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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Feb. 28, 2024 shows the feed cabin of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 with physical filter shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 with physical filter shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 with physical filter shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 27, 2024 shows workers maintaining China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone panoramic photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Feb. 27, 2024 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 27, 2024 shows an interior view of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Feb. 27, 2024 shows part of the China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone panoramic photo taken on Feb. 28, 2024 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 with physical filter shows the feed cabin of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 27, 2024 with infrared camera shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-OVER 900 NEW PULSARS-IDENTIFICATION (CN)

(240417) -- GUIYANG, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone panoramic photo taken on Feb. 27, 2024 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying astronomy satellite

Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying astronomy satellite

TANEGASHIMA, Japan, Feb. 17 Kyodo - People look at the launch of an H-2A rocket carrying an X-ray astronomy satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on Feb. 17, 2016.

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Tsunami in Japan: 5 years on

Tsunami in Japan: 5 years on

Combined photos show an area of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on March 17, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by massive tsunami; and the same area nearly five years later on Feb. 3, 2016. Work is under way to build up the height of the land by accumulating large amounts of soil on existing areas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese "daruma" doll growing popular in Taiwan

Japanese "daruma" doll growing popular in Taiwan

Photo taken Feb. 17, 2016, shows Sumikazu Nakata holding a letter from Taiwanese President-elect Tsai Ing-wen at his red "daruma" doll factory in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. The Takasaki doll has become popular in Taiwan since Tsai had it at her election headquarters in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5th anniversary of Japan's March 2011 disaster

5th anniversary of Japan's March 2011 disaster

Combination photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011, (L) and Feb. 17, 2016, shows a ballpark in the northeastern Japanese city of Minamisoma devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The stadium reopened in July 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Satoko Miyahara acknowledges the crowd after her performance in the women's free program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. The 17-year-old Miyahara set a personal best total score of 214.91 as she cruised to her first Four Continents Championship title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Satoko Miyahara waves to the crowd after her performance in the women's free program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. The 17-year-old Miyahara set a personal best total score of 214.91 as she cruised to her first Four Continents Championship title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Satoko Miyahara performs during the women's free program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. The 17-year-old Miyahara set a personal best total score of 214.91 as she cruised to her first Four Continents Championship title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Satoko Miyahara poses with her gold medal for the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. The 17-year-old Miyahara set a personal best total score of 214.91 as she cruised to her first Four Continents Championship title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Satoko Miyahara performs during the women's free program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. The 17-year-old Miyahara set a personal best total score of 214.91 as she cruised to her first Four Continents Championship title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Satoko Miyahara performs during the women's free program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. The 17-year-old Miyahara set a personal best total score of 214.91 as she cruised to her first Four Continents Championship title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Satoko Miyahara performs during the women's free program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. The 17-year-old Miyahara set a personal best total score of 214.91 as she cruised to her first Four Continents Championship title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Miyahara wins Four Continents with personal best score

Japan's Satoko Miyahara performs during the women's free program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on Feb. 20, 2016. The 17-year-old Miyahara set a personal best total score of 214.91 as she cruised to her first Four Continents Championship title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Matsuyama unwell ahead of Northern Trust Open

Japan's Matsuyama unwell ahead of Northern Trust Open

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama plays during the pro-am event at the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at the Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, on Feb. 17, 2016. Matsuyama withdrew from the event after nine holes due to cold-like symptoms. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Matsuyama unwell ahead of Northern Trust Open

Golf: Matsuyama unwell ahead of Northern Trust Open

Undated photo shows Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama. He withdrew from the pro-am event at the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at the Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, on Feb. 17, 2016, after nine holes due to cold-like symptoms. Matsuyama, who won his second U.S. tour title at the Phoenix Open on Feb. 7., is still expected to take part in the first round of the tournament on Feb. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Dodger Maeda plays catch in spring training camp

New Dodger Maeda plays catch in spring training camp

Los Angeles Dodgers' new pitcher Kenta Maeda plays catch during a workout session at the club's spring training complex in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 17, 2016. Maeda said that he is getting on track in a new environment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China, Australia foreign ministers meet in Beijing

China, Australia foreign ministers meet in Beijing

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop after concluding their joint press conference in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Dodger Maeda plays catch in spring training camp

New Dodger Maeda plays catch in spring training camp

Los Angeles Dodgers' new pitcher Kenta Maeda (R) plays catch during a workout session at the club's spring training complex in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 17, 2016. Maeda said that he is getting on track in a new environment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's lawmaker apologizes over remarks about President Obama

Japan's lawmaker apologizes over remarks about President Obama

Kazuya Maruyama, a Diet member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2016, apologizing over his remarks, which touched on the ethnicity of U.S. President Barack Obama. Maruyama, a lawyer-turned-lawmaker, said during a session of the House of Councillors commission on the Constitution, "When the United States was founded, no one expected a black, or a slave, to become a president." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China, Australia foreign ministers meet in Beijing

China, Australia foreign ministers meet in Beijing

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop after concluding their joint press conference in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. concerned about reports of China missile deployment

Japan, U.S. concerned about reports of China missile deployment

Adm. Harry Harris (L), commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, and Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani shake hands before their talks in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2016. They expressed concerns about news reports that China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system on a disputed South China Sea island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kirin Brewery eyeing exports of Fujisanroku whisky

Kirin Brewery eyeing exports of Fujisanroku whisky

Photo taken Feb. 17, 2016, shows Kirin Brewery Co.'s mainstay Fujisanroku (Foot of Mt. Fuji) whisky. The company is considering exporting the product, possibly from 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. concerned about reports of China missile deployment

Japan, U.S. concerned about reports of China missile deployment

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) holds talks with Adm. Harry Harris (2nd from R), commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, hold talks in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2016. They expressed concerns about news reports that China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system on a disputed South China Sea island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China denies U.S. report on missile system deployment

China denies U.S. report on missile system deployment

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi denies a U.S. media report that China has deployed a surface-to-air missile system on one of the disputed islands in the South China Sea during a joint press conference in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2016, after meeting with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to seek UNESCO listing of 7 regional events

Japan to seek UNESCO listing of 7 regional events

People in "namahage" outfits in the Japanese city of Oga celebrate the government's decision on Feb. 17, 2016, to seek the addition of seven indigenous regional events to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list. In the Oga Namahage in Akita Prefecture, residents dressed as messengers from the gods visit homes to expel evil and wish good health. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese figure skaters prepare for Four Continents C'ships

Japanese figure skaters prepare for Four Continents C'ships

(From L) Japanese figure skaters Rika Hongo, Kanako Murakami and Satoko Miyahara take part in official practice in Taipei on Feb. 17, 2016, for the Four Continents Championships starting the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying astronomy satellite

Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying astronomy satellite

An H-2A rocket carrying an X-ray astronomy satellite is successfully launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on Feb. 17, 2016. Scientists hope to observe distant black holes and galaxies with the satellite to study the mysteries surrounding the evolution of the universe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China denies U.S. report on missile system deployment

China denies U.S. report on missile system deployment

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi denies a U.S. media report that China has deployed a surface-to-air missile system on one of the disputed islands in the South China Sea during a joint press conference in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2016, after meeting with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Aircraft pitches MRJ in Singapore

Mitsubishi Aircraft pitches MRJ in Singapore

An interior model of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically built small passenger jet, is shown to the media in Singapore on Feb. 17, 2016. The MRJ was developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying astronomy satellite

Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying astronomy satellite

An H-2A rocket carrying an X-ray astronomy satellite is successfully launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on Feb. 17, 2016. Scientists hope to observe distant black holes and galaxies with the satellite to study the mysteries surrounding the evolution of the universe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China denies U.S. report on missile system deployment

China denies U.S. report on missile system deployment

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi denies a U.S. media report that China has deployed a surface-to-air missile system on one of the disputed islands in the South China Sea during a joint press conference in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2016, after meeting with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maestro Ozawa attends press conference

Maestro Ozawa attends press conference

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks at a press conference on Feb. 17, 2016 in the western Japan city of Kyoto, after winning the Best Opera Recording award at the Grammys for a performance of Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges" (The Child and the Spells) given in August 2013 in Japan by the Saito Kinen Orchestra. Ozawa said he wants to share the delight with the orchestra members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maestro Ozawa attends press conference

Maestro Ozawa attends press conference

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa attends a press conference on Feb. 17, 2016, in Kyoto, after winning the Best Opera Recording award at the Grammys for a performance of Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges" (The Child and the Spells) given in August 2013 in Japan by the Saito Kinen Orchestra. Ozawa said he wants to share the delight with the orchestra members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying astronomy satellite

Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying astronomy satellite

An H-2A rocket carrying an X-ray astronomy satellite is successfully launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on Feb. 17, 2016. Scientists hope to observe distant black holes and galaxies with the satellite to study the mysteries surrounding the evolution of the universe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local community asks Japan gov't to solve territorial dispute

Local community asks Japan gov't to solve territorial dispute

Aiko Shimajiri (C), Japan's minister in charge of territorial issues, receives a written request in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2016, from Kazuhisa Matsuda, the mayor of Shimane Prefecture's Okinoshima-cho, urging the government to solve the issue of South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan. Tokyo claims the islets, called Takeshima in Japanese and Dokdo in Korean, as part of Shimane. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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