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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - U2 front man Bono Vox meets pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican on September 19, 2018. Bono said they ‘let the conversation go where it wanted to go,’ discussing ‘big themes,’ such as the future of commerce and how it might serve sustainable development goals. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese firms back to int'l food show in Spain

STORY: Chinese firms back to int'l food show in Spain SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the food show 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EMMA ZHANG, Project manager of exhibitions department of CFNA 3. various of the food show 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MICHAEL LI, International sales manager at Qingdao Yi Long Packaging Machinery Company 5. various of the food show STORYLINE: Some 150 Chinese companies are in Spain this week for Alimentaria, one of Europe's largest trade shows for the food and beverage industry. Alimentaria is taking place in Barcelona from Monday to Thursday. The last time Chinese firms attended the exhibition was in 2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic. China's pavilion at this year's Alimentaria is organized by the China Chamber of Commerce of Import & Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce & Animal By-Products (CFNA). SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EMMA ZHANG, Project manager of exhibitions de

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From bricklayer to ardent advocate for migrant workers

STORY: From bricklayer to ardent advocate for migrant workers SHOOTING TIME: March 3, 2024 DATELINE: March 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zou Bin 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZOU BIN, Project inspector, CCFED 3. various of Zou Bin 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZOU BIN, Project inspector, CCFED STORYLINE: Zou Bin, from central China's Hunan Province, is a project inspector of China Construction Fifth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd. (CCFED). He started off as a bricklayer and went on to win the Medallion for Excellence in bricklaying in the WorldSkills Competition held in Brazil in 2015, setting a record for China in this field. In 2018, he was elected as a grassroots NPC deputy and has become an ardent advocate for migrant workers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZOU BIN, Project inspector, CCFED "During the past six years, I have submitted more than 10 suggestions, most of which were about migrant workers and the construction industry. I hope that

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NPC deputy dedicated to ecological environment protection

STORY: NPC deputy dedicated to ecological environment protection SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: JINAN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yin Ping working 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YIN PING, Deputy Director, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey 3. various of Yin Ping and her team 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YIN PING, Deputy Director, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey STORYLINE: Yin Ping, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), is a marine geoscientist and deputy director of Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology. She has long been engaged in scientific research in marine and coastal ecological environment, and has dedicated herself to the protection of natural resources and environment. Yin has been elected an NPC deputy for two consecutive terms. Since 2018, she has been working to promote the application of research achievements in ecological protection to better serve

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Australian road deaths hit 5-year high

STORY: Australian road deaths hit 5-year high SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:57 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of traffic 2. various of a wrecked car on the street 3. various of Fire and Rescue on the road STORYLINE: Australian road deaths hit a five-year high in 2023, the nation's peak automotive body has said. According to data released by the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) on Monday, there have been 1,253 deaths on Australian roads in 2023 - an increase of 6 percent from 2022. It marks the highest road toll in Australia in a 12-month span since 1,270 people were killed in the 12 months to the end of March 2018. Michael Bradley, managing director of the AAA, used the release of the statistics to call for federal, state and territory governments to improve data transparency on road deaths. "Month after month, road deaths keep rising, and we lack the information needed to identify the reasons for this deadly trend and to

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Justin Trudeau And Wife Sophie Separate

File - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau march in the Pride Parade in Montreal on Sunday, August 19, 2018. Canada's PM Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are separating after 18 years, following "meaningful and difficult conversations". The couple said they would remain "a close family with deep love and respect" in an Instagram post. Photo by Paul Chiasson/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(FOCUS) CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-LIFE-CHANGE (CN)

(230325) -- TAXKORGAN, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This areial photo taken on March 19, 2023 shows Nurkerim Duri driving back to Aimin Village after replenishing shop stock in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The life of herdsman Duri Jarman is closely tied to two places: the village of Ak Toga Langar, nestled deep in the mountains of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, and Aimin Village, located near the county seat. Duri, now 52 years old, spent 47 years living in Ak Toga Langar Village. In the winter of 2018, his family benefited from the relocation policy for poverty alleviation and settled in Aimin Village. There, they gradually adapted to the changes, enjoying a new life different from that of their ancestors. Duri and his youngest son, Nurkerim, opened a small shop, while both his eldest and second sons found new jobs. The village committee led the villagers in transforming barren land, leveling it, and repairing ditches. Duri's family was all

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(FOCUS) CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-LIFE-CHANGE (CN)

(230325) -- TAXKORGAN, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nurkerim Duri (C) and his mother Nanik Kukan (L) shop for daily necessities in the downtown area of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. Before their relocation in Aimin Village, Nanik seldom visited the county due to inconvenient transportation. The life of herdsman Duri Jarman is closely tied to two places: the village of Ak Toga Langar, nestled deep in the mountains of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, and Aimin Village, located near the county seat. Duri, now 52 years old, spent 47 years living in Ak Toga Langar Village. In the winter of 2018, his family benefited from the relocation policy for poverty alleviation and settled in Aimin Village. There, they gradually adapted to the changes, enjoying a new life different from that of their ancestors. Duri and his youngest son, Nurkerim, opened a small shop, while both his eldest and second sons found new jobs. The village committee led

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-TRADITIONAL WEDDING (CN)

(230322) -- TAXKORGAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The newlywed couple walk to their new home accompanied by a wedding procession in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, many young men and women prefer to get married in the spring season. Recently in Fumin Village, 25-year-old Gulihan Jrbli and her groom Mairmaitih Tirmur held a wedding after falling in love for more than three years. The ceremony was conducted according to traditional Tajik wedding custom, with relatives, friends and villagers singing and dancing to celebrate. As a national intangible cultural heritage, Tajik wedding custom has become a name card of cultural tourism in the county. Many tourists come to the weddings, sharing joy and happiness together. Gulihan's family used to live deep in the mountains. In 2018, her family moved to Fumin Village, formerly a part of a relocation site for poverty alleviation in Taxkorgan Tajik Aut

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-TRADITIONAL WEDDING (CN)

(230322) -- TAXKORGAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Relatives and friends sing loudly at the wedding ceremony to send blessings to the new couple in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, many young men and women prefer to get married in the spring season. Recently in Fumin Village, 25-year-old Gulihan Jrbli and her groom Mairmaitih Tirmur held a wedding after falling in love for more than three years. The ceremony was conducted according to traditional Tajik wedding custom, with relatives, friends and villagers singing and dancing to celebrate. As a national intangible cultural heritage, Tajik wedding custom has become a name card of cultural tourism in the county. Many tourists come to the weddings, sharing joy and happiness together. Gulihan's family used to live deep in the mountains. In 2018, her family moved to Fumin Village, formerly a part of a relocation site for poverty alleviation in Taxk

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-TRADITIONAL WEDDING (CN)

(230322) -- TAXKORGAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Relatives and friends (1st L and 1st R) help the bride and groom exchange rings with traditional decorations in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, many young men and women prefer to get married in the spring season. Recently in Fumin Village, 25-year-old Gulihan Jrbli and her groom Mairmaitih Tirmur held a wedding after falling in love for more than three years. The ceremony was conducted according to traditional Tajik wedding custom, with relatives, friends and villagers singing and dancing to celebrate. As a national intangible cultural heritage, Tajik wedding custom has become a name card of cultural tourism in the county. Many tourists come to the weddings, sharing joy and happiness together. Gulihan's family used to live deep in the mountains. In 2018, her family moved to Fumin Village, formerly a part of a relocation site for poverty alle

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-TRADITIONAL WEDDING (CN)

(230322) -- TAXKORGAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The wedding procession dances outside the home of the bride Gulihan Jrbli in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, many young men and women prefer to get married in the spring season. Recently in Fumin Village, 25-year-old Gulihan Jrbli and her groom Mairmaitih Tirmur held a wedding after falling in love for more than three years. The ceremony was conducted according to traditional Tajik wedding custom, with relatives, friends and villagers singing and dancing to celebrate. As a national intangible cultural heritage, Tajik wedding custom has become a name card of cultural tourism in the county. Many tourists come to the weddings, sharing joy and happiness together. Gulihan's family used to live deep in the mountains. In 2018, her family moved to Fumin Village, formerly a part of a relocation site for poverty alleviation in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomo

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-TRADITIONAL WEDDING (CN)

(230322) -- TAXKORGAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An elder of Mairmaitih Tirmur's family prepares food for relatives and friends at home in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, many young men and women prefer to get married in the spring season. Recently in Fumin Village, 25-year-old Gulihan Jrbli and her groom Mairmaitih Tirmur held a wedding after falling in love for more than three years. The ceremony was conducted according to traditional Tajik wedding custom, with relatives, friends and villagers singing and dancing to celebrate. As a national intangible cultural heritage, Tajik wedding custom has become a name card of cultural tourism in the county. Many tourists come to the weddings, sharing joy and happiness together. Gulihan's family used to live deep in the mountains. In 2018, her family moved to Fumin Village, formerly a part of a relocation site for poverty alleviation in Taxkorgan T

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-TRADITIONAL WEDDING (CN)

(230322) -- TAXKORGAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The new couple (3rd and 4th L) receive blessings at their wedding ceremony, while relatives and friends, villagers and tourists witness the happy moment in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, many young men and women prefer to get married in the spring season. Recently in Fumin Village, 25-year-old Gulihan Jrbli and her groom Mairmaitih Tirmur held a wedding after falling in love for more than three years. The ceremony was conducted according to traditional Tajik wedding custom, with relatives, friends and villagers singing and dancing to celebrate. As a national intangible cultural heritage, Tajik wedding custom has become a name card of cultural tourism in the county. Many tourists come to the weddings, sharing joy and happiness together. Gulihan's family used to live deep in the mountains. In 2018, her family moved to Fumin Village, formerly

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-TRADITIONAL WEDDING (CN)

(230322) -- TAXKORGAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mairmaitih Tirmur is on his way to pick up his bride in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, many young men and women prefer to get married in the spring season. Recently in Fumin Village, 25-year-old Gulihan Jrbli and her groom Mairmaitih Tirmur held a wedding after falling in love for more than three years. The ceremony was conducted according to traditional Tajik wedding custom, with relatives, friends and villagers singing and dancing to celebrate. As a national intangible cultural heritage, Tajik wedding custom has become a name card of cultural tourism in the county. Many tourists come to the weddings, sharing joy and happiness together. Gulihan's family used to live deep in the mountains. In 2018, her family moved to Fumin Village, formerly a part of a relocation site for poverty alleviation in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County. Then by ch

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-TRADITIONAL WEDDING (CN)

(230322) -- TAXKORGAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A relative applies makeup around the eyes of the groom Mairmaitih Tirmur before the wedding in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, many young men and women prefer to get married in the spring season. Recently in Fumin Village, 25-year-old Gulihan Jrbli and her groom Mairmaitih Tirmur held a wedding after falling in love for more than three years. The ceremony was conducted according to traditional Tajik wedding custom, with relatives, friends and villagers singing and dancing to celebrate. As a national intangible cultural heritage, Tajik wedding custom has become a name card of cultural tourism in the county. Many tourists come to the weddings, sharing joy and happiness together. Gulihan's family used to live deep in the mountains. In 2018, her family moved to Fumin Village, formerly a part of a relocation site for poverty alleviation in Taxkor

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Chicago Cubs pitcher Darvish

MESA, United States, March 22 Kyodo - Yu Darvish of the Chicago Cubs speaks during an interview in Mesa, Arizona, on March 19, 2018.

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Football: Japan international Honda

LIEGE, Belgium, March 20 Kyodo - Japan international Keisuke Honda arrives at a hotel in Liege, Belgium, on March 19, 2018, ahead of World Cup warm-up matches against Mali and Ukraine to be held in the city on March 23 and 27, respectively.

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PINGTANG-ASTRONOMY-THEMED TOWN (CN)

(220720) -- GUIZHOU, July 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a relocation site in Kedu Township of Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province on March 29, 2018 (top) and July 19, 2022 (bottom), respectively. In 2007, Pingtang County launched a relocation program that involved 6,653 rural residents from Kedu and Tangbian townships. The program was implemented in order to prepare for the construction of the FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope), also known as the "China Sky Eye." Kedu Township started a plan to transform itself into an astronomy-themed town from September 2015, taking advantage of its proximity to the FAST. Kedu now has more than 20 projects built to promote astronomical science. Many relocated rural residents have found jobs or started their own businesses in the town. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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Yao Ming cheers for Shanghai Jiao Tong University amid resurgence of COVID-19 cases

STORY: Yao Ming cheers for Shanghai Jiao Tong University amid resurgence of COVID-19 cases DATELINE: March 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:17 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YAO MING, Chairman of Chinese Basketball Association STORYLINE: Former NBA star Yao Ming sent a video message to hearten students and staff of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, his alma mater, amid the recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases in east China's Shanghai. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YAO MING, Chairman of Chinese Basketball Association "Hi, I'm Yao Ming. I'm a class of 2018 graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In the battle against COVID-19, SJTUers have forged ahead together and showed solidarity. I am proud of what have been done. We have not yet won the fight. But we believe good things will eventually happen. I'll see you on the court in the spring." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

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Kaia Gerber Joins The Cast Of American Horror Story

File photo dated March 1, 2018 of Kaia Gerber walks the runway during the Isabel Marant show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2018/2019 in Paris, France on March 01, 2018. - Kaia Gerber, the 19-year-old model and daughter of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has been cast in the highly-anticipated 10th season of American Horror Story. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Marechal Aurore/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Denis Sassou-Nguesso His Main Opponent Dies Of Covid-19

File photo dated May 29, 2018 of French President Emmanuel Macron and President of Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. - Congolese opponent Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, 60, died of Covid-19 during his medical evacuation to France. He was Denis Sassou Nguesso's main rival in the presidential election held on Sunday March 21 in Congo-Brazzaville. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Blondet Eliot/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Denis Sassou-Nguesso His Main Opponent Dies Of Covid-19

File photo dated November 10, 2018 of Republic of the Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his wife, Antoinette arrives at the Museum Orsay for the dinner on the occasion of the international ceremony of the centenary of the armistice of 1918 in Paris, France. - Congolese opponent Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, 60, died of Covid-19 during his medical evacuation to France. He was Denis Sassou Nguesso's main rival in the presidential election held on Sunday March 21 in Congo-Brazzaville. Photo by Thibaud Moritz/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Moritz Thibaud/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Denis Sassou-Nguesso His Main Opponent Dies Of Covid-19

File photo dated May 29, 2018 of French President Emmanuel Macron and President of Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. - Congolese opponent Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, 60, died of Covid-19 during his medical evacuation to France. He was Denis Sassou Nguesso's main rival in the presidential election held on Sunday March 21 in Congo-Brazzaville. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Blondet Eliot/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Denis Sassou-Nguesso His Main Opponent Dies Of Covid-19

File photo dated May 29, 2018 of French President Emmanuel Macron and President of Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. - Congolese opponent Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, 60, died of Covid-19 during his medical evacuation to France. He was Denis Sassou Nguesso's main rival in the presidential election held on Sunday March 21 in Congo-Brazzaville. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Blondet Eliot/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Denis Sassou-Nguesso His Main Opponent Dies Of Covid-19

File photo dated November 10, 2018 of Congo's president Denis Sassou-Nguesso and his wife Antoinette arrive to Musee d'Orsay to attend a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, for heads of State to commemorate the 100th year of end of World War I, in Paris, France. - Congolese opponent Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, 60, died of Covid-19 during his medical evacuation to France. He was Denis Sassou Nguesso's main rival in the presidential election held on Sunday March 21 in Congo-Brazzaville. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Abd Rabbo Ammar/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Tsudakoma Industries' automated production line at its headquarters.

The development of new pillars following textile machinery and machine tool related equipment is a major issue for Tsudakoma Industry, a "100-year company. In December 2006, the company integrated the organizations of both businesses to strengthen its robotics efforts. In December 2006, the company integrated the organizations of both businesses to strengthen its robotics efforts. At an exhibition of composite materials held in Paris in March, the company exhibited a welding machine for prepreg (intermediate material) of carbon fiber composite materials using robots. The welding machine uses a robot to keep the direction of the fibers constant and to accurately line up the prepreg so that they do not overlap. (February 19, 2018, Tsudakoma Kogyo's main plant, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Traditional storage rebuilt after typhoon in southwestern Japan

Photo taken March 19, 2021, in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Amami, southwestern Japan, shows one of the five Takakura traditional storage facilities which was rebuilt after being destroyed by a powerful typhoon in 2018.

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Remains of 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster

Photo taken on July 19, 2018, shows a wrecked police car displayed at a park in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, which was struck by a massive tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011. The police officer who was driving the vehicle when it was hit by the tsunami was killed while another officer who was with him is missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Student athletes gaining attention in job-hunting race

Photo taken March 19, 2018, shows Im Seong Ho (R), a medical representative of a major pharmaceutical company, coaching a swim team member at his alma mater in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese openly gay chef Terai

Japanese chef and caterer Yukiya Terai poses for a photo at his home in Tokyo on March 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan planning for Abe to visit U.S. in mid-April: source

Combined file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump. Japan is planning for Abe to visit the United States in mid-April for talks with Trump on North Korea, delaying the trip from early in the month because of the president's schedule, a government source said on March 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daniel Benes

Daniel Benes, CEO of the CEZ energy group, attends a press conference on 2018 business results, on March 19, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. CEZ is the Czech Republic's largest energy company. The state owns about 70 percent of CEZ via the Finance Ministry. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Daniel Benes

Daniel Benes, CEO of the CEZ energy group, attends a press conference on 2018 business results, on March 19, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. CEZ is the Czech Republic's largest energy company. The state owns about 70 percent of CEZ via the Finance Ministry. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Daniel Benes

Daniel Benes, CEO of the CEZ energy group, speaks during a press conference on 2018 business results, on March 19, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. CEZ is the Czech Republic's largest energy company. The state owns about 70 percent of CEZ via the Finance Ministry. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Daniel Benes

Daniel Benes, CEO of the CEZ energy group, attends a press conference on 2018 business results, on March 19, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. CEZ is the Czech Republic's largest energy company. The state owns about 70 percent of CEZ via the Finance Ministry. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Daniel Benes

Daniel Benes, CEO of the CEZ energy group, attends a press conference on 2018 business results, on March 19, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. CEZ is the Czech Republic's largest energy company. The state owns about 70 percent of CEZ via the Finance Ministry. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Daniel Benes

Daniel Benes, CEO of the CEZ energy group, speaks during a press conference on 2018 business results, on March 19, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. CEZ is the Czech Republic's largest energy company. The state owns about 70 percent of CEZ via the Finance Ministry. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Daniel Benes

Daniel Benes, CEO of the CEZ energy group, attends a press conference on 2018 business results, on March 19, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. CEZ is the Czech Republic's largest energy company. The state owns about 70 percent of CEZ via the Finance Ministry. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Sushi

Photo taken on March 19, 2018, shows sushi and other Japanese foods served at Suigian, a theater-style restaurant, in the central Tokyo district of Nihonbashi. Guests there are served Japanese foods, sake, tea and sweets while authentic traditional performing arts are presented on stage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Olympic chief Tsunekazu Takeda

File photo taken in November 2018 shows Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (R) accompanying International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (2nd from R) at Narita airport near Tokyo. Takeda, who is accused of involvement in a vote-buying scandal related to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics, said March 19, 2019, that he will step down at the end of his current term in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Carlos Ghosn's house in Beirut

Photo taken Nov. 21, 2018, shows a house in Beirut, Lebanon, used by Carlos Ghosn. The chairman of Nissan Motor Co. was arrested by Tokyo prosecutors on Nov. 19 on suspicion of understating his nearly 10 billion yen ($88 million) of compensation as around 5 billion yen over five years from the business year ending March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Carlos Ghosn's house in Beirut

Photo taken Nov. 21, 2018, shows a house in Beirut, Lebanon, used by Carlos Ghosn. The chairman of Nissan Motor Co. was arrested by Tokyo prosecutors on Nov. 19 on suspicion of understating his nearly 10 billion yen ($88 million) of compensation as around 5 billion yen over five years from the business year ending March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: World Cup stadium in Japanese disaster-hit city

Photo taken on Jan. 23, 2018, shows the Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium under construction in the northeastern Japanese city of Kamaishi, which suffered major damage in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The stadium, one of the 2019 Rugby World Cup venues in Japan, will open on Aug. 19, the city said on April 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Shimadzu instrument

Precision instrument maker Shimadzu Corp. unveils its Cell Picker device developed to automatically remove unnecessary cells during preparation procedures for iPS cells, in Kyoto on March 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's highest land price

Photo taken on March 19, 2018, shows the head office of Yamano Music Co. in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district that has Japan's highest land price of 50.50 million yen ($475,000) per square meter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Diamondbacks' Hirano

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Yoshihisa Hirano speaks in an interview in Scottsdale, Arizona, on March 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mali penalty

Japan defender Tomoya Ugajin (2) reacts after fouling Mali forward Moussa Djenepo (19) in the penalty area in a friendly in Liege, Belgium, on March 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Ugajin, Mali's Djenepo

Japan defender Tomoya Ugajin (2) challenges Mali forward Moussa Djenepo (19) as Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic (L) looks on during a friendly in Liege, Belgium, on March 23, 2018 (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chicago Cubs pitcher Darvish

Yu Darvish of the Chicago Cubs speaks during an interview in Mesa, Arizona, on March 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo