Collection of rare insects displayed at Australia's Queensland Museum

STORY: Collection of rare insects displayed at Australia's Queensland Museum DATELINE: July 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:48 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the insect collection in Queensland Museum 2. various of interviewees (courtesy of Queensland Museum Network) 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KATHRYN EBERT, Queensland Museum Network entomologist 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JIM THOMPSON, Queensland Museum Network CEO 5. various of the insect collection in Queensland Museum STORYLINE: Once in a decade, a precious collection of insects is on display at Australia's Queensland Museum from July 28 to April 14, 2024, in an exhibition called "The Butterfly Man of Kuranda: The Dodd Collection." Frederick Dodd, known as 'the Butterfly Man of Kuranda,' was an Australian naturalist who dedicated the later years of his life to entomology. Queensland Museum Network holds 42 beautifully arranged showcases made by Dodd and his family from 1917 through to the 1960s. The Dodd Collection is a si

Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces on Aug. 25, 2014, in Tokyo that the government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex next month. The interviewees include the late Masao Yoshida, who headed the plant when the crisis broke out in March 2011.