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5 dead in Hong Kong gym fire

STORY: 5 dead in Hong Kong gym fire SHOOTING TIME: April 10, 2024 DATELINE: April 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of firefighters at the fire accident site STORYLINE: At least five people died in a fire on Wednesday morning at a residential building in Yau Ma Tei of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). At around 8 a.m. local time, the fire broke out at a gym in the building located on Jordan Road, Yau Ma Tei. Firefighters rescued trapped people using ariel ladders. The fire has led to at least five deaths and more than 10 people were injured. It has been brought under control. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hong Kong, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING-FIRE (CN)

(240410) -- HONG KONG, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescue personnel are seen busy at the site of a fire at a residential building in Yau Ma Tei in south China's Hong Kong on April 10, 2024. At least five people died in a fire on Wednesday morning at a residential building in Yau Ma Tei of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). At around 8 a.m. local time, the fire broke out at a gym in the building located on Jordan Road, Yau Ma Tei. Firefighters rescued trapped people using ariel ladders. The fire has led to at least five deaths and more than 10 people were injured. It has been brought under control. (Xinhua/Chen Duo)

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Model for "Amachan" grandma

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 8, 2013 shows Kunie Kudo holding a sea urchin boxed lunch at the Sanriku Rias-Tei restaurant on the premises of Sanriku Railway Kuji Station in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture. Kudo is said to be one of the models for Natsu Amano, the charismatic grandmother of the main character Aki Amano in the NHK drama titled "Amachan."

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Ministers reaffirm forest conservation efforts

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Samuel Tei Abal (R), Papua New Guinea's foreign, trade and immigration minister, shake hands after co-chairing a climate change conference in Nagoya on Oct. 26, 2010. In the meeting, ministers from dozens of countries reaffirmed their commitment to a partnership to create an international mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation and forest degradation as part of efforts to curb climate change.

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Ministers reaffirm forest conservation efforts

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Samuel Tei Abal (R), Papua New Guinea's foreign, trade and immigration minister, co-chair a climate change conference in Nagoya on Oct. 26, 2010. In the meeting, ministers from dozens of countries reaffirmed their commitment to a partnership to create an international mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation and forest degradation as part of efforts to curb climate change.

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4 killed in Tokyo eatery fire

TOKYO, Japan - TV cameramen and others gather at arcade housing the gutted eatery Ishikari-tei in Tokyo's Koenji district on Nov. 22, 2009. Four people were killed and 11 others were injured in the fire which broke out just past 9 a.m. the same day.

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4 killed in Tokyo eatery fire

TOKYO, Japan - A firefighter inspects the gutted eatery Ishikari-tei in Tokyo's Koenji district on Nov. 22, 2009. Four people were killed and 11 others were injured in the fire which broke out just past 9 a.m. the same day.

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Tokyo to launch annual pass for 9 historical Japanese gardens

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association will introduce an annual pass for nine historical gardens in Tokyo beginning Feb. 1. The price is 4,000 yen for adults and 2,000 yen for people over 65. The nine Japanese gardens are: Hamarikyu Onshi Teien (photo), Kiyosumi Teien, Koishikawa-Korakuen, Kyu-Furukawa Teien, Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Teien, Kyu-Shibarikyu Onshi Teien, Mukojima Hyakka-en, Tonogayato Teien and Rikugi-en. The current annual pass is valid for one garden only.

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Permanent 'rakugo' theater opens in Osaka, 1st since WWII

OSAKA, Japan - Rakugo performer Katsura Sanshi, head of the Kamigata Rakugo Kyokai, pulls a rickshaw carrying Katsura Harudanji III during a ceremony held to mark the opening of the Temma Tenjin Hanjo Tei, a theater dedicated to ''rakugo'' comic storytelling, in Osaka's Kita Ward on Sept. 15. It is the first permanent rakugo theater to open in Osaka since World War II.

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Young Africans see China as most influential country

STORY: Young Africans see China as most influential country DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views in Africa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARTIN GITHINJI, Kenyan content creator 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTHONY BRIAN OTIENO, Retail manager in charge of sales, Tecno Kenya 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CONCILIA OWIRE, Locomotive driver in Kenya 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): TEI KINSLEY, Ghanian student, KsTU Kumasi Technical University 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): JOSEPH OLIVIER MENDO'O, Cameroonian student at Peking University, China STORYLINE: According to a survey commissioned by South Africa's Ichikowitz Foundation earlier this month, young Africans consider China to be the most influential country for the continent. The African Youth Survey 2022 was done in 15 African countries. It showed that 76 percent of the respondents view China's influence as positive. They picked up China for providing loans and economic support and for creating employm

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CHINA-HONG KONG-JOHN LEE (CN)

(220508) -- HONG KONG, May 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- John Lee visits Yau Ma Tei of Hong Kong, south China, April 24, 2022. John Lee was elected as the sixth-term chief executive designate of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Sunday. (Xinhua)

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Chinese-built project boosts vocational education in Ghana

STORY: Chinese-built project boosts vocational education in Ghana DATELINE: April 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:24 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1 various of the buildings of vocational institutions 2 various of the inauguration ceremony 3 various of the equipments and machines 4 SOUNDBITE (English): TEI KINSLEY, Ghanaian student STORYLINE: A Chinese-built vocational institutions upgrade project in Ghana has been completed, injecting a new impetus to the development of vocational education in the West African country. The project includes the building of a new examination center for Ghana's Ministry of Education, as well as training centers for 15 vocational institutions. The project's Chinese contractor, the AVIC International Holding Corporation, began the construction in 2019 with funding support in the form of concessional loan from China. In the meantime, the company has provided 69 sets of modern training equipment for 23 vocational institutions. Local teachers and students in relevant ma

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CHINA-MACAO-EARTH GOD-TU DI GONG-FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION (CN)

(220304) -- MACAO, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Folk artists perform lion dance to celebrate the feast of Tou Tei in south China's Macao, March 4, 2022. The annual celebration of the feast of Tou Tei takes place on the second day of the second lunar month. Tou Tei, also called "Tu Di Gong" in Chinese, literally means the "God of Earth". (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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CHINA-MACAO-EARTH GOD-TU DI GONG-FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION (CN)

(220304) -- MACAO, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Folk artists perform lion dance to celebrate the feast of Tou Tei in south China's Macao, March 4, 2022. The annual celebration of the feast of Tou Tei takes place on the second day of the second lunar month. Tou Tei, also called "Tu Di Gong" in Chinese, literally means the "God of Earth". (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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(7)South Korean Movie Star

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actress Kim Tei. The photo was taken April. 26, 2002. (Kyodo)

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(8)South Korean Movie Star

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actress Kim Tei. The photo was taken Feb. 26, 2002. (Kyodo)

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Katsura Detached Palace-Shokin-tei

Katsura Detached Palace (Katsura Rikyu) - The 17th-century country villa of the imperial princely family Hachijono Miya. The estate is situated on the west bank of the Katsura River in Nishikyo Ward, Kyoto. Shokin-tei , the tea room in Katsura Detached Palace

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Renovated guesthouse to offer scenic view in Onomichi

Photo taken on Sept. 27, 2015, shows a former inn, "Miharashi-tei," (front L) being renovated in the western Japanese city of Onomichi. When reopened as a guesthouse, the national tangible cultural property that has been closed for some 25 years will provide a panoramic view of the Onomichi channel and its surroundings, listed as a Japan Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Deserted inn in Onomichi to reopen as guesthouse

A renovation project is under way at "Miharashi-tei," a national tangible cultural property that had lain empty for about 25 years, in the western Japanese city of Onomichi on Sept. 27, 2015. The two-story former inn will be reopened as an affordable guesthouse as early as February 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Permanent 'rakugo' theater opens in Osaka, 1st since WWII

OSAKA, Japan - Rakugo performer Katsura Sanshi, head of the Kamigata Rakugo Kyokai, pulls a rickshaw carrying Katsura Harudanji III during a ceremony held to mark the opening of the Temma Tenjin Hanjo Tei, a theater dedicated to ''rakugo'' comic storytelling, in Osaka's Kita Ward on Sept. 15. It is the first permanent rakugo theater to open in Osaka since World War II. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo to launch annual pass for 9 historical Japanese gardens

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association will introduce an annual pass for nine historical gardens in Tokyo beginning Feb. 1. The price is 4,000 yen for adults and 2,000 yen for people over 65. The nine Japanese gardens are: Hamarikyu Onshi Teien (photo), Kiyosumi Teien, Koishikawa-Korakuen, Kyu-Furukawa Teien, Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Teien, Kyu-Shibarikyu Onshi Teien, Mukojima Hyakka-en, Tonogayato Teien and Rikugi-en. The current annual pass is valid for one garden only. (Kyodo)

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Suizenji Park

This is the well known Suizenji Jojuen Park in Kumamoto. The photograph was taken from the site of the former Suigetsu-tei. Suigetsu-tei was destroyed by fire in 1877 during the Seinan War, and the site is occupied today by Kokondenju-no-ma. Women with parasols stand on the stepping stones. This is probably a staged photograph sold as a souvenir.==Date:1904, Place:Kumamoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐4‐0]

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The three teahouses at Arashiyama

The building in the centre is the Sangenjaya Hata-tei teahouse located at the north end of Togetsu Bridge in Arashiyama. The building consisted of a three-story central portion and two-story wings to the east and west. Roofed terraces were built on both sides to provide scenic views of Arashiyama from the bank of Hozu River.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐9‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Ishiyama

View of Seta River from Tsukimi-tei at Ishiyamadera Temple, with Lake Biwa and the Hira Mountain Range in the distance. The bridge in the centre is Seta-no-Karahashi, formerly the only bridge spanning Seta River and an important transportation route in ancient times. At present there are many bridges over the river.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐14‐0]

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In front of Seiyo-ken Restaurant,Ueno Park

The smaller size of the cherry trees on the right indicates that this photograph was taken some time before photographs #2425 and 2651. However, the date is later than photograph #4799 by Usui Shuzaburo because the cherry trees have grown. The sign board of the Seiyoken Annex faces in a direction different from that in photograph #4799. Insho-tei appears in a 1891stone print by Katsuyama Eizaburo, but since the cherry trees are somewhat taller in that print, this photograph was probably taken around 1887.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐53‐0]

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A view of Lake Biwa from Ishiyamadera Temple

View of Seta River from Tsukimi-tei at Ishiyamadera Temple. During the Heian Period, aristocratic women worshipped at the temple, and in later years it attracted many commoners as the 13th temple in the circuit of 33 Holy Kannon Temples of Western Japan. One of the Eight Scenes of Oumi, it was referred to as Ishiyama-no-Shugetsu (Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple). This image appears on postcards and in various photographs.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐23‐0]

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Cherry trees at Mukojima

Although not visible here, Sumida River is on the left. This is the view from Boku-tei (riverbank) facing upstream. There are many famous historical places at Mukojima such as Ushijima Shinto Shrine (also called Ushi-no-Gozen), Chomeiji Temple which is famous for its sakuramochi (cherry-flavoured rice cakes), Mokuboji Temple, site of Umewaka Mound, Kofukuji Temple with its statue of Hotei, and Mukojima Hyakkaen (Hundred Flower) Park. Yaomatsu Restaurant and the Kototoi Dumpling Shop opened here in the early Meiji Period. Mukojima was a popular among the cultural elite. Same as photograph #2654.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐4‐2]

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The ferries,Mukojima

The area in front of Chomeiji Temple was called Kototoi-no-Oka. In 1869, Kototoi-tei opened and its Kototoi dumplings became a Mukojima specialty along with the cherry rice cakes of Chomeiji Temple. The shop curtain on the right seems to say Kototoi dango (dumplings), indicating that this is Kototoi-tei. Kototoi dumplings are still a local specialty at Mukojima. Taken in the mid-Meiji Period. Same as photograph #2664.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐43‐0]

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Cherry trees at Mukojima

The area across Sumida River from Asakusa is Mukojima. There is no official boundary, but area from Mokuboji Temple to Makura Bridge is referred to as Mukojima. The banks of Sumida River at Mukojima are called Sumida-tei or Boku-tei. Cherry trees were planted here during the Kyoho Period (1716-36) by the 8th Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune, and saplings were planted from time to time thereafter. This area thus became the most popular place to enjoy cherry blossoms in Edo. Taken around 1898.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐40‐0]

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Insho-tei,Ueno Park

The roof visible behind and above Insho-tei teahouse is the time bell at Kaneiji Temple. This bell is alluded to in Matsuo Basho's haiku Clouds of flowers, From where tolls the bell, Ueno or Asakusa? There were nine bell locations within the city of Edo, and these were used to mark the time every two hours. The bells served the role of clocks in medieval times. Even now they are rung at 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐37‐0]

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A view of Lake Biwa from Ishiyamadera Temple

View of Seta River from Tsukimi-tei at Ishiyamadera Temple. During the Heian Period, aristocratic women worshipped at the temple, and in later years it attracted many commoners as the 13th temple in the circuit of 33 Holy Kannon Temples of Western Japan. One of the Eight Scenes of Oumi, it was referred to as Ishiyama-no-Shugetsu (Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple). This image appears on postcards and in various photographs.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐18‐0]

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Insho-tei,Ueno Park

A caravan of rickshaws carrying people to view the cherry blossoms at Ueno Park. This photograph was taken some time after photograph #3155. The Seiyoken Annex sign is gone, and the cherry trees have grown. Shades are hanging from the eaves of the teahouse on the left, and its name, Insho-tei is written thereon. On the right, the Great Buddha still has its halo. Probably taken around 1895.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐47‐0]

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Ministers reaffirm forest conservation efforts

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Samuel Tei Abal (R), Papua New Guinea's foreign, trade and immigration minister, co-chair a climate change conference in Nagoya on Oct. 26, 2010. In the meeting, ministers from dozens of countries reaffirmed their commitment to a partnership to create an international mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation and forest degradation as part of efforts to curb climate change. (Kyodo)

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Ministers reaffirm forest conservation efforts

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Samuel Tei Abal (R), Papua New Guinea's foreign, trade and immigration minister, shake hands after co-chairing a climate change conference in Nagoya on Oct. 26, 2010. In the meeting, ministers from dozens of countries reaffirmed their commitment to a partnership to create an international mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation and forest degradation as part of efforts to curb climate change. (Kyodo)

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Ichinichi-tei at the Matsui Family Villa

Ichinichi-tei at the Matsui Family Villa==Date:about 1874, Place:Kumamoto, Photo:Tomishige Rihei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Trump in Japan

(From R) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump, his wife Melania, and Abe's wife Akie pose for photos before dinner at Ukai-Tei restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza on Nov. 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

(From R) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump, his wife Melania, and Abe's wife Akie pose for photos before dinner at Ukai-Tei restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza on Nov. 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

(From R) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump, his wife Melania, and Abe's wife Akie pose for photos before dinner at Ukai-Tei restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza on Nov. 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

(From R) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump, his wife Melania Trump and Abe's wife Akie pose for photos before their dinner meeting at Ukai-Tei restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza on Nov. 5, 2017, (Pool photo) Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

(From R) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump, his wife Melania Trump and Abe's wife Akie pose for photos before their dinner meeting at Ukai-Tei restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza on Nov. 5, 2017, (Pool photo) Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd from R) waves to the press after having dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) at Ukai-Tei restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza on Nov. 5, 2017, a day before their formal talks at Abe's office.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and U.S. President Donald Trump (R) arrive at Ukai-Tei restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza on Nov. 5, 2017, a day before their formal talks at Abe's office.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 killed in Tokyo eatery fire

TOKYO, Japan - TV cameramen and others gather at arcade housing the gutted eatery Ishikari-tei in Tokyo's Koenji district on Nov. 22, 2009. Four people were killed and 11 others were injured in the fire which broke out just past 9 a.m. the same day. (Kyodo)

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4 killed in Tokyo eatery fire

TOKYO, Japan - A firefighter inspects the gutted eatery Ishikari-tei in Tokyo's Koenji district on Nov. 22, 2009. Four people were killed and 11 others were injured in the fire which broke out just past 9 a.m. the same day. (Kyodo)