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(230627) -- TIANJIN, June 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sekai Irene Nzenza, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Zimbabwe, speaks during a session themed "Pulling together for the Energy Transition" during the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, in north China's Tianjin Municipality, June 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry optimistic despite operational challenges

STORY: Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry optimistic despite operational challenges DATELINE: April 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:09 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of delegates at the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KURAI MATSHEZA, President, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) 3. various of delegates at the event 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KURAI MATSHEZA, President, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) 5. various of delegates at the event 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHN MANGUDYA, Governor, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe 7.more of delegates 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): SEKAI NZENZA, Zimbabwe's Minister of Industry and Commerce 9. various of delegates at the event STORYLINE: Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector remains optimistic despite operational challenges, a recent 2022 manufacturing sector survey has indicated. Conducted by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), the country's largest manufacturing lobby group, and presented on Thursday, the annual survey provided a detailed insi

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Sapporo company develops software for multilingual menus

SAPPORO, Japan - Nobuyasu Fukunishi, president of a computer software company in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, explains about the "Sekai Menu" system, which enables restaurants to provide foreign customers with menus in various languages via a smartphone application through the scanning of QR codes, in the northern Japanese city on Dec. 8, 2014.

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Book marks Empress Michiko's 25th anniv. with Red Cross

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the book titled "Kogo Heika Itsukushimi" (Her Imperial Majesty: compassion), published by Sekai Bunka Publishing Inc., marking the 25th anniversary of Empress Michiko becoming honorary president of the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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'Japan saves the world' by S. Leeper

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The book entitled "Nippon ga sekai wo sukuu - Kaku wo nakusu best scenario" (Japan saves the world - a best-case scenario for abolishing nuclear weapons) by American Steven Leeper, former chair of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, is shown in this undated photo.

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S. Leeper, ex-chairman of Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation

HIROSHIMA, Japan - American Steven Leeper, former chair of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, talks about his recent book entitled "Nippon ga sekai wo sukuu - Kaku wo nakusu best scenario" (Japan saves the world - a best-case scenario for abolishing nuclear weapons), in Hiroshima on March 26, 2014. Leeper served as the first foreign chairperson of the foundation.

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UK stage director Caird to produce drama for quake-hit kids

TOKYO, Japan - British stage director John Caird (C) and other people pose on Feb. 25, 2014, to promote a stage drama, "Sekai ga Wagaya" (The World Is Our Home). He will produce the drama to help support children who lost their parents because of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. On his left is Mikiko Otonashi who will narrate the drama.

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Popular singer Haruo Minami dies at 77

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows popular singer Haruo Minami who died of prostate cancer at a Tokyo hospital on April 14 at the age of 77. He was best known for singing such songs as ''Tokyo Gorin Ondo'' (Tokyo Olympics Chorus) and ''Sekai no Kunikara Konnichiwa'' (Good Afternoon From Countries in the World), the theme song of the world exposition in Osaka in 1970.

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Entertaining guests

This photograph can be found on page 157 of the book Bakumatsu and Meiji in Photographs published by Sekai Bunka Sha. A story of hosts being hospitable to a formally dressed guest is created here. The hosts are preparing a meal using an earthenware mortar and serving the food in bowls.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐76‐0]

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Sapporo company develops software for multilingual menus

SAPPORO, Japan - Nobuyasu Fukunishi, president of a computer software company in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, explains about the "Sekai Menu" system, which enables restaurants to provide foreign customers with menus in various languages via a smartphone application through the scanning of QR codes, in the northern Japanese city on Dec. 8, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Book marks Empress Michiko's 25th anniv. with Red Cross

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the book titled "Kogo Heika Itsukushimi" (Her Imperial Majesty: compassion), published by Sekai Bunka Publishing Inc., marking the 25th anniversary of Empress Michiko becoming honorary president of the Japanese Red Cross Society. (Kyodo)

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Japan lodging facility

Photo taken on June 15, 2017, shows a refurbished guest room at the Sekai Hotel private lodging located in an apartment building that is about 50 years old in Osaka, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan lodging facility

Photo taken on June 15, 2017, shows a guest room at the Sekai Hotel private lodging in Osaka, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb history resonates with youth through animated film

Tokyo-based actor Minori Omi speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 10, 2017. Omi voiced the part of Keiko, the sister-in-law of the protagonist in the animated film "Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni" (In This Corner of the World), which draws on historical records to tell the story of a woman living in Kure, a city adjoining Hiroshima, when Hiroshima was devastated by a U.S. atomic bomb in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb history resonates with youth through animated film

Tokyo-based actor Minori Omi speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 10, 2017. Omi voiced the part of Keiko, the sister-in-law of the protagonist in the animated film "Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni" (In This Corner of the World), which draws on historical records to tell the story of a woman living in Kure, a city adjoining Hiroshima, when Hiroshima was devastated by a U.S. atomic bomb in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Popular singer Haruo Minami dies at 77

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows popular singer Haruo Minami who died of prostate cancer at a Tokyo hospital on April 14 at the age of 77. He was best known for singing such songs as ''Tokyo Gorin Ondo'' (Tokyo Olympics Chorus) and ''Sekai no Kunikara Konnichiwa'' (Good Afternoon From Countries in the World), the theme song of the world exposition in Osaka in 1970.