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High-Tech Seeds And Tech-Driven Farming - China

China bets on high-tech seeds and tech-driven farming. A drone photo taken on June 11, 2025 shows a harvester working in the field in Niwa Village of Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province. Photo by Liang Xiaopeng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/ABACAPRESS.COM

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60th anniv. of start of Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains

JR Central President Shunsuke Niwa speaks at a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the inauguration of Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 1, 2024, before the day's first train departs.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-TAEKWONDO (CN)

(230924) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Niwa Yuiko of Japan competes during Women's Individual Poomsae Contest of Taekwondo at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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2022 becomes New Zealand's warmest year on record

STORY: 2022 becomes New Zealand's warmest year on record DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of New Zealand's street views STORYLINE: The year 2022 became New Zealand's warmest on record, knocking 2021 off the top spot, scientists said Wednesday. 2022 was also the eighth most unusually wet year on record, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) chief scientist Chris Brandolino told a press conference. New Zealand's nationwide average temperature was 13.76 degrees Celsius, 1.15 degrees Celsius above the 1981-2010 annual average and surpassing 2021 by 0.2 degrees, according to the 2022 Annual Climate Summary released on Wednesday. November 2022 was the most unusually warm month, the summary said. The top four warmest years on record have all occurred since 2016, Brandolino said, adding La Nina was one of the primary drivers of last year's weather patterns. Sea surface temperatures near New Zealand

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Japan envoy, Okinawa governor meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima shake hands at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2010. Nakaima asked Niwa to help realize direct flights between Okinawa and Beijing to lure more Chinese tourists to the island prefecture.

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Olympics: Japan headed to men's table tennis final

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 15 Kyodo - (From L) Jun Mizutani, head coach Yosuke Kurashima, Maharu Yoshimura and Koki Niwa celebrate after defeating Germany 3-1 in the table tennis men's team semifinals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 15, 2016.

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Riken team has not reproduced STAP cells

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Niwa (R), a researcher at the Riken research institute who heads the team reexamining the so-called STAP cells, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. He said the team has yet to reproduce through ongoing experiments the cells described in Haruko Obokata's research papers, which she subsequently withdrew amid allegations of misconduct.

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Riken team has not reproduced STAP cells

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Niwa (R), a researcher at the Riken research institute who heads the team reexamining the so-called STAP cells, prepares to answer a question during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. He said the team has yet to reproduce through ongoing experiments the cells described in Haruko Obokata's research papers, which she subsequently withdrew amid allegations of misconduct.

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Riken team has not reproduced STAP cells

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Niwa, a researcher at the Riken research institute who heads the team reexamining the so-called STAP cells, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. He said the team has yet to reproduce through ongoing experiments the cells described in Haruko Obokata's research papers, which she subsequently withdrew amid allegations of misconduct.

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Riken team has not reproduced STAP cells

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Niwa, a researcher at the Riken research institute who heads the team reexamining the so-called STAP cells, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. He said the team has yet to reproduce through ongoing experiments the cells described in Haruko Obokata's research papers, which she subsequently withdrew amid allegations of misconduct.

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Shibasaki wins Akutagawa award, Kurokawa wins Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 17, 2014, at a Tokyo hotel shows novelists Tomoka Shibasaki (R) and Hiroyuki Kurokawa. Shibasaki won the Akutagawa literary award for up-and-coming authors of pure literature for her novel "Haru No Niwa" (Spring garden), while Kurokawa was awarded with the Naoki Prize, another renowned award for popular fiction, for his book "Hamon" (Excommunication).

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Shibasaki wins Akutagawa award

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 17, 2014, at a Tokyo hotel shows novelist Tomoka Shibasaki, who won the Akutagawa literary award for up-and-coming authors of pure literature for her novel "Haru No Niwa" (Spring garden).

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Ex-Japan envoy to China

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks during a symposium in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2013. Niwa said the two countries and South Korea should try to hold a trilateral summit by the spring of 2014 to mend ties strained by territorial disputes.

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Japan's ex-envoy to China Niwa gives interview

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on March 12, 2013 in Tokyo.

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Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to China Niwa

BEIJING, China - Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa attends a press conference at the Embassy of Japan in Beijing on Nov. 26, 2012, before his departure for Japan on Nov. 28. Niwa urged Beijing to "cherish" its economic and business ties with Tokyo despite tensions over the Japanese-controlled, Chinese-claimed Senkaku Islands, dismissing views in China that it no longer needs Japan in development of its economy.

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Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to China Niwa

BEIJING, China - Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa attends a press conference at the Embassy of Japan in Beijing on Nov. 26, 2012, before his departure for Japan on Nov. 28. Niwa urged Beijing to "cherish" its economic and business ties with Tokyo despite tensions over the Japanese-controlled, Chinese-claimed Senkaku Islands, dismissing views in China that it no longer needs Japan in development of its economy.

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Japan envoy in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) speaks during an event in Beijing on Sept. 1, 2012, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. To his right is Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren.

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Japan envoy to China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) attends an event in Beijing on Aug. 31, 2012, related to the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China.

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Japan envoy's car with new national flag

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Aug. 30, 2012, shows the official vehicle of Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa, to which a new Japanese flag is attached. The previous flag was ripped off in an attack on Aug. 27. (Image partly altered)

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Flag attached to Japanese ambassador's limousine again

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L back) gets into his limousine after a meeting at a hotel in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2012. A new Japanese national flag is attached to the limo, after the previous one was ripped off in an attack on Aug. 27.

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Flag attached to Japanese ambassador's limousine again

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L back) gets into his limousine after a meeting at a hotel in Beijing on Aug. 30, 2012. A new Japanese national flag is attached to the limo, after the previous one was ripped off in an attack on Aug. 27.

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Japan envoy to China attends symposium

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa attends a symposium in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2012, two days after his official vehicle was attacked in the Chinese capital amid widespread anti-Japan demonstrations in China related to a territorial dispute. The symposium was part of events to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and communist China.

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Japan envoy to China attends symposium

BEIJING, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) and China's former State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, president of the China-Japan Friendship Association, attend a symposium in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2012, two days after Niwa's official vehicle was attacked in the Chinese capital amid widespread anti-Japan demonstrations in China related to a territorial dispute. The symposium was part of events to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and communist China.

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Car carrying Japan ambassador to China attacked

BEIJING, China - An armed police officer stands guard at the entrance of the road leading to the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to China in Beijing on the night of Aug. 27, 2012. Earlier in the day, a man attacked the official car carrying Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa and ripped off the Japanese flag hoisted on the vehicle. Niwa was not hurt in the incident.

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Car carrying Japan ambassador to China attacked

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa. A man attacked the official car carrying Niwa in Beijing and ripped off the Japanese flag hoisted on the vehicle on Aug. 27, 2012. Niwa was not hurt in the incident.

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Car carrying Japan ambassador to China attacked

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on the night of Aug. 27, 2012, shows the Japanese Embassy in Beijing. Earlier in the day, a man attacked the official car carrying Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa and ripped off the Japanese flag hoisted on the vehicle. Niwa was not hurt in the incident.

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Japan's envoy to China returns to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (C) enters the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 15, 2012. Niwa returned to Tokyo from Beijing earlier in the day to discuss the latest developments in bilateral relations with Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, including intrusions by Chinese vessels into Japanese waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan's envoy to China returns to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba enters the ministry in Tokyo on July 15, 2012. Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa returned to Tokyo from Beijing the same day to discuss the latest developments in bilateral relations with Gemba, including intrusions by Chinese vessels into Japanese waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan's envoy to China returns to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa enters the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 15, 2012. Niwa returned to Tokyo from Beijing earlier in the day to discuss the latest developments in bilateral relations with Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, including intrusions by Chinese vessels into Japanese waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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40th anniversary of China-Japan ties

BEIJING, China - Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (front L) and Japanese Ambassador Uichiro Niwa (front R) attend an event in Beijing on April 21, 2012, to plant commemorative trees to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations.

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Japan envoy to China

HARBALING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) visits Harbaling, Jilin Province in China, on Sept. 9, 2011. Chemical weapons abandoned by the Japanese military at the end of World War II are buried in the area.

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Japan envoy in Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) chats with a Tibetan girl at a children's facility in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy in Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) visits the busy Barkhor area in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy in Tibet

LHASA, China - Police officers carrying rifles are seen guarding the front of Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 20, 2011. Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) visited the temple the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy in Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (back) visits a maker of Tibetan religious paintings called ''Thangka'' in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy in Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) visits Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa walks in the square in front of the Potala Palace (in the background) in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 18, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa visits the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, on Aug. 18, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japan's Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) shakes hands with Padma Choling, chairman of the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in Lhasa, the region's capital, on Aug. 18, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa takes a break at Naqu Station in the Tibetan autonomous region of China on Aug. 17, 2011, on his way to visit the Tibetan capital Lhasa to meet with local leaders. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (front L) poses with a Tibetan man (front C) on a train bound for Lhasa on Aug. 17, 2011. Niwa arrived in the Tibetan capital the same day to meet with local leaders. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (C) chats with Tibetan and other passengers on a train bound for Lhasa on Aug. 17, 2011. Niwa arrived in the Tibetan capital the same day to meet with local leaders. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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LDP's Niwa set to win lower house by-election in Aichi

KASUGAI, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party lower house member Hideki Niwa is tossed in the air in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, after his victory is assured in the by-election for the House of Representatives Aichi No. 6 district on April 24, 2011.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Ji Jianye (R), mayor of Nanjing, shakes hands with Uichiro Niwa, the Japanese ambassador to China, before their talks in the Chinese city Dec. 21, 2010. Ji and Niwa discussed the issue of bilateral history but details about their meeting remained secret.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Uichiro Niwa (R), the Japanese ambassador to China, views products at a liquid crystal display television factory of Sharp Corp. in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Uichiro Niwa (R), the Japanese ambassador to China, views an assembly factory of Mazda Motor Corp.'s joint venture in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Uichiro Niwa (L), the Japanese ambassador to China, views an assembly factory of Mazda Motor Corp.'s joint venture in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (C) poses with students for photos at a school during a visit to Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) speaks with a student at a school during a visit to Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on Dec. 21, 2010.

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Japan envoy in Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) speaks to a local person (R) in a park during a visit to Nanjing on Dec. 21, 2010.