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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on Feb. 27, 2021 shows Yang Xingfu teaching surfing techniques to a student on a beach at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Associ

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on Feb. 27, 2021 shows Yang Xingfu surfing in the waters of Queen's Bay in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on Feb. 27, 2021 shows Yang Xingfu surfing in the waters of Queen's Bay in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Feb. 27, 2021 shows Yang Xingfu surfing in the waters of Queen's Bay in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teachi

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Feb. 27, 2021 shows Yang Xingfu teaching surfing techniques to a student on a beach at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching cert

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Feb. 27, 2021 shows Yang Xingfu surfing in the waters of Queen's Bay in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teachi

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Türkiye cracks down on IS in capital

STORY: Türkiye cracks down on IS in capital SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of anti-terror operations of Turkish police in Türkiye (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish authorities on Tuesday launched operations against Islamic State (IS) in Ankara, the Daily Sabah newspaper reported. In Ankara, prosecutors issued warrants for 20 IS suspects linked to "Tevhid Magazine," which they said was a front for the group's activities in the capital. Police have detained many IS suspects over an attack on an Italian church in Istanbul, Türkiye's largest city, in January. Türkiye designated IS as a terrorist group in 2013 and has suffered several deadly attacks by the group since 2015. Türkiye's southern border with Syria has been a major transit route for Syrians and foreign fighters since the Syrian civil war began in 2011. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara. (XHTV

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa gives an interview in Tokyo on May 27, 2015. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, from heart failure.

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TOP 10 CHINESE SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

(221227) -- BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Feb. 4, 2022 shows the Olympic delegation of the People's Republic of China parade into the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, capital of China. Beijing successfully hosted the Olympic Winter Games from February 4 to 20 and the Paralympic Winter Games from March 4 to 13. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening and closing ceremonies and declared both events open. China notched nine gold, four silver and two bronze medals to rank third, with the number of gold and total medals marking record highs in its Olympic Winter Games history. Sitting atop the medal standings with 61 medals, of which 18 were golds, the host nation also set new records in its Paralympic Winter Games history. The legacy of Beijing 2022 went far beyond the arena. When Beijing won the Olympic bid in 2015, China aimed to engage 300 million people in winter sports. And by October 2021, over 346 mill

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Japan, Poland agree to bolster cooperation over security, energy

TOKYO, Feb. 27 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R front) and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski (L, 3rd from front) hold a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. During the meeting, the two leaders agreed to strengthen security ties by holding regular talks between defense authorities, Japanese officials said.

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Nishikori reaches Mexico final

ACAPULCO, Mexico, Feb. 28 Kyodo - Japan's Kei Nishikori celebrates after beating South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in a men's singles semifinal match at the Mexico Open tennis tournament in Acapulco on Feb. 27, 2015. Nishikori seized a career-high world No. 4 ranking with the victory.

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Chapter headed by minister gets donations from subsidized firm

TOKYO, Feb. 27 Kyodo - Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki speaks to reporters in parliament in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015, over allegations that the ruling party local chapter he heads has received donations from a logistics firm subsidized by the state. Mochizuki said he received them without knowing about the subsidy decision, adding that he returned the money the previous day.

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Hungarian PM checks borders amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

STORY: Hungarian PM checks borders amid Russia-Ukraine conflict DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: BEREGSURANY, Hungary CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the border 2. various of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban STORYLINE: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban checked a border station with Ukraine in east Hungary on Saturday and consulted with local authorities and border guards in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. "The war is next door, so we have to be very disciplined," Orban said to journalists a few hundred meters away from Ukraine on the side of the road. Currently, the flux of people leaving Ukraine was nothing like the migration wave of 2015, but Orban warned this could change in the future: "For the moment, the war is further back in Ukraine, but if the worst case scenario is to happen, it could spread to our immediate vicinity, and we will have to be even more disciplined." Orban informed that he consulted with local mayors and officials, and promis

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Japanese UNICEF official helps free child soldiers in Central Africa

Ryoko Ogawa, a United Nations Children's Fund specialist, speaks in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015, about her mission of freeing children from armed groups in the Central African Republic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince William visits Commonwealth war graves

Britain's Prince William visits the Commonwealth war graves in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Feb. 27, 2015, to commemorate the British soldiers who died in Japan during World War II. The prince, who arrived in Tokyo the previous day, will visit disaster-hit areas in northern Japan before he leaves for China. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince William visits Commonwealth war graves

Britain's Prince William signs condolences at a stand, where a newspaper article about his late mother Princess Diana is placed, during his visit to the Commonwealth war graves in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Feb. 27, 2015. The prince, who arrived in Tokyo the previous day, will visit disaster-hit areas in northern Japan before he leaves for China. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince William visits Commonwealth war graves

Britain's Prince William (2nd from L) offers a wreath at a cenotaph in the Commonwealth war graves in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Feb. 27, 2015, to commemorate the British soldiers who died in Japan during World War II. The prince, who arrived in Tokyo the previous day, will visit disaster-hit areas in northern Japan before he leaves for China. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test flights for MRJ small passenger plane resume

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2016, at Nagoya Airport, central Japan, shows the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger plane, touching down following its first trial flight since Nov. 27, 2015. Initial delivery to ANA Holdings Inc. will likely be delayed to mid-2018 from the originally scheduled second quarter of 2017 as work is needed to strengthen and improve the jet's wings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test flights for MRJ small passenger plane resume

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2016, at Nagoya Airport, central Japan, shows the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger plane, taking off for its first trial flight since Nov. 27, 2015. Initial delivery to ANA Holdings Inc. will likely be delayed to mid-2018 from the originally scheduled second quarter of 2017 as work is needed to strengthen the jet's wings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hello Kitty men's underwear in time for Valentine's Day

A limited-edition range of men's trunks combining Sanrio Co. character Hello Kitty with traditional Japanese motifs are put on sale by underwear maker Gunze Ltd. on Jan. 27, 2015. Gunze is pitching the trunks, part of its Body Wild line, as souvenirs or presents for Valentine's Day approaching on Feb. 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brother of Rangers' Darvish arrested over baseball gambling

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2011 shows Sho Darvish, the 26-year-old younger brother of Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish. Sho Darvish, a resident of Fujiidera, western Japan who runs a worker dispatching service, has been arrested on suspicion of running a gambling ring for profit and gambling on baseball games, police said Oct. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Ham to hold part of 2016 spring camp in Arizona

Photo taken in February 2015 shows the Nippon Ham Fighters' spring camp stadium in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. The team said on April 27 that it will hold part of its spring training in Peoria, the U.S. state of Arizona, from Feb. 1 to mid-Febraury. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rolling stock center for new Hokuriku Shinkansen ready for work

Ichiro Hashimoto, head of the Hakusan General Rolling Stock Center in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, talks about its readiness for work on Feb. 27, 2015, before the launch of the new Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train service between Tokyo and the prefectural city of Kanazawa on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tile craftsman completes rooftop ornaments for renovated castle

Kiyokazu Yamamoto (L), the master tile craftsman who headed the production of the 186-centimeter-tall "shachihoko" rooftop ornaments for the recently renovated Himeji Castle in Himeji, western Japan, poses with his grandson Kazuki in front of a similar model of the Japanese folklore animal on Feb. 27, 2015, in Heguri, Nara Prefecture. The shachihoko, which features the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, often adorns the roofs of temples and castles as it is believed to protect them from fire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court doubles penalty to state for refusing to open Isahaya Bay dike

Photo taken Feb. 27, 2015 shows a floodgate (front) of the Isahaya Bay dike in southwestern Japan. The Saga District Court doubled the monetary penalty imposed on the state on March 24, 2015, for refusing to open the floodgates of the dike as ordered by an earlier ruling. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renovated Himeji Castle to be opened to public

Photo taken Feb. 7, 2015, shows renovated keep of Himeji Castle, a world heritage site and national treasure, in the western Japan city of Himeji. The interior will be opened to media on March 18, 2015, prior to its opening to the public from March 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima governor speaks before 4th anniv. of 2011 disaster

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks to Kyodo News in an interview on Feb. 27, 2015, ahead of the fourth anniversary of the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit Fukushima and other prefectures in the northeastern Japanese region of Tohoku on March 11, 2011. He said the impact of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant remains grave, leaving many residents evacuated from their hometowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-U.S. senior diplomat Campbell speaks on E. Asia in Tokyo

Kurt Campbell, former U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, expresses concern over differences of views between the United States and Japan vis-a-vis China in his speech during a symposium at the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese pop group performs at East Asian cultural exchange event

Female pop group Negicco performs ahead of the opening ceremony for the Culture City of East Asia 2015 Niigata, a cultural exchange event, in the northwestern Japanese city on Feb. 27, 2015, to deepen cultural ties among Japan, China and South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese harpist plays at East Asian cultural exchange event in Japan

A Chinese harpist plays music ahead of the opening ceremony for the Culture City of East Asia 2015 Niigata, a cultural exchange event, in the northwestern Japanese city on Feb. 27, 2015, to deepen cultural ties among Japan, China and South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actors pray at temple for April performance's success

Kabuki actor Nakamura Ganjiro (C) and fellow actors pose in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 27, 2015, after praying at Senso-ji Temple for the success of their performance at the Kabukiza theater in the Japanese capital in April celebrating his succession to the kabuki name taken from his predecessor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actor Ganjiro responds to fans in Tokyo's Asakusa district

Kabuki actor Nakamura Ganjiro (C) acknowledges cheers from well-wishers during a traditional procession in the shop-lined approach to Senso-ji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Feb. 27, 2015, after praying for the success of his name-taking performance at the Kabukiza theater in the Japanese capital in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean troupe performs at cultural exchange event in Japan

Members of South Korea's Cheongju City Dance Theater perform ahead of the opening ceremony for the Culture City of East Asia 2015 Niigata, a cultural exchange event, in the northwestern Japan city on Feb. 27, 2015, to deepen cultural ties among the two countries and China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cartoonist Tezuka's war-themed works on exhibit at his museum

A woman looks at one of the 10 manuscripts related to wars by the late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka during a private preview at the Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2015, ahead of a special exhibition of his war-themed works from March 1 through June 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William meets kabuki actor Nakamura Shido

Britain's Prince William (2nd from R) chats with Japanese kabuki actor Nakamura Shido (L) during a reception at the British ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge was in Japan for a four-day visit through March 1. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William meets yokozuna Harumafuji

Britain's Prince William (L) speaks to professional sumo's top-ranked yokozuna Harumafuji during a reception at the British ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William meets Japanese rugby representatives

Britain's Prince William (2nd from L) shares a laugh with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (3rd from L) and representatives from Japan's Rugby Top League -- (from R) Suntory Sungoliath's captain Shinya Makabe and head coach Naoya Okubo, and Yamaha Jubilo's head coach Katsuyuki Kiyomiya -- during a reception at the British ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge was in Japan for a four-day visit through March 1. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William meets blind Japanese pianist Tsujii

Britain's Prince William (R) chats with Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, who was born blind, during a reception at the British ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge was in Japan for a four-day visit through March 1. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William meets Japanese actress Kuroyanagi

Britain's Prince William (L) chats with Japanese actress and talk show host Tetsuko Kuroyanagi during a reception at the British ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge was in Japan for a four-day visit through March 1. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Building opens to assist post-disaster recovery of northeast Japan

Mayor Jin Sato (2nd from R) of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, and other people show off foodstuffs from the town and other places in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku at a restaurant in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Watasu Cafe restaurant is housed in a building formally opened by Mitsui Fudosan Co. on March 3 to contribute to the reconstruction of Tohoku devastated by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lunch uses foodstuffs from disaster-hit northeast Japan town

A restaurant in Tokyo shows on Feb. 27, 2015, a lunch set in a three-tiered wooden box using foodstuffs from Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, and other places in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. The Watasu Cafe restaurant is housed in a building formally opened by Mitsui Fudosan Co. on March 3 to contribute to the reconstruction of Tohoku devastated by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Florida Governor Bush calls self 'reform-minded conservative'

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 27, 2015. He described himself as a "practicing reform-minded conservative." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cuba confident of progress in normalization talks with U.S.

Josefina Vidal, director general of the U.S. division at Cuba's Foreign Ministry, speaks after the second round of normalization talks with the United States in Washington on Feb. 27, 2015, saying progress on priorities will be made in the next several weeks for the reopening of each other's embassies in the respective countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese MLB player Ichiro with 'OCOSITE' T-shirt

Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki of the Miami Marlins is seen after practice at the Major League Baseball club's training camp in Jupiter, Florida, on Feb. 27, 2015. He wears a T-shirt with the logo featuring a reptile lying upside down and the writing "OCOSITE" (flip me over or wake me up in Japanese), resembling the Lacoste brand logo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Injured Red Cross staffer treated at Myanmar hospital

A Red Cross staff member receives medical treatment at a hospital in Lashio, Myanmar, on Feb. 27, 2015. Battles between government forces and ethnic minority rebels continue in northeastern Myanmar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. optimistic about early reopening of embassy in Cuba

Roberta Jacobson, U.S. assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, speaks after the second round of normalization talks with Cuba in Washington on Feb. 27, 2015, striking an optimistic note about the early reopening of each other's embassies in the respective countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japan coach Osim speaks in interview with Kyodo News

Former Japan coach Ivica Osim speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Sarajevo on Feb. 27, 2015. Osim served as a conduit between the Japan Football Association and fellow Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic, who could be unveiled as new coach of the Blue Samurai as early as March 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Goods of SoftBank's humanoid robot 'Pepper' put on sale

SoftBank Commerce and Service Corp. put on sale on Feb. 27, 2015, a smartphone cover and other goods with the design of the humanoid robot "Pepper." The sale of the goods, available at SoftBank stores, is timed to coincide with sales of the humanoid robot for developers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Alex Rodriguez takes fielding practice

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez takes fielding practice at the club's spring training complex in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russians mourn slain opposition leader

People hold pictures of Boris Nemtsov, Russia's leading opposition leader, who was shot dead on Feb. 27, 2015, during a march to commemorate the outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo