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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Miho Takagi of Japan acknowledges the crowd after winning gold in the women's 1,000 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing, China, on Nov. 18, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Miho Takagi of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 1,000 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing, China, on Nov. 18, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Miho Takagi of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 1,000 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing, China, on Nov. 18, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Wataru Morishige of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the men's 500 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing, China, on Nov. 18, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Wataru Morishige of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the men's 500 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing, China, on Nov. 18, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Wataru Morishige of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the men's 500 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing, China, on Nov. 18, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Miho Takagi of Japan acknowledges the crowd after winning gold in the women's 1,500 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing, China, on Nov. 17, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Miho Takagi of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 1,500 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing, China, on Nov. 17, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Wataru Morishige of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the men's 500 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing, China, on Nov. 17, 2023.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Wataru Morishige of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the men's 500 meters at the World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing, China, on Nov. 17, 2023.

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(2) China conveys 'strong dissatisfaction' to Japan over Lee visa

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Koreshige Anami arrives in a car at the Chinese Foreign Ministry to meet Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei on Dec. 22. Wu told Anami to convey to Tokyo Beijing's ''strong dissatisfaction and protest'' over Japan's issuance of a visa to former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui.

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(1)China conveys 'strong dissatisfaction' to Japan over Lee visa

BEIJING, China - A carrying Japanese Ambassador to China Koreshige Anami arrives at the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Dec. 22. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei told Anami to convey to Tokyo Beijing's ''strong dissatisfaction and protest'' over Japan's issuance of a visa to former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui.

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China says defense minister to visit Japan, Philippines

BEIJING, China - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (in file photo) will pay official visits to Japan and the Philippines from Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Aug. 23. Cao's visit to Japan will be the first by a Chinese defense minister in nine and a half years, in yet another sign of improvement in relations between the two countries.

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Japan PM Abe, wife

BEIJING, China, Oct. 27 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie wave in Beijing on Oct. 27, 2018, before boarding a flight home.

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Japan-China talks

BEIJING, China, Oct. 26 Kyodo - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk past a flagpole on which the Japanese flag flies during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2018.

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Osaka at China Open

BEIJING, China, Oct. 6 Kyodo - Japan's Naomi Osaka reacts after missing a point during a semifinal match against Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia at the China Open in Beijing on Oct. 6, 2018. Osaka lost 6-4, 6-4.

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang

BEIJING, China, Sept. 12 Kyodo - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) and Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi (L) pose for photos ahead of their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 12, 2018.

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N. Korea to push arms program, top official tells Japanese lawmaker

BEIJING, China, Sept. 11 Kyodo - Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki (L) arrives at Beijing's international airport on Sept. 11, 2017, on his way back to Japan from a five-day visit to Pyongyang. Inoki revealed that North Korea's top official in charge of foreign affairs said Pyongyang will continue striving toward the "last goal" of its nuclear and missile development programs.

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Movie coproduced by China, Okinawa run in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Some 180 visitors enjoy food and sake from Okinawa, southwestern Japan, at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2015, during an event screening "Celestial Winds," a movie coproduced by China and Okinawa.

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Japan, China hold 1st gov't meeting since leaders' summit

BEIJING, China - The eighth Japan-China Energy Conservation Forum is held in China's capital Beijing on Dec. 28, 2014. The forum is the first major governmental meeting since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 10.

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Overseas ballot starts at Japan's diplomatic missions

BEIJING, China - Japanese expats go through voting procedures for the Dec. 14 general election at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, on Dec. 3, 2014, following the opening of overseas ballots for those living abroad at 214 diplomatic missions around the world. Official campaigning for the House of Representatives race started on Dec. 2.

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Japanese 'manga' reading room opened at Peking University

BEIJING, China - The opening ceremony of a reading room for Japanese "manga" comics established at the School of Foreign Languages, Peking University in China by Japan's Meiji University and the Chinese university is held on Nov. 28, 2014.

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Japanese 'manga' reading room opened at Peking University

BEIJING, China - People browse the shelves of a new reading room for Japanese "manga" comics that opened at the School of Foreign Languages, Peking University in China by Japan's Meiji University and the Chinese university on Nov. 28, 2014.

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Japan, China, S. Korea agree on Ebola cooperation

BEIJING, China - Japanese health minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks to reporters in Beijing on Nov. 23, 2014, after a meeting of the health ministers of Japan, China and South Korea. The ministers confirmed to collaborate closely in preventing Ebola and other deadly diseases from entering their borders.

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Japan-China summit makes headlines in Chinese newspapers

BEIJING, China - Photo shows Chinese newspapers dated Nov. 11, 2014, reporting on a meeting the previous day between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing.

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Japan, Indonesia leaders meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Indonesian President Joko Widodo shake hands before their talks in Beijing, China, on Nov. 10, 2014. They agreed to launch working-level talks to explore ways to cooperate over maritime security. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's Abe, Russia's Putin meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014, prior to a two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum beginning the following day in the Chinese capital. According to a Japanese official, the two leaders agreed to begin preparations for Putin to visit Japan at a time "suitable next year." (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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TPP ministers see no year-end deal but agree to speed up talks

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Nov. 8, 2014, shows the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, where trade ministers from 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations met the same day. According to Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of TPP talks, the ministers failed to clear a path for concluding a deal by the end of the year as proposed by the United States, but they agreed to accelerate their talks as much as possible.

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FM Kishida leaves for Beijing to attend APEC meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida meets with reporters at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2014, before leaving for Beijing, China, to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial meeting.

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Ex-PM Fukuda, China Pres. Xi to meet Wed. in Beijing

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two will meet in Beijing, China, on Oct. 29, 2014.

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Aso attends APEC ministerial meeting

BEIJING, China - Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso meets the press after attending a meeting of finance ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing, China, on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Aso attends APEC ministerial meeting

BEIJING, China - Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso attends the opening ceremony of the APEC finance ministers' meeting in Beijing, China, on Oct. 22, 2014. The ministers will exchange views over the global economy, which is feared to be decelerating.

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China's new "Martyrs' Day" ceremony

BEIJING, China - The media covers a ceremony attended by China's top leaders to mark Martyrs' Day, a new holiday in China, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 30, 2014. China says the holiday created earlier in the year commemorates people who died in revolutions and battles against Japan and other foreign powers and is aimed at nurturing people's patriotism.

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Japan-China business leaders meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A Japan-China business exchange meeting is held at a Beijing hotel on Sept. 22, 2014. The Japan-China Economic Association's delegation arrived in Beijing earlier in the day to strengthen business ties and exchange opinions on environmental cooperation.

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Leader of pro-Pyongyang group in Japan on way to N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Ho Jong Man, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, a pro-North Korea organization, speaks to reporters upon arriving in Beijing, China, on his way from Tokyo to North Korea on Sept. 5, 2014.

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China Communist Party posts Japan's antigraft article

BEIJING, China - An article by Takanori Arima, a diplomat at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, on reducing corruption by public employees in Japan is seen posted on the official homepage of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Aug. 29, 2014.

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Japan lawmakers, China vice president agree to improve ties

BEIJING, China - A group of Japanese lawmakers, including Kiyohiko Toyama (R) of the New Komeito party and Democratic Party of Japan's Goshi Hosono, attend a press conference in Beijing, China, on Aug. 18, 2014, after meeting with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao. Both sides agreed the two countries need to mend bilateral relations damaged over territorial and historical issues.

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China says no evidence of spoiled meat sold to Japan

BEIJING, China - The building of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine is seen in Beijing on Aug. 6, 2014. Chinese food safety regulators told their Japanese counterparts at a bilateral meeting held there that they have no evidence of spoiled meat being exported to Japan by Shanghai Husi Food Co. at the center of a food safety scandal.

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CORRECTED Japan's SMEs attempt to penetrate China market

BEIJING, China - CORRECTING NAME OF DAIICHI PRINTING PRESIDENT Daiichi Printing Co. President Kotaro Nishihara (extreme L) promotes products related to "Bary-san," a mascot character of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, at a trade show organized by the Japan External Trade Organization in Beijing on July 30, 2014, to make a pitch for small and medium-sized Japanese companies seeking to enter China.

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Pyongyang woman walks in heels with colorful parasol

BEIJING, Japan - A woman is seen walking in high heels on a Pyongyang street in North Korea with a colorful parasol in her hands in June 2014.

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Visitor tastes Japanese sake at fair in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A woman samples some Japanese sake at a booth representing Japan's Yamagata Prefecture at a fair in Beijing, China, on July 18, 2014.

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Visitor checks Japanese tableware at fair in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A man examines Japanese tableware at a booth representing Yokkaichi in Japan's Mie Prefecture at a fair in Beijing, China, on July 18, 2014.

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Visitors check Japanese sake at fair in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Visitors examine bottles of Japanese sake at a booth representing Japan's Yamagata Prefecture at a fair in Beijing, China, on July 18, 2014.

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Visitors wait to sip Japanese tea at fair in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Visitors wait for their turn to taste Japanese tea at a booth representing Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture at a fair in Beijing, China, on July 18, 2014.

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Kagoshima Pref. specialties displayed at fair in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Specialties from Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture are displayed at a booth representing the prefecture at a fair in Beijing, China, on July 18, 2014.

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Japan protests to China over controversial map in newspaper

BEIJING, China - The July 3, 2014, electric edition of the Chongqing Youth News temporarily carries an illustration of a map of Japan showing mushroom clouds over the atomic-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on July 9 that Japan had lodged protests with China and the city of Chongqing over the map, alongside which the Chongqing Youth News wrote "Japan wants a war again."

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Japan to lift some sanctions on N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, meets the press on July 3, 2014, in Beijing, China. Following his meeting with the Japan delegation there, Japan has decided to lift some of its sanctions against North Korea.

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Man held outside Japanese Embassy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A man throws an unidentified object into the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, on July 1, 2014, in his apparent attempt to protest Japan's Cabinet approval on allowing the exercise of the right to collective self-defense.

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Man held outside Japanese Embassy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A man scuffles with a security official in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, on July 1, 2014, in an apparent attempt to protest Japan's Cabinet approval on allowing the exercise of the right to collective self-defense.

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Japan, N. Korea discuss details of new panel on abduction issue

BEIJING, China - Junichi Ihara, the head of Asian affairs at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, meets the press at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, on July 1, 2014, following a bilateral meeting with North Korea. Officials of the two countries discussed the specifics of Pyongyang's promised establishment of a new panel that will look into its abductions of Japanese nationals.