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Xinhua Headlines: Sci-tech park built on abandoned mine in Beijing's green transition

Xinhua Headlines: Sci-tech park built on abandoned mine in Beijing's green transition

(230816) -- BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 14, 2012 shows the Caojiafang mining site in Beijing, capital of China (above) and photo taken by Xinhua correspondent Zhang Chenlin shows the Bairuigu resort transformed from Caojiafang mining site in Beijing, capital of China, July 24, 2023 (below). (Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-NAPO COUNTY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-NAPO COUNTY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230803) -- NAPO COUNTY, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 14, 2009 shows houses of local people in Shangbaotun of Napo County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guangxi started at the end of 2008 an infrastructure project in its border area to improve the life of local people. During the five years between 2008 and 2012, Guangxi had conducted 8,801 projects in the Napo border area, covering various aspects of people's daily life including transportation, education, water supply, house renovation and so on, benefiting over 77,000 people from 59 villages in six townships. With continuous efforts of local government and people, living conditions in border area of Guangxi have been improved fundamentally. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-NAPO COUNTY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

CHINA-GUANGXI-NAPO COUNTY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230803) -- NAPO COUNTY, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 14, 2009 shows a road leading to Shangbaotun of Napo County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guangxi started at the end of 2008 an infrastructure project in its border area to improve the life of local people. During the five years between 2008 and 2012, Guangxi had conducted 8,801 projects in the Napo border area, covering various aspects of people's daily life including transportation, education, water supply, house renovation and so on, benefiting over 77,000 people from 59 villages in six townships. With continuous efforts of local government and people, living conditions in border area of Guangxi have been improved fundamentally. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022-CHINA NEWS

XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022-CHINA NEWS

(230110) -- BEIJING, Jan. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Peisheng picks up garbage on the cliffs of Huangshan Mountain in east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 14, 2022. Li Peisheng is a sanitation worker at the Huangshan Mountain scenic area. Unlike many other sanitation workers, Li, equipped with climbing ropes, has to climb along steep cliffs to collect garbage and help tourists retrieve their lost properties. China has been awarding grassroots heroes as "Good Samaritans of China" since 2008. Li made it to the list of awardees in 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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Fukushima Pref. port little changed due to power plant

Fukushima Pref. port little changed due to power plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken on Nov. 14, 2012, (above), and Aug. 31, 2014, at Ukedo port in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, show little difference due proximity to a nuclear power plant crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Entry into the area is permitted only during the day due to radioactive contamination.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

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"Defend Diaoyu" activists' boat returns to H.K.

"Defend Diaoyu" activists' boat returns to H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A sailor (carrying flowers) smiles in Hong Kong on Aug. 22, 2012, after arriving home aboard a vessel that had carried 14 Chinese to Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea to assert Chinese sovereignty over the islands.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

HONG KONG, China - A member of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands receives flowers upon arrival at Hong Kong's international airport after being deported from Japan on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

HONG KONG, China - Members of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands are seen seated in business class aboard a flight to Hong Kong while being deported from Japan on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

HONG KONG, China - A member of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands is interviewed aboard a flight to Hong Kong while being deported from Japan on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

HONG KONG, China - Members of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands have a meal aboard a flight to Hong Kong while being deported from Japan on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

HONG KONG, China - Members of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands arrive at Hong Kong's international airport after being deported from Japan on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

HONG KONG, China - A member of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands is greeted by a supporter upon arrival at Hong Kong's international airport after being deported from Japan on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

HONG KONG, China - Members of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands arrive at Hong Kong's international airport after being deported from Japan on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A boat (L) carrying members of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands leaves Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2012, while Japan Coast Guard officers look on from a patrol ship (R). Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

HONG KONG, China - Members of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands arrive at Hong Kong's international airport after being deported from Japan on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

HONG KONG, China - Members of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands arrive at Hong Kong's international airport after being deported from Japan on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A boat (back) carrying members of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands leaves Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

Japan deports Chinese activists over Senkaku landing

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A boat (L) carrying members of a Hong Kong-based group asserting China's sovereignty over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands leaves Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2012, while Japan Coast Guard officers look on from a patrol ship (R). Japanese authorities deported all 14 Chinese nationals, including activists from the group, detained after some of them landed on one of the islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - Activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, and other people, are escorted off a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel at a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012. Japanese authorities are set to deport 14 people, including the activists, who were all arrested the previous day for violating Japan's immigration control law after some of them landed on one of the islands. (The image is partly altered)

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Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - Activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, and other people, are escorted off a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel at a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012. Japanese authorities are set to deport 14 people, including the activists, who were all arrested the previous day for violating Japan's immigration control law after some of them landed on one of the islands. (The image is partly altered)

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Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - Activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, and other people, are escorted off a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel at a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012. Japanese authorities are set to deport 14 people, including the activists, who were all arrested the previous day for violating Japan's immigration control law after some of them landed on one of the islands. (The image is partly altered)

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Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel carrying 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, off Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012. Japanese authorities are set to deport the 14, who were arrested the previous day for violating Japan's immigration control law after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

Japan to deport activists arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel carrying 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, off Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012. Japanese authorities are set to deport the 14, who were arrested the previous day for violating Japan's immigration control law after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Chinese protest over Senkakus

Chinese protest over Senkakus

SHANGHAI, China - Demonstrators march toward the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Aug. 16, 2012, following the arrest by Japan the previous day of 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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H.K. activist arrested over Senkaku landing

H.K. activist arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - An activist from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea yells out the group's cause while being escorted to Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following his and other members' arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including five activists from the group, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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H.K. activist arrested over Senkaku landing

H.K. activist arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - An activist from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea yells out the group's cause while being escorted to Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following his and other members' arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including five activists from the group, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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H.K. activist arrested over Senkaku landing

H.K. activist arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - An activist from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea yells out the group's cause while being escorted to Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following his and other members' arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including five activists from the group, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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Chinese protest over Senkakus

Chinese protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - Demonstrators protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 16, 2012, following the arrest by Japan the previous day of 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Chinese protest over Senkakus

Chinese protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - A man holds the Chinese flag in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 16, 2012, following the arrest by Japan the previous day of 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Chinese protest over Senkakus

Chinese protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - A man hurls a cone at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 16, 2012, following the arrest by Japan the previous day of 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Chinese protest over Senkakus

Chinese protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - Police officers look on as demonstrators protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 16, 2012, following the arrest by Japan the previous day of 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Chinese protest over Senkakus

Chinese protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - A man hurls a plastic bottle at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 16, 2012, following the arrest by Japan the previous day of 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Disposable diapers hit in Indonesia

Disposable diapers hit in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A man with a child checks disposable diapers at a supermarket in Jakarta on Aug. 14, 2012. Disposable diapers have gradually become popular in Indonesia, as they are easier to handle than cloth diapers.

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Chinese protest over Senkakus

Chinese protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - Demonstrators march in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 16, 2012, following the arrest by Japan the previous day of 14 people, including several activists from Hong Kong, after some of them landed on one of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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H.K. activists nabbed after landing Senkaku isle

H.K. activists nabbed after landing Senkaku isle

NAHA, Japan - Five activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea are escorted to a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following their arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including the five, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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H.K. activists nabbed after landing Senkaku isle

H.K. activists nabbed after landing Senkaku isle

NAHA, Japan - Five activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea are escorted to a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following their arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including the five, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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H.K. activists nabbed after landing Senkaku isle

H.K. activists nabbed after landing Senkaku isle

NAHA, Japan - Five activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea are escorted to a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following their arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including the five, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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Fukushima plant volunteer in U.S.

Fukushima plant volunteer in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Yasuteru Yamada, co-founder of a group of Japanese retirees that have proposed to volunteer to do cleanup work at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, speaks in New York on Aug. 14, 2012.

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Japanese medalists at London Olympics

Japanese medalists at London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gold medalists at the London Olympics, (from L front) Ryota Murata (men's middleweight boxing), Kohei Uchimura (men's gymnastics individual all-around), Hitomi Obara (women's wrestling 48-kilogram class), Saori Yoshida (women's wrestling 55-kilogram class), Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling), Kaori Icho (women's wrestling 63-kilogram class) and Kaori Matsumoto (women's judo 57-kilogram category) pose for photos with other medalists in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012.

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Japanese medalists at London Olympics

Japanese medalists at London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese medalists at the London Olympics pose for photos in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012. Kosuke Kitajima, Koji Murofushi, Koji Yamamuro and Yuki Ogimi were not present for the photo session.

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Japan delegation's ceremony after London Olympics

Japan delegation's ceremony after London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Saori Yoshida (C), who won her third consecutive Olympic title in the women's wrestling 55 kilograms and represented Japan as flag-bearer at the London Olympics, returns the flag to Japanese Chef de Mission Haruki Uemura during a ceremony to conclude the Summer Games in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012, after arriving back in Japan with other members of the Japanese delegation that evening from London. To the right is javelin thrower Yukifumi Murakami, Japan Olympic team captain.

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Industry minister Edano in Vietnam

Industry minister Edano in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (3rd from R) stands with Vietnamese ministers prior to a signing ceremony in Hanoi on Aug. 14, 2012. Japan agreed to help Vietnam prepare a nuclear accident compensation system, using its experience of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Japanese government officials said.

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Japan, N. Korea to resume governmental talks

Japan, N. Korea to resume governmental talks

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012, after Japan and North Korea agreed to resume talks on Aug. 29 for the first time in four years.

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Japanese Olympic delegation arrives back in Japan

Japanese Olympic delegation arrives back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Saori Yoshida arrives at Narita airport on Aug. 14, 2012, with other members of the Japanese delegation, after participating at the London Olympics. Yoshida won her third consecutive Olympic title in the women's wrestling 55 kilograms and represented her country as flag-bearer at the London Games.

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Japanese Olympic delegation arrives back in Japan

Japanese Olympic delegation arrives back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - (From front) Kaori Icho, Hitomi Obara and Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu arrive at Narita airport from London on Aug. 14, 2012, with other members of the Japanese Olympic delegation. Icho, Obara and Yonemitsu respectively won the gold medal in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class, the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class and the men's 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the London Olympics.

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Japanese Olympic delegation arrives back in Japan

Japanese Olympic delegation arrives back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Ryota Murata holds up his gold medal after arriving at Narita airport from London on Aug. 14, 2012, with other members of the Japanese Olympic delegation. Murata won the gold in the men's middleweight class boxing at the London Olympics.

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Japan, N. Korea to resume governmental talks

Japan, N. Korea to resume governmental talks

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012. Fujimura said Japan will resume governmental talks with North Korea on Aug. 29 for the first time in four years.

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N. Korea women soccer team heads to Japan

N. Korea women soccer team heads to Japan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The North Korean women's national soccer team leaves Pyongyang's international airport for Japan on Aug. 14, 2012, for the Under-20 Women's World Cup in the country. The Japanese government has decided to issue visas to North Korean players as a special measure. Japan bans North Korean nationals from entering the country as part of sanctions against Pyongyang.

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Central Japan airport marks 100 millionth visitor

Central Japan airport marks 100 millionth visitor

NAGOYA, Japan - Central Japan International Airport serving Nagoya holds a ceremony at its passenger terminal building Aug. 14, 2012, to mark the 100 millionth visitor, achieving the milestone seven and a half years after opening in February 2005.

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