World's 1st wooden satellite

World's 1st wooden satellite

Photo taken on May 28, 2024 in Kyoto, western Japan, shows "LignoSat," the world's first wooden satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and Tokyo-based wood products company Sumitomo Forestry Co. The spacecraft, a cube with 10-centimeter sides and weighing 1 kilogram, was created with the aim of harnessing the environmental friendliness and low cost of wood in space development.

World's 1st wooden satellite

World's 1st wooden satellite

Photo taken on May 28, 2024 in Kyoto, western Japan, shows "LignoSat," the world's first wooden satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and Tokyo-based wood products company Sumitomo Forestry Co. The spacecraft, a cube with 10-centimeter sides and weighing 1 kilogram, was created with the aim of harnessing the environmental friendliness and low cost of wood in space development.

Xinjiang handles nearly 30,000 China-Europe freight trains in past five years

STORY: Xinjiang handles nearly 30,000 China-Europe freight trains in past five years DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:00 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-Europe freight trains 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN SHIJIE, Xinjiang Zhonglian Haitong International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: During the past five years, the number of China-Europe freight trains passing through northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has exceeded 29,400, with an average annual growth rate of 23.6 percent. According to the region's government work report for 2023, 5,807 freight trains departed from Xinjiang, with an average annual growth rate of 9 percent. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN SHIJIE, Xinjiang Zhonglian Haitong International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. "Thanks to the merits of short travel time, high safety and stability, eco-friendliness, and low transportation time and cost, the China-Europe freight train plays an important role in stabilizing the logistics chai

Yahoo Japan to adopt Google's search technology

Yahoo Japan to adopt Google's search technology

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Inoue, president of Yahoo Japan Corp., speaks about a plan to adopt Google Inc.'s Internet-search technology during a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 27, 2010. Inoue said the alliance will help improve user-friendliness and increase growth potential.

New models in Mercedes-Benz C Class unveiled

New models in Mercedes-Benz C Class unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - DaimlerChrysler Japan Co. unveiles two new models in the Mercedes-Benz C Class on June 22 in the first full-model changeovers in the mainstay series of German vehicles. The luxury Elegance and sporty Avantgarde (photo) models are both equipped with 1.8-, 2.5- and 3-liter gasoline engines and feature improved user-friendliness and wide interior spaces.

Israeli fashion week blends hi-tech clothing production with environmental protection

STORY: Israeli fashion week blends hi-tech clothing production with environmental protection DATELINE: April 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:45 LOCATION: TEL AVIV, Israel CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1 STANDUP (English): NICK KOLYOHIN, Xinhua correspondent 2 various of the fashion week 3 SOUNDBITE (English): RONEN SAMUEL, CEO of Kornit Digital 4 various of the runway show STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): NICK KOLYOHIN, Xinhua correspondent "I am Nick Kolyohin, Xinhua News Agency correspondent in Israel. Here behind me is the fashion week of Tel Aviv 2022. This year the stress of the event is on sustainability, eco-friendly clothes, more technological, more innovative, and the future is in on customized clothes that maybe even will be printed by 3D printers and will be connected even to the internet in the years to come." The Kornit Fashion Week 2022, which concluded in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Wednesday, shed light on how the dazzling fashion industry blends with eco-friendliness and sustainability through cu

Gay couple in Tel Aviv

Gay couple in Tel Aviv

A 34-year-old Jewish man (R) spends time with his boyfriend, a 22-year-old Arab man, on a beach in Tel Aviv, central Israel, on March 18, 2016. The country's largest commercial city is known for its friendliness to sexual minorities, with an estimated one in every four residents being gay or lesbian. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Suu Kyi holds talks with Chinese foreign minister

Suu Kyi holds talks with Chinese foreign minister

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) attends a joint press conference with his Myanmar counterpart Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw on April 5, 2016. Suu Kuyi called Wang's visit so soon after her National League for Democracy took the reins of government "an expression of friendliness between the two countries." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Suu Kyi holds talks with Chinese foreign minister

Suu Kyi holds talks with Chinese foreign minister

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) attends a joint press conference with his Myanmar counterpart Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw on April 5, 2016. Suu Kuyi called Wang's visit so soon after her National League for Democracy took the reins of government "an expression of friendliness between the two countries." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

PM Abe meets with California gov.

PM Abe meets with California gov.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) observes a simulator of the Shinkansen bullet train together with California Gov. Jerry Brown in San Francisco on April 30, 2015. As the U.S. state plans to introduce a high-speed railway system, Abe promoted the safety and environmental-friendliness of Shinkansen. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New central Japan airport to stress friendly features

New central Japan airport to stress friendly features

NAGOYA, Japan - Friendliness, simplicity, freedom from worry, and a bustling atmosphere are the buzz words for the passenger terminal building of Central Japan International Airport, due to open in February 2005. (Kyodo)

New models in Mercedes-Benz C Class unveiled

New models in Mercedes-Benz C Class unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - DaimlerChrysler Japan Co. unveiles two new models in the Mercedes-Benz C Class on June 22 in the first full-model changeovers in the mainstay series of German vehicles. The luxury Elegance and sporty Avantgarde (photo) models are both equipped with 1.8-, 2.5- and 3-liter gasoline engines and feature improved user-friendliness and wide interior spaces. (Kyodo)

Yahoo Japan to adopt Google's search technology

Yahoo Japan to adopt Google's search technology

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Inoue, president of Yahoo Japan Corp., speaks about a plan to adopt Google Inc.'s Internet-search technology during a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 27, 2010. Inoue said the alliance will help improve user-friendliness and increase growth potential. (Kyodo)

Filipino hospitality makes country a hideaway of foreign fugitives: immigration chief

Filipino hospitality makes country a hideaway of foreign fugitives: immigration chief

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine immigration chief Siegfred Mison talks to members of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines on Sept. 10, 2014, in the country's financial Makati district in Manila. Mison said the Filipino people's innate friendliness to foreigners makes the country an ideal hideaway of foreign fugitives. (Kyodo)