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[Breaking News]Hokkaido zoo animals cool off with ice

ASAHIKAWA, Japan, July 25 Kyodo - A polar bear is given ice as a summer gift at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2026. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido zoo animals cool off with ice

A polar bear is given ice as a summer gift at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2026.

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Hokkaido zoo animals cool off with ice

A polar bear is given ice as a summer gift at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2026.

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Hokkaido zoo animals cool off with ice

A polar bear is given ice as a summer gift at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2026.

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Hokkaido zoo animals cool off with ice

Penguins are given ice as a summer gift at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2026.

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Hokkaido zoo animals cool off with ice

A lesser panda is given ice as a summer gift at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2026.

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Hokkaido zoo animals cool off with ice

A lesser panda is given ice as a summer gift at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2026.

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CHINA-BEIJING-U.S. SINGER-CHINESE SONGS (CN)

(240120) -- BEIJING, Jan. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Carly Beth (L) performs on an electric piano, a gift from her Chinese fans, and sings her own songs at a pavilion near the Duanqiao Bridge, or the Broken Bridge, at the West Lake in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 15, 2024. In 2017, Carly Beth was a college student learning music. A chance encounter with a Chinese pop song ignited her interest in Chinese music. With guidance from a friend, she started learning Chinese and singing Chinese songs. In 2019, Beth began covering and sharing Chinese songs on short video platforms. Chinese music producer Wang Ruixing noticed her work and they started to collaborate on creating Chinese songs. During her first visit to China in the summer of 2019 with her mother, Beth deepened her understanding of Chinese history and culture, strengthening her commitment to singing Chinese songs. Upon returning to the United States, she continued covering more Chinese songs, gradually building her fan base. Since Be

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CHINA-BEIJING-U.S. SINGER-CHINESE SONGS (CN)

(240120) -- BEIJING, Jan. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Carly Beth(C) performs on an electric piano, a gift from her Chinese fans, and sings her own songs at a pavilion near the Duanqiao Bridge, or the Broken Bridge, at the West Lake in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 15, 2024. In 2017, Carly Beth was a college student learning music. A chance encounter with a Chinese pop song ignited her interest in Chinese music. With guidance from a friend, she started learning Chinese and singing Chinese songs. In 2019, Beth began covering and sharing Chinese songs on short video platforms. Chinese music producer Wang Ruixing noticed her work and they started to collaborate on creating Chinese songs. During her first visit to China in the summer of 2019 with her mother, Beth deepened her understanding of Chinese history and culture, strengthening her commitment to singing Chinese songs. Upon returning to the United States, she continued covering more Chinese songs, gradually building her fan base. Since Bet

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Dept. store opens summer gift section for young people

TOKYO, Japan - Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. opens a summer gift section for young people at its flagship Isetan department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on July 30, 2014.

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Polar bear gets annual summer gift

OSAKA, Japan - Gogo holds a chunk of ice containing apples, an annual midsummer present for the 9-year-old male polar bear from Russia from his keepers at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2014.

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Polar bear gets annual summer gift

OSAKA, Japan - Gogo bites into a chunk of ice containing apples, an annual midsummer present for the 9-year-old male polar bear from Russia from his keepers at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2014.

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Staff fired up for summer gift-giving time

TOKYO, Japan - Staff at Sogo and Seibu Co. department store in Tokyo fire themselves up on May 20, 2014 to spearhead the summer gift-giving season, the first such season since the consumer taxes were raised on April 1.

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Summer gift season

OSAKA, Japan - An employee speaks to a customer on items for "chugen" summer gifts at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka on May 15, 2013, the day the department store began accepting orders for the gifts.

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Summer gift season

OSAKA, Japan - Employees, some clad in summer cotton kimono called "yukata," raise their fists in a ceremony marking the commencement of orders for "chugen" summer gifts at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka on May 15, 2013.

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Cat given as gift by Russian leader Putin

AKITA, Japan - Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake strokes a Siberian cat given as a gift by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the prefectural office building in Akita on Feb. 5, 2013. The cat was sent in return for an Akita dog given by the prefecture in the summer of 2012 to express appreciation for Russia's support in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Cat given as gift by Russian leader Putin

AKITA, Japan - Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake holds a Siberian cat given as a gift by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the prefectural office building in Akita on Feb. 5, 2013. The cat was sent in return for an Akita dog given by the prefecture in the summer of 2012 to express appreciation for Russia's support in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Flowers in ice

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows artificial flowers in columns of ice sold for gift purposes or display at summer events, in Fukuoka on July 11, 2011.

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Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshio Sasaki (C), manager of a Mitsukoshi department store in Nagoya, costumed as a samurai raises his fist with employees at a ceremony marking the start of the sales campaign for ''chugen'' summer gifts on May 26, 2010. The store in the city's Sakae district is aiming for good sales of chugen gifts, usually luxury foods and beverages, which people give to the elderly or those who have offered help.

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Summer gift-giving

OSAKA, Japan - Shopkeepers, some clad in summer cotton kimono called ''yukata,'' raise their fists in a ceremony marking the start of accepting orders for ''chugen'' summer gifts in western Japan at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka on May 19, 2010. Luxury foods and beverages are some of the popular items people give in a Japanese custom of sending gifts to elders and people who have offered help.

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Summer gift season

TOKYO, Japan - Shopkeepers, some clad in summer cotton kimono called ''yukata,'' raise their fists in a ceremony to kick off a campaign to sell ''chugen'' summer gifts at the Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on May 11, 2010. Luxury foods and beverages are among popular items given under Japan's chugen custom of sending gifts to elders and people who have offered help.

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Summer gift season

TOKYO, Japan - Shopkeepers, some clad in summer cotton kimono called ''yukata,'' raise their fists in a ceremony to kick off a campaign to sell ''chugen'' summer gifts at the Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on May 11, 2010. Luxury foods and beverages are among popular items given under Japan's chugen custom of sending gifts to elders and people who have offered help.

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Polar bear given 'cool' present as midsummer gift

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - With the mercury rising in early summer, a polar bear at Hirakawa Zoo in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima enjoys a block of ice on July 20 given by local ice cream makers as a traditional midsummer gift in Japan.

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Summer gift sales begin at Osaka department stores

OSAKA, Japan - Department store staff raise their fists in high spirits on May 13 as major department stores in Osaka began annual summer gift sales the same day.

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Sales campaign for mid-summer gifts under way in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Sales assistants dressed in kimono greet customers with shopping catalogs at a department store in Osaka as major department stores in the city kick off their mid-summer gift sales campaign. Early gift shoppers get as much as 15 percent discount in select mid-summer gifts, according to Hankyu Department Store, one of two stores in Osaka that launched the campaign on May 16.

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Hula dancers draw customers at department store

Amid weak consumer spending, a Tokyo department store employs a team of hula dancers to attract customers and buoy spending at its ''chugen'' summer-gift section on June 27.

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Summer gift sales begin at Osaka department stores

OSAKA, Japan - Department store staff raise their fists in high spirits on May 13 as major department stores in Osaka began annual summer gift sales the same day. (Kyodo)

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Group seeks to keep alive legend of 'blue-eyed dolls' as symbol of peace

Japanese artist Ayako Kishimoto (L) shows on March 31, 2015, in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, her painting of the first and second generations of Japanese friendship dolls, which were sent from the prefecture to the United States to reciprocate the gift of "American blue-eyed dolls" from a U.S. missionary in 1927 as a symbol of goodwill and peace. The painting will be presented to the public library of Gulfport in Mississippi in the summer. On the right is Yasuko Tanaka, representative of a committee in Matsuyama promoting the exchange of dolls between Japan and the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Summer gift-giving season in western Japan

Staff at a Kintetsu department store in Osaka raise their voices on May 18, 2016, as the day marks the start in the Kansai western Japan region of taking orders for "chugen" summer gifts, with some of them wearing warrior outfits signifying a battle against rival department stores. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan having upbeat gift-giving season on stock gains

Staff at a Takashimaya department store in Osaka raise their voices on May 13, 2015, at the start of taking orders for "chugen" summer gifts in western Japan. Some gift packages cost 20,000 yen each as the Nikkei Stock Average a month earlier rose above the 20,000 mark for the first time in 15 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan having upbeat gift-giving season on stock gains

A sales clerk (R) serves a customer at a Takashimaya department store in Osaka on May 13, 2015, at the start of taking orders for "chugen" summer gifts in western Japan. Some gift packages cost 20,000 yen each as the Nikkei Stock Average a month earlier rose above the 20,000 mark for the first time in 15 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polar bear given 'cool' present as midsummer gift

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - With the mercury rising in early summer, a polar bear at Hirakawa Zoo in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima enjoys a block of ice on July 20 given by local ice cream makers as a traditional midsummer gift in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Sales campaign for mid-summer gifts under way in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Sales assistants dressed in kimono greet customers with shopping catalogs at a department store in Osaka as major department stores in the city kick off their mid-summer gift sales campaign. Early gift shoppers get as much as 15 percent discount in select mid-summer gifts, according to Hankyu Department Store, one of two stores in Osaka that launched the campaign on May 16. (Kyodo)

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Samurai spirit in summer gift sales campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshio Sasaki (C), manager of a Mitsukoshi department store in Nagoya, costumed as a samurai raises his fist with employees at a ceremony marking the start of the sales campaign for ''chugen'' summer gifts on May 26, 2010. The store in the city's Sakae district is aiming for good sales of chugen gifts, usually luxury foods and beverages, which people give to the elderly or those who have offered help. (Kyodo)

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Flowers in ice

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows artificial flowers in columns of ice sold for gift purposes or display at summer events, in Fukuoka on July 11, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Summer gift-giving

OSAKA, Japan - Shopkeepers, some clad in summer cotton kimono called ''yukata,'' raise their fists in a ceremony marking the start of accepting orders for ''chugen'' summer gifts in western Japan at the Takashimaya department store in Osaka on May 19, 2010. Luxury foods and beverages are some of the popular items people give in a Japanese custom of sending gifts to elders and people who have offered help. (Kyodo)

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Summer gift season

TOKYO, Japan - Shopkeepers, some clad in summer cotton kimono called ''yukata,'' raise their fists in a ceremony to kick off a campaign to sell ''chugen'' summer gifts at the Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on May 11, 2010. Luxury foods and beverages are among popular items given under Japan's chugen custom of sending gifts to elders and people who have offered help. (Kyodo)

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Summer gift season

TOKYO, Japan - Shopkeepers, some clad in summer cotton kimono called ''yukata,'' raise their fists in a ceremony to kick off a campaign to sell ''chugen'' summer gifts at the Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on May 11, 2010. Luxury foods and beverages are among popular items given under Japan's chugen custom of sending gifts to elders and people who have offered help. (Kyodo)

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Dept. store opens summer gift section for young people

TOKYO, Japan - Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. opens a summer gift section for young people at its flagship Isetan department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on July 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Polar bear gets annual summer gift

OSAKA, Japan - Gogo bites into a chunk of ice containing apples, an annual midsummer present for the 9-year-old male polar bear from Russia from his keepers at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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