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(230830) -- BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Sept. 17, 2012 shows people watching night view during a light festival at the Shougang Park in Shijingshan District of Beijing, capital of China. From the Ruhr area in Germany to the Shougang industrial park in Beijing, one after another steel "giants" stand as witnesses to the development process of human civilization. The Ruhr area in Germany is a significant industrial zone in Europe, once a coal and steel production hub for Germany. The Zollverein coal mine industrial complex in Essen was one of the world's largest coal mines from the late 19th to the early 20th century. With Germany's transition in energy industry, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex ceased operation completely in 1993. This exemplary modern industrial structure subsequently transformed into an arts and cultural center. In 2001, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded in 1919, Shougang, meaning "

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Republican running mate

SPRINGFIELD, United States - Paul Ryan (C), the vice presidential running mate of Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, speaks in Springfield, Virginia, on Aug. 17, 2012.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Myanmar's upper house speaker

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's upper house speaker Khin Aung Myint is interviewed by Kyodo News in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Aug. 17, 2012.

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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

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

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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S. Korea rejects Japan's proposal on islets

SEOUL, South Korea - Cho Tai Young, a spokesman for South Korea's Foreign Ministry, speaks at the ministry in Seoul on Aug. 17, 2012 about Japan's proposal that the two countries jointly take their dispute over a pair of sparsely inhabited islands to the International Court of Justice. South Korea rejected the Japanese proposal.

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Prince Akishino, Vietnam Pres. Sang

HANOI, Vietnam - Japan's Prince Akishino (L) shakes hands with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang at the presidential office in Hanoi on Aug. 17, 2012. The prince, the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, extended his gratitude to Vietnam for "much support" following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011.

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New robot to be used at Fukushima complex

CHIBA, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (2nd from L) on Aug. 17, 2012, at the Chiba Institute of Technology in Chiba Prefecture, remotely controls "Rosemary," a new type of robot expected to be used in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's radiation-contaminated reactor buildings from September 2012. The robot can transport much heavier objects than its predecessor "Quince," used at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. complex since June 2011 to check conditions in the reactor buildings and to capture images, according to the institute.

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Japan, China youth open table tennis tourney

BEIJING, China - Junior high school players from municipalities of Japan and China enter a venue in Beijing on Aug. 17, 2012, during the opening ceremony for a two-day youth table tennis tournament, which will begin the following day. Launched in 1990, the student table tennis tournament has been held every five years since 1992 when the two countries marked the 20th anniversary of normalization of diplomatic relations.

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Takeshima row

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters rush to South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo (R) as he was leaving the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba had a meeting with the envoy on a bilateral territorial row over a group of islets in the Sea of Japan. The disputed territory is called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Anti-Japan protest in China

SHANGHAI, China - Plainclothes police officers surround a man holding a Japanese flag (3rd from L) near the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Aug. 17, 2012. The man apparently aimed to use the flag as part of a protest against Japan, as China and Japan have been at odds over a territorial row.

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Sharp mulls plant spinoff

TOKYO, Japan - A February 2009 file photo shows Sharp Corp.'s plant in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, that produces liquid crystal display panels for smartphones. Sources said on Aug. 17, 2012, that the struggling electronics manufacturer is considering a spinoff of the plant.

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No medal for Japan men's soccer team after losing to S. Korea

CARDIFF, Wales - Japan's Maya Yoshida (5) and Hiroshi Kiyotake (17) react after South Korea scored the opening goal during the first half of the men's soccer bronze medal match at Millennium Stadium at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 10, 2012. South Korea beat Japan 2-0.

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Nadeshiko Japan reach Olympic final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Mizuho Sakaguchi (back R) scores with a header during the second half of a women's soccer semifinal against France at Wembley Stadium at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 6, 2012. The picture also shows Japan's Yuki Ogimi (17). Japan beat France 2-1 and advanced to the final.

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Japan whip Egypt to reach 1st men's soccer semis in 44 years

MANCHESTER, Britain - Japan's Maya Yoshida (back) celebrates with Daisuke Suzuki (13) and Hiroshi Kiyotake (17) after scoring the team's second goal during the second half of a men's Olympic soccer quarterfinal against Egypt at Old Trafford in Manchester on Aug. 4, 2012. Japan beat Egypt 3-0, advancing to the semifinals of the London 2012 Olympic soccer tournament.

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Nadeshiko Japan reach Olympic semis

CARDIFF, Wales - Japan's Yuki Ogimi (17) attempts to shoot the ball during the second half of a women's soccer quarterfinal match against Brazil at Millennium Stadium at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan beat Brazil 2-0 and advanced to the semifinals.

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Nadeshiko Japan reach Olympic semis

CARDIFF, Wales - Japan's Yuki Ogimi (17) dribbles her way during the second half of a women's soccer quarterfinal match against Brazil at Millennium Stadium at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan beat Brazil 2-0 and advanced to the semifinals.

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Japan women fall to Russia in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Japan's coach Masayoshi Manabe (R) gives instructions to Saori Sakoda during the third set of a match against Russia in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court, London, on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan lost to Russia 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19.

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Japan women fall to Russia in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Players of the Japanese team (From L) Yoshie Takeshita, Kaori Inoue, Saori Kimura, Yuko Sano, Saori Sakoda and Risa Shinnabe leave the court after being defeated by Russia in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court, London, on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan lost to Russia 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19.

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Japan women fall to Russia in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Mai Yamaguchi (4) and Kaori Inoue (7) block the ball during the first set of a match against Russia in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court, London, on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan lost to Russia 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19.

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Japan women fall to Russia in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yoshie Takeshita (Back L) tosses the ball during the fourth set of a match against Russia in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court, London, on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan lost to Russia 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19.

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Japan women fall to Russia in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Saori Sakoda (L) spikes the ball during the second set of a match against Russia in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court, London, on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan lost to Russia 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19.

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Japan women fall to Russia in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ai Otomo (L) spikes the ball during the first set of a match against Russia in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court, London, on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan lost to Russia 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19.

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Japan to meet Egypt in q'finals after Honduras draw

COVENTRY, England - Japan's Hiroshi Kiyotake (17) and his teammates respond to cheers after a men's soccer Group D match against Honduras at the City of Coventry Stadium at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 1, 2012. Japan finished top of Group D after drawing 0-0 with Honduras and advanced to the quarterfinals.

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Ex-AUM cult member Inoue questioned

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 1995, shows former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Yoshihiro Inoue. Police have questioned Inoue, who is on death row, as part of their investigation into a case involving another former leading member, Makoto Hirata, who recently turned himself in to police after almost 17 years on the run, investigative sources said Jan. 5, 2012. (Kyodo)