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(231012) -- BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members load crisp plums onto a cargo airplane at Wushan Airport in southwest China's Chongqing, June 28, 2023. The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity was launched in 2015. It is the third such cooperation initiative between China and Singapore. Through the cooperation project, exchanges between Chongqing and Singapore in the business, leisure tourism and culture sectors have been deepened in recent years. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-SINGAPORE-COOPERATION (CN)

(231012) -- BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 19, 2023 shows a view of Guoyuan Port in southwest China's Chongqing. The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity was launched in 2015. It is the third such cooperation initiative between China and Singapore. Through the cooperation project, exchanges between Chongqing and Singapore in the business, leisure tourism and culture sectors have been deepened in recent years. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)

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Indian children's rights advocate speaks at U.N. office in Geneva

GENEVA, June 17 Kyodo - Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children's rights advocate who shared the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, speaks to reporters at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva on June 12, 2015.

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Panasonic to launch wearable 4K camera

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. announced on May 13, 2014, it will launch the HX-A500, a wearable 4K camera with image quality four times better than full HD resolution, in Osaka, western Japan, on May 13, 2015. The product will go on sale from June 12.

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - French Minister of defence Jean-Yves Le Drian, visits the Dassault Aviation factory Rafale), in Istres, South of France, on June 12, 2014. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Philipe Montigny/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - French Minister of defence Jean-Yves Le Drian, visits the Dassault Aviation factory Rafale), in Istres, South of France, on June 12, 2014. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Philipe Montigny/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - French Minister of defence Jean-Yves Le Drian, visits the Dassault Aviation factory Rafale), in Istres, South of France, on June 12, 2014. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Philipe Montigny/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Novartis Japan unit faces business suspension order

Photo taken June 12, 2014, shows the building in Tokyo's Minato Ward housing a Japanese unit of Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG. The health ministry has decided to order a business suspension of around 15 days for the Tokyo-based company for not reporting serious side effects of its drugs, sources close to the matter said on Feb. 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Italian man working at cheese factory in Hokkaido

Gianluca Sarais from Italy holds a cheese at Shiranuka Rakukeisha, a cheese factory in the town of Shiranuka in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, on Aug. 12, 2015. Sarais, who has been working at the factory since June, said he wants to make and sell his own cheese someday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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McDonald's Japan logs record net loss for first half of FY 2015

McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) President Sarah Casanova holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2015. The company logged a record group net loss of 26.22 billion yen ($210 million) for the January to June period, hurt by a double-digit slump in sales in the aftermath of food safety scandals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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McDonald's Japan logs record net loss for first half of FY 2015

McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) President Sarah Casanova holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2015. The company logged a record group net loss of 26.22 billion yen ($210 million) for the January to June period, hurt by a double-digit slump in sales in the aftermath of food safety scandals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Head of Japan's advanced land-observing satellite project

Shinichi Suzuki, pictured on June 12, 2015, heads a project team for the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2, or ALOS-2 (Daichich-2), at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The satellite was launched in May last year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese photojournalist releases book on Ugandan AIDS orphans

Japanese photojournalist Atsushi Shibuya holds his book in Tokyo on June 24, 2015, about orphans in Uganda whose parents have died of AIDS. The book, titled "Dance for Hope," was published on June 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Palestinian woman calls for support for children in Gaza

Majida Saka, a Palestinian woman involved in the management of a children's hall in the Gaza Strip, calls for support in Tokyo on June 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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British MP from Scotland talks about regional independence

Tommy Sheppard (L) of the Scottish National Party, who was elected to Britain's parliament for the first time in May this year, speaks to voters about Scottish independence in Edinburgh on June 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Expert worried Abe's security stance is undermining ties with Mideast

Chiba University professor Yoshiko Kurita, an expert on contemporary Middle Eastern history, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on June 12, 2015. She expressed concern that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's frequent reference to the Strait of Hormuz in arguing that the Self-Defense Forces can be dispatched there for minesweeping operations is tantamount to trying to pick a fight with the Middle East, threatening to undermine bilateral relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old locomotive brought to now-defunct engine shed in Oita Pref.

An old steam locomotive transferred from the Fukuoka prefectural town of Shime is placed at the now-defunct Bungomori engine shed in the town of Kusu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 12, 2015. Kusu aims to use the locomotive, which was retired in 1974, as its main feature to invigorate the town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists visit academy of key players in Meiji Restoration

Tourists visit Shokasonjuku, a private academy that produced numerous key figures in Japan's Meiji Restoration at the end of the 19th century, on June 12, 2015, in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The school is among the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Kyushu-Yamaguchi and Related Areas that Japan aims to register as a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Academy where key players in Meiji Restoration studied

Shokasonjuku, a private academy that produced numerous key figures in Japan's Meiji Restoration at the end of the 19th century, is seen on June 12, 2015, in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The school is among the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Kyushu-Yamaguchi and Related Areas that Japan aims to register as a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Terunofuji poised for ozeki debut in Nagoya

Mongolian Terunofuji points to his name on the latest rankings for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in the central Japanese city on June 29, 2015. Terunofuji, who won the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in May, has been promoted to ozeki for the Nagoya meet beginning July 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Resona completes repaying public funds

Kazuhiro Higashi, president of Resona Holdings Inc., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, after the company repaid to the government the last 96 billion yen (about $776 million) it received in public assistance 12 years following the bank's effective nationalization in 20013 for becoming capital-short. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese baseball team skipper Kokubo speaks on Premier 12

Japanese national baseball team skipper Hiroki Kokubo speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 22, 2015, after the announcement of the schedule of the inaugural Premier 12 international baseball competition opening in Tokyo and Taiwan in November. He pledged to "assemble the best team ever" for the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Details of int'l baseball event unveiled in Tokyo

Hiroki Kokubo (C), skipper of Japan's national baseball team, is flanked by special team adviser Sadaharu Oh (L) and Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Katsuhiko Kumazaki at a press conference in Tokyo on June 22, 2015, after announcing the detailed schedule of the inaugural Premier 12 international baseball tournament that will open in Tokyo and Taiwan in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-site of reverberatory furnace in Kagoshima built in 19th century

Shozo Tamura, chief of the Shoko Shuseikan Museum in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, explains the site of the former Meiji era reverberatory furnace in what once was an industrial complex built in the 19th century on June 12, 2015. The site is one of the "Sites of the Meiji Industrial Revolution" which Japan aims to register as a World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DeNA beats Yomiuri to halt 12-game slide

DeNA BayStars players celebrate their 7-2 victory over the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on June 23, 2015. The win snapped their 12-game losing streak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stanton's 24th home run of season

Giancarlo Stanton hits a three-run home run in the Miami Marlins' 12-2 win over the New York Yankees at Marlins Park on June 16. 2015, his 24th of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikkei closes at 15-year high

A monitor in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average closing at 20,809.42 -- the highest level since April 12, 2000 -- on June 23, 2015. The Nikkei rose 1.87 percent on buying stirred by expectations that Greece can avert default. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese journalist urges Beijing, Tokyo to mend ties over war

Ma Licheng, a former editorial writer for the Chinese Communist Party's official People's Daily, gives a lecture at Nihon University in Tokyo on June 12, 2015, telling an audience of about 100 Japanese and Chinese students that reconciliation between China and Japan is most important as this year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ALS-stricken man makes CM to educate people about his disease

Ad planner and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient Masahiro Fujita produces a commercial at a Tokyo hospital on June 12, 2015, to educate the public about the incurable disease under a project to show it in movie theaters and other places on June 21, global ALS recognition day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka roughed up as Yankees' win streak ends at 4

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka reacts after allowing a two-run single to Victor Martinez in the second inning of a 12-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium on June 21, 2015. Tanaka gave up seven runs and 10 hits, including three home runs, in five innings as the Yankees saw their winning streak end at four games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka roughed up as Yankees' win streak ends at 4

Victor Martinez hits a two-run single off Masahiro Tanaka in the second inning of the Detroit Tigers' 12-4 win over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on June 21, 2015. Martinez also homered and drove in four runs in the game. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka roughed up as Yankees' win streak ends at 4

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka walks back to the dugout after ending the top of the fifth inning in a 12-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium on June 21, 2015. Tanaka gave up seven runs and 10 hits, including three home runs, in five innings as the Yankees saw their winning streak end at four games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka roughed up as Yankees' win streak ends at 4

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka walks back to the dugout after ending the fourth inning in a 12-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium on June 21, 2015. Tanaka gave up seven runs and 10 hits, including three home runs, in five innings as the Yankees saw their winning streak end at four games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st East Asian literature forum in 5 years held in Beijing

Japanese author Masahiko Shimada (R) and South Korean literature critic Choi Won Sik (L) speak at a press conference in Beijing on June 12, 2015, before the first session in five years of the China-Japan-South Korea Forum of East Asian Literature. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese Nobel laureate writer speaks before literary forum in Beijing

Chinese novelist Mo Yan, who received the Noble Prize in Literature in 2012, speaks at a press conference in Beijing on June 12, 2015, on the occasion of the third China-Japan-South Korea Forum of East Asian Literature. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Confederation of A-bomb suffers' bodies in Hiroshima gets new head

Kunihiko Sakuma speaks in Hiroshima, western Japan, on June 12, 2015, after being chosen as new chairman of the Hiroshima Prefectural Confederation A-Bomb Sufferers Organizations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sushi chefs in Kanazawa learn English from native speaker

Sushi chefs in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, learn English from a native speaker on June 12, 2015, to prepare for an increase in foreign visitors following the inauguration of a new shinkansen bullet train line linking the central Japanese city and Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JOC commends athletes for excellent performances in 2014

Japanese athletes pose in Tokyo on June 12, 2015, after receiving awards from the Japanese Olympic Committee for their outstanding performances in 2014. Artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura (3rd from L, front row), an Olympic all-round gold medalist and winner of five consecutive world titles in the event, received the highest award. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Father, son work at tin mine in Indonesia

A man and his 12-year-old son sort out tin at a tin mine in Sungailiat on Bangka Island, Indonesia, on June 8, 2015. Child labor persists in Indonesia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's MERS death toll hits 20, with 8 new cases

File photo taken June 12, 2015, shows a worker disinfecting a street in Seoul. The number of deaths linked to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus has reached 20, while that of diagnosed cases stands at 162, South Korean health authorities said on June 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourism minister Ota explains 7 sightseeing routes in Japan

Japanese tourism minister Akihiro Ota explains Japan's seven designated sightseeing routes targeting foreign tourists at a press conference in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 12, 2015. The routes are "Hokkaido - Route to Asian Natural Treasures," "Exploration to the Deep North of Japan," "Shoryudo," "The Flower of Japan, Kansai," "The Inland Sea, Setouchi," "Spiritual Island ~Shikoku Henro~," and "Extensive sightseeing route of 'Onsen Island' Kyushu." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baby seal at Japan aquarium

A 2-month-old spotted seal eats fish at Oga Aquarium GAO in the city of Oga, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 12, 2015. The aquarium is soliciting from visitors until the end of the month names for the female seal born April 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 retired political bigwigs oppose security bills

Four retired political heavyweights speak at Tokyo's Japan National Press Club on June 12, 2015, joining a chorus of opposition to a government-proposed package of national security bills. They are (from L) Masayoshi Takemura, former chief Cabinet secretary; Hirohisa Fujii, former finance minister; Shizuka Kamei, former financial services minister; and Taku Yamasaki, former vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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12-yr-old boy in Indonesia toiling to earn money for family

A 12-year-old boy (L) sorts out tin at a tin mine in Sungailiat on Bangka Island, Indonesia, on June 8, 2015, to supplement the family income. June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor, launched by the International Labor Organization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yellow sand blankets Fukuoka

Clouds of yellow sand blanket the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka on June 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ruling coalition partner Yamaguchi speaks at FCCJ

Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, a junior ruling coalition partner, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baby seal at Japan aquarium

Photo taken June 12, 2015, shows a 2-month-old spotted seal at Oga Aquarium GAO in the city of Oga, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The aquarium is soliciting from visitors until the end of the month names for the female seal born April 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro Suzuki in game against Yankees

Ichiro Suzuki plays right field in the Miami Marlins' 12-2 win over the New York Yankees at Marlins Park on June 16, 2015. Suzuki entered the game in the eighth inning as a defensive substitution and drew a walk in his only plate appearance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AP holds photo exhibition on Vietnam War in Hanoi

Gary Pruitt (L), president of the Associated Press, attends an opening ceremony in Hanoi on June 12, 2015, of the U.S. news agency's photo exhibition documenting the Vietnam War. On the right is Nick Ut, a Vietnamese photographer for the AP who took the prizewinning photo above of a crying girl running naked on a road after a napalm bomb attack in 1973 in then South Vietnam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Food ban eliminates raw pork liver from restaurants in Japan

Raw pork liver, seen in this photo taken on June 11, 2015, is no longer served at restaurants in Japan due to a government ban imposed on the delicacy under a new food safety regulation effective June 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo