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Trade curbs on all eels rejected

The parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating the international trade of endangered species, hold a plenary session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 4, 2025. A proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, was formally rejected during the session.

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Trade curbs on all eels rejected

The parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating the international trade of endangered species, hold a plenary session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 4, 2025. A proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, was formally rejected during the session.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Journalists Protest - Indonesia

The journalists, photojournalists, and videojournalists who are members of the Indonesian Photojournalists Organization (PFI), the Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI), the Indonesian Journalists Alliance (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) of Medan City are seen while demonstrated in the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) of North Sumatra office in Medan, Indonesia on May 21, 2024. Journalists openly protested strongly against the Draft Law on Broadcasting (RUU) to replace Law Number 32 of 2002 concerning Broadcasting which curbs the freedom of the Indonesian press, especially investigative rights. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rest station in town hit by nuke disaster luring visitors

TOMIOKA, Japan - A rest station in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, photographed on Sept. 26, 2014, is attracting an increasing number of visitors following the recent removal of local road traffic curbs imposed after the 2011 nuclear disaster. Opened in late August by a major construction company tasked with decontaminating the northeastern Japan town, the facility exhibits photos to help people understand cleanup work and has a bathroom and a lounge.

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China sees ghost towns increase despite economic growth

BEIJING, China - A deserted new town in Tianjin, northern China, as seen in this photo taken on July 13, 2014, is one of more than 10 ghost towns in the country resulting from government curbs on home purchases designed to control the housing bubble.

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Strong popularity may lead to curbs on climbing Yaku Island

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Travelers flock to the Japanese Jomon cedar trees presumed to be 2,000 years old on the World Heritage island of Yaku, Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 27.

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Prompted by Aussie invasion, local town curbs resort development

SAPPORO, Japan - Construction of many condominiums is under way in Kutchan town's Niseko Hirafu district in Hokkaido. Behind them is Mt. Yotei

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Japan, China begin vice-ministerial talks over trade

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and China begin vice-ministerial talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19 in a last-ditch effort to resolve a trade dispute stemming from Tokyo's emergency import curbs on three farm products mostly from China.

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Japan, China fail to solve trade row

BEIJING, China - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma speaks to reporters in Beijing on Dec. 11 after Japan and China failed to resolve their trade dispute over Tokyo's import curbs on three farm products, mostly from China.

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Japan, China ministers fail to settle farm trade row

BEIJING, China - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (L) and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (2nd from L) meet with China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Minister Shi Guangsheng (R) in Beijing on Dec. 11 to discuss a bilateral trade dispute stemming from Japan's import curbs on three farm product items, mostly from China.

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Japan, China resume talks in Beijing over farm products

BEIJING, China - Japan (R side) and China resume senior working-level talks Nov. 1 in Beijing aimed at settling disputes over Japan's import curbs on stone leeks, shiitake mushrooms and rushes used in tatami mats mainly from China, and China's retaliatory measures.

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Japan, China end 2-day trade talks with no progress

BEIJING, China - The Japanese Foreign Ministry's Economic Affairs Bureau Director General Hitoshi Tanaka briefs reporters in Beijing on July 4 after Japan and China ended trade talks without a breakthrough. The two countries remained at odds over Japan's emergency import curbs on three farm products, the bulk of which come from China, and China's retaliatory punitive tariffs on Japanese exports of three products.

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Beijing eases COVID curbs

Travelers with big bags walk in front of a Beijing train station on Dec. 8, 2022, after Chinese cities ease coronavirus restrictions.

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Beijing eases COVID curbs

Travelers exit a Beijing train station on Dec. 8, 2022, after Chinese cities ease coronavirus restrictions.

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Beijing eases COVID curbs

People dine in a restaurant in Beijing, which reopened after Chinese cities eased coronavirus restrictions on travel and production, on Dec. 7, 2022.

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Beijing eases COVID curbs

A person carries bags in both hands in front of a Beijing train station on Dec. 8, 2022, after Chinese cities eased coronavirus restrictions on travel and production.

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Beijing eases COVID curbs

People shop at a convenience store in Beijing on Dec. 8, 2022, after Chinese cities eased coronavirus curbs and stores no longer require proof of a negative test result for entry.

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First working day after Beijing eases COVID-19 control measures

STORY: First working day after Beijing eases COVID-19 control measures DATELINE: May 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of street views in Beijing STORYLINE: On the first working day after Beijing partially eased epidemic curbs, the capital city is gradually returning to hustle and bustle. Data from the Beijing municipal health commission show that the city saw just one community case of COVID-19 from last Friday to 3 p.m. Monday, and the number of single-day new infections is on a downward trend. In response, Beijing loosened epidemic response restrictions on Sunday in non-quarantined areas, with multiple measures rolled out to facilitate work resumption and normal social order. In Chaoyang District, public transport services have resumed and some people who were working from home for the past weeks now can go back to their offices. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Passenger "The reopening of the subway stations makes life more convenient for us. At least, the efficien

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Father of boy killed in bizarre Kobe case urges legal curbs on perps’ book publication

Mamoru Hase, father of a schoolboy brutally killed in the 1997 serial murders in Kobe, Japan, submits a written request on July 15, 2015, to House of Representatives member Kunio Hatoyama, head of a project team on the relief of crime victims under the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on the Judicial System, calling for legal restrictions on the publication of books by perpetrators. Hase took the action after the publication of a memoir by the killer of Jun Hase, seeking to forestall secondary damage to victims and their families. Date: July 15, 2015,Place: Tokyo, JAPAN

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Ueno zoo reopens

Photo taken on March 23, 2022, shows twin giant panda Xiao Xiao at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. The zoo reopened the same day following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

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Ueno zoo reopens

Photo taken on March 23, 2022, shows twin giant panda Lei Lei (top) and her mother Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. The zoo reopened the same day following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

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Ueno zoo reopens

Photo taken on March 23, 2022, shows twin giant panda Lei Lei at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. The zoo reopened the same day following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

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Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter an area for giant pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

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Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter an area for giant pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

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Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter an area for giant pandas at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

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Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

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Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

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Ueno zoo reopens

People form a line to enter Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on March 23, 2022, as the zoo reopens following the lifting of COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs in Japan.

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COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs fully lifted in Japan

Commuters walk in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on March 22, 2022, as the central government lifts all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan.

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COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs fully lifted in Japan

Commuters walk in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on March 22, 2022, as the central government lifts all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan.

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COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs fully lifted in Japan

Commuters walk in Tokyo's Shimbashi area on March 22, 2022, as the central government lifts all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan.

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COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs fully lifted in Japan

A crossing in Osaka's Umeda area is crowded with pedestrians on March 22, 2022, as the central government lifts all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan.

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COVID-19 quasi-emergency curbs fully lifted in Japan

A crossing in Osaka's Umeda area is crowded with pedestrians on March 22, 2022, as the central government lifts all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan.

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COVID-19 quasi-emergency steps to be lifted fully in Japan

A scramble intersection in Tokyo's Shibuya area is crowded with pedestrians on March 21, 2022, as the central government is set to lift all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan at the end of the day.

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COVID-19 quasi-emergency steps to be lifted fully in Japan

A scramble intersection in Tokyo's Shibuya area is crowded with pedestrians on March 21, 2022, as the central government is set to lift all remaining coronavirus quasi-state of emergency curbs in Japan at the end of the day.

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India to resume regular int'l commercial flights

STORY: India to resume regular int'l commercial flights DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:58 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): DEEPAK PRAKASH, Xinhua reporter 2. various of India gate and govt. buildings 3. various of airport and airplanes STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): DEEPAK PRAKASH, Xinhua reporter "India has decided to resume regular international commercial flight operations from March 27 after two years of COVID-19 curbs, the federal civil aviation ministry said Tuesday. 'After having recognized the increased vaccination coverage across the globe and in consultation with the stakeholders, the government of India has decided to resume scheduled commercial international passenger services to a/from India from March 27, 2022, i.e. start of Summer Schedule 2022,' the ministry in a statement said. According to the ministry, the ongoing suspension of international flight operations will stay until March 26. 'The suspension of scheduled commercial international