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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People pay with cellphones at a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People walk past a corridor displaying "industrial memories" at a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People walk past booths at a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People walk past booths at a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People buy coffee served by robots at a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People are seen at a cafe in a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People select goods at a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A coal hopper used in an old thermal power plant is designed as decoration at a large commercial complex transformed from the thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People watch performance at a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combined photo shows a file photo displaying the interior of the former Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant (top) and a photo taken on Jan. 1, 2023 displaying the interior of a large commercial complex transformed from the plant in north China's Tianjin. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Original industrial designs are kept within glass covers as ornaments of a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-POWER PLANT-COMMERCIAL COMPLEX-TRANSITION (CN)

(230102) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit a large commercial complex transformed from an old thermal power plant in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 1, 2023. The Tianjin No.1 Thermal Power Plant, which was founded in 1937, closed on Nov. 18, 2011. After years of transformation work, a large commercial complex, which has kept the original space structure of the old plant buildings while adding modern elements, emerged from the plant site and opened to the public just before the New Year holiday. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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Shrine gates washed away by tsunami to return from U.S.

AOMORI, Japan - Toshimi Takahashi (R) shows where a shrine and its two "torii" gates used to stand before they were swept away in the 2011 tsunami in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2014. In the center is Sadafumi Uchiyama, a resident of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon, who is arranging to return a battered torii piece bearing Takahashi's name as one of the donors that washed up on the Oregon coast. In the background is a new torii gate built after the tsunami disaster.

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Tsunami-swept shrine gates to return from U.S.

AOMORI, Japan - A smartphone photo shows on Nov. 18, 2014, a battered piece of a Japanese shrine's "torii" gate that washed up on the coast of the U.S. state of Oregon after being swept away in the 2011 tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. The inscriptions bearing a donor's name, Toshimi Takahashi, and the date of his donation became the crucial clues to tracing its origin back to a shrine in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture.

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Renowned actor Ken Takakura dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2011 shows Japanese actor Ken Takakura. Takakura, winner of multiple Japanese Academy Awards and one of the country's most recognized film stars, died on Nov. 10, 2014, at a Tokyo hospital, his office said Nov. 18. He was 83.

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Brewers win negotiating rights for Aoki

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 10, 2011, shows Yakult Swallows' outfielder Norichika Aoki. The Japanese baseball club said Dec. 18 that the Milwaukee Brewers have won the right to negotiate a contract with the three-time Central League batting champion under the posting system.

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White tiger cubs at Kagoshima zoo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 8, 2011, shows two white tiger cubs, male(L) and female, which were born on Nov. 18, 2011, at the Hirakawa Zoological Park in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan. The zoo plans to show them to the public from around February.

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White tiger cubs at Kagoshima zoo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 8, 2011, shows a male white tiger cub, one of the two surviving felines that were born on Nov. 18, 2011, at the Hirakawa Zoological Park in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan. The zoo plans to show them to the public from around February. Two other cubs were born the same day but died shortly afterward.

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S. Korean President Lee considering visit to Japan in mid-December

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) chats with Kozo Watanabe (R), a senior lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Japan, in Seoul on Nov. 28, 2011. Lee told a delegation of Japanese lawmakers led by Watanabe that he is considering ''visiting Japan on Dec. 17 and 18.''

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Bhutan king, queen in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Nov. 18, 2011, shows Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and Queen Jetsun Pema meeting pupils at an elementary school in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The couple made a six-day visit to Japan as state guests until Nov. 20.

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Japan 4th in women's World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Japan players celebrate after beating the United States in straight sets at the women's World Cup volleyball tournament in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2011. Japan finished in fourth place while Italy won its second consecutive World Cup title.

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Japan premier in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from L) and his wife Hitomi (L) are received by host Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd from R) and his wife Kristiani Herawati during a dinner as part of regional summits in Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 18, 2011.

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NTT Docomo suspends sales of new smartphone

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the new Regza Phone T-01D smartphone, which NTT Docomo Inc. began selling on Nov. 18, 2011. The Japanese mobile telecommunications giant suspended sales of the handset the same day due to malfunctioning.

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Bhutan king, queen in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (center L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (center R) pose for photos with pupils at Sakuragaoka Elementary School in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2011.

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Japan, Myanmar leaders in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Myanmar President Thein Sein shake hands as they met on the sidelines of regional summits in Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 18, 2011.

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Japan premier in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) speaks to reporters in Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 18, 2011. He was attending meetings of Association of Southeast Asian Nations and other leaders.

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Suzuki to buy back own shares held by Volkswagen

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhito Harayama, executive vice president of Suzuki Motor Corp., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2011. The Japanese automaker said it has notified Volkswagen AG that their business tie-up has been terminated and Suzuki intends to buy back all shares held by Volkswagen.

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ASEAN-plus-three summit

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - (From L) South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attend a photo session for a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, Japan and South Korea in Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 18, 2011.

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Bhutan king, queen in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (front L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (front R) visit an area hit by the March 11 tsunami in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2011.

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Bhutan king, queen in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (back L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (back R) watch pupils dance at Sakuragaoka Elementary School in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2011.

