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2025 World Robot Conference - Beijing

A housekeeping robot is displayed at the 2025 World Robot Conference (WRC) in Beijing, capital of China, August 8, 2025. The WRC 2025 showcases rapidly advancing embodied intelligence technology, with humanoid robots as the highlight, demonstrating significant progress achieved globally and particularly in China, while the event also serves to illuminate a wide range of future commercial application scenarios. Themed "Making Robots Smarter, Making Embodied Agents More Intelligent," the five-day conference that opened on August 8 features forums, exhibitions, competitions and networking events -- with over 200 robotics companies from around the world presenting their latest innovations. Photo by Xinhua/Xie Han/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong does housekeeping in the sitting room of his residence before a tour to the forest in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a pri

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-DEQING-GREEN RURAL REVIVAL PROGRAM-VILLAGES (CN)

(230616) -- DEQING, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Operators of homestay take part in a housekeeping training at a homestay in Xiantan Village, Moganshan Town, Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 15, 2023. Deqing County on Thursday offered a training program to the owners and operators of local homestays to further improve services. The county has witnessed an ongoing growth of premium homestays, most notably in Moganshan Town. In 2022, homestay operator was added to China's list of new occupations by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-QINHUANGDAO-TOURISM-HOMESTAY (CN)

(230606) -- QINHUANGDAO, June 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member performs housekeeping at a high-end homestay in Feishizhuang Village, Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, June 5, 2023. Qinhuangdao, widely noted for its seaside tourist attractions, has pinned much importance to the development of homestay service in a way to accelerate the growth in its rural areas. To date, there are more than 2,200 homestays in operation in the region. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-QINHUANGDAO-TOURISM-HOMESTAY (CN)

(230606) -- QINHUANGDAO, June 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 5, 2023 shows a staff member (L) performing housekeeping at a high-end homestay in Feishizhuang Village, Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province. Qinhuangdao, widely noted for its seaside tourist attractions, has pinned much importance to the development of homestay service in a way to accelerate the growth in its rural areas. To date, there are more than 2,200 homestays in operation in the region. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HEBEI-QINHUANGDAO-TOURISM-HOMESTAY (CN)

(230606) -- QINHUANGDAO, June 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member performs housekeeping at a high-end homestay in Feishizhuang Village, Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, June 5, 2023. Qinhuangdao, widely noted for its seaside tourist attractions, has pinned much importance to the development of homestay service in a way to accelerate the growth in its rural areas. To date, there are more than 2,200 homestays in operation in the region. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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Recruit eyes housekeeping support service for working women

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Minegishi, president of media and human resources firm Recruit Holdings Co., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014. Minegishi said in the interview that Recruit is considering entering the housekeeping support business for working women, undertaking various chores at the homes of women while they are out working.

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Dear Prudence (2008)

Ryan Cartwright & Jane Seymour Characters: Nigel Forsythe III, prudence mccoy Film: Dear Prudence (2008) Director: Paul Schneider 23 August 2008 Jane Seymour as TV personality ?and would-be amateur sleuth ?Prudence McCoy..Prudence McCoy, a humorous, Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, escapes to a much-needed vacation from her work-driven life. Using her own quick-witted, good-housekeeping tips, she soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. In doing so, she gains a better understanding of the mother she wasn't close to in her youth, and takes her first steps toward finding a balanced life that includes true love. Date: 23 August 2008

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Dear Prudence (2008)

Jane Seymour Characters: prudence mccoy Film: Dear Prudence (2008) Director: Paul Schneider 23 August 2008 Jane Seymour as TV personality ?and would-be amateur sleuth ?Prudence McCoy..Prudence McCoy, a humorous, Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, escapes to a much-needed vacation from her work-driven life. Using her own quick-witted, good-housekeeping tips, she soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. In doing so, she gains a better understanding of the mother she wasn't close to in her youth, and takes her first steps toward finding a balanced life that includes true love. Date: 23 August 2008

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Dear Prudence (2008)

