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Int'l Exchange | Mongolian exhibitor seeks trade opportunities at 8th China-Eurasia Expo

Int'l Exchange | Mongolian exhibitor seeks trade opportunities at 8th China-Eurasia Expo

(240629) -- URUMQI, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Nov. 8, 2023 with a mobile phone shows Buba Batmunkh at the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in east China's Shanghai. Mongolian Buba Batmunkh is one of the fresh exhibitors to the 8th China-Eurasia Expo, but he has been to more than 30 other expos in China since he started his business in the country in 2016 to seek more trade opportunities. He brought with him woolen and cashmere products from Mongolia to the ongoing expo, where he also found people are interested in Mongolian food, and secured some new trade partners. Moreover, he was deeply impressed by the scenery and culinary arts in Xinjiang, and he wished to show up at the expo again next year. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill (C) warms up with Chinese skiers at Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill (C) warms up with Chinese skiers at Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill provides training for Chinese skiers in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill (R) communicates with Chinese skiers in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill provides training for Chinese skiers in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill wears helmet before skiing at Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill (L) demonstrates skiing skills at Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill provides training for Chinese skiers in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill provides training for Chinese skiers in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill skies with Chinese skiers in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Nov. 29, 2023, shows skiers practicing at Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill prepares for training at Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(SP)CHINA-JILIN-NEW ZEALAND-SKI INSTRUCTOR (CN)

(231201) -- JILIN, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yolinde Magill skies at Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 29, 2023. Yolinde Magill is a professional ski instructor from Cardrona, New Zealand. She was attracted by the advanced ski facilities and hospitality of local people during her first visit to China in 2016. Ever since then, she has come to China to provide ski training every winter. Magill came to Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin at the end of November this year, and worked as an instructor and examiner for Chinese skiers. She has witnessed the development of winter sports in China. As a ski instructor, she believes the industry here will be well promoted with more international cooperation. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in Aomori

Bird flu strain detected in ducks in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan, Nov. 29 Kyodo - Officials gather on Nov. 29, 2016, at a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori, where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. The Aomori prefectural government was culling about 16,500 birds.

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Astronaut Onishi to travel to space in 2016

Astronaut Onishi to travel to space in 2016

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2013, shows Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi speaking via teleconference in Houston following the announcement by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency that Onishi will travel into space for the first time around July 2016 in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

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Astronaut Onishi to travel to space in 2016

Astronaut Onishi to travel to space in 2016

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Nov. 29, 2013, that Onishi will travel into space for the first time around July 2016 in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

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Japan eyes tsunami summit of global high school students

Japan eyes tsunami summit of global high school students

Toshihiro Nikai (far L), chairman of the General Council of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, attends a meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 29, 2016, to commemorate the designation of Nov. 5 as World Tsunami Awareness Day. Nikai said during his speech in the meeting that Japan is planning to hold a summit of high school students from the 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster that damaged the northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan eyes tsunami summit of global high school students

Japan eyes tsunami summit of global high school students

Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the General Council of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, addresses a meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 29, 2016, to commemorate the designation of Nov. 5 as World Tsunami Awareness Day. Nikai said Japan is planning to hold a summit of high school students from around the world to discuss lessons learned from the 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster that damaged the northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido snapshot: Star-shaped fort lit up in northern Japan

Hokkaido snapshot: Star-shaped fort lit up in northern Japan

The Goryokaku fort in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido is illuminated on Nov. 28, 2015. The fort, a Hokkaido landmark designated by the central government as a special historical site, is lit up with some 2,000 light bulbs for the annual event running through Feb. 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda's FCV unveiled in Los Angeles

Honda's FCV unveiled in Los Angeles

Photo taken Nov. 17, 2015, in Los Angeles shows Honda Motor Co.'s "Clarity Fuel Cell," unveiled for the first time, and Kiyoshi Shimizu, chief engineer at Honda R&D Co., who led the vehicle's development project. The car to be launched in Japan in March 2016 and in the United States by the end of that year will be displayed at the Los Angeles Auto Show from Nov. 18 through Nov. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo marks 1,000 days until 2020 Paralympics

Tokyo marks 1,000 days until 2020 Paralympics

Retired Japanese fencer Yuki Ota (L), the 2015 men's individual foil world champion, and Beatrice Vio, 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic wheelchair fencing champion, attend a countdown event at Tokyo Skytree tower on Nov. 29, 2017, marking 1,000 days until the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player, and 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji reflect on their match in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after Fujii clinched his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Seibu gives nod to Makita's use of posting system

Baseball: Seibu gives nod to Makita's use of posting system

Kazuhisa Makita of the Seibu Lions pitches against the Orix Buffaloes at Hotto Motto Field in Kobe on May 29, 2016. The Lions said on Nov. 6, 2017 that they will approve the submarine right-hander's wish to make himself available to the U.S. market through the posting system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan divided over revising Article 9 amid N. Korea threat: poll

Japan divided over revising Article 9 amid N. Korea threat: poll

Photo taken Nov. 3, 2016, shows demonstrators marching in Sapporo against amending the war-renouncing Article 9 of Japan's Constitution. Japanese citizens remain divided over whether to amend the article, but supporters of a change slightly outnumber opponents amid concern over North Korea and China's military buildup, a Kyodo News survey showed April 29, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Ageing hamlet rejuvenated with soul-searching youth

FEATURE: Ageing hamlet rejuvenated with soul-searching youth

Kanako Sato, a 29-year-old mother who relocated to the Iketani settlement to do farming, poses for a photo with her daughter at terraced paddy fields in the city of Tokamachi in Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Century-old warehouse becomes must-see for vintage car enthusiasts

FEATURE: Century-old warehouse becomes must-see for vintage car enthusiasts

Photo taken Nov. 29, 2016, shows a Toyota 2000GT sports car displayed at Glion Museum, a century-old warehouse-turned museum for vintage cars, in Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan, Japan hold trade talks in Taipei

Taiwan, Japan hold trade talks in Taipei

Mitsuo Ohashi (standing), chairman of Japan's Interchange Association, delivers his opening address at the 41st round of the Taiwan-Japan trade talks that began at the Ambassador Hotel in Taipei on Nov. 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's Park expresses readiness to resign before term ends

S. Korea's Park expresses readiness to resign before term ends

File photo shows South Korean President Park Geun Hye. In a nationally televised address on Nov. 29, 2016, Park expressed her readiness to resign before her five-year term ends in February 2018 as an influence-peddling scandal further engulfs her. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's Park expresses readiness to resign before term ends

S. Korea's Park expresses readiness to resign before term ends

File photo shows South Korean President Park Geun Hye. In a nationally televised address on Nov. 29, 2016, Park expressed her readiness to resign before her five-year term ends in February 2018 as an influence-peddling scandal further engulfs her. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Japan wing Lemeki to be out of action for 6 months

Rugby: Japan wing Lemeki to be out of action for 6 months

Japan wing Lomano Lava Lemeki (L) runs on his way to scoring a try in a 54-20 loss to Argentina in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2016. Lemeki said on Nov. 29 that he will have an operation for a torn ACL, ruling him out for the rest of the Japan Rugby Top League season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan, Japan hold trade talks in Taipei

Taiwan, Japan hold trade talks in Taipei

Chiou I-jen (L side, standing), president of Taiwan's Association of East Asian Relations, speaks at the 41st round of the Taiwan-Japan trade talks that began at the Ambassador Hotel in Taipei on Nov. 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Police raid office of anti-base campaigners

Okinawa Police raid office of anti-base campaigners

Police raid an office of peace campaigners on Nov. 29, 2016, in Naha in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on suspicion of obstructing businesses related to the planned transfer of a key U.S. air base within the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu-hit Japan prefecture fears reputation damage

Bird flu-hit Japan prefecture fears reputation damage

Ryuichi Yoneyama (L), governor of Japan's Niigata Prefecture, asks Kenichi Hosoda (R), parliamentary vice agriculture minister, at the prefectural government building on Nov. 29, 2016 to take measures against potential reputation damage, after the H5 strain of bird flu virus was detected at a local farm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Police raid office of anti-base campaigners

Okinawa Police raid office of anti-base campaigners

Police raid an office of peace campaigners on Nov. 29, 2016, in Naha in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on suspicion of obstructing businesses related to the planned transfer of a key U.S. air base within the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

Workers dig ditches on Nov. 29, 2016, near a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori, where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. The Aomori prefectural government was culling about 16,500 birds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test for Fukushima decommissioning revealed to media

Test for Fukushima decommissioning revealed to media

Photo taken Nov. 29, 2016, in the northeastern Japan town of Naraha shows a full-scale model of a suppression chamber of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning showed a test to media on the day toward decommissioning of the Fukushima complex by using the mock-up. The test aims to develop technologies to remove melted nuclear fuel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Police raid office of anti-base campaigners

Okinawa Police raid office of anti-base campaigners

Police raid an office of peace campaigners on Nov. 29, 2016, in Naha in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on suspicion of obstructing businesses related to the planned transfer of a key U.S. air base within the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test for Fukushima decommissioning revealed to media

Test for Fukushima decommissioning revealed to media

Officials of the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning shows a test in the northeastern Japan town of Naraha to media on Nov. 29, 2016, toward decommissioning of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi complex. The test, conducted by using a full-scale model of a suppression chamber, aims to develop technologies to remove melted nuclear fuel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Police raid tents of protesters of anti-base relocation

Okinawa Police raid tents of protesters of anti-base relocation

Photo taken Nov. 29, 2016, shows tents in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa. Police raided the encampment used by opponents of the planned transfer of a key U.S. air base to Nago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test for Fukushima decommissioning revealed to media

Test for Fukushima decommissioning revealed to media

Officials of the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning shows a test in the northeastern Japan town of Naraha to media on Nov. 29, 2016, toward decommissioning of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi complex. The test, conducted by using a full-scale model of a suppression chamber, aims to develop technologies to remove melted nuclear fuel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

An official in a protective suit is seen on Nov. 29, 2016, at a sterilization point of livestock-related vehicles, about nine kilometers away from a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

An official of the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori sterilizes a car on Nov. 29, 2016, near a farm where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

Bird flu strain detected in ducks in northeastern Japan city

Officials work on culling birds on Nov. 29, 2016, at a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing, as seen in the photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in ducks in Aomori

Bird flu strain detected in ducks in Aomori

Officials gather on Nov. 29, 2016, at a farm in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori, where ducks tested positive for the H5 bird flu strain in preliminary testing. The Aomori prefectural government was culling about 16,500 birds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chichibugahama beach in Japan

Chichibugahama beach in Japan

File photo taken Nov. 29, 2016, shows Chichibugahama beach in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, before sunset. The beach is known as Japan's Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, located in Bolivia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii (L), Japan' youngest professional shogi player, competes against 54-year-old Shingo Hirafuji in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017. Fujii clinched his 50th career win later in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player, reflects on his match against 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after clinching his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player (L), and 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji reflect on their match in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after Fujii clinched his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player, reflects on his match against 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after clinching his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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