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Bhutan king, queen in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (center L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (center R) pose for photos with pupils at Sakuragaoka Elementary School in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2011.

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Bhutan king, queen in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (3rd from R front) and Queen Jetsun Pema (R front) offer prayers as they visit an area hit by the March 11 tsunami in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2011.

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Police thank American TV personality

TOKYO, Japan - Dave Spector (L), an American TV producer and personality, receives a letter of appreciation from Japan's National Police Agency at the NPA's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2011, for his contribution to its campaign against human trafficking and child abuse.

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Japan, Thai premiers meet in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of regional summits in Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 18, 2011. Noda asked Yingluck to help facilitate the early resumption of operations by Japanese firms affected by the massive flooding in Thailand.

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Philippine gov't charges ex-Pres. Arroyo

MANILA, Philippines - File photo shows former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was charged on Nov. 18, 2011, before a Manila court with electoral sabotage over alleged vote rigging in the 2007 midterm election.

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Taiwan's former president Lee

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui speaks with reporters at the entrance of a Taipei hospital upon being discharged on Nov. 18, 2011. The 88-year-old Lee underwent a surgery to remove a malignant tumor in his colon on Nov. 1.

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Japan, Thai premiers meet in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of regional summits in Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 18, 2011. Noda asked Yingluck to help facilitate the early resumption of operations by Japanese firms affected by the massive flooding in Thailand.

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Bhutan royal couple, Japan crown prince

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) bids farewell to Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (C) and Queen Jetsun Pema at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2011. The Bhutanese royal couple was wrapping up their itinerary in Tokyo and was scheduled to visit the disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Bhutan royal couple, Japan empress

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko (R) chats with Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (C) and Queen Jetsun Pema at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2011. The Bhutanese royal couple was wrapping up their itinerary in Tokyo and was scheduled to visit the disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Bhutan royal couple, Japan empress

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko (L) meets Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (R) and Queen Jetsun Pema at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2011. The Bhutanese royal couple was wrapping up their itinerary in Tokyo and was scheduled to visit the disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Noda, Indonesian Pres. Yudhoyono

BALI, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono shake hands in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian island of Bali on Nov. 18, 2011, when the leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations held a meeting.

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Japan, ASEAN leaders meet

BALI, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attends a meeting with the leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian island of Bali on Nov. 18, 2011.

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Int'l bonsai fair in Takamatsu

TAKAMATSU, Japan - An international fair featuring bonsai trees and ornamental stones opens Nov. 18, 2011, for a four-day run in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan. The 11th Asia-Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Convention & Exhibition, the first in Japan, displays about 100,000 pieces of bonsai for immediate sale.

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Int'l bonsai fair in Takamatsu

TAKAMATSU, Japan - An international fair featuring bonsai trees and ornamental stones opens Nov. 18, 2011, for a four-day run in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan. The 11th Asia-Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Convention & Exhibition, the first in Japan, displays about 100,000 pieces of bonsai for immediate sale.

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PM Noda arrives in Bali

BALI, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is greeted upon arrival at Denpasar international airport on the Indonesian island of Bali on Nov. 17, 2011. He will attend a series of regional summits involving members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their dialogue partners including Japan on Nov. 18 and 19.

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PM Noda arrives in Bali

BALI, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and his wife Hitomi arrive at Denpasar international airport on the Indonesian island of Bali on Nov. 17, 2011. He will attend a series of regional summits involving members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their dialogue partners including Japan on Nov. 18 and 19.

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Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Doctors board a bus at Fukushima Medical University in the city of Fukushima on Nov. 14, 2011, to head for a daycare center for preschool children in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, to check the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation.

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World record of simultaneous shaving participants

OSAKA, Japan - Men shave simultaneously at the Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2011 at an event to set a world record for the most participants shaving at the same time, using Panasonic Corp.'s Lamdash electric shaver at multiple venues in Japan and abroad. A total of 1,981 men participated at 18 venues including the main site of the park as well as other venues in Seoul, Hong Kong and Taipei, achieving the status of a Guinness World Record.

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Japan-U.S. joint naval drill off Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 2, 2011, shows a carrier-based F/A-18 touching down on the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington during a joint naval exercise by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy in the Pacific off the main island of Okinawa Prefecture, aiming at effectively and mutually responding to a contingency situation.

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DU'AN-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SANZHIYANG-CHANGE (CN)

(220520) -- DU'AN, May 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows children taking naps on May 18, 2022 (up) and on Nov. 11, 2014 in Sanzhiyang Elementary School in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 11 years ago, Sanzhiyang's children grew up on a diet of steamed rice and soybean, one of the few things that would grow there. Back then, malnutrition were common among students. In 2011, a nutrition improvement plan for students in rural areas began, which provides nutritious meals for students in schools like Sanzhiyang. Today, Sanzhiyang Elementary School's well equipped canteen is serving carefully balanced meals to ensure the health and development of its students. Sanzhiyang Elementary School has continuously improved its infrastructure, building new teaching and dormitory buildings, toilets and playgrounds, etc. The number of its students has nearly doubled in recent years. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)