James Kot & Jane Seymour Characters: prudence mccoy, jean phillipe andrews Film: Dear Prudence (2008) Director: Paul Schneider 23 August 2008 Jane Seymour as TV personality ?and would-be amateur sleuth ?Prudence McCoy..Prudence McCoy, a humorous, Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, escapes to a much-needed vacation from her work-driven life. Using her own quick-witted, good-housekeeping tips, she soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. In doing so, she gains a better understanding of the mother she wasn't close to in her youth, and takes her first steps toward finding a balanced life that includes true love. Date: 23 August 2008

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Dear Prudence (2008)

Jane Seymour Characters: prudence mccoy Film: Dear Prudence (2008) Director: Paul Schneider 23 August 2008 Jane Seymour as TV personality ?and would-be amateur sleuth ?Prudence McCoy..Prudence McCoy, a humorous, Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, escapes to a much-needed vacation from her work-driven life. Using her own quick-witted, good-housekeeping tips, she soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. In doing so, she gains a better understanding of the mother she wasn't close to in her youth, and takes her first steps toward finding a balanced life that includes true love. Date: 23 August 2008

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Dear Prudence (2008)

Jane Seymour Characters: prudence mccoy Film: Dear Prudence (2008) Director: Paul Schneider 23 August 2008 Jane Seymour as TV personality ?and would-be amateur sleuth ?Prudence McCoy..Prudence McCoy, a humorous, Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, escapes to a much-needed vacation from her work-driven life. Using her own quick-witted, good-housekeeping tips, she soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. In doing so, she gains a better understanding of the mother she wasn't close to in her youth, and takes her first steps toward finding a balanced life that includes true love. Date: 23 August 2008

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Dear Prudence (2008)

Jane Seymour Characters: prudence mccoy Film: Dear Prudence (2008) Director: Paul Schneider 23 August 2008 Jane Seymour as TV personality ?and would-be amateur sleuth ?Prudence McCoy..Prudence McCoy, a humorous, Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, escapes to a much-needed vacation from her work-driven life. Using her own quick-witted, good-housekeeping tips, she soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. In doing so, she gains a better understanding of the mother she wasn't close to in her youth, and takes her first steps toward finding a balanced life that includes true love. Date: 23 August 2008

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Dear Prudence (2008)

Jane Seymour & Ryan Cartwright Characters: prudence mccoy, Nigel Forsythe III Film: Dear Prudence (2008) Director: Paul Schneider 23 August 2008 Jane Seymour as TV personality ?and would-be amateur sleuth ?Prudence McCoy..Prudence McCoy, a humorous, Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, escapes to a much-needed vacation from her work-driven life. Using her own quick-witted, good-housekeeping tips, she soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. In doing so, she gains a better understanding of the mother she wasn't close to in her youth, and takes her first steps toward finding a balanced life that includes true love. Date: 23 August 2008

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Dear Prudence (2008)

Jane Seymour Characters: prudence mccoy Film: Dear Prudence (2008) Director: Paul Schneider 23 August 2008 Jane Seymour as TV personality ?and would-be amateur sleuth ?Prudence McCoy..Prudence McCoy, a humorous, Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, escapes to a much-needed vacation from her work-driven life. Using her own quick-witted, good-housekeeping tips, she soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. In doing so, she gains a better understanding of the mother she wasn't close to in her youth, and takes her first steps toward finding a balanced life that includes true love. Date: 23 August 2008

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Dear Prudence (2008)

Tantoo Cardinal & Jane Seymour Characters: Prudence McCoy, ruth vigil Film: Dear Prudence (2008) Director: Paul Schneider 23 August 2008 Jane Seymour as TV personality ?and would-be amateur sleuth ?Prudence McCoy..Prudence McCoy, a humorous, Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, escapes to a much-needed vacation from her work-driven life. Using her own quick-witted, good-housekeeping tips, she soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. In doing so, she gains a better understanding of the mother she wasn't close to in her youth, and takes her first steps toward finding a balanced life that includes true love. Date: 23 August 2008

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Dear Prudence (2008)

Jane Seymour Characters: prudence mccoy Film: Dear Prudence (2008) Director: Paul Schneider 23 August 2008 Jane Seymour as TV personality ?and would-be amateur sleuth ?Prudence McCoy..Prudence McCoy, a humorous, Martha Stewart-like advice columnist and TV personality, escapes to a much-needed vacation from her work-driven life. Using her own quick-witted, good-housekeeping tips, she soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. In doing so, she gains a better understanding of the mother she wasn't close to in her youth, and takes her first steps toward finding a balanced life that includes true love. Date: 23 August 2008

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American Beauty (1999)

Annette Bening Characters: Carolyn Burnham Film: American Beauty (USA 1999) Director: Sam Mendes 08 September 1999 Date: 08 September 1999

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By The Light Of The Silvery Mo film (1953)

Doris Day Characters: Marjorie Winfield Film: By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (USA 1953) Director: David Butler 26 March 1953 Heiratet Marjorie? (By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, USA 1953, Regie: David Butler) Doris Day / Frau, Hausfrau, Treppe, putzen, saubermachen, Hausarbeit, Staubwedel, Staub wischen, s

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THE BISHOP'S WIFE

THE BISHOP'S WIFE [US 1947] ELSA LANCHESTER, DAVID NIVEN Date: 1947

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STAR SPANGLED GIRL

STAR SPANGLED GIRL SANDY DUNCAN, TONY ROBERTS Date: 1971

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PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX

PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX MERVYN JOHNS, MARY MERRALL PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX MERVYN JOHNS, MARY MERRALL Date: 1946

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Japan to have record 1 million foreign workers in 2016

Photo taken March 27, 2016, shows former foreign trainees revealing a cruel working environment they faced in Japan in the past during a symposium in Tokyo on the issue of trainees from Myanmar. The number of foreigners working in Japan is expected to top 1 million for the first time in 2016 as the nation moves toward utilizing their labor power more, especially in nursing care and housekeeping fields, government sources said on April 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to have record 1 million foreign workers in 2016

Photo taken March 27, 2016, shows a symposium in Tokyo on the issue of trainees from Myanmar. The number of foreigners working in Japan is expected to top 1 million for the first time in 2016 as the nation moves toward utilizing their labor power more, especially in nursing care and housekeeping fields, government sources said on April 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cooking

The English caption reads, Preparing a meal in the kitchen . Five young women prepare a meal in the kitchen. The scene includes a stove for cooking rice, bamboo for blowing the fire, grating stick with earthenware mortar, Japanese onions being cut on a cutting board, and some burdock in the pail. The kitchen tools hanging on the walls are interesting.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐29‐0]

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Woman drawing water from a well

The English caption reads Drawing water from a well. A young woman draws water from a wooden framed well, and pours it into another wooden pail. Dramatized photo of a typical water drawing scene in Japan.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐40‐0]

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Weaving at a farmer's house

The weaving device is a tall model. The women are barefoot and have their kimono sleeves pulled up with cords. The tattered shoji screens suggest that this is a weaving room. The English caption indicates that these are farmers' wives weaving cotton cloth.==Date:1904, Place:unknown, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐52‐0]

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Women washing clothes

The washed cloth stretched over the plank is a dissembled kimono. The clothing hanging over the bamboo poles are washed underwear and non-lined kimono.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐57‐0]

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Women washing clothes

The women are pulling apart soiled kimono, hand-washing the pieces, and then stretching them over a plank (a process called araihari ). Once these are dry, they are made into kimono again. This kind of drying process was applied not only to kimono but also to bedding and other sleeping items.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐25‐0]

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Women cleaning

This was probably taken indoors. The women seem lifeless and the pose staged. The colouring applied to the photograph, however, is relatively skillful, although the red and blue colours are unskilled and artless.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐32‐0]

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Women washing clothes

The washed cloth stretched over the plank is a dissembled kimono. The clothing hanging over the bamboo poles are washed underwear and non-lined kimono.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number83‐12‐0]

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Women washing clothes

Kimono are being dried on bamboo poles. People aired clothes and books in the sun, in places where a breeze blows on a sunny non-humid day to prevent moisture, dust, and insects from damaging the items. The girl in the centre is doing araihari (explained in #2353). The girls all have their sleeves pulled up with cords.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐40‐0]

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Weaving

Artistic handwork is one of Japan's driving forces. A jibata handloom from the Edo Period and takahata weaving apparatus from the Meiji Period are shown on the right and left. The venue for weaving was shifting from homes to factories around this time.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐48‐0]

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A woman scooping water

The well, fence and pots suggest that this garden belongs to a wealthy family. Colouring has been added skillfully to the woman's kimono, especially in the sleeve area. This is such a clear photograph that her facial expression can be easily observed.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐28‐0]

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Spinning

A woman with a hair cover in anesan-kaburi style is spinning thread on a spinning wheel. The shoji screens suggest that it is a workshop. A mat is spread on the tatami floor, but the seams are not visible.==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number61‐17‐0]

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A woman sorting cotton

Two women are removing cotton seeds on a board. They may be a master wearing a tasuki cord and a maid in hakama skirt. A byobu screen depicting scenes from the four seasons is behind them.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number61‐13‐0]

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Women taking a bath

One of the photographs in a Yokohama album, this is entitled, Home Bathing. This scene of women bathing at home is staged. A wooden bathtub is placed in a home bathroom setting with a sign on the wall that says, Beware of Fire.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐122‐0]

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Scooping water

One woman is washing clothes while the other is drawing water. The colouring has been applied very skillfully. The fact that the camera is slightly out of focus indicates that the women were really engaged in work.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐17‐0]

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Women washing clothes

The women are pulling apart soiled kimono, hand-washing the pieces, and then stretching them over a plank (a process called araihari ). Once these are dry, they are made into kimono again. This kind of drying process was applied not only to kimono but also to bedding and other sleeping items.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐1‐0]

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Women washing clothes

The women are pulling apart soiled kimono, hand-washing the pieces, and then stretching them over a plank (a process called araihari ). Once these are dry, they are made into kimono again. This kind of drying process was applied not only to kimono but also to bedding and other sleeping items.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐18‐0]

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Women washing clothes

The woman on the right is hand-washing underwear and socks. There is water for washing in the bucket. The woman standing has her head covered with a hand towel.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐11‐0]

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Elder sister and her brother tending children

It was not rare for slightly older children to baby-sit their younger brothers and sisters in the rural countryside, 30 to 40 years ago. This elder sister and younger brother hold an umbrella.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number45‐7‐0]

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Women washing clothes

A woman sits to do laundry with her sleeves tied up. To her back, a woman stands holding a pail with a ladle in her right hand and what looks like laundry in her left hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐19‐0]

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Woman washing things in a tub

A young woman wearing furisode (long sleeved kimono) and a towel over her head washes dishes in a basin. This is probably a dramatized photo of Kichen chores. Two water pails, a wash basin and a big basket are placed to show the typical tools in a Japanese washing set. The flower is ornamental.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐4‐0]

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Cooking women

Nine women show the many ways to cook, such as cutting Japanese radish on a cutting board, using a earthenware mortar and wooden pestle, and washing in a pail.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐45‐0]

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Women sewing clothes

Four young women mending kimonos. Three of them wear haori coats. One puts thread through a needle, the other sews a kimono, and another stretches the thread in the sewn kimono. Another looks on. In front of the women is a sewing box and pin cushion.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐50‐0]

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Cotton-spinning

A woman sitting on a cushion on a veranda turns the spinning wheel with her right hand and looms cotton thread. To the left is a box containing cotton, and at the back is shoji (paper sliding doors)==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐42‐0]

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Women washing and stretching cloth

A kimono was not washed in one piece, but the threads were pulled out and the kimono made into plain material to wash. After washing, the material was starched and dried by pasting it on a board, a process called araihari . The pail probably contains starch. The material to be starched is placed inside. Starch was made of liquid from stewed seaweed, and the drying board was a single cedar board, both sides of which could be used.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐35‐0]

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Girls having a meal

Captions read girls eating breakfast in German outside the photo and dining room in English within the photo. Five girls are serving rice from the rice hatch near the hibachi (fire pot) and picking cooked dishes with chopsticks from small bowls, evoking the manner of Japanese meals.==Date:1880, Place:unknown, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐6‐0]

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Filipino housekeeping workers arrive in Japan

A total of 25 Filipino women, the first batch of Filipino workers to engage in housekeeping jobs in Japan via staffing agency Pasona, pose for a commemorative photo after arriving at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on March 9, 2017. Under a "special zones" law revised in 2015, foreign housekeepers are allowed to work in three regions, including Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, where the Filipino women will start working in April after receiving training. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo