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File - Trudeau Resigns as PM and Liberal Leader

File - Trudeau Resigns as PM and Liberal Leader

File photo - Liberal leader and Prime Minister Elect Justin Trudeau hugs his mother Margaret Trudeau as he makes his way on stage for his acceptance speech at Liberal party headquarters in Montreal on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015 after winning the 42nd Canadian general election. Justin Tang/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-CHONGQING-SINGAPORE-COOPERATION (CN)

CHINA-CHONGQING-SINGAPORE-COOPERATION (CN)

(231012) -- BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 19, 2023 shows a view of Guoyuan Port in southwest China's Chongqing. The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity was launched in 2015. It is the third such cooperation initiative between China and Singapore. Through the cooperation project, exchanges between Chongqing and Singapore in the business, leisure tourism and culture sectors have been deepened in recent years. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)

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CHINA-HAINAN-SANSHA-SEA TURTLE PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANSHA-SEA TURTLE PROTECTION (CN)

(231004) -- SANSHA, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Huang Hongbo looks at a family photo at home in Qonghai City, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Huang Cheng, director of the community of Beidao Island, patrols the island daily to protect sea turtles and their eggs. Besides turtle protection, Huang also needs to collect marine pollutants and restore the environment on the island. "Sea turtles are very sensitive to environmental change, which affects their life and hatching," he said. Huang Cheng followed the footsteps of his father Huang Hongbo. Back in the 1980s, China listed sea turtles under state protection and has since enhanced measures to prohibit the capture and trade of sea turtles and their eggs. Local fishermen were educated and encouraged to take up the job of turtle protection. Huang Hongbo was a veteran fisherman who knew a lot about the habits of sea turtles. He was invited to head the turtle protection station of Beidao Island in 2015. Through joint efforts from Huang's f

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China's 3rd qtr GDP slips below 7% for 1st time since 2009

China's 3rd qtr GDP slips below 7% for 1st time since 2009

BEIJING, Oct. 19 Kyodo - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman for China's National Bureau of Statistics, announces at a press conference in Beijing on Oct, 19, 2015, that China's economy in the July-September quarter grew 6.9 percent from a year earlier. The gross domestic product figure of the world's second-largest economy slipped below 7 percent for the first time in more than six years.

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Bloodstained shirt of attacked Nagasaki mayor shown

Bloodstained shirt of attacked Nagasaki mayor shown

NAGASAKI, Japan - A bloodstained shirt worn in 1990 by then Nagasaki Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima during a shooting attack is shown to the press in the southwestern Japan city's municipal office on Dec. 17, 2014, ahead of an exhibit of items related to him set for Jan. 15-19, 2015. Motoshima, who died at 92 on Oct. 31, 2014, was shot by a rightist in January 1990 for his statements about the emperor's responsibility for World War II.

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People forced to vacate homes for Haneda airport recall memories

People forced to vacate homes for Haneda airport recall memories

Katsumi Hashizume recalls in an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015, how his family and neighbors were ordered by U.S.-led occupation forces to evacuate their homes within 48 hours in September 1945 to make way for the expansion of Haneda airport in the Japanese capital. Amid government plans for further expansion of the airport ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Hashizume and other former residents, most over 80 years old, want the public to remember their sacrifices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Land ministry mulls preserving regional disaster control tower

Land ministry mulls preserving regional disaster control tower

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2015, shows an office at the land ministry's regional bureau in Sendai, northeastern Japan, used as a control tower for reconstructing infrastructure facilities following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The bureau is considering moving the office to a proposed disaster memorial park in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, for preservation. The office is equipped with monitor screens for teleconferencing as well as telecommunications gear, tables, chairs and other equipment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Shirai wins floor gold title at world

Japan's Shirai wins floor gold title at world

Kenzo Shirai of Japan acknowledges the crowed after his performance in the men's floor exercise event at the world gymnastics championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 31, 2015. The 19-year-old Shirai received 16.233 points to win the gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Shirai wins floor gold title at world

Japan's Shirai wins floor gold title at world

Kenzo Shirai of Japan performs during the men's floor exercise event at the world gymnastics championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 31, 2015. The 19-year-old Shirai received 16.233 points to win the gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Shirai wins floor gold title at world

Japan's Shirai wins floor gold title at world

Kenzo Shirai of Japan performs during the men's floor exercise event at the world gymnastics championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 31, 2015. The 19-year-old Shirai received 16.233 points to win the gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Shirai wins floor gold title at world

Japan's Shirai wins floor gold title at world

Kenzo Shirai of Japan performs during the men's floor exercise event at the world gymnastics championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 31, 2015. The 19-year-old Shirai received 16.233 points to win the gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka mayor launches new faction with Innovation Party defectors

Osaka mayor launches new faction with Innovation Party defectors

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto unveils the logo of "Osaka Ishin no Kai," a new political party he formed with 19 Diet members formerly belonging to the opposition Japan Innovation Party, in the western Japanese city of Osaka on Oct. 31, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beaujolais Nouveau wine arrives in Japan

Beaujolais Nouveau wine arrives in Japan

Photo taken Oct. 31, 2015 at Tokyo's Haneda airport shows bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau that arrived there the same day. The French wine will be released on Nov. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP leader Shii to visit S. Korea

JCP leader Shii to visit S. Korea

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii attends a press conference on Oct. 19, 2015, at the party headquarters in Tokyo, ahead of his visit to South Korea. Shii said he will underline the importance of Japan addressing its disputes with its neighbor over historical issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New York museum to exhibit 150 Japanese artworks

New York museum to exhibit 150 Japanese artworks

Photo taken Oct. 19, 2015, shows the Buddhist god of fire statute by sculptor Kaikei (active in the late 12th and early 13th centuries) displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The museum will start exhibiting 150 Japanese artworks from the 10th to 20th centuries donated after the 2012 death of American woman Mary Griggs Burke, who was known as the largest private collector of Japanese art outside of Japan, on Oct. 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giants skipper Hara steps down

Giants skipper Hara steps down

Yomiuri Giants skipper Tatsunori Hara attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015, after the Giants announced he had stepped down following the team's exit from the CL playoffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New York museum to exhibit 150 Japanese artworks

New York museum to exhibit 150 Japanese artworks

John T. Carpenter, curator of Japanese Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, speaks at the museum in New York on Oct. 19, 2015. The museum will start exhibiting 150 Japanese artworks from the 10th to 20th centuries donated after the 2012 death of American woman Mary Griggs Burke, who was known as the largest private collector of Japanese art outside of Japan, on Oct. 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Blue Jays cut losses vs. Royals in AL Championship Series

Blue Jays cut losses vs. Royals in AL Championship Series

Kansas City Royals pitcher Johnny Cueto looks stunned after giving up a three-run home run to the Toronto Blue Jays' Troy Tulowitzki in the third inning of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series in Toronto on Oct. 19, 2015. The Blue Jays won 11-8 to pull within one game of the Royals in the series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Blue Jays cut losses vs. Royals in AL Championship Series

Blue Jays cut losses vs. Royals in AL Championship Series

Kansas City Royals pitcher Johnny Cueto (47) hands the ball over to manager Ned Yost (3) to leave the game against the Toronto Blue Jays after failing to record even a single out in the third inning of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series in Toronto on Oct. 19, 2015. The Blue Jays won 11-8 to pull within one game of the Royals in the series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hanshin's new manager Kanemoto attends press conference

Hanshin's new manager Kanemoto attends press conference

Hanshin Tigers' new manager Tomoaki Kanemoto attends a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 19, 2015. Kanemoto said he wants to strengthen up the team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Pavilion marks 2 millionth visitor

Japan Pavilion marks 2 millionth visitor

Photo shows the Japan Pavilion at the world exposition in Milan marking its 2 millionth visitor on Oct. 19, 2015. The organizers had expected the number of visitors to reach around 1.5 million by the time the event finishes at the end of October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR West to run "Neon Genesis Evangelion" bullet train

JR West to run "Neon Genesis Evangelion" bullet train

West Japan Railway Co. unveils a special 500 Series shinkansen bullet train in colors inspired by "Neon Genesis Evangelion," a popular Japanese animated TV series, in the town of Nakagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2015. The train will make daily round-trips between Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka and Hakata Station in Fukuoka from Nov. 7, 2015, to March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China steps into forex market to support yuan: U.S.

China steps into forex market to support yuan: U.S.

File photo taken in August 2015 shows hundred yuan banknotes with the People's Bank of China in Beijing in the background. China intervened in the foreign exchange market in the July-September quarter, selling $229 billion worth of foreign currencies to support the yuan, according to a U.S. government estimate released Oct. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Royals vs. Blue Jays in AL Championship Series

Royals vs. Blue Jays in AL Championship Series

Toronto Blue Jays infielder Troy Tulowitzki hits a three-run homer during the third inning of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series against the Kansas City Royals in Toronto on Oct. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Fujioka wins WBO women's bantamweight title match

Japan's Fujioka wins WBO women's bantamweight title match

Naoko Fujioka of Japan (R) delivers a punch to Yuh Hee Jung of South Korea during the fourth round of the vacant WBO women's bantamweight championship match in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015. Fujioka won the title with a decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Fujioka wins WBO women's bantamweight title match

Japan's Fujioka wins WBO women's bantamweight title match

Naoko Fujioka of Japan celebrates after beating Yuh Hee Jung of South Korea by a decision in a vacant WBO women's bantamweight championship match in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese violinist performs in favela district

Japanese violinist performs in favela district

Japanese violinist Ryu Goto (far L) performs in front of young orchestra members in a favela district in Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 19, 2015. Over the past month, Goto has been playing in concerts with various orchestras in Brazil to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the South American country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR West to run "Neon Genesis Evangelion" bullet train

JR West to run "Neon Genesis Evangelion" bullet train

A man sits in a life-sized version of a "mecha cockpit" from Japanese animated TV series "Neon Genesis Evangelion" in a special 500 Series shinkansen bullet train unveiled by West JR Railway Co. in the town of Nakagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2015. The train will make daily round-trips between Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka and Hakata Station in Fukuoka from Nov. 7, 2015, to March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Uighur leader Kadeer speaks in Tokyo

Uighur leader Kadeer speaks in Tokyo

Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress, speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015. Kadeer arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 13 for a nine-day visit to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visitors to Milan expo meet Japan's popular black bear mascot

Visitors to Milan expo meet Japan's popular black bear mascot

Visitors to the Japan Pavilion at the world exposition in Milan pose for a photo with Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Japan's southwestern Kumamoto Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pledges gov't action on decommissioning Fukushima plant

Abe pledges gov't action on decommissioning Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shops on Oct. 19, 2015, in a temporary mall in the northeastern town of Naraha, where an evacuation order issued after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex nuclear disaster was lifted in early September. During his visit to Fukushima Prefecture, Abe pledged that the central government will take the initiative in decommissioning the crippled plant. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against security legislation held in front of Diet

Rally against security legislation held in front of Diet

People stage a rally in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015, demanding the repeal of controversial security laws that parliament enacted one month ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2,000-hit man Ramirez named BayStars manager

2,000-hit man Ramirez named BayStars manager

File photo taken April 2013 shows Alex Ramirez, who became the only foreign player to get 2,000 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball. DeNA BayStars announced on Oct. 19, 2015, he would be their new manager. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's 3rd qtr GDP slips below 7% for 1st time since 2009

China's 3rd qtr GDP slips below 7% for 1st time since 2009

Reporters grab press release on China's gross domestic product data distributed by the National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing on Oct 19, 2015. China's economy in the July-September quarter grew 6.9 percent from a year earlier, slipping below 7 percent for the first time in more than six years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR West to run "Neon Genesis Evangelion" bullet train

JR West to run "Neon Genesis Evangelion" bullet train

A man plays a video game inside a life-sized version of a "mecha cockpit" from Japanese animated TV series "Neon Genesis Evangelion" in a special 500 Series shinkansen bullet train unveiled by West JR Railway Co. in the town of Nakagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2015. The train will make daily round-trips between Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka and Hakata Station in Fukuoka from Nov. 7, 2015, to March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hanshin's new manager Kanemoto attends press conference

Hanshin's new manager Kanemoto attends press conference

Hanshin Tigers' new manager Tomoaki Kanemoto attends a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 19, 2015. Kanemoto said he wants to strengthen up the team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pledges gov't action on decommissioning Fukushima plant

Abe pledges gov't action on decommissioning Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shops on Oct. 19, 2015, in a temporary mall in the northeastern town of Naraha, where an evacuation order issued after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex nuclear disaster was lifted in early September. During his visit to Fukushima Prefecture, Abe pledged that the central government will take the initiative in decommissioning the crippled plant. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally against security legislation held in front of Diet

Rally against security legislation held in front of Diet

People stage a rally in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015, demanding the repeal of controversial security laws that parliament enacted one month ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hanshin's new manager Kanemoto attends press conference

Hanshin's new manager Kanemoto attends press conference

Hanshin Tigers' new manager Tomoaki Kanemoto attends a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 19, 2015. Kanemoto said he wants to strengthen up the team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giants skipper Hara steps down

Giants skipper Hara steps down

Yomiuri Giants skipper Tatsunori Hara attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015, after the Giants announced he had stepped down following the team's exit from the CL playoffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giants skipper Hara steps down

Giants skipper Hara steps down

Yomiuri Giants skipper Tatsunori Hara attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015, after the Giants announced he had stepped down following the team's exit from the CL playoffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP leader Shii to visit S. Korea

JCP leader Shii to visit S. Korea

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii attends a press conference on Oct. 19, 2015, at the party headquarters in Tokyo, ahead of his visit to South Korea. Shii said he will underline the importance of Japan addressing its disputes with its neighbor over historical issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hanshin's new manager Kanemoto attends press conference

Hanshin's new manager Kanemoto attends press conference

Hanshin Tigers' new manager Tomoaki Kanemoto attends a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 19, 2015. Kanemoto said he wants to strengthen up the team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gamba uniforms worn at Suita city assembly to commemorate donation of stadium

Gamba uniforms worn at Suita city assembly to commemorate donation of stadium

Suita Mayor Keiji Goto (bottom) speaks during a city assembly plenary session on Oct. 19, 2015. Goto and other local officials, along with assembly members, wore J-League side Gamba Osaka's uniform to commemorate the endowment to the western Japanese city of Gamba Osaka's brand new home stadium, built with donations from companies and individuals. The city will contract the soccer club to entrust the management of the stadium with a seating capacity of 40,000. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pledges gov't action on decommissioning Fukushima plant

Abe pledges gov't action on decommissioning Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) talks with people on Oct. 19, 2015, in a temporary mall in the northeastern town of Naraha, where an evacuation order issued after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex nuclear disaster was lifted in early September. Abe told them the central government will cooperate with the municipal government to fully support them in rebuilding their lives. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giants skipper Hara steps down

Giants skipper Hara steps down

File photo taken in September 2014 shows Yomiuri Giants skipper Tatsunori Hara being tossed in the air after the team wins the Central League title for the third straight year. The Giants announced on Oct. 19, 2015, Hara had stepped down after the team's exit from the CL playoffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-minister "not responsible" for false funds reports: panel

Ex-minister "not responsible" for false funds reports: panel

Lawyer and former prosecutor Zenzo Sasaki attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015, announcing the third party investigation panel, led by him, concluded former trade minister Yuko Obuchi "bears no legal responsibility" for her aides' falsification of political funds reports. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Constructor investigates piling for Yokohama condo over defect

Constructor investigates piling for Yokohama condo over defect

Workers carry equipment into the grounds of a condominium complex in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Oct. 19, 2015. Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. began investigating the piling of the tilting building after it was found to be defective. The constructor had already checked 28 of the 52 piles and found six of them had not been submerged into solid ground, called the support layer, and two were not buried deep enough into the layer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prosecution to demand punishment for ex-Sankei bureau chief

Prosecution to demand punishment for ex-Sankei bureau chief

Tatsuya Kato, a former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on Oct. 19, 2015, to hear the prosecution's demand for punishment against him. Kato has been accused of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an online article in which he referred to rumors she was meeting secretly with a former male aide during the Sewol ferry disaster in 2014 that killed more than 300 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gamba uniforms worn at Suita city assembly to commemorate donation of stadium

Gamba uniforms worn at Suita city assembly to commemorate donation of stadium

Suita city assembly members wear J-League side Gamba Osaka's uniform during a plenary session on Oct. 19, 2015, to commemorate the endowment to the western Japanese city of Gamba Osaka's brand new home stadium, built with donations from companies and individuals. The city will contract the soccer club to entrust the management of the stadium with a seating capacity of 40,000. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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