Australian volunteer forms blood bond with Chinese

STORY: Australian volunteer forms blood bond with Chinese DATELINE: March 5, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:49 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Peter Mecoy 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PETER MECOY, Australian volunteer blood donor in Tianjin 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PETER MECOY, Australian volunteer blood donor in Tianjin 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): PETER MECOY, Australian volunteer blood donor in Tianjin STORYLINE: Fifty-eight-year-old Peter Mecoy is an Australian expat living in north China's Tianjin. He has been volunteering to donate blood and platelets almost every 15 days since 2008. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PETER MECOY, Australian volunteer blood donor in Tianjin "In China, my blood type is called 'panda blood.' It's Type A RhD-negative blood. Maybe my blood can help mothers delivering babies or aged people in surgery. I am happy to be helpful." Peter has donated blood and platelets more than 270 times, equivalent to more than 420,000 milliliters of blood in terms of therapeutic vol

New rules for airline carry-on luggage for liquid containers

New rules for airline carry-on luggage for liquid containers

NARITA, Japan - An airport employee at Narita International Airport demonstrates new rules for carry-on luggage that will be enforced beginning March 1 for international flights originating in Japan. Under the new rules, liquids such as drinks and cosmetics must be bottled in small containers under 100 milliliters and each passenger will be allowed to carry up to 1 liter of liquid luggage packed inside one transparent vinyl bag. Similar rules are also implemented in the United States and the European Union, officials say.

New rules for airline carry-on luggage for liquid containers

New rules for airline carry-on luggage for liquid containers

NARITA, Japan - An airport employee at Narita International Airport demonstrates new rules for carry-on luggage that will be enforced beginning March 1 for international flights originating in Japan. Under the new rules, liquids such as drinks and cosmetics must be bottled in small containers under 100 milliliters and each passenger will be allowed to carry up to 1 liter of liquid luggage packed inside one transparent vinyl bag. Similar rules are also implemented in the United States and the European Union, officials say. (Kyodo)

Yamaguchi institute produces Japanese sake from cherry blossoms

Yamaguchi institute produces Japanese sake from cherry blossoms

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Yamaguchi Prefectural Industrial Technology Institute in Ube has put on the market a brand of Japanese ''sake'' alcoholic drink made from cherry blossom yeast, the first of its kind to be sold in Japan and possibly in the world. The product, which can be brewed in an unusually short period of time, is also remarkable for emitting a sweet fruit-like scent. It will go on sale priced at 400 yen for 300 milliliters or 1,500 yen for 720 ml.