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[Breaking News]Construction site for TSMC plant in Japan

KIKUYO, Japan, Oct. 24 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2025, shows the construction site for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s second Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The first TSMC plant in the country can be seen in the background. (Kyodo)

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TSMC plant in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2025, shows the construction site for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s second Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Construction site for TSMC plant in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2025, shows the construction site for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s second Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The first TSMC plant in the country can be seen in the background.

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Construction site for TSMC plant in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2025, shows the construction site for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s second Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The first TSMC plant in the country can be seen in the background.

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

Staff members plant onions in sandy land at a sand-control experimental station in Minfeng County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on April 8, 2025. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran President Visits Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant - Iran

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, visiting The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant different parts of the nuclear power plant which is being developed within three phases. The two operations Pezeshkian ordered to launch are related to phases 2 and 3, which include the installation of key equipment at the reactor building of the second unit to increase safety. Bushehr, Iran, February 13, 2025. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240625) -- BEIJING, June 25, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 24, 2024 shows the battery plant fire site in Hwaseong, South Korea. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240625) -- BEIJING, June 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 24, 2024 shows the battery plant fire site in Hwaseong, South Korea. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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17 Chinese nationals feared dead in Hwaseong battery plant fire: official

STORY: 17 Chinese nationals feared dead in Hwaseong battery plant fire: official SHOOTING TIME: June 24, 2024 DATELINE: June 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: HWASEONG, South Korea CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the battery plant after fire 2. various of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol visiting the fire accident site 3. various of the battery plant after fire STORYLINE: South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. South Korean officials said the accident has killed 22 people, 17 of them presumably to be Chinese national

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(SpotNews)SOUTH KOREA-HWASEONG-BATTERY PLANT FIRE

(240625) -- HWASEONG, June 25, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming (3rd L) learns about the rescue work at a command center at the site of a battery plant fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lu Rui)

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(SpotNews)SOUTH KOREA-HWASEONG-BATTERY PLANT FIRE

(240625) -- HWASEONG, June 25, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming (1st R) learns about the accident at the site of a battery plant fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lu Rui)

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(SpotNews)SOUTH KOREA-HWASEONG-BATTERY PLANT FIRE

(240625) -- HWASEONG, June 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming (1st R) learns about the accident at the site of a battery plant fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. (Xinhua/Lu Rui)

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(SpotNews)SOUTH KOREA-HWASEONG-BATTERY PLANT FIRE

(240625) -- HWASEONG, June 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming (3rd L) learns about the rescue work at a command center at the site of a battery plant fire in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. South Korean fire department officials said late Monday night that around 17 Chinese nationals were killed in the Hwaseong battery plant fire on the day earlier, but the exact number still needs to be further confirmed. South Korean officials, including Gyeonggi Province Second Vice Governor Oh Who-seok, Hwaseong City Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, and officials from the fire department, briefed Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on the accident and the progress of search and rescue efforts at the scene. (Xinhua/Lu Rui)

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Rare flowers in full bloom in NE China's Changbai Mountain

STORY: Rare flowers in full bloom in NE China's Changbai Mountain SHOOTING TIME: June 20, 2024 DATELINE: June 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: JILIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cypripedium macranthos STORYLINE: Thanks to the favorable natural environment of the Changbai Mountain area in northeast China, Cypripedium macranthos, a national second-class protected wild plant, is in full bloom now. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jilin, China. (XHTV)

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Xinhua Headlines: European green industries look to China for upturn, debunk overcapacity claim

(240517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto speaks during a ceremony in Debrecen, Hungary, on Sept. 5, 2022. Chinese battery producer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) signed a real estate deal with the city of Debrecen in Hungary, marking the official launch of its second European plant. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

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(Int'l Exchange)CHINA-MUSCATINE HIGH SCHOOL DELEGATION-STUDY TOUR (CN)

(240426) -- BEIJING, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and American students plant a tree in Zhengding, north China's Hebei Province, April 20, 2024. A total of 32 students and eight teachers from Muscatine High School, in the U.S. state of Iowa recently attended a week-long study tour to Beijing, Hebei and Shanghai. The Muscatine High School delegation is part a China-initiated program that will invite 50,000 American youths to China within five years for exchanges and study. The delegation is the second batch from the school. (Xinhua/Zhang Can)

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Justin Trudeau Announces New Honda Plant - Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, second left, greets Honda employees along a vehicle assembly line before at an event announcing plans for a Honda electric vehicle battery plant in Alliston, ON, Canada on April 25, 2024. Photo by Nathan Denette/THE CANADIAN PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese citizens petition against ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater

STORY: Japanese citizens petition against ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-tainted wastewater SHOOTING TIME: April 24, 2024 DATELINE: April 25, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:16 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of over 180,000 signatures from local citizens 2. various of the petitioning campaign 3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): MASASHI TANI, Secretary general of Japan Congress against A- and H-Bombs STORYLINE: Representatives from Japanese civic groups on Wednesday submitted over 180,000 signatures from local citizens to the Japanese government, urging both the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to immediately halt the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Hajime Matsukubo, secretary general of the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center, a Japanese non-profit organization, presented 184,712 citizen signatures to the representative from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Second Members' Office

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JAPAN-TOKYO-NUCLEAR-CONTAMINATED WATER-PETITION

(240424) -- TOKYO, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows citizen signature documents at the Second Members' Office Building of the House of Representatives in Tokyo, Japan. Representatives from Japanese civic groups on Wednesday submitted over 180,000 signatures from local citizens to the Japanese government, urging both the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to immediately halt the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-NUCLEAR-CONTAMINATED WATER-PETITION

(240424) -- TOKYO, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hajime Matsukubo (R), secretary general of the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center, a Japanese non-profit organization, presents citizen signature documents at the Second Members' Office Building of the House of Representatives in Tokyo, Japan, April 24, 2024. Representatives from Japanese civic groups on Wednesday submitted over 180,000 signatures from local citizens to the Japanese government, urging both the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to immediately halt the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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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 - 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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Lebanon: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Near Sidon

Israel carried out 2 airstrikes targeting alleged Hezbollah weapons warehouse locations near Sidon on Monday, February 19. Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that "Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on the town of Ghaziyeh". The Israeli army said that the attack was in "response to to the explosion of an enemy drone, the wreckage of which was found near the Tiberias area this afternoon." This live footage shows smoke billowing as seen from Sidon.

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TSMC to build 2nd Japan plant in Kumamoto

File photo taken Dec. 28, 2023, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s chip plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. TSMC announced on Feb. 6, 2024, that it plans to build a second factory in the same prefecture.

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TSMC to build 2nd Japan plant in Kumamoto

File photo taken Dec. 28, 2023, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s chip plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. TSMC announced on Feb. 6, 2024, that it plans to build a second factory in the same prefecture.

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"Daruma" doll market in Fukushima town

A gigantic red "daruma" doll, a popular talisman of good luck, is displayed during a New Year daruma market in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba -- which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- on Jan. 6, 2024. The market was held for the second time in Futaba since an evacuation order was partially lifted in August 2022 about 11 and a half years after the March 2011 nuclear crisis.

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"Daruma" doll market in Fukushima town

A gigantic red "daruma" doll, a popular talisman of good luck, is displayed during a New Year daruma market in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba -- which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- on Jan. 6, 2024. The market was held for the second time in Futaba since an evacuation order was partially lifted in August 2022 about 11 and a half years after the March 2011 nuclear crisis.

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"Daruma" doll market in Fukushima town

People buy red "daruma" dolls, a popular talisman of good luck, during a New Year daruma market in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba -- which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- on Jan. 6, 2024. The market was held for the second time in Futaba since an evacuation order was partially lifted in August 2022 about 11 and a half years after the March 2011 nuclear crisis.

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Chinese carmaker Changan breaks ground for 1st plant in Thailand

STORY: Chinese carmaker Changan breaks ground for 1st plant in Thailand SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 8, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: RAYONG, Thailand CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the groundbreaking ceremony STORYLINE: China's leading automaker Changan held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for its first car plant in Thailand, marking a major step toward expanding its footprint in Southeast Asia. The new manufacturing facility, spanning approximately 600 acres, is located in the Eastern Economic Corridor Special Zone in coastal Rayong province and will include painting, assembly, engine assembly, and battery assembly units as well as essential supporting facilities. With the first phase set to commence in early 2025, the initial design anticipates the production of up to 100,000 vehicles per year. Furthermore, Changan's total investment is projected to reach up to 20 billion Thai baht (about 563 million U.S. dollars) by the second phase, and the total capacity

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Chinese carmaker SAIC Motor opens first EV battery plant in Thailand

STORY: Chinese carmaker SAIC Motor opens first EV battery plant in Thailand SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 31, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: CHONBURI, Thailand CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony of the plant 2. various of EV cars STORYLINE: Chinese carmaker SAIC Motor on Tuesday announced the opening of its first electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Thailand, as the first deeply localized battery rolled off the assembly line in the factory. The EV battery plant, spanning 12 hectares, is located in New Energy Industrial Park, Chonburi province's Eastern Economic Corridor Special Zone. With a production capacity of 50,000 units per year, the EV battery plant is divided into two main areas. The first one is the battery assembly area, which is fully automated, and the second area is designated for battery standard testing, which involves over 60 processes. Zhao Feng, president of SAIC Motor-CP, a joint venture between SAIC Motor Corp and Charoen Pokphand

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