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Xue-shan-mu-chang 15-meter SubMillimeter Telescope

This photo taken on Sept. 20, 2025 shows the launch site of the construction of a new large astronomical observation project, the Xue-shan-mu-chang 15-meter SubMillimeter Telescope (XSMT), in Delingha, northwest China's Qinghai Province. China on Saturday launched the construction of a new large astronomical observation project, the Xue-shan-mu-chang 15-meter SubMillimeter Telescope (XSMT). TO GO WITH "China commences construction of high-precision telescope project on 'roof of the world' " Photo by Chen Jie)/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Xue-shan-mu-chang 15-meter SubMillimeter Telescope

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 20, 2025 shows the launch site of the construction of a new large astronomical observation project, the Xue-shan-mu-chang 15-meter SubMillimeter Telescope (XSMT), in Delingha, northwest China's Qinghai Province. China on Saturday launched the construction of a new large astronomical observation project, the Xue-shan-mu-chang 15-meter SubMillimeter Telescope (XSMT). TO GO WITH "China commences construction of high-precision telescope project on 'roof of the world' "Photo by Chen Jie)/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Xue-shan-mu-chang 15-meter SubMillimeter Telescope

This image shows the new large astronomical observation project, the Xue-shan-mu-chang 15-meter SubMillimeter Telescope (XSMT). China on Saturday launched the construction of a new large astronomical observation project, the Xue-shan-mu-chang 15-meter SubMillimeter Telescope (XSMT). TO GO WITH "China commences construction of high-precision telescope project on 'roof of the world' " Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Hidden Figures Gold Medal Ceremony - Washington

The presentation of the colors commences during the Hidden Figures Gold Medal Ceremony in the Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA on September 18, 2024. Photo by Mattie Neretin/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hidden Figures Gold Medal Ceremony - Washington

The presentation of the colors commences during the Hidden Figures Gold Medal Ceremony in the Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA on September 18, 2024. Photo by Mattie Neretin/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mega gas field project in China's Bohai Sea commences production

STORY: Mega gas field project in China's Bohai Sea commences production SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the gas field project in China's Bohai Sea 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YAN HONGTAO, General manager of CNOOC Tianjin STORYLINE: China's largest offshore crude oil and natural gas producer announced Tuesday that its Bozhong 19-6 Condensate Gas Field Phase I Development Project has commenced production. The explored natural gas reserves of the project, located in the central Bohai Sea, exceed 200 billion cubic meters, and the reserves of condensate oil exceed 200 million cubic meters, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd. said in a statement. The main production facilities include one newly built central processing platform, three unmanned wellhead platforms, and one gas process terminal. Meanwhile, 65 development wells are planned to be commissioned, according to the statement. SOUNDBITE

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Global negotiations for plastic treaty commences in Kenya

STORY: Global negotiations for plastic treaty commences in Kenya SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kenyan President arrival 2. various of delegates at the meeting 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President 4. various of the meeting 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): INGER ANDERSEN, Executive director of the United Nations Environment Program 6. various of the meeting STORYLINE: The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3), tasked with developing a legally binding global treaty to address plastic pollution, opened in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Monday. Over 2,000 representatives from governments, civil society, industry and academia are attending the seven-day meeting. They will discuss the Zero draft text, which forms the basis for establishing a global treaty to enhance action against plastic litter that is causing harm to terrestrial and marine ecosystems. In his op

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Delta to expand U.S.-China flights later this year

STORY: Delta to expand U.S.-China flights later this year DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Delta flights STORYLINE: U.S. Delta Air Lines said on Wednesday that it will expand its flight schedule between the United States and China later this year. Beginning Oct. 29, the airline will operate daily flights to Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG) from Seattle and three-times-weekly service from Detroit, Delta said in a statement. Next March, Delta will resume four-times-weekly PVG service from its Los Angeles hub, a route last operated in February 2020. "As demand continues to increase and the busy travel season to the Asia-Pacific region commences, the Delta team is ready to welcome even more travelers to the region this winter, providing our award-winning customer service on every journey," said Jeff Moomaw, Delta Asia Pacific vice president. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

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Cyclists start in main race of Criterium de Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - The main race of the Tour de France Saitama Criterium commences in the city of Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Oct. 25, 2014.

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Official campaigning for Tokyo gubernatorial race to start Jan. 23

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Utsunomiya, former chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, who will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Jan. 22, 2014, a day before official campaigning commences for the Feb. 9 election.

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Official campaigning for Tokyo gubernatorial race to start Jan. 23

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Tamogami, former chief of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force who will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Jan. 22, 2014, a day before official campaigning commences for the Feb. 9 election.

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Official campaigning for Tokyo gubernatorial race to start Jan. 23

TOKYO, Japan - Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe, who will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial race, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2014, a day before official campaigning commences for the Feb. 9 election.

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Meeting of China's top political advisory body

BEIJING, China - The annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, commences in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2013.

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Meeting of China's top political advisory body

BEIJING, China - The annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, commences in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2013.

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Meeting of China's top political advisory body

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Vice President Xi Jinping sing the national anthem as the annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, commences in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, 2013.

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Japan's LCC Peach Aviation commences operation

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Peach Aviation Ltd. staff greet passengers of the first flight of the Japanese low-cost carrier for New Chitose airport near Sapporo, at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture at 6:48 a.m. on March 1, 2012.

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Japan's LCC Peach Aviation commences operation

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Peach Aviation Ltd. CEO Shinichi Inoue (2nd from R) speaks at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture at 6:02 a.m. on March 1, 2012, before the first flight of the Japanese low-cost carrier leaves the airport for New Chitose airport near Sapporo.

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Japan's LCC Peach Aviation commences operation

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 7:30 a.m. on March 1, 2012, shows the first flight of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd., which is taking off from Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture for New Chitose airport near Sapporo.

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Japan's LCC Peach Aviation commences operation

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Passengers embark on the first flight of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. for New Chitose airport near Sapporo, at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture at 6:51 a.m. on March 1, 2012.

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Closing ceremony of Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Fireworks explode around Guangzhou Tower as the closing ceremony of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, commences on Nov. 27, 2010.

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Closing ceremony of Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - The closing ceremony of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, commences on Nov. 27, 2010.

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Closing ceremony of Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Participants wave as the closing ceremony of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, commences on Nov. 27, 2010.

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Closing ceremony of Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Participants gather under the flame of the Asian Games as the closing ceremony commences in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 27, 2010.

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APEC meeting begins in Gifu

GIFU, Japan - A meeting by member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on enhancing growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in the medium to long term commences in Gifu city in central Japan on Oct. 2, 2010. The meeting was attended by ministers and senior officials from Pacific Rim economies.

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Thousands cheer as 'blue trains' start last runs at JR stations

TOKYO, Japan - The Fuji-Hayabusa ''blue train'' is seen off by train enthusiasts at JR Tokyo Station on the evening of March 13 as it commences its last overnight run to the Kyushu region. The express train will be retired from service the next day after more than half a century.

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1st nuclear nonproliferation meeting commences in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (second from right) co-chairs a two-day meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament opening in Sydney Oct. 20. The meeting is the first of several scheduled to take place ahead of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review in 2010.

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Mongolian sumo exhibition tour begins

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Sumo wrestlers and officials appear before around 2,700 fans as a two-day sumo exhibition tour commences in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator on Aug. 27.

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Kenya commences shipment of fresh avocados to Chinese market

STORY: Kenya commences shipment of fresh avocados to Chinese market DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): RUTH WANGARA, Xinhua reporter in Kenya 2. various of the fresh avocado export ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BENJAMIN TITO, Director, Horticulture Crops Directorate 4. various of avocados packed in containers 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RICHARD TUWEI, Avocado farmer 6. various of cleaning and packing avocados 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ZHANG YIJUN, Minister Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Kenya STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): RUTH WANGARA, Xinhua reporter in Kenya "Kenya is now the first country in Africa to export fresh avocado fruit to China. What you are seeing here on my side is 22 tonnes of fresh avocado, waiting to be transported all the way to Shanghai. This consignment, I am told, will take exactly 21 days." The first batch of fresh avocados grown in Kenya and destined for the Chinese market was flagged off Tuesday a

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alitalia Employees Protest At Fiumicino - Rome

Employees of Italian airline Alitalia stage a protest at an entrance outside Terminal 1 of Rome's Fiumicino airport on October 15, 2021, as new Italian airline company ITA commences operations. Alitalia, Italy's first flag carrier and largest airline, created in 1946, is shutting down on October 15, 2021 and the new airline ITA, born out of the ashes of long-struggling Alitalia, commenced operations. Photo by Piero Tenagli/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mongolian sumo exhibition tour begins

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Sumo wrestlers and officials appear before around 2,700 fans as a two-day sumo exhibition tour commences in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator on Aug. 27. (Kyodo)

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1st nuclear nonproliferation meeting commences in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (second from right) co-chairs a two-day meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament opening in Sydney Oct. 20. The meeting is the first of several scheduled to take place ahead of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review in 2010. (Kyodo)

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Tigerair commences flights at Sendai Airport

A Tigerair plane arrives at Sendai Airport in northeastern Japan on June 29, 2016, the first international low-cost air carrier to commence flights there. Tigerair will operate four round-trip flights a week between Sendai and Taipei. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singapore's opposition camp to contest all seats in general election

Supporters of Singapore's ruling People's Action Party led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong rally in the city-state on Sept. 1, 2015, as campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election commences with all 89 parliamentary seats being contested. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Congress on High Speed Rail held in Tokyo

The 9th World Congress on High Speed Rail, hosted by the International Union of Railways commences in Tokyo on July 7, 2015. More than 1,000 people from governments, railway companies and research institutes around the world are taking part in the four-day conference. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Thomas steam train enters service

A Thomas the Tank Engine steam train commences operation in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on June 7, 2015. Oigawa Railway Co. will run the train through Oct. 12, mainly on weekends. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Interpol's anti-cyber crime facility debuts in Singapore

The Interpol Global Center for Innovation (IGCI) in Singapore, a cutting-edge anti-cyber crime research body for the identification of crimes and criminals, officially commences operations on April 13, 2015. Japan's Noboru Nakatani has been appointed as the executive director of the IGCI. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo 2020 commences FY2015 work

Koji Murofushi (C), an Olympic gold medalist in the men's hammer throw, and other officials of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games gather to commence their fiscal 2015 work on April 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takayama Autumn Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

Tourists gather around decorated floats on display near the Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Oct. 9, 2016, as the annual Takayama Autumn Festival, designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in Japan, commences for two days. The festival is expected to attract around 200,000 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo