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Xinjiang-themed Chinese oil paintings on display in Fiji

STORY: Xinjiang-themed Chinese oil paintings on display in Fiji SHOOTING TIME: May 20, 2024 DATELINE: May 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Suva CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the paintings on display 2. SOUNDBITE (English): IRAMI BULI, Fijian artist 3. various of the paintings on display STORYLINE: An exhibition of Chinese oil paintings showcasing the natural beauty and unique culture of China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has opened at the China Cultural Center in Fiji. Speaking at the opening ceremony on Friday night, Fiji's Minister for iTaukei Affairs, Culture, Heritage and Arts Ifereimi Vasu said the exhibition is a significant cultural exchange event between his country and China. According to the minister, this is the first display of contemporary Chinese oil paintings in the Pacific island country. Through the collaboration, Vasu said, "We will not only share our artistic heritage, but also strengthen the bonds of friendship and understanding between Fiji an

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Japan "research whaling"

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 2 leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2014. The vessel will take part in so-called research whaling in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with a sharply reduced quota for whale catches following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in March 2014 banning Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Sea.

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Japan "research whaling"

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Relatives of a crewmember see off the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 2 at Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2014. The vessel will take part in so-called research whaling in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with a sharply reduced quota for whale catches following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in March 2014 banning Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Sea.

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Japan "research whaling"

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2014. The vessel will take part in so-called research whaling in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with a sharply reduced quota for whale catches following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in March 2014 banning Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Sea.

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Japan, Russia sign accord on poaching, smuggling of crabs

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L back) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R back) attend a ceremony in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 8, 2012, in which representatives of the two countries sign an agreement that would ban the poaching of crabs in Russian-administered waters in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwestern Pacific and their smuggling to Japan. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's whaling ships leave for northwestern Pacific

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Yushin Maru (front) and Yushin Maru No. 2 (back), a pair of Japanese whaling vessels, are anchored at Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the morning of May 18, 2012, before leaving later in the day with the aim of hunting whales for scientific research in the northwestern Pacific Ocean through early August.

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Whaling ship sets off

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 3 leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on June 9, 2010, for a research whaling mission in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Tsunami warning issued for Pacific coast of Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Train passengers at the JR Sapporo Station look at the bulletin board on interrupted train schedules after a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3 occurred in the northwestern Pacific on Jan. 13. Moderate tidal waves were observed off northern Japan but no casualties or major damages were reported.

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Coast guard heads from four nations meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - National coast guard chiefs from Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States begin their first meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 20 to discuss how to crack down on the smuggling of drugs and guns and piracy in the northwestern Pacific. China was also invited to the meeting but canceled before it began, organizers said. The conference will release a joint statement Dec. 21 on crime-control collaboration in the region's waters.

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Pacific Teal loaded with Japan-bound nuclear fuel

CHERBOURG, France - The 4,648-ton British cargo ship Pacific Teal is loaded with a vessel containing 32 elements of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, for delivery to a nuclear power plant in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, at Cherbourg port in northwestern France on July 21. The ship left the port later in the day to rendezvous with its sister ship, the 5,087-ton Pacific Pintail, already carrying British-produced MOX fuel and waiting in waters off France.

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Minke whale hunt begins off northeastern Japan coast

A fleet of whaling ships leaves Ayukawa port in the northeastern Japanese city of Ishinomaki on April 9, 2016, to hunt up to 51 minke whales in coastal waters through late May, as part of the government's "scientific research" whaling program in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minke whale hunt starts off northeastern Japan coast

Crew members on a whaling ship prepare for departure from Ayukawa port in the northeastern Japanese city of Ishinomaki on April 10, 2015. A fleet of four whaling ships plans to hunt a maximum 51 minke whales in coastal waters in the period up to May 26 as part of the government's scientific research whaling program in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minke whale hunt starts off northeastern Japan coast

Whaling ships leave Ayukawa port in the northeastern Japanese city of Ishinomaki on April 10, 2015, to hunt a maximum 51 minke whales in coastal waters in the period up to May 26 as part of the government's scientific research whaling program in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Japan's "research" whaling has been a target of international criticism as meat from the hunted animals is placed on the market after scientific examinations are completed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami warning issued for Pacific coast of Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Train passengers at the JR Sapporo Station look at the bulletin board on interrupted train schedules after a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3 occurred in the northwestern Pacific on Jan. 13. Moderate tidal waves were observed off northern Japan but no casualties or major damages were reported. (Kyodo)

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Whaling ship sets off

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 3 leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on June 9, 2010, for a research whaling mission in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. (Kyodo)

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Japan's whaling ships leave for northwestern Pacific

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Yushin Maru (front) and Yushin Maru No. 2 (back), a pair of Japanese whaling vessels, are anchored at Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the morning of May 18, 2012, before leaving later in the day with the aim of hunting whales for scientific research in the northwestern Pacific Ocean through early August. (Kyodo)

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Whaling vessel leaves for "research whaling"

A whaling vessel and its crew get set to leave Hachinohe port, northeastern Japan, on July 18, 2017, to conduct so-called "research whaling" in the northwestern Pacific through mid-August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whaling vessel leaves for "research whaling"

A whaling vessel and its crew get set to leave Hachinohe port, northeastern Japan, on July 18, 2017, to conduct so-called "research whaling" in the northwestern Pacific through mid-August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Satellite data shows sand covered northwest Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Photo of satellite imagery, provided by Akiko Higurashi, shows that sand blown over from continental Asia which recently affected Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido covered a vast swathe of the northwestern Pacific. Higurashi, a researcher from the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, said the sand reached from the Sea of Japan in the east, covering Hokkaido and the northern tip of the main island of Honshu, stretching northeast over the Kurile Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Coast guard heads from four nations meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - National coast guard chiefs from Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States begin their first meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 20 to discuss how to crack down on the smuggling of drugs and guns and piracy in the northwestern Pacific. China was also invited to the meeting but canceled before it began, organizers said. The conference will release a joint statement Dec. 21 on crime-control collaboration in the region's waters.

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Pacific Teal loaded with Japan-bound nuclear fuel

CHERBOURG, France - The 4,648-ton British cargo ship Pacific Teal is loaded with a vessel containing 32 elements of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, for delivery to a nuclear power plant in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, at Cherbourg port in northwestern France on July 21. The ship left the port later in the day to rendezvous with its sister ship, the 5,087-ton Pacific Pintail, already carrying British-produced MOX fuel and waiting in waters off France.