mobile phone services, including video cellphones, from mid-June. The five handsets for KDDI's ''au'' service include the W32SA and the A5511T that can be used to watch TV programs.

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JR East to allow passengers to pay fares through cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. said Feb. 22 that starting next January railway passengers will be able to pay fares by using mobile phone handsets equipped with its Suica electronic train fare cards.

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(2)Party leaders canvass for votes

SAITAMA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada (L) poses for passengers with camera-equipped cellphones as he moves from one place to another by train during his campaign tour of Saitama Prefecture on June 26.

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E-money cellphones expected to be huge hit

TOKYO, Japan - Participants at an event sponsored by Tokyo radio station J-Wave receive cellphones fitted with electronic money functions as ''electronic tickets.''

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NEC's group net balance returns to black in FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Akinobu Kanasugi smiles as he announced the group's earnings results for fiscal 2003 at a news conference in Tokyo on April 28. NEC said its group net balance swung into the black due partly to buoyant sales of cellphones and optical disk drives.

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BANGLADESH-GAZIPUR-CHINA-SMARTPHONE MAKER

(220721) -- GAZIPUR, July 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers pack cellphones on an assembly line in a Transsion's manufacturing plant in Gazipur on the outskirts of Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, June 27, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Bangladesh's smartphone city gathers Chinese manufacturers" (Xinhua)

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BANGLADESH-GAZIPUR-CHINA-SMARTPHONE MAKER

(220721) -- GAZIPUR, July 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members check the quality of cellphones in a Transsion's manufacturing plant in Gazipur on the outskirts of Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, June 27, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Bangladesh's smartphone city gathers Chinese manufacturers" (Xinhua)

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SPAIN-BARCELONA-MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS

(220228) -- BARCELONA (SPAIN), Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos of ZTE's new cellphones during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 28, 2022. The 2022 edition of the Mobile World Congress opened its doors on Monday, for a four-day event that is expected to host between 40,000 and 60,000 people. (Photo by Gustavo Valiente/Xinhua)

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SPAIN-BARCELONA-MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS

(220228) -- BARCELONA (SPAIN), Feb. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors try Huawei's foldable cellphones during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 28, 2022. The 2022 edition of the Mobile World Congress opened its doors on Monday, for a four-day event that is expected to host between 40,000 and 60,000 people. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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KDDI to release new 3G handsets, including video cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. said May 23 it will release five new handsets for third-generation mobile phone services, including video cellphones, from mid-June. The five handsets for KDDI's ''au'' service include the W32SA and the A5511T that can be used to watch TV programs. (Kyodo)