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International Gold Prices and Goods Economy

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - Astro Boy co branded gold jewelry for sale in LaoFengXiang Gold Store, Shanghai, China on September 16, 2025.

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International Gold Prices and Goods Economy

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - Astro Boy co branded gold jewelry for sale in LaoFengXiang Gold Store, Shanghai, China on September 16, 2025.

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International Gold Prices and Goods Economy

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - Astro Boy co branded gold jewelry for sale in LaoFengXiang Gold Store, Shanghai, China on September 16, 2025.

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International Gold Prices and Goods Economy

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - Astro Boy co branded gold jewelry for sale in LaoFengXiang Gold Store, Shanghai, China on September 16, 2025.

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International Gold Prices and Goods Economy

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - Astro Boy co branded gold jewelry for sale in LaoFengXiang Gold Store, Shanghai, China on September 16, 2025.

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International Gold Prices and Goods Economy

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - Astro Boy co branded gold jewelry for sale in LaoFengXiang Gold Store, Shanghai, China on September 16, 2025.

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International Gold Prices and Goods Economy

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - Astro Boy co branded gold jewelry for sale in LaoFengXiang Gold Store, Shanghai, China on September 16, 2025.

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International Gold Prices and Goods Economy

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - Astro Boy co branded gold jewelry for sale in LaoFengXiang Gold Store, Shanghai, China on September 16, 2025.

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International Gold Prices and Goods Economy

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - Astro Boy co branded gold jewelry for sale in LaoFengXiang Gold Store, Shanghai, China on September 16, 2025.

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LaoFengXiang Gold Figurine Model at 2025 ChinaJoy

The Astro Boy gold figurine model ornament created by LaoFengXiang made its debut at ChinaJoy 2025 in Shanghai, China on August 3, 2025.

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LaoFengXiang Gold Figurine Model at 2025 ChinaJoy

The Astro Boy gold figurine model ornament created by LaoFengXiang made its debut at ChinaJoy 2025 in Shanghai, China on August 3, 2025.

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LaoFengXiang Gold Figurine Model at 2025 ChinaJoy

The Astro Boy gold figurine model ornament created by LaoFengXiang made its debut at ChinaJoy 2025 in Shanghai, China on August 3, 2025.

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Parial Solar Eclipse - France

Partial solar eclipse observed with Saint Sauveur amateur astro club, on March 29, 2025 in Saint-Sauveur, a village near Compiegne, France. Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parial Solar Eclipse - France

Partial solar eclipse observed with Saint Sauveur amateur astro club, on March 29, 2025 in Saint-Sauveur, a village near Compiegne, France. Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parial Solar Eclipse - France

Partial solar eclipse observed with Saint Sauveur amateur astro club, on March 29, 2025 in Saint-Sauveur, a village near Compiegne, France. Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parial Solar Eclipse - France

Partial solar eclipse observed with Saint Sauveur amateur astro club, on March 29, 2025 in Saint-Sauveur, a village near Compiegne, France. Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parial Solar Eclipse - France

Partial solar eclipse observed with Saint Sauveur amateur astro club, on March 29, 2025 in Saint-Sauveur, a village near Compiegne, France. Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Parial Solar Eclipse - France

Partial solar eclipse observed with Saint Sauveur amateur astro club, on March 29, 2025 in Saint-Sauveur, a village near Compiegne, France. Photo by Edouard Bernaux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ASTRO BOT Wins TGA Best Game of 2024

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 26, 2024 - (FILE) Tourists try out the game ASTRO BOT at the Sony PS5 exhibition area of 2024 ChinaJoy in Shanghai, China on July 26, 2024.

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ASTRO BOT Wins TGA Best Game of 2024

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 26, 2024 - (FILE) Tourists try out the game ASTRO BOT at the Sony PS5 exhibition area of 2024 ChinaJoy in Shanghai, China on July 26, 2024.

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ASTRO BOT Wins TGA Best Game of 2024

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 26, 2024 - (FILE) Tourists try out the game ASTRO BOT at the Sony PS5 exhibition area of 2024 ChinaJoy in Shanghai, China on July 26, 2024.

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ASTRO BOT Wins TGA Best Game of 2024

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 26, 2024 - (FILE) Tourists try out the game ASTRO BOT at the Sony PS5 exhibition area of 2024 ChinaJoy in Shanghai, China on July 26, 2024.

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ASTRO BOT Wins TGA Best Game of 2024

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 26, 2024 - (FILE) Tourists try out the game ASTRO BOT at the Sony PS5 exhibition area of 2024 ChinaJoy in Shanghai, China on July 26, 2024.

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ASTRO BOT Wins TGA Best Game of 2024

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 26, 2024 - (FILE) Tourists try out the game ASTRO BOT at the Sony PS5 exhibition area of 2024 ChinaJoy in Shanghai, China on July 26, 2024.

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ASTRO BOT Wins TGA Best Game of 2024

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 26, 2024 - (FILE) Tourists try out the game ASTRO BOT at the Sony PS5 exhibition area of 2024 ChinaJoy in Shanghai, China on July 26, 2024.

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Paris Game Week 2024 FA

This photograph shows Astro Bot sculptures during the Paris Game Week 2024 event at the Parc des expositions in Paris on October 23, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Game Week 2024 FA

This photograph shows Astro Bot sculptures during the Paris Game Week 2024 event at the Parc des expositions in Paris on October 23, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Foreign media workers' view of Hangzhou Asian Games opening ceremony

STORY: Foreign media workers' view of Hangzhou Asian Games opening ceremony DATELINE: Sept. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Asian Games 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TAHARUMALENGAM AVINESHWARAN, Journalist, Malaysia's Star Media Group 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NURFARIHA ABDUL RAZAK, Commentator, ASTRO 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TSAHIROU ABDOUA, Journalist, Niger News Agency 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): AHMAD HAFEZ, Journalist, Kuwait Olympic Committee STORYLINE: The opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games was held Saturday night in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The two-hour ceremony showcased the ancient history of Hangzhou through digital innovation, leaving a deep impression on foreign media workers. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TAHARUMALENGAM AVINESHWARAN, Journalist, Malaysia's Star Media Group "Seeing the crowd in the stadium, the amount of welcome they give shows how important these games are to the Chinese public. It kind of reminded me

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Vlog: Hangzhou Asian Games in foreign journalists' eyes

STORY: Vlog: Hangzhou Asian Games in foreign journalists' eyes DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:26 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Main Media Center of the 19th Asian Games 2. various of Hangzhou 3. STANDUP 1 (English): YU JIAMING, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDREW CHARLES RICHARDSON, Journalist at Al Jazeera English TV 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ELEANOR REBECCA ADAMS, Commentator for the host broadcaster 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): NURFARIHA ABDUL RAZAK, Commentator for Malaysian TV channel Astro Arena 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): TUAN DAT NGUYEN, Photographer at Vietnamese sports outlet Webthethao.vn 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): ANDREW CHARLES RICHARDSON, Journalist at Al Jazeera English TV 9. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): ELEANOR REBECCA ADAMS, Commentator for the host broadcaster 10. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): NURFARIHA ABDUL RAZAK, Commentator for Malaysian TV channel Astro Arena 11. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): TUAN DAT NGUYEN, Photographer at Vietnamese sports ou

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Houston Astros Celebrate 2022 World Series Win at White House

Houston Astros Pitcher Jeremy Verlander looks on during a ceremony hosted by President Joe Biden to celebrate the Astros 2022 World Series win in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, August 7, 2023. Verlander made his Astro re-debut this week after a two year contract with the New York Mets. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cartoonist Tezuka's characters aid Japan fencing

TOKYO, Japan - Women's sabre fencer Misaki Emura (L) poses as "Princess Sapphire," the protagonist in the popular comic series "Princess Knight" written by the late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2015, together with the legendary manga character "Astro Boy" in a publicity blitz led by the Japan Fencing Federation to promote the sport.

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Cartoonist Tezuka's characters used to promote fencing

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Fencing Federation unveils in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2015, new characters produced jointly with Tezuka Productions Co., an animation production company created by the late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka, for use in a publicity blitz for the sport. The characters include "Astro Boy" while Yuki Ota, a two-time Olympic foil silver medalist, and six other medalists will also be drawn as Tezuka characters for the campaign.

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Japan astronomer speaks from Hawaii to Japan audience

TOTTORI, Japan - Japanese astronomer Yuko Kakazu speaks from a branch in Hawaii of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan via the Internet to an audience at Saji Astro Park in the western Japan city of Tottori during a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the municipal astronomical station on July 26, 2014.

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Floral encouragement messages

KOBE, Japan - A woman takes a photo April 23, 2011, of a graphic of Astro Boy and a message, saying ''Courage and hope to Northeast,'' made of tulip petals laid on a street in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Tezuka 'manga' comics available in China via mobile phones

BEIJING, China - A woman in Beijing shows a mobile phone displaying ''Astro Boy,'' a 'manga' comic character created by Japanese artist Osamu Tezuka, on April 7, 2010. Japan's Tezuka Productions Co. and Hong Kong's Forest Line Union Holdings Co. have begun distributing three ''manga'' comics by Tezuka all of which already have Chinese translations to mobile phone users in China.

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Astro's K. Matsui hitless

KISSIMMEE, United States - Houston Astros second baseman Kazuo Matsui grounds out to third during the first inning in a match against the Atlanta Braves in a spring training game on March 6, 2010, in Kissimmee, Florida. Matsui was hitless in four at-bats in a 3-0 win.

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Osaka engineers group completes small satellite

OSAKA, Japan - An engineers association in Osaka Prefecture has assembled a small satellite and showed it to the media on Nov. 16. The Astro Technology Space Oriented Higashiosaka Leading Association was founded by small companies in the city of Higashiosaka in 2002, with a catch phrase ''Let's launch a satellite with small companies' technology.'' The SOHLA-1 satellite, designed to observe the formation of thunder clouds, is a prototype commercial satellite able to be mass-produced. The association will install systems necessary for operation around next fall, and aims to launch it with an H-2A rocket in fiscal 2008.

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Japan's M5 rocket lifts off, puts into orbit astronomical satellite

KOMOTSUKI, Japan - Scientists and officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency pose for photos at a press conference after the Japanese-developed M5 rocket, launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Feb. 22, successfully put into orbit the infrared ray astronomical satellite Astro-F.

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Japan's M5 rocket lifts off, puts into orbit astronomical satellite

KIMOTSUKI, Japan - The Japanese-developed M5 rocket lifts off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Feb. 22. It successfully put into orbit the infrared ray astronomical satellite Astro-F, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.

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Japan's M5 rocket lifts off, puts into orbit astronomical satellite

KIMOTSUKI, Japan - The Japanese-developed M5 rocket carrying the infrared ray astronomical satellite Astro-F shoot up into the sky on Feb. 22. The rocket launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan successfully put the satellite into orbit, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.

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Japan's M5 rocket lifts off, puts into orbit astronomical satellite

KIMOTSUKI, Japan - The Japanese-developed M5 rocket lifts off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Feb. 22. It successfully put into orbit the infrared ray astronomical satellite Astro-F, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.

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Launch of Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite postponed

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Yasunori Matogawa, associate executive director of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, said the launch of Japan's X-ray astronomy satellite ASTRO-E2 on the M-5-6 rocket would be delayed from July 6 to July 8 or later due to bad weather.

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Tokyo's Takadanobaba district introduces 'Astro Boy' currency

TOKYO, Japan - A person dressed as ''Astro Boy'' holds up Astro Boy ''currency'' notes in front of JR Takadanobaba Station in Tokyo on April 6. The Takadanobaba district has started using the currency, which features the image of the famous anime hero, as part of local revitalization efforts.

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Sony robot Qrio becomes 'voice actor' in animation series

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. invites the press to a session Jan. 15 in which its two-legged, walking robot Qrio records the dialogue for its ''appearance'' in the Japanese television animation series Astro Boy. It is the first time that a robot has become a voice actor, a Sony official said.

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Diamond-studded Astro Boy displayed at Kyoto department store

KYOTO, Japan - A diamond-studded Astro Boy, a cartoon character created by the late Osamu Tezuka, is displayed at a department store in Kyoto on July 24. The 10-centimeter character, which is studded with some 100,000,000 yen worth of diamonds, was made to mark his birthday, which falls on April 7, 2003, according to Tezuka's story.

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(2)Events held to mark comic hero Astro Boy's 'birth'

TOKYO, Japan - The mayor of Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, Hiroko Nakayama(R), hands a plaque on April 7 to a person dressed as Astro Boy, a cartoon character created by the late Osamu Tezuka, designating the character as the ward's ''special futuristic envoy'' to act as a mascot for various events. Tezuka's story depicts Astro Boy, a robot, being created April 7, 2003 at a ''Science Ministry'' in the ward.

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(4)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

TOKYO, Japan - A humanoid robot HRP-2, developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), sits down on knees and makes a deep bow to greet a visitor.

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Events held to mark comic hero Astro Boy's birth

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Visitors to the public museum on the late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, receive dolls of Astro Boy, a cartoon character created by Tezuka, on April 7 to mark Astro Boy's birth. Tezuka's story depicts Astro Boy, a robot, being created April 7, 2003 at a ''Science Ministry.''

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(1)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese robot makers are aiming to create big business by capitalizing on the ''birthday'' April 7, 2003 of cartoon character Tetsuwan Atom, known as Astro Boy in English. ''Banryu,'' a dinosaur-shaped house-sitting robot developed by Sanyo Electric Co. and venture firm tmsuk Co., roars and flashes its eyes green when spotting a suspicious person as it ''patrols'' a room and also contacts its owner's cellular phone.

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(2)Astro Boy's 'birthday' has robot makers eyeing big industry

TOKYO, Japan - The Kanagawa Institute of Technology has developed a robotic suit (worn by a woman on the right) to help reduce the physical burden of nursing care. It involves an outfit in which air is injected using a small pump, enabling the wearer to lift a person out of bed with about half the amount of energy normally needed.