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(240718) -- CHONGQING, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Qin Dayi (L) and his son Qin Yuanze engage in livestreaming before the departure of "Yu Zhong Ke 2180" ferry in Yangdu Township, Zhongxian County of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 10, 2024. "Yu Zhong Ke 2180" ferry remains the last "water bus" running between Yangdu and Xishan wharfs in Zhongxian County of Chongqing. Every day at 6: 30 a.m., the ferry departs on time carrying farmers with baskets of farm produce to urban area to start their business. Qin Dayi, the 45-year-old captain of the ferry, has sailed on the river for over a decade. The ferry offers a journey essential to many, though it was once on the verge of vanishing. In 2016, a new expressway reduced the travel time by bus to just 50 minutes, compared to the two-hour boat journey. Most residents switched to bus travel, but many farmers still preferred the boat, which accommodated their bulky baskets and live animals. The fare is also much cheaper. With the dec

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Figure skating: Miyahara 3rd after SP at Grand Prix Final

MARSEILLE, France, Dec. 10 Kyodo - Japanese figure skater Satoko Miyahara performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix Final in Marseille, France on Dec. 9, 2016. Miyahara placed third with a personal-best score.

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Figure skating: Evgenia Medvedeva

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 7 Kyodo - Evgenia Medvedeva (C) of Russia poses for photos on the podium after winning the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition in Marseille, France, on Dec. 10, 2016, alongside runner-up Satoko Miyahara of Japan (L) and third-place finisher Anna Pogorilaya of Russia.

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Test run for new bullet train service in Hokkaido starts

HAKODATE, Japan - An "H5 series" bullet train runs in Nanae in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2014, for a test ahead of the spring 2016 launch of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, which seeks to connect southern Hokkaido and Tokyo in about 4 hours and 10 minutes.

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Test run for new bullet train service in Hokkaido starts

HAKODATE, Japan - An "H5 series" bullet train runs in Nanae in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2014, for a test ahead of the spring 2016 launch of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, which seeks to connect southern Hokkaido and Tokyo in about 4 hours and 10 minutes.

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Test run for new bullet train service in Hokkaido starts

HAKODATE, Japan - An "H5 series" bullet train leaves a depot in Nanae, in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, on Dec. 1, 2014, for a test run. The trial run is being conducted ahead of the spring 2016 launch of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, which seeks to connect southern Hokkaido and Tokyo in about 4 hours and 10 minutes.

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Xinhua Headlines: A decade of stargazing on roof of world

(220610) -- LHASA, June 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientists work at the Ngari Observatory of National Astronomical Observatories (NAO) in Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 19, 2016. (NAO Ngari Observatory/Handout via Xinhua)

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Hokkaido Shinkansen train in trial run ahead of spring 2016 launch

An H5 series bullet train for the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line makes a trial run on Dec. 26, 2014, in Hokuto on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido ahead of its spring 2016 launch. The new service will enable passengers to travel from Tokyo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations in 4 hours, 10 minutes via the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, shortening the trip by about an hour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yoshikaze to make sekiwake debut at New Year tourney

Veteran sumo wrestler Yoshikaze points to his name on the "banzuke" rankings list for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2015. Yoshikaze has been promoted to the sport's third-highest rank of sekiwake ahead of the New Year meet beginning Jan. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seiji Ozawa to conduct Berlin Philharmonic in April 2016

Undated photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. The Berlin Philharmonic said on Dec. 18, 2015 that Ozawa will conduct the orchestra in concerts in the German city on April 8 and 10, 2016, for the first time since May 2009. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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100 days until Hokkaido Shinkansen begins operations

A board is unveiled at Tokyo Station on Dec. 17, 2015, celebrating the 100-day countdown until the beginning of operations for the 149-kilometer Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line, which connects the northern part of Japan's main island of Honshu and the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. Beginning March 26th, 2016, 10 round-trips will be operated from Tokyo to Shin-Hakodatehokuto stations each day using the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines. Passengers will be able to travel between the two stations in just about four hours at the fastest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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48-year-old Nakayama to continue playing

Undated photo shows former Japan striker Masashi Nakayama. The 48-year-old Nakayama will continue playing at fourth-tier Japan Football League club Azul Claro Numazu for the 2016 season, a source close to the matter said on Dec. 10, 2015. Nakayama returned to action in September after a three-year absence from the game. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Negotiating window to open for Maeda, MLB clubs

Undated photo shows Hiroshima Carp right-hander Kenta Maeda, who is using the posting system to pitch in the major leagues in 2016. A 30-day negotiating window is set to open on Dec. 10, 2015, for major league clubs interested in signing Maeda. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Star Wars-themed calendar made out of pure gold

Photo taken Dec. 3, 2015, in Tokyo shows the front and back sides of a Star Wars-themed calendar created out of 10 kilograms of pure gold to be sold for 100 million yen. Created by a jewelry shop ahead of the Dec. 18 release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," the front side (R) shows the 2016 calendar while the backside features Kylo Ren, the new villain introduced in the film. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer visits hot spring decorated with her works

Photographer Mika Ninagawa looks at one of her works on display at Dogo Onsen Honkan, a renowned wooden public bathhouse in Matsuyama, western Japan on Dec. 2, 2015. The Dogo hot spring resort is holding a 10-month-long event until Feb. 29, 2016, combining the hot spring with art, showcasing Ninagawa's works themed on flower petals on the streets and introducing "yukata" kimono bathrobes bearing colorful flower petal motifs designed by Ninagawa, among other things. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer visits hot spring decorated with her works

Photographer Mika Ninagawa stands in front of Dogo Onsen Honkan, a renowned wooden public bathhouse in Matsuyama, western Japan, with a curtain designed with one of her works hanging, on Dec. 2, 2015. The Dogo hot spring resort is holding a 10-month-long event until Feb. 29, 2016, combining the hot spring with art, showcasing Ninagawa's works themed on flower petals on the streets and introducing "yukata" kimono bathrobes bearing colorful flower petal motifs designed by Ninagawa, among other things. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Evgenia Medvedeva

Evgenia Medvedeva (C) of Russia poses for photos on the podium after winning the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition in Marseille, France, on Dec. 10, 2016, alongside runner-up Satoko Miyahara of Japan (L) and third-place finisher Anna Pogorilaya of Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Niigata Prefecture

Fire fighters tackle burning houses and stores near JR Itoigawa Station in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on Dec. 22, 2016. A fire broke out at a Chinese restaurant at 10:30 a.m. and destroyed around 140 houses and stores due to strong winds by late afternoon, prompting the municipal government to issue an evacuation advisory for residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SMAP releases greatest hits album ahead of breakup

File photo taken in January 2016 shows a street TV in Tokyo reporting that popular Japanese pop group SMAP is on the verge of breaking up. A greatest hits album "SMAP 25 YEARS" was released on Dec. 21, 2016, 10 days before the group's planned breakup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ban's portrait unveiled as he counts down last days as U.N. chief

With his 10 years in office coming to a close, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R at podium) attends a ceremony at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 14, 2016, to unveil his official portrait by South Korean artist Lee Won Hee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1,500 rally in H.K. in support of pro-democracy lawmakers

People rally in Hong Kong on Dec. 10, 2016, to show their support for four pro-democracy legislators facing disqualification in what is seen as political persecution launched by the territory's Beijing-backed leader Leung Chun-ying. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: UAE's Abdulrahman named Asian MVP

Omar Abdulrahman (10) of the United Arab Emirates practices in Sydney in this photo taken in January 2015. The Asian Football Confederation on Dec. 1, 2016, named the midfielder as the 2016 men's Asian Player of the Year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SMAP to release greatest hits album before farewell

Photo taken in January 2016 shows pedestrians in Tokyo watching news that pop group SMAP is on the verge of breaking up. SMAP is scheduled to release a greatest hits album on Dec. 21, 2016 -- 10 days before its breakup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test run for new bullet train service in Hokkaido starts

HAKODATE, Japan - An "H5 series" bullet train runs in Nanae in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2014, for a test ahead of the spring 2016 launch of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, which seeks to connect southern Hokkaido and Tokyo in about 4 hours and 10 minutes. (Kyodo)

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Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Niigata Prefecture

A huge cloud of smoke is seen near JR Itoigawa Station (R) in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on Dec. 22, 2016, after a fire broke out at a Chinese restraint at 10:30 a.m. The fire had engulfed around 140 houses and stores in strong winds by late afternoon, prompting the municipal government to issue an evacuation advisory for residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Niigata Prefecture

A huge cloud of smoke is seen near JR Itoigawa Station (back in R) in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on Dec. 22, 2016, after a fire broke out at a Chinese restraint at 10:30 a.m. The fire had engulfed around 140 houses and stores in strong winds by late afternoon, prompting the municipal government to issue an evacuation advisory for residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Real Madrid vs. Kashima Antlers in Club World Cup final

Gaku Shibasaki (10) of Japan's Kashima Antlers scores an equalizer against Spain's Real Madrid in the first half of the Club World Cup final at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: Satono Ares captures Asahi Hai for 1st G1 triumph

Satono Ares (17) and Monde Can Know (10) gallop to win first and second place, respectively, in the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes at Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, western Japan on Dec. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes of Antarctic

The sun never sets in the Antarctic between late November and late January as the area has the midnight sun phenomenon in summer months. Photo conflates 14 shots of the sun taken every 10 minutes from 10:48 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2016, from the deck of Japan's icebreaker Shirase. The sun moved from the right to the left as if it was rolling. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police, firefighters investigate cause of blaze in coastal city

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 23, 2016, shows the aftermath of an inferno in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The inferno lasted for more than 10 hours, destroying some 150 buildings and injuring eight people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police, firefighters investigate cause of blaze in coastal city

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 23, 2016, shows the aftermath of an inferno in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The inferno lasted for more than 10 hours, destroying some 150 buildings and injuring eight people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police, firefighters investigate cause of blaze in coastal city

Smokes continue billowing following an inferno in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast in a photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Dec. 22, 2016. JR Itoigawa Station can be seen in the foreground. The inferno lasted for more than 10 hours, destroying some 150 buildings and injuring eight people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police, firefighters investigate cause of blaze in coastal city

A burned car and house are seen following an inferno in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast in the early hours of Dec. 23, 2016. The inferno lasted for more than 10 hours, destroying some 150 buildings and injuring eight people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police, firefighters investigate cause of blaze in coastal city

A burned car is seen following an inferno in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast in the early hours of Dec. 23, 2016. The inferno lasted for more than 10 hours, destroying some 150 buildings and injuring eight people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police, firefighters investigate cause of blaze in coastal city

Debris of houses is seen following an inferno in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast in the early hours of Dec. 23, 2016. The inferno lasted for more than 10 hours, destroying some 150 buildings and injuring eight people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Niigata Prefecture

A huge cloud of smoke continues to rise from a fire engulfing houses and stores in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on Dec. 22, 2016. A fire broke out at a Chinese restaurant at 10:30 a.m. and had destroyed around 140 houses and stores amid strong winds by late afternoon, prompting the municipal government to issue an evacuation advisory for residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Niigata Prefecture

A huge cloud of smoke continues to rise from a fire engulfing houses and stores in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on Dec. 22, 2016. A fire broke out at a Chinese restaurant at 10:30 a.m. and had destroyed around 140 houses and stores amid strong winds by late afternoon, prompting the municipal government to issue an evacuation advisory for residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Niigata Prefecture

A fire engulfs houses and stores near JR Itoigawa Station in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on Dec. 22, 2016, after it broke out at a Chinese restaurant at 10:30 a.m. The fire had burnt around 140 houses and stores in strong winds by late afternoon, prompting the municipal government to issue an evacuation advisory for residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Niigata Prefecture

A fire engulfs houses and stores near JR Itoigawa Station in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on Dec. 22, 2016, after it broke out at a Chinese restaurant at 10:30 a.m. The fire had burnt around 140 houses and stores in strong winds by late afternoon, prompting the municipal government to issue an evacuation advisory for residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Niigata Prefecture

Jets of water shoot up onto burning houses and stores near JR Itoigawa Station in the city of Itoigawa in Niigata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on Dec. 22, 2016. A fire broke out at a Chinese restaurant at 10:30 a.m. and destroyed around 140 houses and stores due to strong winds by late afternoon, prompting the municipal government to issue an evacuation advisory for residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SMAP releases greatest hits album ahead of breakup

"SMAP 25 YEARS," a greatest hits album by popular Japanese pop group SMAP, is sold at a Tsutaya CD store in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Dec. 21, 2016, 10 days before the group's planned breakup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SMAP releases greatest hits album ahead of breakup

"SMAP 25 YEARS," a greatest hits album by popular Japanese pop group SMAP, is sold at a Tsutaya CD store in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Dec. 21, 2016, 10 days before the group's planned breakup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SMAP releases greatest hits album ahead of breakup

"SMAP 25 YEARS," a greatest hits album by popular Japanese pop group SMAP, is sold at a Tsutaya CD store in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Dec. 21, 2016, 10 days before the group's planned breakup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Obama to visit Pearl Harbor

Photo taken Dec. 15, 2016, at the visitors center of the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii shows an "orizuru" paper crane, created by Sadako Sasaki who died at age 12 in 1955, 10 years after being exposed to radiation from the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit there with U.S. President Barack Obama later in the month to remember those who died in the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It is believed in Japan that one's wish will come true if one folds a thousand cranes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan asks U.S. military to ground all Osprey airplanes after crash

U.S. military personnel and Japanese police officers stand on the shore of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture at 10:40 a.m. on Dec. 14, 2016, after a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft crash-landed in the sea nearby the previous night. The wrecked aircraft is seen in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan asks U.S. military to ground all Osprey airplanes after crash

U.S. military personnel check part of a wrecked U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft on the shore of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture at 10:27 a.m. on Dec. 14, 2016, after the aircraft crash-landed in the sea nearby the previous night. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe's home town ready to welcome Putin

A banner at JR Senzaki train station in Nagato, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's home town, on Dec. 10, 2016, reads "a new start from here in Nagato," ahead of a summit meeting between Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Dec. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Int'l Red Cross chief says N. Korea affected by sanctions

Tadateru Konoe, the president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 13, 2016, after returning from a 10-day trip to North Korea. Konoe said sanctions have affected the North in many ways, but humanitarian aid should not be linked to political issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Christmas event at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo

A diver wearing Santa Claus costume feeds a ray at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2016, during a Christmas-themed event. The 10-minute display will be conducted twice a day until Dec. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Christmas event at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo

A diver wearing Santa Claus costume feeds a ray at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2016, during a Christmas-themed event. The 10-minute display will be conducted twice a day until Dec. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo