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Boxing: Nery knocks out Yamanaka for WBC title

Japanese boxer Shinsuke Yamanaka (L) throws a punch at Luis Nery of Mexico in the first round of their WBC bantamweight title match at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto in the western Japan city on Aug. 15, 2017. Nery scored a fourth-round technical knockout victory over Yamanaka.

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Diamondbacks sign Japan amateur pitcher Yoshikawa

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Photo taken July 15, 2017, shows Japanese amateur right-hander Shumpei Yoshikawa at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. The Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Aug. 24, 2018, the signing of Yoshikawa to a minor league contract.

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Toyota to sell Yaris Ativ sedan in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. unveils its new sedan Yaris Ativ in Bangkok on Aug. 15, 2017. The car is based on the current Vios sold in Thailand and comes with a smaller engine to comply with the country's eco car rules.

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Moscow Zoo throws birthday party for two giant pandas

STORY: Moscow Zoo throws birthday party for two giant pandas DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of staff preparing for the birthday party (courtesy of Moscow Zoo) 2. various of giant pandas enjoying the birthday cake STORYLINE: The Moscow Zoo on Sunday celebrated the birthdays of two giant pandas Ding Ding and Ru Yi in Moscow, the capital of Russia. For Ding Ding, they prepared a bamboo cake with the number "five" and a large figure of a horse made of boxes. Ru Yi received a bamboo cake with the number "six" and a wooden swing in the shape of a dragon as a present. On the same day, a festive program was also held in the zoo. People enjoyed a show of Chinese traditional dragon and lion dances. Six-year-old male Ru Yi was born on July 31, 2016, whereas five-year-old female Ding Ding was born on July 30, 2017. The pair arrived in Moscow in 2019 from China's southwestern province of Sichuan for a 15-year joint research program. Xinhua News Age

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Diamondbacks sign Japan amateur pitcher Yoshikawa

Photo taken July 15, 2017, shows Japanese amateur right-hander Shumpei Yoshikawa at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. The Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Aug. 24, 2018, the signing of Yoshikawa to a minor league contract. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Fans gather in Memphis for Elvis Week

Fans of Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, visit his Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, on Aug. 15, 2017, a day before the 40th anniversary of his death. Tens of thousands of fans are expected to gather during Elvis Week, an event celebrating the rock star, running through Aug. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Event to praise Kim's family held in Pyongyang

A gathering called "Praise to the Great Persons of Mt. Paektu," an event to sing the praises of North Korea's ruling Kim family, is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2017. Mt. Paektu, located on the border of North Korea and China, is the alleged birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's father Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Event to praise Kim's family held in Pyongyang

Kim Jong Suk, chairwoman of North Korea's Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, speaks at a gathering called "Praise to the Great Persons of Mt. Paektu," an event to sing the praises of North Korea's ruling Kim family, in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2017. Mt. Paektu, located on the border of North Korea and China, is the alleged birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's father Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. activists protest against Japan militarism

Protesters gather at the Japanese consulate general in Hong Kong on Aug. 15, 2017, the 72nd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, to demand a formal apology from Japan and compensation for Chinese victims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Event to praise Kim's family held in Pyongyang

A gathering called "Praise to the Great Persons of Mt. Paektu," an event to sing the praises of North Korea's ruling Kim family, is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2017. Mt. Paektu, located on the border of North Korea and China, is the alleged birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's father Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Event to praise Kim's family held in Pyongyang

A gathering called "Praise to the Great Persons of Mt. Paektu," an event to sing the praises of North Korea's ruling Kim family, is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2017. Mt. Paektu, located on the border of North Korea and China, is the alleged birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's father Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Event to praise Kim's family held in Pyongyang

Kim Yong Nam (L), chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Assembly of North Korea, attends a gathering called "Praise to the Great Persons of Mt. Paeku," an event to sing the praises of North Korea's ruling Kim family, in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2017. Mt. Paeku, located on the border of North Korea and China, is the alleged birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's father Kim Jong Il. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Neymar appointed as NGO's goodwill ambassador

Soccer superstar Neymar attends a press conference in Geneva on Aug. 15, 2017, when he was unveiled as goodwill ambassador for Handicap International, an NGO supporting disabled people living in conflict and disaster zones. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Yamanaka fails in Japanese record-tying bid

Japanese boxer Shinsuke Yamanaka is in tears in the locker room after losing to Mexico's Luis Nery in his 13th defense of the WBC bantamweight title at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Gushiken talks about Yamanaka's loss

Japanese boxing great Yoko Gushiken speaks to reporters after Shinsuke Yamanaka failed to tie Gushiken's Japanese record of successfully defending a world title 13 times in a row, at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Gushiken talks about Yamanaka's loss

Japanese boxing great Yoko Gushiken speaks to reporters after Shinsuke Yamanaka failed to tie Gushiken's Japanese record of successfully defending a world title 13 times in a row, at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Chapecoense's trip to Japan spoiled by Urawa as Reds win

Players of Brazil's Chapecoense argue with the referee after a penalty was awarded to Japan's Urawa Reds two minutes to time in the Suruga Bank Championship at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2017. Reds skipper Yuki Abe converted for the lone goal of the match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Chapecoense lose to Urawa Reds in Japan trip

Players of Brazil's Chapecoense react to banners written in Portuguese at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, Japan, after a 1-0 loss to Urawa Reds in the Suruga Bank Championship on Aug. 15, 2017. Chapecoense played in the annual midsummer one-off championship pitting the J-League cup holders and the Copa Sudamericana champions, more than eight months after a plane crash killed all but three of their players and 25 team officials. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Controversial Osprey aircraft to join Japan-U.S. exercise

Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera meets with reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2017, to announce that U.S. military Osprey aircraft will join a defense exercise currently being conducted in Hokkaido. The aircraft will join the exercise on Aug. 18 after initially being grounded following the fatal crash of an Osprey off Australia on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: U.S. beat Japan at Tournament of Nations

Aya Sameshima (3) of Japan receives the ball while being marked by Megan Rapinoe (15) of the United States in the second half of a Tournament of Nations game in Carson, California, on Aug. 3, 2017. The United States won 3-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire near Tsukiji fish market put out after 15 hours, no injuries

Photo taken Aug. 4, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a fire in an area adjacent to the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, which broke out the previous evening and was extinguished 15 hours later, burning a roughly 935 square meter area but causing no injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire near Tsukiji fish market put out after 15 hours, no injuries

Firefighters using ladder trucks try to extinguish a fire in an area adjacent to the Tsukiji fish market in central Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017. The fire was extinguished the following morning, 15 hours after it broke out, burning a roughly 935 square meter area but causing no injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire near Tsukiji fish market put out after 15 hours, no injuries

Firefighters using ladder trucks try to extinguish a fire in an area adjacent to the Tsukiji fish market in central Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017. The fire was extinguished the following morning, 15 hours after it broke out, burning a roughly 935 square meter area but causing no injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. fighter dumps fuel tanks

Photo taken at Japan's Air Self-Defense Force base in Misawa, northern Japan, on Aug. 15, 2017, shows a U.S. F-16 fighter jet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean missile launch stokes unease, anger among Japanese public

A station staff member hands out a train delay certificate -- a document issued by a railway company -- to a passenger at JR Sendai Station in northern Japan on Sept. 15, 2017, as train services were delayed after North Korea fired another ballistic missile over Hokkaido earlier the same day, following the Aug. 29 launch. The launch has provoked concern and anger among people across the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean missile launch stokes unease, anger among Japanese public

Fishermen work at a port in Kushiro in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Sept. 15, 2017, after North Korea fired another ballistic missile over Hokkaido earlier the same day, following the Aug. 29 launch. The launch has provoked concern and anger among people across the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea fires another ballistic missile over Japan

A display on a Sapporo street reports a North Korean ballistic missile flew over the northern Japan island of Hokkaido into the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 15, 2017, comparing the latest missile path (above) with the Aug. 29 launch (below). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stadium under construction in Russia ahead of soccer World Cup

Photo taken Aug. 24, 2017, shows Samara Arena under construction in Samara, southwestern Russia. The stadium is one of 12 venues for the soccer World Cup to be held between June 14 and July 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stadium under construction in Russia ahead of soccer World Cup

Photo taken Aug. 23, 2017, shows Samara Arena under construction in Samara, southwestern Russia. The stadium is one of 12 venues for the soccer World Cup to be held between June 14 and July 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fans visit Elvis Presley's grave ahead of 40th death anniversary

A fan of Elvis Presley, the "king of rock 'n' roll," visits his grave (2nd from front) in Memphis, Tennessee, on Aug. 15, 2017, a day before the 40th anniversary of his death. Tens of thousands of fans from all around the world gathered at the site, reminiscing about his life and career. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fans visit Elvis Presley's grave ahead of 40th death anniversary

Fans of Elvis Presley, the "king of rock 'n' roll," visit his grave (C) in Memphis, Tennessee, on Aug. 15, 2017, a day before the 40th anniversary of his death. Tens of thousands of fans from all around the world gathered at the site, reminiscing about his life and career. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese foreign minister meets with press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a press conference in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2017, after the U.N. Security Council "strongly condemned" North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan. Wang said Beijing will make a "necessary response" by working with other members of the 15-member Security Council. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese foreign minister meets with press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a press conference in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2017, after the U.N. Security Council "strongly condemned" North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan. Wang said Beijing will make a "necessary response" by working with other members of the 15-member Security Council. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese specialty ice business carves niche in NYC

Ice sculptor Shintaro Okamoto poses in New York on Aug. 15, 2017. Okamoto also crafts specialty ice for cocktail bars. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese specialty ice business carves niche in NYC

Photo taken Aug. 15, 2017, in New York shows beverages using specialty ice crafted by ice sculptor Shintaro Okamoto for cocktail bars. Okamoto's ice is perfectly clear with no air bubbles inside, and the feature makes it slow to melt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school girl, driver dead as truck rams into bus on highway

A minibus is lifted by a crane on Aug. 25, 2017, after colliding with a truck on a highway in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima. A 30-year-old bus driver and a 15-year-old high school girl died while a number of high school students were injured when the truck rammed into the bus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school girl, driver dead as truck rams into bus on highway

A minibus is lifted by a crane on Aug. 25, 2017, after colliding with a truck on a highway in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima. A 30-year-old bus driver and a 15-year-old high school girl died while a number of high school students were injured when the truck rammed into the bus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school girl, driver dead as truck rams into bus on highway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 25, 2017, shows a minibus (bottom L) that collided with a truck on a highway in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima. A 30-year-old bus driver and a 15-year-old high school girl died while a number of high school students were injured when the truck rammed into the bus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gaza electricity crisis

A man watches his daughter receive dialysis at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Aug. 15, 2017, amid concern that medical equipment may stop working due to a worsening electricity crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gaza electricity crisis

Untreated sewage pours into the sea in Gaza City on Aug. 15, 2017, with many sewage treatment plants halting operations due to a worsening electricity crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gaza electricity crisis

A black flag at a beach in Gaza City on Aug. 15, 2017, shows swimming is prohibited as the seawater has been contaminated with untreated sewage amid a worsening electricity crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Yamanaka's recent WBC title conqueror Nery fails doping test

Mexican boxer Luis Nery (L) throws a punch at Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan during their WBC bantamweight title match in this file photo taken in Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. Nery, who denied Yamanaka a 13th straight defense of the title, failed a drug test performed ahead of the fight, the World Boxing Council said Aug. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death

A look-alike of Elvis Presley (2nd from R), the king of rock and roll, shows up at his Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, on Aug. 15, 2017, a day before the 40th anniversary of his death. A candlelight vigil from the evening of Aug. 15 into the early hours of the next day is estimated to have drawn as many as 60,000 visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death

Fans of Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, visit his grave in Memphis, Tennessee, on Aug. 15, 2017, a day before the 40th anniversary of his death. A candlelight vigil from the evening of Aug. 15 into the early hours of the next day is estimated to have drawn as many as 60,000 visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Darvish to make home game debut in Los Angeles

Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish (R) of Los Angeles Dodgers smiles with his teammate Kenta Maeda during practice in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2017. Darvish will make his home game debut on Aug. 16 to pitch against the Chicago White Sox. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan activists protest against Japan on war-end anniversary

Around 200 protesters gather in front of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association in Taipei on Aug. 15, 2017, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, demanding an official Japanese apology and compensation for Taiwanese victims. A similar rally was held in Hong Kong on the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Event to praise Kim family held in Pyongyang

People attend an event in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2017, to sing the praises of North Korea's ruling Kim family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea celebrates anniversary of liberation

A signboard in Pyongyang shows the message on Aug. 15, 2017, to celebrate the anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum displaying documents of suicide attackers

People visit Chiran Peace Museum in the southwestern Japan town of Chiran on Aug. 15, 2017, the 72nd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The museum displays mementos, pictures and other documents of those involved in suicide attacks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum displaying documents of suicide attackers

People visit Chiran Peace Museum in the southwestern Japan town of Chiran on Aug. 15, 2017, the 72nd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The museum displays mementos, pictures and other documents of those involved in suicide attacks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo