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Twin actors starred in NHK drama series

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Japanese twin actors Mana Mikura (L) and Kana Mikura, both playing starring roles in public broadcaster NHK's television drama series "Futarikko," visit the ACROS Fukuoka multi-purpose hall in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on March 8, 1997, for the recording of a TV commercial related to the Asian Development Bank.(Kyodo)

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US: Bear Fire Spreads Rapidly In Tahoe National Forest 4

Bear Fire started in the Tahoe National Forest on Labor Day, September 2, prompting evacuation orders. The fire spread rapidly and has grown to 3,000 acres as of Wednesday afternoon.

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US: Bear Fire Spreads Rapidly In Tahoe National Forest 3

Bear Fire started in the Tahoe National Forest on Labor Day, September 2, prompting evacuation orders. The fire spread rapidly and has grown to 3,000 acres as of Wednesday afternoon.

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"Laowai" in China | Uruguayan businessman embraces life and work in Yangtze River city

(240720) -- WUHU, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel Martin views the scenery in the ancient city of Wuhu in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, June 20, 2024. Gabriel Martin is a 40-year-old businessman from Uruguay. Now he has settled in Wuhu City of east China's Anhui Province, running a steakhouse near the Qingyi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Martin was deeply impressed by China while watching the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on TV when he was 24 and later granted an opportunity to continue his study in east China's Shanghai in 2012. During his stay in Shanghai, he realized that China's huge market and Uruguay's large production of high-quality beef could be a great match. Therefore, Martin embarked on the beef trade between China and Uruguay and met his wife Zhang Jin. In 2017, they settled in Zhang's hometown of Wuhu City. While continuing import business of beef, Martin opened a steakhouse with his wife in the ancient city of Wuhu, a commercial block featured by tradi

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"Laowai" in China | Uruguayan businessman embraces life and work in Yangtze River city

(240720) -- WUHU, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel Martin makes preparations for a beer festival in the ancient city of Wuhu in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, July 19, 2024. Gabriel Martin is a 40-year-old businessman from Uruguay. Now he has settled in Wuhu City of east China's Anhui Province, running a steakhouse near the Qingyi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Martin was deeply impressed by China while watching the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on TV when he was 24 and later granted an opportunity to continue his study in east China's Shanghai in 2012. During his stay in Shanghai, he realized that China's huge market and Uruguay's large production of high-quality beef could be a great match. Therefore, Martin embarked on the beef trade between China and Uruguay and met his wife Zhang Jin. In 2017, they settled in Zhang's hometown of Wuhu City. While continuing import business of beef, Martin opened a steakhouse with his wife in the ancient city of Wuhu, a commercial bl

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"Laowai" in China | Uruguayan businessman embraces life and work in Yangtze River city

(240720) -- WUHU, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel Martin seasons the steak at LOKO steakhouse in the ancient city of Wuhu in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, June 20, 2024. Gabriel Martin is a 40-year-old businessman from Uruguay. Now he has settled in Wuhu City of east China's Anhui Province, running a steakhouse near the Qingyi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Martin was deeply impressed by China while watching the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on TV when he was 24 and later granted an opportunity to continue his study in east China's Shanghai in 2012. During his stay in Shanghai, he realized that China's huge market and Uruguay's large production of high-quality beef could be a great match. Therefore, Martin embarked on the beef trade between China and Uruguay and met his wife Zhang Jin. In 2017, they settled in Zhang's hometown of Wuhu City. While continuing import business of beef, Martin opened a steakhouse with his wife in the ancient city of Wuhu, a commercial bloc

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"Laowai" in China | Uruguayan businessman embraces life and work in Yangtze River city

(240720) -- WUHU, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel Martin walks his dog along the Yangtze River in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, July 20, 2024. Gabriel Martin is a 40-year-old businessman from Uruguay. Now he has settled in Wuhu City of east China's Anhui Province, running a steakhouse near the Qingyi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Martin was deeply impressed by China while watching the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on TV when he was 24 and later granted an opportunity to continue his study in east China's Shanghai in 2012. During his stay in Shanghai, he realized that China's huge market and Uruguay's large production of high-quality beef could be a great match. Therefore, Martin embarked on the beef trade between China and Uruguay and met his wife Zhang Jin. In 2017, they settled in Zhang's hometown of Wuhu City. While continuing import business of beef, Martin opened a steakhouse with his wife in the ancient city of Wuhu, a commercial block featured by traditional a

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"Laowai" in China | Uruguayan businessman embraces life and work in Yangtze River city

(240720) -- WUHU, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel Martin (L) and his wife Zhang Jin visit a store in the ancient city of Wuhu in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, July 19, 2024. Gabriel Martin is a 40-year-old businessman from Uruguay. Now he has settled in Wuhu City of east China's Anhui Province, running a steakhouse near the Qingyi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Martin was deeply impressed by China while watching the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on TV when he was 24 and later granted an opportunity to continue his study in east China's Shanghai in 2012. During his stay in Shanghai, he realized that China's huge market and Uruguay's large production of high-quality beef could be a great match. Therefore, Martin embarked on the beef trade between China and Uruguay and met his wife Zhang Jin. In 2017, they settled in Zhang's hometown of Wuhu City. While continuing import business of beef, Martin opened a steakhouse with his wife in the ancient city of Wuhu, a commercial

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"Laowai" in China | Uruguayan businessman embraces life and work in Yangtze River city

(240720) -- WUHU, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel Martin interacts with his pet bird in the ancient city of Wuhu in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, July 19, 2024. Gabriel Martin is a 40-year-old businessman from Uruguay. Now he has settled in Wuhu City of east China's Anhui Province, running a steakhouse near the Qingyi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Martin was deeply impressed by China while watching the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on TV when he was 24 and later granted an opportunity to continue his study in east China's Shanghai in 2012. During his stay in Shanghai, he realized that China's huge market and Uruguay's large production of high-quality beef could be a great match. Therefore, Martin embarked on the beef trade between China and Uruguay and met his wife Zhang Jin. In 2017, they settled in Zhang's hometown of Wuhu City. While continuing import business of beef, Martin opened a steakhouse with his wife in the ancient city of Wuhu, a commercial block feature

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"Laowai" in China | Uruguayan businessman embraces life and work in Yangtze River city

(240720) -- WUHU, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Gabriel Martin cooks steaks during a beer festival in the ancient city of Wuhu in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, July 19, 2024. Gabriel Martin is a 40-year-old businessman from Uruguay. Now he has settled in Wuhu City of east China's Anhui Province, running a steakhouse near the Qingyi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Martin was deeply impressed by China while watching the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on TV when he was 24 and later granted an opportunity to continue his study in east China's Shanghai in 2012. During his stay in Shanghai, he realized that China's huge market and Uruguay's large production of high-quality beef could be a great match. Therefore, Martin embarked on the beef trade between China and Uruguay and met his wife Zhang Jin. In 2017, they settled in Zhang's hometown of Wuhu City. While continuing import business of beef, Martin opened a steakhouse with his wife in the ancient city of Wuhu, a commercial block

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Yemen's Houthis claim fresh attacks against 2 commercial vessels in Red Sea

STORY: Yemen's Houthis claim fresh attacks against 2 commercial vessels in Red Sea SHOOTING TIME: June 8, 2024 DATELINE: June 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:25 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a Houthi spokesman making a video statement in Sanaa STORYLINE: Yemen's Houthi group on Friday claimed responsibility for launching missile and drone attacks against two commercial vessels in the Red Sea. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement that the attacks targeted two ships belonging to companies that violated the Houthi decision to ban entry to Israeli ports. He identified the ships as Elbella and AAL GENOA. In the statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, Sarea said the attacks were "carried out with a number of drones, ballistic and naval missiles, and the hits were accurate." He also vowed to launch more such attacks until "Israel stops the war on Gaza." Earlier in the day, the Houthi television al-Masirah reported that "the U.S.-British coalition launched multiple

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Yemen's Houthis says attacking U.S. warships, Israel-related cargo ships

STORY: Yemen's Houthis says attacking U.S. warships, Israel-related cargo ships SHOOTING TIME: April 30, 2024 DATELINE: April 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a Houthi spokesman making a video statement broadcast by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV STORYLINE: Yemen's Houthi group said on Monday it had launched attacks on two U.S. warships and two commercial vessels linked to Israel, in what it described as retaliation for U.S. and British involvement in Yemen. The group, which controls much of northern Yemen, said it targeted the American warships with drones in the Red Sea. "These operations have been successful," said Yahya Sarea, a Houthi military spokesman, in a statement broadcast by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. Meanwhile, the U.S. Central Command said it intercepted on Sunday five Houthi drones in the Red Sea in a post on social platform X. The Houthis also claimed responsibility for an attack on the CYCLADES, a cargo vessel they say was previ

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Yemen's Houthis claim strikes on commercial ship, U.S. warships

STORY: Yemen's Houthis claim strikes on commercial ship, U.S. warships SHOOTING DATE: March 4, 2024 DATELINE: March 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea delivering a statement in Sanaa, Yemen STORYLINE: The Houthi group in Yemen announced on Monday that it had carried out strikes targeting an "Israeli-operated commercial ship" in the Arabian Sea as well as American warships in the Red Sea. In a statement aired by the group's Al-Masirah TV channel, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group's naval forces "carried out a targeting operation against an Israeli ship 'MSC SKY' in the Arabian Sea, striking it accurately with a number of naval missiles." Sarea stated that just hours earlier, the Houthis launched ballistic missiles and drones at "a number of American warships in the Red Sea" in what he termed a "qualitative operation." He described the strikes as retaliation for the "American-British ag

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Yemen's Houthis ramp up attacks on commercial shipping in Red Sea

STORY: Yemen's Houthis ramp up attacks on commercial shipping in Red Sea SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHYA SAREA, Houthi Military Spokesman STORYLINE: Yemen's Houthi armed group on Monday claimed responsibility for attacking a U.S. ship in the Gulf of Aden, a serious escalation of attacks in the crucial maritime region. The strike, which involved the firing of "several missiles," was "accurate and direct," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement on the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV. The Houthi group now "considers all American and British ships and warships participating in the aggression against our country as hostile targets" Sarea said. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHYA SAREA, Houthi Military Spokesman "The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces (the Houthi forces), with the help of God Almighty, carried out a military operation targeting an American ship in the Gulf of Aden, with a num

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Yemen's Houthi group says 10 fighters killed by U.S. Navy forces in Red Sea

STORY: Yemen's Houthi group says 10 fighters killed by U.S. Navy forces in Red Sea SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 31, 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:29 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHYA SAREA, Houthi military spokesman 2. various of U.S. marines firing at Houthi boats STORYLINE: Yemen's Houthi group said Sunday that 10 of its fighters were killed by U.S. naval forces in the Red Sea while they were trying to hijack a commercial ship in international waters. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement broadcast live by the group's al-Masirah TV that the U.S. forces attacked three boats belonging to the Houthi rebels. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHYA SAREA, Houthi military spokesman "The U.S. attacked three boats belonging to the Yemeni naval forces, which led to the martyrdom and loss of ten members of the naval forces." He said the rebels were "performing their humanitarian and moral duty" to prevent Israel-related ships from passing through the Red

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Cranberries Harvest - Minnesota

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Shannon Forster and Vince Brambrink drag in cranberries in a flooded field so that they are condensed for harvest on Thursday, October 12, 2023 in Palisade, Minnesota, USA. Minnesota has only one commercial farmer, the Minnesota Cranberry Co. near Aitkin, run by the Forster family for over 20 years. Photo by Renee Jones Schneider/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cranberries Harvest - Minnesota

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Nathan Forster rakes in cranberries in a flooded bog on his family's cranberry farm as he harvests cranberries on Thursday, October 12, 2023 in Palisade, Minnesota, USA. Minnesota has only one commercial farmer, the Minnesota Cranberry Co. near Aitkin, run by the Forster family for over 20 years. Photo by Renee Jones Schneider/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo SONY Brand

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2023 - Visitors visit SONY's booth at the 2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, April 27, 2023. SONY showcased its new BRAVIA XR TV series and home entertainment devices such as PlayStation and INZONE esports monitors, as well as products and solutions for business scenarios such as Crystal LED black color crystal, commercial and home projectors and SRD spatial reality displays.

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2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo SONY Brand

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2023 - Visitors visit SONY's booth at the 2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, April 27, 2023. SONY showcased its new BRAVIA XR TV series and home entertainment devices such as PlayStation and INZONE esports monitors, as well as products and solutions for business scenarios such as Crystal LED black color crystal, commercial and home projectors and SRD spatial reality displays.

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2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo SONY Brand

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2023 - Visitors visit SONY's booth at the 2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, April 27, 2023. SONY showcased its new BRAVIA XR TV series and home entertainment devices such as PlayStation and INZONE esports monitors, as well as products and solutions for business scenarios such as Crystal LED black color crystal, commercial and home projectors and SRD spatial reality displays.

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2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo SONY Brand

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2023 - Visitors visit SONY's booth at the 2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, April 27, 2023. SONY showcased its new BRAVIA XR TV series and home entertainment devices such as PlayStation and INZONE esports monitors, as well as products and solutions for business scenarios such as Crystal LED black color crystal, commercial and home projectors and SRD spatial reality displays.

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2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo SONY Brand

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2023 - Visitors visit SONY's booth at the 2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, April 27, 2023. SONY showcased its new BRAVIA XR TV series and home entertainment devices such as PlayStation and INZONE esports monitors, as well as products and solutions for business scenarios such as Crystal LED black color crystal, commercial and home projectors and SRD spatial reality displays.

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2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo SONY Brand

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2023 - Visitors visit SONY's booth at the 2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, April 27, 2023. SONY showcased its new BRAVIA XR TV series and home entertainment devices such as PlayStation and INZONE esports monitors, as well as products and solutions for business scenarios such as Crystal LED black color crystal, commercial and home projectors and SRD spatial reality displays.

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2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo SONY Brand

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2023 - Visitors visit SONY's booth at the 2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, April 27, 2023. SONY showcased its new BRAVIA XR TV series and home entertainment devices such as PlayStation and INZONE esports monitors, as well as products and solutions for business scenarios such as Crystal LED black color crystal, commercial and home projectors and SRD spatial reality displays.

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2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo SONY Brand

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 27, 2023 - Visitors visit SONY's booth at the 2023 Appliance&electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, April 27, 2023. SONY showcased its new BRAVIA XR TV series and home entertainment devices such as PlayStation and INZONE esports monitors, as well as products and solutions for business scenarios such as Crystal LED black color crystal, commercial and home projectors and SRD spatial reality displays.

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Sharp unveils LCD TV with new backlight system

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. takes the wraps off a prototype liquid crystal display TV that uses a newly developed backlight system capable of showing clearer red and green colors in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014. The Japanese electronics giant plans to launch commercial production of the TV in time for trial 8K ultra high-definition broadcasting due to start in 2016.

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Opera singer Nakajima dies at 57

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2010 shows opera singer Keiko Nakajima, who died of respiration failure on Nov. 23, 2014, at 57. While frequently appearing on TV shows and in commercial films, Nakajima was also involved as her life's work in commemorative concerts for those who were killed in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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Actress Igawa's bar used in TV CM opens in Tokyo, Osaka

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Haruka Igawa talks about how to make good highball in Tokyo on Oct.8, 2014, as Suntory Liquors Ltd. opened the virtual bar "Lantern" used in her television commercial for a limited run through Oct. 13 at Tokyo's Roppongi Hills and Osaka's Grand Front Osaka.

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'CNN Headline' newscaster Yamaguchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 1989 shows TV personality Mie Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi, who was a bilingual ''CNN Headline'' newscaster and acted as a career woman with a craving for Japanese ''shibazuke'' pickles in a well-known TV commercial in the late 1980s, was found dead at her home in Yokohama on March 8, 2012, her management office said the following day. She was 51.

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Japanese appreciation message for U.S. support

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from video footage shows part of a Japanese message for people in the United States expressing appreciation for their support in disaster relief. The 30-second TV commercial went on air on April 25, 2011, on CNN Headline News and CNN Airport Network at airports across the United States. It is scheduled to be shown through May 15.

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Japanese appreciation message for U.S. support

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from video footage shows part of a Japanese message for people in the United States expressing appreciation for their support in disaster relief. The 30-second TV commercial went on air on April 25, 2011, on CNN Headline News and CNN Airport Network at airports across the United States. It is scheduled to be shown through May 15.

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A-bomb survivors to appear in TV commercial in Australia

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Toshiko Tanaka (R) from Hiroshima is filmed at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on July 23, 2010, for a television commercial featuring atomic-bomb survivors appealing for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The commercial will be broadcast nationwide in Australia on Aug. 6, the 65th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Ex-announcer Yorichika dies at 53

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuko Yorichika (file photo taken in 1998), a former announcer for public broadcaster NHK and commercial station Fuji TV, died on May 17 at a hospital in Chiba Prefecture. She was 53.

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Designer's image of New Tokyo Tower bared

TOKYO, Japan - Sculptor Kiichi Sumikawa (L) explains to Kinya Miyasugi, president of New Tokyo Tower Co., about his design of the tower on Nov. 24. The radio and TV transmitter tower to be built by Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward by 2010 will stand 600 meters high, higher than the world's current tallest tower, the 553-meter CN Tower in Canada's Toronto.

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New Tokyo Tower to be built in Sumida Ward in 2010

TOKYO, Japan - An aerial photo taken on March 25 shows a defunct railway shunting yard in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, where Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters in the Tokyo area plan to build a new radio and TV transmitter tower, dubbed the New Tokyo Tower, by 2010.

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Lesser panda Futa makes TV commercial debut

TOKYO, Japan - Futa, a lesser panda, assumes a stand-up posture at Chiba Zoological Park in the city of Chiba, east of Tokyo, in May.

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(2)NTV head resigns industry-body posts due to ratings scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichiro Ujiie, chairman of Nippon Television Network Corp. (NTV), responds to questions from reporters at the NTV headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 27 after stepping down from all his posts, including chairman emeritus of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan, which manages and enforces the television and radio broadcasting code among private broadcasters, following revelations that an NTV producer paid viewers to manipulate TV ratings.

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NTV head resigns industry-body posts due to ratings scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichiro Ujiie (file photo), chairman of Nippon Television Network Corp. (NTV), on Oct. 27 stepped down from all his posts, including chairman emeritus of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan, which manages and enforces the television and radio broadcasting code among private broadcasters, following revelations that an NTV producer paid viewers to manipulate TV ratings.

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Shopping system based on camera-equipped mobile phones devised

TOKYO, Japan - Venture business Mediastick Inc. said July 23 it has developed a system enabling users of camera-equipped mobile phones to place orders for merchandise merely by holding their handsets over a newspaper ad or TV commercial for the product concerned. A mobile phone camera (in photo) recognizes the ads' ''two-dimensional codes'' (located at top right of each ad) that identify merchandise advertised on TV or in newspapers.

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(2)England soccer star Beckham in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - England soccer star David Beckham waves to about 1,000 fans June 20 at Tokyo International Forum in central Tokyo. Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd., a major confectionery maker that has a TV commercial contract with Beckham, sponsored the event.

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'Chocolate' Beckham appears in central Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A chocolate statue of English soccer superstar David Beckham is encased in a building in Tokyo's central commercial district Shibuya on Dec. 17. The 3-meter-high sweet was produced by leading confectionery maker Meiji Seika Ltd. to mark Beckham's appearance in TV commercials for the company. Meiji Seika spent two and a half months making the statue using some several thousand tablets of chocolate.

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Popular TV personality calls for further stock investment

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese television personality Mariya Yamada (C) prepares for a recording session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 3 for a videotaped message urging individual investors to increase investments in stocks. Five securities bodies sponsored the commercial in an effort to boost slumping Japanese share prices.

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(2)Crown Princess Masako gives birth to baby girl

TOKYO, Japan - Passersby in Tokyo's commercial Ginza district watch a large TV screen broadcasting the news that Crown Princess Masako gave birth to a baby girl Dec. 1.

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Koizumi's son to promote Suntory's new low-calorie 'happoshu'

TOKYO, Japan - Aspirin actor Kotaro Koizumi, eldest son of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, is surrounded by the press at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Sept. 4. Suntory Ltd. announced it will use Kotaro in a TV commercial to promote a new low-malt, beer-like drink, ''happoshu.'' The commercial, due to begin shooting soon, will be Kotaro's first job.

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LDP's TV commercial is popular

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a scene from television commercials of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) featuring Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that ranked first in a popularity survey for commercials of political parties released July 7 by CM Sogo Kenkyusho, a Tokyo-based consultancy.

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New LDP commercials feature Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi watches a new TV commercial featuring him which the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) unveiled May 16 in the hope his popularity will rub off on the party that he leads.

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UN envoy arrives in Houthi-held Yemeni capital to boost cease-fire

STORY: UN envoy arrives in Houthi-held Yemeni capital to boost cease-fire DATELINE: April 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg welcomed by Houthi officials at the Sanaa International Airport 2. various of motorcade of Grundberg leaving the airport STORYLINE: The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg arrived in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Monday to boost the UN-brokered truce. Grundberg is set to meet leaders of the Houthi group to urge the implementation of the remaining items of the truce, according to the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. The cease-fire between the Houthi militia and the Yemeni government, meant to last two months, came into effect on April 2. The truce includes the halt of all ground, aerial and naval offensive operations, and allowing the entry of 18 fuel ships into the ports of Hodeidah and two commercial flights a week to and from the Sanaa International Airport. The Red Sea por

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Turkey has no intention of joining sanctions against Russia: foreign minister

STORY: Turkey has no intention to impose sanctions on Russia: foreign minister DATELINE: March 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:21 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of televised interview of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Turkish TV news channel Haberturk 2. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, Turkish Foreign Minister STORYLINE: Turkey has no intention of joining international sanctions against Russia, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said to Turkish TV news channel Haberturk. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, Turkish Foreign Minister "As a principle, we didn't participate in such sanctions in a general sense. We have no intention of joining these sanctions, either." Turkish Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said on the same day that Turkey does not favor the opinion of imposing sanctions against Russia. Turkey has commercial relations with Russia in natural gas, tourism and agriculture. Tourism is a significant source of the Turkish economy

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Designer's image of New Tokyo Tower bared

TOKYO, Japan - Sculptor Kiichi Sumikawa (L) explains to Kinya Miyasugi, president of New Tokyo Tower Co., about his design of the tower on Nov. 24. The radio and TV transmitter tower to be built by Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward by 2010 will stand 600 meters high, higher than the world's current tallest tower, the 553-meter CN Tower in Canada's Toronto. (Kyodo)

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Designer's image of New Tokyo Tower bared

TOKYO, Japan - This is an artist's image of a completed New Tokyo Tower unveiled at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24. The radio and TV transmitter tower to be built by Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward by 2010 will stand 600 meters high, higher than the world's current tallest tower, the 553-meter CN Tower in Canada's Toronto. (Kyodo)