Himalaya Airlines becomes first certified safety-audit operator in Nepal

STORY: Himalaya Airlines becomes first certified safety-audit operator in Nepal SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 9, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: Katmandu CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Himalaya Airlines has been registered as an operator under an International Air Transport Association (IATA) safety audit program, the first and only one for airlines in Nepal. The move means the operational management and control systems of Himalaya Airlines have been recognized and accepted internationally, the Kathmandu-based airline announced on Tuesday at a press meet in the Nepali capital. Himalaya Airlines, a China-Nepal joint venture established in 2014, was certified in late December under the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) program, and the registry is valid until early March 2025. "This milestone signifies a positive shift in Nepal's aviation industry," Vijay Shrestha, the operator's vice resident, said at the press briefing. "We're proud to lead by

Works of literary giant Ogai Mori's son to be exhibited

Works of literary giant Ogai Mori's son to be exhibited

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsutaro Mori (R), a son of the late essayist Rui Mori, hands a list of some 6,000 works Rui wrote on the life of his father Ogai Mori, a literary great in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, to Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward Mayor Hironobu Narisawa on Dec. 22, 2014, ahead of their exhibition in March 2015 in the ward.

British document on Senkakus

British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on March 10, 2014, shows a document dating from the early 1970s at the National Archives in London in which Britain expresses uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

British document on Senkakus

British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on March 10, 2014, shows a document dating from the early 1970s at the National Archives in London in which Britain expresses uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

Quake in western Japan

Quake in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Municipal officials examine the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima City after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

Quake in western Japan

Quake in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Municipal officials examine the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima City after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

Quake in western Japan

Quake in western Japan

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Rocks lie scattered on a road in Seiyo, Ehime Prefecture, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

Quake in western Japan

Quake in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - An expressway is blocked in Hiroshima City after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

Quake in western Japan

Quake in western Japan

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Rocks lie scattered on a road in Seiyo, Ehime Prefecture, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

Quake in western Japan

Quake in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The wall of a building lies partially collapsed in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

Quake in western Japan

Quake in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fragments of a wall lie scattered on a sidewalk in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

Japanese Paralympic alpine skiers arrive in Sochi

Japanese Paralympic alpine skiers arrive in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Paralympic alpine skiers pose at Sochi International Airport in the early hours of March 2, 2014, after arriving in the Russian city for the 2014 Winter Games. (From L) Taiki Morii, captain of the Japanese team, Takeshi Suzuki and Akira Kano.

Film about dementia

Film about dementia

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 7, 2014 shows Shigeru Ota, a Sendai Television Inc. producer who created a documentary film about an experimental study in the United States on elderly people with dementia. The film titled "Do You Know What My Name Is?" started screening at theaters across Japan in early March 2014.

Mascots in Kyushu promote start of J-League soccer season

Mascots in Kyushu promote start of J-League soccer season

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mascots representing various local areas in Kyushu, southwestern Japan, promote the start in early March of the J-League professional soccer season at an event in Fukuoka on Feb. 24, 2014.

Sogo & Seibu launches new brand for people in 50s

Sogo & Seibu launches new brand for people in 50s

TOKYO, Japan - Models wear clothes of Sogo & Seibu Co.'s new fashion brand targeting men and women in their 50s at the Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014. "Limited Edition Avec Mode" shops will open at Seibu Ikebukuro on Feb. 19 and in early March elsewhere.

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

(220304) -- SEOUL, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South Korean presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party casts his ballot in the presidential election at a polling station in Busan, South Korea, March 4, 2022. An early voting for South Korea's presidential election kicked off Friday ahead of the election day on March 9. The early voting, which was adopted in 2013 and first applied to the 2014 local elections, will be carried out for two days through Saturday. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

(220304) -- SEOUL, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party casts his ballot in the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, March 4, 2022. An early voting for South Korea's presidential election kicked off Friday ahead of the election day on March 9. The early voting, which was adopted in 2013 and first applied to the 2014 local elections, will be carried out for two days through Saturday. (Xinhua/POOL)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

(220304) -- SEOUL, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South Korean presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party prepares to cast his ballot in the presidential election at a polling station in Busan, South Korea, March 4, 2022. An early voting for South Korea's presidential election kicked off Friday ahead of the election day on March 9. The early voting, which was adopted in 2013 and first applied to the 2014 local elections, will be carried out for two days through Saturday. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

(220304) -- SEOUL, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party casts his ballot in the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, March 4, 2022. An early voting for South Korea's presidential election kicked off Friday ahead of the election day on March 9. The early voting, which was adopted in 2013 and first applied to the 2014 local elections, will be carried out for two days through Saturday. (Xinhua/POOL)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

(220304) -- SEOUL, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South Korean presidential candidate Sim Sang-jeung of the Justice Party prepares to vote in the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, March 4, 2022. An early voting for South Korea's presidential election kicked off Friday ahead of the election day on March 9. The early voting, which was adopted in 2013 and first applied to the 2014 local elections, will be carried out for two days through Saturday. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-CANDIDATES

(220304) -- SEOUL, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- South Korean presidential candidate Sim Sang-jeung of the Justice Party prepares to vote in the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, March 4, 2022. An early voting for South Korea's presidential election kicked off Friday ahead of the election day on March 9. The early voting, which was adopted in 2013 and first applied to the 2014 local elections, will be carried out for two days through Saturday. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)

Universal Studios Japan plans stock listing in Tokyo: report

Universal Studios Japan plans stock listing in Tokyo: report

Photo taken in March 2014 shows the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka. The operator of the park, USJ Co., plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as early as September 2015, bolstered by a new attraction dedicated to Harry Potter, according to the Wall Street Journal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Niece of deceased Japanese POW seeks to recover remains in Australia

Niece of deceased Japanese POW seeks to recover remains in Australia

Yasuko Hayashi (R), a niece of Michiaki Wakaomi who died of illness in 1945 as a prisoner of war in Australia, and her husband lay flowers at Wakaomi's grave at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra, eastern Australia, in this file photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014. Procedures are expected to begin in early March 2015 to retrieve part of his remains from the grave upon Hayashi's request to bring them back to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo