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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Topples Archway of Tainan’s Nankunshen Daitian Temple

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai Township, Chiayi County around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The storm toppled Tainan's iconic archway of Nankunshen Daitian Temple, causing widespread flooding across the neighborhood.

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Back to countryside, new trend amid China's rural revitalization drive

STORY: Back to countryside, new trend amid China's rural revitalization drive SHOOTING TIME: recent DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the countryside 2. various of Wang Jinyue working in the field 3. various of the robot designed by Wang's team 4. various of a vegetable cultivation base in Shaanxi 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GUO QIANG, General manager of a biotechnology company in Shaanxi STORYLINE: As China is comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, more and more "new farmers," mostly well-educated young people with new ideas and skills, have started to move from big cities to the countryside. They are bringing urban and rural areas closer together and addressing challenges with innovative solutions. When Wang Jinyue quitted his job as a manager of an Internet company in Shanghai and returned to his home village in Jinshan District of Shanghai in 2017, he brought more than 70 engineers with him. They have been committed to the re

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Armenian musician enjoys life in China's Shenzhen

STORY: Armenian musician enjoys life in China's Shenzhen SHOOTING TIME: July and August in 2023 DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra 2. SOUNDBITE (English): KAREN KOCHARYAN, Principal cellist at Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): KAREN KOCHARYAN, Principal cellist at Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra "My name is Karen Kocharyan. I'm from Armenia. I'm a solo cello principal in the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra. And I came here in 2017. I can tell you that it started a very interesting part of my life. I like it (Shenzhen) very much, like super futuristic, very interesting city and very beautiful. And it's a really kind of philharmonic city. As a musician, I can see that. Because here are a lot of concert halls. As a very developed city, Shenzhen also has an opportunity to invite many international classical music stars. So that's also a very important thing in the life of the city. It's a rea

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Nikki Haley says she's not dropping out of Republican primary race

STORY: Nikki Haley says she's not dropping out of Republican primary race SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 19-20, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:45 LOCATION: GREENVILLE, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): NIKKI HALEY, Republican presidential candidate 2. various of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaking at a campaign event in Camden, South Carolina, the U.S. (Feb 19, 2024) 3. various of Former U.S. President Donald Trump arriving in Greer, South Carolina, the U.S. (Feb. 20, 2024) STORYLINE: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of South Carolina, said Tuesday that she is not dropping out of the race. Haley made the remarks in a "State of the Race" address in Greenville, South Carolina, just days ahead of the Republican primary in the southeastern state, where she served as the first female governor from 2011 to 2017. SOUNDBITE (English): NIKKI HALEY, Republican presidential candidate "When the

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Serbia's tourism industry looks forward to return of Chinese visitors

STORY: Serbia's tourism industry looks forward to return of Chinese visitors DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:20 LOCATION: Belgrade CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Belgrade 2. various of the Belgrade International Tourism Fair 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, President of Serbia 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VALOK, Tour guide and representative of Sai Hua Travel Agency 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Serbian): MARIJA LABOVIC, Director of National Tourism Organization of Serbia 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR PUACA, Assistant to the president of Belgrade's Stari Grad city municipality STORYLINE: On the occasion of the 44th edition of the Belgrade International Tourism Fair, representatives of Serbia's tourism industry said they "eagerly anticipate" the return of visitors from China. China, the country that has sent the largest number of foreign visitors to Serbia in recent years, is the guest of honor at the fair, which takes place between Feb. 23 and 26. In 2017, the mutual visa exe

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Film and television production center in SW China boosts local film, TV industry

STORY: Film and television production center in SW China boosts local film, TV industry DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the film and television production center 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WU HONGHUI, Deputy General Manager of Guizhou Duyun Film and Television Operation Management Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: A film and television program production center, located in Duyun City, a mountainous area of southwest China's Guizhou Province has promoted the development of local film and TV industry. In recent years, the Qinhan Movie and TV Production Center has become one of the popular shooting centers for many well-known Chinese film and television works. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WU HONGHUI, Deputy General Manager of Guizhou Duyun Film and Television Operation Management Co., Ltd. "The construction of Qinhan Movie and TV Production Center started in 2016, and it was completed at the end of 2017. The center covers an area of 695 mu (46.3 hectares).

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Iraq's Haditha popular tourist destination for Iraqis

STORY: Iraq's Haditha popular tourist destination for Iraqis DATELINE: Feb. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:10 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Haditha City STORYLINE: Straddling the Euphrates River, the city of Haditha, some 200 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, is one of the most beautiful tourist sites in the vast desert province of Anbar. Haditha is also famous for its ancient yet still functioning water wheels (also known as al-Nawaeer), which are moved by the river's flow to raise water from the river to the high agricultural lands, particularly when water levels of the river receded. The city is a popular tourist destination for its stunning scenery, especially since the security situation improved after the Iraqi forces dislodged the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants from the country in 2017. The city of Haditha is located near the Haditha Dam, which is the second largest dam in Iraq after the Mosul Dam. This dam greatly improves the city's development, providing m

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Egypt's annual inflation surges to 26.5 pct in Jan., highest in 5 years

STORY: Egypt's annual inflation surges to 26.5 pct in Jan., highest in 5 years DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) 2. various of the Nile River (in Cairo) 3. various of a supermarket 4. various of a market selling vegetables 5. various of shops selling meat and poultry STORYLINE: Egypt's annual inflation continued its rise in January, hitting 26.5 percent, the highest since the end of 2017, the country's official statistic agency announced on Thursday. The annual inflation rate was eight percent in the same month in 2022, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said in a statement. Among the drivers behind the spike in the annual inflation, the prices of food and beverages increased by 48.1 percent, water, electricity, and fuel by 7.2 percent, furniture by 28.2 percent, health care service by 15.1 percent, transportation by 18.5 percent, entertai

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AI helps identify lost work by Spain's key author from "Golden Age"

STORY: AI helps identify lost work by Spain's key author from "Golden Age" DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:14 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of books by Felix Lope de Vega 2. various of Spain's National Library STORYLINE: Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has led to the discovery of a lost play by one of the greats of Spanish literature, Felix Lope de Vega. The National Library on Jan. 31 confirmed that Lope de Vega, a key author of Spain's Golden Age, wrote "La francesa Laura" (The Frenchwoman Laura) a few years before he died in 1635. Since 2017, scholars from the universities of Valladolid and Vienna have been using AI to help determine the authorship of plays from the 16th and 17th centuries. "La francesa Laura," which was catalogued in the library's archive of 85,000 works as anonymous, was among 1,300 Golden Age plays transcribed by the text recognition platform, Transkribus. The text was then identified after it was analyzed by the Stylo AI program, which compa

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"Ice monsters" in Yamagata ski resort

YAMAGATA, Japan, Feb. 1 Kyodo - A skier slides between "ice monsters," or deposits of ice and snow on pine trees at Zao hot spring and ski resort in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2017.

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Tokyo Olympic exec's home searched over dubious money from sponsor

File photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2017, shows Haruyuki Takahashi, an executive of the now-defunct Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. Prosecutors searched his home in Tokyo on July 26, 2022, as he is believed to have received around 45 million yen ($330,000) from business suit retailer Aoki Holdings Inc., a sponsor of the Tokyo Games.

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Up: Liduanfen Middle School is pictured in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 27, 2022 (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin). Middle: Dadai Elementary School is pictured in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 25, 2021(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin). Bottom: Dadai Elementary School before renovation is pictured in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 1, 2017. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living condit

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Symposium mulls listing of Joseon missions on UNESCO memory program

A symposium is held at the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2015, to discuss ways of winning the registration on UNESCO's Memory of the World Program in 2017 of goodwill missions sent to Japan by the medieval Joseon Korean kingdom. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump vows historic tax reform, seeks $1 tril. in infrastructure

U.S. President Donald Trump, seen in this file photo, delivered on Feb. 28, 2017, his first address to Congress since taking office in January. Trump pledged to kick-start the U.S. economy with "historic tax reform" and $1 trillion worth of infrastructure investment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Art Brut" exhibition in Tokyo to shine light on creating inclusive society

Artists Michiko Matsumoto (L) and Taro Ito pose in front of their respective works at the Studio COOCA gallery in Hiratsuka, west of Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2017. Their works will be displayed at the March 9-April 2 exhibition "Art Brut? Outsider Art? Or...?" at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Vissel striker Leandro out for 6 months with knee injury

Vissel Kobe striker Leandro (L) scores his third goal of a J-League match at home to Kawasaki Frontale on Oct. 1, 2016. Kobe said on Feb. 28, 2017, that the Brazilian will be out of action for around six months after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee during the team's season-opening 1-0 win away to Shimizu S-Pulse three days earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Art Brut" exhibition in Tokyo to shine light on creating inclusive society

Artist Michiko Matsumoto paints her pet cat Hoppe at Studio COOCA in Hiratsuka, west of Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2017. Her works will be displayed at the March 9-April 2 exhibition "Art Brut? Outsider Art? Or...?" at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan CEO Ghosn to become chairman, Saikawa to be sole CEO

Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn, seen in this undated photo, will step down from the post and become chairman of the company on April 1, 2017, the Japanese automaker said on Feb. 23. Hiroto Saikawa, a co-CEO with Ghosn, will become the sole CEO of Nissan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran's president calls Trump "novice politician," slams travel ban

File photo taken in September 2016 shows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at a press conference in New York. Rouhani called U.S. President Donald Trump a "novice politician" who is harming his nation and others in a speech for governmental officials on Feb. 1, 2017, according to his website. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Taiwan beats Japan in WBC exhibition game

Ryosuke Hirata hits a broken-bat double down the left-field line in the third inning of Japan's 8-5 loss to Taiwan in Game 1 of their two-game World Baseball Classic exhibition series at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Feb. 28, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Taiwan beats Japan in WBC exhibition game

Taiwan's Yang Yao-hsun hits an infield single off Takahiro Norimoto of Japan in the third inning of Game 1 of their two-game World Baseball Classic exhibition series at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Feb. 28, 2017. Taiwan won 8-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Japan-Taiwan exhibition game for WBC

Japan pitcher Takahiro Norimoto reacts after giving up a two-run home run to Taiwan's Wang Po-jung in the third inning of Game 1 of their two-game World Baseball Classic exhibition series at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Feb. 28, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. diplomat Shannon

File photo taken in June 2017 shows Thomas Shannon, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs. The State Department announced Feb. 1, 2018, the retirement of the third-highest ranking official. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man says teens among 9 victims he killed and dismembered

Takahiro Shiraishi, who was arrested following the discovery of nine dismembered bodies at his apartment unit in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, arrives at the Tachikawa Branch of the Tokyo District Court in Tachikawa on Nov. 1, 2017. Shiraishi told police that he killed teenage girls and the boyfriend of one of the victims, investigative sources said. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man says teens among 9 victims he killed and dismembered

Takahiro Shiraishi, who was arrested following the discovery of nine dismembered bodies at his apartment unit in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, leaves the Tachikawa Branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office in Tachikawa on Nov. 1, 2017. Shiraishi admitted to having killed teenage girls and the boyfriend of one of the victims, according to investigative sources. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame arrives in S. Korea for 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games

South Korean Prime Minster Lee Nak Yon (R) and 2010 Vancouver Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu Na light the cauldron with the Olympic flame at the Olympic flame arrival ceremony at Incheon International Airport on Nov. 1, 2017. The ceremony begins the flame's 100-day journey throughout the country before reaching Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Games, which will be held from Feb. 9 to Feb. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame arrives in S. Korea for 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games

South Korean Prime Minster Lee Nak Yon (L) and 2010 Vancouver Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu Na hold the Olympic flame at Incheon International Airport on Nov. 1, 2017. The flame will make a 100-day journey throughout the country before reaching Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, which will be held from Feb. 9 to Feb. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame arrives in S. Korea for 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games

South Korean Minster of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong Whan (L) and 2010 Vancouver Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu Na hold the Olympic flame at South Korea's Incheon International Airport on Nov. 1, 2017. The flame will make a 100-day journey throughout the country before reaching Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, which will be held from Feb. 9 to Feb. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan 9-person murder case suspect sent to prosecutors

Takahiro Shiraishi, who has been arrested after 9 dismembered bodies were found in his Kanagawa Prefecture apartment, is sent to prosecutors in Tokyo's Tachikawa on Nov. 1, 2017. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan 9-person murder case suspect sent to prosecutors

Takahiro Shiraishi, who has been accused after 9 dismembered bodies were found in his Kanagawa Prefecture apartment, is sent to prosecutors from Takao Police Station in Tokyo's Hachioji on Nov. 1, 2017. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan 9-person murder case suspect sent to prosecutors

Takahiro Shiraishi, who has been accused after 9 dismembered bodies were found in his Kanagawa Prefecture apartment, is sent to prosecutors from Takao Police Station in Tokyo's Hachioji on Nov. 1, 2017. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan 9-person murder case suspect sent to prosecutors

Takahiro Shiraishi, who has been accused after 9 dismembered bodies were found in his Kanagawa Prefecture apartment, is sent to prosecutors from Takao Police Station in Tokyo's Hachioji on Nov. 1, 2017. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER FEB. 1, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame lit, to travel to S. Korea for Pyeongchang Games

International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach (C) attends a flame-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Oct. 24, 2017. The flame will travel around Greece before arriving in South Korea on Nov. 1, 100 days before the opening of the 17-day Olympics on Feb. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tillerson set to focus on N. Korea response in 1st Japan visit

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (far L) arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 15, 2017, on his first visit to Japan since assuming his post on Feb. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tillerson set to focus on N. Korea response in 1st Japan visit

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 15, 2017, on his first visit to Japan since assuming his post on Feb. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tillerson set to focus on N. Korea response in 1st Japan visit

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on March 15, 2017, on his first visit to Japan since assuming his post on Feb. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO starts inspection over melted nuclear fuel

Photo taken Feb. 25, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which suffered a meltdown following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the northeastern Japan. Its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., started inspecting the conditions of the reactor's melted nuclear fuel on March 14 by using a robot equipped with a camera. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kashima Antlers suffer 2-1 defeat in ACL

Kashima Antlers players leave the pitch after suffering a 2-1 defeat away to Thailand's Muangthong United in an Asian Champions League Group E match in Bangkok on Feb. 28, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Japan-Taiwan exhibition game for WBC

Japanese pitcher Takahiro Norimoto starts in Game 1 of a two-game World Baseball Classic exhibition series against Taiwan at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Feb. 28, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Japan-Taiwan exhibition game for WBC

Japanese pitcher Takahiro Norimoto starts in Game 1 of a two-game World Baseball Classic exhibition series against Taiwan at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Feb. 28, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Leicester beat Liverpool 3-1

Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki (20) battles Liverpool's Emre Can during the first half of an English Premier League home match on Feb. 27, 2017. Leicester won 3-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Leicester beat Liverpool 3-1

Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki falls in front of the net during the second half of an English Premier League match at home to Liverpool on Feb. 27, 2017. Leicester won 3-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Gent beat REM 3-1

Yuya Kubo (L) of KAA Gent vies for the ball with Dino Arslanagic of Royal Excel Mouscron in the team's 3-1 win at home in the Belgian top flight on Feb. 26, 2017. Kubo scored in the first half of the game. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: PSG beat Marseille 5-1

Marseille's Hiroki Sakai (L) is seen in action during the second half of the team's 5-1 loss at home to Paris Saint-Germain in the French Ligue 1 on Feb. 26, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lenting captures 3rd gold medal

Japan's Akira Lenting (1) races in the men's 30-kilometer free mass start on Feb. 26, 2017, during the Sapporo Asian Winter Games. Lenting captured his third gold medal following success in the 10-km classical and 4x7.5-km relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Golden oldie Miura rewrites record on 50th birthday

Former Japan striker Kazuyoshi Miura (11) shoots during the second half of Yokohama FC's 1-0 win at home to Matsumoto Yamaga on Feb. 26, 2017. Miura, affectionately known as King Kazu in Japan, reached a new milestone on his 50th birthday, rewriting his record as the oldest player to play in the J-League second division. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Konno rescues point for Gamba in league opener

Former Japan international Yasuyuki Konno (15) heads in the equalizer in Gamba Osaka's 1-1 draw at home to Ventforet Kofu in their J-League season opener on Feb. 26, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: Watanabe wins men's wheelchair title at Tokyo Marathon

Sho Watanabe (C) of Japan wins the Tokyo Marathon men's wheelchair title on Feb. 26, 2017, in a time of 1 hour, 28 minutes, 1 second. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Japan wraps up team workout for WBC

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo takes batting practice in Miyazaki, Japan, on Feb. 26, 2017, the last day of a four-day team workout ahead of the World Baseball Classic. The team will play exhibition games against Taiwan on Feb. 28 and March 1 in Fukuoka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan batter China for 1st gold in women's ice hockey

Players of the Japan women's ice hockey team toss bouquets into the air after receiving the gold medal following a 6-1 win over China in the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Feb. 25, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo