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Barbershop with the window frame blown off

A barbershop in Midori-machi (now Nishimidori-machi in Minami Ward) destroyed by the blast, with the window frame blown off and the interior, including mirrors, shattered. It was the home-cum-shop of Yoshito Matsushige, a photographer who took this picture. The barbershop was run by his younger sister and her husband, and Sumie, Matsushige's then 29-year-old wife, who appears in the scene, helped them with the business. Sumie was pregnant at the time and gave birth to their second daughter the following year. His eldest daughter and parents were evacuated to Omishima Island in Ehime Prefecture at the time. (Distance from hypocenter 2800 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Collapsed Minami Branch of Nishi Fire Station

The view from the destroyed window of the home-cum-barbershop looking east. The Minami Branch of the Nishi Fire Station, a two-story wooden structure, collapsed in the blast and was reduced to rubble. A man in a national defense uniform walks toward Miyuki Bridge along the street on which ran the Ujina Line streetcars. (Distance from hypocenter 2800 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Iconic composer recalls birth of East-meets-West classic Butterfly Lovers

STORY: Iconic composer recalls birth of East-meets-West classic Butterfly Lovers SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of rehearsal at Hong Kong Cultural Centre 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HE ZHANHAO, Composer, conductor 3. various of rehearsal at Hong Kong Cultural Centre and He Zhanhao working 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE ZHANHAO, Composer, conductor STORYLINE: The Butterfly Lovers High-pitched Huqin Concerto performed by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra won thunderous applause at a recent concert in Hong Kong. This is a Chinese orchestral masterpiece that 90-year-old He Zhanhao had co-created when he was 26. The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend centered around the tragic romance between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, considered the Chinese equivalent of Romeo and Juliet. Why would people instantly fall in love with the Butterfly Lovers? The answer from He, the composer-cum-conductor, is that the

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48 Kenyan students heading to China for further studies via scholarships

STORY: 48 Kenyan students heading to China for further studies via scholarships DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:27 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the reception 2. various of beneficiary students 3. various of the reception 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DR. DAVID WATENE, Deputy Director of higher education in charge of scholarships, Ministry of Education in Kenya 5. various of beneficiary students 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HENRY ROTICH Chairman of Kenya-China Alumni Association 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JACOB OLOO, Student representative 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): PETER KARANJA, Beneficiary STORYLINE: The Chinese Embassy in Kenya on Thursday hosted a farewell reception-cum-award-ceremony for 48 local students who are beneficiaries of the Chinese Government Scholarships 2023. A total of 48 Kenyan students are scheduled to leave for China early next week to pursue various studies at some of the leading universities. The students drawn from local tertiary institutions will pur

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KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS-STUDENTS

(230810) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lucy Kiruthu, director of Europe and Commonwealth Affairs at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, speaks during a farewell reception-cum-award-ceremony for Kenyan students who are beneficiaries of the Chinese Government Scholarships 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 10, 2023. The Chinese Embassy in Kenya on Thursday hosted a farewell reception-cum-award-ceremony for 48 local students who are beneficiaries of the Chinese Government Scholarships 2023. A total of 48 Kenyan students are scheduled to leave for China early next week to pursue various studies at some of the leading universities. The students drawn from local tertiary institutions will pursue disciplines like public management, engineering, international relations and Chinese language at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS-STUDENTS

(230810) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan students who are beneficiaries of the Chinese Government Scholarships 2023 pose for a group photo in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 10, 2023. The Chinese Embassy in Kenya on Thursday hosted a farewell reception-cum-award-ceremony for 48 local students who are beneficiaries of the Chinese Government Scholarships 2023. A total of 48 Kenyan students are scheduled to leave for China early next week to pursue various studies at some of the leading universities. The students drawn from local tertiary institutions will pursue disciplines like public management, engineering, international relations and Chinese language at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

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Student-cum-pro 'shogi' player wins 'Ryuo' title

TOKYO, Japan - Osaka University student Tetsuro Itodani wrests the "Ryuo" crown, one of the seven major professional titles in "shogi" or Japanese chess, from champion Toshiyuki Moriuchi 4-1 in the best of seven games in Kanazawa, central Japan, on Dec. 4, 2014. It was the 26-year-old Hiroshima native's first major title.

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Panasonic unveils new air purifier

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. takes the wraps off a new air purifier-cum-humidifier capable of removing PM2.5 pollutants in Osaka, western Japan, on July 24, 2014.

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Young disaster survivor to debut in world golf tourney

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Amu Hiratsuka, a 14-year-old golfer and 2011 disaster survivor, receives advice on putting from her father in their house-cum-barber's shop in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 14, 2014. Hiratsuka will participate as a representative of Japan in the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships scheduled for July 14-18 in San Diego in the U.S. state of California.

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Writer-cum-psychiatrist Nada Inada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows writer-cum-psychiatrist Nada Inada during an interview in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April 2008. The renowned author of humorous and satirical books, whose real name was Shigeru Horiuchi, died on June 6, 2013, at the age of 83, sources said June 9.

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Resona Bank extends most branches' operating hours to 5 p.m.

OSAKA, Japan - Resona Holdings Chairman Eiji Hosoya (C) leads a campaign to publicize Resona Bank's extension of weekday operating hours and new ''TIMO'' 24-hour Internet bank account, which has a plastic cash-cum-credit card in lieu of a bankbook, at one of the bank's branches in Osaka on April 1.

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Former vice premier, No. 2 SDP lawmaker Kubo dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - Wataru Kubo (file photo), a former Social Democratic Party (SDP) secretary general who served as vice premier-cum-finance minister in 1996, died on June 24 at a Kagoshima hospital. He was 74. A former House of Councillors lawmaker, Kubo was secretary general and deputy leader of the longtime opposition party when the party joined in forming a coalition government supporting then-Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa in 1993.

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Koizumi's staff starts work in new office

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (L) gives his regular media briefing at the new premier's official residence, which formally opened April 30 next to the old house-cum-office. Welcoming tighter security at the new five-story building compared with that in its 73-year-old predecessor, Fukuda said, ''It's a little inconvenient that I can't enter my office without an ID card, but that's what we want.''

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Koizumi meets swimming champ Thorpe

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) looks up to Australian star swimmer-cum-tourism ambassador Ian Thorpe at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on March 26. Thorpe is visiting Japan in his new role as the first Australian Holiday Ambassador for Japan.

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Tunnel boring machine launched for Nepal's irrigation-cum-hydropower tunnel construction

STORY: Tunnel boring machine launched for Nepal's irrigation-cum-hydropower tunnel construction DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site STORYLINE: A double-shield tunnel boring machine (TBM) was put into operation on Friday, marking a new phase for the construction of a 13.3-km-long tunnel under Nepal's Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project. Pampha Bhusal, Nepal's minister for energy, water resources and irrigation, inaugurated the TBM operation together with the project manager. Listed by the Nepali government as a national pride project, the project is aimed at diverting water from the Sunkoshi River to the Marin River through the tunnel to irrigate 122,000 hectares of farmland in the districts of Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Rauthat and Bara in the Terai Plains. In addition, a power house will be built to generate 28.62 megawatts of electricity to alleviate the shortage of power supply in the area. The proj

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INDIA-ASSAM-GUWAHATI-TIGER

(221004) -- ASSAM, Oct. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A tigress is pictured with her cub in an enclosure at Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, India's northeastern state of Assam, Oct. 4, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)

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INDIA-ASSAM-GUWAHATI-HIPPO

(221004) -- ASSAM, Oct. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A hippopotamus is seen with her newly born calf in an enclosure at Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, India's northeastern state of Assam, Oct. 4, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)

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Tanzanian vlogger records business capital's history, heritage

STORY: Tanzanian vlogger records business capital's history, heritage DATELINE: July 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:38 LOCATION: Dar es Salaam CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dar es Salaam historical buildings 2. various of Bernard explaining history of Dar es Salaam 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BERNARD NTAHONDI, Vlogger, City tour guide 4. various of Dar es Salaam historical buildings 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BERNARD NTAHONDI, Vlogger, City tour guide STORYLINE: Twenty-seven-year-old Bernard Laulian Ntahondi is becoming famous in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam as the curator-cum-vlogger is creating an entertainment niche by recording the city's history, architecture and cultural heritage through vlogging. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BERNARD NTAHONDI, Vlogger, City tour guide "My name is Bernard Ntahondi. This is the oldest building in Dar es Salaam. It presents the whole history of Dar es Salaam, and it's known as Dar es Salaam Center of Architecture Heritage. So here is just the whole history of

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-VLOGGER-CULTURAL HERITAGE

(220713) -- DAR ES SALAAM, July 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bernard Laulian Ntahondi demonstrates local history in the Old Boma building in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 11, 2022. Twenty-seven-year-old Bernard Laulian Ntahondi is becoming more famous in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam as the curator-cum-vlogger is creating an entertainment niche by recording the city's history, architecture and cultural heritage through vlogging. TO GO WITH "Tanzanian vlogger records business capital's history, architecture and cultural heritage" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-VLOGGER-CULTURAL HERITAGE

(220713) -- DAR ES SALAAM, July 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 11, 2022 shows a historical building in downtown Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Twenty-seven-year-old Bernard Laulian Ntahondi is becoming more famous in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam as the curator-cum-vlogger is creating an entertainment niche by recording the city's history, architecture and cultural heritage through vlogging. TO GO WITH "Tanzanian vlogger records business capital's history, architecture and cultural heritage" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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Street coffee flourishing business in Tanzania

STORY: Street coffee flourishing business in Tanzania DATELINE: May 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:00 LOCATION: Dar es Salaam CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people drinking coffee 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): ABEL RICHARD CHIDEBA, Driver-cum-videographer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): ERICK RICHARD, Street coffee seller STORYLINE: Walking in the streets in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam's suburbs, one is likely to see people seated under shades of trees drinking coffee at selected locations. Coffee drinking joints located under trees along streets have become a culture practiced in the East African nation's cities and regional headquarters with Dar es Salaam leading with many such joints. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): ABEL RICHARD CHIDEBA, Driver-cum-videographer "When we get some free time we come here to drink coffee because it's not only entertainment but we also meet with friends here, so wherever I have free time I come here because coffee is available here all the time. Here we talk about life

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Tanzanian cartoonist-cum-radio presenter makes electric car

STORY: Tanzanian cartoonist-cum-radio presenter makes electric car DATELINE: April 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:12 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of Masoud and his co-workers making a car at their workshop 2. Various of a new electric car passing on the street 3. Various of people witnessing the car in a public place 4. SOUNDBITE (English): MASOUD KIPANYA, Cartoonist and designer of the car STORYLINE: Ally Masoud, commonly known as Masoud Kipanya, a 49-year-old Tanzanian cartoonist, radio producer and radio presenter, recently unveiled his locally made electric car in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam. SOUNDBITE (English): MASOUD KIPANYA, Cartoonist and designer of the car "A fossil fuel car when it moves for one kilometer, it produces 21kg of carbon dioxide, a gas car produces 15 kg of carbon dioxide, electric car produces zero, so you can do the math. The future is electric, you know when you look at these other countries developed countries, the UK, they have

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-CARTOONIST-CUM-RADIO PRESENTER-ELECTRIC CAR-MAKING

(220409) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ally Masoud speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, April 7, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzanian cartoonist-cum-radio presenter makes electric car" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-CARTOONIST-CUM-RADIO PRESENTER-ELECTRIC CAR-MAKING

(220409) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Residents view Ally Masoud's locally made electric car during an unveiling ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, April 2, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzanian cartoonist-cum-radio presenter makes electric car" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-CARTOONIST-CUM-RADIO PRESENTER-ELECTRIC CAR-MAKING

(220409) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Residents view Ally Masoud's locally made electric car during an unveiling ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, April 2, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzanian cartoonist-cum-radio presenter makes electric car" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-CARTOONIST-CUM-RADIO PRESENTER-ELECTRIC CAR-MAKING

(220409) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ally Masoud draws cartoons in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, April 7, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzanian cartoonist-cum-radio presenter makes electric car" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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You Lucky Dog (2010)

Natasha Henstridge Characters: Lisa Rayborn Film: You Lucky Dog (TV-Film) Can 2010, Director: John Bradshaw 29 May 2010 City-cum-country girl Lisa Rayborn (Natasha Henstridge) rescues Lucky, a herding dog, and enters him into a local competition, hoping the prize money could save her family

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Climate change threatens livelihood of Nepal's Sherpas

Pasang Sherpa, 31, has climbed Mt. Everest twice. During this interview at his house-cum-restaurant at Namche Bazaar, Nepal, he said after an avalanche in 2014, he isn't sure he will climb again. (Photo by Bikash Karki)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe store produces jam, other food products without using additives

Toru Ishikawa, retired president of a family food shop, shows off jam and another additive-free self-made product at its store-cum-factory in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on March 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Famed novelist-cum-nun raps PM Abe's security policy

Jakucho Setouchi, a famed Japanese novelist and Buddhist nun, speaks during her regular sermon at her hermitage in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 19, 2015. She criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for having led the House of Representatives to railroad his government's controversial package of national security bills aimed at expanding the Self-Defense Forces' role abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Justice minister, singers join ceremony to support people serving time

Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa (far L) joins (from L) actor-cum-singer Ryotaro Sugi, songstress Ayumi Hamasaki and pop group Exile member Atsushi Sato in a ceremony at Tokyo's Justice Ministry on April 22, 2015. The singers are among 14 entertainers assigned to support the rehabilitation of detainees at prisons and reformatories. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kirin subsidiary opens craft beer microbrewery, pub in Yokohama

Six types of craft beer are readied for service at a Spring Valley Brewery beer tavern in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo during a press preview on March 24, 2015, on the eve of its opening for business. Spring Valley Brewery, a subsidiary of Kirin Co., will also open a similar microbrewery-cum-dining facility in Tokyo on April 17. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Groundbreaking ceremony for new school in tsunami-hit town

A groundbreaking ceremony is conducted in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2015, to mark the start of construction of a primary-cum-secondary school building. (From L) Elementary schooler Mana Saito, Otsuchi Mayor Yutaka Ikarigawa and junior high schooler Kinnosuke Hakoyama. The town was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cab driver receives translation service via smartphone

A taxi driver in Osaka, western Japan, receives assistance from a translator for a foreign passenger via smartphone and speaker-cum-microphone attached to a sun visor on Oct. 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Teacher cycles across Japan for after-school classes

Jun Takahashi, a teacher-cum-cyclist visiting schools across Japan to offer free extracurricular lessons, stands next to his bicycle in Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Sept. 25, 2015. He has visited more than 20 schools on his bicycle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp to release its first product combining tablet, TV functions

Sharp Corp. takes the wraps off a new home-use tablet computer with a built-in TV tuner on Sept. 25, 2015. The Japanese consumer electronics giant will release the Aquos Famiredo, its first tablet-cum-TV model, in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The Tatsumi Three-story Watchtower at Honmaru (main dungeon),Edo Castle

The three-story Hasuike Tatsumi watchtower with Tansu Tamon, the longest castle wall-cum-armory at Edo Castle, on the left. This photograph must have been taken before October 7, 1870, when these buildings were probably destroyed as a result of a fire in a explosives warehouse. The low camera angle makes it difficult to tell, but the Hamaguri Moat is located beyond the rickshaws. Uchi Sakurada Gate, standing since the construction of Edo Castle by Ota Dokan, is visible on the far right. The Japanese bellflower crest of the Ota family remained on the gate when the first Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu entered the castle. As a result, the gate is also called Kikyo-mon (Bellflower Gate).==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐33‐0]

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Bus company pres. arrested over highway accident

CHIBA, Japan - Investigators from the Gunma prefectural police arrive at the home-cum-office of Yumihide Hariu, president of tour bus operator Rikuentai, in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, at 6:55 a.m. on May 28, 2012, to search the premises over Japan's worst single-vehicle highway accident the previous month in Gunma Prefecture that killed seven passengers and injured 38 others. Hariu, 55, was arrested later in the day on suspicion of allowing driver Kazan Kono to use his company's name to obtain business permits for Kono's four buses in violation of the Road Transportation Law. (Kyodo)

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Bus company pres. arrested over highway accident

CHIBA, Japan - Yumihide Hariu (R), president of tour bus operator Rikuentai, opens the door of his home-cum-office in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, as investigators from the Gunma prefectural police arrive there at 6:55 a.m. on May 28, 2012, to search the premises over Japan's worst single-vehicle highway accident the previous month in Gunma Prefecture that killed seven passengers and injured 38 others. Hariu, 55, was arrested later in the day on suspicion of allowing driver Kazan Kono to use his company's name to obtain business permits for Kono's four buses in violation of the Road Transportation Law. (Kyodo)

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Rockefeller Center artist

BOSTON, United States - Japanese-American artist Michio Ihara, 83, talks about his career spanning more than 50 years at the work area of his home-cum-studio in Concord, Massachusetts, near Boston on May 11, 2012. He is holding some of the copper and gold-plated pieces of stainless-steel sheet created for his 1978 installation at New York's Rockefeller Center. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)(Kyodo)

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Rockefeller Center artist

BOSTON, United States - Japanese-American artist Michio Ihara, 83, talks about his career spanning more than 50 years at his home-cum-studio in Concord, Massachusetts, near Boston on May 11, 2012. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)(Kyodo)

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Panasonic unveils new air purifier

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. takes the wraps off a new air purifier-cum-humidifier capable of removing PM2.5 pollutants in Osaka, western Japan, on July 24, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Resona Bank extends most branches' operating hours to 5 p.m.

OSAKA, Japan - Resona Holdings Chairman Eiji Hosoya (C) leads a campaign to publicize Resona Bank's extension of weekday operating hours and new ''TIMO'' 24-hour Internet bank account, which has a plastic cash-cum-credit card in lieu of a bankbook, at one of the bank's branches in Osaka on April 1. (Kyodo)

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Former vice premier, No. 2 SDP lawmaker Kubo dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - Wataru Kubo (file photo), a former Social Democratic Party (SDP) secretary general who served as vice premier-cum-finance minister in 1996, died on June 24 at a Kagoshima hospital. He was 74. A former House of Councillors lawmaker, Kubo was secretary general and deputy leader of the longtime opposition party when the party joined in forming a coalition government supporting then-Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa in 1993. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi's staff starts work in new office

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (L) gives his regular media briefing at the new premier's official residence, which formally opened April 30 next to the old house-cum-office. Welcoming tighter security at the new five-story building compared with that in its 73-year-old predecessor, Fukuda said, ''It's a little inconvenient that I can't enter my office without an ID card, but that's what we want.''