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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather on the lake surface under the sunset at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather on the lake surface under the sunset at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather on the lake surface under the sunset at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather on the lake surface under the sunset at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather on the lake surface under the sunset at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Migratory Bird

JIUQUAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20, 2025 - Migratory birds gather at the Jiji Reservoir Wetland in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China on November 20, 2025.

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Cannes - Red Sea Film Foundation s Women In Cinema Gala Photocall

Rungano Nyoni, Engfa Waraha, Sarah Taibah, Elham Ali, Gaya Jiji, Amina Khalil, Jacqueline Fernandez attend the Red Sea Film Foundation's "Women In Cinema" Gala at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 15, 2025 in Cap d'Antibes, France. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cannes - Red Sea Film Foundation s Women In Cinema Gala Photocall

Rungano Nyoni, Engfa Waraha, Sarah Taibah, Elham Ali, Gaya Jiji, Amina Khalil, Jacqueline Fernandez attend the Red Sea Film Foundation's "Women In Cinema" Gala at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 15, 2025 in Cap d'Antibes, France. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Bank cuts 2024 growth forecast for Japan

STORY: World Bank cuts 2024 growth forecast for Japan SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: The World Bank has cut its economic growth forecast for Japan for 2024 to 0.7 percent from 0.9 percent, while lifting the global growth outlook for the year to 2.6 percent from 2.4 percent, local media reported. The Japan growth forecast fell 0.2 percentage point from the previous estimate in January due to sluggish consumption growth and slowing exports, as well as a halt in growth in demand from foreign tourists, Jiji Press said Tuesday, citing the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report. Japan's economic growth is projected to rise to 1.0 percent in 2025, as consumption is expected to improve moderately, it added. Meanwhile, the global economy would avoid a third consecutive drop in real GDP growth since a major post-pandemic jump in 2021, with 2024 growth stabilizin

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Support rate for Japan's Kishida cabinet hits fresh low: poll

STORY: Support rate for Japan's Kishida cabinet hits fresh low: poll SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: April 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kishida cabinet and prime minister's office of Japan (source: Prime minister's office of Japan) 2. various of the prime minister's office STORYLINE: The support rate for the cabinet led by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dropped to 16.6 pct in April, marking a new low for the administration, according to the latest Jiji Press opinion poll. The approval rate dropped by 1.4 percentage points from the previous month, a fresh low for the administration since its launch in October 2021, while the disapproval rate climbed 2.0 percentage points to 59.4 percent, the survey showed Thursday. The reading breached the previous low of 16.9 percent marked in February, sinking to the worst level since the return of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power in December 2012, Jiji Press said. Punish

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-WORLD MEDIA SUMMIT-LEADERS-MEETING (CN)

(231202) -- GUANGZHOU, Dec. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fu Hua, executive chairman of the World Media Summit (WMS) and president of Xinhua News Agency, meets with Sakai Katsuhiko, president and CEO of Japan's Jiji Press, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 2, 2023. The media leaders are in China to attend the 5th WMS. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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Canadian, Japanese prime ministers talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014, prior to their talks. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Nov. 10-11 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)

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Emperor, empress visit Cape Iwaisaki

KESENNUMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) visit Cape Iwaisaki in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. The cape is located in Sanriku Fukko (Reconstruction) National Park, which the government created in 2013 by expanding the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park along the Sanriku Coast following the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)

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Japan, S. Korea vow cooperation on N. Korea nuclear programs

TOKYO, Japan - Hwang Joon Kook (L), South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, prior to their talks. They agreed to strengthen bilateral and trilateral coordination with the United States on reining in North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)

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Taiwan rebuilds quake-hit colonial-era station

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Jiji Station in the central Taiwan country of Nantou, which was badly damaged in last year's massive earthquake, stands supported by steel pipes. Reconstruction of the small Japanese colonial-era railway station, a symbol of the recovery of the quake-hit area, began Sept. 20.

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Chiba governor agrees to host some 2020 Tokyo Olympics events

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) reacts during his meeting with Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo on April 14, 2015. Morita agreed to the committee's request for cooperation in hosting some of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics events in Chiba Prefecture adjacent to EDITED the Japanese capital. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's crown prince, princess attend Tonga coronation ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrive at the Free Wesleyan Centenary Church in Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa on July 4, 2015, to attend the coronation ceremony for King Tupou VI. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear regulators check safety of central Japan reactor

Members of the Nuclear Regulation Authority assess the safety of filter-installed vent equipment of the No. 4 reactor at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on June 26, 2015. The plant sits in an area likely to be affected by an assumed future earthquake off the region and subsequent tsunami. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress talk with recipients of Japan Academy prizes

Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko talk with recipients of the Japan Academy prizes at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 1, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit exhibit for 300th anniv. of master painter's death

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a special exhibition in Tokyo on April 24, 2015, marking the 300th anniversary of the death of Japanese master painter Ogata Korin (1658-1716).(Pool Photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit memorial hall dedicated to work-related dead

Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko pay a floral tribute at the Takao Mikoromo Hall dedicated to some 248,000 victims killed while at work in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on April 16, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halilhodzic meets with French sports minister in Tokyo

Vahid Halilhodzic (R), manager of Japan's national football team, talks with Patrick Kanner, France's urban affairs, youth and sports minister, during his courtesy visit to the Embassy of France in Tokyo on April 16, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chiba governor agrees to host some 2020 Tokyo Olympics events

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) reacts during his meeting with Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo on April 14, 2015. Morita agreed to the committee's request for cooperation in hosting some of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics events in Chiba Prefecture adjacent to the Japanese capital. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Danish crown prince, princess in Japan

Danish Crown Prince Frederik (R) and Crown Princess Mary (C) are greeted by Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito at his residence in Tokyo on March 28, 2015, as the Danish royal couple visit for dinner. The Danish royal couple arrived in Japan on March 26 for a three-day visit to promote tourism in the Danish territory of Greenland. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Danish crown prince, princess in Japan

(From L) Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Danish Crown Princess Mary and Crown Princess Frederik pose for photos at the former's residence in Tokyo on March 28, 2015, as the Danish royal couple visit for dinner. The Danish royal couple arrived in Japan on March 26 for a three-day visit to promote tourism in the Danish territory of Greenland. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bereaved families of soldiers visit Iwoto Island

Family members of soldiers who died in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II pour water over a cenotaph on Iwoto Island, previously called Iwo Jima, on March 21, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bereaved families of soldiers visit Iwoto Island

Family members of soldiers who died in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II walk around a battery on Mt. Suribachi on Iwoto Island, previously called Iwo Jima, on March 21, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bereaved families of soldiers visit Iwoto Island

Family members of soldiers who died in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II stand around a battery on Mt. Suribachi on Iwoto Island, previously called Iwo Jima, on March 21, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Japan and the United States hold a joint ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War II on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on March 21, 2015. About 550 people including veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two countries took part in the ceremony mark the Battle of Iwojima, the previous name of the island. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R), welfare minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki (2nd from L) and others jointly offer a wreath of flowers at a memorial monument during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War II on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on March 21, 2015. Japan and the United States held the ceremony to mark the Battle of Iwojima, the previous name of the island, with 550 participants including veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two countries. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

U.S. veterans jointly offer a wreath of flowers at a memorial monument during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War II on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on March 21, 2015. Japan and the United States held the ceremony to mark the Battle of Iwojima, the previous name of the island, with 550 participants including veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two countries. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R), welfare minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki (2nd from L) and others jointly offer a wreath of flowers at a memorial monument during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War II on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on March 21, 2015. Japan and the United States held the ceremony to mark the Battle of Iwojima, the previous name of the island, with 550 participants including veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two countries. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Japan and the United States hold a joint ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War II on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on March 21, 2015. About 550 people including veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two countries took part in the ceremony mark the Battle of Iwojima, the previous name of the island. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo champ Yamashita at memorial ceremony for rival Saito

Yasuhiro Yamashita, vice president of the All Japan Judo Federation, leaves the stage after delivering a eulogy at the memorial service for Hitoshi Saito, a two-time Olympic champion and member of the executive board of the AJJF, held in Tokyo on March 15, 2015. Saito died of cancer at the age 54 on Jan. 20. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo champ Yamashita bids farewell to rival Saito at ceremony

Yasuhiro Yamashita, vice president of the All Japan Judo Federation, delivers a farewell speech at a memorial ceremony for Hitoshi Saito, a two-time Olympic champion and member of the executive board of the AJJF, held in Tokyo on March 15, 2015. Saito died of cancer at the age 54 on Jan. 20. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe meets Swazi king during N.N. disaster confab in Japan

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) meets Mswati III, king of Swaziland, on March 14, 2015, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on the sidelines of the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. disaster risk reduction confab opens in Sendai, northern Japan

The U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction opens in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on March 14, 2015. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin remember 2011 disaster victims in Fukushima Pref.

Bereaved family members from Fukushima Prefecture, one of three northeastern Japan prefectures devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, offer flowers during a government-sponsored memorial service at the National Theater in Tokyo on March 11, 2015, marking the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bereaved families in Miyagi Pref. remember 2011 disaster victims

Bereaved family members from Miyagi Prefecture, one of three northeastern Japan prefectures devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, offer flowers during a government-sponsored memorial service at the National Theater in Tokyo on March 11, 2015, marking the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin remember 2011 disaster victims in Iwate Pref.

Bereaved family members from Iwate Prefecture, one of three northeastern Japan prefectures devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, offer flowers during a government-sponsored memorial service at the National Theater in Tokyo on March 11, 2015, marking the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe attends memorial service for 70th anniv. of WWII Tokyo air raid

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks toward the altar to offer incense at a memorial service on March 10, 2015, at the Tokyo Memorial Hall in the Japanese capital marking the 70th anniversary of the Great Tokyo Air Raid that killed some 100,000 people in the closing days of World War II. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe meets with African, Asian leaders in Sendai

Visiting Kiribati President Anote Tong (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on March 15, 2015, prior to their talks. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster and Risk Reduction. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China agree to keep cooperating over disaster management

Eriko Yamatani (L), Japan's minister for disaster management, and China's Civil Affairs Minister Li Liguo (R) meet for talks in Sendai, northern Japan, on March 15, 2015. They met on the sidelines of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo