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Tokyo, Jul 1 (EFE).- Disposable plastic bags the Japanese regularly use in their country's stores began costing money as of Wednesday, in a radical turn for a society addicted to them. (Camera: DEMOFILO PELAEZ)FOOTAGE SHOWS PLASTIC CONSUMPTION IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Images of Pita Limjaroenrat in the parliament as he will again ask Thailand's parliament to endorse him as prime minister Wednesday but with little chance of wooing the military-appointed senators who scuttled his first bid. IMAGES
Okinawa, Jun 23 (EFE/EPA).- The Japanese archipelago of Okinawa on Tuesday held low-key acts amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the fierce battle between the United States and Japan during the Second World War, which claimed the lives of 200,000, half of them civilians.The annual ceremony was held at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, a town in the southern part of the main island of Okinawa where the battle ended, and only those living in the prefecture itself were able to attend, local news agency Kyodo reported.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the mayors of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a United Nations representative were also scheduled to attend the event but restrictions imposed in the country to prevent the spread of COVID-19 meant that they could only be present through video messages sent for the occasion. (Camera: HITOSHI MAESHIRO).SHOT LIST: RESIDENTS OFFER PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE WORLD WAR II BATTLE OF OKINAWA AT THE CORNERSTONE OF PEACE IN ITOMAN, JAPANESE SOUTHERN ISLAND OF OKINAWA, AND A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 240,000 WAR VICTIMS, INCLUDING AMERICANS, ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA, AT THE PEACE MEMORIAL PARK IN ITOMAN IN OKINAWA, JAPAN.
Ho Chi Minh City, Jun 19 (EFE/EPA).- Javier Sardá has gone from being on the verge of ditching cycling altogether, following a string of disappointments on the European circuit, to becoming the race-dominating face of the sport in Vietnam. “I never thought this would happen,” the 33-year-old Spaniard tells EFE as he sips a coffee outside the Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City. (Camera: LINH LUONGTHAI). SHOTLIST: SPANISH CYCLIST JAVIER SARDA ATTENDING A CHARITY EVENT IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM.SOUNDBITES: SPANISH CYCLIST JAVIER SARDA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: 1.) Since I arrived here, I feel like a true cyclist again because I had a bad time in Spain. People here are very nice and take great care of me. Also, the conditions I have here now have never been provided for in Spain. So I am very happy to compete here.2.) At first, it was difficult because I have to adapt myself to the weather, the training, and the food as well. The food here upset my stomach before.
Yokosuka, Dec 10 (EFE).- The Mariana Trench, the deepest point on planet Earth at 11 kilometers (nearly 7 miles) below sea level, is an inhospitable place and almost inaccessible to humanity. But it's not inaccessible to the garbage left by humans.Over three decades, researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) have identified, photographed and recorded some of the waste generated by human activity that has ended in the deepest folds of the Pacific Ocean.In Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Trench at over 10,000 meters deep, these scientists found remnants of plastic bags and a wooden plank.Closer to the surface, but still several kilometers below sea level, they discovered objects such as slippers, a shoe, a sports backpack, several car wheels, a toy fire engine and a mannequin's head, which a marine organism had made its home. (Camera: ANTONIO HERMOSÍN). SOUND BITES: SANAE CHIBA, THE LEAD RESEARCHER OF THE STUDY "HUMAN FOOTPRINT IN THE ABYSS: 30-YEAR RECORDS OF DEEP-SEA PLASTIC DEBRIS" (IN ENGLISH).
Firefighters battle to extinguish a blaze that has devastated a historic Japanese castle on the southern island of Okinawa. IMAGES
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