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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-BINYANG-FIRECRACKER DRAGON FESTIVAL (CN)

(240221) -- BINYANG, Feb. 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows craftsman Zou Yute making bamboo dragons for Firecracker Dragon Festival in Binyang County in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Dec. 21, 2010 (Top) and Jan. 16, 2024 (Below), respectively. Firecracker Dragon Festival that can be dated back to more than 10 centuries ago is a traditional carnival celebrating Spring Festival in Binyang, when locals perform the firecracker dragon dance with a bamboo dragon. Unlike most dragon dances performed elsewhere, the audiences usually throw lit firecrackers toward the bamboo dragon during the dance with the wish to drive away evil spirits and pray for peace and prosperity for the new year. The event was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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Unseen parts of Imperial Palace to open to public

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2010 shows the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The Imperial Household Agency said Dec. 16, 2013, that it will open parts of the palace previously inaccessible to the public in the spring and fall of 2014 to commemorate Emperor Akihito's 80th birthday, which falls on Dec. 23, 2013.

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Ex-Finance Minister Fujii to retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2010 shows former Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Fujii will retire from politics without running in the Dec. 16 general election, sources close to the legislator said Nov. 29, 2012.

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Japan figure skating c'ships

NAGANO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's short program of the Japanese national figure skating championships at Nagano Big Hat on Dec. 24, 2010. The 16-year-old hopeful finished second.

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Japan figure skating c'ships

NAGANO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's short program of the Japanese national figure skating championships at Nagano Big Hat on Dec. 24, 2010. The 16-year-old hopeful finished second.

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JVC's video camera with 40x optical zoom lens

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Everio GZ-HM670 video camera equipped with a 40x optical zoom lens and a 32-gigabyte memory, which Victor Co. of Japan Ltd. released in Japan on Dec. 16, 2010 for about 80,000 yen.

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Controversial 'Gundam' statue in China park

CHENGDU, China - A statue similar to the Gundam combat robot from the Japanese anime series stands in the Floraland amusement park in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Dec. 16, 2010. Sotsu Co., the Tokyo company managing the copyright of Gundam's images, is looking into the origin of the statue.

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Pardoned Japanese returns home

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese national Hideshi Suzuki (C) shakes hands with a supporter after arriving at Chubu airport in Aichi Prefecture on Dec. 17, 2010. Suzuki, who was given the death penalty in 1994 for drug possession and received a presidential pardon in June 2010, returned to Japan after 16 years.

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Well at Meiji Shrine said to be 'power spot'

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors take pictures of ''Kiyomasa no Ido'' (Kiyomasa's well) with their cellphones in a garden of Tokyo's Meiji Shrine on Dec. 16, 2010. The site became famous as a ''power spot,'' after television programs featured it with people claiming their luck improved when they used pictures of the well as background screens on their cellphones.

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Nippon Sharyo to build U.S. diesel train cars

NAGOYA, Japan - An artist rendering shows the inside of a train car of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency in California that Nippon Sharyo Ltd. plans to manufacture. Japan's largest rolling stock maker said Dec. 16, 2010, that it has won an order for 18 cars of the train.

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Nishioka to sign deal with Twins

NARITA, Japan - Lotte Marines shortstop Tsuyoshi Nishioka (C) leaves for the United States from Narita airport on Dec. 16, 2010, for a checkup before signing a deal with the Minnesota Twins. Walking ahead of him was his wife Naoko, a fashion model.

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Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.''

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Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.''

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Bill Richardson in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arrives at Pyongyang international airport on Dec. 16, 2010, for meetings with First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan and other North Korean officials.

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Nippon Sharyo to build U.S. diesel train cars

NAGOYA, Japan - An artist rendering shows the diesel train of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency in California that Nippon Sharyo Ltd. plans to manufacture. Japan's largest rolling stock maker said Dec. 16, 2010, that it has won an order for 18 cars of the train.

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Bill Richardson in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arrives at Pyongyang international airport on Dec. 16, 2010, for meetings with First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan and other North Korean officials.

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Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.''

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Nishioka to sign deal with Twins

NARITA, Japan - Lotte Marines shortstop Tsuyoshi Nishioka speaks to reporters at Narita airport on Dec. 16, 2010, on leaving for the United States for a checkup before signing a deal with the Minnesota Twins.

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Students' parents remove turf in school yard

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 16, 2010, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the yard of Haruki Junior High School in Kishiwada, Osaka. Parents of students who are members of baseball or softball clubs at the city government-run school removed the lawn from the field without permission after claiming it was hard for their children to practice on the bumpy ground.

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Kan, IAEA chief Amano meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2010. Amano told Kan it is important for IAEA inspectors to visit nuclear sites in North Korea, and asked for support in convincing North Korea to accept IAEA inspections.

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Honda to lease electric scooter to firms

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses aboard the EV-neo electric scooter in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2010. Honda plans to lease the scooters to designated companies from Dec. 24 to collect data before launching the model for the general market.

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Winter illuminations light up Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People walk on a street lit up by winter illuminations in Osaka's Kita Ward on Dec. 11, 2010. The illumination event runs through Jan. 16, 2011.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill

KANAZAWA, Japan - An F-16 fighter of the U.S. military takes off from the Komatsu base of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force in Ishikawa Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2010, to take part in a joint air drill.

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Ozawa lets loose in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, Japan's top power broker, appears relaxed during a meeting with other lawmakers in parliament on Dec. 16, 2009. Ozawa, secretary general of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's ruling Democratic Party of Japan, played a key role in the party's work to draft a fiscal 2010 budget request the party submitted to the government the same day.

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Panel OKs plan to raise sales tax from FY 2011 at earliest

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks during a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office on Dec. 16. At right is Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano. The panel endorsed a plan to raise the nation's consumption tax from fiscal 2011 at the earliest and to amend legislation to lay the groundwork for the tax increase in 2010.

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Panel OKs plan to raise sales tax from FY 2011 at earliest

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks during a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office on Dec. 16. At right is Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano. The panel endorsed a plan to raise the nation's consumption tax from fiscal 2011 at the earliest and to amend legislation to lay the groundwork for the tax increase in 2010. (Kyodo)

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JVC's video camera with 40x optical zoom lens

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Everio GZ-HM670 video camera equipped with a 40x optical zoom lens and a 32-gigabyte memory, which Victor Co. of Japan Ltd. released in Japan on Dec. 16, 2010 for about 80,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Bill Richardson in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arrives at Pyongyang international airport on Dec. 16, 2010, for meetings with First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan and other North Korean officials. (Kyodo)

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Bill Richardson in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arrives at Pyongyang international airport on Dec. 16, 2010, for meetings with First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan and other North Korean officials. (Kyodo)

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Winter illuminations light up Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People walk on a street lit up by winter illuminations in Osaka's Kita Ward on Dec. 11, 2010. The illumination event runs through Jan. 16, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan-U.S. joint drill

KANAZAWA, Japan - An F-16 fighter of the U.S. military takes off from the Komatsu base of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force in Ishikawa Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2010, to take part in a joint air drill. (Kyodo)

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Japan figure skating c'ships

NAGANO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's short program of the Japanese national figure skating championships at Nagano Big Hat on Dec. 24, 2010. The 16-year-old hopeful finished second. (Kyodo)

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Japan figure skating c'ships

NAGANO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's short program of the Japanese national figure skating championships at Nagano Big Hat on Dec. 24, 2010. The 16-year-old hopeful finished second. (Kyodo)

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Beefed-up Haneda airport may help Tokyo artisans leap beyond sea

TOKYO, Japan - A precision lathe operator manufactures a part of a dish antenna at Kitajima Shibori Seisakusho Co.'s factory in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Dec. 16, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Well at Meiji Shrine said to be 'power spot'

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors take pictures of ''Kiyomasa no Ido'' (Kiyomasa's well) with their cellphones in a garden of Tokyo's Meiji Shrine on Dec. 16, 2010. The site became famous as a ''power spot,'' after television programs featured it with people claiming their luck improved when they used pictures of the well as background screens on their cellphones. (Kyodo)

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Controversial 'Gundam' statue in China park

CHENGDU, China - A statue similar to the Gundam combat robot from the Japanese anime series stands in the Floraland amusement park in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Dec. 16, 2010. Sotsu Co., the Tokyo company managing the copyright of Gundam's images, is looking into the origin of the statue. (Kyodo)

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Pardoned Japanese returns home

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese national Hideshi Suzuki (C) shakes hands with a supporter after arriving at Chubu airport in Aichi Prefecture on Dec. 17, 2010. Suzuki, who was given the death penalty in 1994 for drug possession and received a presidential pardon in June 2010, returned to Japan after 16 years. (Kyodo)

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Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.'' (Kyodo)

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Nishioka to sign deal with Twins

NARITA, Japan - Lotte Marines shortstop Tsuyoshi Nishioka speaks to reporters at Narita airport on Dec. 16, 2010, on leaving for the United States for a checkup before signing a deal with the Minnesota Twins. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Sharyo to build U.S. diesel train cars

NAGOYA, Japan - An artist rendering shows the inside of a train car of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency in California that Nippon Sharyo Ltd. plans to manufacture. Japan's largest rolling stock maker said Dec. 16, 2010, that it has won an order for 18 cars of the train. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Sharyo to build U.S. diesel train cars

NAGOYA, Japan - An artist rendering shows the diesel train of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency in California that Nippon Sharyo Ltd. plans to manufacture. Japan's largest rolling stock maker said Dec. 16, 2010, that it has won an order for 18 cars of the train. (Kyodo)

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Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.'' (Kyodo)

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Paloma Industries HQ

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of water heater maker Paloma Industries Ltd. in Nagoya on Dec. 16, 2010. The company came under fire for failing to address defects in its products, which killed a total of 21 people in Japan over 20 years through 2005. The sign on the top of the building reads ''Paloma.'' (Kyodo)

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Honda to lease electric scooter to firms

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito poses aboard the EV-neo electric scooter in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2010. Honda plans to lease the scooters to designated companies from Dec. 24 to collect data before launching the model for the general market. (Kyodo)

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Nishioka to sign deal with Twins

NARITA, Japan - Lotte Marines shortstop Tsuyoshi Nishioka (C) leaves for the United States from Narita airport on Dec. 16, 2010, for a checkup before signing a deal with the Minnesota Twins. Walking ahead of him was his wife Naoko, a fashion model. (Kyodo)

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Kan, IAEA chief Amano meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2010. Amano told Kan it is important for IAEA inspectors to visit nuclear sites in North Korea, and asked for support in convincing North Korea to accept IAEA inspections. (Kyodo)

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Students' parents remove turf in school yard

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 16, 2010, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the yard of Haruki Junior High School in Kishiwada, Osaka. Parents of students who are members of baseball or softball clubs at the city government-run school removed the lawn from the field without permission after claiming it was hard for their children to practice on the bumpy ground. (Kyodo)

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Japan power companies face surging nuclear fuel recycling costs

File photo taken in June 2010 shows a mixed oxide fuel cask being unloaded from a transport vessel that arrived at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Takahama in Japan's Fukui Prefecture. Kyodo News learned on Dec. 16, 2017 that the cost of recycling spent nuclear fuel has surged since Japan started using such fuel in 1999, adding to questions about the economics of nuclear fuel reprocessing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ozawa lets loose in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, Japan's top power broker, appears relaxed during a meeting with other lawmakers in parliament on Dec. 16, 2009. Ozawa, secretary general of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's ruling Democratic Party of Japan, played a key role in the party's work to draft a fiscal 2010 budget request the party submitted to the government the same day. (Kyodo)