(SP)CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-TAKLIMAKAN RALLY-9TH STAGE (CN)

(SP)CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-TAKLIMAKAN RALLY-9TH STAGE (CN)

(240531) -- AKSU, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Driver Zhang Libin and co-driver Xie Liang compete during the 9th stage of the 2024 Taklimakan Rally in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 31, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Shuo)

(SP)CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-TAKLIMAKAN RALLY-9TH STAGE (CN)

(SP)CHINA-XINJIANG-AKSU-TAKLIMAKAN RALLY-9TH STAGE (CN)

(240531) -- AKSU, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Driver Zhang Libin and co-driver Xie Liang compete during the 9th stage of the 2024 Taklimakan Rally in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)

Chinese stepchildren of war orphan granted stay permit

Chinese stepchildren of war orphan granted stay permit

OSAKA, Japan - Nine Chinese stepchildren and step-grandchildren of a Japanese war orphan hold their special residence permits they received from the justice minister on June 20. They were rejected residency in 2001 because they were not blood relatives of Japanese war orphan Isamu Yoshioka (2nd from R). Shang Xiujuan (3rd from L) and her brother Shang Libin (2nd from L) are the children of a Chinese woman who married Yoshioka when he was in China. The nine also include the members of the siblings' families.

Libin, Rope Park

Libin, Rope Park

Libin Rope Park. (CTK Photo/Marketa Hofmanova)

Libin, Rope Park

Libin, Rope Park

Libin Rope Park. (CTK Photo/Marketa Hofmanova)

Libin, lookout tower

Libin, lookout tower

The lookout tower Libin. (CTK Photo/Marketa Hofmanova)

Libin, Rope Park

Libin, Rope Park

Libin Rope Park. (CTK Photo/Marketa Hofmanova)

Libin, lookout tower

Libin, lookout tower

The lookout tower Libin. (CTK Photo/Marketa Hofmanova)

Libin, Rope Park, sings

Libin, Rope Park, sings

Libin Rope Park. (CTK Photo/Marketa Hofmanova)

Libin, Rope Park

Libin, Rope Park

Libin Rope Park. (CTK Photo/Marketa Hofmanova)

Libin, Rope Park

Libin, Rope Park

Libin Rope Park. (CTK Photo/Marketa Hofmanova)

weather, people, dogs, forest, trees

weather, people, dogs, forest, trees

People and their dogs enjoy the warm autumn weather on a slope of the mountain Libin u Prachatic, Czech Republic, October 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

weather, people, dogs, forest, trees

weather, people, dogs, forest, trees

People and their dogs enjoy the warm autumn weather on a slope of the mountain Libin u Prachatic, Czech Republic, October 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)