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Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

United States President Jimmy Carter holds a nationally televised press conference from an auditorium in the in the Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC on January 30, 1978. During his 24th press conference he answered reporters questions on the Middle-East peace plan and space probes that carry radioactive materials that might fall to Earth. Photo by Benjamin E. "Gene" Forte/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU probes Italy's failure to curb single-use plastic

STORY: EU probes Italy's failure to curb single-use plastic SHOOTING TIME: May 23, 2024 DATELINE: May 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of plastic products in Rome STORYLINE: The European Commission on Thursday announced it is taking legal action against Italy for allegedly failing to implement directives aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic. Italy was an early supporter of Europe's efforts to cut down on pollution from single-use plastics, but in recent years it has opposed the evolution of the rules. In 2021, Italy was the subject of a European Union (EU) investigation that found the country's domestic rules on single-use plastics failed to conform with those of the EU. Subsequently, the country formally "transposed" the European directive on plastics into law. However, the issue came to the fore once again last year, with Italy and Finland threatening to soften EU rules on plastic packaging. In December, Italy was the only country among the 2

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz during a press conference during the second North Sea Summit, with Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, in Oostende, Monday 24 April 2023. The ambition is to harness the full energy and industrial potential of the North Sea to accelerate offshore wind energy efforts and make the North Sea the largest green power plant in Europe. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz press conference after the European Summit, in Brussel's, Belgium on 21 October 2022, - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Aleksiej Witwicki/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Handout photo of the Taurus KEPD 350, a Swedish-German air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by Taurus Systems and used by Germany, Spain, and South Korea. A Russian military expert has warned that the German-Swedish Taurus KEPD 350 air-to-ground long-range cruise missile can threaten leading Russian Air Defense (AD) systems and could be fired from existing Ukrainian Su-27 and Su-24 fighters. More heavier and longer in range than the Storm Shadow and its French analog, the SCALP-EG, the Taurus could seriously threaten and damage Russian supply lines and command centers in the rear. Ukraine has urged Germany to deliver its Taurus cruise missiles, with several Ukrainian officials stressing the importance of the missiles in the fight against Russia. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first p

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz during a joint press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 16, 2022. The leaders of major EU powers France, Germany and Italy vowed on June 16 to help Ukraine defeat Russia and to rebuild its shattered cities, in a visit to a war-torn Kyiv suburb. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz during a press conference during the second North Sea Summit, with Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, in Oostende, Monday 24 April 2023. The ambition is to harness the full energy and industrial potential of the North Sea to accelerate offshore wind energy efforts and make the North Sea the largest green power plant in Europe. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Handout photo of the Taurus KEPD 350, a Swedish-German air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by Taurus Systems and used by Germany, Spain, and South Korea. A Russian military expert has warned that the German-Swedish Taurus KEPD 350 air-to-ground long-range cruise missile can threaten leading Russian Air Defense (AD) systems and could be fired from existing Ukrainian Su-27 and Su-24 fighters. More heavier and longer in range than the Storm Shadow and its French analog, the SCALP-EG, the Taurus could seriously threaten and damage Russian supply lines and command centers in the rear. Ukraine has urged Germany to deliver its Taurus cruise missiles, with several Ukrainian officials stressing the importance of the missiles in the fight against Russia. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first p

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Handout photo of the Taurus KEPD 350, a Swedish-German air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by Taurus Systems and used by Germany, Spain, and South Korea. A Russian military expert has warned that the German-Swedish Taurus KEPD 350 air-to-ground long-range cruise missile can threaten leading Russian Air Defense (AD) systems and could be fired from existing Ukrainian Su-27 and Su-24 fighters. More heavier and longer in range than the Storm Shadow and its French analog, the SCALP-EG, the Taurus could seriously threaten and damage Russian supply lines and command centers in the rear. Ukraine has urged Germany to deliver its Taurus cruise missiles, with several Ukrainian officials stressing the importance of the missiles in the fight against Russia. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first p

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for the North Sea summit in Ostend, on April 24, 2023. Nine European countries are holding a summit on April 24 aimed at scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea, spurred by the fall-out of the Ukraine war and the push for renewables. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-BEIJING-BIOMEDICAL PLATFORM-CONSTRUCTION-LAUNCHING (CN)

(240207) -- BEIJING, Feb. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Cheng Heping, a leading Chinese biomedical expert at Peking University, delivers a speech at the launching ceremony of the construction of an innovative platform for molecular imaging and theranostic medical probes in Huairou Science City in the northeastern suburbs of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 7, 2024. China launched the construction of an innovative platform for molecular imaging and theranostic medical probes in Huairou Science City in the northeastern suburbs of Beijing on Wednesday, according to Peking University, which is leading the project. The platform, with a planned construction area of 29,000 square meters and a total investment of approximately 630 million yuan (about 88.67 million U.S. dollars), is a key part of the multi-modal and multi-scale biomedical imaging project, one of the major national scientific and technological infrastructure, which was completed in Huairou Science City in 2022 and began trial operations last year, said Yang Zh

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CHINA-BEIJING-BIOMEDICAL PLATFORM-CONSTRUCTION-LAUNCHING (CN)

(240207) -- BEIJING, Feb. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This rendering provided by Peking University shows the multi-modal and multi-scale biomedical imaging project, one of the major national scientific and technological infrastructure, in Huairou Science City in the northeastern suburbs of Beijing, capital of China. China launched the construction of an innovative platform for molecular imaging and theranostic medical probes in Huairou Science City in the northeastern suburbs of Beijing on Wednesday, according to Peking University, which is leading the project. The platform, with a planned construction area of 29,000 square meters and a total investment of approximately 630 million yuan (about 88.67 million U.S. dollars), is a key part of the multi-modal and multi-scale biomedical imaging project, one of the major national scientific and technological infrastructure, which was completed in Huairou Science City in 2022 and began trial operations last year, said Yang Zhi, a scientist at Peking University's National

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CHINA-BEIJING-BIOMEDICAL PLATFORM-CONSTRUCTION-LAUNCHING (CN)

(240207) -- BEIJING, Feb. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 7, 2024 shows the launching ceremony of the construction of an innovative platform for molecular imaging and theranostic medical probes in Huairou Science City in the northeastern suburbs of Beijing, capital of China. China launched the construction of an innovative platform for molecular imaging and theranostic medical probes in Huairou Science City in the northeastern suburbs of Beijing on Wednesday, according to Peking University, which is leading the project. The platform, with a planned construction area of 29,000 square meters and a total investment of approximately 630 million yuan (about 88.67 million U.S. dollars), is a key part of the multi-modal and multi-scale biomedical imaging project, one of the major national scientific and technological infrastructure, which was completed in Huairou Science City in 2022 and began trial operations last year, said Yang Zhi, a scientist at Peking University's National Biomedical Imaging Ce

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Japan's antitrust watchdog probes Google

An official (L) from Japan's antitrust watchdog, the Japan Fair Trade Commission, speaks at a press conference on Oct. 23, 2023, in Tokyo, announcing that it has begun an investigation into technology giant Google LLC for allegedly pushing smartphone makers into using its search platform by default on their devices.

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Col Du Galibier Snow Removal - France

A man probes and marks where the road is to guide the Milling Machine, France on May 22, 2023. Snow removal from the Col du Granon is carried out using a ratrac, a milling machine, a person in charge of marking the road and a mountain guide to ensure safety against avalanches. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Col Du Galibier Snow Removal - France

A man probes and marks where the road is to guide the Milling Machine, France on May 22, 2023. Snow removal from the Col du Granon is carried out using a ratrac, a milling machine, a person in charge of marking the road and a mountain guide to ensure safety against avalanches. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Col Du Galibier Snow Removal - France

A man probes and marks where the road is to guide the Milling Machine, France on May 22, 2023. Snow removal from the Col du Granon is carried out using a ratrac, a milling machine, a person in charge of marking the road and a mountain guide to ensure safety against avalanches. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Col Du Galibier Snow Removal - France

A man probes and marks where the road is to guide the Milling Machine, France on May 22, 2023. Snow removal from the Col du Granon is carried out using a ratrac, a milling machine, a person in charge of marking the road and a mountain guide to ensure safety against avalanches. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Col Du Galibier Snow Removal - France

A man probes and marks where the road is to guide the Milling Machine, France on May 22, 2023. Snow removal from the Col du Granon is carried out using a ratrac, a milling machine, a person in charge of marking the road and a mountain guide to ensure safety against avalanches. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italy opens competition probe into Apple's app store policies

STORY: Italy opens competition probe into Apple's app store policies DATELINE: May 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of an Apple store STORYLINE: Italy's antitrust regulator on Thursday opened a new investigation to assess whether the United States-based high-tech giant Apple abused its dominant position in the smartphone app market. The move is the latest in a series of competition-related probes into the company by the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM). Now, the AGCM alleges that Apple's rules for third-party app developers are more restrictive than those for its own smartphone apps on the iOS platform, especially when it comes to privacy guidelines. The authority also alleges that Apple provides outside developers with lower-quality analytical data, making it more difficult for those companies to effectively advertise their products. "The presumed discriminatory conduct carried out by Apple can cause a drop in advertising proceeds for third-party dev

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China probes executive of Nissan joint venture

SHANGHAI, China - Ren Yong, an executive of Chinese state-owned Dongfeng Motor Corp. and vice president of a joint venture with Nissan Motor Co., attends a motor show in Guangzhou, China, in November 2014. Chinese authorities said Dec. 19 they are investigating Ren on suspicion of serious disciplinary and legal violations.

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U.S. researcher probes seabed with robot

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A U.S. researcher (C) is seen at a fishing port in the quake-hit town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20, 2011. Researchers were probing the seabed of the port by operating a robot to assess whether fishing boats could dock at the port.

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Saito, a former vice foreign minister, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. The retired top bureaucrat of the ministry denied he had been briefed on the matter by his predecessor.

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Togo said some documents on the accords may have been discarded.

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Sitting behind Togo are (from L) former lower house member Hajime Morita, former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama and former vice foreign minister Kunihiko Saito.

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Japan probes food poisoning surrounding Chinese-made dumplings

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Health minister Yoichi Masuzoe, farm minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura attend a meeting at the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 31 over food poisoning suspected to have been caused by Chinese-made frozen dumplings following the revelation Jan. 30 that at least 10 people were taken ill.

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Probes finish in Lions' scandal, no new case reported

TOKYO, Japan - Keio University professor emeritus Masaru Ikei (C), the head of a special committee set up to investigate a scouting scandal involving the Seibu Lions, holds a news conference in Tokyo on April 25 where he said the committee has finished its work and found no new improper money deals. Last month, it was revealed that Yuta Kimura, a pitcher of the Tokyo Gas team, had admitted receiving 2.7 million yen under the table from Seibu. The Lions were also found to have paid money to Waseda University player Katsuhito Shimizu before and after he was enrolled in the university.

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S. Korean team probes 1942 fatal coal mine accident in Yamaguchi

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Members of a South Korean government delegation check the air duct to a now-defunct undersea coal mine off Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 22 as part of their preliminary investigations into a 1942 accident that killed about 130 Korean forced laborers.

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Japan's investigation commission probes EVA Air incident

NARITA, Japan - Members of the Japanese government's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission on March 29 examine the body of the EVA Air plane which made an emergency landing at Narita airport after being hit by turbulence the previous day.

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(1)Criminal complaint lodged on UFJ Bank for blocking probes

TOKYO, Japan - UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara (C) and Chairman Ryosuki Tamakoshi (R) bow during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7 following the Financial Services Agency filing a criminal complaint against the bank and some of its former executives for allegedly blocking FSA inspections.

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(2)Criminal complaint lodged on UFJ Bank for blocking probes

TOKYO, Japan - UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7 after the Financial Services Agency filed a criminal complaint against the bank and some of its former executives for allegedly blocking FSA inspections.

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FSA files complaint against UFJ Bank for blocking probes

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Agency Minister Tatsuya Ito tells reporters at the agency in Tokyo on Oct. 7 that it has filed a criminal complaint against UFJ Bank and some of its former executives for allegedly blocking FSA inspections in violation of the Banking Law.

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Part of unmanned Kaiko deep-sea twin probes missing

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Marine Science & Technology Center (JMSTEC) said May 30 one of the unmanned Kaiko twin deep-sea probes, seen in lower half of file photo, went missing during an underwater mission off southern Shikoku.

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Farm ministry probes all uninspected Nippon Food beef

TOKYO, Japan - Farm ministry officials enter Nippon Food Inc.'s warehouse office in Tokyo on Aug. 27 to investigate all uninspected beef that the subsidiary of Nippon Meat Packers Inc. submitted as part of a state buyback scheme. The subsidiary allegedly labeled imported beef as domestic beef to obtain subsidies under the scheme.

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Koizumi asks Tanaka to address embezzlement allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Iijima, secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, speaks to reporters April 17 in Tokyo after delivering a letter from Koizumi to former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka. It asked for her cooperation in his Liberal Democratic Party probes into allegations she misused her secretaries' state-paid salaries.

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Tokyo Univ. continuing probes into neutrino research accident

TOKYO, Japan - Motohiko Yoshimura (R), director at the University of Tokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR),speaks at a news conference at the university Nov. 13, 2001 on an accident the previous day at its cosmic ray research body in Gifu Prefecture where more than half of the 11,000 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) attached to a large neutrino detector were found broken.

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(1)Mad cow scare in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Food industry officials crowd a briefing session hurriedly called Sept. 11 by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry to explain about government probes into the suspected case of Japan's first mad cow disease in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.

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Japan, China to cooperate more on police probes

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Public Security Minister Jia Chunwang (L) and Takeshi Noda, chairman of Japan's National Public Safety Commission, shake hands prior to their talks at the headquarters of the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Aug. 25. They agreed to improve cooperation in police investigations and in fighting transnational crime.

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NASDA monitoring world's first unmanned rendezvous and docking

Officials at the Tuskuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, are monitoring July 7 rendezvous-docking experiments in orbit. Two Japanese space probes, Orihime and Hikoboshi, prepared by the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) successfully docked over Mexico, marking the world's first unmanned rendezvous and docking in orbit.

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U.S. Supreme Court allows congressional panel to obtain Trump's tax returns

STORY: U.S. Supreme Court allows congressional panel to obtain Trump's tax returns DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. Supreme Court 2. various archived shots of Trump arriving at the White House on Nov. 3, 2019(file) STORYLINE: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Tuesday from former President Donald Trump seeking to shield his tax returns from a congressional panel. The order was in response to an appeal Trump's attorneys filed with the high court last month after a lower court declined to reverse its ruling requesting that he turn over his tax records to the House Ways and Means Committee led by Democrats. House Democrats have been seeking access to Trump's tax returns for years for one of their probes related to Trump. Trump, who recently launched a third bid for the White House, has lashed out at investigations involving him, alleging that they are politically motivated. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporti

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New rail flaw detection vehicle used in north China's Shanxi

STORY: New rail flaw detection vehicle used in north China's Shanxi DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rail flaw detection vehicle STORYLINE: A new kind of rail flaw detection vehicle has been used in Shanxi, a major coal-producing province in north China to improve working efficiency as the heating season approaches. The vehicle powered by lithium battery has been equipped with a panoramic sunroof and an ultrasonic detection system. With nine probes, it can detect the rail thoroughly and show the problem on the computer. Made of titanium alloy, the body of the vehicle weighs 800 kg, which is convenient for inspectors to assemble before use. With the help of the new vehicle, railway inspectors can detect 20-km railways in three hours, which is three times quicker than traditional hand push detectors. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Taiyuan, China. (XHTV)

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Tokyo Univ. continuing probes into neutrino research accident

TOKYO, Japan - Motohiko Yoshimura (R), director at the University of Tokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR),speaks at a news conference at the university Nov. 13, 2001 on an accident the previous day at its cosmic ray research body in Gifu Prefecture where more than half of the 11,000 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) attached to a large neutrino detector were found broken.

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(1)Criminal complaint lodged on UFJ Bank for blocking probes

TOKYO, Japan - UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara (C) and Chairman Ryosuki Tamakoshi (R) bow during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7 following the Financial Services Agency filing a criminal complaint against the bank and some of its former executives for allegedly blocking FSA inspections. (Kyodo)

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Japan's investigation commission probes EVA Air incident

NARITA, Japan - Members of the Japanese government's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission on March 29 examine the body of the EVA Air plane which made an emergency landing at Narita airport after being hit by turbulence the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Probes finish in Lions' scandal, no new case reported

TOKYO, Japan - Keio University professor emeritus Masaru Ikei (C), the head of a special committee set up to investigate a scouting scandal involving the Seibu Lions, holds a news conference in Tokyo on April 25 where he said the committee has finished its work and found no new improper money deals. Last month, it was revealed that Yuta Kimura, a pitcher of the Tokyo Gas team, had admitted receiving 2.7 million yen under the table from Seibu. The Lions were also found to have paid money to Waseda University player Katsuhito Shimizu before and after he was enrolled in the university. (Kyodo)

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Japan probes food poisoning surrounding Chinese-made dumplings

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Health minister Yoichi Masuzoe, farm minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura attend a meeting at the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 31 over food poisoning suspected to have been caused by Chinese-made frozen dumplings following the revelation Jan. 30 that at least 10 people were taken ill. (Kyodo)

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(2)Criminal complaint lodged on UFJ Bank for blocking probes

TOKYO, Japan - UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7 after the Financial Services Agency filed a criminal complaint against the bank and some of its former executives for allegedly blocking FSA inspections. (Kyodo)

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Transport ministry probes M'bishi Motors data manipulation

Transport ministry officials arrive at Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s plant in the central Japan city of Okazaki on April 21, 2016, for an on-site inspection, as the automaker admitted to using improper testing methods to make four vehicle models appear more fuel efficient than they actually are. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Transport ministry probes M'bishi Motors data manipulation

Transport ministry officials arrive at Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s plant in the central Japan city of Okazaki on April 21, 2016, for an on-site inspection, as the automaker admitted to using improper testing methods to make four vehicle models appear more fuel efficient than they actually are. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Robot probes Japan's deepest lake bottom

A robot equipped with a camera to probe the bottom of Lake Tazawa, Japan's deepest lake with a depth of 423 meters, is seen in Senboku, Akita Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2015. The exploration began the same day, which was the first camera probe at the deepest point of the lake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo