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Ainu dagger and manga focusing on Ainu culture

Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2019, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, shows a traditional Ainu knife called a "makiri" with a carved wooden sheath by craftsman Toru Kaizawa, alongside a volume of the popular Japanese manga "Golden Kamuy." The manga series, written and illustrated by Satoru Noda, focuses on the indigenous Ainu people in Hokkaido and their culture.

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2024 Nobel Prize in Physics winner Geoffrey Hinton

Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2019, shows Geoffrey Hinton giving an interview in Tokyo. He, together with John Hopfield, won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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2024 Nobel Prize in Physics winner Geoffrey Hinton

Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2019, shows Geoffrey Hinton giving an interview in Tokyo. He, together with John Hopfield, won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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China's famed Tianmen Mountain shatters tourist number record

STORY: China's famed Tianmen Mountain shatters tourist number record SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 17, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU RUOYU, Tourist from Shanghai 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TAN XIAO, Deputy General Manager of Tianmen Mountain Tourism Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area, nestled in the city of Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, has shattered its previous tourist number record set in 2019 following a tourism boom this year. The renowned national forest park and 5A tourist destination has welcomed over 5 million visitors so far in 2023, surpassing the 4.74 million visitors it attracted in 2019, according to the management authorities of the scenic area. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU RUOYU, Tourist from Shanghai "I feel very good today, and the weather is also excellent. The sea of clouds and the scenery on the mountain are exceptio

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Daijosai imperial rite

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 18 Kyodo - Japanese Empress Masako enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, to attend the "Daikyo no gi" rite of the Daijosai great thanksgiving ceremony at the Imperial Palace. The Daijosai is a key rite performed by a new emperor once during his reign.

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Daijosai imperial rite

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 18 Kyodo - Japanese Emperor Naruhito enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, to attend the "Daikyo no gi" rite of the Daijosai great thanksgiving ceremony. The Daijosai is a key rite performed by a new emperor once during his reign.

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Japan Rugby World Cup organizer speaks in London

LONDON, England - Akira Shimazu, secretary general of the organizing committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, refers to the possibility of introducing a mascot character to promote the event in an interview with Kyoto News in London on Nov. 18, 2014.

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Xinhua Headlines: Chinese modernization to stimulate steady development in Asia-Pacific

(221118) -- BEIJING, Nov. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 13, 2019 shows a container wharf at Qinzhou port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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Xinhua Headlines: Shanghai shares dividends with the world through high-level opening up

(220918) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2019 shows the high-speed spot welding SRA series robots of Nachi-Fujikoshi company from Japan at the Equipment exhibition area during the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

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CORRECTED: Daijosai imperial rite

Japanese Emperor Naruhito enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, to attend the "Daikyo no gi" rite of the Daijosai great thanksgiving ceremony. The Daijosai is a key rite performed by a new emperor once during his reign. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daijosai imperial rite

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L, in front of painting) is pictured at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, during the "Daikyo no gi" rite of the Daijosai great thanksgiving ceremony. The Daijosai is a key rite performed by a new emperor once during his reign. (Pool Photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Daijosai imperial rite

Japanese Empress Masako enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, to attend the "Daikyo no gi" rite of the Daijosai great thanksgiving ceremony at the Imperial Palace. The Daijosai is a key rite performed by a new emperor once during his reign. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

The campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the Kowloon district is on fire in the early hours of Nov. 18, 2019, after police clashed with young protesters who barricaded themselves in and around the university earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Rugby World Cup organizer speaks in London

LONDON, England - Akira Shimazu, secretary general of the organizing committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, refers to the possibility of introducing a mascot character to promote the event in an interview with Kyoto News in London on Nov. 18, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Halls for Daijosai imperial rite

People visit the Daijokyu Halls on the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2019, where Japanese Emperor Naruhito performed the Daijosai thanksgiving ceremony on Nov. 14 and 15. The halls were built specially for the ceremony, a key imperial succession rite, and will be taken down after opening to the public for 18 days through Dec. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halls for Daijosai imperial rite

Photo taken Nov. 21, 2019, shows the Daijokyu Halls on the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo, where Japanese Emperor Naruhito performed the Daijosai thanksgiving ceremony on Nov. 14 and 15. The halls were built specially for the ceremony, a key imperial succession rite, and will be taken down after opening to the public for 18 days through Dec. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nogizaka Station in Tokyo

File photo taken Nov. 18, 2019, shows a sign for Tokyo Metro's Nogizaka Station in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nogizaka slope in Tokyo

File photo taken Nov. 18, 2019, shows Nogizaka slope in Tokyo's Minato Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Public art in Tokyo

File photo taken Nov. 18, 2019, shows a sculpture in Nogi Park in Tokyo's Minato Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Poinsettia ready for shipment

Photo taken Nov. 18, 2019, shows poinsettia plants ready for shipment ahead of the Christmas high season in Honjo in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Poinsettia ready for shipment

Photo taken Nov. 18, 2019, shows poinsettia plants ready for shipment ahead of the Christmas high season in Honjo in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halls for Daijosai imperial rite

People visit the Daijokyu Halls on the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2019, where Japanese Emperor Naruhito performed the Daijosai thanksgiving ceremony on Nov. 14 and 15. The halls were built specially for the ceremony, a key imperial succession rite, and will be taken down after opening to the public for 18 days through Dec. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halls for Daijosai imperial rite

People visit the Daijokyu Halls on the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2019, where Japanese Emperor Naruhito performed the Daijosai thanksgiving ceremony on Nov. 14 and 15. The halls were built specially for the ceremony, a key imperial succession rite, and will be taken down after opening to the public for 18 days through Dec. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halls for Daijosai imperial rite

Photo taken Nov. 21, 2019, shows the Daijokyu Halls on the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo, where Japanese Emperor Naruhito performed the Daijosai thanksgiving ceremony on Nov. 14 and 15. The halls were built specially for the ceremony, a key imperial succession rite, and will be taken down after opening to the public for 18 days through Dec. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. conference for Middle East WMD-free zone

The seat (2nd from R in front row) for the representative of Israel is seen empty during a conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction at U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. conference for Middle East WMD-free zone

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (L) delivers a speech during a conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction at U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Clashes between protesters and police continue near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Clashes between protesters and police continue near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Clashes between protesters and police continue near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Riot police prepare to disperse protesters near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Riot police restrain a demonstrator near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

A demonstrator throws a tear gas grenade back at police near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

A demonstrator throws a petrol bomb at police near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Young protesters walk out of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019, following clashes with police at the university in which they barricaded themselves. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Young protesters walk out of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019, following clashes with police at the university in which they barricaded themselves. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Death of Cambodian Princess Buppha Devi

Undated photo shows Cambodian Princess Norodom Buppha Devi, who died of illness in Thailand on Nov. 18, 2019, at age 76. She was the eldest daughter of former King Norodom Sihanouk. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Combined photo shows Kentaro Kawabe (top), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp. , meeting the press in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., meet the press in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense equipment fair in Japan

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force mobile combat vehicle is on display at a defense equipment fair at the Makuhari Messe convention hall in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Young protesters use umbrellas to shield themselves against water cannon deployed by police during a clash with them in and around the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Young protesters use umbrellas to shield themselves against water cannon deployed by police during a clash with them in and around the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Nov. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

The campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the Kowloon district is on fire in the early hours of Nov. 18, 2019, after police clashed with young protesters who barricaded themselves in and around the university earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Young protesters leave the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019, following a clash with police in and around the university earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong protest

Young protesters leave the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon district on Nov. 18, 2019, following a clash with police in and around the university earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Tokyo Games mascots at school

Students pose for a photo with robots of Miraitowa and Someity, the official mascots of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, at a school in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019. The robots, developed by Toyota Motor Corp., change their facial expressions in response to a change in the countenance of a person. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2020 Tokyo Games mascots at school

A student talks to a robot of Someity, the official mascot of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, at a school in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019. The robot, developed by Toyota Motor Corp., changes its facial expressions in response to a change in the countenance of a person. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yahoo Japan and messaging app Line to merge

Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of SoftBank Corp. subsidiary Z Holdings Corp., and Takashi Idezawa, president of messaging app provider Line Corp., shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2019, after announcing a merger between Yahoo Japan Corp., held by Z Holdings, and Line by October 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo