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Forum to discuss words related to "disabled"

Takaya Matsuda, president of Heralbony Co., an Iwate Prefecture-based company selling artworks created by intellectually disabled people, stands beside a bulletin board at the building housing the Japan Federation of Bar Associations in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2020. A forum was held at the building the same day to discuss the appropriateness of words related to "disabled," with the bulletin board posting a message from the event's organizers, advocating for their usage to be reviewed.

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Suzuki Motor's former leader Osamu Suzuki dies at 94

Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2020, shows Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki during an interview in Hamamatsu, the central Japan city where his company is based. Suzuki died of malignant lymphoma at age 94 on Dec. 25, 2024.

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Farmer lawmaker committed to solving problems facing local people

STORY: Farmer lawmaker committed to solving problems facing local people SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 25, 2024 DATELINE: March 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: ZHANGJIAJIE, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ning Fenfang working 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NING FENFANG, Deputy to 14th National People's Congress 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): NING FENFANG, Deputy to 14th National People's Congress STORYLINE: Ning Fenfang, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, is a farmer from central China's Hunan Province. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NING FENFANG, Deputy to 14th National People's Congress "My name is Ning Fenfang, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress. I'm a post-90s deputy from Cili County of Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province. I served as a village cadre in 2018. At that time, we faced a big challenge to restore abandoned land. In 2020, during the village election, I expressed my intention to resign from my position and become a full-time farmer.

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Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty

(240225) -- CHANGSHA, Feb. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Oct. 25, 2020 shows the family of Long Xianlan posing for a photo in Shibadong Village of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty" (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty

(240225) -- CHANGSHA, Feb. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Oct. 27, 2020 shows Long Xiulin on a visit to villagers in Shibadong Village of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty" (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty

(240225) -- CHANGSHA, Feb. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Oct. 27, 2020 shows Long Xiulin (R) talking with villager Shi Basan in Shibadong Village of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty" (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty

(240225) -- CHANGSHA, Feb. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Oct. 27, 2020 shows Long Xiulin (L) talking with Mei Yao, a village official, at the villager service center in Shibadong Village of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty" (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty

(240225) -- CHANGSHA, Feb. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Oct. 27, 2020 shows Long Xiulin (2nd L) visiting the family of Long Xianlan in Shibadong Village of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty" (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty

(240225) -- CHANGSHA, Feb. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Oct. 27, 2020 shows Long Xiulin (1st L) visiting the family of Long Xianlan in Shibadong Village of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty" (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty

(240225) -- CHANGSHA, Feb. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Jan. 18, 2020 shows a view of the branch venue of Hunan TV Spring Festival Gala 2020 in Shibadong Village of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cadres at your service: Chinese way to inspirit villagers out of poverty" (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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Japan sees 1st foreign cruise ship arrival in 3 years amid pandemic

A foreign cruise ship docked in a Shizuoka Prefecture port Wednesday to become the first such vessel to arrive in Japan in about three years following a government-mandated suspension of cruises due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 29,000-ton ship, which departed Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands on Feb. 25, is scheduled to leave Shizuoka for Tokyo on Wednesday night. Acceptance of foreign cruise ships was suspended in March 2020 following a mass coronavirus outbreak on the Diamond Princess, which caused thousands to be quarantined in Yokohama in February 2020 and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.

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Number of finless porpoises in China exceeds 1,200

STORY: Number of finless porpoises in China exceeds 1,200 DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: various of Yangtze finless porpoise scientific expedition STORYLINE: A scientific investigation conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2022 showed that the number of Yangtze finless porpoises has reached 1,249, up 23.42 percent from five years ago. This is according to a press conference held on Tuesday. Ma Yi, an official with the ministry, attributed the increase to the 10-year fishing ban in the key waters of the Yangtze River which was imposed in 2021 with the aim of ecological conservation. The finless porpoise, known as the "giant panda of the water," is a barometer of the ecological environment in the Yangtze River basin. Other aquatic bioresources in the key waters of the Yangtze River have also seen a recovery. In 2022, 193 varieties of fish were spotted in the area, marking an increase of 25 varieties from 2020. Xinhua News Ag

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-HAIZHU WETLAND (CN)

(230202) -- GUANGZHOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Scaly-breasted munias are seen at Haizhu Wetland in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, July 25, 2020. Haizhu Wetland was designated as Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration announced Thursday on the occasion of the 27th World Wetlands Day. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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Xinhua Headlines: Foreign enterprises in China: a decade of opportunities and transformation

(220721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An employee works at Schneider Electric Low Voltage (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

(220706) -- NAIROBI, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) pose for photo as they attend a ceremony celebrating 1,000 days of safe operations in Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 25, 2020. Kenya has now found a new lifeline in the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) since its launch on May 31, 2017. Data from Afristar, the SGR operator, show the modern railway has transported more than 7.7 million passengers in the last five years. (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-TRADITIONAL SUGAR MAKING-BUSINESS (CN)

(220225) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wu Shaoyu (1st, L) explains the Hainan traditional sugar-making craft in a workshop in Xuelan Village in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 6, 2020. TO GO WITH "Across China: Traditional sugar-making proves to be lucrative business in China's Hainan" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BANANA FARMING (CN)

(220225) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Hai (L) shows the technique of watering banana trees in banana fields in Lingao County, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 10, 2020. TO GO WITH "Across China: Savoring sweet taste of success through banana farming" (Xinhua)

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Myanmar's sea trade surges in interim budget period

STORY: Myanmar's sea trade surges in interim budget period DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of transports used for sea trade in Myanmar around Htee Tan Port Terminal STORYLINE: Myanmar's maritime trade increased by over 770.2 million U.S. dollars in the first four months of the interim budget period, compared to the same period of the last fiscal year of 2020-2021, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The sea-route foreign trade amounted to over 8.7 billion U.S. dollars as of Feb. 11 in the six-month interim budget period which started in October last year. The Southeast Asian country announced changing its fiscal year from the original October-September to April-March beginning 2022-2023, producing a six-month interim budget period from October last year to March this year. From Oct. 1 last year to Feb. 11 this year, the country's maritime foreign export saw an increase of more than 671.8 million U.S. dollars while its maritime

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America's Nagasue at 4th at women's figure skating

VANCOUVER, Canada - America's Mirai Nagasue of the United States performs during the free program of the women's figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, on Feb. 25, 2020. Nagasue came in fourth with a total of 190.15 points. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Ando at 5th at women's figure skating

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Miki Ando acknowledges the crowd after her performance in the free program of the women's figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, on Feb. 25, 2020. Ando came in fifth with a total of 188.86 points. (Kyodo)

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America's Nagasue at 4th at women's figure skating

VANCOUVER, Canada - America's Mirai Nagasue of the United States performs during the free program of the women's figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, on Feb. 25, 2020. Nagasue came in fourth with a total of 190.15 points. (Kyodo)

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Canada's Rochette wins bronze at women's figure skating

VANCOUVER, Canada - Canada's Joannie Rochette performs during the free program of the women's figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, on Feb. 25, 2020. Rochette won the bronze with a total of 202.64 points. (Kyodo)

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Canada's Rochette wins bronze at women's figure skating

VANCOUVER, Canada - Canada's Joannie Rochette performs during the free program of the women's figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, on Feb. 25, 2020. Rochette won the bronze with a total of 202.64 points. (Kyodo)

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