U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CONGRESS-SESSION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CONGRESS-SESSION

(230103) -- WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2023 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. A divided and new U.S. Congress convened Tuesday noon amid a bitter House leadership battle and the snowballing scandal of a congressman-elect lying about his biography. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CONGRESS-SESSION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CONGRESS-SESSION

(230103) -- WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2023 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. A divided and new U.S. Congress convened Tuesday noon amid a bitter House leadership battle and the snowballing scandal of a congressman-elect lying about his biography. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CONGRESS-SESSION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CONGRESS-SESSION

(230103) -- WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2023 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. A divided and new U.S. Congress convened Tuesday noon amid a bitter House leadership battle and the snowballing scandal of a congressman-elect lying about his biography. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CONGRESS-SESSION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CONGRESS-SESSION

(230103) -- WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2023 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. A divided and new U.S. Congress convened Tuesday noon amid a bitter House leadership battle and the snowballing scandal of a congressman-elect lying about his biography. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CONGRESS-SESSION

U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-CONGRESS-SESSION

(230103) -- WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2023 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. A divided and new U.S. Congress convened Tuesday noon amid a bitter House leadership battle and the snowballing scandal of a congressman-elect lying about his biography. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

Snow Brand employees apologize to consumers

Snow Brand employees apologize to consumers

OSAKA, Japan - Two employees of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., mired in a snowballing food-poisoning scandal, visit one of consumers in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on July 12 and bow in apology on behalf of their company.

Japanese deer skin eyed for traditional leather goods

Japanese deer skin eyed for traditional leather goods

Kenichi Kushida (L), research fellow at the Yamanashi Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, holds the skin of a Japanese deer killed to control the snowballing population of the animal and curb growing damage to farm produce at the Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Technology in Kofu in the central Japan prefecture in July 2015. The prefecture hopes to use domestic deer skin for its traditional "Koshu Inden" leather goods made of imported skin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

people enjoy a pile of snow in hot weather, swimming pool Nachod

Visitors of swimming pool in Nachod are enjoying fun during the snowballing. Employees of the pool will be transportered the snow from the local ice stadium in Nachod, Czech Republic, on August 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)---