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CHINA-XINJIANG-ALATAW PASS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231107) -- ALATAW PASS, Nov. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Nov. 5, 2023 shows the Alataw Pass comprehensive bonded area in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala in Xinjiang, the Alataw Pass borders Kazakhstan. Since 2011 when the first China-Europe freight train passed through it, the pass has handled more than 30,000 trains to Central Asia or Europe. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-ALATAW PASS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231107) -- ALATAW PASS, Nov. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 5, 2023 shows a noodle production workshop of a flour company at the Alataw Pass comprehensive bonded area in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala in Xinjiang, the Alataw Pass borders Kazakhstan. Since 2011 when the first China-Europe freight train passed through it, the pass has handled more than 30,000 trains to Central Asia or Europe. (Xinhua/Zhao Chenjie)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-ALATAW PASS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231107) -- ALATAW PASS, Nov. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Foreign trucks wait for the results of examination at the Alataw Pass in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 5, 2023. Located in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala in Xinjiang, the Alataw Pass borders Kazakhstan. Since 2011 when the first China-Europe freight train passed through it, the pass has handled more than 30,000 trains to Central Asia or Europe. (Xinhua/Zhao Chenjie)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-ALATAW PASS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231107) -- ALATAW PASS, Nov. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A foreign driver applies for entering China at the customs of Alataw Pass in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 5, 2023. Located in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala in Xinjiang, the Alataw Pass borders Kazakhstan. Since 2011 when the first China-Europe freight train passed through it, the pass has handled more than 30,000 trains to Central Asia or Europe. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-ALATAW PASS-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231107) -- ALATAW PASS, Nov. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Grains from Kazakhstan are unloaded automatically at the Alataw Pass comprehensive bonded area in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 5, 2023. Located in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala in Xinjiang, the Alataw Pass borders Kazakhstan. Since 2011 when the first China-Europe freight train passed through it, the pass has handled more than 30,000 trains to Central Asia or Europe. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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Iwakuma to play for Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2011, shows free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma before leaving for the United States. The Seattle Mariners said Jan. 5, 2012, that they have signed a one-year contract with the 30-year-old Japanese pitcher.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - A September 2013 file photo shows the No. 5 (L) and No. 6 reactor units of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to permanently shut down the two reactors that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 accident, company sources said on Nov. 20, 2013.

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Shimane nuclear evacuation plan

OSAKA, Japan - A June 5, 2011, file photo shows Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power station in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. The Shimane prefectural government on Nov. 21, 2012, announced a disaster preparedness plan that includes steps to evacuate around 396,000 residents living within 30 kilometers of the power station if an accident occurs.

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BMW's Active Hybrid 5

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Active Hybrid 5, a car unveiled by German automaker BMW AG at the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011.

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Mazda's CX-5 SUV

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi stands by the company's CX-5 sport utility vehicle in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 17, 2011. The vehicle uses the company's original ''Skyactiv'' fuel-efficient technology.

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Softbank wins Game 5 of Japan Series

NAGOYA, Japan - Softbank Hawks' Nobuhiro Matsuda (back) scores on Toru Hosokawa's single as Chunichi Dragons catcher Motonobu Tanishige attempts to block him during Game 5 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome in Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 17, 2011. The Hawks won the game 5-0 to lead the best-of-seven series three games to two.

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Mazda's CX-5 SUV

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi (2nd from L) stands by the company's CX-5 sport utility vehicle unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show in California on Nov. 16, 2011. The vehicle uses the company's original ''Skyactiv'' fuel-efficient technology.

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Japan upsets Brazil in women's volleyball World Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Members of the Japanese women's national volleyball team celebrate their straight-sets victory over world No. 1 Brazil in a World Cup match at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo on Nov. 13, 2011, keeping alive their hopes of finishing in the top three and securing an Olympic berth. Japan improved to a 5-3 record, staying in fifth place.

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DPJ's Hirata to become upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata, secretary general of the governing Democratic Party of Japan's upper house caucus, speaks with reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2011. DPJ lawmakers said the same day that the House of Councillors is expected to elect Hirata as its president Nov. 14, succeeding Takeo Nishioka who died Nov. 5.

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Beauty salon at KidZania Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Girls play the role of beauty consultants and customers in a mock cosmetics store of Clinique Laboratories LLC at KidZania Tokyo, a job role-playing theme park for children, in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011. The beauty salon opened on Oct. 5, the fifth anniversary of the theme park's opening.

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara, a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., holds hard-disk drives he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve the drives that are crucial to his automotive fastener business.

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara (front), a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., tows a boat carrying computers he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve hard-disk drives crucial to his automotive fastener business.

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People in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People stand around and chat in a square near an area where a number of illegal immigrants who came to find jobs reside in Athens on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Japan's Nishikori beats world No. 1 Djokovic

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori. Nishikori, ranked 32nd, beat world No. 1 and top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia in three sets in the ATP Swiss Indoors semifinals in Basel, Switzerland, on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Bronze head of Japanese film director Shindo in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia - A bronze head of renowned Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo, made by Russian sculptor Grigori Potocki, a friend of Shindo, is unveiled in a park in Moscow on Nov. 5, 2011. Shindo, 99, is a three-time winner of the Grand Prix at the Moscow international film festival.

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Kagawa scores, adds 2 assists vs Wolfsburg

DORTMUND, Germany - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund shoots during the first half of a Bundesliga game against Wolfsburg in Dortmund, Germany, on Nov. 5, 2011. Kagawa scored a goal and added two assists in Dortmund's 5-1 victory.

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Softbank advances to Japan Series

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masayoshi Son (2nd from R, front row), chairman and chief executive officer of Softbank Corp. and owner of the baseball club Softbank Hawks, Sadaharu Oh (3rd from L, front row), chairman of the Pacific League club, and manager Koji Akiyama (4th from L, front row) pose with the Hawks players at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 5, 2011. The Hawks advanced to the Japan Series by beating the Seibu Lions in the Climax Series.

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Japan's Oda finishes 2nd at Cup of China

SHANGHAI, China - American Jeremy Abbott (L) and Japan's Nobunari Oda smile during the award ceremony after finishing first and second, respectively, in the men's competition at the Cup of China in the Grand Prix series in Shanghai on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Japan beats Argentina in women's volleyball World Cup

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan's Risa Shinnabe (L) spikes the ball during the first set against Argentina at the women's volleyball World Cup in Hiroshima on Nov. 5, 2011. Japan won the match in three sets, improving to a 1-1 mark in the World Cup.

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Japan-born Kawaguchi wins pairs event at Cup of China

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese-born Yuko Kawaguchi (top) and Alexander Smirnov, the Russian pair, perform their free skate routine in the pairs event at the Cup of China in Shanghai on Nov. 5, 2011. They won the pairs title at the competition in the Grand Prix series.

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Japan beats Argentina in women's volleyball World Cup

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan's Saori Sakoda (16) and Saori Kimura (12) smile after beating Argentina in the women's volleyball World Cup at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Japan upper house chief dies

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers put their hands together to bid farewell to the late House of Councillors President Takeo Nishioka as a limousine carrying his body leaves the Diet compound in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2011. The vehicle drove around the premises for about 10 minutes with the body of the parliament leader who died of pneumonia at the age 75 at a Tokyo hospital earlier in the day.

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Tokyo rally against Pacific free trade

TOKYO, Japan - People stage a demonstration in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki government office quarters on Nov. 5, 2011, demanding that Japan not join U.S.-led talks on a trans-Pacific free trade pact.

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All-you-can-eat oyster restaurant reopens

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Guests eat grilled oysters in an all-you-can-eat style at the Yakigaki House restaurant in the town of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2011. The facility began the season's operation that day two months later than in usual years as it took time to wait for the growth of farmed oysters in Matsushima Bay after the March 11 tsunami swept away oyster farming rafts.

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All-you-can-eat oyster restaurant reopens

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Guests eat grilled oysters in an all-you-can-eat style at the Yakigaki House restaurant in the town of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2011. The facility began the season's operation that day two months later than in usual years as it took time to wait for the growth of farmed oysters in Matsushima Bay after the March 11 tsunami swept away oyster farming rafts.

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Dalai Lama in tsunami-hit area in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The Dalai Lama (front R) is welcomes by kindergarten children on Nov. 5, 2011, as he visited a Buddhist temple in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The Tibetan spiritual leader took part in a memorial service for disaster victims.

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Monk sings of tsunami plight in jazz

TOKYO, Japan - Shuko Katayama (front), a 71-year-old Buddhist monk from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, sings jazz featuring the plight of people in the March tsunami during a performance at Kenchoji temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Dalai Lama in tsunami-hit area in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The Dalai Lama (R, standing) meets survivors of the March earthquake and tsunami at a Buddhist temple in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 5, 2011. The Tibetan spiritual leader took part in a memorial service for disaster victims.

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Exhibition of WWII-themed works by cartoonist Mizuki

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A visitor looks at World War II-themed works by cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, author of the popular horror comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro,'' at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 5, 2011. The exhibit began the same day and will run until Dec. 25.

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House of Councillors President Nishioka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeo Nishioka, president of Japan's House of Councillors. He died of pneumonia at the age of 75 at a hospital in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2011.

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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

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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Tomato cultivation expected to revive tsunami-hit Japanese city

Keiichi Konno, president of an agricultural corporation, harvests tomatoes grown in soilless environment in a huge greenhouses in the northeastern Japanese city of Kesennuma on Nov. 5, 2015. The company, established by farmers affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, employs local residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ's Hirata to become upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata, secretary general of the governing Democratic Party of Japan's upper house caucus, speaks with reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2011. DPJ lawmakers said the same day that the House of Councillors is expected to elect Hirata as its president Nov. 14, succeeding Takeo Nishioka who died Nov. 5. (Kyodo)

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Iwakuma to play for Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2011, shows free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma before leaving for the United States. The Seattle Mariners said Jan. 5, 2012, that they have signed a one-year contract with the 30-year-old Japanese pitcher. (Kyodo)

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Exhibition of WWII-themed works by cartoonist Mizuki

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A visitor looks at World War II-themed works by cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, author of the popular horror comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro,'' at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 5, 2011. The exhibit began the same day and will run until Dec. 25. (Kyodo)

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk driv

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara (front), a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., tows a boat carrying computers he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve hard-disk drives crucial to his automotive fastener business. (Kyodo)

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk driv

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara, a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., holds hard-disk drives he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve the drives that are crucial to his automotive fastener business. (Kyodo)

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People in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People stand around and chat in a square near an area where a number of illegal immigrants who came to find jobs reside in Athens on Nov. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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American WWII veterans from minority groups

LOS ANGELES, United States - African-American and Japanese-American World War II veterans gather for a dinner in Beverly Hills, California, on Nov. 5, 2011, to celebrate the award of the Congressional Gold Medal to Japanese-American veterans. Former members of the Navajo code talkers, an all Native American unit, were also in attendance, as members of the three segregated World War II units met for the first time. (Kyodo)

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Kagawa scores, adds 2 assists vs Wolfsburg

DORTMUND, Germany - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund shoots during the first half of a Bundesliga game against Wolfsburg in Dortmund, Germany, on Nov. 5, 2011. Kagawa scored a goal and added two assists in Dortmund's 5-1 victory. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Nishikori beats world No. 1 Djokovic

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori. Nishikori, ranked 32nd, beat world No. 1 and top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia in three sets in the ATP Swiss Indoors semifinals in Basel, Switzerland, on Nov. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan beats Argentina in women's volleyball World Cup

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan's Risa Shinnabe (L) spikes the ball during the first set against Argentina at the women's volleyball World Cup in Hiroshima on Nov. 5, 2011. Japan won the match in three sets, improving to a 1-1 mark in the World Cup. (Kyodo)

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Bronze head of Japanese film director Shindo in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia - A bronze head of renowned Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo, made by Russian sculptor Grigori Potocki, a friend of Shindo, is unveiled in a park in Moscow on Nov. 5, 2011. Shindo, 99, is a three-time winner of the Grand Prix at the Moscow international film festival. (Kyodo)

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Softbank advances to Japan Series

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masayoshi Son (2nd from R, front row), chairman and chief executive officer of Softbank Corp. and owner of the baseball club Softbank Hawks, Sadaharu Oh (3rd from L, front row), chairman of the Pacific League club, and manager Koji Akiyama (4th from L, front row) pose with the Hawks players at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 5, 2011. The Hawks advanced to the Japan Series by beating the Seibu Lions in the Climax Series. (Kyodo)