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Mongolia holds int'l motorsports festival to promote special interest tourism

STORY: Mongolia holds int'l motorsports festival to promote special interest tourism SHOOTING DATE: June 8, 2024 DATELINE: June 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of motorsports festival STORYLINE: The ninth edition of an international motorsports festival kicked off in Ulan Bator on Saturday, aimed at promoting the development of special interest tourism. More than 1,000 motorcyclists from all 21 provinces of Mongolia and over 450 bikers from several countries and regions, including China, Russia, and South Korea, are participating in the annual event entitled "Steppe Wind." The festival is co-organized by the tourism department of Ulan Bator, the Mongolian capital, and the "Mongolian Choppers Brotherhood" non-governmental organization. The two-day festival features numerous activities, including a motorcycle parade, a concert by famous Mongolian rock bands, a DJ show, and an exhibition of rare and antique motorcycles. Xinhua News Agenc

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

TOKYO, Japan, April 23 Kyodo - Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 23, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20. (Kyodo)

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 23, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20.

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Choppers accident in Pacific

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 23, 2024, as he comments on a crash involving two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters in the Pacific on April 20, leaving one MSDF member dead and seven others missing.

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Choppers accident in Pacific

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 23, 2024, as he comments on a crash involving two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters in the Pacific on April 20, leaving one MSDF member dead and seven others missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

IZU, Japan Kyodo -Video taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.(Kyodo)

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Search after MSDF choppers crash

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on April 22, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel searching for crew members missing after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu island chain in the Pacific on April 20.

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Search after MSDF choppers crash

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on April 22, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel searching for crew members missing after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu island chain in the Pacific on April 20.

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Search after MSDF choppers crash

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on April 22, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter searching for crew members missing after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu island chain in the Pacific on April 20.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press at his ministry in Tokyo on April 22, 2024, after two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (front) meets the press at his ministry in Tokyo on April 22, 2024, after two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers apparently crash in Pacific

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo during the small hours of April 21, 2024, after two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters apparently crashed in the Pacific the night before.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers apparently crash in Pacific

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo during the small hours of April 21, 2024, after two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters apparently crashed in the Pacific the night before.

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Japan Coast Guard helicopter crash off Kagawa

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard vessels and a helicopter search the site where one of its choppers with five people on board crashed in waters off the town of Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2010. Four personnel on board were killed, while one remains missing.

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HH-60 helicopter flights resumed

KADENA, Japan - An HH-60 helicopter takes off from the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 16, 2013. The U.S. military resumed flight operations of the HH-60 helicopter the same day, saying they found no abnormalities in other choppers of the same type following a fatal accident on Aug. 5.

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HH-60 helicopter flights resumed

KADENA, Japan - An HH-60 helicopter takes off from the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 16, 2013. The U.S. military resumed flight operations of the HH-60 helicopter the same day, saying they found no abnormalities in other choppers of the same type following a fatal accident on Aug. 5.

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SDF choppers drop water at Fukushima nuke plant

OSAKA, Japan - A man watches TV news on efforts by Self-Defense Forces helicopters to drop water at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, at an electronics store in Osaka, western Japan, on March 17, 2011. The SDF choppers dropped water to cool down the No. 3 reactor to prevent it from emitting highly contaminated radioactive materials.

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SDF choppers drop water at Fukushima nuke plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People watch TV news on efforts by Self-Defense Forces helicopters to drop water at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, at a gymnasium serving as an evacuation center in Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 17, 2011. The SDF choppers dropped water in an attempt to cool down the No. 3 reactor to prevent it from emitting highly contaminated radioactive materials.

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SDF choppers drop water at Fukushima nuke plant

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 17, 2011. Kitazawa said he had given the go-ahead for Self-Defense Forces helicopters to drop water on the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on March 17, 2011.

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Japan suspends flights of 176 SDF choppers over defects

TOKYO, Japan - The Defense Agency suspended flights of 176 Self-Defense Force helicopters for safety checks after a gear in the tail rotor of an SH-60J Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol chopper (in file photo) was found cracked last week, agency officials said Oct. 17.

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U.S. Marine choppers return to Okinawa from Iraq

NAHA, Japan - A fleet of U.S. Marine helicopters returns from Iraq to Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 1.

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U.S. flies choppers, same model as crashed one, from Okinawa

IWAKUNI, Japan - One of three U.S. Marine Corps helicopters of the same type as one that crashed in Okinawa in August lands at the Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni in Yamacuchi Prefecture on Oct. 28. The CH-53D transport helicopters were moved to Iwakuni from Ginowan, Okinawa. in Okinawa Prefecture.

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U.S. military choppers fly out of Futemma for 1st time since crash

NAHA, Japan - A U.S. military helicopter flies over the U.S. amphibious assault ship Essex off White Beach in the town of Katsuren in central Okinawa on Aug. 20. U.S, helicopters flew out of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan for the first time since the crash of a Marine helicopter at a local university campus on Aug. 13.

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2 GSDF helicopters crash in Oita, killing all 4 crew

OITA, Japan - Members of a Grand Self-Defense Force investigative team on March 8 examine the wreckage of a GSDF helicopter that crashed into Mt. Haneyama in the town of Kokonoe, Oita Prefecture on March 7 after colliding with another GSDF helicopter in midair during night training. All four crew members aboard the two choppers were killed.

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Air defense choppers hover over Tokyo skyscrapers

TOKYO, Japan - Two Air Self-Defense Force helicopters hover over skyscrapers on Sept. 3 in Tokyo's largest-ever earthquake preparation drill. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News-chartered chopper.

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Motor sports festival returns to Mongolia after two-year break

STORY: Motor sports festival returns to Mongolia after two-year break DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the international motorsports festival STORYLINE: The sixth edition of the international motorsports festival kicked off in Ulan Bator on Saturday after being halted by the COVID-19 pandemic for two years. More than 1,000 motorcyclists from all 21 provinces of Mongolia and several other countries such as Russia and Japan are participating in the festival. The annual moto sports festival entitled "Steppe Wind' is being co-organized by the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator's tourism department and "Mongolian choppers brotherhood," a non-governmental organization under the motto "Healthy People - Alcohol-Free Mongolia." Within the framework of the festival, numerous activities are expected to be held, such as a parade of motorcycles, a concert of famous Mongolian rock bands, a DJ show and a rare and antique motorcycle exhibition. X

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2 GSDF helicopters crash in Oita, killing all 4 crew

OITA, Japan - Members of a Grand Self-Defense Force investigative team on March 8 examine the wreckage of a GSDF helicopter that crashed into Mt. Haneyama in the town of Kokonoe, Oita Prefecture on March 7 after colliding with another GSDF helicopter in midair during night training. All four crew members aboard the two choppers were killed.

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U.S. military choppers fly out of Futemma for 1st time since cra

NAHA, Japan - A U.S. military helicopter flies over the U.S. amphibious assault ship Essex off White Beach in the town of Katsuren in central Okinawa on Aug. 20. U.S, helicopters flew out of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan for the first time since the crash of a Marine helicopter at a local university campus on Aug. 13. (Kyodo)

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U.S. flies choppers, same model as crashed one, from Okinawa

IWAKUNI, Japan - One of three U.S. Marine Corps helicopters of the same type as one that crashed in Okinawa in August lands at the Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni in Yamacuchi Prefecture on Oct. 28. The CH-53D transport helicopters were moved to Iwakuni from Ginowan, Okinawa. in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Marine choppers return to Okinawa from Iraq

NAHA, Japan - A fleet of U.S. Marine helicopters returns from Iraq to Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 1. (Kyodo)

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Japan suspends flights of 176 SDF choppers over defects

TOKYO, Japan - The Defense Agency suspended flights of 176 Self-Defense Force helicopters for safety checks after a gear in the tail rotor of an SH-60J Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol chopper (in file photo) was found cracked last week, agency officials said Oct. 17. (Kyodo)

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Air defense choppers hover over Tokyo skyscrapers

TOKYO, Japan - Two Air Self-Defense Force helicopters hover over skyscrapers on Sept. 3 in Tokyo's largest-ever earthquake preparation drill. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News-chartered chopper.

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Japan Coast Guard helicopter crash off Kagawa

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard vessels and a helicopter search the site where one of its choppers with five people on board crashed in waters off the town of Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2010. Four personnel on board were killed, while one remains missing. (Kyodo)

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SDF choppers drop water at Fukushima nuke plant

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 17, 2011. Kitazawa said he had given the go-ahead for Self-Defense Forces helicopters to drop water on the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on March 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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SDF choppers drop water at Fukushima nuke plant

OSAKA, Japan - A man watches TV news on efforts by Self-Defense Forces helicopters to drop water at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, at an electronics store in Osaka, western Japan, on March 17, 2011. The SDF choppers dropped water to cool down the No. 3 reactor to prevent it from emitting highly contaminated radioactive materials. (Kyodo)

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SDF choppers drop water at Fukushima nuke plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People watch TV news on efforts by Self-Defense Forces helicopters to drop water at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, at a gymnasium serving as an evacuation center in Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 17, 2011. The SDF choppers dropped water in an attempt to cool down the No. 3 reactor to prevent it from emitting highly contaminated radioactive materials. (Kyodo)

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Japan opposition parties to investigate problems with U.S. choppers

Parliamentary affairs chiefs of six Japanese opposition parties meet at the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2018. They decided to send an inspection team to Okinawa Prefecture, where recent emergency landings by U.S. military helicopters raised safety concerns among local residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes flights of CH-53E choppers

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters in Naha in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 18, 2017, after the U.S. Marine Corps resumed flight operations of its CH-53E helicopters after one recently crash-landed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes flights of CH-53E choppers

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter takes off from Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 18, 2017, as the flight operations of the transport helicopters were resumed following a recent crash-landing of one of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes flights of CH-53E choppers

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter takes off from Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 18, 2017, as the flight operations of the transport helicopters were resumed following a recent crash-landing of one of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo