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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240419) -- BEIJING, April 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit an exhibition hall on intangible cultural heritage alongside China's Grand Canal, in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, April 19, 2024. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The exhibition hall in Cangzhou showcases the intangible cultural heritage from 8 provinces and municipalities alongside the canal. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-CANGZHOU-GRAND CANAL-CULTURE-EXHIBITION HALL (CN)

(240419) -- CANGZHOU, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A tourist takes photos in an exhibition hall on intangible cultural heritage alongside China's Grand Canal, in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, April 19, 2024. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The exhibition hall in Cangzhou showcases the intangible cultural heritage from 8 provinces and municipalities alongside the canal. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-CANGZHOU-GRAND CANAL-CULTURE-EXHIBITION HALL (CN)

(240419) -- CANGZHOU, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit an exhibition hall on intangible cultural heritage alongside China's Grand Canal, in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, April 19, 2024. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The exhibition hall in Cangzhou showcases the intangible cultural heritage from 8 provinces and municipalities alongside the canal. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-CANGZHOU-GRAND CANAL-CULTURE-EXHIBITION HALL (CN)

(240419) -- CANGZHOU, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 19, 2024 shows an exhibition hall on intangible cultural heritage alongside China's Grand Canal, in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The exhibition hall in Cangzhou showcases the intangible cultural heritage from 8 provinces and municipalities alongside the canal. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-CANGZHOU-GRAND CANAL-CULTURE-EXHIBITION HALL (CN)

(240419) -- CANGZHOU, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit an exhibition hall on intangible cultural heritage alongside China's Grand Canal, in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, April 19, 2024. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The exhibition hall in Cangzhou showcases the intangible cultural heritage from 8 provinces and municipalities alongside the canal. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-CANGZHOU-GRAND CANAL-CULTURE-EXHIBITION HALL (CN)

(240419) -- CANGZHOU, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit an exhibition hall on intangible cultural heritage alongside China's Grand Canal, in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, April 19, 2024. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The exhibition hall in Cangzhou showcases the intangible cultural heritage from 8 provinces and municipalities alongside the canal. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-CANGZHOU-GRAND CANAL-CULTURE-EXHIBITION HALL (CN)

(240419) -- CANGZHOU, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A tourist visits an exhibition hall on intangible cultural heritage alongside China's Grand Canal, in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, April 19, 2024. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The exhibition hall in Cangzhou showcases the intangible cultural heritage from 8 provinces and municipalities alongside the canal. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-CANGZHOU-GRAND CANAL-CULTURE-EXHIBITION HALL (CN)

(240419) -- CANGZHOU, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit an exhibition hall on intangible cultural heritage alongside China's Grand Canal, in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, April 19, 2024. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The exhibition hall in Cangzhou showcases the intangible cultural heritage from 8 provinces and municipalities alongside the canal. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-CANGZHOU-GRAND CANAL-CULTURE-EXHIBITION HALL (CN)

(240419) -- CANGZHOU, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit an exhibition hall on intangible cultural heritage alongside China's Grand Canal, in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, April 19, 2024. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The exhibition hall in Cangzhou showcases the intangible cultural heritage from 8 provinces and municipalities alongside the canal. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-WORLD NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yimenghan, a member of Dream Building Service Association (DBSA), a non-governmental organization founded in 2014, donates books to students while promoting the habit of reading at a school in the Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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Xinhua Headlines: Traditional Chinese culture lectures heat up in rural communities

(231126) -- JINAN, Nov. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer performs to promote traditional Chinese culture in Sishui County of Jining, east China's Shandong Province, April 19, 2014. (Photo by Ji Ranran/Xinhua)

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(SkyEye) CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-KYRGYZSTAN-SILK ROAD

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 19, 2023 shows a view of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. About 2,000 years ago, in the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 25), a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian began his expedition to the Western Regions and opened a trade route that later became the Silk Road. In 2014, a joint application by China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan led to the recognition of "the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanning thousands of miles and thousands of years, the ancient Silk Road was not only a route for trade and barter, but also a route for exchanges between civilizations, making a significant contribution to the development and progress of human society. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

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Croatia-China business forum held in Zagreb

STORY: Croatia-China business forum held in Zagreb DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of participants at the forum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): Silva Stipic Kobali, director of Business Internationalization Centre at Croatian Chamber of Economy 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): QI QIANJIN, Chinese Ambassador to Croatia 4. various of participants at the forum STORYLINE: A business forum co-organized by the Croatian Economic Chamber and the visiting economic and trade delegation from northwest China's Shaanxi Province was held at the Croatian Chamber of Economy in Zagreb on Monday. Representatives of over 10 Chinese companies and nearly 20 Croatian companies held business-to-business meetings after the forum. In 2014, the Croatian Chamber of Economy started to strengthen economic relations with several Chinese provinces. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SILVA STIPIC KOBALI, Director of Business Internationalization Centre at Croatian Chamber of Economy "Delegation

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 19, 2023 shows an inside view of Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 19, 2023 shows the exterior view of Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yimenghan passes a book to a student at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students read books at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students read books at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students read books at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students wait to receive books at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students read books at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yimenghan explains a Chinese poem on spring rain to students at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yimenghan cheers students up at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yimenghan passes a book to a student at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yimenghan passes a book to a student at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students read books at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MATHARE SLUM-SCHOOL-BOOK READING

(230422) -- NAIROBI, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students read books at Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) School in Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2023. The Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, is the second largest urban slum in Kenya after Kibera. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2014. The organization has been continuing and promoting charity work in Mathare area. Thanks to the efforts made in the past years, several schools in Mathare have been renovated. Many poor children have free meals for lunch and have a chance to receive scholarships. Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) built its own school in 2016 in Mathare. Ahead of the World Book Day which falls on April 23, the school received a batch of books. Liu Yimenghan, a DBSA co-founder, and other teaching staff here held a reading event in hope of enhancing and encouraging the habits of reading among pupils. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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Same-sex marriage revealed in Japan's entertainment world

TOKYO, Japan - TV personality Ayaka Ichinose (L) and actress/dancer Akane Sugimori tell a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2014, they will marry on April 19 next year in the Japanese capital. It is rare in Japan for gay entertainers to publicize their "marriage" as same-sex marriage is illegal.

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Institute concludes Obokata failed to replicate "STAP cell" creation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2014 shows Haruko Obokata, a researcher with the Riken institute, during a press conference at an Osaka hotel. On Dec. 19, 2014, Riken concluded that Obokata failed in experiments to produce stem cells that she previously claimed to have created.

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Toyota suppliers to integrate business to boost efficiency

NAGOYA, Japan - Fumio Fujimori (L), president of Aisin Seiki Co., shakes hands with Takuo Matsui, president of Shiroki Corp., at a press conference in Nagoya on Dec. 19, 2014. The two companies, which both supply parts to Toyota Motor Corp., said they will integrate their businesses in April 2016.

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Verification experiment on STAP cells to be terminated

TOKYO, Japan - Embattled scientist Haruko Obokata at Japan's Riken research institute wipes away tears during a press conference in April 2014 at an Osaka hotel, as doubts emerged about so-called STAP cell papers she co-authored. Riken will announce on Dec. 19, 2014, that it has decided to end the verification experiment over her research as the cells cannot be produced.

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PM Abe arrives at office

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters his office in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2014. The previous day, he announced he will dissolve the lower house Friday for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase in April.

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Foreign tourist arrivals rise 19% at central Japan airport

NAGOYA, Japan - Central Japan International Airport Co. President Hiroshi Kawakami announces at a press conference in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014, a 19% increase to some 590,000 in the number of foreign visitors from April to August this year over the same period a year before.

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Teen from disaster-hit city joins ranks of Japan's female jockeys

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2014 shows Mayu Suzuki, who has become Japan's eighth active female jockey after having overcome a challenging time brought on by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Controversial gourmet comics

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a long-running gourmet comic called "Oishinbo" in the editions for release on April 28 (R), 2014, and on May 19 (L), 2014, of the Big Comic Spirits, a weekly Japanese comic magazine, that was released. After a wave of criticism over depictions of the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in the comic in the edition released on April 28, Shogakukan Inc., the publisher of the magazine, accepted the criticism in the edition released on May 19.

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Japanese expert, Filipino farmer check buckwheat flowers

BUMBARAN, Philippines - Japanese agricultural expert Takeyoshi Sumikawa (L) and a Muslim farmer examine buckwheat flowers in Bumbaran on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on April 19, 2014. The Philippines and its largest Muslim rebel group signed a final peace pact in March, ending about 45 years of conflict.

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Filipino farmers crop buckwheat in post-conflict Mindanao

BUMBARAN, Philippines - Japanese agricultural expert Takeyoshi Sumikawa (L) and Muslim farmers smile as they hold up newly harvested buckwheat in Bumbaran on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on April 19, 2014. The Philippines and its largest Muslim rebel group signed a peace pact in March, ending almost 45 years of conflict in the island's south.

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Telemark skiing gaining popularity in Japan

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2014 shows participants in a Telemark skiing tour in Otari, Nagano Prefecture.

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Telemark skiing gaining popularity in Japan

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2014 shows Kayo Sonoda, an instructor of Telemark skiing in Otari, Nagano Prefecture. Sonoda runs a school for Telemark skiing in Hakuba in the prefecture.

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LDP's TPP committee head Nishikawa in Hanoi

HANOI, Vietnam - Koya Nishikawa (R), a House of Representatives member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and chairman of the LDP's Trans-Pacific Partnership committee, shakes hands with Vietnamese Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang in Hanoi on April 29, 2014. Nishikawa told reporters after the meeting that the TPP negotiations are expected to near a conclusion at planned ministerial talks on May 19 and 20 in Singapore.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

ZHOUSHAN, China - The Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., is berthed at Majishan Port in Shengsi, Zhejiang Province, China, on April 22, 2014. On April 19, a Chinese court abruptly ordered the seizure of the carrier, saying that Mitsui O.S.K. had not paid compensation for the loss of two Chinese ships in the 1930s.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

ZHOUSHAN, China - The Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., is berthed at Majishan Port in Shengsi, Zhejiang Province, China, on April 22, 2014. On April 19, a Chinese court abruptly ordered the seizure of the carrier, saying that Mitsui O.S.K. had not paid compensation for the loss of two Chinese ships in the 1930s.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

ZHOUSHAN, China - The Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., is berthed at Majishan Port in Shengsi, Zhejiang Province, China, on April 22, 2014. On April 19, a Chinese court abruptly ordered the seizure of the carrier, saying that Mitsui O.S.K. had not paid compensation for the loss of two Chinese ships in the 1930s.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

ZHOUSHAN, China - Photo taken April 22, 2014, shows the Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., berthed at Majishan Port in Shengsi, Zhejiang Province, China, on April 22, 2014. On April 19, a Chinese court abruptly ordered the seizure of the carrier, saying that Mitsui O.S.K. had not paid compensation for the loss of two Chinese ships in the 1930s. The carrier was still flying the Japanese flag.

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Men in camouflage stand before Kiev city building

KIEV, Ukraine - Men in camouflage clothing stand in front of Kiev's city office building in the Ukrainian capital on April 19, 2014.

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Tents, barricades erected around Kiev's Independence Square

KIEF, Ukraine - Tents and barricades are seen erected around the Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 19, 2014.

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Ukrainian group stays in tent in Kiev

KIEF, Ukraine - Ukrainian group members who are protesting against pro-Russian groups sit in a tent erected at the Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 19, 2014.

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People remove barricades around Kiev's Independence Square

KIEF, Ukraine - People remove barricades around the Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 19, 2014.

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Ishikawa's bunker shot at RBC Heritage

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, United States - Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa launches a shot from a bunker on the seventh hole during the third round of the RBC Heritage tournament at Harbour Town Golf Links in the U.S. state of South Carolina on April 19, 2014.