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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Xuanren (L), who is a sophomore in a college, and his brother Meng Xuantai, who works in a car repair plant after graduating from a vocational school, posing for a photo near a tunnel linking to their primary school on Jan. 20, 2023 (above) and the brothers (2nd L and 1st L) on their way to school on Sept. 3, 2012 (below) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Ligu, who is a senior high school student, posing for a photo at her classroom in the county seat on May 20, 2023 (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Hu Xingyu) and 7-year-old Meng Ligu on her way to school Sept. 3, 2012 (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Huang Xiaobang) in Nonglei Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua)

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Mudslide derails commuter train in Kanagawa Pref.

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken at 1:20 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2012, shows workers around a commuter train which ran into a pile of mud that covered the tracks after a landslide in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, at around midnight on Sept. 24, with some front cars of the rapid service train from Tokyo left derailed.

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Ig Nobel prize

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Japanese researchers Kazutaka Kurihara (C) and Koji Tsukada (R) speak during an award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 20, 2012. They won the spoof Ig Nobel acoustic prize for developing the SpeechJammer, a device that confuses and stifles a person speaking by sending the speaker a delayed recording of their own voice.

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Ig Nobel prize

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Japanese researchers Koji Tsukada (L) and Kazutaka Kurihara (C) receive the spoof Ig Nobel acoustic prize for developing the SpeechJammer, a device that confuses and stifles a person speaking by sending the speaker a delayed recording of their own voice, during an award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 20, 2012.

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Suu Kyi in Washington DC

WASHINGTON, United States - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) gives an address at American University in Washington D.C. on Sept. 20, 2012.

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Nagatomo injury-time equalizer salvages draw for Inter

MILAN, Italy - Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo (R) of Inter Milan shoots an injury-time equalizer during a Europa League Group H game against Rubin Kazan at the San Siro stadium in Milan on Sept. 20, 2012. The last-gasp volley in the 84th minute salvaged a 2-2 home draw for Inter Milan.

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Nagatomo injury-time equalizer salvages draw for Inter

MILAN, Italy - Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo (L) of Inter Milan shoots an injury-time equalizer during a Europa League Group H game against Rubin Kazan at the San Siro stadium in Milan on Sept. 20, 2012. The last-gasp volley in the 84th minute salvaged a 2-2 home draw for Inter Milan.

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Suu Kyi in Washington DC

WASHINGTON, United States - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) gives an address at American University in Washington D.C. on Sept. 20, 2012.

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Fujii, Kakiiwa to break up as doubles pair

TOKYO, Japan - London Olympic silver medalists Mizuki Fujii (L) and Reika Kakiiwa hold a press conference at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2012, after their defeat in the second round of the women's doubles at the Yonex Japan Open. They said at the press conference they will break up their partnership at the end of 2012.

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Ancient Egypt tomb

CAIRO, Egypt - The Serapeum, an ancient stone tomb of an Apis bull, is unveiled in Saqqara, Egypt, on Sept. 20, 2012.

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Ancient Egypt sarcophagus

CAIRO, Egypt - Photo shows inside the Serapeum, an ancient granite sarcophagus of an Apis bull, unveiled in Saqqara, Egypt, on Sept. 20, 2012.

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Tokyo Game Show

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Game Show 2012 kicks off at the Makuhari Messe convention center in the city of Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 20, 2012. The four-day video game software and hardware expo is one of the world's top gaming industry events.

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Demonstration in India

NEW DELHI, India - Protesters demonstrate in New Delhi on Sept. 20, 2012, against the government's relaxing of foreign direct investment in India and rising fuel prices.

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Maeda promotes Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Atsuko Maeda, a former member of the all-girl pop group AKB48, speaks on Sept. 20, 2012, during a press conference in Tokyo where lineups for the Tokyo International Film Festival were introduced, after being appointed as TIFF ambassador to promote the film festival, which is to be held Oct. 20 to 28.

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Maeda promotes Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Atsuko Maeda, a former member of the all-girl pop group AKB48, takes the stage Sept. 20, 2012, during a press conference in Tokyo where lineups for the Tokyo International Film Festival were introduced, after being appointed as TIFF ambassador to promote the film festival, which is to be held Oct. 20 to 28.

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Maeda promotes Tokyo film festival

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Atsuko Maeda, a former member of the all-girl pop group AKB48, waves on Sept. 20, 2012, during a press conference in Tokyo where lineups for the Tokyo International Film Festival were introduced, after being appointed as TIFF ambassador to promote the film festival, which is to be held Oct. 20 to 28.

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Miura named to provisional Futsal World Cup squad

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kazuyoshi Miura, who plays for J-League second division side Yokohama FC, gives a press conference in Yokohama on Sept. 20, 2012. The former Japan striker was named the same day for a provisional national squad of 16 for the Futsal World Cup.

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Sony's new Walkman series

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Kana Nishino holds Sony Corp.'s "F" series Walkman in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2012. Nishino met the press to announce the sale of the "F" series Walkman featuring high-quality sound in Japan on Oct. 20.

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Baby wallaby at Yokohama zoo

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A baby swamp wallaby is shown to public at the Kanazawa Zoo in Yokohama on Sept. 20, 2012. The male baby "Pyonkichi" is raised by the zoo staff in a cloth sack as he was found to have fallen twice from his mother's pouch.

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Emperor, empress visit Saitama museum

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko visit Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore in the city of Saitama on Sept. 20, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Kansai Electric to incur record April-Sept. net loss

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks during a press conference at the utility's head office in Osaka on Sept. 20, 2012. Yagi announced the utility may incur a record group net loss of 125 billion yen for the April-September half year as most of its nuclear reactors remained idle.

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Protest in Hiroshima against new U.S. nuke test

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People stage a sit-in protest in front of the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Sept. 20, 2012. They were protesting against a U.S. experiment from April to June using plutonium to examine the capabilities of nuclear weapons.

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Tokyo Game Show

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co.'s Wii U video game console is displayed as the Tokyo Game Show 2012 kicked off in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 20, 2012. The four-day video game software and hardware expo is one of the world's top gaming industry events.

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Miura named to provisional Futsal World Cup squad

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kazuyoshi Miura, who plays for J-League second division side Yokohama FC, trains in Yokohama on Sept. 20, 2012. The former Japan striker was named the same day for a provisional national squad of 16 for the Futsal World Cup.

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Tokyo Game Show

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Game Show 2012 kicks off in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 20, 2012. The four-day video game software and hardware expo is one of the world's top gaming industry events.

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Japanese school resumes in China

BEIJING, China - Students arrive at a Japanese school in Beijing on Sept. 20, 2012, as classes resumed the same day after anti-Japan demonstrations subsided.

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Tokyo Game Show

TOKYO, Japan - Konami Digital Entertainment Co. displays the first smart phone title of its action game "Metal Gear Solid" series as the Tokyo Game Show 2012 kicked off in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 20, 2012. The four-day video game software and hardware expo is one of the world's top gaming industry events. Developers unveiled an increased number of titles for smart phones, at a time when sales of console games are slowing.

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Suu Kyi in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Myanmar prodemocracy leader and icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks in Washington on Sept. 20, 2012, after receiving the highest civilian honor awarded by the U.S. Congress.

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Green Expo in Shanghai canceled

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows what was to be the site of the Japan-China Green Expo 2012 in Shanghai on Sept. 19, 2012. The three-day trade fair that had been planned to start Sept. 20 was cancelled on Sept. 19 because of anti-Japan demonstrations in China.

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JAL goes public again

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a signboard in Tokyo showing Japan Airlines Co. fetching 3,810 yen at the opening on Sept. 19, 2012, up 20 yen from the firm's offering price. The shares were relisted the same day on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as the firm marked a turnaround from its 2010 bankruptcy.

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Suzuki's cumulative minivehicle sales top 20 mil. units

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the first model of the Alto minicar, released in 1979 by Suzuki Motor Corp. The company said Sept. 13, 2012, its cumulative domestic sales of minivehicles with engines of up to 660 cc had topped 20 million units the previous day, becoming the first carmaker to pass the threshold.

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Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:20 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (bottom) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The two objects at top are the lid to the containment vessel. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Man arrested for forcing schoolgirl into bag

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Taxi driver Hisayuki Hoshiyama opens the trunk of his taxi, where a 12-year-old elementary schoolgirl in a large traveling bag was found, in the city of Hiroshima on Sept. 5, 2012. Tomohiro Kodama, a 20-year-old university sophomore in Tokyo, hailed Hoshiyama's taxi and put the bag in the trunk the previous day, but was arrested after the driver heard the girl's voice coming from the bag and asked a passerby to call the police while stopping at a red light. The girl, who had been forced into the bag after being threatened by Kodama with a knife, sustained no injuries.

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Man arrested for forcing schoolgirl into bag

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Police unveil to reporters at Hiroshima Central Police Station in the city of Hiroshima on Sept. 5, 2012, a large traveling bag that a 12-year-old elementary schoolgirl was forced into by a 20-year-old man after being threatened with a knife the previous day. Tomohiro Kodama, a university sophomore in Tokyo, hailed a taxi and put the bag in the trunk, but was arrested after the taxi driver heard the girl's voice coming from the bag and asked a passerby to call the police while stopping at a red light. The girl sustained no injuries.

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Japan eyes relaxing controls on beef imports

TOKYO, Japan - A meeting of the Food Safety Commission of Japan's expert panel is held in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2012. Japan intends to relax controls, probably early in 2013, after the expert panel reached an agreement in principle to raise the age limit of cattle to 30 months from the present 20 months for the easing plan, government sources said.

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Young Nadeshiko thrashed by Germany in semis

TOKYO, Japan - Melanie Leupolz (C) scores Germany's first goal past Japan goalkeeper Sakiko Ikeda (bottom) during the first half of the Under-20 Women's World Cup soccer tournament semifinals at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2012. Germany won 3-0 and advanced to the final against the United States.

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U.S. beat Nigeria in U-20 Women's World Cup semis

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. players respond to cheers after beating Nigeria 2-0 in the Under-20 Women's World Cup soccer tournament semifinals at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2012. The United States advanced to the final against Germany.

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Young Nadeshiko thrashed by Germany in semis

TOKYO, Japan - Lena Lotzen (R) heads home from a corner Germany's third goal during the first half of the Under-20 Women's World Cup soccer tournament semifinals at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2012. Germany won 3-0 and advanced to the final against the United States.

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U.S. beat Nigeria in U-20 Women's World Cup semis

TOKYO, Japan - Morgan Brian (C) celebrates after scoring the United States' first goal during the first half of the Under-20 Women's World Cup soccer tournament semifinals against Nigeria at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2012. The United States beat Nigeria 2-0 and advanced to the final.

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U.S. beat Nigeria in U-20 Women's World Cup semis

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. players celebrate after beating Nigeria 2-0 in the Under-20 Women's World Cup soccer tournament semifinals at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2012. The United States advanced to the final against Germany.

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Mt. Fuji draws 246,616 climbers

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows climbers on Mt. Fuji in July 2012. A municipal government in Yamanashi said on Sept. 1, 2012, that the mountain drew 246,616 climbers during July and August, up about 20,000 from the previous year due mainly to fine weather.

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Shiseido to sell 1 million yen skin cream

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a special version of La Creme, an ultrarich skin cream in a crystal container to be sold by Shiseido Co. for 1.05 million yen ($13,200) apiece to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the launch of its top-end cosmetics line, Cle de peau BEAUTE. The Japanese cosmetics producer will accept reservations for only three units of the luxury cream between Aug. 30 and Sept. 20, 2012.

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Princess Diana's dresses

LONDON, Britain - Dresses worn by Princess Diana are on display at Kensington Palace in London on March 20, 2012. Five dresses including three never before put on public display in Britain -- the black long dress (front) is among them -- will be shown to the public from March 26 through Sept. 2 as the palace reopens to public after restoration.

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Nissan's Ghosn in China

ZHENGZHOU, China - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press conference in Zhengzhou in China's Henan Province on Sept. 20, 2010. Ghosn said the Japanese automaker will double its annual production capacity in China to 1.2 million units by 2012.

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Nissan's Ghosn in China

ZHENGZHOU, China - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn addresses a ceremony for the completion of a new factory in Zhengzhou in China's Henan Province on Sept. 20, 2010. Ghosn said the Japanese automaker will double its annual production capacity in China to 1.2 million units by 2012.

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Nissan's Ghosn in China

ZHENGZHOU, China - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press conference in Zhengzhou in China's Henan Province on Sept. 20, 2010. Ghosn said the Japanese automaker will double its annual production capacity in China to 1.2 million units by 2012. (Kyodo)

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Princess Diana's dresses

LONDON, Britain - Dresses worn by Princess Diana are on display at Kensington Palace in London on March 20, 2012. Five dresses including three never before put on public display in Britain -- the black long dress (front) is among them -- will be shown to the public from March 26 through Sept. 2 as the palace reopens to public after restoration. (Kyodo)