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Tokyo SkyTree reopens after elevator halt

Staff members of Tokyo SkyTree tower announce the reopening of its observation deck to visitors on Feb. 26, 2026, after a three-day suspension due to an elevator malfunction. Twenty visitors were trapped for more than five hours starting on the night of Feb. 22 when an elevator stopped about 30 meters above street level while descending from the 350-meter-high observation deck.

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Tokyo SkyTree elevator halt

Photo shows Tokyo Skytree tower in the Japanese capital on the night of Feb. 22, 2026, after 20 visitors were trapped in an elevator that stopped about 30 meters above street level while descending from the 350-meter-high observation deck. The visitors were rescued after more than five hours, and no one was injured.

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Tokyo SkyTree elevator halt

An emergency vehicle is seen in front of Tokyo SkyTree tower in the Japanese capital on the night of Feb. 22, 2026, after 20 visitors were trapped in an elevator that stopped about 30 meters above street level while descending from the 350-meter-high observation deck. The visitors were rescued after more than five hours, and no one was injured.

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Tokyo SkyTree elevator halt

Photo shows Tokyo Skytree tower in the Japanese capital on the night of Feb. 22, 2026, after 20 visitors were trapped in an elevator that stopped about 30 meters above street level while descending from the 350-meter-high observation deck. The visitors were rescued after more than five hours, and no one was injured.

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Tokyo SkyTree elevator halt

Emergency vehicles are seen in front of Tokyo SkyTree tower in the Japanese capital on the night of Feb. 22, 2026, after 20 visitors were trapped in an elevator that stopped about 30 meters above street level while descending from the 350-meter-high observation deck. The visitors were rescued after more than five hours, and no one was injured.

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[Breaking News]Jet-pulling event at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan, Oct. 6 Kyodo - Around 350 elementary school students and their guardians pull an Airbus A380 jet, the world's largest passenger plane, measuring about 73 meters and weighing some 340 tons, during an event at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Jet-pulling event at Narita airport

Around 350 elementary school students and their guardians pull an Airbus A380 jet, the world's largest passenger plane, measuring about 73 meters and weighing some 340 tons, during an event at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2024.

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Jet-pulling event at Narita airport

Around 350 elementary school students and their guardians pull an Airbus A380 jet, the world's largest passenger plane, measuring about 73 meters and weighing some 340 tons, during an event at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2024.

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Jet-pulling event at Narita airport

Around 350 elementary school students and their guardians pull an Airbus A380 jet, the world's largest passenger plane, measuring about 73 meters and weighing some 340 tons, during an event at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2024.

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-BASE JUMP

(240515) -- SRI LANKA, May 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A base jumper leaps off the Colombo Lotus Tower in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 14, 2024. Over 10,000 Sri Lankan and international spectators viewed 188 base jumps carried out at the Colombo Lotus Tower between May 12 and 14, said the Lotus Tower Management Company on Wednesday. It was Sri Lanka's highest international base jump event, where people leapt from a height of 350 meters, according to the company. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-BASE JUMP

(240515) -- SRI LANKA, May 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A base jumper leaps off the Colombo Lotus Tower in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 14, 2024. Over 10,000 Sri Lankan and international spectators viewed 188 base jumps carried out at the Colombo Lotus Tower between May 12 and 14, said the Lotus Tower Management Company on Wednesday. It was Sri Lanka's highest international base jump event, where people leapt from a height of 350 meters, according to the company. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-BASE JUMP

(240515) -- SRI LANKA, May 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A base jumper leaps off the Colombo Lotus Tower in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 14, 2024. Over 10,000 Sri Lankan and international spectators viewed 188 base jumps carried out at the Colombo Lotus Tower between May 12 and 14, said the Lotus Tower Management Company on Wednesday. It was Sri Lanka's highest international base jump event, where people leapt from a height of 350 meters, according to the company. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-HELICOPTER EXPO (CN)

(230914) -- TIANJIN, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A helicopter of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau performs during the opening ceremony of the 6th China Helicopter Exposition in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept. 14, 2023. The 6th China Helicopter Exposition opened here on Thursday, highlighting innovation, development and win-win cooperation. Spanning an exhibition area of approximately 160,000 square meters, the four-day expo has a total of 65 helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on display, drawing over 350 exhibitors, including many major global helicopter manufacturers. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-HELICOPTER EXPO (CN)

(230914) -- TIANJIN, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 6th China Helicopter Exposition in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept. 14, 2023. The 6th China Helicopter Exposition opened here on Thursday, highlighting innovation, development and win-win cooperation. Spanning an exhibition area of approximately 160,000 square meters, the four-day expo has a total of 65 helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on display, drawing over 350 exhibitors, including many major global helicopter manufacturers. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-HELICOPTER EXPO (CN)

(230914) -- TIANJIN, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 6th China Helicopter Exposition in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept. 14, 2023. The 6th China Helicopter Exposition opened here on Thursday, highlighting innovation, development and win-win cooperation. Spanning an exhibition area of approximately 160,000 square meters, the four-day expo has a total of 65 helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on display, drawing over 350 exhibitors, including many major global helicopter manufacturers. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-HELICOPTER EXPO (CN)

(230914) -- TIANJIN, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 6th China Helicopter Exposition in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept. 14, 2023. The 6th China Helicopter Exposition opened here on Thursday, highlighting innovation, development and win-win cooperation. Spanning an exhibition area of approximately 160,000 square meters, the four-day expo has a total of 65 helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on display, drawing over 350 exhibitors, including many major global helicopter manufacturers. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-HELICOPTER EXPO (CN)

(230914) -- TIANJIN, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 6th China Helicopter Exposition in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept. 14, 2023. The 6th China Helicopter Exposition opened here on Thursday, highlighting innovation, development and win-win cooperation. Spanning an exhibition area of approximately 160,000 square meters, the four-day expo has a total of 65 helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on display, drawing over 350 exhibitors, including many major global helicopter manufacturers. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-HELICOPTER EXPO (CN)

(230914) -- TIANJIN, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People view an AR-300 aerial vehicle at the 6th China Helicopter Exposition in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept. 14, 2023. The 6th China Helicopter Exposition opened here on Thursday, highlighting innovation, development and win-win cooperation. Spanning an exhibition area of approximately 160,000 square meters, the four-day expo has a total of 65 helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on display, drawing over 350 exhibitors, including many major global helicopter manufacturers. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-HELICOPTER EXPO (CN)

(230914) -- TIANJIN, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An AC311A helicopter performs during the opening ceremony of the 6th China Helicopter Exposition in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept. 14, 2023. The 6th China Helicopter Exposition opened here on Thursday, highlighting innovation, development and win-win cooperation. Spanning an exhibition area of approximately 160,000 square meters, the four-day expo has a total of 65 helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on display, drawing over 350 exhibitors, including many major global helicopter manufacturers. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-NANNING-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-LIBO RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230803) -- LIBO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 3, 2023 shows an interior view of the Libo Railway Station in Libo, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The construction for the building of Libo Railway Station on the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway line has been completed. Featuring a style of Yao ethnic group residential building, the railway station has a construction area of 10,000 square meters. The Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour, will provide Libo with access to railway services for the first time in history. It is expected to shorten the travel time between Guiyang of Guizhou Province and Nanning of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from more than 5 hours to about 2 hours. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-NANNING-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-LIBO RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230803) -- LIBO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 3, 2023 shows the Libo Railway Station in Libo, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The construction for the building of Libo Railway Station on the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway line has been completed. Featuring a style of Yao ethnic group residential building, the railway station has a construction area of 10,000 square meters. The Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour, will provide Libo with access to railway services for the first time in history. It is expected to shorten the travel time between Guiyang of Guizhou Province and Nanning of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from more than 5 hours to about 2 hours. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-NANNING-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-LIBO RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230803) -- LIBO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 3, 2023 shows the Libo Railway Station in Libo, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The construction for the building of Libo Railway Station on the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway line has been completed. Featuring a style of Yao ethnic group residential building, the railway station has a construction area of 10,000 square meters. The Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour, will provide Libo with access to railway services for the first time in history. It is expected to shorten the travel time between Guiyang of Guizhou Province and Nanning of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from more than 5 hours to about 2 hours. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-NANNING-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-LIBO RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230803) -- LIBO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 3, 2023 shows the Libo Railway Station in Libo, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The construction for the building of Libo Railway Station on the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway line has been completed. Featuring a style of Yao ethnic group residential building, the railway station has a construction area of 10,000 square meters. The Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour, will provide Libo with access to railway services for the first time in history. It is expected to shorten the travel time between Guiyang of Guizhou Province and Nanning of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from more than 5 hours to about 2 hours. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-NANNING-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-LIBO RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230803) -- LIBO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 3, 2023 shows a platform of the Libo Railway Station in Libo, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The construction for the building of Libo Railway Station on the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway line has been completed. Featuring a style of Yao ethnic group residential building, the railway station has a construction area of 10,000 square meters. The Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour, will provide Libo with access to railway services for the first time in history. It is expected to shorten the travel time between Guiyang of Guizhou Province and Nanning of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from more than 5 hours to about 2 hours. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230619) -- XIAMEN, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers check the installed aluminum strips at the waiting hall of the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 19, 2023. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230619) -- XIAMEN, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers work at the construction site on the departure floor of the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 19, 2023. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230619) -- XIAMEN, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 19, 2023 shows the center roof of the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230619) -- XIAMEN, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 19, 2023 shows the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230619) -- XIAMEN, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers install window grilles at the construction site of the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 19, 2023. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230619) -- XIAMEN, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 19, 2023 shows the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230619) -- XIAMEN, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers work on the facade of the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 19, 2023. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230619) -- XIAMEN, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers clean the floor at the waiting hall of the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 19, 2023. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230619) -- XIAMEN, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers check the installation of facilities in the waiting hall of the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 19, 2023. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION (CN)

(230619) -- XIAMEN, June 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 19, 2023 shows the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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Stunning "bridge ballet": girders rotate into designed position in China's Guangxi

STORY: Stunning "bridge ballet": girders rotate into designed position in China's Guangxi DATELINE: March 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the bridge STORYLINE: Two swivel girders of a bridge under construction on the Nanning-Yulin railway were successfully rotated to their targeted position in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday. The two girders, with a total length of 176 meters and a combined weight of 8,000 tonnes, synchronously rotated 90 degrees within 90 minutes. The railway, linking Guangxi's capital of Nanning and the city of Yulin, has a designed speed of 350 km per hour. 　　 Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)

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Chinese electricians work over 300 meters above ground

STORY: Chinese electricians work over 300 meters above ground DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of electricians working on power-transmission towers STORYLINE: Workers on Tuesday climbed up to 350 meters to carry out power maintenance in Wuxi City, east China's Jiangsu Province. The two power-transmission towers measure 385 meters high each. They are the tallest of their kind in the world. They are linked with electricity cables spanning the Yangtze, China's longest river. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanjing, China. (XHTV)

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Small 4-blade wind-power generator in operation in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - A small four-blade wind-power generator is seen in operation in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in this photo taken on April 8, 2014. The blades, each about 2.5 meters long and 40 cm wide, flutter up and down on a 5-meter pole to produce 350 watts of electricity.

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Millionth visitors to Tokyo Skytree deck

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a family from Nagano Prefecture pose for photos in front of the Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcast tower at 634 meters, in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Aug. 1, 2012. They became the one millionth visitors to the tower's 350-meter-high main observation deck.

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Tokyo Skytree opens

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors view the landscape from a 350-meter-high observation floor at Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, as it opened in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 22, 2012.

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Tokyo Skytree to open May 22

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 21, 2012, shows two observation decks, one at 350 meters (bottom) and another at 450 meters above ground, of Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on the eve of its opening to the public.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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World's largest photo collection completed

TOKYO, Japan - Four persons try to turn over a page on what is claimed to be the world's largest photo collection just completed by Japanese photographer Rowland Kirishima. The book, whose cover measures 3.07 meters tall and 3.42 meters wide, was unveiled during an event marking the release of a new Mazda car held in Tokyo on July 21. The whole book weighs about 350 kilograms. Organizers of the event said they plan to apply to Guinness World Records for registration as the world's largest photo collection.

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Bridgestone shows off world's biggest tire

TOKYO, Japan - Bridgestone Corp. exhibited what it claims to be the biggest tire in the world at its factory in Kodaira, western Tokyo, on Jan. 21. The 5.1-ton tire is 4.02 meters in diameter and made specifically for 350-ton trucks used for carrying ore at mines in North America and Indonesia, Bridgestone officials said. The tires cost 3.5 million yen each.

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Tokaimura residents measure radiation nearby uranium plant

TOKAIMURA, Japan - Residents of Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture use radioactivity detectors to measure the levels of radiation at a street gutter on Oct. 3, a day after the government lifted an off-limits order within 350 meters of the site of Japan's worst nuclear accident. Most residents had returned home by Oct. 3 morning from a local community center where they took refugee following the accident.

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13 killed in cafe fire in western Russia

STORY: 13 killed in cafe fire in western Russia DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:24 LOCATION: KOSTROMA, Russia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue at the cafe in Kostroma (Source: Sledcom) STORYLINE: Thirteen people were killed and four more were injured and hospitalized after a fire in a cafe early Saturday in Russia's western city of Kostroma, about 350 km northeast of Moscow, Russia's TASS news agency reported. A total of 250 people were evacuated due to the fire, which had been put out and was likely caused by fireworks a visitor set off in the cafe, according to a preliminary investigation, TASS said, citing local emergency services. The fire reached an area of 3,500 square meters, and the roof of the cafe caved in during firefighting, TASS said. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kostroma, Russia. (XHTV)

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A glimpse of "a river above a river" in E China

STORY: A glimpse of "a river above a river" in E China DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the aqueduct STORYLINE: A long aqueduct on Pihe River in Feixi County of east China's Anhui Province is a key project of the mega water diversion project to divert water from the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River. The total length of the aqueduct is 350 meters, of which a section of 246 meters is built with a steel structure. Designed as "a river above a river," the aqueduct sits above a canal with a span of 110 meters, which architects said is the longest span of similar structures in the world. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hefei, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-YULIN-HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY STATION-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(220813) -- YULIN, Aug. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers operate at the construction site of Yulin North Railway Station in Yulin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 12, 2022. Yulin North Railway Station, covering an area of 49,975 square meters, is one of the seven stations along the Nanning-Yulin high-speed railway with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)