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Card reader for My Number identification cards

Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2024, shows a card reader for My Number identification cards at a health clinic in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. Japan halted issuing new health insurance cards the same day under a drive to encourage the use of My Number cards integrated with health insurance data.

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Card reader for My Number identification cards

Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2024, shows a card reader for My Number identification cards at a health clinic in Tokyo. Japan halted issuing new health insurance cards the same day under a drive to encourage the use of My Number cards integrated with health insurance data.

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Card reader for My Number identification cards

Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2024, shows a card reader for My Number identification cards at a health clinic in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. Japan halted issuing new health insurance cards the same day under a drive to encourage the use of My Number cards integrated with health insurance data.

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Card reader for My Number identification cards

Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2024, shows a card reader for My Number identification cards at a health clinic in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. Japan halted issuing new health insurance cards the same day under a drive to encourage the use of My Number cards integrated with health insurance data.

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Card reader for My Number identification cards

Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2024, shows a card reader (front, on shelf) for My Number identification cards at a health clinic in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. Japan halted issuing new health insurance cards the same day under a drive to encourage the use of My Number cards integrated with health insurance data.

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"Laowai" in China | China sees surge of foreign travelers following transit visa-free policies

(240710) -- BEIJING, July 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A police officer assists an American tourist fill out an entry registration card at the border check section of Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, July 10, 2024. Currently, foreign nationals from 54 countries are eligible for the 72/144-hour transit visa-free policies that are effective at 38 ports in 18 provincial-level regions across China. China recorded 14.64 million inbound trips made by foreigners in the first half of this year, up 152.7 percent year on year, following measures introduced since January, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) announced on July 5. According to NIA, the number of visa-free entries made by foreigners exceeded 8.54 million from January to June, accounting for 52 percent of the inbound trips and representing a year-on-year surge of 190.1 percent. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Xin)

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Masoud Pezeshkian Wins Iran Election

An Iranian woman receives her national ID card after voting at a polling station in Tehran on July 5, 2024. Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, Iranian state news agency Press TV reported Saturday citing the country’s election headquarters, beating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote at a time of tensions at home and abroad. Pezeshkian was elected in a second round of voting after securing the highest number of ballots in the first round, ahead of Jalili. The first round saw the lowest voter turnout for a presidential election since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979. Photo by Khoshiran/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Australian scam losses decline in 2023: gov't report

STORY: Australian scam losses decline in 2023: gov't report SHOOTING TIME: April 29, 2024 DATELINE: April 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australian federal police station 2. various of Australian banks 3. various of fraud messages 4. various of card payments 5. various of city views of Canberra STORYLINE: Australians lost billions of dollars to a record number of reported scams in 2023, government data has revealed. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Monday published its annual Targeting Scams report, revealing Australians reported over 601,000 scams in 2023, a new record and 18.5 percent increase from 2022. Despite an increase in the number of reported scams, reported losses to scams fell from 3.15 billion Australian dollars (2.06 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022 to 2.74 billion AUD (1.79 billion dollars) in 2023, a decline of 13 percent. It marks the first time since 2016 that scam losses have fallen from the previous

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Deadly Russian drone attack on Kharkiv

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - A law enforcer places evidence number cards at a house where people burnt alive that caught fire as a result of the Russian drone attack on an oil depot in the Nemyshlianskyi district, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. As reported, seven civilians, including three children, were killed and at least 57 people were injured in Russias latest Shahed kamikaze drone strike on Kharkiv on Saturday night, February 10. Russians launched nearly 10 UAVs, eight of which were intercepted. Three drones hit the Nemyshlyansky district damaging an oil depot and causing a fuel leak. The fuel got mixed with the snow and started burning. The flaming mixture streaked down Kotelna Street destroying a total of 15 houses.

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China-Vietnam border port handles highest number of passengers among Chinese ports in 2023

STORY: China-Vietnam border port handles highest number of passengers among Chinese ports in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 5, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dongxing Port 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG DAIYING, Chinese tourist 3. various of Dongxing Port 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FAN CHUNLI, Staff of Dongxing border inspection station STORYLINE: Dongxing Port, the China-Vietnam border port in Dongxing City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, handled more than 5.54 million inbound and outbound passengers in 2023, ranking first among China's border ports. Dongxing is China's only port city connected both by land and sea with ASEAN, whose unique location has boosted cross-border tourism. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG DAIYING, Chinese tourist "It takes only a short time to pass through customs, just a few seconds to swipe the card. During the process, the border inspection staff are very warm, giving timely help to u

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Bank Card

YICHANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 6, 2023 - A citizen shows bank card in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Oct 6, 2023. The Blue Book on the Development of China's Bank card Industry (2023) released by the China Banking Association shows that by the end of 2022, the total number of bank cards issued in China will reach 9.3 billion, and 50 million new cards will be issued in 2022.

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Bank Card

YICHANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 6, 2023 - A citizen shows bank card in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Oct 6, 2023. The Blue Book on the Development of China's Bank card Industry (2023) released by the China Banking Association shows that by the end of 2022, the total number of bank cards issued in China will reach 9.3 billion, and 50 million new cards will be issued in 2022.

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Oroqen Bonfire Festival celebrated in north China's Inner Mongolia

STORY: Oroqen Bonfire Festival celebrated in north China's Inner Mongolia DATELINE: June 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:30 LOCATION: HULUN BUIR, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Oroqen bonfire festival STORYLINE: The 33rd Oroqen Bonfire Festival opened Sunday in Oroqen Autonomous Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Tens of thousands of people from different ethnic groups gathered here to celebrate the festival. 　　 The bonfire festival is one of the most important traditional Oroqen festivals. As it evolves with time, the festival has become a local cultural name card, attracting a large number of tourists from all over the country to be part of the celebration. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hulun Buir, China. (XHTV)

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U.S. retail giant Costco to open 3rd store in Chinese mainland

STORY: U.S. retail giant Costco to open 3rd store in Chinese mainland DATELINE: March 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:40 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Costco store 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XIONG SHAODING, Manager of Costco's Pudong store STORYLINE: U.S. retail giant Costco will officially open its third store in the Chinese mainland for trial operation in Shanghai's Pudong New Area on March 10. The Pudong store, also the second Costco store in Shanghai, has a shopping area of 15,000 square meters. With the gradual recovery of the market, consumers' purchasing enthusiasm has been increasing recently, and the demand for global commodities has also been growing. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XIONG SHAODING, Manager of Costco's Pudong store "A reservation system will be adopted here. Members can click on our APP and select the Pudong store in Shanghai. It is linked with the membership card number." Costco will continue to expand in the Chinese market. This year, it plans to open new stores

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San Diego Zoo celebrates Chinese New Year

STORY: San Diego Zoo celebrates Chinese New Year DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony of the event STORYLINE: The San Diego Zoo, which has the largest number of annual visitors among U.S. zoos, kicked off a two-day special event on Saturday to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Paul Baribault, president and CEO of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, and Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles Guo Shaochun co-hosted the opening ceremony of the event. "As part of our wishes for the lunar new year, we want to wish joy and prosperity to all of our friends. That includes everybody here today as well as our partners around the globe," Baribault told Xinhua after he wrote his new year wishes on a red blessing card and tied it to a "wishing tree." Interactive activities related to the Chinese New Year surrounded the zoo, he said, adding that "we are really trying to take advantage of the moment of the transition t

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Credit card scam in Roppongi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows people on the street in Tokyo's Roppongi entertainment district on the evening of Aug. 28, 2010. Police said a number of foreigners who visit restaurants and bars in Roppongi have become the targets of credit card fraud in which they are charged for payments they did not make.

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New Year's card delivery starts

TOKYO, Japan - Postmen on bicycles leave a post office in Tokyo's Nihombashi district Jan. 1, 2010 to deliver New Year's greeting cards. The number of cards for delivery on the day reached nearly 2.1 billion nationwide.

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Alico Japan says credit card fraud inquiries expand to 2,700

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of insurer Alico Japan apologize during a news conference in Tokyo on July 30. The company said the number of credit card fraud inquiries had increased to some 2,700 as of July 29 from an earlier reported level of 2,200 in connection with the suspected leakage of credit card data of some Alico Japan customers.

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Camouflaged, wireless camera used to take furtive pictures

NAGOYA, Japan - A camouflaged camera wrapped in newspaper displayed at a police station in Nagoya on May 7 after police arrested a 35-year-old primary school teacher for allegedly using the wireless card-size to surreptitiously take pictures of the inside skirts of two female high-school students at subway station in Nagoya. The arrow points to the camera lens. Police say the suspect, Eiichi Tsunekawa, placed the camouflaged camera on the steps of the station and use a wireless transmitter to snap pictures as women walk past the camera. The police say they have confiscated more than 100 60-minute video tapes from the suspect's home and there were a large number of obviously surreptitiously taken photos of women in the tapes.

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Japan begins sending "My Number" ID numbers to residents

A resident in the western Japan city of Kaiyo, Tokushima Prefecture, receives a card bearing a 12-digit identification number from a postal worker on Oct. 23, 2015. About a dozen of Japan's 47 prefectures began mailing the numbers the same day under a new social security and tax number system known as the "My Number" system, to be put into use in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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INAC Kobe players chosen to promote "My Number" national ID system

Players of the INAC Kobe Leonessa women's football club, including Homare Sawa (4th from R) and Nahomi Kawasumi (3rd from L), pose in the Kobe city office building in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 21, 2015, after their nomination as the western Japanese city's envoys tasked with the promotion of the "My Number" national ID card system to be introduced in January 2016 for taxation and social security purposes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Camouflaged, wireless camera used to take furtive pictures

NAGOYA, Japan - A camouflaged camera wrapped in newspaper displayed at a police station in Nagoya on May 7 after police arrested a 35-year-old primary school teacher for allegedly using the wireless card-size to surreptitiously take pictures of the inside skirts of two female high-school students at subway station in Nagoya. The arrow points to the camera lens. Police say the suspect, Eiichi Tsunekawa, placed the camouflaged camera on the steps of the station and use a wireless transmitter to snap pictures as women walk past the camera. The police say they have confiscated more than 100 60-minute video tapes from the suspect's home and there were a large number of obviously surreptitiously taken photos of women in the tapes. (Kyodo)

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Beppu Hot Springs, Japan - the seashore

Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred. Beppu is Japan's onsen capital with the largest volume of hot water in the world apart from Yellowstone in the United States and the largest number of hot spring sources in Japan. Beppu contains nine major geothermal hot spots, which are sometimes referred to as the nine hells of Beppu. This souvenir card depicts local people enjoying the properties of the sand and the sea air of the beach at Beppu. Date: circa 1930

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Credit card scam in Roppongi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows people on the street in Tokyo's Roppongi entertainment district on the evening of Aug. 28, 2010. Police said a number of foreigners who visit restaurants and bars in Roppongi have become the targets of credit card fraud in which they are charged for payments they did not make. (Kyodo)

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Wechat Micro Number

A mobile phone shows Tencent's micro number interface in Aksu, Xinjiang province, China, March 29, 2021. According to the official introduction, micro number is a WeChat small program product, support to handle and use the virtual phone number without relying on the SIM card (short for small number). The small phone can be used to receive and make calls, send and receive short messages, support domestic voice and point-to-point short message functions, temporarily does not support value-added services and other data services.

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Wechat Micro Number

A mobile phone shows Tencent's micro number interface in Aksu, Xinjiang province, China, March 29, 2021. According to the official introduction, micro number is a WeChat small program product, support to handle and use the virtual phone number without relying on the SIM card (short for small number). The small phone can be used to receive and make calls, send and receive short messages, support domestic voice and point-to-point short message functions, temporarily does not support value-added services and other data services.

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Wechat Micro Number

A mobile phone shows Tencent's micro number interface in Aksu, Xinjiang province, China, March 29, 2021. According to the official introduction, micro number is a WeChat small program product, support to handle and use the virtual phone number without relying on the SIM card (short for small number). The small phone can be used to receive and make calls, send and receive short messages, support domestic voice and point-to-point short message functions, temporarily does not support value-added services and other data services.

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Wechat Micro Number

A mobile phone shows Tencent's micro number interface in Aksu, Xinjiang province, China, March 29, 2021. According to the official introduction, micro number is a WeChat small program product, support to handle and use the virtual phone number without relying on the SIM card (short for small number). The small phone can be used to receive and make calls, send and receive short messages, support domestic voice and point-to-point short message functions, temporarily does not support value-added services and other data services.

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Wechat Micro Number

A mobile phone shows Tencent's micro number interface in Aksu, Xinjiang province, China, March 29, 2021. According to the official introduction, micro number is a WeChat small program product, support to handle and use the virtual phone number without relying on the SIM card (short for small number). The small phone can be used to receive and make calls, send and receive short messages, support domestic voice and point-to-point short message functions, temporarily does not support value-added services and other data services.

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Wechat Micro Number

A mobile phone shows Tencent's micro number interface in Aksu, Xinjiang province, China, March 29, 2021. According to the official introduction, micro number is a WeChat small program product, support to handle and use the virtual phone number without relying on the SIM card (short for small number). The small phone can be used to receive and make calls, send and receive short messages, support domestic voice and point-to-point short message functions, temporarily does not support value-added services and other data services.

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Wechat Micro Number

A mobile phone shows Tencent's micro number interface in Aksu, Xinjiang province, China, March 29, 2021. According to the official introduction, micro number is a WeChat small program product, support to handle and use the virtual phone number without relying on the SIM card (short for small number). The small phone can be used to receive and make calls, send and receive short messages, support domestic voice and point-to-point short message functions, temporarily does not support value-added services and other data services.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

Social security cards are seen in Yongnian District, Handan City, Hebei Province, Jan 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

Social security cards are seen in Yongnian District, Handan City, Hebei Province, Jan 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

A resident shows his social security card in Yongnian District of Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

Social security cards are seen in Yongnian District, Handan City, Hebei Province, Jan 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

A resident shows his social security card in Yongnian District of Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

Social security cards are seen in Yongnian District, Handan City, Hebei Province, Jan 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

Social security cards are seen in Yongnian District, Handan City, Hebei Province, Jan 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

A resident shows his social security card in Yongnian District of Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

Social security cards are seen in Yongnian District, Handan City, Hebei Province, Jan 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

A resident shows his social security card in Yongnian District of Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

A resident shows his social security card in Yongnian District of Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

A resident shows his social security card in Yongnian District of Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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The World's Largest Social Safety Net

Social security cards are seen in Yongnian District, Handan City, Hebei Province, Jan 26, 2021. The number of social security card holders in China has reached 1.335 billion.

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New coronavirus

The Shinagawa ward office in Tokyo is crowded with people going through procedures to obtain a "My Number" ID card, necessary for online application for 100,000 yen emergency cash handout amid the new coronavirus pandemic on May 11, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year's card delivery starts

TOKYO, Japan - Postmen on bicycles leave a post office in Tokyo's Nihombashi district Jan. 1, 2010 to deliver New Year's greeting cards. The number of cards for delivery on the day reached nearly 2.1 billion nationwide. (Kyodo)