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Mt. Fuji photo spot

A tourist takes a picture of Mt. Fuji on Aug. 14, 2025, from over a 1.4-meter-high screen that was set up by authorities to prevent dangerous behavior such as jaywalking in the Yamanashi Prefecture town of Fujikawaguchiko. In May 2024, the town erected a taller screen to block the view of Mt. Fuji towering over a Lawson convenience store after the photo spot went viral and sparked a surge in foreign visitors but the latest screen, set up in early August, was low enough to allow the view.

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Mt. Fuji photo spot

Tourists take a picture of Mt. Fuji on Aug. 14, 2025, from over a 1.4-meter-high screen that was set up by authorities to prevent dangerous behavior such as jaywalking in the Yamanashi Prefecture town of Fujikawaguchiko. In May 2024, the town erected a taller screen to block the view of Mt. Fuji towering over a Lawson convenience store after the photo spot went viral and sparked a surge in foreign visitors but the latest screen, set up in early August, was low enough to allow the view.

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France becomes net electricity exporter again at start of 2023

STORY: France becomes net electricity exporter again at start of 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: LYON, France CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of electricity grid 2. various of an individual electricity meter STORYLINE: France is expected to be an electricity exporter during 2023, even planning various scenarios in the event of a power cut due to a lack of energy. "The risk of cuts this winter seems to be on the decline," said Olivier Veran, spokesperson for the French government, on leaving the Council of Ministers last Wednesday. The net electricity export balance amounts to 1.4 terawatt hours since the beginning of the year according to RTE, the electricity distribution network in France. Electricity and gas consumption has decreased by 9 percent and 10.5 percent, respectively compared to last month, according to the latest data from electricity and gas network operators. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lyon, France. (XHTV)

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10,000 tourists enjoy fire festival at Kumano-Nachi Shrine

SHINGU, Japan - Local youths walked up and down steep stairs in front of Kumano-Nachi Shrine in the town of Nachi-Katsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on July 14, carrying giant burning torches. Some 10,000 tourists gathered to view the Nachi-no-Himatsuri (Nachi Fire Festival), during which 60 local youths took turns carrying 12 burning torches. Each torch was 1.4 meter long and weighed 50 kilograms.

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Woman with 2.7-meter-long hair in S. China go viral on internet

STORY: Woman with 2.7-meter-long hair in S. China go viral on internet DATELINE: Nov. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:33 LOCATION: Guilin, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of woman with long hair STORYLINE: A woman with 2.7-meter-long hair from the Yao ethnic group in Guilin, south China's Guangxi, went viral on the internet. Women here boast long hair with an average length of 1.4 meters. Many say their secret shampoo is fermented rice water. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guilin, China. (XHTV)

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Japanese Embassy unveils old signboard broken in 1974

The Japanese Embassy in South Korea unveils to the Japanese press in Seoul on July 28, 2015, half of the wooden signboard of the embassy, split in two in 1974 as a result of violent protests by people angered by the assassination of Yuk Young Soo, the wife of then South Korean President Park Chung Hee, by a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of Japan using a handgun he stole from a police station in Osaka, western Japan. The 1.4-meter-long board, bearing parts of Japanese characters meaning "the Japanese Embassy," has been kept at the embassy, now being rebuilt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo