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Ex-judo world champion Haga announces retirement

Ryunosuke Haga, former judo world champion and bronze medalist in the men's 100-kilogram event at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo to announce his retirement from competition on Jan. 20, 2025.

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Japanese playwright Ryuta Horai

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2016, shows Japanese playwright and director Ryuta Horai in Tokyo.

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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-TIBETAN BUSINESSMAN (CN)

(240130) -- CHENGDU, Jan. 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Nyima Wangden films people dancing in traditional Tibetan costumes provided by his clothing store in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 20, 2024. Nyima Wangden, a Tibetan businessman hailing from Heishui County of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, has lived in Chengdu, the provincial capital, for over two decades. Nyima Wangden and his wife Hoing Je, both of whom had inherited the crafts of designing and making traditional Tibetan costumes from their elders, have been operating a specialty clothing store in Jinniu District of Chengdu since 2016. In recent years, thanks to its pleasant climate, open cultural environment and vibrant economy, Chengdu has gradually become a leading migrant destination for people of minority ethnic groups from elsewhere in Sichuan and its neighboring provinces and regions. As they work and live in the city, people of ethnic minorities also bring along the culture and traditions of their home

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All residents in China's Xinjiang entitled to free annual health checks: expert

STORY: All residents in China's Xinjiang entitled to free annual health checks: expert SHOOTING DATE: Jan. 22, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xinjiang 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ZHAO WEILI, Chinese Medical Association 3. various of Xinjiang STORYLINE: All residents in China's Xinjiang are entitled to free annual health checks since 2016, said a Chinese expert at an event held in Geneva. SOUNDBITE (English): ZHAO WEILI, Chinese Medical Association "Since 2020, the policy of free health examination of all has been adjusted from testing all those who should be tested, to testing all those who want to be tested, fully respecting the personal willingness and actual situation of residents. For Xinjiang, an economically underdeveloped region with a total population of more than 20 million, it's not an easy task financially for the government to provide people there with free health examinations that cover the whole life cycle

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (upper R) and his friend are on their way home in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2023. A cement road was built in Nongding Village in 2016. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Japan to ask UNESCO to list remote islands, Christian sites

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 20 Kyodo - File photo taken in June 2016 in Kunigami village in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa shows an Okinawa rail, a rare bird species living there. Tokyo will submit a proposal to UNESCO to add a number of islands in the country's southwest, including those of Okinawa, and a number of sites linked to the history of persecuted Christians to the natural and cultural sites on the World Heritage list.

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Rapeseed blossoms and Mt. Fuji

NINOMIYA, Japan, Jan. 20 Kyodo - Rapeseed blossoms are in full bloom at a park in Ninomiya, Kanagawa Prefecture in eastern Japan on Jan. 20, 2016, with Mt. Fuji visible in the background.

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Economy minister Amari vows "accountability" over bribery allegation

TOKYO, Jan. 20 Kyodo - Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari is seen at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2016, on the allegation that he received money in return for doing favors for a construction company.

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TUNISIA-MELLEGUE DAM-CONSTRUCTION

(220825) -- EL KEF, Aug. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Engineers from China and Tunisia discuss the construction scheme at the construction site of the Mellegue dam in Tunisia's northwestern province of El Kef, on Jan. 20, 2021. In May 2016, China's power construction company Sinohydro won the bid to build a new dam over the river to replace the run-down old one. The Mellegua dam is scheduled for completion in September 2023. With a maximum capacity of 305 million cubic meters of water, it will play a significant role in protecting the ecological environment in Tunisia. TO GO WITH: "Feature: Chinese firm builds dam to boost Tunisia's economic, social development" (Sinohydro/Handout via Xinhua)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-ANCIENT TOWN-LION DANCE TEAM (CN)

(220123) -- NINGHAI, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A member of a lion dance team interacts with a boy at Qiantong ancient town in Ninghai County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 20, 2022. Tong Panfeng is an enthusiast of lion dance. At the age of 26, he quit his job to learn lion dance all over the country. In 2016, with the support of the local government, Tong returned to his hometown to promote the lion dance into school activities with an aim to help primary and middle school students keep fit and inherit the traditional culture. Thanks to the efforts of Tong, many local primary and middle school students joined the lion dance team of the town and they often practice lion dance in their spare time. In recent years, this team has achieved good results in provincial and national championships for many times. Lion dance is not only a sport but also a cultural tradition which has.....

