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Import expo in Shanghai

Import expo in Shanghai

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2025, shows a media center for the eighth China International Import Expo, set to open later in the day with about 4,100 companies from 138 countries and regions taking part over its six-day run.

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Import expo in Shanghai

Import expo in Shanghai

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2025, shows a media center for the eighth China International Import Expo, set to open later in the day with about 4,100 companies from 138 countries and regions taking part over its six-day run.

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Import expo in Shanghai

Import expo in Shanghai

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2025, shows a media center for the eighth China International Import Expo, set to open later in the day with about 4,100 companies from 138 countries and regions taking part over its six-day run.

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Motor show in Munich

Motor show in Munich

Photo taken in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 5, 2023, shows Renault SA's Scenic E-Tech electric vehicle unveiled at IAA Mobility, one of Europe's largest international motor shows that began the same day for a six-day run.

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Motor show in Munich

Motor show in Munich

Photo taken in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 5, 2023, shows an outdoor exhibition area at IAA Mobility, one of Europe's largest international motor shows that began the same day for a six-day run.

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Motor show in Munich

Motor show in Munich

Photo taken in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 5, 2023, shows Mercedes-Benz Group's Concept CLA Class electric vehicle unveiled at IAA Mobility, one of Europe's largest international motor shows that began the same day for a six-day run. The new prototype EV is capable of traveling more than 750 kilometers on a single charge, according to the automaker.

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Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

AOMORI, Japan - Local people dance to musical accompaniments and parade through a street on Aug. 2 in the city of Aomori with a large float, which is about nine meters in width and five meters in height and is lit from the inside, as the famous Aomori Nebuta Festival began a six-day run. About three million people are expected to visit the city to see the festival.

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Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

AOMORI, Japan - Local people dance to musical accompaniments and parade through a street on Aug. 2 in the city of Aomori with a large float, which is about nine meters in width and five meters in height and is lit from the inside, as the famous Aomori Nebuta Festival began a six-day run. About three million people are expected to visit the city to see the festival.

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Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

AOMORI, Japan - Local people dance to musical accompaniments and parade through a street on Aug. 2 in the city of Aomori with a large float, which is about nine meters in width and five meters in height and is lit from the inside, as the famous Aomori Nebuta Festival began a six-day run. About three million people are expected to visit the city to see the festival.

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Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for 6-day-run

Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for 6-day-run

AOMORI, Japan - Large lantern floats depicting human figures parade through the streets in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2014, the first day of the six-day Aomori Nebuta Festival. The largest float called Nebuta is about nine meters wide, about five meters tall, and weighs about four tons. According to organizers, the festival attracts as many as three million people every year.

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'Heisei Nakamura-za' meets press in NY

'Heisei Nakamura-za' meets press in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Kabuki actors Nakamura Shichinosuke, Nakamura Kankuro and Nakamura Shido (from L), give a press conference at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater in New York on July 7, 2014. The Heisei Nakamura-za company, founded by the late Kanzaburo, opened a six-day run in New York.

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Nebuta Festival begins in Aomori

Nebuta Festival begins in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - A large float moves through a street in Aomiri, the capital of Aomori Prefecture, as the annual Nebuta Festival begins a six-day run on Aug. 2.

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Nebuta Festival begins in Aomori

Nebuta Festival begins in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - A large float parades through the thoroughfare of Aomiri, capital of Aomori Prefecture, as the annual Nebuta Festival begins for a six-day run on Aug. 2.

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Nebuta Festival gets under way

Nebuta Festival gets under way

AOMORI, Japan - Spectators look at large paper-made floats paraded on streets in Aomori, northern Honshu, on Aug. 2 as the famous annual ''Nebuta matsuri'' (festival) began the same day for a six-day run.

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Zhu tours robot assembly plant in Japan

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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Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

AOMORI, Japan - Local people dance to musical accompaniments and parade through a street on Aug. 2 in the city of Aomori with a large float, which is about nine meters in width and five meters in height and is lit from the inside, as the famous Aomori Nebuta Festival began a six-day run. About three million people are expected to visit the city to see the festival. (Kyodo)

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Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

AOMORI, Japan - Local people dance to musical accompaniments and parade through a street on Aug. 2 in the city of Aomori with a large float, which is about nine meters in width and five meters in height and is lit from the inside, as the famous Aomori Nebuta Festival began a six-day run. About three million people are expected to visit the city to see the festival. (Kyodo)

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Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

Nebuta Festival in Aomori begins for 6-day run

AOMORI, Japan - Local people dance to musical accompaniments and parade through a street on Aug. 2 in the city of Aomori with a large float, which is about nine meters in width and five meters in height and is lit from the inside, as the famous Aomori Nebuta Festival began a six-day run. About three million people are expected to visit the city to see the festival. (Kyodo)

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Nebuta Festival begins in Aomori

Nebuta Festival begins in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - A large float parades through the thoroughfare of Aomiri, capital of Aomori Prefecture, as the annual Nebuta Festival begins for a six-day run on Aug. 2. (Kyodo)

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Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for 6-day run

Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for 6-day run

People pull a colorful three-dimensional lantern float designed after famous historical and mythological Japanese characters in downtown Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2016, as the Aomori Nebuta Festival started for a six-day run. A total of 27 floats called Nebuta took part in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nebuta Festival gets under way

Nebuta Festival gets under way

AOMORI, Japan - Spectators look at large paper-made floats paraded on streets in Aomori, northern Honshu, on Aug. 2 as the famous annual ''Nebuta matsuri'' (festival) began the same day for a six-day run. (Kyodo)

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Zhu tours robot assembly plant in Japan

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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