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South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

South Korea author Han Kang holds a press conference in Seoul on May 24, 2016. She won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Oct. 10, 2024.

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South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

South Korea author Han Kang holds a press conference in Seoul on May 24, 2016. She won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Oct. 10, 2024.

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Russia's Ebeko volcano spews ash 3,000 meters high

STORY: Russia's Ebeko volcano spews ash 3,000 meters high SHOOTING TIME: March 24/27, 2024 DATELINE: March 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the eruptions (courtesy of Kamchatka branch of the federal research center Unified Geological Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences) STORYLINE: Russia's Ebeko volcano spewed ash to a height of 3,000 meters into the atmosphere, a Russian research institute said Wednesday. "The ash emission reached approximately 3,000 meters above sea level," said the press service of the Kamchatka branch of the federal research center Unified Geological Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The 1,156-meter-high Ebeko volcano is located on Russia's Kuril Island of Paramushir. Regular emissions, ranging from weak to moderate, have been ongoing since Oct. 20, 2016, which are considered normal for the volcano. The record emission occurred on Aug. 31, 2018, when a smoke column surged to a height of 6,000 meters from

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CHINA-TIANJIN-THAILAND-AYUTTHAYA-COOPERATION (CN)

(231013) -- BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 24, 2023 shows the downtown area of north China's Tianjin. Luban Workshop, initially launched by China's Tianjin, is a project named after the ancient Chinese craftsman Lu Ban to provide vocational skills training for local people, sharing China's educational achievements and resources with countries in need. In March 2016, the first Luban Workshop was inaugurated in Thailand Ayutthaya Technical College, with a building area of 2,000 square meters and equipped with training facilities. Through programs like Luban Workshop, China's vocational education cooperation has helped promote employment and improve people's livelihoods in countries along the Belt and Road. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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Japan's Uno wins Skate America

CHICAGO, United States, Oct. 24 Kyodo - Shoma Uno of Japan performs during the men's free program in the Skate America event in Chicago on Oct. 23, 2016. Uno won the title.

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Emperor, Empress visit Kyoto National Museum

KYOTO, Japan, Oct. 24 Kyodo - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the 150th Year Commemorative Special Exhibition on Japanese national hero Sakamoto Ryoma at Kyoto National Museum in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto on Oct. 24, 2016.

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Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey

(221024) -- BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping talks with workers at the dining hall of Smederevo steel mill, Serbia, June 19, 2016. TO GO WITH "Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey" (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng)

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Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey

(221024) -- BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping lays a wreath to the monument commemorating the joining together of forces in the Long March in Jiangtaipu of Xiji County in Guyuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 18, 2016. TO GO WITH "Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey" (Xinhua/Li Tao)

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Hiroshima A-bomb survivor, campaigner Tsuboi dies

Photo taken May 27, 2016 shows Sunao Tsuboi, an influential campaigner for nuclear disarmament who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, shaking hands with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. Tsuboi, who served as a chairperson of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, died on Oct. 24, 2021, at the age of 96.

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Swimming: Olympic gold medalist Hagino retires

Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalist in the men's 400-meter individual medley, poses for photos after announcing his retirement at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2021.

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Swimming: Olympic gold medalist Hagino retires

Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalist in the men's 400-meter individual medley, announces his retirement at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2021.

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Thais gather in Bangkok ahead of King Bhumibol's cremation

Huge crowds of mourners camp out in the pouring rain along the royal funeral route in the Rattanakosin areas in Bangkok on Oct. 24, 2017, ahead of the royal funeral procession for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October 2016 after seven decades on the throne. The cremation ceremony is scheduled to be held Oct. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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King Chulalongkorn statue in Bangkok

A statue of King Chulalongkorn in Bangkok's Royal Plaza is seen decorated and surrounded by dozens of wreaths on Oct. 24, 2016, commemorating the Oct. 23 anniversary of the king's death in 1910, a national holiday in Thailand. King Chulalongkorn was the grandfather of the recently deceased King Bhumibol Adulyadej. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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King Chulalongkorn statue in Bangkok

A statue of King Chulalongkorn in Bangkok's Royal Plaza is seen decorated and surrounded by dozens of wreaths on Oct. 24, 2016, commemorating the Oct. 23 anniversary of the king's death in 1910, a national holiday in Thailand. King Chulalongkorn was the grandfather of the recently deceased King Bhumibol Adulyadej. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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King Chulalongkorn statue in Bangkok

A statue of King Chulalongkorn in Bangkok's Royal Plaza is seen decorated and surrounded by dozens of wreaths on Oct. 24, 2016, commemorating the Oct. 23 anniversary of the king's death in 1910, a national holiday in Thailand. King Chulalongkorn was the grandfather of the recently deceased King Bhumibol Adulyadej. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Probe into overwork at Dentsu after employee suicide

Undated photo shows Dentsu Inc.'s head office in Tokyo. Japan's labor authorities inspected four subsidiaries of the advertising giant on Oct. 18, 2016, following the suicide of a 24-year-old female employee in December 2015 due to overwork. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Death of ex-Dentsu employee recognized as overwork

Yukimi Takahashi (R), mother of Matsuri Takahashi, a 24-year-old Dentsu Inc. employee who committed suicide in 2015, attends a press conference with her attorney Hiroshi Kawahito in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2016, after her daughter's suicide was deemed to have been caused by overwork. The labor ministry has conducted on-site inspections at the Dentsu headquarters and some of its subsidiaries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GSDF training for U.N. peacekeeping missions opened to media

Personnel of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force take part on Oct. 24, 2016 in a training exercise for two kinds of protection mission they could newly engage in during U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan from November. The training session in northeast Japan was partially opened to the media. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori advances to 2nd round of Swiss Indoors

Kei Nishikori of Japan faces off against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia during a Swiss Indoors first-round match in Basel on Oct. 24, 2016. Nishikori won 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GSDF training for U.N. peacekeeping missions opened to media

Personnel of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force take part on Oct. 24, 2016 in a training exercise for two kinds of protection mission they could newly engage in during U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan from November. The training session in northeast Japan was partially opened to the media. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GSDF training for U.N. peacekeeping missions opened to media

Personnel of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force take part on Oct. 24, 2016 in a training exercise for two kinds of protection mission they could newly engage in during U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan from November. The training session in northeast Japan was partially opened to the media. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GSDF training for U.N. peacekeeping missions opened to media

Personnel of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force take part on Oct. 24, 2016 in a training exercise for two kinds of protection mission they could newly engage in during U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan from November. The training session in northeast Japan was partially opened to the media. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe to ask Duterte to repair ties with U.S.: gov't sources

Undated combined photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Japanese government sources said Oct. 24, 2016, that Abe is planning to call on Duterte to repair strained ties with the United States when the two leaders meet in Japan later in the week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GSDF training for U.N. peacekeeping missions opened to media

Personnel of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force take part on Oct. 24, 2016 in a training exercise for two kinds of protection mission they could newly engage in during U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan from November. The training session in northeast Japan was partially opened to the media. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes in Tokyo: then and now

Combination photo shows Nakamise Street in Asakusa, Tokyo, on Oct. 13, 1964 (top), celebrating as the host country of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and the same area on June 14, 2017, showing tourists taking a selfie (below). According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, the number of tourists from abroad grew from around 350,000 in 1964 to around 24 million in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aging reactor approved to run beyond 40-yr limit

Photo taken Oct. 24, 2016, shows electric cables of an auxiliary building at the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave approval on Nov. 16 for the unit to operate beyond the mandated 40-year maximum lifespan, signaling a further weakening in enforcement of the limit introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aging reactor approved to run beyond 40-yr limit

Photo taken Oct. 24, 2016, shows a turbine at the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave approval on Nov. 16 for the unit to operate beyond the mandated 40-year maximum lifespan, signaling a further weakening in enforcement of the limit introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aging reactor approved to run beyond 40-yr limit

Photo taken Oct. 24, 2016, shows a pool of spent nuclear fuel at the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave approval on Nov. 16 for the unit to operate beyond the mandated 40-year maximum lifespan, signaling a further weakening in enforcement of the limit introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mihama No. 3 reactor to operate beyond 40 yrs

File photo taken Oct. 24, 2016, shows the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The Nuclear Regulation Authority will approve the extension of its operation beyond the 40-year limit on Nov. 16, signaling a weakening of the force of a rule introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster to limit reactors' operations to 40 years in principle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bus driver played Pokemon Go during work in Kyoto

Officials of Keihan Bus Co. bow in apology in Kyoto on Nov. 10, 2016, as a 51-year-old driver was found to have played the "Pokemon Go" augmented-reality game while carrying two passengers on Oct. 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: NEC put a glitch in Kobe's title aspirations

Yu Tamura of NEC Green Rockets converts a penalty in a Japan Rugby Top League match against Kobe Kobelco Steelers at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2016. NEC won 38-24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: NEC put a glitch in Kobe's title aspirations

George Risale scores a try in the first half of NEC Green Rockets' 38-24 win over Kobe Kobelco Steelers in a Japan Rugby Top League match at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Hamburger beat Hallescher 4-0

Gotoku Sakai (24) of Hamburger SV is seen in action during the second half of a German Cup match against Hallescher FC in Halle, Germany, on Oct. 25, 2016. Hamburger won 4-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori advances to 2nd round of Swiss Indoors

Kei Nishikori of Japan faces off against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia during a Swiss Indoors first-round match in Basel on Oct. 24, 2016. Nishikori won 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori advances to 2nd round of Swiss Indoors

Kei Nishikori of Japan faces off against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia during a Swiss Indoors first-round match in Basel on Oct. 24, 2016. Nishikori won 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Japan beat Tajikistan in AFC U-19 Championships q'final

Japan players celebrate after their 4-0 win over Tajikistan in an AFC Under-19 Championship quarterfinal match in Manama, Bahrain, on Oct. 24, 2016. Japan qualified for FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Japan beat Tajikistan in AFC U-19 Championships q'final

Japan players celebrate after their 4-0 win over Tajikistan in an AFC Under-19 Championship quarterfinal match in Manama, Bahrain, on Oct. 24, 2016. Japan qualified for FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Japan beat Tajikistan in AFC U-19 Championships q'final

Japan players celebrate after their 4-0 win over Tajikistan in an AFC Under-19 Championship quarterfinal match in Manama, Bahrain, on Oct. 24, 2016. Japan qualified for FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Japan beat Tajikistan in AFC U-19 Championships q'final

Japan players celebrate after their 4-0 win over Tajikistan in an AFC Under-19 Championship quarterfinal match in Manama, Bahrain, on Oct. 24, 2016. Japan qualified for FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Maeda speaks about 1st season in big leagues

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda attends a press conference in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 2016, as he finished his first season in the major leagues. Maeda, who won 16 games in the season and experienced post season games, said he could praise himself for his first year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Maeda speaks about 1st season in big leagues

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda attends a press conference in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 2016, as he finished his first season in the major leagues. Maeda, who won 16 games in the season and experienced post season games, said he could praise himself for his first year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Maddon meets press before World Series

Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon attends a press conference in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 24 2016, a day before the World Series Game 1 against the Cleveland Indians. The team will take part in the best-of-seven playoff series for the first time in 71 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Francona meets press before World Series

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona attends a press conference in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 24 2016, a day before the World Series Game 1 against the Chicago Cubs. The team will take part in the best-of-seven playoff series for the first time in 19 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Lester to start World Series Game 1 against Indians

Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester attends a press conference in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 24, 2016, a day before his scheduled start in the World Series Game 1 against the Cleveland Indians. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Kluber to start World Series Game 1 against Cubs

Cleveland Indians pitcher Corey Kluber attends a press conference in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 24, 2016, a day before his scheduled start in the World Series Game 1 against the Chicago Cubs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-whaling activists seen near IWC meeting site

Anti-whaling activists hold a banner criticizing Japan on Oct. 24, 2016, in Portoroz, Slovenia, in which the International Whaling Commission opened a meeting, with Japan's resumption of what it calls "research whaling" in the Antarctic Sea in December firmly in the spotlight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori advances to 2nd round of Swiss Indoors

Kei Nishikori of Japan responds to the crowd after beating Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 7-5, 6-1 during a Swiss Indoors first-round match in Basel on Oct. 24, 2016. Nishikori advanced to the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori advances to 2nd round of Swiss Indoors

Kei Nishikori of Japan faces off against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia during a Swiss Indoors first-round match in Basel on Oct. 24, 2016. Nishikori won 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori advances to 2nd round of Swiss Indoors

Kei Nishikori of Japan faces off against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia during a Swiss Indoors first-round match in Basel on Oct. 24, 2016. Nishikori won 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori advances to 2nd round of Swiss Indoors

Kei Nishikori of Japan faces off against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia during a Swiss Indoors first-round match in Basel on Oct. 24, 2016. Nishikori won 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo