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Scandal-ridden Bigmotor reborn as new firm

TOKYO, Japan, May 1 Kyodo - Shinjiro Tanaka (C), president of Wecars, a new firm that took over the troubled used car dealership Bigmotor Co.'s main businesses, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2024. The president vowed to make Wecars' operations transparent following the high-profile insurance fraud scandal, as it runs about 250 outlets with a workforce of 4,200. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-ridden Bigmotor reborn as new firm

Shinjiro Tanaka (R), president of Wecars, a new firm that took over the troubled used car dealership Bigmotor Co.'s main businesses, attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2024. The president vowed to make Wecars' operations transparent following the high-profile insurance fraud scandal, as it runs about 250 outlets with a workforce of 4,200.

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Scandal-ridden Bigmotor reborn as new firm

Shinjiro Tanaka (C), president of Wecars, a new firm that took over the troubled used car dealership Bigmotor Co.'s main businesses, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2024. The president vowed to make Wecars' operations transparent following the high-profile insurance fraud scandal, as it runs about 250 outlets with a workforce of 4,200.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - A stained glass creation is showcased at the Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - A stained glass creation is showcased at the Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - The Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi takes place at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - A stained glass creation is showcased at the Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - The Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi takes place at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - The Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi takes place at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - A stained glass creation is showcased at the Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - The Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi takes place at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi attends his Careful Fragile! exhibition at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - The Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi takes place at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - A stained glass creation is showcased at the Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - The Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi takes place at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi attends his Careful Fragile! exhibition at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - Mariupol journalist and project coordinator Alevtyna Shvetsova attends the Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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Photo exhibition of Mariupol stained glass windows in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - A stained glass creation is showcased at the Careful Fragile! exhibition featuring the photo project of Mariupol journalist and researcher of the crimes committed by Russia against Ukrainians Ivan Stanislavskyi at the Mariupol Reborn office in Lviv, western Ukraine. The exhibition scheduled for March 2022 in Mariupol was cancelled due to Russias full-scale war against Ukraine and the shelling of the city. The project is a collection of photographs of stained glass windows captured by Ivan Stanislavskyi across his native Mariupol in 2019-2021. These stained glass windows are likely lost as the buildings where these creations were located are destroyed as investigated by Ivan Stanislavskyi.

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AFGHANISTAN-KUNDUZ-CHAHAR DARA-BEE FARM

(231022) -- KUNDUZ, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A beekeeper works at a bee farm in Chahar Dara district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2023. Beekeeping has become more than a hobby when the honey production industry in Afghanistan's Kunduz province has been reborn over the past years. For many Afghan farmers, honey becomes their cash cow. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KUNDUZ-CHAHAR DARA-BEE FARM

(231022) -- KUNDUZ, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A beekeeper works at a bee farm in Chahar Dara district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2023. Beekeeping has become more than a hobby when the honey production industry in Afghanistan's Kunduz province has been reborn over the past years. For many Afghan farmers, honey becomes their cash cow. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KUNDUZ-CHAHAR DARA-BEE FARM

(231022) -- KUNDUZ, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Beekeepers work at a bee farm in Chahar Dara district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2023. Beekeeping has become more than a hobby when the honey production industry in Afghanistan's Kunduz province has been reborn over the past years. For many Afghan farmers, honey becomes their cash cow. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

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Abandoned bomb shelter reborn as underground art space in China's Chongqing

STORY: Abandoned bomb shelter reborn as underground art space in China's Chongqing DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:49 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of paintings on the wall of the bomb shelter STORYLINE: Recently, Daijiaxiang bomb shelter in southwest China's Chongqing has become a new hot spot for travelers. The abandoned bomb shelter was reborn as an underground art space. 　　 The air-raid shelter has a drop of 30 meters between the upper and lower entrances, 14 bends and a total length of 320 meters. 　　 The narrow passage, steep stairs and many corners in the tunnel are fully utilized. The paintings featuring the mountain city's unique history and culture are drawn on the cave wall. 　　 Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chongqing, China. (XHTV)

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Traditional theater built in 1933 reborn in central Japan

KANAZAWA, Japan - The Awazu "Embujo" traditional performing art theater at the Awazu hot-spring resort in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, is shown in its restored form on Aug. 28, 2014. The theater, built in 1933, was resurrected for the first time in some 70 years this year, helping activate the economy of the central Japan hot spring village facing the Sea of Japan.

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Vanilla Air begins operation

NARITA, Japan - Tomonori Ishii (front L), president of Vanilla Air Inc., gives a souvenir to a passenger on the first flight for Naha, Okinawa Prefecture's capital, on the morning of Dec. 20, 2013, at Narita Airport near Tokyo, as Vanilla Air, a reborn low-cost carrier under ANA Holdings Inc., began operation with flights linking its base, Narita Airport, with Naha and Taipei.

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Vanilla Air begins operation

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows the first flight about to leave for Naha, Okinawa Prefecture's capital, on the morning of Dec. 20, 2013, at Narita Airport near Tokyo, as Vanilla Air, a reborn low-cost carrier under ANA Holdings Inc., began operation with flights linking its base, Narita Airport, with Naha and Taipei.

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Music rocks 'sento' public bath, breathes life into tradition

TOKYO, Japan - People wait in line before a concert at the Bentenyu public bathhouse in Tokyo's Musashino City on Dec. 10, 2009. An event called ''Furo Rock'' has been held 18 times since 2005 in the hope of drawing people to the bathhouse amid a decline in the number of visitors. A coin laundry next to the bathhouse has been reborn as an eatery that becomes a small bar at night.

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Venerable cinema houses in Osaka give way to cineplexes

OSAKA, Japan - Two venerable cinema houses in Osaka -- OS Gekijo and OS Meigaza -- will be closing their doors on Sept. 21, victims of the invasion of multi-screen cineplexes that offer spectators multiple choices in the movies on show. Opened in 1959, OS Gekijo specialized in western movies and spawned OS Meigaza in the same building about 10 years ago. After refurbishing, the two cinema houses will be reborn as an ''annex'' of Toho Cinemas Umezawa, the largest cineplex in Osaka, on Oct. 1.

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Court approves Seagaia rehabilitation plan+

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Yasumasa Sato (R), the court-appointed administrator of Seagaia, speaks at a news conference Aug. 3 after the Miyazaki District Court approved a rehabilitation plan for the failed resort complex, paving the way for it to be reborn in September under the auspices of U.S. investment fund Ripplewood Holdings LLC.

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Seagaia's rehabilitation plan submitted to court

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Yasumasa Sato (C), the court-appointed administrator of the failed Seagaia resort complex, speaks July 11 at a news conference in Miyazaki after submitting Seagaia's rehabilitation plan to the Miyazaki District Court. If creditors approve the plan, Seagaia will be reborn in September under the auspices of U.S. investment fund Ripplewood Holdings LLC.

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Old port in China's Xinjiang reborn thanks to BRI

STORY: Old port in China's Xinjiang reborn thanks to BRI DATELINE: July 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Horgos STORYLINE: Horgos, which borders Kazakhstan, is China's closest port to Central Asia and Europe by land transport. It now serves as a major railway port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Horgos, which means "a place where caravans pass" in Mongolian, was once a busy passage used by traders traveling along the ancient Silk Road. While Horgos lost its shine as caravans faded into history, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), proposed by China in 2013, has revitalized the old port. In 2016, the Horgos port welcomed its first China-Europe freight train. Ever since then, cargo trains from across the country have been heading for their destinations in Asia and Europe via Horgos. There are currently 64 train routes passing through Horgos port, reaching 18 countries and regions. The import and export goods carried by the f

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Tokyo Olympic skateboarding venue to be reborn as urban sports center

Young skateboarders try out a course at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo as it is shown to the press on July 4, 2022. The Tokyo metropolitan government is planning to expand the park, which was used as the venue for Tokyo Olympic skateboarding events, into a urban sports center that will possibly open in March 2024 for bouldering and 3x3 basketball as well as skateboarding.

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Tokyo Olympic skateboarding venue to be reborn as urban sports center

A young skateboarder tries out a course at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo as it is shown to the press on July 4, 2022. The Tokyo metropolitan government is planning to expand the park, which was used as the venue for Tokyo Olympic skateboarding events, into a urban sports center that will possibly open in March 2024 for bouldering and 3x3 basketball as well as skateboarding.

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Tokyo Olympic skateboarding venue to be reborn as urban sports center

Young skateboarders try out a course at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo as it is shown to the press on July 4, 2022. The Tokyo metropolitan government is planning to expand the park, which was used as the venue for Tokyo Olympic skateboarding events, into a urban sports center that will possibly open in March 2024 for bouldering and 3x3 basketball as well as skateboarding.

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Tokyo Olympic skateboarding venue to be reborn as urban sports center

A young skateboarder tries out a course at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo as it is shown to the press on July 4, 2022. The Tokyo metropolitan government is planning to expand the park, which was used as the venue for Tokyo Olympic skateboarding events, into a urban sports center that will possibly open in March 2024 for bouldering and 3x3 basketball as well as skateboarding.

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Tokyo Olympic skateboarding venue to be reborn as urban sports center

A young skateboarder tries out a course at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo as it is shown to the press on July 4, 2022. The Tokyo metropolitan government is planning to expand the park, which was used as the venue for Tokyo Olympic skateboarding events, into a urban sports center that will possibly open in March 2024 for bouldering and 3x3 basketball as well as skateboarding.

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