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(230905) -- BEIJING, Sept. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Vice Premier Liu Guozhong, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks at a ceremony to award seven Chinese nurses the Florence Nightingale Medal for their outstanding contributions to healthcare at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2023. China had the largest number of recipients of the 49th Florence Nightingale Award, as 37 nurses from 22 countries won the medal this year. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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7 celebrities given this year's Best Dresser Awards

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Rie Miyazawa poses with her trophy during a ceremony for this year's Best Dresser Awards at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. Miyazawa is one of the seven recipients of the awards, which are given by the Men's Fashion Unity to celebrities for their good sense of fashion.

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7 celebrities given this year's Best Dresser Awards

TOKYO, Japan - Akito Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks during a ceremony for this year's Best Dresser Awards at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. Toyoda is one of the seven recipients of the awards, which are given by the Men's Fashion Unity to celebrities for their good sense of fashion.

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Emperor hands out gov't spring decorations at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) hands out the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the highest honor in this spring's decorations awarded by the Japanese government, to former Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Etsuya Washio (2nd from R) as Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) looks on at the Imperial Palace on May 8. Washio was among seven recipients who were given the highest award this spring. About 4,000 people were awarded spring decorations for their contributions to the nation and public in various fields such as politics, business, and arts and culture. (Pool photo)

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Hokkaido professors receive cash from PhD recipients

SAPPORO, Japan - Masaaki Hemmi (R), vice president of Hokkaido University, speaks at a news conference in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 22. Hemmi and the other university vice president, Minoru Wakita (L), met the press after nine professors and associate professors at the university were found to have received cash and gift certificates from seven people who acquired doctorate degrees after their theses were examined by them between fiscal 2007 and 2008.

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7 Japanese awarded Russian medals for promotion of culture

TOKYO, Japan - Seven Japanese including simultaneous Japanese-Russian interpreter Yuki Yoshioka were awarded the Pushkin Medal Jan. 29 for their contributions to the promotion of Russian language and culture in a ceremony at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo. Photo shows Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Bely (C) and six award recipients posing for photos at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo. Ichiro Fujimori, chief of the Moscow bureau for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, was also awarded but could not attend the ceremony.

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Obuchi chosen as one of Japan's 'Best Fathers'

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was among seven men chosen June 1 as a ''Best Father.'' The seven ''Yellow Ribbon Award'' recipients are (From L sitting) Hidesaburo Kagiyama, adviser at auto products retailer Yellow Hat, Prime Minister Obuchi, and Sony Corp. Chairman Norio Ohga. The recipients standing up are (From L) former Hanshin Tigers baseball star Masayuki Kakefu, TV personality Hirohide Yakumaru, film director and actor Naoto Takenaka, and singer Yukihide Takekawa. The awards are made annually before Father's Day, which falls on June 20 this year.

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Bill Gates And His Wife Melinda Announce Their Divorce

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announce their divorce. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, and his wife, who reside in Washington State, are to divorce after twenty-seven years of marriage, and twenty years of working together in their foundation - File - Bill and Melinda Gates look on during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring 21 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, November 22, 2016. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bill Gates And His Wife Melinda Announce Their Divorce

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announce their divorce. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, and his wife, who reside in Washington State, are to divorce after twenty-seven years of marriage, and twenty years of working together in their foundation - File - Bill and Melinda Gates look on during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring 21 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, November 22, 2016. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bill Gates And His Wife Melinda Announce Their Divorce

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announce their divorce. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, and his wife, who reside in Washington State, are to divorce after twenty-seven years of marriage, and twenty years of working together in their foundation - File - US President Barack Obama presents Bill and Melinda Gates with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony honoring 21 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, November 22, 2016. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bill Gates And His Wife Melinda Announce Their Divorce

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announce their divorce. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, and his wife, who reside in Washington State, are to divorce after twenty-seven years of marriage, and twenty years of working together in their foundation - File - US President Barack Obama presents Bill and Melinda Gates with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony honoring 21 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, November 22, 2016. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bill Gates And His Wife Melinda Announce Their Divorce

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announce their divorce. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, and his wife, who reside in Washington State, are to divorce after twenty-seven years of marriage, and twenty years of working together in their foundation - File - Bill and Melinda Gates look on during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring 21 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, November 22, 2016. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bill Gates And His Wife Melinda Announce Their Divorce

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announce their divorce. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, and his wife, who reside in Washington State, are to divorce after twenty-seven years of marriage, and twenty years of working together in their foundation - File - Bill and Melinda Gates looks on during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring 21 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, November 22, 2016. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emperor hands out gov't spring decorations at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) hands out the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the highest honor in this spring's decorations awarded by the Japanese government, to former Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Etsuya Washio (2nd from R) as Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) looks on at the Imperial Palace on May 8. Washio was among seven recipients who were given the highest award this spring. About 4,000 people were awarded spring decorations for their contributions to the nation and public in various fields such as politics, business, and arts and culture. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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New Kobe hospital to halt liver transplant surgeries after 4 deaths

Photo taken April 14, 2015, shows the Kobe International Frontier Medical Center in western Japan. The hospital that opened last November in Kobe where four out of seven liver transplant recipients died in its first four months said on April 18 it will halt the operations for the time being. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 of 7 liver transplant recipients died at brand-new Kobe hospital

Photo taken on April 14, 2015 shows the Kobe International Frontier Medical Center in Kobe, western Japan. The hospital, which opened in November 2014, saw a very high death rate among liver transplant recipients in its first four months of operation, officials at the hospital said the same day. Of the seven patients who received the transplants from living donors, four died within one month after their surgeries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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7 Japanese awarded Russian medals for promotion of culture

TOKYO, Japan - Seven Japanese including simultaneous Japanese-Russian interpreter Yuki Yoshioka were awarded the Pushkin Medal Jan. 29 for their contributions to the promotion of Russian language and culture in a ceremony at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo. Photo shows Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Bely (C) and six award recipients posing for photos at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo. Ichiro Fujimori, chief of the Moscow bureau for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, was also awarded but could not attend the ceremony. (Kyodo)

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7 celebrities given this year's Best Dresser Awards

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Rie Miyazawa poses with her trophy during a ceremony for this year's Best Dresser Awards at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. Miyazawa is one of the seven recipients of the awards, which are given by the Men's Fashion Unity to celebrities for their good sense of fashion. (Kyodo)

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Obuchi chosen as one of Japan's 'Best Fathers'

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was among seven men chosen June 1 as a ''Best Father.'' The seven ''Yellow Ribbon Award'' recipients are (From L sitting) Hidesaburo Kagiyama, adviser at auto products retailer Yellow Hat, Prime Minister Obuchi, and Sony Corp. Chairman Norio Ohga. The recipients standing up are (From L) former Hanshin Tigers baseball star Masayuki Kakefu, TV personality Hirohide Yakumaru, film director and actor Naoto Takenaka, and singer Yukihide Takekawa. The awards are made annually before Father's Day, which falls on June 20 this year.