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CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231018) -- LANZHOU, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 17, 2023 shows a city view of Lanzhou New Area in northwest China's Gansu Province. In 2012, Lanzhou New Area was approved by the State Council as the fifth national level special economic development zone, which is also the first state-level new development area in the northwest of China. Eleven years on, the new area has gradually built multiple industrial clusters, including advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, bio-medicine and new energy vehicles etc. The urban afforestation coverage rate has been raised from 5 percent to 36 percent and livelihood of local people has been improved greatly. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)

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CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231018) -- LANZHOU, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker harvests roses at the flowers base of a modern agricultural demonstration garden in Lanzhou New Area of northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 17, 2023. In 2012, Lanzhou New Area was approved by the State Council as the fifth national level special economic development zone, which is also the first state-level new development area in the northwest of China. Eleven years on, the new area has gradually built multiple industrial clusters, including advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, bio-medicine and new energy vehicles etc. The urban afforestation coverage rate has been raised from 5 percent to 36 percent and livelihood of local people has been improved greatly. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)

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CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231018) -- LANZHOU, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker harvests roses at the flowers base of a modern agricultural demonstration garden in Lanzhou New Area of northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 17, 2023. In 2012, Lanzhou New Area was approved by the State Council as the fifth national level special economic development zone, which is also the first state-level new development area in the northwest of China. Eleven years on, the new area has gradually built multiple industrial clusters, including advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, bio-medicine and new energy vehicles etc. The urban afforestation coverage rate has been raised from 5 percent to 36 percent and livelihood of local people has been improved greatly. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)

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CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231018) -- LANZHOU, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A community worker helps a local resident at a service counter in Lanzhou New Area of northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 17, 2023. In 2012, Lanzhou New Area was approved by the State Council as the fifth national level special economic development zone, which is also the first state-level new development area in the northwest of China. Eleven years on, the new area has gradually built multiple industrial clusters, including advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, bio-medicine and new energy vehicles etc. The urban afforestation coverage rate has been raised from 5 percent to 36 percent and livelihood of local people has been improved greatly. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)

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CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231018) -- LANZHOU, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 17, 2023 shows a view of the provincial gymnasium and its nearby Wenqu Lake at Lanzhou New Area in northwest China's Gansu Province. In 2012, Lanzhou New Area was approved by the State Council as the fifth national level special economic development zone, which is also the first state-level new development area in the northwest of China. Eleven years on, the new area has gradually built multiple industrial clusters, including advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, bio-medicine and new energy vehicles etc. The urban afforestation coverage rate has been raised from 5 percent to 36 percent and livelihood of local people has been improved greatly. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)

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CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231018) -- LANZHOU, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sanitation workers rest at a leisure zone of a community in Lanzhou New Area of northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 17, 2023. In 2012, Lanzhou New Area was approved by the State Council as the fifth national level special economic development zone, which is also the first state-level new development area in the northwest of China. Eleven years on, the new area has gradually built multiple industrial clusters, including advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, bio-medicine and new energy vehicles etc. The urban afforestation coverage rate has been raised from 5 percent to 36 percent and livelihood of local people has been improved greatly. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)

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CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231018) -- LANZHOU, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A teacher (L) of Gansu Health Vocational College instructs a student on basic nursing skills at the college in Lanzhou New Area of northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 17, 2023. In 2012, Lanzhou New Area was approved by the State Council as the fifth national level special economic development zone, which is also the first state-level new development area in the northwest of China. Eleven years on, the new area has gradually built multiple industrial clusters, including advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, bio-medicine and new energy vehicles etc. The urban afforestation coverage rate has been raised from 5 percent to 36 percent and livelihood of local people has been improved greatly. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)

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CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(231018) -- LANZHOU, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 17, 2023 shows a view of roads in Lanzhou New Area of northwest China's Gansu Province. In 2012, Lanzhou New Area was approved by the State Council as the fifth national level special economic development zone, which is also the first state-level new development area in the northwest of China. Eleven years on, the new area has gradually built multiple industrial clusters, including advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, bio-medicine and new energy vehicles etc. The urban afforestation coverage rate has been raised from 5 percent to 36 percent and livelihood of local people has been improved greatly. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)

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London Olympics pool downsized

TOKYO, Japan - The London Aquatics Centre is shown in a downsized form after the deconstruction of two wings of temporary spectator stands in this file photo taken on Oct. 30, 2014, in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the British capital. The modification reduced the capacity from 17,500 during the 2012 London Olympics to 2,500 to minimize maintenance costs.

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Japanese women increasingly tuning in to jazz

TOKYO, Japan - Female jazz lovers enjoy performances at jazz bar Mister Kelly's in Osaka's Dojima district on Oct. 17, 2012.

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Land mines in Bosnia and Herzegovina

BRCKO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - A worker holding a detector searches for land mines on farmland in the suburbs of Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Oct. 15, 2012. An estimated 200,000 land mines remain buried in the country 17 years after the end of a civil war.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2012, shows an aged dog named Kiseki (Miracle) sitting leashed to a pole. While it is in the process of recovering, the canine has never howled since he was given nonprofit group head Naoto Matsumura's protection. Town residents remain evacuated following the nuclear disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The town's mayor declared in September 2012 that residents would not return for the next five years.

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Lee wins ABC

KATO, Japan - American Han Lee holds the victor's trophies after the final round of the ABC Championship at ABC Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 28, 2012. Lee birdied half the holes for a final-round 63 to claim his first title on the JGTO Tour with a score of 17-under 271.

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Huge wind turbine set up in Pacific off Chiba Pref.

CHOSHI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 17, 2012, shows a 126-meter-high wind turbine built in the Pacific some 3 kilometers off Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, which starts power generation possibly in January 2013. Its output will be around 2,400 kilowatt-hours.

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Hanyu at top of Skate America after short program

KENT, United States - Yuzuru Hanyu performs in the men's short program of Skate America in Kent, near Seattle, on Oct. 19, 2012. The 17-year-old Japanese skater finished first by posting the world's highest ever score of 95.07 points.

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Hanyu at top of Skate America after short program

KENT, United States - Yuzuru Hanyu performs in the men's short program of Skate America in Kent, near Seattle, on Oct. 19, 2012. The 17-year-old Japanese skater finished first by posting the world's highest ever score of 95.07 points.

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Hanyu at top of Skate America after short program

KENT, United States - Yuzuru Hanyu performs in the men's short program of Skate America in Kent, near Seattle, on Oct. 19, 2012. The 17-year-old Japanese skater finished first by posting the world's highest ever score of 95.07 points.

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Film director Koji Wakamatsu dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese film director Koji Wakamatsu posing with the Silver Bear award for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 20, 2010, after receiving the award on behalf of Shinobu Terajima, who starred in his film "Caterpillar." Wakamatsu, known for his works on violence, politics and erotic themes, died Oct. 17, 2012, at age 76, after being hospitalized for serious injuries sustained in a traffic accident.

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Film director Koji Wakamatsu dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese film director Koji Wakamatsu, who died Oct. 17, 2012 at age 76, after being hospitalized for serious injuries sustained in a traffic accident. Wakamatsu was known for works exploring violent, political and erotic themes, and highly regarded abroad for movies including "Caterpillar."

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Demonstration over alleged rape in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - People stage a demonstration in front of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Zukeran, also called Camp Foster, in Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 17, 2012, in protest at the alleged rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. Navy sailors in the prefecture.

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Film director Koji Wakamatsu dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at a theater in Osaka on Feb. 27, 2010, shows Japanese film director Koji Wakamatsu (R), and actress Shinobu Terajima holding up the Silver Bear trophy for Best Actress awarded at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in Wakamatsu's film "Caterpillar." Wakamatsu, known for his works on violence, politics and erotic themes, died Oct. 17, 2012 at age 76, after being hospitalized for serious injuries sustained in a traffic accident.

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Nissan's new automated steering system

TOKYO, Japan - A Nissan Motor Co. car equipped with automated steering avoids a dummy during a demonstration in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2012. Nissan said on Oct. 17 that it has developed the advanced technology to help motorists avoid accidents.

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Truman's grandson at A-bomb survivors meeting

NEW YORK, United States - A high school student listens to an atomic bombing survivor at the Japan Society in New York on Oct. 17, 2012. Hundreds of students participated in the program, which featured Clifton Truman Daniel, the oldest grandson of Harry Truman, the U.S. president who ordered the two atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan in World War II, and Japanese atomic bomb survivors, who shared their experiences.

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Truman's grandson at A-bomb survivors' meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Atomic bombing survivor Yasuaki Yamashita (R) speaks about his experiences in the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. bombing of Nagasaki at the Japan Society in New York on Oct. 17, 2012. Clifton Truman Daniel (C), the oldest grandson of Harry Truman, the U.S. president who ordered the two atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan in World War II, and Setsuko Thurlow, also an atomic bombing survivor, sat beside Yamashita. Hundreds of high school students attended the event to listen to their experiences.

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Former Cambodian King Sihanouk's body returns home

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A float decorated with a gilded swan's head moves through Phnom Pehn carrying a coffin bearing the body of former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk on Oct. 17, 2012.

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LDP chief Abe visits war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe, leader of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters after visiting Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines many of Japan's war dead including some Class-A war criminals, in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2012, on the occasion of the shrine's grand festival in fall.

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Former Cambodian King Sihanouk's body returns home

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A coffin bearing the body of former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk is transferred from a special Air China plane to a float decorated with a gilded swan's head at Phnom Penh International Airport on Oct. 17, 2012.

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Court rejects suit to stop operating cellphone transmitter

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Plaintiffs and their lawyers hold a press conference in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2012, after the Nobeoka branch of the Miyazaki District Court rejected a lawsuit by citizens seeking to have mobile carrier KDDI Corp. stop operating a cellular transmitter that they claim has damaged their health.

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ICC Prosecutor Bensouda in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2012.

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Vote disparity suit

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers working a vote disparity suit enter the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2012. The top court said the same day that the fivefold disparity in the weight of votes in the 2010 upper house election was "in a state of unconstitutionality."

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LDP chief Abe visits war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (L), leader of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, visits Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines many of Japan's war dead including some Class-A war criminals, in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2012, on the occasion of the shrine's grand festival in fall.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows (from L) Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Glyn Davies, the U.S. special envoy on North Korea, and Lim Sung Nam, South Korea's chief negotiator for the six-party talks, answering reporters' questions after their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2012.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Shinsuke Sugiyama (C), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, asks Glyn Davies (L), the U.S. special envoy on North Korea, and Lim Sung Nam, South Korea's chief negotiator to the six-party talks, to be seated for their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2012.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Shinsuke Sugiyama (C), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Glyn Davies (L), the U.S. special envoy on North Korea, and Lim Sung Nam, South Korea's chief negotiator to the six-party talks, join hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2012.

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Japan, Okinawa officials meet over Okinawa rape

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto (R) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima greet each other during their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2012. They met following the arrests of two U.S. sailors on suspicion of raping a Japanese woman in her 20s in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Lightening current measured at Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - An apparatus (pipe at C) installed 497 meters above ground to measure lightening currents is shown to reporters at the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital's Sumida Ward on Oct. 17, 2012.

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Lightening current measured at Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - An apparatus (pipe at bottom) installed 497 meters above ground to measure lightening currents is shown to reporters at the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital's Sumida Ward on Oct. 17, 2012.

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Pitcher Saito plans to continue his career in 2012

MILWAUKEE, United States - Japanese pitcher Takashi Saito of the Milwaukee Brewers speaks to reporters at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Oct. 17, 2011, a night after his team lost 12-6 to the St. Louis Cardinals, failing to reach the World Series. Saito, who will turn 42 next year, said he plans to be back in uniform for the 2012 season.

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Pitcher Saito plans to continue his career in 2012

MILWAUKEE, United States - Japanese pitcher Takashi Saito of the Milwaukee Brewers speaks to reporters at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Oct. 17, 2011, a night after his team lost 12-6 to the St. Louis Cardinals, failing to reach the World Series. Saito, who will turn 42 next year, said he plans to be back in uniform for the 2012 season. (Kyodo)