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Kobe Suma Sea World opens

Kobe Suma Sea World opens

An orca show is held at Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on the aquarium's opening day on June 1, 2024.

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Kobe Suma Sea World opens

Kobe Suma Sea World opens

An opening ceremony is held at Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on the aquarium's opening day on June 1, 2024.

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Kobe Suma Sea World opens

Kobe Suma Sea World opens

An orca swims in a tank at Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on the aquarium's opening day on June 1, 2024.

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Kobe Suma Sea World opens

Kobe Suma Sea World opens

An orca swims in a tank at Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on the aquarium's opening day on June 1, 2024.

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Renovated aquarium in western Japan

Renovated aquarium in western Japan

Photo taken May 28, 2024, shows a huge fish tank at Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe, western Japan, ahead of the official opening of the renovated aquarium, formerly known as Suma Aqualife Park, on June 1.

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Renovated aquarium in western Japan

Renovated aquarium in western Japan

A killer whale show is held during a preview of Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe, western Japan, on May 30, 2024, ahead of the official opening of the renovated aquarium, formerly known as Suma Aqualife Park, on June 1.

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Renovated aquarium in western Japan

Renovated aquarium in western Japan

Photo taken May 30, 2024, shows a restaurant from which visitors can watch killer whales during a preview at Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe, western Japan. The renovated aquarium, formerly known as Suma Aqualife Park, will open on June 1.

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Renovated aquarium in western Japan

Renovated aquarium in western Japan

A killer whale show is held during a preview of Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe, western Japan, on May 30, 2024, ahead of the official opening of the renovated aquarium, formerly known as Suma Aqualife Park, on June 1.

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Renovated aquarium in western Japan

Renovated aquarium in western Japan

A dolphin show is held for the press at Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe, western Japan, on May 28, 2024, ahead of the official opening of the renovated aquarium, formerly known as Suma Aqualife Park, on June 1.

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO FORUM FOR ASIA-PANEL DISCUSSION (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO FORUM FOR ASIA-PANEL DISCUSSION (CN)

(240329) -- BOAO, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Suma Chakrabarti, former president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, speaks at a panel discussion themed on "Supporting High-Quality Belt and Road Cooperation" during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Mengyao)

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Kobe aquarium holds mapping event from December

Kobe aquarium holds mapping event from December

KOBE, Japan - Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe, western Japan, unveils to media its "Suma Aqua Illuminage" event projecting computer graphics images on the surface of an outdoor pool on Nov. 29, 2014. The event publicly opens from Dec. 1 to March 1, 2015.

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Rainy season ends in central Japan

Rainy season ends in central Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken July 21, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Suma swimming beach in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, where people flocked as the rainy season ended in central to western Japan.

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Urban Animal Album

Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A loggerhead sea turtle named Yu swims with artificially produced fins at Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 12, 2014. The turtle was found in the sea south of Osaka Bay, with part of its fore fins believed to be bitten off by a shark.

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Beach with dolphins

Beach with dolphins

KOBE, Japan - A dolphin jumps at Suma beach in Kobe, western Japan, on July 11, 2013. Two dolphins from a nearby aquarium are being kept at a demarcated part of the beach, which opened for the summer season the same day.

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Beach with dolphins

Beach with dolphins

KOBE, Japan - Two dolphins jump at Suma beach in Kobe, western Japan, on July 11, 2013. The two dolphins from a nearby aquarium are being kept at a demarcated part of the beach, which opened for the summer season the same day.

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Aquarium head becomes sea turtle expert

Aquarium head becomes sea turtle expert

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken May 13, 2013 shows a sea turtle swimming in a large tank at the municipal Suma Aqualife Park aquarium in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Aquarium head becomes sea turtle expert

Aquarium head becomes sea turtle expert

KOBE, Japan - Naoki Kamezaki, head of the municipal Suma Aqualife Park aquarium in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, stands in front of a research facility for turtles within the aquarium on May 13, 2013.

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The 'praying' flippers

The 'praying' flippers

KOBE, Japan - Harbor seal Myu puts her flippers together as instructed by a zookeeper at Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe on Feb. 17, 2011.

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Beach crowded amid spell of hot weather

Beach crowded amid spell of hot weather

KOBE, Japan - People gather at Suma sea bathing beach in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 21 amid a spell of hot weather.

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Rainy season ends in large part of Japan's main island

Rainy season ends in large part of Japan's main island

KOBE, Japan - A family enjoy a day at the beach at Suma in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 18. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the rainy season appears to have ended in much of Japan's main island of Honshu.

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Rainy season ends in large part of Japan's main island

Rainy season ends in large part of Japan's main island

KOBE, Japan - Bathers cool off in the sea at Suma in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 18. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the rainy season appears to have ended in much of Japan's main island of Honshu.

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People crowd Kobe beach

People crowd Kobe beach

KOBE, Japan - People crowd Suma beach in Kobe, western Japan, on July 20, the start of summer holidays. The rainy season also ended the same day in parts of Japan's largest and smallest main islands of Honshu and Shikoku.

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CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-LOTUS-SCENERY (CN)

CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-LOTUS-SCENERY (CN)

(220716) -- JINAN, July 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on July 15, 2022 shows lotus ponds in Suma Village of Baiyunhu subdistrict in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-LOTUS-SCENERY (CN)

CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-LOTUS-SCENERY (CN)

(220716) -- JINAN, July 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit a lotus pond in Suma Village of Baiyunhu subdistrict in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, July 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-LOTUS-SCENERY (CN)

CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-LOTUS-SCENERY (CN)

(220716) -- JINAN, July 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on July 15, 2022 shows a lotus pond in Suma Village of Baiyunhu subdistrict in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-LOTUS-SCENERY (CN)

CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-LOTUS-SCENERY (CN)

(220716) -- JINAN, July 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 15, 2022 shows blooming lotus flowers in Suma Village of Baiyunhu subdistrict in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

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China's intelligent auto industry in eyes of Indian car designer

STORY: China's intelligent auto industry in eyes of Indian car designer DATELINE: May 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Indian car designer Sushanth Sumanth working in China's Zhengzhou 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SUSHANTH SUMANTH, Indian car designer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SUSHANTH SUMANTH, Indian car designer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SUSHANTH SUMANTH, Indian car designer 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): SUSHANTH SUMANTH, Indian car designer STORYLINE: What's China's intelligent auto industry like in the eyes of an Indian car designer? Sushanth Sumanth, who has worked in a Chinese bus manufacturing company in central China's Henan Province for over three years, shares his thoughts and insights. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SUSHANTH SUMANTH, Indian car designer "My name is Sushanth. I'm from India. And in Yutong, I work as an exterior designer." Before coming to China, Sushanth Sumanth was a car designer at Tata Motors in India. In 2019, Suma

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European development bank opens new office in Tokyo

European development bank opens new office in Tokyo

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development President Suma Chakrabarti (L) shakes hands with Toshitaka Ooka, Japan's parliamentary vice finance minister, in Tokyo on March 14, 2016, during an opening ceremony for the EBRD's new representative office. "I do believe we can do a lot more together with our Japanese friends," Chakrabarti said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Universal design project aims to open beach to wheelchair users

Universal design project aims to open beach to wheelchair users

Shinya Furunaka (front) and Shunsuke Kido (R, back) check Suma Beach in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, to see whether the place is accessible for wheelchair users in December 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beach crowded amid spell of hot weather

Beach crowded amid spell of hot weather

KOBE, Japan - People gather at Suma sea bathing beach in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 21 amid a spell of hot weather. (Kyodo)

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Rainy season ends in large part of Japan's main island

Rainy season ends in large part of Japan's main island

KOBE, Japan - A family enjoy a day at the beach at Suma in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 18. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the rainy season appears to have ended in much of Japan's main island of Honshu. (Kyodo)

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Rainy season ends in large part of Japan's main island

Rainy season ends in large part of Japan's main island

KOBE, Japan - Bathers cool off in the sea at Suma in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 18. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the rainy season appears to have ended in much of Japan's main island of Honshu. (Kyodo)

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Suma coast

Suma coast

Eastern view from what is now Sumaura Park. This scenic area is famous as the site of a decisive battle between the Genji and Heike clans in 1184. Since the Sanyo Railway Company's Hyogo-Himeji Line opened in December 1888, this photograph was probably taken between 1890 and 1910. The former Saigoku Kaido Highway (present-day National Route #2) stretches along the other side of the railroad tracks.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐24‐0]

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Railroad running through the city of Kobe

Railroad running through the city of Kobe

The Sanyo railway on the way from Kobe to Suma.==Date:First year of Meiji, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐94‐0]

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Suma-no-Ura

Suma-no-Ura

A photo taken of the beach in Suma from the hills. Houses and a farmer are in the photo.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐77‐0]

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The 'praying' flippers

The 'praying' flippers

KOBE, Japan - Harbor seal Myu puts her flippers together as instructed by a zookeeper at Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe on Feb. 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Dried giant squid on display at Kobe aquarium

Dried giant squid on display at Kobe aquarium

Children look at a rare exhibit of a dried giant squid at Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe on July 31, 2015. It is the first time for an aquarium in Japan to display a giant squid in the form of a dried specimen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People crowd Kobe beach

People crowd Kobe beach

KOBE, Japan - People crowd Suma beach in Kobe, western Japan, on July 20, the start of summer holidays. The rainy season also ended the same day in parts of Japan's largest and smallest main islands of Honshu and Shikoku.

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