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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A tailor designs the sample garment in the workshop of Laomeihua in north China's Tianjin Municipality, July 15, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member makes customized embroidery designs based on customers' preferences at the Laomeihua flagship store in north China's Tianjin Municipality, July 15, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An embroidery machine stitches customized designs at the Laomeihua flagship store in north China's Tianjin Municipality, July 15, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tailors work in the workshop of Laomeihua in north China's Tianjin Municipality, July 15, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A shoemaker of Laomeihua selects shoe design samples in north China's Tianjin Municipality, July 15, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-MAQU WETLANDS-CONSERVATION-RESTORATION (CN)

(230915) -- GANNAN, Sept. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows technicians checking the grass degradation of a grassland (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Nie Jianjiang on June 9, 2011) and the grassland after restoration (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Bin on July 6, 2023) in Ouqiang Village of Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Located on the northeast rim of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Maqu County boasts an extensive presence of grasslands and wetlands. Maqu, meaning "the Yellow River" in the Tibetan language, is the only county named after "Yellow River" in China. Covering an area of 5.62 million mu (about 374,667 hectares), the Maqu wetlands serve as an important water reserve and eco-zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. However, the Maqu wetlands once suffered from shrinking lake areas, grass degradation, and decreasing water conservation capacity. In order to protect the Maqu wetlands from degrading further,

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-MAQU WETLANDS-CONSERVATION-RESTORATION (CN)

(230915) -- GANNAN, Sept. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a degraded grassland (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Nie Jianjiang on June 10, 2011) and the grassland after restoration (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Bin on July 6, 2023) near the Yellow River bridge in Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Located on the northeast rim of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Maqu County boasts an extensive presence of grasslands and wetlands. Maqu, meaning "the Yellow River" in the Tibetan language, is the only county named after "Yellow River" in China. Covering an area of 5.62 million mu (about 374,667 hectares), the Maqu wetlands serve as an important water reserve and eco-zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. However, the Maqu wetlands once suffered from shrinking lake areas, grass degradation, and decreasing water conservation capacity. In order to protect the Maqu wetlands from degrading further, Maqu County has continued

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-MAQU WETLANDS-CONSERVATION-RESTORATION (CN)

(230915) -- GANNAN, Sept. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a villager walking on a degraded grassland (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Nie Jianjiang on June 9, 2011) and the grassland after restoration (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Bin on July 6, 2023) in Ouqiang Village of Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Located on the northeast rim of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Maqu County boasts an extensive presence of grasslands and wetlands. Maqu, meaning "the Yellow River" in the Tibetan language, is the only county named after "Yellow River" in China. Covering an area of 5.62 million mu (about 374,667 hectares), the Maqu wetlands serve as an important water reserve and eco-zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. However, the Maqu wetlands once suffered from shrinking lake areas, grass degradation, and decreasing water conservation capacity. In order to protect the Maqu wetlands from degrading further, Maqu County has

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Madonna Postpones Tour After Suffering Serious Bacterial Infection

File photo dated September 12, 2011 of Madonna attends the screening of 'W.E.' at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, Canada. Madonna’s upcoming Celebration tour has been postponed after the singer was hospitalized with a “serious bacterial infection”, according to an Instagram post from her longtime manager Guy Oseary. The tour was scheduled to kick off in Vancouver on 15 July. Photo by Lionel Hahn/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emperor, empress visit shopping center in disaster-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko visit a makeshift shopping center in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. The town was devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that claimed more than 15,000 lives in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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'King Kazu' encourages pupils at tsunami-hit school

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyoshi Miura, a player for J-League second division side Yokohama FC and former Japan national squad member, gives a pep talk on July 15, 2014, to pupils at Kadowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Miura visits tsunami-hit school in Ishinomaki

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyoshi Miura, a player for J-League second division side Yokohama FC and former Japan national squad member, visits Kadowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on July 15, 2014.

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Young disaster survivor to debut in world golf tourney

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Amu Hiratsuka, a 14-year-old golfer who survived the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, smiles in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 15, 2014, before participating as a representative of Japan in the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships scheduled for July 14-18 in San Diego in the U.S. state of California.

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Japan to be without nuclear power

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows the No. 4 reactor building at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. The No. 4 reactor, Japan's sole operating reactor, is set to be taken offline for routine checks on Sept. 15, leaving the country without nuclear power supply for the second time since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex disaster.

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Japan to be without nuclear power

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows the No. 4 (L) and No. 3 reactor buildings at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. The No. 4 reactor, Japan's sole operating reactor, is set to be taken offline for routine checks on Sept. 15, leaving the country without nuclear power supply for the second time since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex disaster.

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JSA forgoes appeal, Sokokurai to return in July

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Sokokurai (L) shakes hands with his stablemaster Arashio in Tokyo on April 3, 2013, after the Japan Sumo Association decided not to appeal a court ruling that orders the body to reinstate Sokokurai, whom the body had expelled in 2011 over match fixing. Sokokurai will make his comeback at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July as a No. 15 maegashira.

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JSA forgoes appeal, Sokokurai to return in July

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Sokokurai holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2013, after the Japan Sumo Association decided not to appeal a court ruling that orders the body to reinstate Sokokurai, whom the body had expelled in 2011 over match fixing. Sokokurai will make his comeback at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July as a No. 15 maegashira.

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Japan, U.S. students in quake-hit city

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Japanese and U.S. high school students exchange ideas on July 15, 2012, about how they can help reconstruction following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, a northeastern Japanese city hit hard by the disaster.

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San Onofre nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2011 shows the San Onofre nuclear power plant in southern California. The number of incidents of abnormal attrition -- or wearing away or grinding down by friction -- found in Japanese-made steam generator tubes in two reactors at the power plant has reached around 15,000, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report on July 12, 2012.

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Key chain containing radioactive material

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows a key chain confiscated by the Chiba prefectural police which contains a glow-in-the-dark material that emits radiation around 12 times greater than the legal limit. Police said on Sept. 27, 2011, they sent papers to prosecutors in April concerning a 15-year-old boy suspected of violating laws meant to prevent radiation hazards. The boy allegedly sold the key chains via the Internet at prices ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 yen after purchasing 30 of them online for 1,000 yen each from July to October 2010.

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Oi nuclear power plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in July 2011 shows the Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. Kansai Electric Power Co. aims to resume operation of the plant's No. 3 reactor (2nd from L), making it the first of the utility's seven nuclear reactors currently shut down to resume operating, sources close to the matter said Sept. 15, 2011.

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Canada invites quake-hit Japanese to academic program

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a leaflet inviting Japanese people who have been affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami to a short-term academic program in Canada free of charge. The Canadian Embassy in Tokyo said in July 2011 it is inviting a total of 150 such Japanese between 15 and 30 years of age to learn English or French.

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'Gal Mikoshi,' portable shrine carried by girls

OSAKA, Japan - Young women carry a 200-kilogram ''mikoshi,'' or portable shrine, during the 31st ''Gal Mikoshi'' festival in Osaka, western Japan, on July 23, 2011. A total of 80 women aged 15 to 30, selected from among 330 applicants after undergoing tests to check their physical strength, took part in the event.

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Demilitarized zone on Korean Peninsula

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken July 15, 2011, shows the demilitarized zone on the Korean Peninsula. Seen on top L is a North Korean facility.

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Empire State Building lit up

NEW YORK, United States - The Empire State Building in New York is lit up in the colors of the U.S. (right side) and Japanese (front) flags on July 15, 2011. The two countries will meet in the final of the Women's World Cup soccer tournament in Germany on July 17.

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IOC chief Rogge meets Japanese Prime Minister Kan

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (L) makes a courtesy visit to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at his office in Tokyo on July 15, 2011.

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Junior DPJ lawmakers' rally

TOKYO, Japan - Junior lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan hold a rally calling for the immediate resignation of party leader and Prime Minister Naoto Kan in Tokyo on July 15, 2011, expressing their discontent over his handling of reconstruction efforts after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the ongoing nuclear crisis. Seats remained vacant as the number of participants fell short of expectations.

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Japan recognizes rebel council as Libya's legitimate gov't

ISTANBUL, Turkey - A foreign ministerial meeting involving Europe, the United States and other countries is held in Istanbul on July 15, 2011, to discuss the situation in Libya. At the meeting, Japan announced its recognition of Libya's rebel council as the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people.

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Anti-Gaddafi protests in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Libyans demonstrate against the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi in Istanbul on July 15, 2011, near the venue of a foreign ministerial meeting involving Europe, the United States and other countries to discuss the situation in the North African country.

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Beef contaminated with radioactive cesium

ASAKAWA, Japan - A cow is pictured on July 15, 2011, at a cattle farm in Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, where straw feed for cows had been found to contain high levels of radioactive cesium.

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Octopus picks Japan over United States

BERLIN, Germany - An octopus in Munich on July 15, 2011, picks Japan to beat the United States in the final on July 17 of the Women's World Cup soccer tournament in Germany.

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Mullen meets Japanese Prime Minister Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Mike Mullen (L), chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 15, 2011.

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Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows a model of the imagined figure of a species of Deinonychosauria. The Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, announced on July 15, 2011, that the fossil of the dinosaur was discovered in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010. The model was created by Hirokazu Tokugawa.

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Japanese synchronized swimming team

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's synchronized swimming team practices in Shanghai on July 15, 2011, ahead of the opening the following day of the world championships.

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Beef contaminated with radioactive cesium

NAGOYA, Japan - Local public health officials in Aichi Prefecture place beef, in which radioactive cesium has been detected, in a bag on July 15, 2011. Concern over tainted meat reaching market was heightened by a Tokyo metropolitan government announcement that radioactive cesium at levels exceeding the safety limit had been found in beef from cattle shipped from a farm in Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, to a slaughterhouse in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Mullen before senior Japanese Defense Ministry officials

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Michael Mullen (L), chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks before senior Japanese Defense Ministry officials, including Self-Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Ryoichi Oriki (2nd from L), at the ministry building in Tokyo on July 15, 2011.

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40-yr-old Japanese drama 'Mito Komon' to end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Kotaro Satomi, playing the leading role of TV period drama series ''Mito Komon,'' looks pensive at a press conference in Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. in Tokyo on July 15, 2011, held to announce the termination of the series in December 2011. The 40-plus-year-long drama won popularity with its moralistic story; the protagonist based on real character Tokugawa Mitsukuni punishes evildoers at the conclusion of each episode.

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Singapore airport launches campaign to woo tourists back to Japan

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Singapore's Changi Airport launches a campaign on July 15. 2011, to help restore the tourism flow to Japan, which has been languishing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Exhibition to experience Doraemon world

OSAKA, Japan - One of the world's smallest single-seat helicopters is demonstrated in Osaka on July 15, 2011. The helicopter and other experiments using the latest technologies to simulate Doraemon's secret tools opened July 16 to run through Aug. 31

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Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Kaoru Matsubara (L) looks at the fossil of a species of Deinonychosauria displayed at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. Matsubara found the fossil in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Yoshitaka Abe (R), director of Aquamarine Fukushima, unveils the name of a harbor seal pup at the reopening ceremony of the aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium had been closed since the March 11 tsunami. Kazutoshi Arai (L), director of Kamogawa Seaworld in Chiba Prefecture where the seal pup was born, also attended the ceremony.

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Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows the fossil of a species of Deinonychosauria. The Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, announced on July 15, 2011, that the fossil was discovered in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010.

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Chinese students send condolence gifts to quake-hit Japanese school

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese elementary school students (left side) from Chiba Prefecture, affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, receive condolence gifts on July 15, 2011 at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, from Chinese students living in Sichuan, devastated by an earthquake in May 2008. Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua stands on the right front.

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Cesium contamination in beef

ASAKAWA, Japan - Reporters gather near a farm in the town of Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. High levels of radioactive cesium have been found in straw fed to cattle at the farm after excessive levels of the substance were detected in beef shipped from the prefecture, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight in service

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Chinese tourists arrive from Shanghai at Takamatsu airport in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2011. The regular charter flight service operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. connecting the Chinese and Japanese cities was launched the same day.

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Hiroshima exhibition featuring foreign A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun, South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, points to exhibits featuring the diaries of foreign atomic-bomb survivors at the peace museum in the city on July 15, 2011. The exhibits include the journal of his deceased father, Shin Yong Su, who founded the association for South Korean atomic-bomb survivors.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Visitors watch a walrus in a swimming tank at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium reopened the same day after being closed since the March 11 tsunami.

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Hiroshima exhibition featuring foreign A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun, South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, points to exhibits featuring the diaries of foreign atomic-bomb survivors at the peace museum in the city on July 15, 2011. The exhibits include the journal of his deceased father, Shin Yong Su, who founded the association for South Korean atomic-bomb survivors.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Visitors watch schools of fish at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium reopened the same day after being closed since the March 11 tsunami.

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight in service

SHANGHAI, China - Chinese tourists hold a banner commemorating the launch of a regular charter flight service between Shanghai and the western Japanese city of Takamatsu at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on July 15, 2011. The flight service operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. was launched the same day.