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2025 WAIC Held in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 26, 2025 - A young audience member received a skewer dish made by a robot at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China on July 26, 2025.

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"Kiritampo" northeastern Japan local specialty

Local specialty "kiritampo" -- mashed rice pressed on a skewer and then grilled -- is made in front of the press at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 18, 2024, using recently harvested rice.

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"Kiritampo" northeastern Japan local specialty

Local specialty "kiritampo" -- mashed rice pressed on a skewer and then grilled -- is made in front of the press at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 18, 2024, using recently harvested rice.

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"Kiritampo" northeastern Japan local specialty

Local specialty "kiritampo" -- mashed rice pressed on a skewer and then grilled -- is made in front of the press at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 18, 2024, using recently harvested rice.

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"Kiritampo" northeastern Japan local specialty

Local specialty "kiritampo" using recently harvested rice is made in front of the press at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 19, 2023. "Kiritampo" -- mashed rice cooked on a skewer that is then grilled -- is often cooked with meat and vegetables in soups.

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"Kiritampo" northeastern Japan local specialty

Local specialty "kiritampo" using recently harvested rice is made in front of the press at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 19, 2023. "Kiritampo" -- mashed rice cooked on a skewer that is then grilled -- is often cooked with meat and vegetables in soups.

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"Kiritampo" northeastern Japan local specialty

Local specialty "kiritampo" using recently harvested rice is made in front of the press at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 19, 2023. "Kiritampo" -- mashed rice cooked on a skewer that is then grilled -- is often cooked with meat and vegetables in soups.

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CYPRUS-XYLOFAGOU-POTATO FESTIVAL

(230907) -- XYLOFAGOU (CYPRUS), Sept. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman holds a potato skewer during an international potato festival in the village of Xylofagou, Cyprus, on Sept. 7, 2023. An international potato festival kicked off on Thursday in the village of Xylofagou, which is renowned for its potato production. (Photo by George Christophorou/Xinhua)

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Spicy Chinese food popular in Myanmar

STORY: Spicy Chinese food popular in Myanmar DATELINE: May 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a restaurant in Yangon's Chinatown 2. various of customers enjoying spicy dishes STORYLINE: Spicy and numbing Chinese dishes are the latest Chinese food craze hitting Myanmar, local restaurant owners said. "Mala" flavor, a famous Chinese sauce or seasoning, is made from Sichuan peppercorn, chili, herbs and spices. A kaleidoscope of "mala" dishes is a growing trend in the commercial city of Yangon and elsewhere in Myanmar, restaurant owners said. "I opened the mala restaurant about eight months ago as I see an increasing number of people consuming mala food," said Nay Yi Win. Nearly 100 customers, mostly non-Chinese people, come and eat mala food at her restaurant in Yangon daily, she said, adding that most of her customers are females. "All the mala restaurants here have consumers," Nan Nwe Oo, owner of Nan Ni mala skewer restaurant in Yangon's Chinat

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World's longest 107.6-meter kebab on Ishigaki

ISHIGAKI, Japan - World record challengers pierce thousands of pieces of diced beef with a metal skewer at an event promoting Ishigaki Beef on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in southern Japan on Nov. 27, 2011. The 107.6-meter kebab was recognized by Guiness World Records as the world's longest.

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World's longest grilled chicken skewer completed

AIZUWAKAMATSU, Japan - About 50 people take part in making the world's longest grilled chicken skewer in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 13. The grilled chicken skewer measured 20.85 meters, longer than the 20.71 meter one completed by people in Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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"Kiritampo" local specialty of northeastern Japan

Women working at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 21, 2021, make "kiritampo," a local specialty of mashed cooked rice on a skewer that is then grilled, using newly harvested local rice.

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"Kiritampo" local specialty of northeastern Japan

Women working at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 21, 2021, make "kiritampo," a local specialty of mashed cooked rice on a skewer that is then grilled, using newly harvested rice.

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Season arrives for Akita specialty cuisine

Women working at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 18, 2015, make the local specialty "kiritampo" -- mashed rice on a skewer that is then grilled. The women celebrated the arrival of the season for kiritampo by using newly harvested local rice. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Season arrives for Akita specialty cuisine

Women working at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 18, 2015, make the local specialty "kiritampo" -- mashed rice on a skewer that is then grilled. The women celebrated the arrival of the season for kiritampo by using newly harvested local rice. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World's longest grilled chicken skewer completed

AIZUWAKAMATSU, Japan - About 50 people take part in making the world's longest grilled chicken skewer in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 13. The grilled chicken skewer measured 20.85 meters, longer than the 20.71 meter one completed by people in Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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meet skewer, pork, onion, bacon, roasted vegetables

Pork skewers with roasted vegetables and Horseradish sauce. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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World's longest 107.6-meter kebab on Ishigaki

ISHIGAKI, Japan - World record challengers pierce thousands of pieces of diced beef with a metal skewer at an event promoting Ishigaki Beef on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in southern Japan on Nov. 27, 2011. The 107.6-meter kebab was recognized by Guiness World Records as the world's longest. (Kyodo)

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meet skewer, pork, onion, bacon, roasted vegetables

Pork skewers with roasted vegetables and Horseradish sauce. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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meet skewer, pork, onion, bacon, roasted vegetables

Pork skewers with roasted vegetables and Horseradish sauce. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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meet skewer, pork, onion, bacon, roasted vegetables

Pork skewers with roasted vegetables and Horseradish sauce. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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meet skewer, pork, onion, bacon, roasted vegetables

Pork skewers with roasted vegetables and Horseradish sauce. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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meet skewer, pork, onion, bacon, roasted vegetables

Pork skewers with roasted vegetables and Horseradish sauce. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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meet skewer, pork, onion, bacon, roasted vegetables

Pork skewers with roasted vegetables and Horseradish sauce. (CTK Photo/Zdenek Rerych)

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Giant skewer-wielding figure in Osaka

Katsuya Ueyama (2nd from L), president of Ichimonkai, the operator of the Kushikatsu Daruma restaurant chain, attends a ceremony in Osaka's Dotombori district on Nov. 25, 2020, in which a 12-meter-tall deep-fried skewer-wielding figure representing the restaurant chain is lit up after being newly installed on the roof of the company's office building.

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Giant skewer-wielding figure in Osaka

Photo taken Nov. 25, 2020, shows a 12-meter-tall deep-fried skewer-wielding figure representing the Kushikatsu Daruma restaurant chain, newly installed on the roof of the operator Ichimonkai's office building in Osaka's Dotombori entertainment district.

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Northeastern Japan specialty "kiritampo"

Women working at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 23, 2020, make the local specialty "kiritampo" -- mashed cooked rice on a skewer that is then grilled -- using newly harvested rice. The women wore face shields and disposable gloves amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Northeastern Japan specialty "kiritampo"

Women working at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 23, 2020, make the local specialty "kiritampo" -- mashed cooked rice on a skewer that is then grilled -- using newly harvested rice. The women wore face shields and disposable gloves amid the coronavirus pandemic.