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2017 M-1 Grand Prix manzai contest winners

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Japanese "manzai" comedian duo Toro Salmon -- Hideaki Murata (L) and Kazunobu Kubota -- pose at the TV Asahi studios in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2017, after winning the 2017 M-1 Grand Prix contest. (Kyodo)

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member arranges coffee bean products on shelves at the Starbucks China Coffee Innovation Park in Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 18, 2023. At the ongoing China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), U.S. coffee giant Starbucks has attracted great attention through its coffee industrial chain and products. Starbucks entered the Chinese mainland in 1999 and now operates more than 6,800 stores in over 250 cities in China. In 2012, a Starbucks Farmer Support Center was set up in Pu'er of Yunnan Province, the first of its kind in Asia, to further bolster the local coffee farming community. In 2017, Starbucks opened a Roastery location in Shanghai, its second after the one in Seattle in Washington state on the U.S. west Pacific. This September, Starbucks opened a new coffee innovation park in Kunshan of Jiangsu Province, the company's largest manufacturing and distribution investment outside the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

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The Mainichi Newspapers head office

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows the Palaceside Building in Tokyo which houses the head office of The Mainichi Newspapers major daily.

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Japan Meteorological Agency

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2017 shows the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo

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Thomas Hajnoczi speech

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Thomas Hajnoczi (R), Ambassador of Austria to the United Nations in Geneva, delivers a speech during the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in Vienna, Austria on Dec. 18, 2017.

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Aeon mall in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Children play at an amusement facility housed in a mall operated by Japan's retail chain Aeon Co. in Jakarta on Oct. 18, 2017. AEON MALL Jakarta Garden City, the Japanese retailer's second mall in Indonesia, opened on Sept. 30.

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Tokyo Fire Department

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2017 shows the Tokyo Fire Department in Tokyo.

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Rakuten Inc. HQ

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows the head office of Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online shopping mall operator, in Tokyo.

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Rakuten Inc. HQ

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows the head office of Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online shopping mall operator, in Tokyo.

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Rakuten Inc. HQ

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows the head office of Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online shopping mall operator, in Tokyo.

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Rakuten Inc. HQ

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows the head office of Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online shopping mall operator, in Tokyo.

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks to reporters before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 16, 2017.

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Gov't to hold meeting Dec. 1 to discuss emperor's abdication date

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Undated file photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito's elder son, who will ascend the throne after his father's planned abdication, possibly within the next 18 months. The Japanese government said on Nov. 22, 2017 it will hold a meeting on Dec. 1 to discuss the date of Emperor Akihito's planned abdication.

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Hospitals aiming to support long-stay child patients

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Nursery teacher Mayako Watanabe (L) and child life specialist Miki Saito explain on Nov. 1, 2017, a kids room being opened in the pediatrics department of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine's hospital in Tokyo. The round 64-square-meter room, named Waku Waku no Mori (forest of thrills), is intended to help long-stay child patients acquire age-appropriate social skills and receive necessary education.

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Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai

WISLA, Poland, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Veteran Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai poses for photographs with fans at a men's ski jumping World Cup meet in Wisla, Poland on Nov. 18, 2017.

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Hospitals aiming to support long-stay child patients

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Children with serious illnesses play in a kids room at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine's hospital in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2017. The Waku Waku no Mori (forest of thrills) playroom was opened in the hospital's pediatrics department the same day to help long-stay child patients acquire age-appropriate social skills and receive necessary education.

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Figure skating: Alina Zagitova

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 7 Kyodo - Alina Zagitova of Russia skates to victory in the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on March 18, 2017.

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Figure skating: Alina Zagitova

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 7 Kyodo - Alina Zagitova of Russia skates to victory in the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on March 18, 2017.

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Figure skating: Alina Zagitova

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 7 Kyodo - Alina Zagitova (R) of Russia poses for photos after winning the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on March 18, 2017, alongside runner-up Marin Honda of Japan.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the Japanese Diet in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) holds talks with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) sits down with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Rakuten Inc. HQ

File photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows the head office of Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online shopping mall operator, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rakuten Inc. HQ

File photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows the head office of Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online shopping mall operator, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rakuten Inc. HQ

File photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows the head office of Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online shopping mall operator, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rakuten Inc. HQ

File photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows the head office of Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online shopping mall operator, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) building

File photo taken Dec. 18, 2017, shows the headquarters of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Thomas Hajnoczi speech

Thomas Hajnoczi (R), Ambassador of Austria to the United Nations in Geneva, delivers a speech during the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in Vienna, Austria on Dec. 18, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Meteorological Agency

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2017 shows the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Fire Department

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2017 shows the Tokyo Fire Department in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The Mainichi Newspapers head office

Photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows the Palaceside Building in Tokyo which houses the head office of The Mainichi Newspapers major daily. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (front, R) raises her hand during a U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Dec. 18, 2017, to exercise the veto over a resolution rejecting the U.S. administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. security strategy refers to China as "strategic competitor"

U.S. President Donald Trump, seen in this file photo, will call China a "strategic competitor" of the United States and pledge to advance his "America First" policy in a new national security strategy he will unveil on Dec. 18, 2017, according to senior administration officials. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't to hold meeting Dec. 1 to discuss emperor's abdication date

Undated file photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito's elder son, who will ascend the throne after his father's planned abdication, possibly within the next 18 months. The Japanese government said on Nov. 22, 2017 it will hold a meeting on Dec. 1 to discuss the date of Emperor Akihito's planned abdication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Last season's scars leave Urawa baying for Antlers' blood

Urawa Reds manager Mihailo Petrovic watches the second leg of the J-League Championship Final against Kashima Antlers from the bench at Saitama Stadium on Dec. 3, 2016. Reds are aiming to land an early psychological blow when they take on double winners Kashima on Feb. 18, 2017, in the Super Cup, the curtain-raiser for the new J-League season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Antlers' Shibasaki to sign with Las Palmas

Photo taken Dec. 18, 2016, shows Gaku Shibasaki (R) of Japan's Kashima Antlers celebrating after scoring his second goal against Spain's Real Madrid during the Club World Cup final at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo. It was reported on Jan. 28, 2017, Shibasaki will transfer to Spain's Las Palmas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani makes partial 18-man list for WBC

Nippon Ham Fighters slugging right-hander Shohei Otani pitches at the speed of 165 kilometers per hour in this file photo taken in Sapporo Dome on Oct. 16, 2016. Otani is among the 18 players who were named to the Japan team for the World Baseball Classic in March 2017 as the organizers released the partial list on Dec. 20, 2016 ahead of the final 28-man squad announcement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the Japanese Diet in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said. (Kyodo)

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) sits down with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said. (Kyodo)

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Scenes from Pyongyang

A North Korean woman works at a shoe factory in Pyongyang on Dec. 18, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Pyongyang

North Korean people work at a shoe factory in Pyongyang on Dec. 18, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oi nuclear power plant

Photo taken on May 18, 2017, shows the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture. Kansai Electric's board is expected to convene an extraordinary session on Dec. 22, 2017, to formalize a plan to dismantle the two reactors built nearly 40 years earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oi nuclear power plant

Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2017, shows the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture. Kansai Electric's board is expected to convene an extraordinary session on Dec. 22, 2017, to formalize a plan to dismantle the two reactors built nearly 40 years earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shimizu Corp.

The photo taken Dec. 18, 2017 shows Shimizu Corp. headquarters in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Day of the Japanese Investor

Hiroshige Seko (L), Japanese minister of economy, trade and industry, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev (R) attend a session of Day of the Japanese Investor conference in Vladivostok on Dec. 18, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test run of unmanned vehicle

A man monitors Japan's first test run of an unmanned vehicle on a public street, conducted in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2017. The experiment, conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, will continue through Dec. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test run of unmanned vehicle

An unmanned vehicle runs on a public street in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2017 in Japan's first test run of such a vehicle using a public street. The experiment, conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, will continue through Dec. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China opens neutron facility to foreign media

People walk in front of the China Spallation Neutron Source, an advanced science facility under construction in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, on Dec. 18, 2017. The Chinese Academy of Sciences opened the CSNS, an accelerator-based neutron source, to foreign media for the first time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China opens neutron facility to foreign media

A foreign journalist looks at devices inside the China Spallation Neutron Source, an advanced science facility under construction in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, on Dec. 18, 2017. The Chinese Academy of Sciences opened the CSNS, an accelerator-based neutron source, to foreign media for the first time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo