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Free story classes for rural children in NW China

STORY: Free story classes for rural children in NW China SHOOTING TIME: recent footage DATELINE: June 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of free story classes for rural children by Jiao Meining 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIAO MEINING, Storyteller 3. various of free story classes for rural children by Jiao Meining STORYLINE: In 2015, under the influence of Japanese painter Miyoshi Tatsuya, a woman named Jiao Meining began to offer free story classes to children in rural China. Over the past 9 years, Jiao has taught at least 4 classes a week, covering over 400 schools. Nearly 100,000 rural children have enjoyed her story classes. Born in rural area of Shaanxi, NW China, Jiao has always enjoyed reading since her childhood. She knows that compared to children in big cities, rural students lack high-quality reading resources. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIAO MEINING, Storyteller "When I was telling a story, I can see the glow from children's eyes. I can also feel

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Yohei Kono

Yohei Kono, former Speaker of the House of Representatives (photo taken on June 9, 2015)

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Carl's Jr. to re-enter Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Murphy, president of CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc., the operator of California-headquartered burger chain Carl's Jr., holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2014. Murphy said the burger chain will reopen an outlet in Japan by June 2015.

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CHINA-SICHUAN-MOUNT EMEI-WORLD HERITAGE (CN)

(220609) -- CHENGDU, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2015 shows the scenery of Mount Emei in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Mount Emei, located in southwest China's Sichuan Province, is an area of striking scenic beauty, notable for its lofty mountain and lush vegetation. It is also of great spiritual and cultural significance, in which there are archaeological sites, important architecture, tombs, ritual spaces, and collections of cultural artefacts, including sculpture, stone inscriptions, calligraphy, and paintings, among other traditional arts. Mount Emei is known as one of the four holy mountains of Chinese Buddhism. Carved out of a hillside in the 8th century, the Leshan Giant Buddha is an area of natural beauty into which the human element has been integrated with skill and subtlety. Facing the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers, the 71 meters tall Giant Buddha of Leshan is one of the most important cultural treasures of China. With its natural and cultural v

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No survivors have been found so far in China plane crash: official

STORY: No survivors have been found so far in China plane crash: official DATELINE: March 22, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:09 LOCATION: WUZHOU, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the wreckage at the crash site 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU TAO, Official of Civil Aviation Administration of China 3. various of the press conference STORYLINE: No survivors have been found so far in Monday's plane crash, said an aviation official on Tuesday night at a news briefing on the investigation into the crash. A passenger plane with 132 people aboard crashed in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday afternoon. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU TAO, Official of Civil Aviation Administration of China "So far, no survivors have been found. There were 123 passengers with no foreign passengers and 9 crew members on board. The crashed aircraft was Boeing 737-800 and was introduced on June 22, 2015. As of the time of the accident, it has completed 8,986 flights, totalling 18,239 hours." Based on known information, t

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Rugby: Hammett names Japan team for Canada test

(From L) Japan interim coach Mark Hammett, interpreter Hidenori Sato and center Harumichi Tatekawa attend a press conference in Vancouver on June 9, 2016, as Hammett named his Japan match-day squad ahead of the June 11 one-off test against Canada. The 23-man squad contains five new caps, and just nine players who featured at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean activists formally launch rival "comfort women" foundation

Former "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels attend the first general meeting of The Foundation for Justice and Remembrance for the Issue of Military Sexual Slavery, a foundation launched by a South Korean civic group supporting former comfort women, alongside members of the group in Seoul on June 9, 2016. The foundation emerged as a rival of one to be launched under the terms of a landmark deal reached between Japan and South Korea in 2015, as the group slammed the agreement, saying the deal does not reflect the victims' opinions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Keidanren chief Sakakibara attends press conference

Sadayuki Sakakibara, the chairman of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2015. The powerful business lobby has decided to allow companies to start job interviews for college students in June, up from August under the current system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Keidanren chief Sakakibara attends press conference

Sadayuki Sakakibara, the chairman of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2015. The powerful business lobby has decided to allow companies to start job interviews for college students in June, up from August under the current system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Photo taken June 9, 2015, shows Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, who was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature on Oct. 8, 2015. The 67-year-old Alexievich, known for her nonfiction works on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, became the 14th female Nobel laureate in literature, with the prize judges hailing her works as "a monument to suffering and courage in our time." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Photo taken June 9, 2015, shows Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, who was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature on Oct. 8, 2015. The 67-year-old Alexievich, known for her nonfiction works on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, became the 14th female Nobel laureate in literature, with the prize judges hailing her works as "a monument to suffering and courage in our time." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cambodia's primary school grateful to late Japanese benefactor

Photo taken on June 9, 2015, shows a classroom of a Cambodian elementary school in the suburbs of Siem Reap, one of 10 schools in the Southeast Asian country constructed with financial help from Kenji Okamura, who perished in a major mudslide in Hiroshima, western Japan, in August last year. A portrait of Okamura is displayed in the classroom (on the upper left of the photo). Nine students of a junior high school in Cambodia, also built with financial aid from Okamura, sent letters of thanks to his younger brother recently. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young American sisters visit nursery in 2011 disaster-hit Ishinomaki

Piper Groff (2nd from R), 7, and her elder sister Jenna (R), 9, from San Diego, California, speak to children at a nursery school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on July 21, 2015. Piper sent boxes of relief goods, collected through her birthday party, in June to the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Hiroshima Carp pitcher Aniya recalls games in 1960s-80s

Sohachi Aniya, a former pitcher for the Hiroshima Carp, points at an inscription recording victory in the 1980 championship game in which he pitched, on the team's Japan Series victories monument in Hiroshima, western Japan, on June 9, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Hiroshima Carp pitcher Aniya recalls games in 1960s-80s

Sohachi Aniya, a former pitcher for the Hiroshima Carp, reminisces about his professional baseball career (1964-81) on June 9, 2015, at the site where the former Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium used to stand in Hiroshima, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People opposing same-sex marriage stage rally in Seoul

People protest against same-sex marriage at a rally held in the plaza in front of Seoul City Hall on June 9, 2015. Hundreds of mostly Christian conservative groups opposed the annual Queer Culture festival in the South Korean capital. Sponsors of the festival called for participation in a parade on June 28 to foster understanding of LGBT people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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estival opens in Seoul to seek tolerance of LGBT community

An opening ceremony is held in Seoul on June 9, 2015, for the annual Queer Culture Festival designed to seek understanding and tolerance of sexual minorities ahead of a parade scheduled for June 28 in the South Korean capital to foster awareness of the LGBT community. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka Gas unit to begin home exercise program

OG Sports Co., a fitness club operator of Osaka Gas Co., demonstrates its new home exercise program on June 24, 2015. The program for subscribers of an Internet TV service will begin on July 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka roughed up again in Yankees' win

Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees looks at the ball after Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning of a game in Texas, the United States, on June 27, 2015. Tanaka gave up three home runs in blowing a six-run lead over five innings, but the Yankees won the game 9-6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka roughed up again in Yankees' win

Masahiro Tanaka starts the New York Yankees' game against the Houston Astros in Houston, the United States, on June 27, 2015. Tanaka gave up three home runs in blowing a six-run lead over five innings, but the Yankees won the game 9-6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Facility of Miike coal mine, possible World Heritage site

Toshihiko Horiuchi, a former worker at the defunct Miike coal mine complex, explains about a facility in Arao, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 9, 2015. The complex, which played a vital role in Japan's postwar reconstruction, is one of the candidate sites of the country's Meiji era (1868-1911) industrial revolution for registration on the UNESCO World Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Netherlands match in Women's World Cup round of 16

Japan midfielder Nahomi Kawasumi (9) makes a pass as Lieke Martens (11) and Sherida Spitse (8) of the Netherlands approach during the first half of a Women's World Cup round of 16 match at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, Canada, on June 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Motors' new-look Outlander PHEV

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Tetsuro Aikawa stands beside Outlander PHEV, the Japanese automaker's improved plug-in hybrid SUV, in Tokyo on June 18, 2015. It will go on sale on July 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dishes for weather satellites shown to press

The Japan Meteorological Agency shows the press a satellite dish (R) for Himawari-8, the newest weather satellite, and another for Himawari-9, to be launched around the summer of 2016, in Ebetsu on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-Rod just one hit away from 3,000

Alex Rodriguez singles to left field in the fifth inning of the New York Yankees' 9-4 win over the Miami Marlins at Yankee Stadium on June 18, 2015, leaving him one hit shy of becoming the 29th player in major league history to reach 3,000 career hits. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-Rod just one hit away from 3,000

Alex Rodriguez singles to left field in the fifth inning of the New York Yankees' 9-3 win over the Miami Marlins at Yankee Stadium on June 18, 2015, leaving him one hit shy of becoming the 29th player in major league history to reach 3,000 career hits. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-Rod 2 hits away from reaching 3,000

Alex Rodriguez hits an RBI single to center field in the first inning of the New York Yankees' 9-3 win over the Miami Marlins at Yankee Stadium on June 18, 2015, leaving him two hits shy of becoming the 29th player in major league history to reach 3,000 career hits. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Singapore draw 0-0 in World Cup qualifier

Shinji Okazaki of Japan (9), flanked by Singapore's Baihakki Khaizan (5) and Madhu Mohana (6), heads the ball during the second half of a Group E match in the second round of Asian World Cup qualifiers at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on June 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Long waiting line formed before pediatric hospital in Beijing

A large number of Chinese people, including many from provincial areas, wait to receive numbered tickets for treatment of their children at a pediatric hospital in Beijing on June 9, 2015. In China, patients are rushing to specialized hospitals in large cities in the wake of the country's improved living standards. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan explains 26% emission cut goal at Bonn climate work group

Representatives of Japan (C) explain the government's target of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 26% from the 2013 level by 2030 at Bonn Climate Change Conference's working group meeting on June 9, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan hopes to see rights of disabled included in U.N. goals

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa (far L) and Nippon Foundation head Yohei Sasakawa (far R) attend a meeting related to the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in New York on June 9, 2015. Yoshikawa called for inclusion this year of the rights of disabled people as one of the world body's new development goals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Organizer of cybersecurity technique contest outlines schedule

A Japan Network Security Association official (R) announces in Tokyo on June 9, 2015, the outline of a national cybersecurity competition between August and November designed to measure people's ability to control the security of cyberspace information, including a contest limited to persons aged 18 or younger. The competition, dubbed "Security Contest (SECCON) 2015," will be held in five locations in Japan, with the final round slated for January 2016 in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Spring Airlines to serve central Japan airport

Spring Airlines Japan Co. General Manager Sun Zhencheng (L) shakes hands with Central Japan International Airport Co. President Hiroshi Kawakami in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on June 9, 2015. They agreed to have the Chinese low-cost carrier start services between the central Japanese airport and five Chinese cities from June 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Mazda Cosmo Sport" on show at classic car museum in Osaka

Mazda Motor Corp.'s "Mazda Cosmo Sport" (foreground) is on display at the Glion Museum in Osaka, western Japan, on June 9, 2015. The museum, which opened on June 13, has some 70 classic cars from around the world. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Subaru 360" on exhibit at classic car museum in Osaka

Fuji Heavy Industries Inc.'s first car "Subaru 360" (R) is exhibited at the Glion Museum in Osaka, western Japan, on June 9, 2015. The museum, which opened on June 13, has some 70 classic cars from around the world. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Empress pays her respects to late Prince Katsura on 1st anniv. of death

Empress Michiko pays her respects to the late Prince Katsura at a cemetery for the imperial family in Tokyo on June 9, 2015, a day after the first anniversary of his death. The prince, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, died of acute heart failure on June 8, 2014, at the age of 66. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Chrysler New Yorker" on show at classic car museum in Osaka

A "Chrysler New Yorker" (foreground) is displayed at the Glion Museum in Osaka, western Japan, on June 9, 2015. The museum, which opened on June 13, has some 70 classic cars from around the world. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor pays respects at Prince Katsura's grave

Emperor Akihito is seen at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo after paying respects to his late cousin Prince Katsura on June 9, 2015. Prince Katsura died on June 8, 2014, at the age of 66. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court to issue verdict on U.S. base noise

Photo taken June 9, 2015, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa, surrounded by residential areas. The Naha District Court is to hand down a ruling on June 11 over a 1 billion yen damages suit, in which 2,200 plaintiffs living around the base argue that their daily lives have been disrupted by noise from the base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court to issue verdict on U.S. base noise

Kotaro Yakabi of Ginowan, Okinawa, talks about the noise and fear residents experience living close to the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station on June 9, 2015. The Naha District Court is set to hand down a ruling on June 11 over a 1 billion yen damages suit filed by 2,200 plaintiffs headed by Yakabi living around the base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Ando out of World Cup with ankle fracture

Japan coach Norio Sasaki talks about forward Kozue Ando's injury in Vancouver, Canada, on June 9, 2015. Ando suffered an ankle fracture in a Women's World Cup Group C match against Switzerland a day earlier and is returning to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka earns 4th win in game against Nationals

New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (19) receives a standing ovation after completing the seventh inning in a 6-1 win over the Washington Nationals in New York on June 9, 2015. Tanaka, who returned from the disabled list the previous week, allowed five hits including a homerun, struck out six in the innings and picked up a fourth win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka earns 4th win in game against Nationals

New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a 6-1 win over the Washington Nationals in New York on June 9, 2015. Tanaka, who returned from the disabled list the previous week, threw seven innings and picked up a fourth win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka earns 4th win in game against Nationals

New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (19) receives a standing ovation after completing the seventh inning in a 6-1 win over the Washington Nationals in New York on June 9, 2015. Tanaka, who returned from the disabled list the previous week, allowed five hits including a homerun, struck out six in the innings and picked up a fourth win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka earns 4th win against Nationals

New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a 6-1 win over the Washington Nationals in New York on June 9, 2015. Tanaka, who returned from the disabled list the previous week, threw seven innings and picked up a fourth win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka starts in game against Nationals

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka starts in a game against the Washington Nationals on June 9, 2015, in New York. In his previous game, Tanaka made a dominant return from the disabled list, pitching seven innings of one-run ball and picking up a win as New York beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka aims to pick up 4th win against Nationals

New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka stands in shock after Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals hits a game-tying homer during the fourth inning in a game in New York on June 9, 2015. Tanaka, who returned from the disabled list the previous week, aims to pick up a fourth win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka starts in game against Nationals

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka starts in a game against the Washington Nationals on June 9, 2015, in New York. In his previous game, Tanaka made a dominant return from the disabled list, pitching seven innings of one-run ball and picking up a win as New York beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka starts in game against Nationals

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka starts in a game against the Washington Nationals on June 9, 2015, in New York. In his previous game, Tanaka made a dominant return from the disabled list, pitching seven innings of one-run ball and picking up a win as New York beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nadeshiko Japan players hold training session

Nadeshiko Japan players train in Vancouver, Canada, on June 9, 2015, the day after their 1-0 victory over Switzerland in a Women's World Cup Group C match. Japan will face Cameroon on June 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo