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Exploring sustainable solutions at Hannover Messe 2024

STORY: Exploring sustainable solutions at Hannover Messe 2024 SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: HANNOVER, Germany CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): VINCENZO NUGNES, Associate researcher of German Aerospace Center 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JACOB GRUNNET, Exhibitor of Shanghai Electric 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ERIC SCHWARZER-FISCHER, Exhibitor of Fraunhofer STORYLINE: Hannover Messe 2024, Germany's leading annual industrial trade fair, concluded on Friday. The exhibition has a clear emphasis on carbon-neutral production and hydrogen fuel cells. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): VINCENZO NUGNES, Associate researcher of German Aerospace Center "So this is DLR, the German Aerospace Center. We are researching clean energy for the future sustainable aviation. Here we have liquid hydrogen aircraft. With the liquid hydrogen, we will power a gas turbine where we will have hydrogen combustion. But we have as well as fuel cells in the belly of this aircraf

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Thailand to seek public support, foreign investors for landbridge project: official

STORY: Thailand to seek public support, foreign investors for landbridge project: official SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 22-23, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: RANONG, Thailand CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of press conference by government spokesperson Chai Wacharonke 2. various of Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin chairing a cabinet meeting 3. various of Thai Prime Minister Srettha visiting the planned building site of the landbridge project 4. promotion video of the landbridge project produced by the Thai government 5. archive footage of the manufacturing sectors of Thailand 6. archive footage of operation in Thailand's largest port Laem Chabang STORYLINE: The Thai government will continue to seek foreign investors and public support for a landbridge project linking the Pacific and Indian Ocean, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday. "After thoroughly researching pertinent data, we are currently working on ensuring understanding for both potential investors and the invo

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A Seedling Breeding Base in Zaozhuang

ZAOZHUANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 28, 2023 - Two graduate students are researching and developing chemical products in a laboratory of a private chemical enterprise in Xiwangzhuang town, Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong province, Dec 26, 2023.

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University students pursue research on TCM to introduce alternative medicine in Pakistan

STORY: University students pursue research on TCM to introduce alternative medicine in Pakistan DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: MEDICINE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the professor and students at Pakistan's Quaid-i-Azam University 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUSHTAQ AHMAD, Professor of Quaid-i-Azam University 3. various of the professor and students researching on TCM STORYLINE: Hundreds of students at Pakistan's Quaid-i-Azam University have been conducting extensive research on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). They believe that TCM can significantly improve Pakistan's healthcare system, offering a cost-effective solution with minimal side effects. To promote detailed knowledge and research about TCM, the university offers courses in Master of Science and PhD in the field. Professor Mushtaq Ahmad, head of the plant sciences department, successfully produced a TCM drug using the peony medicinal plant to treat epilepsy. He is now collaborating with local pharmaceutical

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China to realize manned lunar landing by 2030

STORY: China to realize manned lunar landing by 2030 DATELINE: May 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIN XIQIANG, Deputy director of the CMSA STORYLINE: China plans to realize manned lunar landing by 2030, announced the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) at a press conference Monday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIN XIQIANG, Deputy director of the CMSA "China has recently initiated the lunar landing phase of its manned lunar exploration program. The overall goal is to achieve China's first manned landing on the moon by 2030 and carry out lunar scientific exploration and related technological experiments. The goal also includes mastering the key technologies such as Earth-moon manned roundtrip, lunar surface short-term stay, human-robot joint exploration, accomplishing multiple tasks of landing, roving, sampling, researching, returning, and forming an independent capability of manned lunar exploration. China's manned lunar landing will promote the

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Top of Cape Pakarang disappeared in quake-tsunami disaster

KHAOLAK, Thailand - Members of a Japanese team researching the effect of the Dec. 26 quake-tsunami disaster stand on Cape Pakarang in the resort town of Khaolak, southern Thailand, on Jan. 2. The top of the cape, located some 200 meters ahead of them, collapsed and disappeared as a result of the tsunamis. Black spots seen in the sea are the stumps of trees felled in the disaster.

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Defoliants in Okinawa fuel concerns over impact on local economy

TOKYO, Japan - Jon Mitchell (L), a journalist who has been researching the issue of herbicides and defoliants used during the Vietnam War, and Daniel Broudy, a professor at Okinawa Christian University, speak at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014. They expressed their concerns over the presence of Vietnam-era defoliants in Okinawa Prefecture and urged the need to conduct a probe into the issue.

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Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Shinsuke Imai (C), a senior researcher at Japan's House Foods Corp., and Ishikawa Prefectural University President Hidehiko Kumagai (L) attend an award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2013. Their group won the spoof Ig Nobel chemistry prize for researching the possibility of a tear-free, yet flavorful, onion.

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Senior U.S. official Holdren

TOKYO, Japan - John Holdren, U.S. assistant to the president for science and technology, speaks during an interview at a hotel in Tokyo on July 24, 2011. He said Japan and the United States will work together in researching new technology to remove radioactive materials from wide areas around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.

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Team examines Koreans' remains

NAGANO, Japan - Members of a research team examine remains in wooden boxes on July 20, 2011, in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture. The team from the Japanese and South Korean governments is researching the remains of Koreans who were taken to Japan for forced labor during World War II. After the examination, remains of four people, including that of four-year-old who died in 1944, were confirmed in the probe aimed at returning them to their families.

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Japan Prize awarded to researchers of medicine, atmosphere

TOKYO, Japan - John Houghton (L), former director of Britain's Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, is awarded Japan Prize for his achievements in researching atmospheric structures at a ceremony at the National Theater in Tokyo on April 20.

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Whaling ships on display at Nagasaki port

NAGASAKI, Japan - Visitors view an ice block from the Antarctic Ocean displayed on the 7,575-ton Nissin Maru, a Japanese ''whale researching'' ship at Nagasaki port April 20. Two of five ships, which returned April 4 from a ''research whaling'' voyage in the Antarctic Ocean, have been made public prior to a meeting of the International Whaling Commission due to start April 25 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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Osaka civil servant publishes third study on toilets

OSAKA, Japan - Shigenori Yamaji shows off copies of his newly published ''The Journal of Toilet Culture'' on Feb. 27. Yamaji, a 53-year-old civil servant from Osaka Prefecture, has been researching the history of toilets in Japan for more than 30 years. The book is Yamaji's third such project, following his ''Toilet Archaeology'' and ''Notes on the Toilet.''

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Cambodia, Cuba sign agreements to increase cooperation in sports, culture

STORY: Cambodia, Cuba sign agreements to increase cooperation in sports, culture DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Cambodian PM greeting his Cuban counterpart 2. various of the signing ceremony STORYLINE: Cambodia and Cuba signed on Tuesday two more agreements on boosting bilateral cooperation in the areas of sports and culture, a Cambodian senior official said. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and visiting Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz presided over the signing ceremony of the documents after their meeting at the Peace Palace in the capital of Phnom Penh, said Eang Sophalleth, a personal assistant to Hun Sen. Sophalleth said the two prime ministers during their meeting agreed to further promote relations between the two countries and exchanged views on regional and international issues of common concern and interests. "Samdech Techo Hun Sen highly spoke of Cuba's success in researching and manufacturing COVID-19 vaccine

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Technicians collect information of relics in Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to collect digital data of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and digitalization work has been completed. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Technicians collect information of relics in Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to create digital versions of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, working staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and digitalization work ha

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A three-dimensional image of a Buddha statue in Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes is seen on a screen in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to create digital versions of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, working staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Technicians collect information of relics in Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to create digital versions of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, working staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and digitalization work ha

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member restores the wall of Cave 1 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to create digital versions of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, working staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and digitalization work has been com

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A technician collects information of relics in Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to create digital versions of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, working staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and digitalization work

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A technician collects information of relics in Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to create digital versions of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, working staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and digitalization work

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member restores the wall of Cave 1 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to create digital versions of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, working staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and digitalization work has been com

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to create digital versions of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, working staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and digitalization work has been completed. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)

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CHINA-SHANXI-DATONG-YUNGANG GROTTOES-RELICS RESTORATION (CN)

(220512) -- DATONG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A technician collects information of relics in Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, May 11, 2022. A group of technicians of the Yungang Research Institute are striving to create digital versions of Cave 17 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province. The institute is dedicated to protection, research and management of the Yungang Grottoes. In recent years, working staff of the institute have been engaged in collecting and digitalizing information of the grottoes relics for the purpose of facilitating digital archives of them. The digitalization of the information is meant to explore new feasible methods of researching on the relics and to keep them in reliable and lasting protection. The Yungang Grottoes, with 45 major caves and more than 59,000 statues, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. To date, one-third of the overall information collection and digitalization work

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-FRANCOIS' LEAF MONKEY-GUARDIAN (CN)

(220324) -- GUIYANG, March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xiao Zhijin works in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, southwest China, March 17, 2022. Xiao Zhijin has been working in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve for 33 years, researching and guarding Francois' leaf monkeys. Also known as Francois' langur, the species is one of China's most endangered wild animals and is under top national-level protection. It is also one of the endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-FRANCOIS' LEAF MONKEY-GUARDIAN (CN)

(220324) -- GUIYANG, March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on May 17, 2018 shows Francois' leaf monkeys in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, southwest China. Xiao Zhijin has been working in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve for 33 years, researching and guarding Francois' leaf monkeys. Also known as Francois' langur, the species is one of China's most endangered wild animals and is under top national-level protection. It is also one of the endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-FRANCOIS' LEAF MONKEY-GUARDIAN (CN)

(220324) -- GUIYANG, March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xiao Zhijin records Francois' leaf monkeys with a mobile phone in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, southwest China, March 17, 2022. Xiao Zhijin has been working in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve for 33 years, researching and guarding Francois' leaf monkeys. Also known as Francois' langur, the species is one of China's most endangered wild animals and is under top national-level protection. It is also one of the endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-FRANCOIS' LEAF MONKEY-GUARDIAN (CN)

(220324) -- GUIYANG, March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xiao Zhijin observes Francois' leaf monkeys in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, southwest China, March 17, 2022. Xiao Zhijin has been working in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve for 33 years, researching and guarding Francois' leaf monkeys. Also known as Francois' langur, the species is one of China's most endangered wild animals and is under top national-level protection. It is also one of the endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-FRANCOIS' LEAF MONKEY-GUARDIAN (CN)

(220324) -- GUIYANG, March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xiao Zhijin observes Francois' leaf monkeys through binoculars in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, southwest China, March 17, 2022. Xiao Zhijin has been working in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve for 33 years, researching and guarding Francois' leaf monkeys. Also known as Francois' langur, the species is one of China's most endangered wild animals and is under top national-level protection. It is also one of the endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-FRANCOIS' LEAF MONKEY-GUARDIAN (CN)

(220324) -- GUIYANG, March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on March 17, 2022 shows a view of the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, southwest China. Xiao Zhijin has been working in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve for 33 years, researching and guarding Francois' leaf monkeys. Also known as Francois' langur, the species is one of China's most endangered wild animals and is under top national-level protection. It is also one of the endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-FRANCOIS' LEAF MONKEY-GUARDIAN (CN)

(220324) -- GUIYANG, March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xiao Zhijin observes Francois' leaf monkeys through binoculars in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, southwest China, March 16, 2022. Xiao Zhijin has been working in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve for 33 years, researching and guarding Francois' leaf monkeys. Also known as Francois' langur, the species is one of China's most endangered wild animals and is under top national-level protection. It is also one of the endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-FRANCOIS' LEAF MONKEY-GUARDIAN (CN)

(220324) -- GUIYANG, March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on March 17, 2022 shows a view of the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, southwest China. Xiao Zhijin has been working in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve for 33 years, researching and guarding Francois' leaf monkeys. Also known as Francois' langur, the species is one of China's most endangered wild animals and is under top national-level protection. It is also one of the endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-CHINA NEWS

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Shixiang makes notes in his car after investigating a section of the Great Wall in Yinchuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Aug. 13, 2021. Li started researching the Great Wall since 2006. He has explored almost all of the areas of the Great Wall in China. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)

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Akira Yoshino at a press conference after receiving the Nobel Prize at LivTech.

Akira Yoshino (photo), winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, visited the Lithium Ion Battery Materials Evaluation Research Center (LivTech, Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture), where he serves as president, for the first time since the award ceremony on April 18 and reported to about 70 people affiliated with the center. At the meeting, Dr. Yoshino said, "Everyone gathered here first thing in the morning. I gave them chocolates in the shape of Nobel Prize medals with my signature on them," he said with a smile. LivTech is a group of researchers from lithium-ion battery-related companies, researching electrode materials and next-generation all-solid-state batteries. Mr. Yoshino said, "We need to promote the integration of artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and other areas around batteries. LivTech, Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture, December 18, 2019. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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A soft propeller developed based on dragonfly wings (right) and a propeller for ordinary drones.

Chiba University is embarking on the development of a next-generation drone (flying robot) modeled on living organisms. It will be modeled after birds and insects, and will fly in response to the changing natural environment. He envisions a soft structure like the wings and body of an organism. They are researching what kind of materials to use and how to process them. In addition to sensing technologies such as force and vision sensors, they are also researching technologies for computer processing of various data in real time and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to make the drone intelligent. We will involve students in joint research projects with companies and other organizations to develop human resources who can not only conduct research but also be immediately effective in the field. He said, "We need to create win-win relationships (with our partners) so that we can move on. Everything is a result," he said. Photo taken on November 13, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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NTT's laser beam shaping equipment

NTT has developed a technology to easily remove rust from narrow or uneven surfaces by irradiating a laser beam shaped by a plate-shaped device using a diffractive optical element (DOE). It also eliminates the need for excessive laser power, making the work safer. The company has been researching the application of its technology for developing parts for optical communication to the maintenance of communication equipment that has many uneven and narrow spaces. The company expects to adopt this technology in the kerening process, which removes rust from telecommunication equipment and exposes the steel surface. They will analyze the laser-irradiated surface and develop an irradiation method that is compatible with painting. Photo taken on November 11, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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3-D printing technology produces ceramics

Photo taken on April 21, 2015, shows a range of ceramics produced by a 3-D printer at the Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The laboratory has been researching and developing ceramic ware production using a 3-D printer since 2013 and is aiming to put it to practical use by the end of March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3-D printing technology produces ceramics

Photo taken in April 2015 shows a 3-D printer successfully used to make ceramics at the Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The laboratory has been researching and developing ceramic ware production using a 3-D printer since 2013 and is aiming to put it to practical use by the end of March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Prize awarded to researchers of medicine, atmosphere

TOKYO, Japan - John Houghton (L), former director of Britain's Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, is awarded Japan Prize for his achievements in researching atmospheric structures at a ceremony at the National Theater in Tokyo on April 20. (Kyodo)

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Top of Cape Pakarang disappeared in quake-tsunami disaster

KHAOLAK, Thailand - Members of a Japanese team researching the effect of the Dec. 26 quake-tsunami disaster stand on Cape Pakarang in the resort town of Khaolak, southern Thailand, on Jan. 2. The top of the cape, located some 200 meters ahead of them, collapsed and disappeared as a result of the tsunamis. Black spots seen in the sea are the stumps of trees felled in the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Senior U.S. official Holdren

TOKYO, Japan - John Holdren, U.S. assistant to the president for science and technology, speaks during an interview at a hotel in Tokyo on July 24, 2011. He said Japan and the United States will work together in researching new technology to remove radioactive materials from wide areas around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Team examines Koreans' remains

NAGANO, Japan - Members of a research team examine remains in wooden boxes on July 20, 2011, in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture. The team from the Japanese and South Korean governments is researching the remains of Koreans who were taken to Japan for forced labor during World War II. After the examination, remains of four people, including that of four-year-old who died in 1944, were confirmed in the probe aimed at returning them to their families. (Kyodo)

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Defoliants in Okinawa fuel concerns over impact on local economy

TOKYO, Japan - Jon Mitchell (L), a journalist who has been researching the issue of herbicides and defoliants used during the Vietnam War, and Daniel Broudy, a professor at Okinawa Christian University, speak at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014. They expressed their concerns over the presence of Vietnam-era defoliants in Okinawa Prefecture and urged the need to conduct a probe into the issue. (Kyodo)

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Condemned AUM cultist, U.S. toxicologist discuss Kim Jong Nam murder

Anthony Tu, a toxicologist and Colorado State University professor emeritus, speaks with reporters outside the Tokyo Detention House on April 20, 2017, after meeting with Tomomasa Nakagawa, a former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member on death row. Researching attacks involving the cult and deadly poisons, Tu, 86, has been meeting with Nakagawa at the detention house since 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whaling ships on display at Nagasaki port

NAGASAKI, Japan - Visitors view an ice block from the Antarctic Ocean displayed on the 7,575-ton Nissin Maru, a Japanese ''whale researching'' ship at Nagasaki port April 20. Two of five ships, which returned April 4 from a ''research whaling'' voyage in the Antarctic Ocean, have been made public prior to a meeting of the International Whaling Commission due to start April 25 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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Osaka civil servant publishes third study on toilets

OSAKA, Japan - Shigenori Yamaji shows off copies of his newly published ''The Journal of Toilet Culture'' on Feb. 27. Yamaji, a 53-year-old civil servant from Osaka Prefecture, has been researching the history of toilets in Japan for more than 30 years. The book is Yamaji's third such project, following his ''Toilet Archaeology'' and ''Notes on the Toilet.''

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Talking of fish?

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko chat with each other during a reception of an international symposium on fish diversity held Feb. 24 at the National Science Museum in Ueno, Tokyo in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the emperor's ascension to the throne. The emperor, a member of the Ichthyological Society of Japan, has been involved in researching the taxonomy of gobies, a species of small fish.

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Emperor attends symposium on fish diversity

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) attends an international symposium on fish diversity Feb. 24 being held at the National Science Museum in Ueno, Tokyo in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the emperor's ascension to the throne. Organizers invited 125 researchers, including 25 from abroad, to participate. The emperor has been involved in researching the taxonomy of goby fish.

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Biography of Japanese sculptor to be published

LOS ANGELES, United States - Nobuko Iinuma talks to Kyodo News in Los Angeles on Feb. 16 on a biography she wrote of the late Japanese sculptor Gozo Kawamura, known in the United States for his statues that adorn public buildings. Kawamura, who died in March 1950, is noted in the U.S. for creating the statues at the New York Public Library and the Supreme Court, said Iinuma, who spent four years researching Kawamura's life.