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Sony to spin off camera businesses

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 27 Kyodo - File photo taken in March 2015 shows the headquarters of Sony Corp. in Tokyo. Sony said on Oct. 26, 2016, that it will spin off its camera businesses into a separate entity as part of efforts to increase its operational efficiency.

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Kofukuji to open interior portions of 2 pagodas

NARA, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Photo taken Aug. 25, 2016, shows the three-story pagoda of the World Heritage-designated Kofukuji Temple in the western Japan city of Nara. The temple, which also has a five-story pagoda, will open the interior portions of the two national treasure-designated pagodas from Aug. 26 to Oct. 10.

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Ropeway services in Hakone fully resumed

TOKYO, Japan, July 26 Kyodo - Tourists look at Owakudani, a major scenic spot with views of active craters in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, from a ropeway gondola operated by Hakone Ropeway Co., on July 26, 2016. The company restarted full operations of the ropeway line between Togendai Station and Sounzan Station. The company partially resumed services on Oct. 30, 2015 after they were halted due to volcanic eruptions in May.

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

TOYAMA, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2016. Japan's tallest arch-style dam at 186 meters in height, a popular tourist site, discharges 10 to 15 tons of water per second during daylight until Oct. 15.

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Japan's 1st Legoland to open in Nagoya in 2016

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (C) and officials of Merlin Entertainments Group, the operator of Legoland theme parks, pose for photos at the Nagoya city hall on Oct. 26, 2012. Danish toy maker Lego Group has decided to open its first Legoland in Japan in the waterfront area of Nagoya in March 2016.

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Egypt targets primary budget surplus of 2.3 pct in FY 2024-25

STORY: Egypt targets primary budget surplus of 2.3 pct in FY 2024-25 DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various exterior shots of the Central Bank of Egypt 2. various of employees counting banknotes 3. various exterior shots of Egypt's Finance Ministry in Cairo STORYLINE: Egypt is targeting a primary budget surplus of 2.3 percent of the GDP for the fiscal year 2024-25, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said on Tuesday. Egypt's fiscal year begins in July and ends in June. Maait's remarks came on the sidelines of the Egyptian Economic Conference 2022 that kicked off on Sunday in the new administrative capital east of Cairo. The minister added that Egypt's budget deficit narrowed to 6.1 percent in June 2022, down from 12.5 percent in June 2016. He also said that the Egyptian government aims to decrease the budget deficit to 4 percent by 2027. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2016. Japan's tallest arch-style dam at 186 meters in height, a popular tourist site, discharges 10 to 15 tons of water per second during daylight until Oct. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

File photo taken Oct. 26, 2015, shows Tatsuhiro Boku (R) embracing his mother in Osaka, after being released from prison, where Boku and his de facto wife Keiko Aoki were serving life sentences for allegedly lighting a fire that killed Aoki's 11-year-old daughter in Osaka in 1995. Boku declared his innocence as a retrial to exonerate him began in the Osaka District Court on April 28, 2016. The court is expected to pronounce both Boku and Aoki not guilty in early August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cassiopeia overnight train to retire in March

East Japan Railway Co.'s Cassiopeia luxury overnight train, with a blue locomotive pulling the silver passenger cars, runs through the mountainous area of Toyoura in Hokkaido on Oct. 26, 2015. The operation of the express train connecting Tokyo and Sapporo is set to end in March 2016 in parallel with the launch of a bullet train service. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China holds meeting of top brass to lay out new 5-year economic plan

A man reads a newspaper reporting the start of a four-day meeting of the Communist Party's Central Committee, in Beijing on Oct. 26, 2015. During the meeting, the committee will lay out a new five-year economic plan covering between 2016 and 2020, which will be the first to be crafted under the leadership of President Xi Jinping. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cassiopeia overnight Tokyo-Sapporo train to retire in March

The rear end of East Japan Railway Co.'s Cassiopeia luxury overnight train is seen as it runs through the mountainous area of Toyoura in Hokkaido on Oct. 26, 2015. The operation of the express train connecting Tokyo and Sapporo is set to end in March 2016 in parallel with the launch of a bullet train service. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cassiopeia overnight train to retire in March

East Japan Railway Co.'s Cassiopeia luxury overnight train, with a blue locomotive pulling the silver passenger cars, runs through the mountainous area of Toyoura in Hokkaido on Oct. 26, 2015. The operation of the express train connecting Tokyo and Sapporo is set to end in March 2016 in parallel with the launch of a bullet train service. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Thais gather in Bangkok ahead of King Bhumibol's cremation

Huge crowds of mourners camp out along the royal funeral route in the Rattanakosin areas in Bangkok on Oct. 25, 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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Thais gather in Bangkok ahead of King Bhumibol's cremation

Huge crowds of mourners camp out along the royal funeral route in the Rattanakosin areas in Bangkok on Oct. 25, 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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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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Thais gather in Bangkok ahead of King Bhumibol's cremation

Huge crowds of mourners camp out along the royal funeral route in the Rattanakosin areas in Bangkok on Oct. 25, 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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Thais gather in Bangkok ahead of King Bhumibol's cremation

Huge crowds of mourners camp out along the royal funeral route in the Rattanakosin areas in Bangkok on Oct. 25, 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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Case against Duterte filed at the Supreme Court

Photo taken Oct. 26, 2016, shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. A case was filed against Duterte by a senator at the country's Supreme Court on Nov. 7, 2016, requesting a halt to the government's collection of personal information on the petitioner. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Rights group seeks LGBT-inclusive curriculum

Kanae Doi, Japan director of Human Rights Watch, works at her office in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2016. The international rights body is urging the government to give ample consideration to sexual minority students in compiling educational guidelines and teacher training programs so they can be protected from harassment and bullying at school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

Thousands of people demonstrate outside the legislature building in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2016, protesting against the separatism stance of Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung, two members of localist group Youngspiration. The head of the legislature called off the weekly meeting the same day for the second consecutive week as the two pro-independence lawmakers-elect defied a ban to attend and request to take their oath of office again. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori beats Lorenzi in Swiss Indoors 2nd round

Kei Nishikori of Japan faces off against Paolo Lorenzi of Italy during a Swiss Indoors second round match in Basel on Oct. 26, 2016. Nishikori beat Lorenzi 7-6, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Probe into new Tokyo market to hold several officials responsible

File photo taken on Oct. 26, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo's Toyosu area where the Tsukiji fish market is planned to be relocated. Sources close to the metropolitan government said Oct. 29 that a fresh internal probe into the new market's design change made without a proper approval process will hold several Tokyo metropolitan government officials responsible, including Vice Governor Mitsuru Nakanishi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

Yau Wai-ching (L) and Sixtus Leung meet with reporters inside the legislative council building in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2016. The head of Hong Kong legislature called off the weekly meeting that day for the second consecutive week as the two pro-independence lawmakers-elect defied a ban to attend and requested to take their oath of office again. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

File photo taken in March, 2011, shows a pile of school bags retrieved from Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, after the school was hit by the tsunami that followed a major earthquake in northeastern Japan. The Sendai District Court ordered on Oct. 26, 2016, the city and the prefecture to pay roughly 1.4 billion yen ($13.4 million) in damages to the families of 23 school students killed in the tsunami, judging the city-run school failed to evacuate the children appropriately. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Event in Gaza to help women with breast cancer

An event is held in Gaza on Oct. 26, 2016, to support women with breast cancer. Breast cancer is the No. 1 cause of death for women in Gaza as they face a lack of medical equipment, difficulty traveling to Israel for treatment and prejudice against them that often leads to divorce or separation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Event in Gaza to help women with breast cancer

Palestinian women with breast cancer release balloons into the air during an event to support such women in Gaza on Oct. 26, 2016. Breast cancer is the No. 1 cause of death for women in Gaza as they face a lack of medical equipment, difficulty traveling to Israel for treatment and prejudice against them that often leads to divorce or separation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese journalist detained in Iraq

Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (R)(3rd from R) shown on Oct. 26, 2016, while covering the battle to drive Islamic State from Mosul in Iraq. It was reported on Oct. 31 that Tsuneoka has been detained by local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese journalist detained in Iraq

Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (R) shown on Oct. 26, 2016, while covering the battle to drive Islamic State from Mosul in Iraq. It was reported on Oct. 31 that Tsuneoka has been detained by local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FINA exec gives interview in Tokyo

Cornel Marculescu, executive director of swimming's world governing body FINA, gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2016. Marculescu expressed understanding of moves to reduce costs for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, saying that decreasing the number of spectator seats for the planned new swimming venue is a possibility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean president's approval rating hits record-low 17.5%

Students protest at Ewha women's university in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2016, over a high-profile influence-peddling scandal in South Korea in which a longtime confidant of President Park Geun Hye has been implicated. Park's approval rating tumbled to a record low of 17.5 percent, poll results released by Realmeter showed on Oct. 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean president's approval rating hits record-low 17.5%

Students protest at Ewha women's university in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2016, over a high-profile influence-peddling scandal in South Korea in which a longtime confidant of President Park Geun Hye has been implicated. Park's approval rating tumbled to a record low of 17.5 percent, poll results released by Realmeter showed on Oct. 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs beat Indians in Game 2 to even World Series

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona (2nd from L) gives instructions to his players after starter Trevor Bauer was pulled during the fourth inning of Game 2 of the World Series against the Chicago Cubs at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2016. The Cubs won 5-1 to even the series at one game apiece. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs beat Indians in Game 2 to even World Series

Cleveland Indians starter Trevor Bauer dries his hand on a rosin bag during Game 2 of the World Series against the Chicago Cubs at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2016. Bauer allowed two runs in 3-2/3 innings in the team's 5-1 loss to the Cubs, who evened the series at one game apiece. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Capital may be attacked if conflict spirals

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar gives an interview to Kyodo News near Johannesburg on Oct. 26, 2016. Machar said if no political solution is found in the nation's ongoing civil war, the militant group could target the capital Juba, where Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are stationed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Hiroyuki Konno is moved to tears on Oct. 26, 2016, after the Sendai District Court ruled in favor of plaintiffs who lost their children in the 2011 disaster and sought damages from local authorities. Their children were among 74 students who died or remain unaccounted for after Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki was hit by a tsunami. Konno, who headed the plaintiffs' group, lost his 12-year-old son. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Photo taken Oct. 26, 2016, shows the tsunami-damaged building of Okawa Elementary School in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of its 13 teachers and officials died in the 2011 disaster. The Sendai District Court ordered local authorities on the day to pay damages to some of the families of the dead children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Photo taken Oct. 26, 2016, shows the tsunami-damaged building of Okawa Elementary School in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of its 13 teachers and officials died in the 2011 disaster. The Sendai District Court ordered local authorities on the day to pay damages to some of the families of the dead children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs win Game 2 to even World Series

Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon (far R) celebrates after marking a 5-1 win in the World Series Game 2 against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs win Game 2 to even World Series

Chicago Cubs players celebrate after marking a 5-1 win in the World Series Game 2 against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs win Game 2 to even World Series

Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs starts the World Series Game 2 against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2016. Arrietta allowed only one run in 5-2/3 innings as the Cubs marked a 5-1 win to even the series at one game apiece. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs win Game 2 to even World Series

Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs starts the World Series Game 2 against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2016. Arrietta allowed only one run in 5-2/3 innings as the Cubs marked a 5-1 win to even the series at one game apiece. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Young Boys beat Grasshoppers 5-0

Yuya Kubo of BSC Young Boys scores the team's second goal during the first half of a Swiss Cup match against Grasshopper Club Zurich in Bern, Switzerland, on Oct. 26, 2016. Young Boys beat Grasshoppers 5-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Indians vs Cubs in World Series Game 2

Ben Zobrist of the Chicago Cubs drives in a run with a triple to right field during the fifth inning of the World Series Game 2 against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Indians vs Cubs in World Series Game 2

Kyle Schwarber of the Chicago Cubs drives in a run with a single to center field during the fifth inning of the World Series Game 2 against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival begins in Naha

Emigrants originally from Okinawa parade down International Avenue in Naha, the capital of the prefecture, during the Festival Eve Parade of the 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival on Oct. 26, 2016. Held once every five years, the festival is an occasion for Okinawans who have moved abroad to gather back in their home prefecture (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival begins in Naha

Women dressed in colorful costumes parade along International Avenue in Naha, Okinawa, during the Festival Eve Parade for the 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival on Oct. 26, 2016. Held once every five years, the festival is an occasion for Okinawans who have emigrated to gather back in their home prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hosszu of Hungary wins 100M individual medley at World Cup

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary (R) poses for photos after winning in the women's 100-meter individual medley alongside Rikako Ikee who came in second on the final day of the World Cup in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio gold medalist Kaneto wins signature 200 breast at World Cup

Rio Olympic gold medalist Rie Kaneto of Japan smiles during the award ceremony after winning in the women's 200-meter breaststroke on the final day of the World Cup in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Indians vs Cubs in World Series Game 2

Cleveland Indians starter Trevor Bauer (R) is pulled after allowing two runs in 3-2/3 innings of the World Series Game 2 against the Chicago Cubs at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo