Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009

Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Nishio (L), president of Nippon Oil Corp., the largest oil distributor in Japan, and Mitsunori Takahagi (R), president of Nippon Mining Holdings Inc., the country's sixth-largest oil distributor, shake hands during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 4. They announced the two companies will merge their businesses in October 2009 in a move that will create the world's eighth-largest oil company in terms of group sales.

Daimaru, Matsuzakaya in merger talks, eye No. 1 dept. group

Daimaru, Matsuzakaya in merger talks, eye No. 1 dept. group

OSAKA, Japan - Daimaru Inc., Japan's fourth-largest department store operator in sales terms, and the holding firm of Matsuzakaya Co., the eighth-largest, are in talks to integrate their operations and become Japan's biggest department store group, informed sources said Feb. 17. Two photos show Daimaru Shinsaibashi outlet in Osaka (L) and Matsuzakaya head store in Nagoya.

Tokai, Asahi banks to tie up

Tokai, Asahi banks to tie up

Tatsuro Ito (L), president of Asahi Bank, and Hideo Ogasawara(R), president of Tokai Bank, shake hands at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 28 after announcing a broad-based tie-up deal that features cross-shareholding and joint development of financial products for sale to consumers. Tokai and Asahi banks are Japan's seventh and eighth largest, respectively, among the nation's nine major commercial banks.

Bumper harvest of potatoes in China's eighth largest desert

STORY: Bumper harvest of potatoes in China's eighth largest desert DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of farmers harvesting potatoes in Ulan Buh Desert STORYLINE: Potatoes have been grown in Ulan Buh Desert in Inner Mongolia, the 8th largest desert in China. Up to now, 90 percent of the 56,000 mu (3,733 hectares) of potatoes grown in the desert have been harvested. Among the 15 million mu (1 million hectares) of desert, 2.1 million mu (140,000 hectares) in Bayan Nur City has been greened. The potato harvests have helped local farmers increase their incomes. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hohhot, China. (XHTV)

Ethiopia sees growing coffee market in China: official

STORY: Ethiopia sees growing coffee market in China: official DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ethiopian Coffee 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ADUGNA DEBELA, Director General of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ADUGNA DEBELA, Director General of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority STORYLINE: A senior Ethiopian official has said that Ethiopia has seen a growing potential in China's booming coffee market as China becomes one of the largest importers of Ethiopian coffee. Adugna Debela, Director General of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority, has told Xinhua recently that China has become the eighth largest importer of Ethiopian coffee during the first 10 months of the current Ethiopian fiscal year that started on July 8, 2021. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ADUGNA DEBELA, Director General of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority "This year, coffee export performance to China is really quite amazing. Last

Straw checkerboards help with sand control in China's Ulan Buh Desert

STORY: Straw checkerboards help with sand control in China's Ulan Buh Desert DATELINE: April 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ulan Buh Desert 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE WENQIANG, Staff of sand prevention and control bureau of Dengkou County, Inner Mongolia 3. various of the desert STORYLINE: In the heart of Ulan Buh Desert, China's eighth largest desert in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, straw checkerboards are playing a key role in sand control work. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE WENQIANG, Staff of sand prevention and control bureau of Dengkou County, Inner Mongolia "We usually use straws of 30 to 40 centimeters to pave a square of 1 meter by 1 meter. These straw checkerboards have three advantages. The first is to reduce wind speed; the second is that it enables us to plant sacsaouls in it and provide them with fertilizers; the third is it can hold water so that the sacsaouls can have enough water to grow." Ulan Buh Desert covers an area of a

Daimaru, Matsuzakaya in merger talks, eye No. 1 dept. group

Daimaru, Matsuzakaya in merger talks, eye No. 1 dept. group

OSAKA, Japan - Daimaru Inc., Japan's fourth-largest department store operator in sales terms, and the holding firm of Matsuzakaya Co., the eighth-largest, are in talks to integrate their operations and become Japan's biggest department store group, informed sources said Feb. 17. Two photos show Daimaru Shinsaibashi outlet in Osaka (L) and Matsuzakaya head store in Nagoya. (Kyodo)

Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009

Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Nishio (L), president of Nippon Oil Corp., the largest oil distributor in Japan, and Mitsunori Takahagi (R), president of Nippon Mining Holdings Inc., the country's sixth-largest oil distributor, shake hands during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 4. They announced the two companies will merge their businesses in October 2009 in a move that will create the world's eighth-largest oil company in terms of group sales. (Kyodo)

Tokai, Asahi banks to tie up

Tokai, Asahi banks to tie up

Tatsuro Ito (L), president of Asahi Bank, and Hideo Ogasawara (R), president of Tokai Bank, shake hands at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 28 after announcing a broad-based tie-up deal that features cross-shareholding and joint development of financial products for sale to consumers. Tokai and Asahi banks are Japan's seventh and eighth largest, respectively, among the nation's nine major commercial banks. ==Kyodo