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(231210) -- WUXI, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People dance at a historical and cultural district along the Grand Canal in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 8, 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) -- People take photos of a show featuring Qipao, a traditional Chinese dress for women, at a historical and cultural district along the Grand Canal in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 8, 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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Teen works at Mumbai stall without attending school

MUMBAI, India - A teenage boy (far L) works at a food stall in a business district of Mumbai, western India, on Dec.8, 2014, saying he does not attend school.

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Indian boy works away from home in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India - A boy makes sandwiches in an Islamic district of Mumbai, western India, on Dec. 8, 2014. Child labor helps spawn a vicious cycle of no education and poverty but persists amid a wide gap between rich and poor in India.

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Sharp unveils LCD TV with new backlight system

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. takes the wraps off a prototype liquid crystal display TV that uses a newly developed backlight system capable of showing clearer red and green colors in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014. The Japanese electronics giant plans to launch commercial production of the TV in time for trial 8K ultra high-definition broadcasting due to start in 2016.

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Fixer helps Nobel laureate in blue LED invention

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Akio Ishida, a senior researcher at the Japan Science and Technology Agency, speaks after listening to commemorative lectures by three Japanese winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2014. Ishida played a leading role in linking the work of Isamu Akasaki, one of the three Nobel laureates and the world's first inventor of a blue light-emitting diode, with LED manufacturers.

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Yoshida, Van Persie tussle for ball in English league

SOUTHAMPON, England - Japanese defender Maya Yoshida (R) of Southampton FC tussles for the ball with Robin van Persie during his club's 1-2 home loss to Manchester United in a Premier League game in Southampton, England, on Dec. 8, 2014.

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IOC President Bach

MONACO, Monaco - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach answers a question at a press conference in Monaco on Dec. 8, 2014. The IOC approved the same day the framework of a new Olympic program, opening the way for a possible return of baseball/softball in a joint bid for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Southampton's Yoshida in action against Man United

SOUTHAMPTON, Britain - Japanese defender Maya Yoshida (C) of Southampton FC heads the ball during the Premier League club's 1-2 home loss to Manchester United in Southampton, England, on Dec. 8, 2014.

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Int'l confab on humanitarian impact of nuclear arms starts in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz holds a press conference in Vienna on Dec. 8, 2014. Kruz was chairing the third Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, which kicked off in the Austrian capital the same day.

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TPP opponents stage rally in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Members of U.S. civic groups stage a rally in front of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington on Dec. 8, 2014, protesting the lack of transparency surrounding the ongoing negotiations for the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.

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Elderly theater members from Japan get applause in Paris

PARIS, France - Members of the Saitama Gold Theater, a Japanese theatrical company of senior citizens led by renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa, receive applause from the audience at the Paris Theatre in the French capital on Dec. 8, 2014.

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Elderly theater members from Japan perform in Paris

PARIS, France - Members of the Saitama Gold Theater, a Japanese theatrical company comprising senior citizens and led by renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa, perform at the Paris Theatre in the French capital on Dec. 8, 2014.

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3 Nobel laureates get ready for award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, and Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, shake hands during a press conference on Dec. 8, 2014, in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to the award ceremony for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics on Dec. 10.

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3 Nobel laureates get ready for award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, and Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, attend a press conference on Dec. 8, 2014, in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to the award ceremony for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics on Dec. 10.

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Baseball, softball may return to 2020 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Softball Association Vice President Taeko Utsugi (L) and Baseball Federation of Japan Vice President Yoshinobu Suzuki look happy in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, after the International Olympic Committee's recent approval of a reform for the framework of the Olympic program which paves the way for a possible return of the two events in a joint bid for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Iraqi refugees from militant attacks face intense winter

TOKYO, Japan - An Iraqi woman (front R), a Christian with her husband kidnapped by Islamic State extremists, washes the family's belongings on Dec. 8, 2014, outside their unit in a temporary shelter for refugees in Arbil, a major city in the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, while her 4-year-old son and in-laws look on. Many families forced from their homes amid violent attacks are faced with intense cold weather without adequate warm clothing and other winter supplies.

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Charmed by bonsai, French man settles in producing town

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 8, 2014, shows Xavier Brusset, who offers bonsai classes in Miki, Kagawa Prefecture, after relocating to the prefecture from France.

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Fish shop owner in tsunami-hit town fillets salmon

TOKYO, Japan - Shoetsu Mukushi, owner of a family-run seafood-processing firm, cuts a lightly salted salmon into fillets in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2014. The town and other parts of the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku were ravaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami in 2011 but he revived the business a month after the disaster.

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Operator of SNS schoolteacher site mulls smartphone apps

TOKYO, Japan - Haruki Asatani (R), CEO of social networking site operator Loupe Inc., discusses the development of smartphone apps with his staff in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, as the firm's new site for schoolteachers allows them to help one another in a gamut of school education fields.

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Sapporo company develops software for multilingual menus

SAPPORO, Japan - Nobuyasu Fukunishi, president of a computer software company in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, explains about the "Sekai Menu" system, which enables restaurants to provide foreign customers with menus in various languages via a smartphone application through the scanning of QR codes, in the northern Japanese city on Dec. 8, 2014.

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N. Korean abduction victims' kin at concert for return of abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru and Sakie Yokota (far R, 2nd from R), parents of Megumi, a symbol of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea, and Hitomi Soga (far L), a former abductee repatriated in 2002, attend a government-hosted concert in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, for the return of the abductees.

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Concert for return of Japanese abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Musician Ryudo Uzaki (L, front) takes part in a government-hosted concert for the return of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea held in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014.

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U.S. representatives at Vienna Conference

VIENNA, Austria - Delegates from the United States attend the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Austria on Dec. 8, 2014.

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A-bomb survivor attends Vienna nuclear confab

VIENNA, Austria - Terumi Tanaka, an atomic bomb survivor and secretary general of the Japan Confederation of A and H Bomb Sufferers Organizations, attends the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Austria on Dec. 8, 2014. He expressed hope that the abolition of nuclear waepons will be realized soon.

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Canada-residing A-bomb survivor appeals for nuke elimination

VIENNA, Austria - Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, currently residing in Canada, delivers a speech at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Austria on Dec. 8, 2014, calling for actions toward the abolition of nuclear weapons.

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3 Nobel laureates make commemorative speeches

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From R) Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, and Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, receive applause after making commemorative speeches for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Nakamura makes speech in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and one of three scientists awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, makes a commemorative speech in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Imaizumi passes pro 'shogi' player test at 41

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Imaizumi, who passed the test to become a professional player of "shogi" or Japanese chess at the age of 41 on Dec. 8, 2014, is seen in this photo.

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Pro-democracy occupation continues in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, China, continue occupying a main road in Admiralty, the main occupation site where the government headquarters is located, on Dec. 8, 2014.

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16th-century shogun Hideyoshi's letter unveiled

KOBE, Japan - Kobe University in western Japan releases on Dec. 8, 2014, a sealed letter sent by 16th-century shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi to a clan leader in Toba, Mie Prefecture, to thank him for his assistance in Hideyoshi's aggression of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ebizo, comedy duo win Yahoo Japan's search awards

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (L), Koyuki Hashimoto (C) and Soko Nakano of comedy duo Nippon Elekiteru Rengo receive Yahoo Japan Corp.'s 2014 search awards in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, as they observed big jumps in the number of searches for their names on the Internet in 2014 from the previous year.

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Entertainers who saw jumps in Yahoo searches in 2014

TOKYO, Japan - Yahoo Japan Corp.'s search awards winners who saw jumps in the number of searches for their names on the Internet in 2014 from the previous year attend a ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014. They are beatboxer HIKAKIN, idol group member Kanna Hashimoto, kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo, comedy duo Koyuki Hashimoto and Soko Nakano of Nippon Elekiteru Rengo and model Miwako Kakei (from L).

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Nobel laureate Amano makes speech in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University and one of three scientists awarded the year's Nobel Prize in Physics, makes a commemorative speech in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Monk views restored 1,300-year-old goddess painting

NARA, Japan - A Buddhist monk prays before the re-created painting of "Kichijoten" goddess dating back some 1,300 years at Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014. The original, a national treasure, was drawn in the eighth century and is currently stored at the temple's treasure house.

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Japan, U.S. hold joint military exercise in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. military hold an opening ceremony for their joint command post exercise codenamed "Yama Sakura" (Mountain Cherry) at the GSDF's Camp Asaka in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014.

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Nat'l council to hand down 'washoku' culture to be launched

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Kumakura (C), president of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, and others in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, announce they will establish a national council for passing the tradition and culture of "washoku" Japanese cuisine to the next generation. The council is expected to start its activities in April 2015. Washoku was registered in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2013.

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1,300-year-old goddess painting re-created

NARA, Japan - The re-created painting of "Kichijoten" goddess dating back some 1,300 years is unveiled to media at Yakushi-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014. The original, a national treasure, was drawn in the eighth century and is currently stored at the temple's treasure house.

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Taiwan's new Cabinet sworn in

TAIPEI, Taiwan - New Taiwanese Premier Mao Chi-kuo speaks in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2014, following the inauguration of his Cabinet.

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U.S. senior diplomat Kim meets with reporters in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Sung Kim (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, after meeting with Junichi Ihara, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau. Kim visited Tokyo after meeting with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul, South Korea.

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Nobel laureate Akasaki makes speech in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University and one of three scientists awarded the year's Nobel Prize in Physics, makes a commemorative speech in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Letters by medieval warlords Nobunaga, Hideyoshi found

KOBE, Japan - Kobe University in western Japan unveils on Dec. 8, 2014, sealed letters sent by warlords Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi to a clan in Toba, Mie Prefecture, in the 16th century. A woman in her 40s in Kobe had kept the letters after inheriting them from her grandfather, and asked the university to use them for research.

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Mock Japan army notices passed out on war anniversary

OSAKA, Japan - A member of a civic organization advocating women's rights and peace hands out mock "akagami" (red paper) army induction notices to senior high school students in front of Namba Station in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014, the 73rd anniversary of the launch of World War II in the Pacific theater triggered by the country's attack on Pearl Harbor in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

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Japan P.E.N. Club issues statement on World War II

TOKYO, Japan - Japan P.E.N. Club head Jiro Asada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, to release a statement reflecting on the Pacific theater of World War II against the United States triggered by Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on the same day of 1941.

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Oda gets Japanese pro golf tour money title

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese golfer Komei Oda (R) receives a trophy for his first money title on the men's Japan Golf Tour for 2014 from veteran Isao Aoki during an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014. Oda also won for the first time the awards for most valuable player and stroke average as well as a golf press prize.

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Golfer Ishikawa wins 'Most Impressive Player' award

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese professional golfer Ryo Ishikawa holds a trophy at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, after winning this year's Most Impressive Player award from the Japan Golf Tour Organization for the eighth straight year.

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Toyota releases SUV model in hybrid Aqua series

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. releases the "X-Urban" model, a sport utility vehicle based on partial modifications of the hybrid "Aqua," in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014.

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Japan, U.S. senior diplomats meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Ihara (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shakes hands with Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, on Dec. 8, 2014, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. Kim visited Tokyo after meeting with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul, South Korea. (Pool photo)

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Vanilla Air 1st Japan budget carrier to sell 'air pass'

TOKYO, Japan - Vanilla Air Inc. announces on Dec. 8, 2014, the launch of monthly passes for its flight linking Narita airport near Tokyo and Amami-Oshima Island in southwestern Japan, becoming the first Japanese budget airline to adopt such an approach. The "Vaniller's Pass" will be available in limited quantities and sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

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Japan, Russia agree to hold vice minister-level talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hajime Hayashi (L), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's European Affairs Bureau, and Andrey Tatarinov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Third Asian Department, shake hands ahead of talks at the Japanese ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014. The two sides agreed to hold a vice minister-level meeting at an early date as part of efforts to realize a visit to Japan by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2015.