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(230530) -- GABORONE, May 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Botswana's Assistant Minister of Agriculture Molebatsi Molebatsi speaks during the United Nations high-level Africa Regional Review Meeting of the Vienna Programme Action for Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) for the decade 2014-2024 in Gaborone, Botswana, May 29, 2023. Africa's landlocked countries are locked out of global trade and the global response to COVID-19 and climate change and efforts are needed to help them address trade and development challenges, Molebatsi said Monday. TO GO WITH "Botswanan official calls for efforts to help landlocked countries in Africa address trade challenges" (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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Japan's real wages slump most in nearly decade

STORY: Japan's real wages slump most in nearly decade DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's real wages in the fiscal year 2022 registered the steepest decline since 2014 as price increases outpaced the growth in nominal wages, official data showed Tuesday. In the fiscal year from April 2022 to March 2023, inflation-adjusted real wages fell by 1.8 percent from the previous year, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. This marked the sharpest decline since a 2.9-percent drop in the fiscal year 2014 when an increase in consumption tax led to higher prices. Nominal monthly wages rose by 1.9 percent in the last fiscal year to an average of 326,308 yen, the fastest growth in over 30 years. However, inflation outpaced such gains by experiencing a climb of 3.8 percent due to surging prices in food, electricity, and gas. During the period, regular salary, including base pay, rose 1.1 percent, wh

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Monks follow pilgrimage of Shingon founder as training

OSAKA, Japan - Monks walk in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 30, 2014, as they proceed along a 55-kilometer pilgrimage that Kobo Daishi (774-835), founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism, is believed to have walked in his youth.

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Monks follow pilgrimage of Shingon founder as training

OSAKA, Japan - Monks read sutras in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 30, 2014, as they proceed along a 55-kilometer pilgrimage that Kobo Daishi (774-835), founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism, is believed to have walked in his youth.

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Relative of Princip stands before assassin's birthplace

OBLJAJ, Bosnia and Herzegovina - A relative of Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on June 28, 1914, stands in front of the remains of house where the Bosnian Serb nationalist was born, in Obljaj, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on May 30, 2014. The home is under reconstruction.

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo - File photo taken in May 2014 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (L) and his wife Nunoe Mura posing for a photo with Kitaro, the main character of his popular horror comic series " Gegege no Kitaro," in Tokyo. Mizuki died of multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93.

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Tokyo stocks end at 4.5-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board in central Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ending at 14,738.38 on Oct. 16, 2014, its lowest finish since May 30.

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Drug-related crime in China increasing rapidly

BEIJING, China - A "No Drugs!" warning is displayed at a restaurant in a Beijing amusement center on Aug. 26, 2014, as the number of criminal cases related to drugs reached about 43,000 nationwide during the January-May period this year, up by 30% over the same period of last year.

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Indian nationalist Chandra Bose in 1943

TOKYO, Japan - Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose is seen in this photo taken in 1943. A request to bring back his remains kept at Renkoji, a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, to India may be answered during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official visit to Japan from Aug. 30, 2014.

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Barber working for criminal suspects in police lockup

NIIGATA, Japan - Satoshi Komazawa, a barber serving on request for criminal suspects in a police lockup in Murakami, Niigata prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown in this file photo taken on May 30, 2014.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A badger appears from a hole in a wall in a shopping area of Hiroshima's Naka Ward on May 30, 2014.

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Radioactive waste stored in Fukushima village

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Piles of radioactive waste generated from decontamination works are temporarily stored in the Noyuki district in Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 30, 2014. The waste has been brought in from other areas in the village.

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Evacuee briefly returns in Katsurao, Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yukichi Otsuki finds moss phlox in his deserted garden in the Noyuki district in Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 30, 2014. Otsuki has evacuated to Miharu Town in the prefecture following the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Grampus acquire Kashiwa exile Domingues

NAGOYA, Japan - Brazilian midfielder Leandro Domingues shows his uniform after joining J-League first-division side Nagoya Grampus on June 8, 2014. The 30-year-old Domingues was sacked by Kashiwa Reysol in May for a disciplinary infraction.

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Taiwan goes high-tech in anti-poaching war

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo shows a yellow-margined box turtle before being released to its natural habitat at a sanctuary situated around Feitsui Reservoir near Taipei on May 30, 2014.

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Kintetsu store in Abeno Harukas marks 30 mil. visitors

OSAKA, Japan - People visit a food section of the Kintetsu department store inside Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas in Osaka City on June 5, 2014. The number of visitors to the department store reached approximately 30 million as of the end of May since the partial opening in June 2013.

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'Awaodori' Japanese folk dance

TOKYO, Japan - People perform "Awaodori," a Japanese folk dance, at the French ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 30, 2014, a preview event for around 100 Japanese folk dancers to perform the dance in Paris in May 2015.

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'Awaodori' Japanese folk dance

TOKYO, Japan - People perform "Awaodori," a Japanese folk dance, at the French ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 30, 2014, a preview event for around 100 Japanese folk dancers to perform the dance in Paris in May 2015.

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Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The Maracana, the stadium for the final game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, is photographed on May 30, 2014.

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Japan's squad for World Cup starts training in U.S.

CLEARWATER, United States - Shinji Kawaga of Manchester United (R) jogs with teammates of Japan's 23-member squad for the upcoming World Cup finals in Brazil during a training session in Clearwater, Florida, on May 30, 2014, the first day of their training camp there. Japan's team will move to Brazil on June 7.

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Japan's squad for World Cup starts training in U.S.

CLEARWATER, United States - Japan soccer coach Alberto Zaccheroni (2nd from L) watches his players training in Clearwater, Florida, on May 30, 2014, the first day of their training camp there for the World Cup finals. Japan's team will move to Brazil on June 7.

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Japan's squad for World Cup starts training in U.S.

CLEARWATER, United States - Keisuke Honda of AC Milan (L) and Yuto Nagatomo of Inter Milan (R) warm up during a training session in Clearwater, Florida, on May 30, 2014, the first day of their training camp there. Japan's team will move to Brazil on June 7.

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Japan's squad for World Cup starts training in U.S.

CLEARWATER, United States - Keisuke Honda of AC Milan (L) and Yuto Nagatomo of Inter Milan run during a training session in Clearwater, Florida, on May 30, 2014, the first day of their training camp there. Japan's team will move to Brazil on June 7.

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Japan's squad for World Cup starts training in U.S.

CLEARWATER, United States - Yuto Nagatomo of Inter Milan (C) jogs with teammates of Japan's 23-member squad for the upcoming World Cup finals in Brazil during a training session in Clearwater, Florida, on May 30, 2014, the first day of their training camp there. Japan's team will move to Brazil on June 7.

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Japan, U.S. apart over market access in post-Singapore follow-up

WASHINGTON, United States - Hiroshi Oe, deputy chief Japanese negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, speaks to reporters in Washington on May 30, 2014, after his two-day talks with Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative. The two countries remained divided on market access under a potential TPP, making a bilateral deal unlikely before the next plenary session in July of the 12-nation initiative.

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"Comfort women" memorial unveiled in Washington suburb

FAIRFAX, United States - A stone monument commemorating women who were recruited to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, euphemistically called "comfort women," is unveiled at the premises of Fairfax County's government office, Virginia, on May 30, 2014. A group of Korean Americans led a project to establish the monument in the Comfort Women Memorial Peace Garden on the premises of the northern Virginia county, west of Washington.

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Japan's squad for World Cup starts training in U.S.

CLEARWATER, United States - Japanese soccer players for the upcoming World Cup finals in Brazil jog during a training session in Clearwater, Florida, on May 30, 2014, the first day of their training camp there. Japan's team will move to Brazil on June 7.

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Japan's squad for World Cup starts training in U.S.

CLEARWATER, United States - Makoto Haseba of Nuremberg (C) jogs with teammates of Japan's 23-member squad for the upcoming World Cup finals in Brazil during a training session in Clearwater, Florida, on May 30, 2014, the first day of their training camp there. Japan's team will move to Brazil on June 7.

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Japan's squad for World Cup starts training in U.S.

CLEARWATER, United States - Japan soccer coach Alberto Zaccheroni (R) watches his players training in Clearwater, Florida, on May 30, 2014, the first day of their training camp there for the World Cup finals, with striker Yoichiro Kakitani warming up by his side.

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Japan's squad for World Cup starts training in U.S.

CLEARWATER, United States - Shinji Kawaga of Manchester United (2nd from R) runs with teammates of Japan's 23-member squad for the World Cup finals during training in Clearwater, Florida, on May 30, 2014, the first day of their training camp there. Japan's team will move to Brazil on June 7.

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Japan's squad for World Cup starts training in U.S.

CLEARWATER, United States - Keisuke Honda of AC Milan (L) jogs with teammates of Japan's 23-member squad for the upcoming World Cup finals in Brazil during a training session in Clearwater, Florida, on May 30, 2014, the first day of their training camp there. Japan's team will move to Brazil on June 7.

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Japan PM Abe at Asia security summit

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe takes a question from a participant after delivering a speech at an Asia security summit in Singapore on May 30, 2014.

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Asia Security Summit in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at the Asia Security Summit in Singapore on May 30, 2014.

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Asia Security Summit in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at the Asia Security Summit in Singapore on May 30, 2014.

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Asia Security Summit in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (2nd from L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) shake hands before their talks in Singapore on May 30, 2014. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Asia Security Summit. At right is Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and at left is Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Malaysia's Najib holds talks with China's Xi

BEIJING, China - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 30, 2014.

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Japan beat Samoa in rugby test match

TOKYO, Japan - Japan players celebrate after beating Samoa 33-14 in a rugby test match at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on May 30, 2014.

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Australia, Japan, U.S. defense chiefs

SINGAPORE, Singapore - (From L) U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Australian Defense Minister David Johnston and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera join hands during their meeting in Singapore on May 30, 2014.

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U.S. drone in Japan

MISAWA, Japan - The U.S. Air Force shows reporters its Global Hawk surveillance drone at the Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 30, 2014.

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Japanese prime minister in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets reporters after visiting two casino resort facilities in Singapore on May 30, 2014. Abe was in Singapore to attend the Asia Security Summit.

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N. Korea envoy after talks with Japan

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, speaks to reporters on May 30, 2014, at Beijing airport en route from Stockholm, Sweden, where he held talks with Japanese officials.

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Japanese prime minister in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits a casino resort facility in Singapore on May 30, 2014. Abe was in Singapore to attend the Asia Security Summit.

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U.S. drone in Japan

MISAWA, Japan - The U.S. Air Force shows reporters its Global Hawk surveillance drone at the Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 30, 2014.

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Japan prime minister in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Singapore on May 30, 2014, to attend the Asia Security Summit.

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IMF official in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 30, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, speaks to reporters on May 30, 2014, at Beijing airport en route from Stockholm, Sweden, where he held talks with Japanese officials.

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S. Korea on Japan-N. Korea talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows South Korean newspapers dated May 30, 2014, reporting an agreement between Japan and North Korea after the two countries held three-day negotiations on the abduction of the Japanese nationals by North Korea and other bilateral issues.

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Penguin chick

TOKYO, Japan - A keeper feeds a Magellanic penguin chick at Sumida Aquarium at Tokyo Skytree Town in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 22, 2014, the day the baby, born on April 30, was unveiled to the public.

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Penguin chick

TOKYO, Japan - A Magellanic penguin chick is unveiled to the public at Sumida Aquarium at Tokyo Skytree Town in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 22, 2014. The baby was born on April 30.

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Otter pups

OSAKA, Japan - Asian small clawed otter pups make their public debut at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka, western Japan, on May 21, 2014. The litter was born on Dec. 29 and 30, 2013.