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"Muscle train" with on-board bodybuilding performance in western Japan

A bodybuilder performs in front of 35 passengers inside a JR Sanin Line train in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Nov. 10, 2024, to promote the western Japan railway line, which partially resumed service in June after being severely damaged by torrential rain in the summer of 2023.

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"Muscle train" with on-board bodybuilding performance in western Japan

A bodybuilder performs in front of 35 passengers inside a JR Sanin Line train in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Nov. 10, 2024, to promote the western Japan railway line, which partially resumed service in June after being severely damaged by torrential rain in the summer of 2023.

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Millions head to hometowns in Bangladesh to celebrate Eid al-Adha

STORY: Millions head to hometowns in Bangladesh to celebrate Eid al-Adha SHOOTING TIME: June 13, 2024 DATELINE: June 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people at a railway station in Dhaka STORYLINE: With Eid al-Adha just around the corner, millions of Bangladeshis are packing bus and train stations and airports as they head to their hometowns to celebrate the festival of animal sacrifice and enjoy family reunion. In Dhaka, long-distance bus stations, ferry terminals and train stations were seen overflowing with hundreds of thousands of home-bound passengers after work hours on Thursday, the last workday of the week before the Eid holidays. While passengers crowded ferry, train and bus terminals, other city residents who had cars or hired vehicles were making their last-minute shopping and business transactions before their long road trip home. Bangladeshi Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha on June 17 with the spirit of sacrifice, marking one of the major

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240127) -- BEIJING, Jan. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A child poses for photos with a C919 passenger aircraft at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 26, 2024. Flight MU9197, carrying 111 passengers, departed from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport for Chengdu Tianfu International Airport at 8:35 a.m. on Friday. It was the first time for C919, China's self-developed large passenger aircraft, to carry out flight missions during China's Spring Festival travel rush period. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-C919-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH (CN)

(240126) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Passengers prepare to board a C919 passenger aircraft at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 26, 2024. Flight MU9197, carrying 111 passengers, departed from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport for Chengdu Tianfu International Airport at 8:35 a.m. on Friday. It was the first time for C919, China's self-developed large passenger aircraft, to carry out flight missions during China's Spring Festival travel rush period. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-C919-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH (CN)

(240126) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Passengers line up to board a C919 passenger aircraft at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 26, 2024. Flight MU9197, carrying 111 passengers, departed from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport for Chengdu Tianfu International Airport at 8:35 a.m. on Friday. It was the first time for C919, China's self-developed large passenger aircraft, to carry out flight missions during China's Spring Festival travel rush period. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-C919-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH (CN)

(240126) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A child poses for photos with a C919 passenger aircraft at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 26, 2024. Flight MU9197, carrying 111 passengers, departed from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport for Chengdu Tianfu International Airport at 8:35 a.m. on Friday. It was the first time for C919, China's self-developed large passenger aircraft, to carry out flight missions during China's Spring Festival travel rush period. (Xinhua)

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13 killed, 41 injured in two road accidents in Pakistan

STORY: 13 killed, 41 injured in two road accidents in Pakistan DATELINE: June 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site STORYLINE: At least 13 people were killed and around 41 others injured on Monday in two separate road accidents in Pakistan, the rescue service and authorities reported. The authorities said that at least nine people were killed and 18 others were injured early Monday morning when a bus fell into a deep ravine in Kotli district of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. According to reports, around 35 passengers were on the bus returning to Gujranwala city of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province after attending a religious ceremony in Nairian area. Separately, four people were killed and 23 others injured in the wee hours of Monday in Sheikhupura district of Punjab after a bus turned turtle due to over-speeding while taking a turn at Sheikhupura Motorway, the rescue service reported. Rescuers have reached the sites of the two accide

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At least 10 killed in Philippine ferry fire, over 200 rescued

STORY: At least 10 killed in Philippine ferry fire, over 200 rescued DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ferry fire 2. pictures of the rescue effort STORYLINE: A ferry carrying more than 200 people caught fire in the southern Philippines late Wednesday night, killing at least 10 passengers, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Thursday. Commodore Marco Antonio Gines, the commander of the PCG District in Southwestern Mindanao, said the M/V Lady Mary Joy 3, a passenger and cargo vessel, was headed to Jolo from Zamboanga City when it caught fire in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad town of Basilan province past 10 p.m. local time on Wednesday. Nixon Alonzo, the chief of disaster reduction and management office in Basilan province, told a local radio that authorities are verifying reports that seven more passengers who jumped into the sea are missing. At least 195 passengers and 35 crew members have been rescued.

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli (L) discusses work arrangement with his colleague in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli (front) plays a spring themed ancient poetry citing game with passengers during a flight from Dalian of northeast China's Liaoning Province to Guangzhou of south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli (2nd L) plays an ancient poetry citing game with his children at home in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 3, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli leaves for the airport in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli patrols around the airplane before takeoff in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli is seen in the cockpit in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli writes Chinese calligraphy at home in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 3, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows Ma Baoli (1st R) posing for a group picture at the recording of the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli reads books at home in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 3, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli (2nd L) plays a spring themed ancient poetry citing game with passengers during a flight from Dalian of northeast China's Liaoning Province to Guangzhou of south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli is seen in the cockpit in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli plays a spring themed ancient poetry citing game with passengers during a flight from Dalian of northeast China's Liaoning Province to Guangzhou of south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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Beninese pay tribute to victims of traffic accident

STORY: Beninese pay tribute to victims of traffic accident DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: COTONOU, Benin CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people marching 2. SOUNDBITE (French): INES KOTINGUAN, Initiator of the march 3. various of people marching 4. various of people placing flowers STORYLINE: Some Beninese on Sunday paid tribute to the victims of the tragic accident that claimed over 20 passengers' lives in central Benin's Dassa-Zoume on the previous Sunday. According to a government statement, the accident occurred following a collision between a bus carrying 45 passengers coming from Parakou for Cotonou, and a truck. Over 100 Beninese walked on the streets of Cotonou, Benin's largest city, before laying white roses at the foot of the monument of the Remembrance Square, to express their condolences to the bereaved families. SOUNDBITE (French): INES KOTINGUAN, Initiator of the march "Let us be united. Let us take care of ourselves. Let's take care of our beloved one

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Türkiye's biggest cities facing drought amid insufficient rainfall

STORY: Türkiye's biggest cities facing drought amid insufficient rainfall DATELINE: Jan. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul city in Türkiye 2. various of Istiklal Street, a nostalgic train carrying passengers, and thousands of people walking down the street in Istanbul, Türkiye 3. various of the Alibeykoy Dam Reservoir (courtesy of Ihlas News Agency) STORYLINE: Insufficient rainfall has caused severe drought throughout Türkiye, especially in the highly populated western and northwestern regions, according to data released Thursday. Rainfall during the Oct. 1, 2022-Jan. 3, 2023 period dropped 31 percent compared to the previous same period across the country, the Turkish State Meteorological Service said. With a 51.8 percent drop in rainfall compared to seasonal norms, Istanbul, a city of over 16 million residents, was hit the worst among Türkiye's major urban centers. The Istanbul municipality reported Friday that the Alibeykoy Dam Res

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Super-express train derails in Nagasaki, 36 people injured

NAGASAKI, Japan - A super-express train on the JR Nagasaki Line lies derailed in the rice field in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 19. The six-car train bound for Fukuoka from Nagasaki hit fallen rocks late July 18, injuring the driver and 35 passengers.

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Skymark Airlines launches int'l chartered service

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers board a plane chartered by Skymark Airlines at Tokyo's Haneda aiport in the wee hours of Aug. 24 to head for Seoul. Skymark, which entered the domestic airline market in 1998 as the first newcomer in 35 years, became the first Japanese discount carrier to fly overseas.

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Chinese airplane makes emergency landing in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - A China Eastern Airlines jetliner bound from Shanghai for the city of Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture made an emergency landing on June 1 at Fukuoka airport due to engine trouble, the Transport Ministry says. The Boeing 737 with 77 passengers and 11 crew members aboard landed at the airport, in southwestern Japan, at around 12:35 p.m. No one was injured, according to police.

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19 women drowned as boat capsizes in Pakistan's Indus River: media

STORY: 19 women drowned as boat capsizes in Pakistan's Indus River: media DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the accident site STORYLINE: At least 19 women were killed on Monday when a boat capsized in the Indus River near Machka area of Sadiqabad city in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, local media reported. According to media, around 60 to 70 passengers were on board. They were part of a marriage procession that was heading towards Machka from a nearby area. At least 35 people were rescued by the locals, police told media. The search operation for the people who are still missing is underway. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

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A sunset and a sailboat,Lake Biwa

Maruko boats on Lake Biwa. This photograph seems to imitate the image Yabase-no-Kihan, one of Utagawa Hiroshige's Eight Scenes of Oumi and a representative ukiyoe print. Yabase-no-Kihan captures the scene of the boats used to ferry passengers between Otsu and Yabase (present-day Kusatsu City), returning to port. This was a shortcut on the Tokaido Highway.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐35‐0]

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Asakusa sanyabori canal

The same photo as the one numbered 14-35, showing a canal leading to Negishi from Asakusa and Imado. Many passengers took boats along the Sumida River to visit the red-light district of Yoshiwara. The chokibune boats were not roofed and so must have been different from those shown in this photo. The cottages on the left may be boat houses. Most of the canals ware filled in when the Yoshiwara district was abolished in 1958.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐26‐0]

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Super-express train derails in Nagasaki, 36 people injured

NAGASAKI, Japan - A super-express train on the JR Nagasaki Line lies derailed in the rice field in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 19. The six-car train bound for Fukuoka from Nagasaki hit fallen rocks late July 18, injuring the driver and 35 passengers. (Kyodo)

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Skymark Airlines launches int'l chartered service

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers board a plane chartered by Skymark Airlines at Tokyo's Haneda aiport in the wee hours of Aug. 24 to head for Seoul. Skymark, which entered the domestic airline market in 1998 as the first newcomer in 35 years, became the first Japanese discount carrier to fly overseas. (Kyodo)

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Chinese airplane makes emergency landing in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - A China Eastern Airlines jetliner bound from Shanghai for the city of Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture made an emergency landing on June 1 at Fukuoka airport due to engine trouble, the Transport Ministry says. The Boeing 737 with 77 passengers and 11 crew members aboard landed at the airport, in southwestern Japan, at around 12:35 p.m. No one was injured, according to police.