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U.S. unemployment remains 3.8 pct in September

STORY: U.S. unemployment remains 3.8 pct in September DATELINE: Oct. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view of the United States STORYLINE: U.S. employers added 336,000 jobs in September in sign of economic resilience, with unemployment rate unchanged at 3.8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Friday. Job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, government, health care, professional, scientific, and technical services, and social assistance, the report indicated. Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for Whites (3.4 percent), Blacks (5.7 percent), Asians (2.8 percent), and Hispanics (4.6 percent) showed little or no change in September. The latest employment report showed that the labor force participation rate was unchanged at 62.8 percent, still slightly below the pre-pandemic level of 63.4 percent. Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 7 cents, or 0.2 per

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Christian academy aids third-world fight against poverty

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Freshmen at the Asian Rural Institute talk about their home villages while watching a tablet terminal operated by a staff member of the Christian academy, which offers agricultural training programs for Asians and Africans, in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on April 12, 2013.

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Christian academy aids third-world fight against poverty

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Kenichi Otsu, president of the Asian Rural Institute, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the Christian academy, which offers agricultural training programs for Asians and Africans in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on April 12, 2013.

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Christian academy aids third-world fight against poverty

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Freshmen at the Asian Rural Institute practice greetings in Japanese at a classroom of the Christian academy, which offers agricultural training programs for Asians and Africans in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on April 12, 2013, a day before its opening ceremony.

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ANA launches project with AKB48

TOKYO, Japan - Members of all-girl pop group AKB48, (from L) Sayaka Akimoto, Rina Kawaei, Mayu Watanabe and Yui Yokoyama, and Mariya Suzuki, who has been transferred to sister group SNH48, pose for photos wearing All Nippon Airways Co. cabin attendant uniforms at an event in Tokyo on April 10, 2013. The event was held to announce the launch of a joint project between ANA and AKB48 to push young Asians to travel more.

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ANA launches project with AKB48

TOKYO, Japan - Members of all-girl pop group AKB48, (from L) Sayaka Akimoto, Rina Kawaei, Mayu Watanabe and Yui Yokoyama, and Mariya Suzuki, who has been transferred to sister group SNH48, pose for photos wearing All Nippon Airways Co. cabin attendant uniforms at an event in Tokyo on April 10, 2013. The event was held to announce the launch of a joint project between ANA and AKB48 to push young Asians to travel more.

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Japanese ryokan group launches drive to woo wealthy Asians

SINGAPORE, Singapore - A consortium of some of the most exclusive ryokans, or Japanese-style inns, holds a press conference in Singapore on Oct. 4, 2011. The Ryokan Collection, which groups some 30 top-tier ryokans across Japan, has launched a promotion to woo wealthy Southeast Asian tourists.

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Aso proposes new scheme to train Japanese, Asians

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Taro Aso delivers a keynote speech at the United Nations University in Tokyo on Aug. 29.

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5 Asians win high spots in prestigious Chopin piano competition

WARSAW, Poland - Two South Koreans, two Japanese and a Chinese were among the prizewinners at the 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition that finished the final round on Oct. 21. File photo shows Japan's Shohei Sekimoto, 20, who won shared fourth prize with compatriot Takashi Yamamoto, 22.

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5 Asians win high spots in prestigious Chopin piano competition

WARSAW, Poland - Two South Koreans, two Japanese and a Chinese were among the prizewinners at the 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition that finished the final round on Oct. 21. File photo shows Takashi Yamamoto, 22, who shared fourth prize with compatriot Shohei Sekimoto, 20.

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Japanese may have been present when 7 S. Koreans captured

BAGHDAD, Iraq - South Korean missionary Ho Yong tells reporters in Baghdad about Japanese captured by Iraqi militants. Ho said he saw five or six Asians surrounded by armed Arabs on April 8 near Ramadi, southern Iraq, where he and six other South Koreans were taken by the militants. But he said he is not certain if the people he saw were Japanese.

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13 Asians taken into custody in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - An unidentified man is taken into custody in the early hours April 5 along with 12 other Asians on suspicion of illegal entry in Japan after they were found hiding inside a container at Osaka port. Authorities have also arrested 17 Asians onboard a South Korean cargo ship in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Wartime laborers to sue M'shi Heavy in S. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Six South Koreans will file a suit with the Pusan District Court on May 1 demanding Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan pay some 600 million won (about 60 million yen) in damages for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II, lawyers supporting wartime compensation suits announce at a news conference April 26. The lawsuit will be the first seeking compensation for Japan's wartime deeds to be filed by Asians in their own country against a Japanese company, according to the lawyers.

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U.S. chips bill purely protectionist law : French economist

STORY: U.S. chips bill purely protectionist law : French economist DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of ParisSOUNDBITE (French): JEAN-MARC DANIEL, French economist STORYLINE: A Paris-based French economist has said that the Chips and Science Act passed by the U.S. Congress is a purely protectionist law. Jean-Marc Daniel, an economist, professor and editor of the magazine Societal said in a recent interview with Xinhua that historically all countries that turned to protectionism have been losers. SOUNDBITE (French): JEAN-MARC DANIEL, French economist "I do think that this law is a purely protectionist law. In a way, the fact of depending on the Asians, and particularly the Chinese, Japanese and Koreans, for the future of their economy and their industry is humiliating. So they are ready to make an effort. What they don't see is that it's not a question of saying but of doing and acting. And once you get down to the concrete, at the m

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[GRAPHICS]U.S.-RACIAL DISCRIMINATION-ASIANS

(220416) -- BEIJING, April 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The China Society for Human Rights Studies on April 15, 2022 released a report titled "Increasing Racial Discrimination Against Asians Exposes Overall Racist Nature of U.S. Society." (Xinhua/Lu Zhe)

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Kashmiri women planting rice saplings in a rice field in Kangan, Kashmir, India, on June 23, 2010. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) (Credit:Creative Touch Imaging Ltd/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

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Rally against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal

People hold up signs against racism against Asians and in memory of the people murdered in Atlanta during a demonstration in Montreal, Canada, on Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Hughes Graham/CP/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Rally against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal

People hold up signs against racism against Asians and in memory of the people murdered in Atlanta during a demonstration in Montreal, Canada, on Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Hughes Graham/CP/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Rally against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal

People hold up signs against racism against Asians and in memory of the people murdered in Atlanta during a demonstration in Montreal, Canada, on Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Hughes Graham/CP/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Rally against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal

People hold up signs against racism against Asians and in memory of the people murdered in Atlanta during a demonstration in Montreal, Canada, on Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Hughes Graham/CP/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Rally against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal

People hold up signs against racism against Asians and in memory of the people murdered in Atlanta during a demonstration in Montreal, Canada, on Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Hughes Graham/CP/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Rally against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal

People hold up signs against racism against Asians and in memory of the people murdered in Atlanta during a demonstration in Montreal, Canada, on Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Hughes Graham/CP/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Rally against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal

People hold up signs against racism against Asians and in memory of the people murdered in Atlanta during a demonstration in Montreal, Canada, on Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Hughes Graham/CP/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Rally against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal

A woman holds up a sign against racism against Asians and in memory of the people murdered in Atlanta during a demonstration in Montreal, Canada, on Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Hughes Graham/CP/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Rally against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal

A woman holds up a sign against racism against Asians and in memory of the people murdered in Atlanta during a demonstration in Montreal, Canada, on Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Hughes Graham/CP/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Rally against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal

People hold up signs against racism against Asians and in memory of the people murdered in Atlanta during a demonstration in Montreal, Canada, on Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Hughes Graham/CP/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Diplomats arrive in China's border city from N. Korea by land

Diplomats and their families in North Korea left Pyongyang by land and arrived in China's border city of Dandong, in a scene witnessed by Kyodo News on Friday. As a border blockage following the novel coronavirus pandemic has prevented North Korea from importing daily necessities, the around 30 Southeast Asians and Europeans who crossed into China appeared to have faced difficulties in maintaining their livelihood in Pyongyang.

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Aso proposes new scheme to train Japanese, Asians

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Taro Aso delivers a keynote speech at the United Nations University in Tokyo on Aug. 29. (Kyodo)

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THINK FAST, MR. MOTO PETER LORRE as Mr. Moto Date: 1937

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THINK FAST, MR. MOTO PETER LORRE as Mr. Moto Date: 1937

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THINK FAST, MR. MOTO PETER LORRE as Mr. Moto Date: 1937

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THINK FAST, MR. MOTO PETER LORRE as Mr. Moto Date: 1937

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MR. MOTO TAKES A CHANCE

MR. MOTO TAKES A CHANCE PETER LORRE as Mr. Moto MR. MOTO TAKES A CHANCE [US 1938] PETER LORRE as Mr. Moto [2nd left] Date: 1938

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MYSTERIOUS MR. MOTO

MYSTERIOUS MR. MOTO LEON AMES, PETER LORRE as Mr. Moto Date: 1938

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MYSTERIOUS MR. MOTO PETER LORRE as Mr. Moto, LEON AMES, HAROLD HUBER Date: 1938

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MYSTERIOUS MR. MOTO MARY MAGUIRE, PETER LORRE as Mr. Moto Date: 1938

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China says no to Japan's bid to add industrial sites on UNESCO list

Hua Chunying, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, attends a regular press briefing at the ministry in Beijing on May 14, 2015. "China shares South Korea's strong concerns over Japan's application," Hua told the briefing, expressing China's opposition to Japan's attempt to list some facilities seen as representing its industrialization in the late 19th to early 20th centuries as World Heritage sites, citing the issue of wartime forced labor involving Chinese, Koreans and other Asians. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Malaysia collaboration introduces chocolates for Asians

Customers come to Nayuta Chocolatasia at Isetan The Japan Store, Kuala Lumpur, to try the taste of chocolates for Asians on the occasion of the boutique and cafe's opening on Oct. 20, 2017. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Archaeologist claims Ainu traded with Japanese, other Asians

Photo taken Dec. 11, 2015, in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, shows archaeologist Takuro Segawa, who won the grand prize of the third Ancient History and Culture Award for his book "Ainu Gaku Nyumon" (Introduction to Study of Ainu People). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 Asians win high spots in prestigious Chopin piano competition

WARSAW, Poland - Two South Koreans, two Japanese and a Chinese were among the prizewinners at the 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition that finished the final round on Oct. 21. File photo shows Japan's Shohei Sekimoto, 20, who won shared fourth prize with compatriot Takashi Yamamoto, 22. (Kyodo)

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5 Asians win high spots in prestigious Chopin piano competition

WARSAW, Poland - Two South Koreans, two Japanese and a Chinese were among the prizewinners at the 15th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition that finished the final round on Oct. 21. File photo shows Takashi Yamamoto, 22, who shared fourth prize with compatriot Shohei Sekimoto, 20. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ryokan group launches drive to woo wealthy Asians

SINGAPORE, Singapore - A consortium of some of the most exclusive ryokans, or Japanese-style inns, holds a press conference in Singapore on Oct. 4, 2011. The Ryokan Collection, which groups some 30 top-tier ryokans across Japan, has launched a promotion to woo wealthy Southeast Asian tourists. (Kyodo)

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Japanese may have been present when 7 S. Koreans captured

BAGHDAD, Iraq - South Korean missionary Ho Yong tells reporters in Baghdad about Japanese captured by Iraqi militants. Ho said he saw five or six Asians surrounded by armed Arabs on April 8 near Ramadi, southern Iraq, where he and six other South Koreans were taken by the militants. But he said he is not certain if the people he saw were Japanese. (Kyodo)

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17 Asians arrested at Kitakyushu port

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows the South Korean freighter Jang Yung aboard which 17 Asians were found hiding and arrested April 4. Japan Coast Guard officials said six of them claimed they are Chinese the 11 others claimed to be Bangladeshis. The ship left the southern Korean port Pusan on April 3 and arrived at Moji on April 4.

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13 Asians taken into custody in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - An unidentified man is taken into custody in the early hours April 5 along with 12 other Asians on suspicion of illegal entry in Japan after they were found hiding inside a container at Osaka port. Authorities have also arrested 17 Asians onboard a South Korean cargo ship in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Wartime laborers to sue M'shi Heavy in S. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Six South Koreans will file a suit with the Pusan District Court on May 1 demanding Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan pay some 600 million won (about 60 million yen) in damages for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II, lawyers supporting wartime compensation suits announce at a news conference April 26. The lawsuit will be the first seeking compensation for Japan's wartime deeds to be filed by Asians in their own country against a Japanese company, according to the lawyers.