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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member works at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 24, 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/Wang Xiang)

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customers look at a production line for packing coffee beans at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 24, 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/Wang Xiang)

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 24, 2023 shows the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in east China's Shanghai. 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/Wang Xiang)

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member shows samples of raw and roasted coffee beans at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 24, 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/Wang Xiang)

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Japanese whale hunters defend endangered tradition

TAIJI, Japan - Miyato Sugimori, a senior official of a fishermen's association in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, stands by a memorial erected to console the souls of dead whales in the fishing village in the prefecture. Photo taken Dec. 24, 2012.

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Japanese whale hunters defend endangered tradition

TAIJI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 24, 2012, shows the statue of a traditional harpooner in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture. The statue underwent renovation after an antiwhaling German male activist bent its harpoon in October 2012 and was arrested.

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Ice candle illumination

HAKODATE, Japan - An avenue leading to a Trappist monastery is illuminated by ice candles in Hokuto, Hokkaido, on Dec. 24, 2012.

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Asada at national c'ships exhibition

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada performs during an exhibition at the national championships at the Makomanai ice arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 24, 2012. Asada won the women's national title and secured a spot in the world championships in March 2013.

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Christmas tree lit up in disaster-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Christmas tree is lit up in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012, illuminating a coastal area of the northeastern city hit by the 2011 March tsunami.

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Inac Kobe win Empress' Cup

SAITAMA, Japan - Defender Asuna Tanaka (4) of Inac Kobe scores an extra-time winner in the final of the Empress' Cup national championship against Chiba at Nack5 Stadium in Saitama on Dec. 24, 2012. Kobe won 1-0 to add to their title in the Nadeshiko League, Japan's top women's soccer league.

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Rankings announced for New Year tournament

FUNABASHI, Japan - Sumo wrestler Shohozan (R) shakes hands with his stablemaster Matsugane at their stable in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012, after earning promotion to the fourth-highest rank of komusubi in the rankings for the Jan. 13-27 New Year Grand Sumo Tournament released the same day by the Japan Sumo Association. Shohozan is placed in the top four ranks of the sport for the first time in his career.

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Inac Kobe win Empress' Cup

SAITAMA, Japan - Defender Asuna Tanaka (far R) of Inac Kobe scores an extra-time winner in the final of the Empress' Cup national championship against Chiba at Nack5 Stadium in Saitama on Dec. 24, 2012. Kobe won 1-0 to add to their title in the Nadeshiko League, Japan's top women's soccer league.

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Rankings announced for New Year tournament

MATSUDO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Kotoyuki (L) holds a new rankings list for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with his stablemaster Sadogatake at their stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012. Kotoyuki, ranked as a No. 15 maegashira, is just one new face in the elite makuuchi division in the Jan. 13-27 tournament in Tokyo.

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Rankings announced for New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2012, when the Japan Sumo Association released its rankings for the Jan. 13-27 New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho, the east yokozuna, is looking for his 24th tournament championship, which would tie him for fourth on the all-time list with Kitanoumi.

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Miss Japan 2012 Hara

LAS VEGAS, United States - Ayako Hara, who represented Japan at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant in Las Vegas, is interviewed by Kyodo News in the U.S. city on Dec. 20, 2012. Hara, 24, who is from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, failed to make it to the shortlist of 16 competitors in the pageant held the previous day, which was won by American Olivia Culpo, 20.

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Gitau wins Fukuoka Marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan-based Kenyan Joseph Gitau (R) shakes hands with Hiroyuki Horibata of Japan after the Fukuoka International Marathon in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2012. Gitau won with a time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 58 seconds for his first victory in a marathon, while Horibata placed second with a time of 2:08:24.

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Gitau wins Fukuoka Marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hiroyuki Horibata of Japan places second in the Fukuoka International Marathon in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2012, with a time of 2:08:24.

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Noda in stump speech

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) shakes hands with voters after making a stump speech in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 24, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Abe in stump speech

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (C), chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with voters after making a stump speech in Musashino, Tokyo, on Nov. 24, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Noda in stump speech

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda makes a stump speech in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 24, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Noda in stump speech

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda makes a stump speech in Kunitachi, Tokyo, on Nov. 24, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Abe in stump speech

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe, chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Musashino, Tokyo, on Nov. 24, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election.

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Finance minister Azumi at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks at a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2011, after the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda agreed on the initial budget for fiscal 2012 the same day. The government plans to submit the draft budget to parliament in early 2012.

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School built in Afghanistan with Japan's support

KABUL, Afghanistan - Girls sing during a ceremony to mark completion of the building of their high school in Kabul on Dec. 11, 2010. The building is the first to be finished under the ''Thousand Classroom Project'' to construct 58 school buildings in Afghanistan through 2012 with $24 million in Japanese grants-in-aid via the U.N. Children's Fund.

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Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey

(221024) -- BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping visits the family of Tang Rongbin in Luotuowan Village of Longquanguan Township, Fuping County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 30, 2012. TO GO WITH "Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey" (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

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Ahead of March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken Dec. 24, 2020, shows the "Miracle Pine" monument in Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan. The Iwate Prefecture city preserved the only tree that was still standing following the deadly tsunami of March 2011 as a monument for future generations after it died in 2012 due to severe damage from salt water.

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Finance minister Azumi at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks at a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2011, after the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda agreed on the initial budget for fiscal 2012 the same day. The government plans to submit the draft budget to parliament in early 2012. (Kyodo)

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School built in Afghanistan with Japan's support

KABUL, Afghanistan - Girls sing during a ceremony to mark completion of the building of their high school in Kabul on Dec. 11, 2010. The building is the first to be finished under the ''Thousand Classroom Project'' to construct 58 school buildings in Afghanistan through 2012 with $24 million in Japanese grants-in-aid via the U.N. Children's Fund. (Kyodo)