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Emotional send-off for Kenyan marathon world record holder Kiptum

STORY: Emotional send-off for Kenyan marathon world record holder Kiptum SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:57 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the burial 2. various of the arrival of the Kenyan president and athletes, officials 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President 4. various of the burial 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President 6. various of mourners 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SEBASTIAN COE, World Athletics president 8. various of the burial STORYLINE: World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum was given an emotional State send-off led by Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday. Ruto led hundreds of mourners to gather in Chepkorio, Elgeyo Marakwet County in the northwestern part of the country to pay glowing tributes to the fallen marathon star. In what was an emotional and politically charged funeral, Kiptum was celebrated as a dedicated and hardworking athlete who rose from obscurity to conquer the w

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TOP 10 CHINESE ATHLETES/TEAMS OF 2023

(231226) -- BEIJING, Dec. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- As the sporting calendar draws to a close, Xinhua News Agency has selected the top 10 Chinese athletes/teams for 2023: 8. Dong Hongjuan (female, mountaineering) Dong successfully ascended the summit of the 8,027-meter Mount Shishapangma on April 26, becoming the first woman to conquer all 14 peaks situated 8,000 meters above sea level, with her feat later confirmed by the international mountaineering summit website 8000ers.com. This file photo taken on April 26, 2023 shows Dong Hongjuan of China gesturing atop the Mount Shishapangma, in Nyalam County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Photo by Dompa/Xinhua)

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China's Dong becomes first woman to conquer all 14 peaks above 8,000m

STORY: China's Dong becomes first woman to conquer all 14 peaks above 8,000m DATELINE: May 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dong Hongjuan ascending the Mount Shishapangma STORYLINE: Chinese mountaineer Dong Hongjuan has become the first woman to conquer all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters on earth. Dong, 42, successfully ascended to the summit of 8,027-meter Mount Shishapangma on May 26, which was confirmed by the international mountaineering summit website 8000ers.com on Sunday. Dong reached the summit of Mt. Qomolangma in 2013, completed Cho Oyu and Gasherbrum II in 2014, Qogir (K2), Nanga Parbat and Gasherbrum I in 2017, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Broad in 2018, Annapurna in 2021, Makalu, Dhaulagiri and Manaslu in 2022. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lhasa, China. (XHTV)

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Kirin funds disaster-hit fishery business in Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Shota Abe (2nd from L), head of Fisherman Japan that groups fishermen in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, poses with other group members in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, after receiving a grant of 20 million yen from Kirin Beer Marketing Co. to finance fishery business. The group aims to conquer the impact of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and boost the local fishery industry.

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BOJ maintains ultraeasy monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, heads for the BOJ's monetary policy meeting at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013. In the meeting later that day, the BOJ decided to maintain its ultraeasy monetary policy introduced in April the same year to conquer deflation. (Pool photo)

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BOJ maintains ultraeasy monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, heads for the BOJ's monetary policy meeting at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2013. In the meeting later that day, the BOJ decided to maintain its ultraeasy monetary policy introduced in April the same year to conquer deflation. (Pool photo)

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura stands at the summit of Mt. Everest at 9:03 a.m. on May 23, 2013. Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, became the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - High school students celebrate in Tokyo on May 23, 2013, shortly after Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber and the principal of their school, reached the summit of Mt. Everest and became the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - Yuichiro Miura stands at the summit of Mt. Everest at 9:03 a.m. on May 23, 2013. Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, became the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - Emiri Miura (L), daughter of Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, and his wife Tomoko speak with the 80-year-old climber over the phone at his management office in Tokyo on May 23, 2013, shortly after he reached the summit of Mt. Everest and became the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - High school students celebrate in Tokyo on May 23, 2013, shortly after Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber and the principal of their school, reached the summit of Mt. Everest and became the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - A mountain climbing team led by Yuichiro Miura approaches the summit of Mt. Everest at 8:55 a.m. on May 23, 2013. The team reached the summit shortly afterward, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - High school students celebrate in Tokyo on May 23, 2013, shortly after Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber and the principal of their school, reached the summit of Mt. Everest and became the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - A mountain climbing team led by Yuichiro Miura approaches the summit of Mt. Everest at 8:23 a.m. on May 23, 2013. The team reached the summit around 9 a.m., making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber. Miura became the oldest person in the world to reach the summit of Mt. Everest on May 23, 2013, surpassing the previous record set by a 76-year-old Nepali climber, his management office said.

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Japanese seeks to climb Mt. Everest at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese adventurer, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 22, 2013. Miura vowed to give his all to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, which would make him the oldest person to conquer the world's highest peak.

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Japanese seeks to climb Mt. Everest at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese adventurer, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 22, 2013. Miura vowed to give his all to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, which would make him the oldest person to conquer the world's highest peak.

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Japanese climbers reunite with Polish rivals after half century

HARKLOWA, Poland - Goro Iwatsubo (L), 76, and Toshiaki Sakai (R), 78, both climbers from Japan's Kyoto University who scaled the 7,492-meter Mt. Nowshak in 1960, reunite with Stanislaw Biel, 81, a member of the Polish climbing party, in Harklowa, Poland, on Aug. 29, 2010, for the first time since they vied to become the world's first party to conquer the highest mountain in Afghanistan a half-century ago. The Kyoto party, whose members reached the summit first, attributed their success largely to the support from the Polish.

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Japanese climbers reunite with Polish rivals after half century

HARKLOWA, Poland - Goro Iwatsubo (L), 76, and Toshiaki Sakai (C), 78, both climbers from Japan's Kyoto University who scaled the 7,492-meter Mt. Nowshak in 1960, reunite with Stanislaw Biel, 81, a member of the Polish climbing party, in Harklowa, Poland, on Aug. 29, 2010, for the first time since they vied to become the world's first party to conquer the highest mountain in Afghanistan a half-century ago. The Kyoto party, whose members reached the summit first, attributed their success largely to the support from the Polish.

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Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, was returned to South Korea on Oct. 12. The monument had been kept at the shrine after Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiaki Nambu (L), priest at Yasukuni Shrine, Chu Gyu HO (C), minister at the South Korean Embassy, and Keishiro Fukushima, parliamentary secretary at the Foreign Ministry, join hands at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 12 during a ceremony to return an 18th-century Korean stone monument to South Korea. The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, and had been kept at the shrine since Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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Watanabe becomes youngest Japanese 'seven summiter'

FUKUOKA, Japan - Haruhisa Watanabe (file photo), a 22-year-old Japanese researcher at Kyushu Sangyo University in Fukuoka, has become the youngest Japanese to conquer the tallest peaks on seven continents after climbing Mt. McKinley in North America, his family said June 17.

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Bullet sent to ex-lawmaker Suzuki's Tokyo office

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a building housing the office of former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Police said Oct. 20 that a letter containing a rifle bullet was sent Oct. 19 to the office, together with a message calling him a ''traitor.'' The message was signed from ''Kenkoku Giyugun Kokuzoku Seibatsutai'' which roughly means ''nation-building volunteers corps to conquer traitors.''

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2-million-word handwriting novel in memory of Chinese couple's love story

STORY: 2-million-word handwriting novel in memory of Chinese couple's love story DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:58 LOCATION: WUHU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zhang Ailan's daily life 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG AILAN, Author of The Song of Love STORYLINE: Zhang Ailan, 83, lost her husband 37 years ago. The Chinese woman handwrote a 2-million-word novel named The Song of Love, in memory of their love story. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG AILAN, Author of The Song of Love "He said sorry to me. The Song of Love I suffered a lot after he passed away. Wu Ailan's husband Xu Guocheng died of illness 37 years ago. Xu said to her on his deathbed, "From now on, when you walk alone in life, conquer every difficulty life throws at you just as iron is tempered into steel." So I wrote down his words on every working diary. It's like he's always here with me. For nearly 40 years, I've lived on memories." In the year they got married, they made a vow that they would write a novel called "The Son

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Greek wineries eyeing China's growing market

STORY: Greek wineries eyeing China's growing market DATELINE: March 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:49 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Oenorama 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CONSTANTINE STERGIDIS, General manager of Oenorama 3. various of Oenorama 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CONSTANTINE STERGIDIS, General manager of Oenorama 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): KONSTANTINOS LAZARAKIS, Master of wine 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ARIS TSELEPOS, Winemaker at Tselepos Wines STORYLINE: Greece's wine industry has made great strides in recent years, gaining recognition worldwide. China is one of the markets which Greek winemakers now aim to conquer, experts told Xinhua in Athens. Some 250 wineries from all regions of Greece presented about 3,000 wines of all types at "Oenorama 2022," the largest exhibition of Greek wines in the world, which took place in Athens between March 12 and March 14. After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the exhibition returned, offering visitors a chance t

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GREECE-ATHENS-WINE-EXHIBITION

(220316) -- ATHENS, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos at "Oenorama 2022," an exhibition of Greek wines, in Athens, Greece, on March 12, 2022. Greece's wine industry has made great strides in recent years, gaining recognition worldwide. China is one of the markets which Greek winemakers now aim to conquer, experts told Xinhua recently in Athens. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos) TO GO WITH Feature: Greek wineries eyeing China's growing market

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GREECE-ATHENS-WINE-EXHIBITION

(220316) -- ATHENS, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor pours a glass of wine for a visitor at "Oenorama 2022," an exhibition of Greek wines, in Athens, Greece, on March 12, 2022. Greece's wine industry has made great strides in recent years, gaining recognition worldwide. China is one of the markets which Greek winemakers now aim to conquer, experts told Xinhua recently in Athens. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos) TO GO WITH Feature: Greek wineries eyeing China's growing market

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GREECE-ATHENS-WINE-EXHIBITION

(220316) -- ATHENS, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A visitor tastes a glass of wine at "Oenorama 2022," an exhibition of Greek wines, in Athens, Greece, on March 12, 2022. Greece's wine industry has made great strides in recent years, gaining recognition worldwide. China is one of the markets which Greek winemakers now aim to conquer, experts told Xinhua recently in Athens. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos) TO GO WITH Feature: Greek wineries eyeing China's growing market

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GREECE-ATHENS-WINE-EXHIBITION

(220316) -- ATHENS, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor pours a glass of wine for a visitor at "Oenorama 2022," an exhibition of Greek wines, in Athens, Greece, on March 12, 2022. Greece's wine industry has made great strides in recent years, gaining recognition worldwide. China is one of the markets which Greek winemakers now aim to conquer, experts told Xinhua recently in Athens. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos) TO GO WITH Feature: Greek wineries eyeing China's growing market

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GREECE-ATHENS-WINE-EXHIBITION

(220316) -- ATHENS, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor pours wine into a glass at "Oenorama 2022," an exhibition of Greek wines, in Athens, Greece, on March 12, 2022. Greece's wine industry has made great strides in recent years, gaining recognition worldwide. China is one of the markets which Greek winemakers now aim to conquer, experts told Xinhua recently in Athens. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos) TO GO WITH Feature: Greek wineries eyeing China's growing market

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1492: Conquest Of Paradise (1992)

Gerard Depardieu Characters: Christopher Columbus Film: 1492: Conquest Of Paradise (FR/E 1992) Director: Ridley Scott 08 October 1992 1492 - Die Eroberung des Paradieses (1492: Conquest Of Paradise, GB/USA/FR/E 1992, Regie: Ridley Scott) Gerard Depardieu /------- WICHTIG: Nutzung nur bei Filmtitelnennung und/oder in Zusammenhang mit Berichterstattung ?ber diesen Film --- IMPORTANT: To be used solely for coverage of this specific motion picture/tv programme Foto: Cinetext Bildarchiv Date: 08 October 1992

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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER WYNDHAM GUISE as TONY LUMPKIN Date: 1914

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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER MARY MOORE, CHARLES WYNDHAM

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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER TOMMY STEELE as TONY LUMPKIN in The Old Vic Production Date: 1960

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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (UK THEATRE 1985) NATIONAL THEATRE PRO

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER NATIONAL THEATRE PRODUCTION Date: 1985

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BOJ ready to ease monetary policy further: Kuroda

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda makes a speech at Columbia University in New York on April 13, 2016. Kuroda said that the central bank is ready to loosen its credit grip further if necessary as it seeks to conquer nearly two decades of deflation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ launches negative interest rate to beat deflation

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2016. The central bank introduced its first-ever negative interest policy on the day to conquer deflation as the Japanese economy faces the risk of downturn amid uncertain prospects about the global economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ launches negative interest rate to beat deflation

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (L) attends a House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2016. The central bank introduced its first-ever negative interest policy on the day to conquer deflation as the Japanese economy faces the risk of downturn amid uncertain prospects about the global economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ launches negative interest rate to beat deflation

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (L) attends a House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2016. The central bank introduced its first-ever negative interest policy on Feb. 16 to conquer deflation as the Japanese economy faces the risk of downturn amid uncertain prospects about the global economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, was returned to South Korea on Oct. 12. The monument had been kept at the shrine after Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. (Kyodo)

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Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiaki Nambu (L), priest at Yasukuni Shrine, Chu Gyu HO (C), minister at the South Korean Embassy, and Keishiro Fukushima, parliamentary secretary at the Foreign Ministry, join hands at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 12 during a ceremony to return an 18th-century Korean stone monument to South Korea. The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, and had been kept at the shrine since Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. (Kyodo)

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Japanese climbers reunite with Polish rivals after half century

HARKLOWA, Poland - Goro Iwatsubo (L), 76, and Toshiaki Sakai (R), 78, both climbers from Japan's Kyoto University who scaled the 7,492-meter Mt. Nowshak in 1960, reunite with Stanislaw Biel, 81, a member of the Polish climbing party, in Harklowa, Poland, on Aug. 29, 2010, for the first time since they vied to become the world's first party to conquer the highest mountain in Afghanistan a half-century ago. The Kyoto party, whose members reached the summit first, attributed their success largely to the support from the Polish. (Kyodo)

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Japanese climbers reunite with Polish rivals after half century

HARKLOWA, Poland - Goro Iwatsubo (L), 76, and Toshiaki Sakai (C), 78, both climbers from Japan's Kyoto University who scaled the 7,492-meter Mt. Nowshak in 1960, reunite with Stanislaw Biel, 81, a member of the Polish climbing party, in Harklowa, Poland, on Aug. 29, 2010, for the first time since they vied to become the world's first party to conquer the highest mountain in Afghanistan a half-century ago. The Kyoto party, whose members reached the summit first, attributed their success largely to the support from the Polish. (Kyodo)

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Kirin funds disaster-hit fishery business in Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Shota Abe (2nd from L), head of Fisherman Japan that groups fishermen in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, poses with other group members in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, after receiving a grant of 20 million yen from Kirin Beer Marketing Co. to finance fishery business. The group aims to conquer the impact of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and boost the local fishery industry. (Kyodo)

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Miss Nippon beauty pageant

University of Tokyo student Aiko Watarai (L), the winner of the 2019 Miss Nippon grand prix, and special award winner Marin Minamiya, the youngest-ever person to conquer the "Seven Summits" and two poles, are pictured during a ceremony after the beauty contest in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Junko Tabei, 1st woman to conquer Everest, dies at 77

Photo taken Oct. 24, 2015, shows Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to conquer Mt. Everest in 1975. Tabei died of peritoneal cancer at a Saitama hospital on Oct. 20 at the age of 77, her family said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Watanabe becomes youngest Japanese 'seven summiter'

FUKUOKA, Japan - Haruhisa Watanabe (file photo), a 22-year-old Japanese researcher at Kyushu Sangyo University in Fukuoka, has become the youngest Japanese to conquer the tallest peaks on seven continents after climbing Mt. McKinley in North America, his family said June 17. (Kyodo)

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Bullet sent to ex-lawmaker Suzuki's Tokyo office

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a building housing the office of former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Police said Oct. 20 that a letter containing a rifle bullet was sent Oct. 19 to the office, together with a message calling him a ''traitor.'' The message was signed from ''Kenkoku Giyugun Kokuzoku Seibatsutai'' which roughly means ''nation-building volunteers corps to conquer traitors.'' (Kyodo)