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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 16, 2023 shows tourists taking boats on the Xin'an River in Jiande City of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 16, 2023 shows tourists taking boats on the Xin'an River in Jiande City of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 16, 2023 shows the Hangzhou Asian Games village in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Matsui plays against Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui watches his single to left against the Cleveland Indians during a game at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Sept. 16, 2010. The Angels lost 3-2.

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Matsui hits season's 20th homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui (R) high-fives teammate Alberto Callaspo after hitting his 20th homer of the season during the seventh inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Sept. 16, 2010. The Angels lost 3-2.

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Matsui hits season's 20th homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels hits his 20th homer of the season in the seventh inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 16, 2010.

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Radiation rose at Niigata plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 2009 shows the No. 7 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. Radiation at about 2,100 times the normal level was detected in gaseous waste at the reactor on Sept. 16, 2010.

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U.N. chief Ban speaks about poverty aid

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during an interview with a group of Japanese reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2010. Ban said it seems feasible to achieve millennium development goals including measures to fight poverty and famine.

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PM Kan speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters with a smile at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2010. Kan offered Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's No. 2 post of secretary general.

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Lawmaker Suzuki loses seat in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a seasoned House of Representatives lawmaker, speaks to reporters in Obihiro, Hokkaido on Sept. 16, 2010, after the Supreme Court turned down his complaint over its recent decision to reject his appeal against his conviction on four counts including bribery. Suzuki has lost his seat in parliament following the court decision.

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Bosworth speaks to reporters in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks to reporters in Beijing after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Sept. 16, 2010. Bosworth said they were convinced of the need to resume diplomatic activity to create conditions for an early resumption of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs.

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S. Korean musician awarded Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hwang Byung Ki (R), a South Korean composer and player of the kayagum, a traditional Korean musical instrument, receives the grand prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes from Fukuoka Mayor Hiroshi Yoshida (L) in Fukuoka on Sept. 16, 2010, for his contribution to preservation and creation of Asian culture.

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Security beefed up around Japanese Embassy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - China beefs up security around the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2010, as a precautionary measure against potential anti-Japanese demonstrations over the recent collisions between a Chinese fishing boat and Japan Coast Guard vessels.

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New national policy minister Gemba

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Gemba, new national policy minister, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2010, the night before he was appointed as national policy chief. Gemba is known as a fiscal conservative advocating the need to discuss raising the nation's consumption tax and review the Democratic Party of Japan's campaign pledges in the 2009 general election.

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FM Okada accepts DPJ's No. 2 post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Sept. 16, 2010. Okada said he has accepted Kan's offer to take the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's No. 2 post of secretary general.

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Nagasaki high school students named peace ambassador

NAGASAKI, Japan - Haruka Saso (L) and Mikiko Taira were selected as two of the three student peace ambassadors for an atomic bomb exhibition in Turkey by a civic group in Nagasaki on Sept. 16, 2010. Saso and Taira will be dispatched to the event in October.

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Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu beats Wakanosato

TOKYO, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu (L) pushes Wakanosato out of the ring on the fifth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 16, 2010. Kotooshu shares the lead at 5-0 with Mongolian grand champion Hakuho.

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Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho wins 52 bouts in a row

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (L) crushes Georgian No. 2 maegashira Tochinoshin on the fifth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 16, 2010, winning 52 bouts in a row. Hakuho is one victory away from etching his name in sumo's ''Hall of Fame'' alongside former yokozuna great Chiyonofuji.

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Nurse acquitted of abusing elderly patients

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nurse Satomi Ueda (C) holds a banner reading ''not guilty'' at a meeting with supporters after the Fukuoka High Court in southwestern Japan acquitted her on Sept. 16, 2010. The court dismissed a lower court's conviction that she caused bleeding for two elderly patients while cutting their nails at a hospital in 2007, saying her conduct was in line with her job.

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FM Okada accepts DPJ's No.2 post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (C) walks to the prime minister's office in Tokyo for a meeting with Prime Minsiter Naoto Kan on Sept. 16, 2010. Okada said he has accepted Kan's offer to take the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's No. 2 post of secretary general.

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Tokyo Game Show opens

MAKUHARI, Japan - A new game device that does not require the use of a controller is demonstrated as the four-day Tokyo Game Show 2010 opens in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 16, 2010, featuring the latest titles and consoles from more than 190 game-related companies worldwide.

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Lotteria's chocolate hamburgers

TOKYO, Japan - Lotteria Co. introduces its ''Chocoburger'' products in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2010. The products in three flavors will be available from Sept. 27, 2010 at stores.

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Minister inspects Coast Guard

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara (C) looks down at the damage to the Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Mizuki as part of his inspection of a Coast Guard office on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 16, 2010. The vessel was involved in collisions with a Chinese fishing vessel near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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BOJ Governor Shirakawa says to pour enough money into market

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa reiterates that the central bank will take timely action as needed in cooperation with the Japanese government and will continue to provide ample funds to currency markets in a speech delivered in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2010.

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Foreign Minister Okada accepts DPJ's No. 2 post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada walks out from the prime minister's office in Tokyo after meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Sept. 16, 2010. Okada said he has accepted Kan's offer to take the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's No. 2 post of secretary general.

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FM Okada accepts DPJ's No.2 post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada walks to the prime minister's office in Tokyo for a meeting with Prime Minsiter Naoto Kan on Sept. 16, 2010. Okada said he has accepted Kan's offer to take the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's No. 2 post of secretary general.

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Tokyo Game Show opens

MAKUHARI, Japan - A 3-D game is demonstrated as the four-day Tokyo Game Show 2010 opens in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 16, 2010, featuring the latest titles and consoles from more than 190 game-related companies worldwide.

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Minister inspects Coast Guard

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara (C) is aboard the Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Mizuki as part of his inspection of a Coast Guard office on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 16, 2010. The vessel was involved in collisions with a Chinese fishing vessel near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Nurse acquitted of abusing elderly patients

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nurse Satomi Ueda smiles at the Fukuoka High Court in southwestern Japan on Sept. 16, 2010. The court dismissed a lower court's conviction and acquitted her of the charge of causing bleeding while cutting the toenails of two elderly patients at a hospital in 2007, saying her conduct was in line with her job.

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Nurse acquitted of abusing elderly patients

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nurse Satomi Ueda (L) bursts into tears at the Fukuoka High Court in southwestern Japan on Sept. 16, 2010. The court dismissed a lower court's conviction and acquitted her of the charge of causing bleeding while cutting the toenails of two elderly patients at a hospital in 2007, saying her conduct was in line with her job.

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Tokyo Game Show opens

MAKUHARI, Japan - A new game device that does not require the use of a controller is demonstrated as the four-day Tokyo Game Show 2010 opens in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 16, 2010, featuring the latest titles and consoles from more than 190 game-related companies worldwide.

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Tokyo Game Show opens

MAKUHARI, Japan - The four-day Tokyo Game Show 2010 opens in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 16, 2010, featuring the latest titles and consoles from more than 190 game-related companies worldwide.

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Pajero SUV with 'clean diesel' engine

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Sept. 2, 2010, it will release on Sept. 16 the new Pajero sport utility vehicle fitted with a 3.2-liter ''clean diesel'' engine capable of clearing Japan's stiffened exhaust gas rule for nitrogen oxides.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Sept. 16, 2009, file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L, front) and then Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (R, middle) being photographed on the launch of Hatoyama's Cabinet at the prime minister's office. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

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1st Michelin Kyoto, Osaka gourmet guidebook to come out Oct. 16

KYOTO, Japan - Michelin guide director Jean-Luc Naret holds up copies of the Michelin Guide 2010 Kyoto & Osaka, the first Michelin guidebook on restaurants and accommodations in western Japan, during a news conference in Kyoto on Sept. 1. The guidebook on the two western Japanese cities that are popular with tourists will hit the stands on Oct. 16.

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1st Michelin Kyoto, Osaka gourmet guidebook to come out Oct. 16

KYOTO, Japan - Michelin guide director Jean-Luc Naret holds up copies of the Michelin Guide 2010 Kyoto & Osaka, the first Michelin guidebook on restaurants and accommodations in western Japan, during a news conference in Kyoto on Sept. 1. The guidebook on the two western Japanese cities that are popular with tourists will hit the stands on Oct. 16. (Kyodo)

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Pajero SUV with 'clean diesel' engine

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Sept. 2, 2010, it will release on Sept. 16 the new Pajero sport utility vehicle fitted with a 3.2-liter ''clean diesel'' engine capable of clearing Japan's stiffened exhaust gas rule for nitrogen oxides. (Kyodo)

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Entertainer Tashiro confesses stimulant use

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows arrested Japanese entertainer Masashi Tashiro. Tashiro confessed to his use of illegal stimulants after his arrest on Sept. 16, 2010 for possessing cocaine. (Kyodo)

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New national policy minister Gemba

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Gemba, new national policy minister, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2010, the night before he was appointed as national policy chief. Gemba is known as a fiscal conservative advocating the need to discuss raising the nation's consumption tax and review the Democratic Party of Japan's campaign pledges in the 2009 general election. (Kyodo)

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U.N. chief Ban speaks about poverty aid

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during an interview with a group of Japanese reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2010. Ban said it seems feasible to achieve millennium development goals including measures to fight poverty and famine. (Kyodo)

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Matsui hits season's 20th homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui (R) high-fives teammate Alberto Callaspo after hitting his 20th homer of the season during the seventh inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Sept. 16, 2010. The Angels lost 3-2. (Kyodo)

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Matsui plays against Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui watches his single to left against the Cleveland Indians during a game at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Sept. 16, 2010. The Angels lost 3-2. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean musician awarded Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hwang Byung Ki (R), a South Korean composer and player of the kayagum, a traditional Korean musical instrument, receives the grand prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes from Fukuoka Mayor Hiroshi Yoshida (L) in Fukuoka on Sept. 16, 2010, for his contribution to preservation and creation of Asian culture. (Kyodo)

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Matsui hits season's 20th homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels hits his 20th homer of the season in the seventh inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 16, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Radiation rose at Niigata plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 2009 shows the No. 7 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. Radiation at about 2,100 times the normal level was detected in gaseous waste at the reactor on Sept. 16, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Lawmaker Suzuki loses seat in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a seasoned House of Representatives lawmaker, speaks to reporters in Obihiro, Hokkaido on Sept. 16, 2010, after the Supreme Court turned down his complaint over its recent decision to reject his appeal against his conviction on four counts including bribery. Suzuki has lost his seat in parliament following the court decision. (Kyodo)

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PM Kan speaks to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters with a smile at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2010. Kan offered Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's No. 2 post of secretary general. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Game Show opens

MAKUHARI, Japan - A new game device that does not require the use of a controller is demonstrated as the four-day Tokyo Game Show 2010 opens in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 16, 2010, featuring the latest titles and consoles from more than 190 game-related companies worldwide. (Kyodo)

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Audit agency chief Kim tapped as new S. Korean premier

SEOUL, South Korea - The head of the South Korean state audit agency Kim Hwang Sik is seen in Seoul on Sept. 16, 2010. Kim was nominated as the country's new premier by President Lee Myung Bak. (Kyodo)

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Bosworth speaks to reporters in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks to reporters in Beijing after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Sept. 16, 2010. Bosworth said they were convinced of the need to resume diplomatic activity to create conditions for an early resumption of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs. (Kyodo)