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Ex-Japanese Communist Party chief Fuwa dies at 95

Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa (R) shakes hands with Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Beijing in July 1998. Fuwa died on Dec. 30, 2025, aged 95.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan shows samples of crystal meth in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan works with her colleague at a logistics center in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan works with her colleague at a logistics center in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows juvenile fish of Yangtze sturgeon at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March thi

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang displays a Yangtze sturgeon at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2023. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field bree

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo shows Zhou Liang (L, bottom) takes roes from a Yangtze sturgeon. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field breeding experiment is conducted in an inner river course of a section of the Yangtze River in Yibin. During the experiment, 10 male and 10 female mature parent fish of Y

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field breeding exper

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang (1st R) talks with visiting students from China Three Gorges University at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2023. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July l

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang checks the fishpond at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 12, 2021. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field breeding exp

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 12, 2021 shows the Fuxing breeding base founded by Zhou Liang and his father in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field breeding experiment is conducted in an inner river course of a section of the Yangtze River in Y

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang cleans a Yangtze sturgeon juvenile fish pond at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2023. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this y

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang checks juvenile fish of Yangtze sturgeon at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2023. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year,

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Liang shows a juvenile fish of Yangtze sturgeon at a breeding base jointly operated by Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals and Fisheries Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2023. Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YIBIN-YANGTZE STURGEON-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230712) -- CHENGDU, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhou Liang in his youth holding a Yangtze sturgeon (L, photo taken by Zeng Lang) and him holding a Yangtze sturgeon on June 27, 2023 (photo taken by Xinhua photographer Xu Bingjie). Zhou Liang, 51, is the director of Yibin Institute of Rare Aquatic Animals. He started to study with his father the subject of artificial breeding of rare fish since 1993. Since the successful artificial propagation of parent fish of Yangtze sturgeon bred in the institute in 1998, the whole artificial propagation of the rare fish and the production of three generations of fry have been realized one after another. Yangtze sturgeon, also known as Dabry's sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and water pollution, among other factors. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the species extinct in the wild in July last year. In March this year, a field breeding experiment is conducted in an inner r

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-ZECHA STONE FOREST (CN)

(230709) -- GANNAN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows the tents at the Zecha stone forest scenic spot in Luqu County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The Zecha stone forest scenic spot boasts grotesque stones and abundant wild lives. In 1998, Zecha stone forest scenic spot and Gahai Lake were listed as Gahai-Zecha National Nature Reserve. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-ZECHA STONE FOREST (CN)

(230709) -- GANNAN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows a view of Zecha stone forest scenic spot in Luqu County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The Zecha stone forest scenic spot boasts grotesque stones and abundant wild lives. In 1998, Zecha stone forest scenic spot and Gahai Lake were listed as Gahai-Zecha National Nature Reserve. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-ZECHA STONE FOREST (CN)

(230709) -- GANNAN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a first-person view (FPV) drone on July 8, 2023 shows a view of Zecha stone forest scenic spot in Luqu County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The Zecha stone forest scenic spot boasts grotesque stones and abundant wild lives. In 1998, Zecha stone forest scenic spot and Gahai Lake were listed as Gahai-Zecha National Nature Reserve. (Xinhua/Zhang Keren)

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-ZECHA STONE FOREST (CN)

(230709) -- GANNAN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows a view of Zecha stone forest scenic spot in Luqu County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The Zecha stone forest scenic spot boasts grotesque stones and abundant wild lives. In 1998, Zecha stone forest scenic spot and Gahai Lake were listed as Gahai-Zecha National Nature Reserve. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-ZECHA STONE FOREST (CN)

(230709) -- GANNAN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists take a sightseeing railcar at Zecha stone forest scenic spot in Luqu County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, northwest China's Gansu Province, July 8, 2023. The Zecha stone forest scenic spot boasts grotesque stones and abundant wild lives. In 1998, Zecha stone forest scenic spot and Gahai Lake were listed as Gahai-Zecha National Nature Reserve. (Xinhua/Zhang Keren)

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-ZECHA STONE FOREST (CN)

(230709) -- GANNAN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists take sightseeing railcars at Zecha stone forest scenic spot in Luqu County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, northwest China's Gansu Province, July 8, 2023. The Zecha stone forest scenic spot boasts grotesque stones and abundant wild lives. In 1998, Zecha stone forest scenic spot and Gahai Lake were listed as Gahai-Zecha National Nature Reserve. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-ZECHA STONE FOREST (CN)

(230709) -- GANNAN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a first-person view (FPV) drone on July 8, 2023 shows a view of Zecha stone forest scenic spot in Luqu County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The Zecha stone forest scenic spot boasts grotesque stones and abundant wild lives. In 1998, Zecha stone forest scenic spot and Gahai Lake were listed as Gahai-Zecha National Nature Reserve. (Xinhua/Zhang Keren)

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-ZECHA STONE FOREST (CN)

(230709) -- GANNAN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists take photos at Zecha stone forest scenic spot in Luqu County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, northwest China's Gansu Province, July 8, 2023. The Zecha stone forest scenic spot boasts grotesque stones and abundant wild lives. In 1998, Zecha stone forest scenic spot and Gahai Lake were listed as Gahai-Zecha National Nature Reserve. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-ZECHA STONE FOREST (CN)

(230709) -- GANNAN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 8, 2023 shows a view of Zecha stone forest scenic spot in Luqu County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The Zecha stone forest scenic spot boasts grotesque stones and abundant wild lives. In 1998, Zecha stone forest scenic spot and Gahai Lake were listed as Gahai-Zecha National Nature Reserve. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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DPJ official day after election loss

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, is surrounded by reporters at the party headquarters in Tokyo on July 22, 2013, the day after the party suffered a huge election loss. In the House of Councillors election, the DPJ won just 17 seats, the fewest since the party was established in 1998.

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DPJ leader day after election loss

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, gets into an elevator to leave the party headquarters in Tokyo on July 22, 2013, the day after the party suffered a huge election loss. In the House of Councillors election, the DPJ won just 17 seats, the fewest since the party was established in 1998.

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China's 1st aircraft carrier

DALIAN, China - Photo shows the aircraft carrier Varyag under repair at Dalian port in China's Liaoning Province on July 1, 2011. The vessel was initially bought by a Chinese-owned firm in Macao from Ukraine in 1998 for use as a casino, but China acquired and moved it to Dalian in 2002.

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China's 1st aircraft carrier

DALIAN, China - Photo shows the aircraft carrier Varyag under repair at Dalian port in China's Liaoning Province on July 1, 2011. The vessel was initially bought by a Chinese-owned firm in Macao from Ukraine in 1998 for use as a casino, but China acquired and moved it to Dalian in 2002.

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Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka during an audition of actors for a play in Seoul, South Korea, in December 1998. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010.

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Woman on death row seeks retrial over 1998 curry poisoning

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Lawyers and supporters of Masumi Hayashi, whose death sentence was finalized in May for a 1998 curry poisoning that killed four people in Wakayama, arrive at the Wakayama District Court on July 22 to file an appeal for a retrial.

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Nukaga says he returned 2.2 mil. yen to defense supplier Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga is in a pensive mood at the House of Councillors Audit Committee on Nov. 19 during questioning about his relationships with scandal-hit defense equipment trader Yamada Corp. Nukaga said Yamada paid 2.2 million yen for his fundraising parties between 2002 and March this year but he has since returned all the money to the firm. Nukaga was defense chief from 1996 to 1998 and from September 2006 to July this year.

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S. Korea proposes Aug. 7-8 energy group talks at Panmunjom

SEOUL, South Korea - Freedom House, a South Korean facility in the truce village Panmunjom. South Korea has proposed to its partners in the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs that a meeting of a working group under the framework be held there on Aug. 7-8, sources close to the talks said July 25. Photo taken in July 1998.

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Ex-lower house Speaker Sakurauchi dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Sakurauchi (file photo 1998), a former House of Representatives speaker and senior lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, died of respiratory failure on July 5 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 91.

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Pop idol Amuro divorces from husband SAM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pop idol Namie Amuro and her husband Masaharu Maruyama, popularly known as SAM of the pop group TRF, have divorced, Amuro's managing office said on July 18. The 24-year-old pop star and the 40-year-old dancer married in October 1997. Amuro gave birth to a baby boy in May 1998. The photo was taken at the time of their marriage in 1997.

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Gov't, leprosy patients sign basic redress accord

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (L) shakes hands with Kazumi Sogano, representaive of current and former leprosy patients, at the health ministry in Tokyo on July 23 after signing a basic accord under which the government will compensate them for past forced segregation. The accord paved the way for the state to pay 30 billion yen in redress to some 2,000 patients who have sued the state in the Kumamoto, Okayama and Tokyo district courts since 1998.

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Garuda Indonesia resumes Denpasar-Fukuoka route

FUKUOKA, Japan - People line up at Fukuoka airport on July 3 to board a Garuda Indonesia's Airbus A330 for Bali's capital Denpasar. Garuda Indonesia resumed regular services between Denpasar and Fukuoka the same day. The route was suspended in May 1998 due mainly to Indonesia's political instability.

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Second challenge at LDP presidency

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Ryutaro Hashimoto, Keizo Obuchi, Junichiro Koizumi and Seiroku Kajiyama shake hands in show of unity after the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in July 1998. Obuchi won the election precipitated by Hashimoto's resignation as LDP president and prime minister.

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Rutaro Hashimoto

Born in July 1937 in Tokyo. Hashimto was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1963 following the death of his father, also a politician. During his long career at the very heart of Japan's conservative money-and-faction politics, Hashimoto never lost the image of a maverick with no truly faithful friends. He served as prime minister between Jan. 11, 1996 and July 30, 1998. Photo was taken on April 28, 2000.

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Centenarian painter Yuki Ogura dies

TOKYO, Japan - Centenarian painter Yuki Ogura, in this photo taken in July 1998, died of acute respiratory failure at a hospital in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on July 23, her family said July 24. She was 105. Ogura, from Otsu, western Japan, received the Order of Culture in 1980 for her achievements in Japan's native ''Nihonga'' style of painting. She was the second female painter ever to receive the award.

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Scandal-hit Snow Brand suspends sports teams

SAPPORO, Japan - Masahiko Harada (C), a member of the gold medal-winning quartet in the ski-jumping team event at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, talks to reporters July 13 on the decision by Snow Brand Milk Products Co. to suspended activities of its sports clubs until late September. The suspension affects the athletes of the firm's ice hockey, athletics and ski teams, of which Harada is a member.

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MITI head Fukaya visits India

NEW DELHI, India - Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (L) meets Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (R) in New Delhi May 5. Fukaya is the first Japanese cabinet minister to visit India since both July 1997 and New Delhi's nuclear tests in 1998.

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Memorial service for curry-poisoning victims

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Relatives of victims in a 1998 curry-poisoning case in Wakayama, western Japan, offer silent prayers before a small altar during a memorial service July 24. Four people were killed and 63 others fell ill after eating arsenic-laced curry which was prepared by members of the local community and served at a summer festival on July 25, 1998. A former insurance sales woman has been indicted on murder charges in the case.

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Boom for digital cameras

OSAKA, Japan, - Digital cameras are selling briskly in Japan, with shipments rising 7 percent to 1.18 million devices in fiscal 1998 end March 31, 1999. The cameras, which translate electrical impulses into pictures that can be seen on computers, are shown at a discount shop for electronics appliances in downtown Osaka on July 17.