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JAXA unveils space probe for Mars moon project

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency unveils a space probe to be used for the Martian Moons eXploration project at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2026. An H3 rocket carrying the probe will be launched possibly this fall for the five-year mission, which aims to collect samples from Mars' moon Phobos and return them to Earth.

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JAXA unveils space probe for Mars moon project

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency unveils a space probe to be used for the Martian Moons eXploration project at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2026. An H3 rocket carrying the probe will be launched possibly this fall for the five-year mission, which aims to collect samples from Mars' moon Phobos and return them to Earth.

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Philippines: Alert Level 3 Raised For Kanlaon Volcano

As of December 23, the alert level for Kanlaon Volcano was raised to 3. At least 15 volcanic earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours. According to reports, over 7,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide were emitted on Sunday, December 22.

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InShanghai OpenMic: French museum representative on Sino-French cultural exchanges

STORY: InShanghai OpenMic: French museum representative on Sino-French cultural exchanges DATELINE: May 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:56 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): YOU ZHIXIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE (English): PAUL FRECHES, Representative of Centre Pompidou in China STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YOU ZHIXIN, Xinhua correspondent "An exhibition called 'Painting the Essential' was open to the public recently at the West Bund Museum in Shanghai. It's one of the outcomes of the five-year exhibition cooperation between China and France, a high-level cultural exchange cooperation. So what's the key mission of the project between China and France, and between the Centre Pompidou and the West Bund Museum? And what are the highlights of the new exploration of cultural exchanges during these years? Today we invite Paul Freches, representative of Centre Pompidou in Shanghai. Let's welcome!" SOUNDBITE (English): PAUL FRECHES, Representative of Centre Pompidou in Chi

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Japan's Iraqi reconstruction aid mission ends with ceremony

KOMAKI, Japan - About 450 members of the Air Self-Defense Force return home to an ASDF base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, from Kuwait on Feb. 15 after Japan formally ended its five-year reconstruction aid operations in Iraq. The ASDF members had carried out withdrawal-related tasks at a Kuwaiti base from early December after Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada issued an order in late November for the return to Japan of a contingent of airmen who had airlifted goods and personnel for multinational forces and the United Nations to and from Iraq.

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Japan troops complete pullout from U.N. mission in S. Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 27, 2017, marking the completion of their five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan troops complete pullout from U.N. mission in S. Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 27, 2017, marking the completion of their five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan troops complete pullout from U.N. mission in S. Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at Aomori Airport in northern Japan on May 27, 2017, marking the completion of their five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan troops complete pullout from U.N. mission in S. Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at Aomori Airport in northern Japan on May 27, 2017, marking the completion of their five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan troops complete pullout from U.N. mission in S. Sudan

Family members greet a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member (L) at Aomori Airport in northern Japan on May 27, 2017, as troops return from South Sudan, marking the completion of the GSDF's five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. peacekeeping troops leave South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel board an airplane to leave Juba, South Sudan, on May 25, 2017, as Japan ended its five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. peacekeeping troops leave South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel leave Juba, South Sudan, on May 25, 2017, as Japan ended its five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. peacekeeping troops leave South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel leave Juba, South Sudan, on May 25, 2017, as Japan ended its five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. peacekeeping troops prepare to leave South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel line up for boarding procedures at an airport in Juba, South Sudan, on May 25, 2017, as Japan ended its five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. peacekeeping troops prepare to leave South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel watch the Japanese flag being taken down at their barracks in Juba, South Sudan, on May 25, 2017, as Japan ended its five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. peacekeeping troops prepare to leave South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel pull down the Japanese flag at their barracks in Juba, South Sudan, on May 25, 2017, as Japan ended its five-year participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese troops return home from South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are reunited with their families after arriving at a garrison in the northeastern city of Aomori on April 19, 2017, from South Sudan. Japan is winding down its five-year participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the African country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese troops return home from South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are reunited with their families after arriving at a garrison in the northeastern city of Aomori on April 19, 2017, from South Sudan. Japan is winding down its five-year participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the African country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese troop returns home from South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 19, 2017, from South Sudan as Japan winds down its five-year participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the African country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese troop returns home from South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 19, 2017, from South Sudan as Japan winds down its five-year participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the African country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese troop returns home from South Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 19, 2017, from South Sudan as Japan winds down its five-year participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the African country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. peacekeeping troops start leaving S. Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel check in for a flight at an airport in Juba on April 17, 2017, to return home, winding down their five-year participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. peacekeeping troops start leaving S. Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at an airport in Juba on April 17, 2017, to return home, winding down their five-year participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. peacekeeping troops start leaving S. Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel head to an airport in Juba on April 17, 2017, to return home, winding down their five-year participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. peacekeeping troops start leaving S. Sudan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel head to an airport in Juba on April 17, 2017, to return home, winding down their five-year participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan orders troops to withdraw from South Sudan by late May

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada speaks during a meeting with senior ministry officials in Tokyo on March 24, 2017. Later in the day, Inada ordered the Self-Defense Forces to withdraw from a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan by late May, ending a more than five-year deployment of Japanese troops in the fledgling African country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan orders troops to withdraw from South Sudan by late May

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada speaks during a meeting with senior ministry officials in Tokyo on March 24, 2017. Later in the day Inada ordered the Self-Defense Forces to withdraw from a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan by late May, ending a more than five-year deployment of Japanese troops in the fledgling African country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan orders troops to withdraw from South Sudan by late May

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada speaks during a meeting with senior ministry officials in Tokyo on March 24, 2017. Later in the day, Inada ordered the Self-Defense Forces to withdraw from a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan by late May, ending a more than five-year deployment of Japanese troops in the fledgling African country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo