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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 28 Kyodo - Video taken Sept. 28, 2024, shows male giant panda Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on the final day for public viewing of the panda and his female mate Shin Shin. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Giant panda in Japan returns to China

A truck carrying male giant panda Ri Ri and his female mate Shin Shin leaves Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens in the small hours of Sept. 29, 2024. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, were returned to China due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan returns to China

People watch a chartered plane carrying male giant panda Ri Ri and his female mate Shin Shin leaving Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2024. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, were returned to China due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan returns to China

People watch a chartered plane carrying male giant panda Ri Ri and his female mate Shin Shin leaving Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2024. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, were returned to China due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2024, shows female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on the final day for public viewing of the panda and her male mate Ri Ri. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns. (Pool photo)

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2024, shows male giant panda Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on the final day for public viewing of the panda and his female mate Shin Shin. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns. (Pool photo)

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

People look at male giant panda Ri Ri (L) and his female mate Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Sept. 28, 2024, the final day for public viewing of the couple. Both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, they will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2024, shows female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on the final day for public viewing of the panda and her male mate Ri Ri. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

People take photos of female giant panda Shin Shin (R) and her male mate Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Sept. 28, 2024, the final day for public viewing of the couple. Both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, they will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

People take photos of female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Sept. 28, 2024, the final day for public viewing of the panda and her male mate Ri Ri. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

Photo taken Sept. 28, 2024, shows male giant panda Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on the final day for public viewing of the panda and his female mate Shin Shin. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

People take photos of female giant panda Shin Shin (R) and her male mate Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Sept. 28, 2024, the final day for public viewing of the couple. Both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, they will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Giant panda in Japan before returning to China

People take photos of female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens on Sept. 28, 2024, the final day for public viewing of the panda and her male mate Ri Ri. The couple, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will be returned to China the following day for treatment due to health concerns.

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Pair of giant pandas in Japan to return to China for treatment

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2024, shows female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. Shin Shin and her male mate Ri Ri, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will return to China on Sept. 29 for treatment for high blood pressure and other health concerns.

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Pair of giant pandas in Japan to return to China for treatment

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2024, shows male giant panda Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. Ri Ri and his female mate Shin Shin, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will return to China on Sept. 29 for treatment for high blood pressure and other health concerns.

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Pair of giant pandas in Japan to return to China for treatment

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2024, shows male giant panda Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. Ri Ri and his female mate Shin Shin, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will return to China on Sept. 29 for treatment for high blood pressure and other health concerns.

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Pair of giant pandas in Japan to return to China for treatment

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2024, shows male giant panda Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. Ri Ri and his female mate Shin Shin, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will return to China on Sept. 29 for treatment for high blood pressure and other health concerns.

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Pair of giant pandas in Japan to return to China for treatment

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2024, shows male giant panda Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. Ri Ri and his female mate Shin Shin, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will return to China on Sept. 29 for treatment for high blood pressure and other health concerns.

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Pair of giant pandas in Japan to return to China for treatment

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2024, shows female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. Shin Shin and her male mate Ri Ri, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will return to China on Sept. 29 for treatment for high blood pressure and other health concerns.

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Pair of giant pandas in Japan to return to China for treatment

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2024, shows male giant panda Ri Ri at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. Ri Ri and his female mate Shin Shin, both aged 19 and on loan to Japan since 2011, will return to China on Sept. 29 for treatment for high blood pressure and other health concerns.

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-NANNING-ASEAN-EXPO-EVOLUTION(CN)

(230918) -- NANNING, Sept. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows an exhibitor displaying a laptop at the 8th China-ASEAN Expo (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Zhou Hua on Oct. 25, 2011) and visitors looking at a tablet at the 20th China-ASEAN Expo (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Lu Boan on Sept. 18, 2023) in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The 20th China-ASEAN Expo is held in Nanning from September 16-19, with nearly 2,000 enterprises attending. Since the first China-ASEAN Expo was held in 2004, the event has actively built a platform for ASEAN enterprises to enter the Chinese market. (Xinhua)

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Wooden Sumita town hall in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo shows the inside of Iwate Prefecture's new Sumita town office made of locally produced wood on Sept. 19, 2014. The old building was damaged by the 2011 earthquake.

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Tragedy of 10-meter-tall breakwater put in sharp focus

SENDAI, Japan - A photograph of the 10-meter-tall coastal breakwater (L) in the Taro district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, taken on July 19, 2009, indicates the structure was not high enough prior to the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster as the other picture taken on Sept. 1, 2014, shows most of the nearby houses gone. Part of the breakwater will be kept to show what remained just after the devastating tsunami hit.

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Coastal breakwater rebuilding in progress in north Japan

SENDAI, Japan - The severed coastal breakwater (L) in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 19, 2011, eight days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region. Rebuilding of the breakwater in the same area (R) is in progress on Sept. 3, 2014.

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2011 disaster: sporting goods store then and now

SENDAI, Japan - Shoes and clothes from "Ken Sports," a sporting goods store in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are distributed to survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami free of charge, as shown in the photo (top) taken on March 19, 2011. Storekeeper Kensuke Sasaki and his wife Reiko stand in the store as shown in the photo (bottom) taken on Sept. 5, 2014.

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Abe visits Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to workers at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 19, 2013. Abe urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Harvest moon over "miracle pine"

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 19, 2013, shows a harvest moon above the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, hit by the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake. The tree, which initially withstood the tsunami and later died, was reassembled for a monument after being dissected for anti-decay treatment.

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Abe visits Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) speaks to reporters at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 19, 2013. Abe urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Abe visits Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) sees off workers going to check tanks containing radioactive wastewater at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 19, 2013. Abe urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2013 shows (from L bottom) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 and 6 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the plant on Sept. 19 and urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. The utility is moving ahead with decommissioning of the Nos. 1 to 4 units.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2013 shows (from L bottom) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 and 6 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the plant on Sept. 19 and urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. The utility is moving ahead with decommissioning of the Nos. 1 to 4 units.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 18, 2013, shows the Nos. 5 (back) and 6 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the plant on Sept. 19 and urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis.

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Abe visits Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), wearing a protective suit, inspects the area near a storage tank from which radioactive water was found to have leaked at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 19, 2013. Abe urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Abe visits Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from R) inspects the area near a storage tank from which radioactive water was found to have leaked at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 19, 2013. Abe urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R) with a breakwater under construction.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the downtown area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (top), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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New nuclear regulatory body

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows radiation physics expert Shunichi Tanaka in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2012. The Japanese government said the same day it will launch a new nuclear safety body on Sept. 19 and appoint Tanaka as its head, deciding it cannot allow a further delay in revamping Japan's regulatory setup following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in 2011.

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Australian swimmer Palfrey

HAKODATE, Japan - Australian swimmer Penny Palfrey (L) and her husband Chris pose for photos in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Sept. 19, 2011, a day before their challenge to swim across the Tsugaru Strait between Japan's largest main island Honshu and northernmost main island Hokkaido. Palfrey, who is trying to achieve solo-swimming across the seven major channels in the world, conquered the Japanese channel, her sixth, on the following day, leaving only one more to go to accomplish the feat called the ''Ocean's Seven.'' Chris Palfrey attempted to cross the Tsugaru Strait via a different route but failed to complete the swim.

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Internet cafe in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - A man looks at the website of the Democratic Voice of Burma, managed by exiled Myanmar activists, at an Internet cafe in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 19, 2011. The government of Myanmar has eased Internet regulations, allowing users to visit previously banned sites such as those of the DVB, CNN and YouTube.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki rounds first base after hitting a run-scoring double down the left-field line in the third inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-6 victory for the Mariners. The game was shortened to seven innings by rain.

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Japanese antinuclear citizens groups on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, United States - Sachiko Sato (R), a member of the Fukushima Network for Saving Children from Radiation, speaks at a briefing session on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 19, 2011. Members of Japanese antinuclear citizens groups including the network staged a rally there the same day, urging U.S. citizens to learn lessons from the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a run-scoring double down the left-field line in the third inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-6 victory for the Mariners. The game was shortened to seven innings by rain.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki singles to right in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-6 victory for the Mariners. The game was shortened to seven innings by rain.

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Japan business delegation in India

NEW DELHI, India - Tadashi Okamura (R), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, shakes hands with Amitabh Kant, chief executive officer of DMIC Development Corp., in New Delhi on Sept. 19, 2011. A Japanese business delegation led by Okamura met with top executives of DMIC Development the same day and expressed interest in participating in an Indian government project to build an industrial zone extending from New Delhi to Mumbai.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swim in waters near the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011. They completed a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, to the town to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Baruto defeats Kisenosato

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto (L) beats sekiwake Kisenosato with an overarm throw at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2011, on the ninth day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Hosono at IAEA confab

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, Japan's minister in charge of the nuclear accident, delivers a speech at an International Atomic Energy Agency conference in Vienna on Sept. 19, 2011. Hosono said at the annual conference of the international nuclear watchdog that Japan aims to bring the crisis-hit Fukushima plant to a ''cold shutdown'' by year-end, moving up the deadline from mid-January 2012.

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Antinuclear power protest in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People attend an antinuclear power protest rally held at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2011. The rally was the largest in the country since the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March earthquake and tsunami.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swimmers (in blue swimming caps), including Kazuya Suzuki (1st man wearing swimming cap) is welcomed by local people at a beach in the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011, after completing a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture. The relay was conducted to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Novelist Oe speaks at antinuclear power event

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning writer Kenzaburo Oe delivers a speech at an antinuclear power plant protest gathering at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2011.