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(231211) -- BEIJING, Dec. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit a museum at a historical and cultural district along the Grand Canal in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 7, 2023. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. In recent years, the local government in Wuxi has continuously promoted the protection and practice of river regulation, water quality improvement, cultural heritage consolidation, and reuse of industrial relics, gradually building the banks of the Grand Canal into a region featuring rich culture, nice environment and thriving tourism. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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CHINA-JIANGSU-WUXI-GRAND CANAL (CN)

(231210) -- WUXI, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Artists stage a performance at a historical and cultural district along the Grand Canal in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 7, 2023. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. In recent years, the local government in Wuxi has continuously promoted the protection and practice of river regulation, water quality improvement, cultural heritage consolidation, and reuse of industrial relics, gradually building the banks of the Grand Canal into a region featuring rich culture, nice environment and thriving tourism. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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CHINA-JIANGSU-WUXI-GRAND CANAL (CN)

(231210) -- WUXI, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 7, 2023 shows the view of a historical and cultural district along the Grand Canal in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. In recent years, the local government in Wuxi has continuously promoted the protection and practice of river regulation, water quality improvement, cultural heritage consolidation, and reuse of industrial relics, gradually building the banks of the Grand Canal into a region featuring rich culture, nice environment and thriving tourism. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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CHINA-JIANGSU-WUXI-GRAND CANAL (CN)

(231210) -- WUXI, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit a museum at a historical and cultural district along the Grand Canal in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 7, 2023. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. In recent years, the local government in Wuxi has continuously promoted the protection and practice of river regulation, water quality improvement, cultural heritage consolidation, and reuse of industrial relics, gradually building the banks of the Grand Canal into a region featuring rich culture, nice environment and thriving tourism. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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CHINA-JIANGSU-WUXI-GRAND CANAL (CN)

(231210) -- WUXI, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform Pingtan, a form of ballad singing in local dialect with Chinese instruments, at a historical and cultural district along the Grand Canal in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 7, 2023. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. In recent years, the local government in Wuxi has continuously promoted the protection and practice of river regulation, water quality improvement, cultural heritage consolidation, and reuse of industrial relics, gradually building the banks of the Grand Canal into a region featuring rich culture, nice environment and thriving tourism. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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CHINA-JIANGSU-WUXI-GRAND CANAL (CN)

(231210) -- WUXI, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Artists stage a performance at a historical and cultural district along the Grand Canal in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 7, 2023. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. In recent years, the local government in Wuxi has continuously promoted the protection and practice of river regulation, water quality improvement, cultural heritage consolidation, and reuse of industrial relics, gradually building the banks of the Grand Canal into a region featuring rich culture, nice environment and thriving tourism. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88.

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Old-style sofas draw interest from young people

NAGOYA, Japan - Old-fashioned sofas made by Karimoku Furniture Inc. seen in this file photo taken in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 7, 2014, have aroused strong interest among young people.

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Police officer hands out name cards of working dogs

TOKYO, Japan - A police officer hands out cards bearing the names and photos of working dogs to children during an event in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2014. Nearly 500 cards were handed out to visitors in just half an hour.

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Man seeks to rid isle of feral cats to protect rare birds

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Kuniyoshi changes baits in a gin trap set up to capture feral cats on Chichijima island in the Ogasawara Islands chain in the Pacific far to the south of Japan on Dec. 7, 2014, to protect rare local birds.

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"Digital detox" trips gain traction in Japan

ATAMI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 7, 2014, shows participants in a "digital detox" program in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, taking part in early morning exercises at sunrise near the beach.

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Kurdistan foreign relations official interviewed

ARBIL, Iraq - Falah Mustafa Bakir, head of the Kurdistan regional government's foreign relations department, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Arbil in the northern Iraq region on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Yokomine wins U.S. LPGA Tour card for 2015

DAYTONA BEACH, United States - Photo taken Dec. 7, 2014, in Daytona Beach, the United States, shows Japan's Sakura Yokomine, who won her U.S. LPGA Tour card for next season after finishing 11th in the fifth and last round of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament.

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Woods finishes last in Hero World Challenge

WINDERMERE, United States - U.S. professional golfer Tiger Woods hits a shot in the final round of the Hero World Challenge at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Florida, on Dec. 7, 2014. Shooting even par on all four days, Woods finished in a tie for the tail-end 17th place in the U.S. tournament.

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Veterans attend memorial service at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU, United States - Veterans attend a memorial service for those killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the United States, on Dec. 7, 2014, the 73rd anniversary of the attack. Some 3,000 people observed a silent prayer at 7:55 a.m., the time when the attack started.

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American Spieth wins Hero World Challenge

WINDERMERE, United States - Jordan Spieth of the United States shows off the winner's trophy at the Hero World Challenge at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Florida, on Dec. 7, 2014. Spieth finished with a tourney-record 26-under-par 262.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters continue to occupy a main road in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, China, on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Nobel laureate Amano in Stockholm for ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University and one of the three winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, gives an interview with Kyodo News at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, ahead of the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Veterans attend memorial service at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU, United States - Veterans attend a memorial service for those killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the United States, on Dec. 7, 2014, the 73rd anniversary of the attack. Some 3,000 people observed a silent prayer at 7:55 a.m., the time when the attack started.

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Matsuyama misses birdie in Hero World Challenge final

WINDERMERE, United States - Hideki Matsuyama of Japan misses a birdie putt on the 11th hole in the final round of the Hero World Challenge at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Florida, on Dec. 7, 2014. Matsuyama finished 13th in the U.S. tournament at 7-under-par 281.

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Nobel laureate Nakamura in Stockholm for ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, one of the three winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, speaks with Kyodo News during an interview at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, ahead of the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Okazaki nets 8th goal of season

HAMBURG, Germany - Japan's Shinji Okazaki of Mainz (3rd from L) scores during the second half of a game against Hamburg SV in Hamburg, Germany, on Dec. 7, 2014. It was his eighth goal of the Bundesliga season. Hamburg SV won 2-1.

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Laughing festival in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Waraiko, a rare festival in which residents laugh off the sadness and pain of the year, is held in the Omata district in the city of Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. The festival is said to have been held for 800 years in the district.

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Big wooden plaque at Shinto shrine before sheep year

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Shiro Miyazaki, chief priest of the Niukanshobu Shrine in Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows off a large wooden plaque depicting sheep on Dec. 7, 2014, before the start of 2015 or the Year of the Sheep in the Chinese zodiac calendar. The Shinto shrine is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site involving pilgrimage routes in the Kii Mountain Range.

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Typhoon Hagupit sweeps Philippines, including Haiyan-hit areas

TACLOBAN, Philippines - A utility pole is snapped by strong winds brought by powerful typhoon Hagupit on the Philippine island of Leyte on Dec. 7, 2014. The area was also hit by super typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.

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Typhoon Hagupit sweeps Philippines, including Haiyan-hit areas

TACLOBAN, Philippines - A house is left roofless due to strong winds brought by powerful typhoon Hagupit in Tacloban City on the Philippine island of Leyte on Dec. 7, 2014. The area was also hit by super typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft joins drill with Japan's SDF in Kumamoto

YAMATO, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft hovers above a team of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members during a joint exercise at the GSDF's Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. It was the first Japan-U.S. drill in the Kyushu region using the Osprey aircraft.

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'Station master' Tama lights up Xmas illumination

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, the calico cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, attends the station's illumination ceremony on Dec. 7, 2014. The light-up attraction runs through Jan. 9, 2015.

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Nobel laureates meet the press prior to award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura (R), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano (2nd from R), a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, attend an official press conference with other 2014 Nobel Prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony. Nakamura and Amano, along with Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki, who did not attend the press conference, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing and developing the blue light-emitting diode.

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Laughing festival in Yamaguchi Pref.

HOFU, Japan - Waraiko, a rare festival in which residents laugh off the sadness and pain of the year, is held in the Omata district in the city of Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. The festival is said to have been held for 800 years in the district.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft in drill with SDF in Kumamoto

YAMATO, Japan - Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force board an Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps during a joint exercise at the GSDF's Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. It was the first Japan-U.S. drill in the Kyushu region using the Osprey aircraft.

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Yamagata secures return to J1

CHOFU, Japan - Norihiro Yamagishi of Montedio Yamagata makes a save during the first half of the J-League promotion playoff final against JEF United Chiba at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, on Dec. 7, 2014. Yamagata won 1-0 and secured the ticket to the first division for the next season after three years in the second division.

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Nobel laureates meet the press prior to award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura (R), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, share a lighthearted moment during a press conference with other 2014 Nobel Prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony. Nakamura and Amano, along with Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing and developing the blue light-emitting diode.

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Oda captures 1st career money title on Japan Golf Tour

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese golfer Komei Oda earns his first career money title on the men's Japan Golf Tour after finishing third in the season-ending Golf Nippon Series JT Cup on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Parents and relatives of pro-democracy protesters gather in front of police headquarters in Hong Kong, China, on Dec. 7, 2014, claiming police used excessive force during clashes with the protesters.

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Heavy snow in Japan

MIYOSHI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows residents removing snow on a road in Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Parents and relatives of pro-democracy protesters complain about use of excessive force by police on Dec. 7, 2014, in front of the police headquarters in Hong Kong, China.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft in drill in Kumamoto with SDF

YAMATO, Japan - Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force board an Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps during a joint exercise at the GSDF's Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. It was the first Japan-U.S. drill in the Kyushu region using the Osprey aircraft.

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Yamagata players celebrate promotion to J1

CHOFU, Japan - Players of Montedio Yamagata celebrate after winning the J-League promotion playoff final against JEF United Chiba at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, on Dec. 7, 2014. Yamagata will play in the first division the next season.

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1 week before Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties campaign across Japan on Dec. 7, 2014, a week before the Dec. 14 lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party; Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan; Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party; Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party; Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations; Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party; Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party; Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party; and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Japan suffers defeat vs S. Korea in golf match

MIYOSHI, Japan - Japan's captain Yumiko Yoshida (R), Momoko Ueda (C), and Lala Anai are seen after Japan's crushing defeat against South Korea in the Japan-South Korea women's golf team match play competition at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Yamagata secures return to J1

CHOFU, Japan - Masato Yamazaki of Montedio Yamagata celebrates after scoring a goal during the first half of the J-League promotion playoff final against JEF United Chiba at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, on Dec. 7, 2014. Yamagata won 1-0 and secured the ticket to the first division for the next season after three years in the second division.

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Ishikawa finishes 15th in Nippon Series JT Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa hits a shot during the final round of the Nippon Series JT Cup at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club on Dec. 7, 2014. He finished 15th at 1-under-par in the tournament.

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Japan's Hara in Japan-S. Korea golf match

MIYOSHI, Japan - Japan's Erina Hara responds to the audience after finishing the final round of the Japan-South Korea women's golf team match play competition at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Quake-hit ski resorts in Hakuba pray for safety

NAGANO, Japan - Five ski resorts in the village of Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, which was hit by a powerful earthquake in November, hold a joint ceremony to pray for safety at Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium on Dec. 7, 2014.

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Oda wins his 1st Japanese tour money title

TOKYO, Japan - Komei Oda hits a shot during the final round of the Nippon Series JT Cup at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club on Dec. 7, 2014. Sharing third place at 6-under-par in the tournament, Oda won his first tour money title.

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1 week before Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Voters listen to a campaign speech by a representative of a political party in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2014, one week before the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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Miyamoto wins Nippon Series JT Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese golfer Katsumasa Miyamoto is all smiles after winning the Nippon Series JT Cup tournament at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club in Japan on Dec. 7, 2014, at 9-under-par 271. The victory is his second of the year.

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Kenya's Makau wins Fukuoka International Marathon

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former marathon world record holder Patrick Makau (front) of Kenya passes Ser-Od Bat-Ochir of Mongolia to take the lead near the 38-kilometer mark of the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 7, 2014. Makau won in 2 hours, 8 minutes, 22 seconds. (Pool photo)

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Oda wins 1st Japanese tour money tile

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese golfer Komei Oda raises a board at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club in Japan after winning his first tour money title on Dec. 7, 2014. Oda shared third place in the Nippon Series JT Cup tournament.