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JAPAN-MT. FUJI-CLIMBING SEASON

(240701) -- YAMANASHI, July 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Hikers sort their bags at the Yoshida Trail of Mount Fuji in the prefecture of Yamanashi, Japan, July 1, 2024. The climbing season started Monday at Japan's renowned Mount Fuji with one of the four main hiking trails opened, after a mandatory hiking fee was introduced this year to address overtourism concerns. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-RAINFALL (CN)

(230908) -- SHENZHEN, Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members carry sand bags for floodwater control at a subway station in Longgang District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 7, 2023. Affected by the residual cloud system outside Typhoon Haikui, the 11th typhoon of this year, and monsoon, many cities and counties in the Pearl River Delta region has experienced torrential rains since Thursday, with extremely heavy rainstorm lashing some areas. From 5 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday, the average rainfall in Shenzhen was 202.8 mm, and the maximum cumulative rainfall reached 469 mm, according to the municipal meteorological bureau. The bureau said this rainfall featured super strong intensity, long duration and wide range of torrential rain, with four rainfall records, namely two-hour, three-hour, six-hour and 12-hour maximum rainfall, broken since Shenzhen started keeping meteorological records in 1952. (Photo by Yang Wenjie/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-RAINFALL (CN)

(230908) -- SHENZHEN, Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members carry sand bags for floodwater control at a subway station in Longgang District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 7, 2023. Affected by the residual cloud system outside Typhoon Haikui, the 11th typhoon of this year, and monsoon, many cities and counties in the Pearl River Delta region has experienced torrential rains since Thursday, with extremely heavy rainstorm lashing some areas. From 5 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday, the average rainfall in Shenzhen was 202.8 mm, and the maximum cumulative rainfall reached 469 mm, according to the municipal meteorological bureau. The bureau said this rainfall featured super strong intensity, long duration and wide range of torrential rain, with four rainfall records, namely two-hour, three-hour, six-hour and 12-hour maximum rainfall, broken since Shenzhen started keeping meteorological records in 1952. (Photo by Yang Wenjie/Xinhua)

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1st batch of Japanese rice sold out in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The first batch of Japanese rice which hit store shelves in Beijing for the first time in four years last month has sold out, despite being about 20 times the price of normal rice in the country, stores that sold the rice said Aug. 13. Photo shows only a few Japanese rice bags (front) left for sale at a supermarket chain store in Beijing on Aug. 12.

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4 Chinese men given fresh arrest warrant in theft

TOKYO, Japan - Displayed for the media at Itabashi Police Station in Tokyo on April 17 are wrist watches, jewerly, bags and personal computers which police say were stolen by four Chinese men from condomiums in Tokyo and Osaka. Wang Lin and three others, who had earlier been indicted on separate theft charges, have been given a fresh arrest warrant on suspicion of theft.

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3 men shoot, rob bank truck in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigate a site in Tokyo's Ueno where three gunmen stole four bags from a bank truck Dec. 19. The three fired several shots and wounded a security guard in the arm. They fled the scene after taking the bags, which contained documents belonging to a company affiliated with Tokai Bank. The truck was loaded with business documents to be delivered to its affiliate. It is also used to deliver cash to bank branches.

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China bags 5 gold medals as AJCC concludes in Vientiane

STORY: China bags 5 gold medals as AJCC concludes in Vientiane DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:58 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the table tennis competition STORYLINE: China bagged five gold medals as the 26th Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships (AJCC) wrapped up in Lao capital Vientiane on Tuesday. China won two gold medals from the categories of Junior Boys' Singles and Junior Girls' Singles on Tuesday, besides collecting golds from the categories of Junior Boys' Team, Junior Girls' Team and Cadet Boys' Team events respectively last Saturday. Japan packed four golds from categories of Junior Boys' Doubles and Junior Girls' Doubles on Tuesday, Cadet Boys' Singles on Monday and Cadet Girls' Team last Saturday. What's more, a pair of Indian players won the Junior Mixed Doubles' champion Tuesday, while on Monday, a Thai player won the Cadet Girls' Singles event. The 26th Asian Junior and Cadet Championships was held from September 1 to 6 in L

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Child labor in Iraq on rise after years of war, instability

STORY: Child labor in Iraq on rise after years of war, instability DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of child laborers in Baghdad markets 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-QARAGHOLI, Retired construction engineer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ALI AL-OBAIDI, Lawyer STORYLINE: It is not uncommon to see underage girls and boys selling goods in Baghdad's crowded streets and markets, pushing carts to deliver goods, or unloading the trucks. This is just part of the rising child labor problem in the war-torn Iraq, where the number of children forced to work is increasing due to the decline in Iraqi families' incomes caused by political chaos and economic woes. "We are a five-member family and live in a room rented in an old house. I have to help my father, who is a daily wage worker. I gain, sometimes 5,000 Iraqi dinars (about four U.S. dollars)," Ahmed Saad, 10, told Xinhua. He was selling bottled water and small bags of ice cubes to passers-by and

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MYANMAR-YANGON-AGRICULTURAL EXPORT-DECLINE

(220811) -- YANGON, Aug. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers unload bags of rice from a cargo boat at a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar on Aug. 11, 2022. Myanmar's agricultural export earnings decreased 1.25 percent to about 1.27 billion U.S. dollars year on year in the first four months of the present fiscal year (FY) 2022-2023, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The Southeast Asian country changed its fiscal year from the original October-September to April-March beginning this year. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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MYANMAR-YANGON-AGRICULTURAL EXPORT-DECLINE

(220811) -- YANGON, Aug. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers carry bags of rice at a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar, on Aug. 11, 2022. Myanmar's agricultural export earnings decreased 1.25 percent to about 1.27 billion U.S. dollars year on year in the first four months of the present fiscal year (FY) 2022-2023, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The Southeast Asian country changed its fiscal year from the original October-September to April-March beginning this year. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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Myanmar's agricultural export earnings decline to 1.27 bln USD in April-July

STORY: Myanmar's agricultural export earnings decline to 1.27 bln USD in April-July DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of workers unloading rice bags from ships at a port in Yangon 2. various of workers loading up trucks with rice bags at a port in Yangon 3. various of workers piling sacks of rice at a warehouse in Yangon STORYLINE: Myanmar's agricultural export earnings decreased 1.25 percent to about 1.27 billion U.S. dollars year on year in the first four months of the present fiscal year (FY) 2022-2023, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The Southeast Asian country changed its fiscal year from the original October-September to April-March beginning this year. Despite the slight decline in agricultural export earnings, the country's total export value grew 26.71 percent to over 5.49 billion U.S. dollars year on year between April 1 and July 29 this year, official data showed. All the agricultural export during the per

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Summer sales in France attract more customers

STORY: Summer sales in France attract more customers DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:10 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people going shopping in France 2. SOUNDBITE (French): Customer STORYLINE: The French summer sale season ran from June 22 to July 19 this year with major brands in beauty, fashion, electronics and luxury going on sale. The four weeks shopping event is approved by the French Ministry of the Economy and was originally intended to help merchants clear their stock for the season and reduce the losses caused by the backlog. According to a survey carried out at the beginning of June by Channable, an online-based product data feed tool, 83 percent of French people will take advantage of the summer sales this year. SOUNDBITE (French): Customer "We wait for the sales precisely for the bargains. We bought a little bit of everything: clothes, bags. And in general, there are more brands and we wait for good deals on brands." Xinhua News Agency correspondent

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Tight siege in northern Yemen casts shadow over farmers' harvest season

STORY: Tight siege in northern Yemen casts shadow over farmers' harvest season DATELINE: June 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:18 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yemeni farmers working in the field to harvest their sorghum harvest 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): YOUSSEF OSMAN FAYED, Yemeni farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ALI TAYEB FAYED, Yemeni farmer STORYLINE: When the sorghum in their fields is finally ripe, farmers in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah feel no joy or excitement, only worries and anxieties. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): YOUSSEF OSMAN FAYED, Yemeni farmer "We have been under siege for four years now. We have harvested 50 to 60 bags of sorghum crops. But they are being eaten by birds and insects. We need roads open, so we can sell out our agricultural products". Fayed explained that although sorghum is not a traditional food for local villagers, he chose to grow it because it is relatively easy to cultivate and he had plans for selling it to other cities, even abroad. But his pla

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CHINA-BEIJING-FENGTAI RAILWAY STATION-OPERATION (CN)

(220620) -- BEIJING, June 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Attendants of train G601 arrange bags in Beijing Fengtai Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, June 20, 2022. The largest passenger railway hub in Asia was put into operation Monday in Beijing as a four-year reconstruction breathes new life into the Chinese capital's oldest railway station. With a gross floor area of nearly 400,000 square meters, or 56 standard football pitches, Beijing Fengtai Railway Station has 32 rail tracks and 32 platforms and is able to accommodate a maximum of 14,000 passengers per hour. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

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Samurai Trading's "CaMISHELL" paper containing eggshell powder

Samurai Trading has developed CaMISHELL, a paper containing about 10-30% eggshell powder. The two companies have jointly developed products using the paper with Shinsei Pulp and Paper Trading (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) and Mitsubishi Paper Mills, and are marketing them. While the shift to paper is progressing with the trend of de-plasticization, eggshells, which are mainly disposed of as industrial waste, will be utilized as a substitute for pulp and filler. Shinsei Pulp and Paper Trading and Mitsubishi Paper Mills will jointly use the Camishell trademark and logo. Both companies will handle business card paper, but they plan to separate them by the ratio of eggshell powder. Shinsei Pulp and Paper Trading will use eggshell as a partial substitute for pulp. In addition to business card paper weighing 160 grams per square meter, the company has commercialized four types of paper, including coated cardboard used for hand bags and packages. Taken on March 9, 2020, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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4 Chinese men given fresh arrest warrant in theft

TOKYO, Japan - Displayed for the media at Itabashi Police Station in Tokyo on April 17 are wrist watches, jewerly, bags and personal computers which police say were stolen by four Chinese men from condomiums in Tokyo and Osaka. Wang Lin and three others, who had earlier been indicted on separate theft charges, have been given a fresh arrest warrant on suspicion of theft.

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Woman in western Japan confesses to abandoning bodies of 5 babies

Photo taken on July 20, 2015, shows an apartment building (L) in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, where the skeletons and decomposed bodies of five babies have been found in a closet and in plastic bags. Emi Wakabayashi, 34, arrested on suspicion of abandoning one of the babies' bodies in her apartment, has confessed to abandoning the bodies of four other babies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Once idyllic Fukushima village field now site for tainted waste

Many bags full of contaminated waste from radiation cleanup work are kept at a temporary storage site in the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture on Jan. 15, 2015, nearly four years after the 2011 nuclear accident. Iitate was a member of the Association of the Most Beautiful Villages in Japan, with its golden rice paddies as shown in the inset photo (L), before the disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima radioactive waste storage starts full operation

Large bags containing radioactive-contaminated soil from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster are stacked in the northeastern Japan town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 28, 2017. The government started full operation of its Fukushima radioactive waste storage facility after using it on a trial basis for about four months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima radioactive waste storage starts full operation

Large bags containing radioactive-contaminated soil from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster are stacked in the northeastern Japan city of Nihonmatsu in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 28, 2017. The government started full operation of its Fukushima radioactive waste storage facility after using it on a trial basis for about four months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st batch of Japanese rice sold out in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The first batch of Japanese rice which hit store shelves in Beijing for the first time in four years last month has sold out, despite being about 20 times the price of normal rice in the country, stores that sold the rice said Aug. 13. Photo shows only a few Japanese rice bags (front) left for sale at a supermarket chain store in Beijing on Aug. 12. (Kyodo)

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A scene of threshing

Four women and men take turns striking grains with a tool called a donji to remove husks. After this, a winnowing basket is used to remove foreign particles, and the hulled grains are packed in straw bags. A container is visible under the basket. A mat is hanging behind to prevent grains from scattering.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐75‐0]

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A dobbin carrying rice bags and the driver

This is coloured photograph of a farming village taken in the early years of the Meiji Period. It shows four rice bags on the back of a draft horse. A small rice bag is seen on top of the other four. This draft horse is a small but powerful native species of Japan. The man in charge of the horse is a down-to-earth looking farmer. His attire suggests that it is late autumn or early winter. A few wooden barrels and pails are seen in the hut behind him. The pails may be used to carry manure.==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐152‐0]

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Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Drahoslav Ryba, Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, pictured, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Jan Hamacek, Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. On the photo Czech Interior Minister Jan Hamaek, right, talks with firefighters. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Jan Hamacek, Drahoslav Ryba, Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, right, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. On the left side is seen Czech Interior Minister Jan Hamacek. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Jan Hamacek, Drahoslav Ryba, Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, right, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. On the left side is seen Czech Interior Minister Jan Hamacek. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Jan Hamacek, Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. On the photo Czech Interior Minister Jan Hamaek talks to firefighters. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Jan Hamacek, Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. On the photo Czech Interior Minister Jan Hamaek, right, talks with firefighters. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Czech humanitarian aid convoy leaving for Sarajevo

A Czech humanitarian convoy with aid that is to help Bosnia and Herzegovina tackle migration left from the base in Zbiroh, Czech Republic, on January 10, 2020. The four lorries are transporting sleeping bags, blankets, eating utensils and raincoats worth 2.3 million crowns, while the logistics will cost 200,000 crowns. In the past decade, the Czech Republic sent 16 humanitarian convoys, last year to Greece and Iran, Drahoslav Ryba, the head of the Fire Rescue Service which is in charge of the transport, said. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Fukushima radioactive waste storage starts full operation

Large bags containing radioactive waste from the 2011 nuclear disaster are seen stacked in the northeastern Japan town of Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 28, 2017. The government started full operation of its Fukushima radioactive waste storage facility after it worked on a trial basis of about four months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 men shoot, rob bank truck in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigate a site in Tokyo's Ueno where three gunmen stole four bags from a bank truck Dec. 19. The three fired several shots and wounded a security guard in the arm. They fled the scene after taking the bags, which contained documents belonging to a company affiliated with Tokai Bank. The truck was loaded with business documents to be delivered to its affiliate. It is also used to deliver cash to bank branches.