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(230714) -- LHASA, July 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Shi Hongqing delivers books donated by caring people to children in Ngamring County of Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 1, 2019. TO GO WITH "Tibet Story: Backpacker delivering charitable donations across China's Tibet" (Xinhua)

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Meet "Grandpa Shimada": 75-yr-old Japanese and his 2nd hometown Wuhan

STORY: Meet "Grandpa Shimada": 75-yr-old Japanese and his 2nd hometown Wuhan DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:07:04 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shimada Koji 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant STORYLINE: He owns a Japanese curry restaurant in Wuhan and has strict standards for making curry. When he was young, he was a backpacker and traveled to many cities across the world. He finally decided to settle down in the central Chinese city of Wuhan 13 years ago. He is Shimada Koji, a 75-year-old Japanese national, whose young friends in China call him "Grandpa Shimada." SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant "

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Iraqi court sentences man to death for killing Japanese

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi central criminal court on Nov. 22 sentences Hussein Fahmi (file photo taken on March 6) to death for killing Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda in October 2004.

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Iraqi hostage-taker says beheaded Japanese wasn't tortured

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hussein Fahmi, who has confessed to his involvement in the murder of Japanese backpacker Shose Koda in 2004, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in an Iraqi Interior Ministry facility in Baghdad on March 6.

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Man held in Iraq admits slaying Japanese man in 2004: police

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hussein Fahmi (photo), believed to be a member of a group close to al-Qaida, has admitted killing Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda, 24, in 2004, a senior Baghdad police official said on March 2. Photo was taken from footage aired by a local TV station.

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Suspect says Koda killed because Japan did not withdraw troops

AMMAN, Jordan - A group of Islamic extremists claims in an impage put up at an Internet website in October 2004 that they have abducted Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda in Iraq. An suspect arrested by Iraqi authorities has said Koda was killed because Japan did not follow his abductors' demand to withdraw Ground Self-Defense Force from Iraq, a senior Iraqi police official said on March 2. Japan is trying to verify information that the Iraqi authorities have arrested a suspect in the killing of the 24-year-old Japanese man who was traveling in Iraq, the Japanese Embassy in Iraq said.

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(2)Family of Japanese hostage urges safe release

TOKYO, Japan - Teary-eyed Setsuko Koda (R), mother of Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda who has been kidnapped by a group of militants in Iraq, and his elder brother Maki, plead for his release Oct. 39 in a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.

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Young backpacker turns ocean trash into handicrafts on island in E. China

STORY: Young backpacker turns ocean trash into handicrafts on island in E. China DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:36 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of beautiful scenery on the island in Fujian, China 2. various of Chen Qiyun working 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN QIYUN, Backpacker and craftsman STORYLINE: Yushan Island in China's Fujian is reputed to be one of the most beautiful islands in the region. In the past, the island's shores were rife with ocean trash Chen Qiyun, a young backpacker, used to collect the trash and turn them into fine handicrafts SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN QIYUN, Backpacker and craftsman "I was a backpacker in 2017. Then I came to Yushan Island. It was beautiful and unexploited, with large swathes of marshy grassland. I camped village by village. At that time, I found lots of plastic bottles, wood and bamboo stranded on the beach. I found that some of them could be collected and turned into handicrafts and decorations. This one is made from fishing

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(2)Family of Japanese hostage urges safe release

TOKYO, Japan - Teary-eyed Setsuko Koda (R), mother of Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda who has been kidnapped by a group of militants in Iraq, and his elder brother Maki, plead for his release Oct. 39 in a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Suspect says Koda killed because Japan did not withdraw troops

AMMAN, Jordan - A group of Islamic extremists claims in an impage put up at an Internet website in October 2004 that they have abducted Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda in Iraq. An suspect arrested by Iraqi authorities has said Koda was killed because Japan did not follow his abductors' demand to withdraw Ground Self-Defense Force from Iraq, a senior Iraqi police official said on March 2. Japan is trying to verify information that the Iraqi authorities have arrested a suspect in the killing of the 24-year-old Japanese man who was traveling in Iraq, the Japanese Embassy in Iraq said. (Kyodo)

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Suspect says Koda killed because Japan did not withdraw troops

AMMAN, Jordan - A suspect in the October 2004 slaying of Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda (in file photo) in Iraq has said Koda was killed because Japan did not follow his abductors' demand to withdraw Ground Self-Defense Force from Iraq, a senior Iraqi police official said on March 2. Japan is trying to verify information that the Iraqi authorities have arrested a suspect in the killing of the 24-year-old Japanese man who was traveling in Iraq, the Japanese Embassy in Iraq said. (Kyodo)

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Iraqi hostage-taker says beheaded Japanese wasn't tortured

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hussein Fahmi, who has confessed to his involvement in the murder of Japanese backpacker Shose Koda in 2004, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in an Iraqi Interior Ministry facility in Baghdad on March 6. (Kyodo)

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Man held in Iraq admits slaying Japanese man in 2004: police

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hussein Fahmi (photo), believed to be a member of a group close to al-Qaida, has admitted killing Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda, 24, in 2004, a senior Baghdad police official said on March 2. Photo was taken from footage aired by a local TV station. (Kyodo)

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Iraqi court sentences man to death for killing Japanese

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi central criminal court on Nov. 22 sentences Hussein Fahmi (file photo taken on March 6) to death for killing Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda in October 2004. (Kyodo)