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(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 27, 2021 shows a night view in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Photo by Zhang Yan/Xinhua)

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Kobe high schoolers visit tsunami-hit Ishinomaki school

OSAKA, Japan - Students of Maiko high school in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, stand in front of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2014. They visited the school which lost many pupils in the March 2011 tsunami as part of an extracurricular activity at the high school offering a disaster prevention course, the only such course provided at a Japanese high school.

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Japanese-American films quake-hit region's people

WASHINGTON, United States - Dianne Fukami, a third-generation Japanese-American, speaks in an interview in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2014. She said her documentary film "Stories from Tohoku" depicting the resilience of people in the northeastern Japan region, hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, evokes the image of camps in which her parents and other Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II.

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Kirin funds disaster-hit fishery business in Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Shota Abe (2nd from L), head of Fisherman Japan that groups fishermen in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, poses with other group members in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, after receiving a grant of 20 million yen from Kirin Beer Marketing Co. to finance fishery business. The group aims to conquer the impact of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and boost the local fishery industry.

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Japanese to conduct all Beethoven symphonies for charity

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - Opera/musical conductor Masaki Imura poses in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014, ahead of the planned performance of all of Beethoven's nine symphonies in Kawachinagano, another Osaka city, on Aug. 31. All the income from the performances will be donated to help victims of the 2011 earthquake.

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Abe visits MSDF antipiracy base in Djibouti

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C front) visits the operating base of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel in Djibouti, eastern Africa, on Aug. 27, 2013. The base for the MSDF personnel, on an antipiracy mission off Somalia, was built on the northern side of Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport in 2011.

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Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season, 50th in bigs

BOSTON, United States - The Boston Red Sox's Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during a game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 27, 2012. Matsuzaka returned to the majors in style, working seven innings in the Red Sox's 5-1 win. The victory was Matsuzaka's 50th in the big leagues and his first since May 8, 2011.

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Japan reports failure to respond to IAEA advice

VIENNA, Austria - Shinichi Kuroki, a senior official of the Japanese government's nuclear regulatory body, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, attends a meeting of parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna on Aug. 27, 2012. In its report to the meeting, Japan admitted its failure to sufficiently respond to advice provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency before the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster.

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Ibis donation from China up in air amid territorial row

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows crested ibises in a cage in Shaanxi Province in October 2011. The planned donation of two Chinese crested ibises to Japan is in doubt due to Beijing's reluctance to formalize the deal amid the growing territorial row between the two countries over a chain of Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea known in Japan as the Senkakus and in China as Diaoyu, bilateral sources said on Aug. 27, 2012.

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China's Tong at world judo championships

PARIS, France - China's Tong Wen shows her gold medal in Paris on Aug. 27, 2011, after winning the women's over 78-kilogram class at the world judo championships.

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Kenyan female marathoners at world c'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Kenyan female marathoners -- (from L) Priscah Jeptoo, Sharon Cherop and Edna Kiplagat -- embrace each other at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 27, 2011. Kiplagat, Jeptoo and Cherop won the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the women's marathon.

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Riner wins 4th consecutive victory in over-100 kg

PARIS, France - Teddy Riner of France rejoices at winning the men's over 100-kilogram final at the world judo championships in Paris on Aug. 27, 2011. It was his fourth consecutive world championship victory in the class by winning all six bouts by an ippon.

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People in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya - People with containers gather around a water tanker in a residential area in central Tripoli, the Libyan capital, on Aug. 27, 2011.

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Bikini Island

BIKINI ISLAND, Marshall Islands - Photo shows the empty beach of Bikini Island in the Pacific on Aug. 27, 2011.

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Bikini Island

BIKINI ISLAND, Marshall Islands - Photo shows a vegetable farm dotted with a number of plates reading ''Tomato'' and ''Radish'' among other names on Bikini Island in the Pacific on Aug. 27, 2011. There was little sprouting above ground, however, as the crops had been sent to a nuclear research institute in California for research on residual radioactivity.

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Bikini Island

BIKINI ISLAND, Marshall Islands - Photo shows a ravaged room of an abandoned nuclear test observation post on Bikini Island in the Pacific on Aug. 27, 2011. The United States conducted nearly 70 nuclear bomb tests in the 1940s and 1950s in the vicinity of Bikini Atoll.

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Bikini Island

BIKINI ISLAND, Marshall Islands - Jendrik Leviticus, a former resident of Bikini Island in the Pacific, looks at the empty lot where his house formerly stood on the island during a temporary visit on Aug. 27, 2011. The 77-year-old doctor now living in Majuro branded U.S. nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s ''unforgivable,'' as they deprived Bikini islanders of their homes and health.

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Battles continue in Libya

RAS LANUF, Libya - People flashing victory signs greet Libyan rebel soldiers coming back from battles to a checkpoint in Ras Lanuf, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2011. The rebel forces, which have seized Tripoli, are to target Sirte in central Libya as the next battlefield.

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Fashion show of kimono-taste wear in U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - A fashion show of wear with modernized kimono taste is held in the Japantown area of San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2011.

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Bikini Atoll

BIKINI ATOLL, Marshall Islands - Aerial photo shows Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands on Aug. 27, 2011. The cove-like, darker-color sea area (Center R) is where the crater, created by the 1954 detonation of a hydrogen bomb by the United States, is located, with coral reefs deeply gouged.

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Battles continue in Libya

RAS LANUF, Libya - Libyan rebel soldiers return from battle to a checkpoint in Ras Lanuf, Libya, on Aug. 27, 2011. The rebel forces, which have seized Tripoli, are to target Sirte in central Libya as the next battlefield.

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Hurricane Irene hits N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - New York's Times Square is less crowded than usual on Aug. 27, 2011, due to the approaching Hurricane Irene.

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Hurricane Irene hits N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Fifth Avenue in New York is almost empty on Aug. 27, 2011, due to the approaching Hurricane Irene.

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Murofushi advances to hammer throw final at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Koji Murofushi prepares to throw in the men's hammer qualification at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 27, 2011, the opening day of the championships. Murofushi advanced to the final slated for Aug. 29.

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Bikini Atoll

BIKINI ATOLL, Marshall Islands - Aerial photo shows Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands on Aug. 27, 2011. The cove-like, darker-color sea area (C) is where the crater, created by the 1954 detonation of a hydrogen bomb by the United States, is located, with coral reefs deeply gouged.

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Kenyans finish 1st to 4th at women's 10,000

DAEGU, South Korea - (from L) Kenya's Sally Kipyego, Linet Chepkwemoi Masai, Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot and Priscah Jepleting Cherono celebrate with a national flag after their country's domination of the women's 10,000 meters at the world athletics championship in Daegu, South Korea, capturing first through fourth place, on Aug. 27, 2011. Cheruiyot won the race with a time of 30:48:98, followed by Kipyego, Masai and Cherono in order.

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Bolt advances to 100m semifinals at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - Jamaica's Usain Bolt clocks 10.10 seconds in a men's 100-meter heat at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 27, 2011, the opening day of the championships. Bolt advanced to the semifinals.

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Tokyo Sky Tree and fireworks

TOKYO, Japan - Fireworks explode in the sky over the Sumida River in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, during the Sumida River Fireworks Festival. Tokyo Sky Tree is also seen in the right corner of the picture.

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Maestro Ozawa back to podium

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa (2nd from R) joins the curtain call at a music festival in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2011, after conducting the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Bela Bartok's one-act opera ''Bluebeard's Castle.'' Ozawa had cancelled his appearances twice due to health problems.

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Photojournalism exhibition in France

PERPIGNAN, France - Visitors look at pictures of Japan's March earthquake and tsunami disaster on Aug. 27, 2011 at Visa pour l'Image, a major international photojournalism festival, in Perpignan, southern France, which opened the same day. A special exhibition featuring 50 Japanese disaster portraits, together with about 30 other exhibitions, is open to the public through Sep. 11. Awards for categories including news reporting and feature reporting will be announced in early September.

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PM Kan in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks at a meeting between the national and Fukushima prefectural governments on the prefecture's revival from the nuclear plant disaster in Fukushima on Aug. 27, 2011. Tatsuo Hirano (L), minister in charge of reconstruction, and nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono also attended the meeting.

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Maestro Ozawa back to podium

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa responds to the audience at a music festival in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2011, after conducting the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Bela Bartok's one-act opera ''Bluebeard's Castle.'' Ozawa had cancelled his appearances twice due to health problems.

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Nomura fails in bid for 2012 London Olympics

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Three-time Olympic judo champion Tadahiro Nomura speaks at a news conference at Baycom Multi-purpose Gymnasium in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2011. Nomura's hope of competing in the 2012 London Games evaporated the same day after he lost in a quarterfinal match in the men's 60-kilogram class at a national corporate tournament.

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Japan's Kinukawa at athletics world c'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Megumi Kinukawa collapses after finishing the women's 10,000-meter race at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 27, 2011, the opening day of the championships. Kinukawa came 17th in the race.

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Ex-transport minister Mabuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election slated for Aug. 29. Mabuchi said disaster reconstruction programs should be funded by construction bonds with a redemption period of 60 years, and was not positive about forming a grand coalition government.

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Farm minister Kano

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election slated for Aug. 29. Kano said Japan should not immediately raise taxes for reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Heavy rain in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Boys ride bicycles on a flooded street in Osaka on Aug. 27, 2011. Heavy rain fell in the Kinki region in western Japan the same day.

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5 candidates vie for Japan's new leadership post

TOKYO, Japan - Five Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers -- (From L) former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi, industry minister Banri Kaieda, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and farm minister Michihiko Kano -- attend a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing their candidacies for the ruling party's presidential election slated for Aug. 29.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election slated for Aug. 29. Maehara said taxes must not be raised until Japan moves out of deflation, and he would like to serve as prime minister for at least four years.

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Kenya's Kiplagat wins marathon at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - Kenya's Edna Kiplagat finished first in the women's marathon on the opening day of the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 27, 2011. She won her first world title with a winning time of 2 hours, 28 minutes, 43 seconds.

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Industry minister Kaieda

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election slated for Aug. 29. Kaieda said he is against the idea of a grand coalition with opposition parties, and tax hikes are not necessary to fund quake recovery efforts.

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5 candidates vie for Japan's new leadership post

TOKYO, Japan - Five Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers -- (From L) former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi, industry minister Banri Kaieda, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and farm minister Michihiko Kano -- pose for photos before a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing their candidacies for the ruling party's presidential election slated for Aug. 29.

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Finance Minister Noda

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election slated for Aug. 29. Noda hinted at a possible tax hike in the future for reconstruction programs in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan.

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Akaba finishes 5th in marathon at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - (From L) Japan's Yukiko Akaba, Yoshimi Ozaki and Remi Nakazato are seen in action around the 29-kilometer point during the women's marathon on Aug. 27, 2011, the opening day of the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea. Akaba finished fifth, the highest among the Japanese runners, in the race.

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Akaba finishes 5th in marathon at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Yukiko Akaba finishes fifth in the women's marathon on Aug. 27, 2011, the opening day of the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea.

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Akaba finishes 5th in marathon at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Yukiko Akaba (3rd from L) and Remi Nakazato (4th from L) are seen in action around the 30-kilometer point during the women's marathon on Aug. 27, 2011, the opening day of the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea. Akaba finished fifth, the highest among the Japanese runners, in the race.

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Okamoto's missing work recreated in photo

OSAKA, Japan - ''Chitei no Taiyo,'' a work by the late artist Taro Okamoto, is displayed after being recreated from a photo for an exhibition at the Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2011. The work, literally meaning ''underground sun,'' was one of four works portraying a face that was part of the 1970 Osaka expo's symbolic structure ''Tower of the Sun'' and went missing afterward. The exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Okamoto's birth is scheduled to be held from Aug. 27 through Oct. 10.

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Bolt gears up for IAAF C'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Jamaica's Usain Bolt, the world's fastest sprinter, speaks during a press conference in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 25, 2011. Bolt, who holds the men's 100-meter and 200-meter records, said he is focused and ready for the International Association of Athletics Federations Championships in the South Korean city starting Aug. 27.

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Bolt gears up for IAAF C'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Jamaica's Usain Bolt, the world's fastest sprinter, poses during a press conference in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 25, 2011. Bolt, who holds the men's 100-meter and 200-meter records, said he is focused and ready for the International Association of Athletics Federations Championships in the South Korean city starting Aug. 27.

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Indonesian translation of book on Japanese hero

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2009, shows Sakari Ono who stayed behind in Indonesia and fought alongside Indonesian independence troops against Dutch troops after the Japanese surrendered to the Allied forces on Aug. 15, 1945. The Indonesian-language version of a Japanese book about Ono is expected to be published in September 2011.