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(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai studies in a classroom at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 26, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (1st L) and Meng Xuanren (2nd L) are seen at their dormitory at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 26, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Ex-Nadeshiko Miyamoto lays ground for 'soccer moms'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tomomi Miyamoto (L) in action during a women's soccer Empress' Cup semifinal on Dec. 22, 2012 at Nack5 Stadium in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture.

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Japanese lawmaker to quit party over alleged abuse against staffer

TOKYO, Japan, June 23 Kyodo - Mayuko Toyota points at her name listed at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, on her first trip to parliament after being elected to the House of Representatives. Toyota submitted an application to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on June 22, 2017, after a weekly magazine released an audio file seeming to back up allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary.

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Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, on Dec. 6, 2013. The number of visitors to the observatory deck of the tower topped 10 million the same day since its opening on May 22, 2012.

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Body of famed Japanese climber killed in Russia returns home

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The coffin containing famed Japanese climber Haruhisa Watanabe arrives at his family's home in the town of Mori, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 3, 2013. Watanabe, 31, died on Dec. 26, 2012, in a traffic accident in Russia's Murmansk region during a cycling expedition through Central Asia. In 2004, when aged 22, he became the youngest Japanese to scale the tallest peaks of the seven continents.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Takahito Mura performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Mura won the bronze medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Takahito Mura performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Mura won the bronze medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Daisuke Takahashi, Yuzuru Hanyu and Takahito Mura hold their silver, gold and bronze medals after their performance at the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Takahito Mura performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Mura won the bronze medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Takahito Mura performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Mura won the bronze medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Daisuke Takahashi, Yuzuru Hanyu and Takahito Mura hold their silver, gold and bronze medals after their performance at the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Banri Kaieda speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2012. Kaieda said he will run in the upcoming election to pick the next leader of the Democratic Party of Japan in the wake of its crushing defeat in the general election.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan foundation aid for Myanmar

MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar - Yohei Sasakawa (2nd from L), head of Japan's Nippon Foundation, and Aung Min (4th from L), Myanmar minister at the presidential office, hold aid supplies from the Japanese group in Mawlamyine in Myanmar's southeastern Mon State on Dec. 22, 2012. The Nippon Foundation donated $70,000 in assistance to internally displaced people living in an ethnic group-controlled cease-fire area in Mon State.

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China high-speed train

BEIJING, China - China unveils to the media a high-speed train at Beijing West Station in the Chinese capital on Dec. 22, 2012. China plans to operate the train between Beijing and Guangzhou from Dec. 26.

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Egypt constitution referendum

GIZA, Egypt - A man casts a ballot in Giza on Dec. 22, 2012, in the second and final round of voting in a national referendum on a new Egyptian constitution.

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Egypt constitution referendum

GIZA, Egypt - A woman casts a ballot in Giza on Dec. 22, 2012, in the second and final round of voting in a national referendum on a new Egyptian constitution.

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DPJ postpones leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda bows at a general meeting of Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012. At the meeting, the DPJ dropped its plan to hold a party presidential election on Dec. 22 as many DPJ lawmakers said it was premature to pick a new leader only a week after the party's crushing defeat in the general election.

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DPJ postpones leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - A general meeting of Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers is held at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012. At the meeting, the DPJ dropped its plan to hold a party presidential election on Dec. 22 as many DPJ lawmakers said it was premature to pick a new leader only a week after the party's crushing defeat in the general election.

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N. Korea launches rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Self-Defense Forces helicopter takes off from Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, at 10:22 a.m. on Dec. 12, 2012, after North Korea launched a rocket. The rocket apparently flew over the island prefecture in southwestern Japan. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch is a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Japan braces for N. Korean launch

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2012, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed at Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ichigaya in central Tokyo, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea. Pyongyang has suggested it may postpone its planned launch of a rocket carrying a satellite, which it said earlier would take place sometime between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22, due to "some reasons," according to a report issued early on Dec. 9 by the official Korean Central News Agency.

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Japan braces for N. Korean launch

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2012, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea. Pyongyang has suggested it may postpone its planned launch of a rocket carrying a satellite, which it said earlier would take place sometime between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22, due to "some reasons," according to a report issued early on Dec. 9 by the official Korean Central News Agency.

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Japan braces for N. Korean launch

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2012, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Miyakojima base in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea. Pyongyang has suggested it may postpone its planned launch of a rocket carrying a satellite, which it said earlier would take place sometime between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22, due to "some reasons," according to a report issued early on Dec. 9 by the official Korean Central News Agency.

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Japan braces for N. Korean launch

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2012, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Miyakojima base in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea. Pyongyang has suggested it may postpone its planned launch of a rocket carrying a satellite, which it said earlier would take place sometime between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22, due to "some reasons," according to a report issued early on Dec. 9 by the official Korean Central News Agency.

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N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2012 shows a rocket unveiled by North Korea in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, in the northwest of the country. North Korea said Dec. 1, 2012, that it would launch a rocket carrying a satellite sometime between Dec. 10 and 22. But Pyongyang has suggested it may postpone its planned launch of the rocket due to "some reasons," according to a report early on Dec. 9 of the official Korean Central News Agency.

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Angelella, Iwasaki talk

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella (C), commander of U.S. forces in Japan, and Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki (R), chief of the Japanese Defense Ministry's Joint Staff, talk outside the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2012, in front of a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

MIYAKO ISLAND, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor is unloaded from the military transport ship Osumi at Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2012, to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2012, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor having been deployed at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Asaka training field in Saitama Prefecture to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

MIYAKO ISLAND, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor is unloaded from the military transport ship Osumi at Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2012, to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Myoko (front) and the Kongo, Aegis destroyers carrying SM-3 missile interceptors, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Chokai, an Aegis destroyer carrying an SM-3 missile interceptor, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Myoko (front) and the Kongo, Aegis destroyers carrying SM-3 missile interceptors, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Myoko (front) and the Kongo, Aegis destroyers carrying SM-3 missile interceptors, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.