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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (3rd from L), 81, acknowledges the crowd after singing at a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (C), 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato, 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (C), 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (C), 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato, 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Singer Tokiko Kato sings in China

Japanese singer Tokiko Kato, 81, sings during a concert to promote Japan-China cultural interchanges on Aug. 23, 2025, in Harbin, a northeastern China city, where she was born in 1943, marking the 60th anniversary of her debut.

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Illustration - French Riviera

Illustration - French Riviera

FRANCE. ALPES-MARITIMES (06). NICE. THE HOTEL REGINA, WHERE THE PAINTER HENRI MATISSE LIVED FROM 1938 TO 1943, IN A VAST APARTMENT-STUDIO. Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CALCIO - Serie B - US Salernitana vs Cesena FC

CALCIO - Serie B - US Salernitana vs Cesena FC

Pawey Jaroszyski of US Salernitana 1943 competes for the ball with Leonardo Mendicino of Cesena FC during the Soccer BKT between US Salernitana 1919 vs Cesena FC at Arechi Stadium

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CALCIO - Serie B - US Salernitana vs Cesena FC

CALCIO - Serie B - US Salernitana vs Cesena FC

Pawey Jaroszyski of US Salernitana 1943 in action during the Soccer BKT between US Salernitana 1919 vs Cesena FC at Arechi Stadium

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CALCIO - Serie B - US Salernitana vs Cesena FC

CALCIO - Serie B - US Salernitana vs Cesena FC

Pawey Jaroszyski of US Salernitana 1943 competes for the ball with Leonardo Mendicino of Cesena FC during the Soccer BKT between US Salernitana 1919 vs Cesena FC at Arechi Stadium

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Former Tibetan serf recalls 65 years of change

STORY: Former Tibetan serf recalls 65 years of change SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024 DATELINE: March 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sonam Dhunzhup's daily life 2. file of serfs in Xizang 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): SONAM DHUNZHUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): SONAM DHUNZHUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang "I became a serf to the serf owner when I was eight years old, and my life was miserable back then." Sonam Dhunzhup was born in 1943 at Khesum manor in old Xizang. Before the democratic reform in 1959, for many generations, his ancestors worked as serfs at the Khesum manor. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): SONAM DHUNZHUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang "I lived a life oppressed by serf owners, often beaten by them. I didn't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. Some people would starve to death and some people would freeze to death." SOUNDBITE 3 (Tibetan): SONAM

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Basilica of Superga, Funeral of Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy will take place - Turin

Basilica of Superga, Funeral of Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy will take place - Turin

View of Basilica of Superga, a baroque church designed by the architect Filippo Juvarra on 1731 for Savoy Family. Here in the underground crypt, where are already lying some members of the Savoy family, on next Saturday will be held the funerals of the Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy. In the picture : The tomb of Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (1943–2021), Vittorio Emanuele's cousin and he was the last family member buried in this church. Turin, Italy, on February 04, 2024. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-CHINA NEWS

XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-CHINA NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children and grandchildren of Tseten celebrate a traditional festival at their home in Lhaze County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2023. Born in 1943, Tseten was a "Tralpa" (serf) before the campaign of democratic reform in Xizang. In March 1959, democratic reform was launched in Xizang and feudal serfdom was finally abolished. Nowadays, 11 members of four generations of Tseten's family live in plenty in their newly-built two-story house. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Corsica

President Macron Visits Corsica

The cell in which French resistance fighter Fred Scamaroni killed himself on March 19, 1943 in Ajaccio's citadelle during a three-day trip of French President in Corsica on September 28, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Corsica

President Macron Visits Corsica

The cell in which French resistance fighter Fred Scamaroni killed himself on March 19, 1943 in Ajaccio's citadelle during a three-day trip of French President in Corsica on September 28, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Corsica

President Macron Visits Corsica

The cell in which French resistance fighter Fred Scamaroni killed himself on March 19, 1943 in Ajaccio's citadelle during a three-day trip of French President in Corsica on September 28, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Macron Visits Corsica

President Macron Visits Corsica

The cell in which French resistance fighter Fred Scamaroni killed himself on March 19, 1943 in Ajaccio's citadelle during a three-day trip of French President in Corsica on September 28, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-ORIGINAL NATIONAL FLAG

LEBANON-BEIRUT-ORIGINAL NATIONAL FLAG

(230610) -- BEIRUT, June 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The original national Lebanese flag is displayed at Robert Mouawad Private Museum in Beirut, Lebanon, June 9, 2023. The original national Lebanese flag, which was drawn and approved by the members of the parliament during the declaration of independence in 1943, was exhibited here on Friday. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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Indian nationalist Chandra Bose in 1943

Indian nationalist Chandra Bose in 1943

TOKYO, Japan - Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose is seen in this photo taken in 1943. A request to bring back his remains kept at Renkoji, a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, to India may be answered during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official visit to Japan from Aug. 30, 2014.

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Buried Jewish gravestones

Buried Jewish gravestones

VIENNA, Austria - Photo taken July 12, 2013, shows a Jewish graveyard in Vienna, Austria, where 20 headstones were found buried in early July. The gravestones were apparently buried in 1943 to avoid destruction by Nazis. The discovered gravestones are not in the photo.

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Chinese sues Japan for 207 mil. yen over WWII forced labor

Chinese sues Japan for 207 mil. yen over WWII forced labor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Zhang Baoheng, 76, walks into the Fukuoka District Court on May 10 to file a lawsuit against the Japanese government and Mitsui Mining Co., seeking 207 million yen in compensation for his time as forced laborer in coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II. Zhang was joined in the suit by eight other Chinese who say they were conscripted to Japan in 1943 and 1944 and were forced to work for Mitsui Mining at its Miike and Tagawa coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Wartime letter made public

Wartime letter made public

LOS ANGELES, United States - Banzai Derango, 74, of Oakland, Calif., holds the envelop and letter sent to a Japanese soldier by her sister-in-law in 1943. Derango has kept the unopened letter since finding it among the wreckage of a destroyed building on the Pacific island of Saipan in 1944.

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A role model in poverty alleviation | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: A role model in poverty alleviation | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: July 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:04:46 LOCATION: SUIDE, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Haojiaqiao village during the large-scale production campaign 2. various of Haojiaqiao village during the nationwide poverty alleviation 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MA XINGYE, Resident in Haojiaqiao Village 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU GUANGLIANG, Grandson of Liu Yuhou 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG XIAOBING, Lecturer at the Party school of the Suide county committee of CPC 6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU ZHENXI, Party chief of Haojiaqiao Village 7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FENG JIANMEI, Professor at China Executive Leadership Academy, Yan'an STORYLINE: What this oil painting depicts is a scene that occurred in 1943. Liu Yuhou, a farmer in Haojiaqiao Village in Shaanxi Province, Northwest China, was honored as a model farmer while his village saw a boom in grain production. In Sept. 2021, when Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a visit to Hao

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78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The ceremony before the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, Poland, 19 April 2021. The 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising against the Nazis was the largest single revolt by the Jews during World War II. Photo by Tedi/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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