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Salvia flowers paint Tottori park in red

Salvia flowers paint Tottori park in red

YONAGO, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Salvia flowers bloom in red at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2018.

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China's 39th Antarctic expedition begins

STORY: China's 39th Antarctic expedition begins DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of 39th Antarctic expedition setting off 2. various of Antarctic expedition 3. various of Xuelong 2 in 2018 4. various of Xuelong 2 in 2019 STORYLINE: China's research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, set off from Shanghai on Wednesday, marking the start of the country's 39th Antarctic expedition. A total of 255 researchers will carry out investigations in the fields of atmospheric composition, water environment, sedimentary environment and ecosystem at the South Pole. They will arrive in two batches, with the second batch setting out on next Monday. The expedition team is expected to return to China in early April next year. Xuelong 2 has a total length of about 122 meters, a width of about 22 meters, a designed displacement of nearly 14,000 tonnes and an endurance of 20,000 nautical miles. It's China's first domestically built icebreaker f

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Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2022, following the Oct. 22 final race of her competitive career.

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Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2022, following the Oct. 22 final race of her competitive career.

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Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2022, following the Oct. 22 final race of her competitive career.

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Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Olympic speed skating champ Kodaira meets press after retirement

Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2022, following the Oct. 22 final race of her competitive career.

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Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Japan's Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, competes en route to winning the women's 500 meters at the national single distance championships on Oct. 22, 2022, at the M-Wave arena in Nagano, central Japan. It was the final race of her competitive career.

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Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Japan's Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, competes en route to winning the women's 500 meters at the national single distance championships on Oct. 22, 2022, at the M-Wave arena in Nagano, central Japan. It was the final race of her competitive career.

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Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Japan's Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, competes en route to winning the women's 500 meters at the national single distance championships on Oct. 22, 2022, at the M-Wave arena in Nagano, central Japan. It was the final race of her competitive career.

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Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Japan's Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, waves to the crowd after competing in the women's 500 meters at the national single distance championships on Oct. 22, 2022, at the M-Wave arena in Nagano, central Japan. She came first place in the final race of her competitive career.

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Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Japan's Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, speaks at a press conference after winning the women's 500 meters at the national single distance championships on Oct. 22, 2022, at the M-Wave arena in Nagano, central Japan. It was the final race of her competitive career.

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Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Speed skating: Kodaira's last race

Japan's Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter speed skating champion, speaks at a press conference after winning the women's 500 meters at the national single distance championships on Oct. 22, 2022, at the M-Wave arena in Nagano, central Japan. It was the final race of her competitive career.

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Vissel Kobe's Iniesta

TOKYO, Japan,-Oct 22:- Andres Iniesta of Vissel Kobe and Asics Corp. Chairman Motoi Oyama pose for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2018. Iniesta signed an advisory staff contract with the sporting goods maker.

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Speed skating: Single-distance Japanese c'ships

Speed skating: Single-distance Japanese c'ships

Nao Kodaira competes in the women's 500 meters at the single-distance national speed skating championships at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano, central Japan, on Oct. 22, 2021. The 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic gold medalist won the race.

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Speed skating: Single-distance Japanese c'ships

Speed skating: Single-distance Japanese c'ships

Nao Kodaira competes in the women's 500 meters at the single-distance national speed skating championships at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano, central Japan, on Oct. 22, 2021. The 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic gold medalist won the race.

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Salvia flowers paint Tottori park in red

Salvia flowers paint Tottori park in red

Salvia flowers bloom in red at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: World Series Game 1

Baseball: World Series Game 1

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw (22) is taken out of the game by manager Dave Roberts (R) in the fifth inning of the team's 8-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the World Series at Fenway Park in Boston on Oct. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-Portugal talks

China-Portugal talks

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (far R) and his Portuguese counterpart Augusto Santos Silva (2nd from L) hold talks in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-Portugal talks

China-Portugal talks

Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva speaks during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-Portugal talks

China-Portugal talks

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and his Portuguese counterpart Augusto Santos Silva shake hands before their talks in Beijing on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Salvia flowers paint Tottori park in red

Salvia flowers paint Tottori park in red

Salvia flowers bloom in red at the Tottori Hanakairo flower park in Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Run-up to U.S. midterm elections

Run-up to U.S. midterm elections

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) speaks during a campaign rally in Houston on Oct. 22, 2018, ahead of the midterm elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Run-up to U.S. midterm elections

Run-up to U.S. midterm elections

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) speaks during a campaign rally in Houston on Oct. 22, 2018, ahead of the midterm elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Australia's Kepu

Rugby: Australia's Kepu

Wallabies prop Sekope Kepu speaks to reporters in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Oct. 22, 2018, five days before Australia play New Zealand in the Bledisloe Cup game in Yokohama. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Angels' new manager Ausmus

Baseball: Angels' new manager Ausmus

The Los Angeles Angels' new manager Brad Ausmus speaks at his introductory press conference in Anaheim, California, on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Dodgers' Maeda

Baseball: Dodgers' Maeda

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda leaves the field after workouts in Boston on Oct. 22, 2018, a day before Game 1 of the World Series against the Boston Red Sox. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sendai airport

Sendai airport

Photo taken Oct. 22, 2018, shows newly built boarding facilities at Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture. The number of boarding gates for domestic flights has been expanded from six to 10 at the northeastern Japan airport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sendai airport

Sendai airport

Photo taken Oct. 22, 2018, shows newly built boarding facilities at Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture. The number of boarding gates for domestic flights has been expanded from six to 10 at the northeastern Japan airport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during an interview in Tehran on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Run-up to U.S. midterm elections

Run-up to U.S. midterm elections

Supporters of President Donald Trump await his speech at a campaign rally in Houston on Oct. 22, 2018, ahead of the midterm elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Run-up to U.S. midterm elections

Run-up to U.S. midterm elections

Supporters of President Donald Trump line up outside the venue of his campaign rally in Houston on Oct. 22, 2018, ahead of the midterm elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan train derailment

Taiwan train derailment

An express train carriage heavily damaged in a derailment is lifted by a crane in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan, on Oct. 22, 2018, a day after the accident killed 18 people and injured about 190. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan train derailment

Taiwan train derailment

Photo taken Oct. 22, 2018, shows the first car of an express train heavily damaged in a derailment that happened the previous day in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring about 190. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Vissel Kobe's Iniesta

Soccer: Vissel Kobe's Iniesta

Andres Iniesta (L) of Vissel Kobe and Asics Corp. Chairman Motoi Oyama pose for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2018. Iniesta signed an advisory staff contract with the sporting goods maker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Vissel Kobe's Iniesta

Soccer: Vissel Kobe's Iniesta

Andres Iniesta of Vissel Kobe poses for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2018, after signing an advisory staff contract with Asics Corp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Vissel Kobe's Iniesta

Soccer: Vissel Kobe's Iniesta

Andres Iniesta (L) of Vissel Kobe and Asics Corp. Chairman Motoi Oyama pose for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2018. Iniesta signed an advisory staff contract with the sporting goods maker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Vissel Kobe's Iniesta

Soccer: Vissel Kobe's Iniesta

Andres Iniesta of Vissel Kobe speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2018, after signing an advisory staff contract with Asics Corp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Festival of the Ages" in Kyoto

"Festival of the Ages" in Kyoto

People dressed in traditional attire leave Kyoto Gyoen during the annual "Jidai Matsuri" (Festival of the Ages) procession in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Festival of the Ages" in Kyoto

"Festival of the Ages" in Kyoto

People dressed in traditional attire leave Kyoto Gyoen during the annual "Jidai Matsuri" (Festival of the Ages) procession in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Festival of the Ages" in Kyoto

"Festival of the Ages" in Kyoto

People dressed in traditional attire leave Kyoto Gyoen during the annual "Jidai Matsuri" (Festival of the Ages) procession in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Facebook

Facebook

Photo taken in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2018, shows the Facebook icon (top) and a "like" button on an outside website. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Festival of the Ages" in Kyoto

"Festival of the Ages" in Kyoto

People dressed in traditional attire leave the Heian Jingu shrine during the annual "Jidai Matsuri" (Festival of the Ages) procession in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suntory's "Year of the Boar" whisky

Suntory's "Year of the Boar" whisky

Photo taken on Oct. 22, 2018, shows boar-shaped ceramic whisky bottles at Suntory Spirits Ltd.'s Yamazaki distillery in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. The company unveiled to the media a production line for the Suntory Whisky Royal "Year of the Boar" bottle to be put on sale Nov. 6 to celebrate the new year of the Oriental zodiac. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suntory's "Year of the Boar" whisky

Suntory's "Year of the Boar" whisky

Photo taken on Oct. 22, 2018, shows boar-shaped ceramic whisky bottles at Suntory Spirits Ltd.'s Yamazaki distillery in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. The company unveiled to the media a production line for the Suntory Whisky Royal "Year of the Boar" bottle to be put on sale Nov. 6 to celebrate the new year of the Oriental zodiac. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suntory's "Year of the Boar" whisky

Suntory's "Year of the Boar" whisky

Workers check boar-shaped ceramic whisky bottles at Suntory Spirits Ltd.'s Yamazaki distillery in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2018. The company unveiled to the media a production line for the Suntory Whisky Royal "Year of the Boar" bottle to be put on sale Nov. 6 to celebrate the new year of the Oriental zodiac. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suntory's "Year of the Boar" whisky

Suntory's "Year of the Boar" whisky

A worker checks a boar-shaped ceramic whisky bottle at Suntory Spirits Ltd.'s Yamazaki distillery in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2018. The company unveiled to the media a production line for the Suntory Whisky Royal "Year of the Boar" bottle to be put on sale Nov. 6 to celebrate the new year of the Oriental zodiac. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Railway service partially resumed after accident in Taiwan

Railway service partially resumed after accident in Taiwan

A train (R) passes by overturned carriages at the site of a derailment in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan, on Oct. 22, 2018. The train operator partially resumed services a day after the fatal accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's train derailment accident under investigation

Taiwan's train derailment accident under investigation

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (C) speaks to reporters in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan, on Oct. 22, 2018, during her visit to the site of a train derailment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Railway service partially resumed after accident in Taiwan

Railway service partially resumed after accident in Taiwan

A train passes by a group of people including Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (C, front) during her visit to the site of a train derailment in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan, on Oct. 22, 2018. The train operator partially resumed services a day after the fatal accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Osprey aircraft at Yokota base

U.S. Osprey aircraft at Yokota base

Photo taken Oct. 3, 2018, shows the cockpit of a CV-22 Osprey transport aircraft deployed at the U.S. military's Yokota Air Base on the outskirts of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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