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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko places her palms together before getting on a train at Vientiane station on her way to Luang Prabang, an ancient Lao capital, on the fourth day of her six-day official trip to Laos on Nov. 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (C) places her palms together before getting on a train at Vientiane station on her way to Luang Prabang, an ancient Lao capital, on the fourth day of her six-day official trip to Laos on Nov. 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (4th from R) arrives at Vientiane station on her way to Luang Prabang, an ancient Lao capital, on the fourth day of her six-day official trip to Laos on Nov. 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at Vientiane station on her way to Luang Prabang, an ancient Lao capital, on the fourth day of her six-day official trip to Laos on Nov. 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Int'l short film festival kicks off in Iran's capital

STORY: Int'l short film festival kicks off in Iran's capital DATELINE: Oct. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the film festival activities STORYLINE: The 40th Tehran International Short Film Festival opened in Iran's capital Tehran on Thursday, the official news agency IRNA reported. The six-day event, known as Iran's most prestigious film festival, features two competition sections, namely the Iranian Cinema Competition and the International Cinema Competition, IRNA added. According to information posted on the festival's website, 58 short films out of the 7,216 submissions from 131 countries have been selected to be screened in the international competition section. The selected films will compete in the sections of short fictions, animations, documentaries and experimental films. Mehdi Azarpendar, the festival's secretary and CEO of the Iranian Youth Cinema Society, revealed in August that Spain, India, France and the United States had t

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Japan crown prince winds up official trip to Vietnam

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko are seen off at an airport in Da Nang, central Vietnam, on Sept. 25, 2023, after winding up their six-day official visit to Vietnam to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Vietnam.

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Japan crown prince winds up official trip to Vietnam

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko are seen off at an airport in Da Nang, central Vietnam, on Sept. 25, 2023, after winding up their six-day official visit to Vietnam to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Vietnam.

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Japanese lawmaker makes unauthorized trip to N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese Diet member Antonio Inoki (L) shakes hands with a North Korean official after arriving in Pyongyang on Nov. 2, 2013. Inoki arrived in North Korea on a six-day visit without having received the required permission of the Japanese parliament, saying he wants to keep dialogue with Pyongyang open in order to resolve bilateral issues.

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Abe meets with Kiribati President Tong

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Kiribati President Anote Tong (L) at his official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 1. Tong is on a six-day visit to Japan.

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Dominican Republic president meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Dominican Republic President Rafael Mejia (R) meets with Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 28. Mejia arrived in Tokyo on Nov. 26 for a six-day official visit. (Pool photo)

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Zhu attends welcome dinner in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (L) and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung toast to each other at the beginning of a welcome dinner at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 18. Zhu arrived in Seoul on Oct. 17 for a six-day official visit.

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Chinese Premier Zhu, his wife leave Japan for S. Korea

OSAKA, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) and his wife Lao An wave their hands to those who see them off at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 17 before leaving Japan for South Korea. They wrapped up their six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu visits Kobe's Sun Yat-sen museum

KOBE, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) displays his calligraphy Oct. 17 at Kobe's Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, which is dedicated to the father of modern China. Zhu will depart for Seoul later in the day, winding up a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu tours robot assembly plant in Japan

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Visiting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R front), on a six-day official tour of Japan through Oct. 17, inspects a cutting-edge industrial robot assembly line at a plant run by FANUC Ltd. in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Oct. 15. During his inspection, the Chinese leader told executives with FANUC, a world leader in industrial robotics, ''Innovations in high-technology fields in Japan are progressing surprisingly.''

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Zhu meets SDP's Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Takako Doi, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), before their talks at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu meets JCP leader Fuwa

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Tetsuzo Fuwa, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Presidium, before their talks at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu meets opposition leader Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Yukio Hatoyama, head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, before their talks at the state guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 14 as part of his meetings with Japanese political party leaders. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu meets LDP's Nonaka

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Hiromu Nonaka, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, before their talks at the state guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 14 as part of his meetings with Japanese ruling and opposition party leaders. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu speaks at banquet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji delivers a speech at a banquet welcoming him in Tokyo on Oct. 13. Sitting right to him is Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Chinese premier meets lower house speaker

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki at the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 13. Zhu arrived in Japan Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit aimed at fostering open and friendly relations between China and Japan.

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Chinese Premier Zhu arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (L), accompanied by his wife, Lao An (R), arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit aimed at fostering open and friendly relations between China and Japan.

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A call for friendship

Chinese President Jiang Zemin writes a memorial note calling for the promotion of friendship between China and Japan after his speech at Tokyo's Waseda University on Nov. 28. Jiang's six-day official visit to Japan began Nov. 25.

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Jiang arrives in Japan

Chinese President Jiang Zemin, accompanied by his wife Wang Yeping, arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 25 on a six-day state visit, the first official trip to Japan by a Chinese head of state.

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China Vice Pres. Hu attends dinner

Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao (2nd from right in the back) speaks at a dinner party in Tokyo on April 22 hosted by Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi (sitting beside him in right). Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa is at left in foreground. Hu arrived in Tokyo the previous day for a six-day official visit.

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Chinese Vice President Hu meets

Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto at his official residence in Tokyo on April 21 before holding talks. Hu arrived in Japan earlier in the day for a six-day official visit.

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Book fair opens at Kabul University in Afghan capital

STORY: Book fair opens at Kabul University in Afghan capital DATELINE: June 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:14 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the book fair 2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): ABDUL HALEEM MUFTIZADA, Official STORYLINE: A six-day book fair with the support of Afghanistan's Ministry of Information and Culture is being held at Kabul University in the capital to boost book reading among people. On display were thousands of pieces of books at the event, which opened on Sunday and will conclude on Friday, said Abdul Haleem Muftizada, an official with the ministry. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): ABDUL HALEEM MUFTIZADA, Official "We have tried to put on display at the book fair new books published by publishing companies." Representatives from some 45 book publishing houses and around 400 students visited the book fair on the first day of the event, the official added. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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Abe meets with Kiribati President Tong

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Kiribati President Anote Tong (L) at his official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 1. Tong is on a six-day visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Dominican Republic president meets emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Dominican Republic President Rafael Mejia (R) meets with Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 28. Mejia arrived in Tokyo on Nov. 26 for a six-day official visit. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Baseball: High school baseball at Koshien Stadium

An official disinfects a bench at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Aug. 10, 2020, after the first in a series of friendly games over a six-day period among the 32 teams that had been selected for the canceled spring invitational high school baseball championship. Following the cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Japan High School Baseball Federation decided in June to invite the 32 teams to play at the iconic stadium in Hyogo Prefecture under strict physical distancing protocols.

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Baseball: High school baseball at Koshien Stadium

An official disinfects a bench at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Aug. 10, 2020, after the first in a series of friendly games over a six-day period among the 32 teams that had been selected for the canceled spring invitational high school baseball championship. Following the cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Japan High School Baseball Federation decided in June to invite the 32 teams to play at the iconic stadium in Hyogo Prefecture under strict physical distancing protocols.

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Zhu attends welcome dinner in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (L) and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung toast to each other at the beginning of a welcome dinner at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 18. Zhu arrived in Seoul on Oct. 17 for a six-day official visit.

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Zhu visits Kobe's Sun Yat-sen museum

KOBE, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) displays his calligraphy Oct. 17 at Kobe's Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, which is dedicated to the father of modern China. Zhu will depart for Seoul later in the day, winding up a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu tours robot assembly plant in Japan

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Visiting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R front), on a six-day official tour of Japan through Oct. 17, inspects a cutting-edge industrial robot assembly line at a plant run by FANUC Ltd. in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Oct. 15. During his inspection, the Chinese leader told executives with FANUC, a world leader in industrial robotics, ''Innovations in high-technology fields in Japan are progressing surprisingly.''

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Zhu meets SDP's Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Takako Doi, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), before their talks at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu meets JCP leader Fuwa

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Tetsuzo Fuwa, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) Presidium, before their talks at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu speaks at banquet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji delivers a speech at a banquet welcoming him in Tokyo on Oct. 13. Sitting right to him is Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu meets opposition leader Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Yukio Hatoyama, head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, before their talks at the state guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 14 as part of his meetings with Japanese political party leaders. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Zhu meets LDP's Nonaka

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Hiromu Nonaka, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, before their talks at the state guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 14 as part of his meetings with Japanese ruling and opposition party leaders. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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A call for friendship

Chinese President Jiang Zemin writes a memorial note calling for the promotion of friendship between China and Japan after his speech at Tokyo's Waseda University on Nov. 28. Jiang's six-day official visit to Japan began Nov. 25. ==Kyodo

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Jiang arrives in Japan

Chinese President Jiang Zemin, accompanied by his wife Wang Yeping, arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 25 on a six-day state visit, the first official trip to Japan by a Chinese head of state.

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China Vice Pres. Hu attends dinn

Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao (2nd from right in the back) speaks at a dinner party in Tokyo on April 22 hosted by Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi (sitting beside him in right). Japanese Communist Party chief Tetsuzo Fuwa is at left in foreground. Hu arrived in Tokyo the previous day for a six-day official visit.