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(230420) -- BEIJING, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows children experiencing oracle bone script writing at the National Museum of Chinese Writing in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 25, 2017 (upper, photo taken by Li Jianan), and Kenyan students writing Chinese calligraphy during an event celebrating the UN Chinese Language Day at the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2023 (lower, photo taken by Han Xu). The UN Chinese Language Day is observed on April 20 every year since 2010, celebrating the language's contribution to the world while encouraging more people to learn it. (Xinhua)

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Gov't to hold meeting Dec. 1 to discuss emperor's abdication date

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Undated file photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito's elder son, who will ascend the throne after his father's planned abdication, possibly within the next 18 months. The Japanese government said on Nov. 22, 2017 it will hold a meeting on Dec. 1 to discuss the date of Emperor Akihito's planned abdication.

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Hospitals aiming to support long-stay child patients

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Nursery teacher Mayako Watanabe (L) and child life specialist Miki Saito explain on Nov. 1, 2017, a kids room being opened in the pediatrics department of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine's hospital in Tokyo. The round 64-square-meter room, named Waku Waku no Mori (forest of thrills), is intended to help long-stay child patients acquire age-appropriate social skills and receive necessary education.

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Soccer: ACL finals

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 19 Kyodo - Urawa Reds players acknowledge the crowd after the Japanese team's AFC Champions League final first leg against Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal in Riyadh on Nov. 18, 2017. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai

WISLA, Poland, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Veteran Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai poses for photographs with fans at a men's ski jumping World Cup meet in Wisla, Poland on Nov. 18, 2017.

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Speed skater Kodaira wins World Cup 1,000

STAVANGER, Norway, Nov. 18 Kyodo - Japan's Nao Kodaira competes in the second round of the World Cup women's 1,000-meter speed skating race in Stavanger, Norway, on Nov. 17, 2017. Kodaira won gold.

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Hospitals aiming to support long-stay child patients

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Children with serious illnesses play in a kids room at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine's hospital in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2017. The Waku Waku no Mori (forest of thrills) playroom was opened in the hospital's pediatrics department the same day to help long-stay child patients acquire age-appropriate social skills and receive necessary education.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the Japanese Diet in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) holds talks with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) sits down with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Kokubo gives Otani 1st Samurai Japan call-up

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Kokubo, manager of Japan's senior national baseball team, announces 28 players for a November series against visiting major leaguers at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014. The five-game series, part of Japan's buildup to the 2017 World Baseball Classic, will run from Nov. 12 to 18.

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Kokubo gives Otani 1st Samurai Japan call-up

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Kokubo, manager of Japan's senior national baseball team, poses with the team's uniforms at a news conference in Tokyo, on Oct. 9, 2014, after announcing 28 players for a November series against visiting major leaguers. The five-game series, part of Japan's buildup to the 2017 World Baseball Classic, will run from Nov. 12 to 18.

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Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai

Veteran Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai poses for photographs with fans at a men's ski jumping World Cup meet in Wisla, Poland on Nov. 18, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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COP23 climate talks in Bonn

Negotiators attend a plenary session of the so-called COP23 U.N. climate change talks in Bonn, Germany on Nov. 18, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't to hold meeting Dec. 1 to discuss emperor's abdication date

Undated file photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito's elder son, who will ascend the throne after his father's planned abdication, possibly within the next 18 months. The Japanese government said on Nov. 22, 2017 it will hold a meeting on Dec. 1 to discuss the date of Emperor Akihito's planned abdication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Internationaux de France men's medalists

Spanish figure skater Javier Fernandez (C) poses for a photo after winning the men's event of the Internationaux de France in Grenoble, France, on Nov. 18, 2017, alongside runner-up Shoma Uno (L) of Japan and third-place finisher Misha Ge of Uzbekistan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka bus accident injures 18 disabled people

Photo shows a minibus that fell off a cliff five meters into the woods in Osaka the morning of Nov. 12, 2017. The bus, carrying 18 mentally disabled people, was heading to a welfare facility and the accident left the passengers slightly injured, police said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Japan confirm test against Tonga in Toulouse

Japan rugby coach Jamie Joseph gives instructions to his players during a training camp in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2017. The Japan Rugby Football Union confirmed two days later that the country will play Tonga on Nov. 18 at Stade Ernest Wallon in Toulouse, France. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Japan confirm test against Tonga in Toulouse

Japan rugby coach Jamie Joseph gives instructions to his players during a training camp in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2017. The Japan Rugby Football Union confirmed two days later that the country will play Tonga on Nov. 18 at Stade Ernest Wallon in Toulouse, France. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April. (Kyodo)

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April. (Kyodo)

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the Japanese Diet in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said. (Kyodo)

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) sits down with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said. (Kyodo)

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Kokubo gives Otani 1st Samurai Japan call-up

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Kokubo, manager of Japan's senior national baseball team, poses with the team's uniforms at a news conference in Tokyo, on Oct. 9, 2014, after announcing 28 players for a November series against visiting major leaguers. The five-game series, part of Japan's buildup to the 2017 World Baseball Classic, will run from Nov. 12 to 18. (Kyodo)

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Retina transplants via donor iPS cells

Photo taken Nov. 10, 2017, shows Masayo Takahashi, a researcher at the Japanese government-backed Riken institute. She said in Tokyo on April 18, 2019 that five patients suffering a severe eye disease were doing well a year after they received in 2017 the world's first transplant surgeries using induced pluripotent stem cells from donors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2017, shows speed skaters Nao Kodaira (front) of Japan and Lee Sang Hwa of South Korea competing during a World Cup race in Stavanger, Norway. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Short track speed skater Choi Min Jeong

South Korea's Choi Min Jeong pumps her fist after winning the women's 1,500-meter short track speed skating World Cup event in Seoul on Nov. 18, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FA-18 fighter

An FA-18 fighter jet lands at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 28, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronomical observatory in western Japan

Stars of the Milky Way shine over the Bisei Astronomical Observatory in Ibara, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 18, 2017. Bisei is known as a place for observing beautiful stars and enacted a no-lighting ordinance to preserve dark skies in 1989. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Astronomical observatory in western Japan

Stars of the Milky Way shine over the Bisei Astronomical Observatory in Ibara, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 18, 2017. Bisei is known as a place for observing beautiful stars and enacted a no-lighting ordinance to preserve dark skies in 1989. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Matsuyama at Hero World Challenge in Bahamas

Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama is pictured after completing his first round at the Hero World Challenge in Albany, the Bahamas, on Nov. 30, 2017. Matsuyama opened with a 1-under 71 to tie for 14th in the 18-player field. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Matsuyama at Hero World Challenge in Bahamas

Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama hits his second shot on the 14th hole during the first round of the Hero World Challenge in Albany, the Bahamas, on Nov. 30, 2017. Matsuyama opened with a 1-under 71 to tie for 14th in the 18-player field. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Matsuyama at Hero World Challenge in Bahamas

Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama tees off on the 15th hole during the first round of the Hero World Challenge in Albany, the Bahamas, on Nov. 30, 2017. Matsuyama opened with a 1-under 71 to tie for 14th in the 18-player field. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Tiger Woods returns with solid round in Bahamas

Tiger Woods hits his second shot on the 15th hole during the first round of the Hero World Challenge in Albany, the Bahamas, on Nov. 30, 2017. Woods opened with a 3-under 69 to tie for eighth in the 18-player field in his return from back surgery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Tiger Woods returns with solid round in Bahamas

Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Hero World Challenge in Albany, the Bahamas, on Nov. 30, 2017. Woods opened with a 3-under 69 to tie for eighth in the 18-player field in his return from back surgery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Tiger Woods returns with solid round in Bahamas

Tiger Woods pumps his fist after making a birdie putt on the eighth hole during the first round of the Hero World Challenge in Albany, the Bahamas, on Nov. 30, 2017. Woods opened with a 3-under 69 to tie for eighth in the 18-player field in his return from back surgery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Uno 2nd at Grand Prix in France

Japan's Shoma Uno smiles after attending a medal ceremony for the Internationaux de France figure skating competition in Grenoble, France, on Nov. 18, 2017. Uno claimed second place at the fifth event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, securing a spot in December's Grand Prix Final for the third consecutive season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New terminal at Incheon airport

Photo taken Nov. 21, 2017, shows the departure lobby at Terminal 2 of Incheon International Airport which is expected to open on Jan. 18, 2018, ahead of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial hall for "comfort women" opens in South Korea

Chung Hyun Back (3rd from R), South Korean minister of gender equality and family, attends the opening ceremony in Gwangju on the outskirts of Seoul on Nov. 18, 2017 of a memorial and exhibition hall for "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's World War II military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial hall for "comfort women" in S. Korea

Visitors observe displayed items at a new memorial hall for "comfort women," who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, in Gwangju on the outskirts of Seoul, on Nov. 18, 2017. The hall opened the same day as part of the House of Sharing, a group home for former comfort women. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial hall for "comfort women" in S. Korea

Visitors observe displayed items at a new memorial hall for "comfort women," who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, in Gwangju on the outskirts of Seoul, on Nov. 18, 2017. The hall opened the same day as part of the House of Sharing, a group home for former comfort women. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Manga legend Jiro Taniguchi commemorated

People offer flowers to commemorate Japanese manga artist Jiro Taniguchi in his hometown of Tottori on Nov. 18, 2017. Taniguchi, whose work is also hailed overseas, died in February 2017 at age 69. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't to hold meeting Dec. 1 to discuss emperor's abdication date

Undated file photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito's elder son, who will ascend the throne after his father's planned abdication, possibly within the next 18 months. The Japanese government said on Nov. 22, 2017 it will hold a meeting on Dec. 1 to discuss the date of Emperor Akihito's planned abdication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumping: Janda in last event of career

Czech ski jumper Jakub Janda acknowledges the crowd after competing in the last event of his career in Wisla, Poland, on Nov. 18, 2017. Janda has been elected to parliament in his home country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ski jumping: Janda's last jump of career

Jakub Janda of the Czech Republic makes the last jump of his career in the men's World Cup team ski jumping event in Wisla, Poland, on Nov. 18, 2017. Janda has been elected to parliament in his home country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo