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Paris 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony

Torch bearers Oksana Masters (2nd L) of the United States and Markus Rehm (1st L) of Germany hold the flame during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France, August 28, 2024. Photo by Xing Guangli/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-BADMINTON

(240803) -- PARIS, Aug. 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chen Qingchen (1st R)/Jia Yifan (2nd R) of China and Liu Shengshu (1st L)/Tan Ning of China hold the Chinese national flag after the badminton women's doubles gold medal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 3, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Bin)

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(PARIS2024) FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-BADMINTON

(240803) -- PARIS, Aug. 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chen Qingchen (1st R)/Jia Yifan (2nd R) of China and Liu Shengshu (1st L)/Tan Ning of China hold the Chinese national flag after the badminton women's doubles gold medal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 3, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Bin)

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China's 1st domestically made polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 visits HKSAR

STORY: China's 1st domestically made polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 visits HKSAR SHOOTING TIME: April 8, 2024 DATELINE: April 8, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:39 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xuelong 2 STORYLINE: China's first domestically made icebreaker Xuelong 2 on Monday arrived in the country's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for a five-day visit. Xuelong 2, which came to Hong Kong for the very first time, entered the Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui on Monday morning after completing their latest Antarctic expedition. The icebreaker will be open for public visits from Tuesday to Friday. During their stay in Hong Kong, the Antarctic expedition team will hold a two-day international conference on climate change at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Xuelong 2's scientists will meet with about 200 students at the Hong Kong Science Museum where the "Polar Research and Climate Change" exhibition was held. Xuelong 2 is China's fourth polar research vessel, fo

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Tank crews defend Ukraine against Russian occupiers

UKRAINE - MARCH 31, 2024 - Servicemen of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces hold a cat in a cardboard box and a black kitten, Ukraine.

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Villagers prepare for special Lunar New Year celebration in China's Jiujiang

STORY: Villagers prepare for special Lunar New Year celebration in China's Jiujiang SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: JIUJIANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of villager practicing a special event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG ZHIRONG, Villager of Laowuwan village, Jiangxi Province 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG DONGRONG, Villager of Laowuwan village, Jiangxi Province 4. various of villager practicing a special event STORYLINE: Recently, residents in Jiujiang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, have been practicing to stage a special new year celebration event. Every year on the 7th day of the 1st lunar month, local residents dress up to form fast running teams resembling children. Residents wrap their heads in long scarves, paint their faces with red, white, and black pigments, and hold steel forks. After breakfast, they start "patrolling" from house to house. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG ZHIRONG, Villager of Laowuwan village, Jiangxi Pro

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Masayuki Kawamoto, mayor of the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, claps his hands on Oct. 12, 2023, in front of a drop curtain celebrating him clinching his eighth title, Oza, the previous day to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

People in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, pose on Oct. 12, 2023, in front of a drop curtain celebrating him clinching his eighth title, Oza, the previous day to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii poses for a photo at a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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EGYPT-CAIRO-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230925) -- CAIRO, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Walid Hassan Hamza (1st L), vice president of the Court of Cassation and head of the National Election Authority (NEA), speaks during a press conference regarding the upcoming Egyptian presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 25, 2023. Egypt will hold its presidential election in December, and doors are open for candidate nomination from Oct. 5 to Oct. 14, the National Election Authority (NEA) announced on Monday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YANGLING-AGRICULTURAL HI-TECH FAIR (CN)

(230919) -- YANGLING, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian exhibitor (1st R) introduces products to visitors during the 30th China Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Fair in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Under the theme of "soil health and food security," the 5-day fair kicked off here on Tuesday. The event, which more than 1,500 exhibitors from a total of 39 countries and regions are attending, will feature innovations in agricultural high-tech achievements, exchange activities, and hold 11 conferences and forums as well as eight exhibitions, among others. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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Türkiye, China hold 1st business conference to discuss digital cooperation

STORY: Türkiye, China hold 1st business conference to discuss digital cooperation DATELINE: July 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul city in Türkiye 2. various of the first Türkiye-China Business Conference in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: The first Türkiye-China Business Conference was held on Tuesday in the largest Turkish city Istanbul, with the participation of more than 100 Turkish and Chinese business people. The one-day conference, organized by the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Türkiye (DEIK) and the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD), was held under the theme of "Digital Transformation and Designing the Future." It included several panels on bilateral digital cooperation, where executives of Turkish and Chinese companies shared their success stories in doing business. At the opening of the conference, DEIK President Nail Olpak hailed China's achievements from e-commerce to artificial intelligence and digital

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Myanmar holds 1st travel fair since COVID-19 outbreak

STORY: Myanmar holds 1st travel fair since COVID-19 outbreak DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the travel fair STORYLINE: Myanmar kicked off a three-day travel fair in its commercial city of Yangon on Friday for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19. "We are re-organizing the travel fair in January 2023 after we couldn't hold any event like this in 2020, 2021 and 2022," Naung Naung Han, president of the Union of Myanmar Travel Association, told Xinhua. The travel association has also tried to organize a travel exhibition in September last year, but it was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic and other reasons, he added. The tourism exhibition is aimed at benefiting both travel companies and travelers as the country's tourism industry was gradually recovering, he said. "At the event, travelers can inquire about various travel plans and can get discounts, while travel companies can directly sell their tourism products

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Abe, Park hold 1st talks amid row over "comfort women" issue

SEOUL, Nov. 2 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with South Korean President Park Geun Hye ahead of their first one-on-one meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Nov. 2, 2015. (Pool photo)

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Japan, S. Korea hold 1st security talks in 5 years

SEOUL, April 17 Kyodo - Japanese (R) and South Korean officials meet for high-level security talks for the first time in five years on April 14, 2015, at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul.

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China, Latin America hold 1st ministerial meeting

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) prepares to make a speech at the start of the first ministerial meeting hosted by China with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Jan. 8, 2015, with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro clapping his hands.

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Japan, China hold 1st gov't meeting since leaders' summit

BEIJING, China - The eighth Japan-China Energy Conservation Forum is held in China's capital Beijing on Dec. 28, 2014. The forum is the first major governmental meeting since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 10.

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Japan, China hold 1st gov't meeting since leaders' summit

BEIJING, China - Yosuke Takagi (L), senior vice minister of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, attend the eighth Japan-China Energy Conservation Forum in China's capital Beijing on Dec. 28, 2014. The forum is the first major governmental meeting since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 10.

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Japan, China hold 1st gov't meeting since leaders' summit

BEIJING, China - Hiroshi Amano, one of the three Japan-born scientists to win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing efficient blue light-emitting diodes, delivers a speech at the eighth Japan-China Energy Conservation Forum in China's capital Beijing on Dec. 28, 2014. The forum is the first major governmental meeting since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 10.

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Japan-China panel of experts hold 1st meeting in 3 yrs

BEIJING, China - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Taizo Nishimuro (L) and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2014. They represented each side of the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century, which is expected to formulate a set of proposals for improved bilateral ties. The formal meeting was held for the first time in more than three years. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese PM Abe, Chinese Pres. Xi hold talks for 1st time

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) extends his hand to Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to their first talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. The two leaders agreed to repair bilateral relations badly damaged by rows over wartime history and territorial sovereignty. (Pool photo)

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Japanese PM Abe, Chinese Pres. Xi hold talks for 1st time

BEIJING, China - This Nov. 10, 2014, photo shows a handshake between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to their first talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. The two leaders agreed to repair bilateral relations badly damaged by rows over wartime history and territorial sovereignty. (Pool photo)

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Japanese PM Abe, Chinese Pres. Xi hold talks for 1st time

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their first talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. The two leaders agreed to repair bilateral relations badly damaged by rows over wartime history and territorial sovereignty. (Pool photo)

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Japanese PM Abe, Chinese Pres. Xi hold talks for 1st time

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014, prior to their first ever talks. They agreed to ease maritime tensions stemming from the standoff over the sovereignty of a group of small islands that has raised regional security concerns that accidents or miscalculations could precipitate a wider conflict. (Pool photo)

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Japanese PM Abe, Chinese Pres. Xi hold talks for 1st time

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014, prior to their first ever talks. They agreed to ease maritime tensions stemming from the standoff over the sovereignty of a group of small islands that has raised regional security concerns that accidents or miscalculations could precipitate a wider conflict. (Pool photo)

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Japanese PM Abe, Chinese Pres. Xi hold talks for 1st time

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014, prior to their first ever talks. They agreed to ease maritime tensions stemming from the standoff over the sovereignty of a group of small islands that has raised regional security concerns that accidents or miscalculations could precipitate a wider conflict. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China foreign ministers hold 1st formal talks since 2012

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (facing the camera) receives his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida ahead of their talks in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2014. The meeting was the first official foreign ministerial talks between Japan and China since September 2012.

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Japan, China foreign ministers hold 1st formal talks since 2012

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (front R) holds talks with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida (2nd from front, L) in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2014. The meeting was the first official foreign ministerial talks between Japan and China since September 2012.

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Japan, China foreign ministers hold 1st formal talks since 2012

BEIJING, China - Combination photo shows Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their talks in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2014. The meeting was the first official foreign ministerial talks between Japan and China since September 2012.

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Abe, Xi to hold 1st summit talks

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in Beijing on Nov. 3, 2014, shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and State Councilor Yang Jiechi. A Japanese government source said Nov. 7, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold his first talks with Xi on the sidelines of a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders early in the following week.

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Abe, Xi to hold 1st summit talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves his office in Tokyo on the night of Nov. 7, 2014, after holding talks with Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi. A Japanese government source said the same day Abe will hold his first talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders early in the following week.

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Abe, Xi to hold 1st summit talks

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida answers a reporter's question in Beijing on the night of Nov. 7, 2014, on the likelihood of talks between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Abe, Xi to hold 1st summit talks

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. A Japanese government source said Nov. 7, 2014, Abe will hold his first talks with Xi on the sidelines of a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders early in the following week.

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Japan hold 1st practice session in Brazil

ITU, Brazil - Motorbike police escort a bus carrying Japan's national soccer team in Sorocaba near Itu, Brazil, on June 8, 2014, as they depart their first practice session following the squad's arrival in the country for the World Cup finals.

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Japan hold 1st practice session in Brazil

ITU, Brazil - A helicopter flies to keep watch over an area in Sorocaba near Itu, Brazil, on June 8, 2014, as Japan's national soccer team hold their first practice session following the squad's arrival in the country for the World Cup finals.

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Japan hold 1st practice session in Brazil

ITU, Brazil - Students hold banners to protest against hosting the World Cup on June 8, 2014, in Sorocaba near Itu, Brazil, near where Japan's national soccer team held their first practice session the same day after their arrival in the country for the World Cup finals.

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Myanmar gov't, ethnic groups hold 1st formal talks

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Aung Min (2nd from L), the President Office minister of Myanmar, and Nai Hong Sar (3rd from L), who leads the delegation of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), give a press conference in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai on Feb. 20, 2013. The first formal political negotiations between the Myanmar government and the federation of the country's ethnic groups were conducted the same day in the city.

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German museum to hold 1st Hitler exhibition

BERLIN, Germany - Busts of Adolf Hitler are on display on Oct. 13, 2010, at the German Historical Museum in Berlin ahead of the Oct. 15 start of the country's first comprehensive exhibition on the fascist dictator after the end of World War II.

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German museum to hold 1st Hitler exhibition

BERLIN, Germany - Posters of Adolf Hitler are on display on Oct. 13, 2010, at the German Historical Museum in Berlin ahead of the Oct. 15 start of the country's first comprehensive exhibition on the fascist dictator after the end of World War II.

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German Historical Museum to hold 1st Hitler exhibition

BERLIN, Germany - An extra edition reporting the death of Adolf Hitler is on display Oct. 13, 2010, at the German Historical Museum in Berlin starting Oct. 15, the country's first comprehensive exhibition on the fascist dictator after the end of World War II.

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Japan, India hold 1st foreign, defense vice minister talks

NEW DELHI, India - (from L) Japanese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenichiro Sasae, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, Indian Defense Secretary Pradeep Kumar and Japanese Administrative Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae shake hands before their meeting in New Delhi, India, on July 6, 2010. The meeting between senior Japanese and Indian officials inaugurates a regular foreign affairs and defense dialogue process between the two Asian countries.

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Kan hold 1st phone talks with Obama

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister-elect Naoto Kan leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 6, 2010, after speaking with U.S. President Barack Obama by telephone. The two agreed in their first talks to make efforts to fulfill a recent bilateral accord to relocate a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture.

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Hatoyama, LDP chief Tanigaki hold 1st meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Sadakazu Tanigaki, president of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, chat at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2009. Tanigaki urged Hatoyama to follow the policy of the former LDP-led government on U.S. military bases during their first meeting since Hatoyama took office in September.

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Expert panel on Japan-U.S. secret pacts to hold 1st meeting soon

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks during a news conference at the foreign ministry on Nov. 24, 2009, on the issue of alleged Japan-U.S. secret pacts. Okada said a panel of experts will be set up to further investigate the issue and that it will hold its first meeting Nov. 27, 2009.