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-ANCIENT TOWN-LION DANCE TEAM (CN)

(220123) -- NINGHAI, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tong Panfeng instructs members of a lion dance team during a training near Qiantong ancient town in Ninghai County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 20, 2022. Tong Panfeng is an enthusiast of lion dance. At the age of 26, he quit his job to learn lion dance all over the country. In 2016, with the support of the local government, Tong returned to his hometown to promote the lion dance into school activities with an aim to help primary and middle school students keep fit and inherit the traditional culture. Thanks to the efforts of Tong, many local primary and middle school students joined the lion dance team of the town and they often practice lion dance in their spare time. In recent years, this team has achieved good results in provincial and national championships for many times. Lion dance is not only a sport but also a cultura.....

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-ANCIENT TOWN-LION DANCE TEAM (CN)

(220123) -- NINGHAI, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- In this aerial photo, Tong Panfeng instructs members of a lion dance team during a training near Qiantong ancient town in Ninghai County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 20, 2022. Tong Panfeng is an enthusiast of lion dance. At the age of 26, he quit his job to learn lion dance all over the country. In 2016, with the support of the local government, Tong returned to his hometown to promote the lion dance into school activities with an aim to help primary and middle school students keep fit and inherit the traditional culture. Thanks to the efforts of Tong, many local primary and middle school students joined the lion dance team of the town and they often practice lion dance in their spare time. In recent years, this team has achieved good results in provincial and national championships for many times. Lion dance is not only a sp.....

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-ANCIENT TOWN-LION DANCE TEAM (CN)

(220123) -- NINGHAI, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Zhenhao, 13, a member of a lion dance team, poses for a photo during a training at Qiantong ancient town in Ninghai County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 20, 2022. Tong Panfeng is an enthusiast of lion dance. At the age of 26, he quit his job to learn lion dance all over the country. In 2016, with the support of the local government, Tong returned to his hometown to promote the lion dance into school activities with an aim to help primary and middle school students keep fit and inherit the traditional culture. Thanks to the efforts of Tong, many local primary and middle school students joined the lion dance team of the town and they often practice lion dance in their spare time. In recent years, this team has achieved good results in provincial and national championships for many times. Lion dance is not only a sport but .....

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-ANCIENT TOWN-LION DANCE TEAM (CN)

(220123) -- NINGHAI, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ji Yukun, 11, a member of a lion dance team, goes for a training at Qiantong ancient town in Ninghai County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 20, 2022. Tong Panfeng is an enthusiast of lion dance. At the age of 26, he quit his job to learn lion dance all over the country. In 2016, with the support of the local government, Tong returned to his hometown to promote the lion dance into school activities with an aim to help primary and middle school students keep fit and inherit the traditional culture. Thanks to the efforts of Tong, many local primary and middle school students joined the lion dance team of the town and they often practice lion dance in their spare time. In recent years, this team has achieved good results in provincial and national championships for many times. Lion dance is not only a sport but also a cultural tradi.....

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-ANCIENT TOWN-LION DANCE TEAM (CN)

(220123) -- NINGHAI, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Shibo, 12, a member of a lion dance team, attends a training at Qiantong ancient town in Ninghai County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 20, 2022. Tong Panfeng is an enthusiast of lion dance. At the age of 26, he quit his job to learn lion dance all over the country. In 2016, with the support of the local government, Tong returned to his hometown to promote the lion dance into school activities with an aim to help primary and middle school students keep fit and inherit the traditional culture. Thanks to the efforts of Tong, many local primary and middle school students joined the lion dance team of the town and they often practice lion dance in their spare time. In recent years, this team has achieved good results in provincial and national championships for many times. Lion dance is not only a sport but also a cultural trad.....

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-ANCIENT TOWN-LION DANCE TEAM (CN)

(220123) -- NINGHAI, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The lion dance team trains at Qiantong ancient town in Ninghai County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 20, 2022. Tong Panfeng is an enthusiast of lion dance. At the age of 26, he quit his job to learn lion dance all over the country. In 2016, with the support of the local government, Tong returned to his hometown to promote the lion dance into school activities with an aim to help primary and middle school students keep fit and inherit the traditional culture. Thanks to the efforts of Tong, many local primary and middle school students joined the lion dance team of the town and they often practice lion dance in their spare time. In recent years, this team has achieved good results in provincial and national championships for many times. Lion dance is not only a sport but also a cultural tradition which has made the the ancient to.....

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-ANCIENT TOWN-LION DANCE TEAM (CN)

(220123) -- NINGHAI, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of a lion dance team interact with tourists at Qiantong ancient town in Ninghai County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 20, 2022. Tong Panfeng is an enthusiast of lion dance. At the age of 26, he quit his job to learn lion dance all over the country. In 2016, with the support of the local government, Tong returned to his hometown to promote the lion dance into school activities with an aim to help primary and middle school students keep fit and inherit the traditional culture. Thanks to the efforts of Tong, many local primary and middle school students joined the lion dance team of the town and they often practice lion dance in their spare time. In recent years, this team has achieved good results in provincial and national championships for many times. Lion dance is not only a sport but also a cultural tradition which ha.....

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2 reactors at Takahama plant

File photo taken Jan. 12, 2016, shows the Nos. 1 and 2 (R and L) reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. Oral arguments began on July 13 at the Nagoya District Court in a lawsuit filed by a group of people seeking to nullify a decision by the Nuclear Regulation Authority approving an additional 20 years of operation for the two aging reactors. The extension would put them beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami in Japan: 5 years on

Combined photos show the gymnasium of a junior high school in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan: on July 11, 2011 (top), serving as a shelter for people who lost their homes in massive tsunami four months earlier; and the same gymnasium on Jan. 10, 2016, when a coming-of-age ceremony was held for 19-year-olds and 20-year-olds who were junior high school students at the time of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daughter of opposition party head wins beauty contest in Japan

Mika Matsuno, a 20-year-old Keio University student, is crowned winner of the 2016 Miss Nippon beauty contest in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2016. She is the second daughter of Yorihisa Matsuno, head of the smaller opposition Japan Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daughter of opposition party head wins beauty contest in Japan

Mika Matsuno (L), a 20-year-old Keio University student, is crowned winner of the 2016 Miss Nippon beauty contest in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2016. She is the second daughter of Yorihisa Matsuno, head of the smaller opposition Japan Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scandal-hit Amari gives economic policy speech

Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari explains on Jan. 22, 2016, at the House of Representatives plenary session about allegations that he received money in return for doing favors for a construction company. In his economic policy speech, Amari called for stimulating private demand to lift Japan's nominal GDP by 20 percent from the current level to 600 trillion yen by around 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Day of mourning held following Pakistan university attack

Police walk on patrol inside a student dormitory at Bacha Khan University in Charsada, northwest Pakistan, on Jan. 21, 2016, a day after gunmen stormed the university and killed more than 20 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Day of mourning held following Pakistan university attack

An official at Bacha Khan University in Charsada, northwest Pakistan, shows a student dormitory room on Jan. 21, 2016, a day after gunmen stormed the university and killed more than 20 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tour bus crashes in Tokyo, hurting 24

Police officers inspect a tour bus which crashed into a center divider and a traffic light pole on a road in central Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2016, injuring 24 passengers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea sought to attend ministerial meeting on nuclear test ban

Lassina Zerbo, executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Vienna on Jan. 18, 2016. Zerbo expressed his intention to invite North Korea to the ministerial-level meeting to be held sometime between April and June in the Austrian capital to commemorate 20 years since states began signing the treaty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okazaki plays in Leicester's FA Cup loss

Leicester City forward Shinji Okazaki (front) and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Tom Carroll vie for the ball during the second half of a FA Cup third-round replay in Leicester, England, on Jan. 20, 2016. Tottenham won 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Djokovic advances to Australian Open 3rd-round

Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot against Quentin Halys of France during a second-round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 20, 2016. Djokovic won 6-1, 6-2, 7-6(3). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran says Saudi Arabia should work with Tehran

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tells a press conference during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2016 that Saudi Arabia will have a better future through cooperation with Iran. The two nations severed diplomatic ties earlier in the month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kotoshogiku storms past Hakuho into New Year lead

Kotoshogiku (R) defeats Hakuho at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20, 2016. Seeking to be the first Japanese wrestler to win a grand tournament in 10 years, Kotoshogiku improved to 11-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kotoshogiku storms past Hakuho into New Year lead

Kotoshogiku (R) stands after defeating Hakuho at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20, 2016, with cushions flying, thrown by spectators in excitement. Seeking to be the first Japanese wrestler to win a grand tournament in 10 years, Kotoshogiku improved to 11-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Djokovic advances to Australian Open 3rd-round

Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot against Quentin Halys of France during a second-round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 20, 2016. Djokovic won 6-1, 6-2, 7-6(3). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kotoshogiku storms past Hakuho into New Year lead

Kotoshogiku (L) defeats Hakuho at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20, 2016. Seeking to be the first Japanese wrestler to win a grand tournament in 10 years, Kotoshogiku improved to 11-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Economy minister Amari vows "accountability" over bribery allegation

Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2016, on the allegation that he received money in return for doing favors for a construction company. Amari told the conference, "I want to investigate the matter and fulfill my duty to ensure accountability so I will not arouse public suspicion." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Federer advances to Australian Open 3rd-round

Roger Federer of Switzerland serves against Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine during a second-round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 20, 2016. Federer won 6-3, 7-5, 6-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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17 states seek to prevent nuke proliferation after N. Korea test

Kazutoshi Aikawa (C in front row), director general of the Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks at the outset of a meeting in Tokyo between senior officials from Japan, the United States, Canada and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations on Jan. 20, 2016. They discussed export controls and other measures to effectively prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons in the wake of North Korea's recent nuclear test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Economy minister Amari vows "accountability" over bribery allegation

Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari listens to a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2016, on the allegation that he received money in return for doing favors for a construction company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo stocks dive 3%

An electronic board in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average having fallen 632.18 points, or 3.71 percent, to close at 16,416.19 on Jan. 20, 2016. The selling was attributed to the decline in oil prices and Shanghai stocks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Economy minister Amari vows "accountability" over bribery allegation

Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari (far L) gets ready for a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2016, after an allegation surfaced that he received money in return for doing favors for a construction company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale beached in western Japan, rescued

Fishermen and police officers work to guide a debilitated whale, beached in Anan, western Japan, back into the ocean on Jan. 20, 2016. Around 200 onlookers cheered their efforts to free the 10-meter-long mammal, believed to be a sperm whale. While continuing to splash seawater on the whale's skin to prevent it from drying, the rescuers put a rope around its body and pulled it free with a boat. The whale then swam into deeper waters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rapeseed blossoms and Mt. Fuji

Rapeseed blossoms are in full bloom at a park in Ninomiya, Kanagawa Prefecture in eastern Japan on Jan. 20, 2016, with Mt. Fuji visible in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Economy minister Amari vows "accountability" over bribery allegation

Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari is surrounded by reporters as he heads to a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2016. An allegation surfaced the same day that he received money in return for doing favors for a construction company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. expects China to play "special role" in punishing N. Korea

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se in Seoul on Jan. 20, 2016. Blinken told reporters after the meeting that China needs to play "a special role" in imposing stronger sanctions against North Korea for its recent nuclear test that violated multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st hearing on professor over comfort women book

Park Yu Ha, a professor of Japanese literature at Sejong University, meets with reporters in Seoul on Jan. 20, 2016, after her first court hearing concluded. Park, who was indicted for writing a book in which she allegedly defamed former Korean comfort women, pleaded not guilty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori gets straight-sets win over Krajicek

Japan's Kei Nishikori signs autographs in Melbourne on Jan. 20, 2016, after defeating Austin Krajicek of the United States in a second-round match at the Australian Open. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale beached in western Japan, rescued

Fishermen and police officers work to guide a debilitated whale, beached in Anan, western Japan, back into the ocean on Jan. 20, 2016. Around 200 onlookers cheered their efforts to free the 10-meter-long mammal, believed to be a sperm whale. While continuing to splash seawater on the whale's skin to prevent it from drying, the rescuers put a rope around its body and pulled it free with a boat. The whale then swam into deeper waters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori reaches Aussie Open 3rd round

Kei Nishikori of Japan waves to the crowd after defeating Austin Krajicek of the United States 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 in the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe attends upper house plenary session

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks on Jan. 20, 2016, during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo, at which an extra budget for fiscal 2015 was enacted. Abe expressed determination to carry out economic and fiscal policy reform to secure the confidence of the markets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. expects China to play "special role" in punishing N. Korea

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se in Seoul on Jan. 20, 2016. Blinken told reporters after the meeting that China needs to play "a special role" in imposing stronger sanctions against North Korea for its recent nuclear test that violated multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo