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Football: E-1 Championship

Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu holds a press conference in Yongin, South Korea, on July 6, 2025, the eve of the opening of the East Asian Football Federation's E-1 Championship.

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Football: E-1 Championship

Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu holds a press conference in Yongin, South Korea, on July 6, 2025, the eve of the opening of the East Asian Football Federation's E-1 Championship.

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Football: Japan squad for E-1 Championship

Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu announces a 26-man squad for the upcoming East Asian Football Federation's E-1 Championship in South Korea during a press conference in Chiba near Tokyo on July 3, 2025.

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Football: Japan squad for E-1 Championship

Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu announces a 26-man squad for the upcoming East Asian Football Federation's E-1 Championship in South Korea during a press conference in Chiba near Tokyo on July 3, 2025.

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Football: Japan squad for E-1 Championship

Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu announces a 26-man squad for the upcoming East Asian Football Federation's E-1 Championship in South Korea during a press conference in Chiba near Tokyo on July 3, 2025.

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Football: Japan squad for E-1 Championship

Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu announces a 26-man squad for the upcoming East Asian Football Federation's E-1 Championship in South Korea during a press conference in Chiba near Tokyo on July 3, 2025.

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Emanuel visits U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks at a press conference on the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington south of South Korea's Jeju Island in the East China Sea on Nov. 14, 2024, during the Freedom Edge joint exercise involving Japan, the United States and South Korea.

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3-way joint exercise in East China Sea

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel holds a press conference on the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington during the Japan-U.S.-South Korea Freedom Edge joint exercise in the East China Sea near South Korea's Jeju Island on Nov. 14, 2024.

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Faith & Freedom Coalition Road to Majority - Washington

Gov. Kristi Noem (R) of South Dakota speaks at the annual Road to Majority conference in Washington, DC, June 22, 2024. The conference host, Faith and Freedom Coalition, advocates for incorporation of Christianity in American government. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Faith & Freedom Coalition Road to Majority - Washington

Gov. Kristi Norm (R) of South Dakota speaks at the annual Road to Majority conference in Washington, DC, June 22, 2024. The conference host, Faith and Freedom Coalition, advocates for incorporation of Christianity in American government. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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G7 summit opens amid protests

STORY: G7 summit opens amid protests SHOOTING TIME: June 13, 2024 DATELINE: June 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: FASANO, Italy CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): PENG ZHUO, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the G7 summit STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): PENG ZHUO, Xinhua correspondent "The three-day 2024 Group of Seven summit kicked off Thursday in Apulia, southern region of Italy with focus on global conflicts and relations with Global South. The crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the relations with the Global South top the agenda of the summit. The application of artificial intelligence, African issues and climate change are also included in key sessions." Italy is holding the G7 rotating presidency this year. In addition to the G7 leaders, heads of state from over ten other countries and international organizations were invited to attend the conference. Protests against the G7 summit are taking place in many places near the venue. On the opening day, in Brindisi, a city 60 k

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U.S. Army opens administrative investigation related to soldier detained in Russia

STORY: U.S. Army opens administrative investigation related to soldier detained in Russia SHOOTING TIME: May 7, 2024 DATELINE: May 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference (U.S. Department of Defense video) 2. aerial of the Pentagon STORYLINE: The U.S. Army has opened an administrative investigation to gather facts related to a U.S. soldier recently detained in Russia while traveling there for personal reasons, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told a press briefing that the soldier at the center of the incident, Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, was enlisted as an infantryman in the U.S. Army in 2008. He out-processed from his most recent station at Eighth Army, U.S. Forces Korea, on April 10 and should have returned to a military base in Texas. Instead of going back to the United States, Black, according to Singh, flew from South Korea, through China, to the Far East Russian city of Vladi

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XR experience exhibition held in Austin, U.S.

STORY: XR experience exhibition held in Austin, U.S. SHOOTING TIME: March 12, 2024 DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: AUSTIN, U.S. CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: During the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals held in Austin, Texas in U.S. from March 8 to 16, an extended reality (XR) experience exhibition was held. It brings the attendees into the virtual world. The projects presented in the exhibition emphasize storytelling and art in an immersive world. Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) technologies are finding new ways to enhance people's ability to perceive the world and are redefining how they experience the world. One of the VR films is "Escape to Shanghai." Created by Illinois Holocaust Museum and the award-winning production company East City Films, Escape to Shanghai chronicles the story of holocaust survivor Doris Fogel as she and her family fled war-torn Europe and found refuge in

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-CHINA-ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION

(230426) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 25, 2023 shows a one-day China-Tanzania Economic and Trade Conference at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tanzanian trade authorities on Tuesday hosted a trade and economic delegation from Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, hoping Chinese investors to make use of the business opportunities in the East African nation as the country moved toward industrialization. TO GO WITH "Tanzania opens its doors wide for more economic, trade cooperation with China" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-CHINA-ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION

(230426) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People attend a one-day China-Tanzania Economic and Trade Conference at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, April 25, 2023. Tanzanian trade authorities on Tuesday hosted a trade and economic delegation from Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, hoping Chinese investors to make use of the business opportunities in the East African nation as the country moved toward industrialization. TO GO WITH "Tanzania opens its doors wide for more economic, trade cooperation with China" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-CHINA-ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION

(230426) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chu Kun, economic and commercial counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania, speaks at a one-day China-Tanzania Economic and Trade Conference at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, April 25, 2023. Tanzanian trade authorities on Tuesday hosted a trade and economic delegation from Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, hoping Chinese investors to make use of the business opportunities in the East African nation as the country moved toward industrialization. TO GO WITH "Tanzania opens its doors wide for more economic, trade cooperation with China" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-CHINA-ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION

(230426) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fortunatus Mhambe, director of export promotion with the Tanzania Trade Development Authority (TanTrade), speaks at a one-day China-Tanzania Economic and Trade Conference at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, April 25, 2023. Tanzanian trade authorities on Tuesday hosted a trade and economic delegation from Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, hoping Chinese investors to make use of the business opportunities in the East African nation as the country moved toward industrialization. TO GO WITH "Tanzania opens its doors wide for more economic, trade cooperation with China" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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Foreign experts laud China's developments in deep-sea technology, equipment

STORY: Foreign experts laud China's developments in deep-sea technology, equipment DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: SANYA, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KAREN LLOYD, Microbiology professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHAHBAZ KHAN, Director of UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for East Asia 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AMR ZAKARIA HAMOUDA, President of the Egyptian National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries STORYLINE: Foreign experts attending a conference on international deep-sea science and technology cooperation in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, lauded the developments that China has made in deep-sea technology and equipment. The 2023 Hainan Free Trade Port International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Forum and Deep-Sea Technology Innovation Conference, which concluded on Thursday, saw the participation of representatives from about 170 organizations and inst

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South Africa to help pacify conflict-laden eastern DR Congo: president

STORY: South Africa to help pacify conflict-laden eastern DR Congo: president DATELINE: July 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:32 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): FELIX TSHISEKEDI, DRC President 3. various of a joint press conference 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): FELIX TSHISEKEDI, DRC President 5. various of a joint press conference STORYLINE: South Africa will work alongside the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to silence the guns in its eastern part which has faced multiple security challenges for decades, said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday. Cyril Ramaphosa made the statement at a joint press conference with DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during his 48-hour official visit to the Congolese capital Kinshasa since Wednesday. As part of the Nairobi peace Process for the eastern DRC, members of the East African Community (EAC) formed a regional force

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Discharge of tritium from Fukushima to harm human body: scientists

STORY: Discharge of tritium from Fukushima to harm human body: scientists DATELINE: April 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:37 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference in Seoul 2. various of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TIMOTHY MOUSSEAU, Professor of biological sciences at University of South Carolina 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHAUN BURNIE, Senior nuclear specialist at Greenpeace East Asia STORYLINE: Multiple scientists have voiced concern that the discharge of tritium from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will severely harm human bodies. At a press conference in Seoul, Timothy Mousseau, a professor at the University of South Carolina, said that consistent ingestion of tritiated water discharged from the Fukushima plant can lead to cell and tissue damage of the human body. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TIMOTHY MOUSSEAU, Professor of biological sciences at University of South Carolina "When tritium gets inside the body, it's a

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Tanzania opens doors wide for more economic, trade cooperation with China

STORY: Tanzania opens doors wide for more economic, trade cooperation with China DATELINE: April 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Tanzania Economic and Trade Conference 2. various of guests attending the conference 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARISTEDES MBWASI, Director of Investment Development in the Ministry of Investment, Industries and Trade 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHU KUN, Economic and commercial counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania STORYLINE: Tanzanian trade authorities on Tuesday hosted a trade and economic delegation from Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, hoping Chinese investors to make use of the business opportunities in the East African nation as the country moved toward industrialization. The one-day China-Tanzania Economic and Trade Conference was held in Dar es Salaam, the economic hub of Tanzania, discussing bilateral business opportunities. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARISTEDES

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Japan, S. Korea groups meet press on joint poll

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the Genron NPO, a nonprofit think tank in Japan, and East Asia Institute in South Korea hold a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, on July 10, 2014, about findings by their joint opinion poll on the relationship between the two countries.

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Australian foreign, defense ministers in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (R) and Defense Minister David Johnston give a press conference at the Japan Press Club in Tokyo on June 12, 2014. Australia suggested that territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas should be resolved in accordance with international law.

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Korean-Americans

RICHMOND, United States - Peter Kim (far L), president of a group of Korean-Americans, holds a press conference in Richmond, Virginia, on Feb. 6, 2014. The Virginia state legislature that day passed a bill that requires school textbooks to additionally label the Sea of Japan with the South Korean-preferred term of "East Sea," an action lobbied for by Kim's group.

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Zaccheroni before East Asian Cup

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan national soccer team manager Alberto Zaccheroni holds a press conference in Seoul on July 19, 2013, ahead of the July 20-28 East Asian Cup. Japan will start their campaign against China on July 21.

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Sasaki before East Asian Cup

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan women's soccer coach Norio Sasaki holds a press conference in Seoul on July 19, 2013, ahead of the July 20-28 East Asian Cup. Nadeshiko Japan will kick off the competition against China on the opening day.

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Tibet chosen as candidate for astronomical observation site

BEIJING, China - A conference of the East Asia Core Observatories Association is held in Beijing on April 4, 2012, attended by astronomers from Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan. They have picked a highland area in the Tibetan Autonomous Region as the most likely candidate for their joint astronomical observation site, academic sources said on April 6.

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Tibet chosen as candidate for astronomical observation site

BEIJING, China - A conference of the East Asia Core Observatories Association is held in Beijing on April 4, 2012, attended by astronomers from Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan. They have picked a highland area in the Tibetan Autonomous Region as the most likely candidate for their joint astronomical observation site, academic sources said on April 6.

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ASEAN's Surin, Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar - Surin Pitsuwan (L), secretary general of the Association of South East Asian Nations, and Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hold a press conference in Yangon on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Honda says Japan should try and win the World Cup

NARITA, Japan - Keisuke Honda, a midfielder on the Japanese national team for the upcoming World Cup soccer in South Africa, speaks at a news conference at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on May 16, 2010, after returning from Russia. Honda, who plays for CSKA Moscow, said Japan should aim to go all the way and win the World Cup.

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Honda says Japan should try and win the World Cup

NARITA, Japan - Keisuke Honda (L), a midfielder on the Japanese national team for the upcoming World Cup soccer in South Africa, speaks at a news conference at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on May 16, 2010, after returning from Russia. Honda, who plays for CSKA Moscow, said Japan should aim to go all the way and win the World Cup.

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Honda says Japan should try and win the World Cup

NARITA, Japan - Keisuke Honda, a midfielder on the Japanese national team for the upcoming World Cup soccer in South Africa, speaks at a news conference at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on May 16, 2010, after returning from Russia. Honda, who plays for CSKA Moscow, said Japan should aim to go all the way and win the World Cup.

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S. Korean actor Lee Seojin sets up fund for tree planting

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actor Lee Seojin (L) shakes hands with Chairman Yohei Sasagawa of the Nippon Foundation at a news conference announcing that they have jointly set up a fund for protecting the environment in the East Asian region including tree planting and developing human resources in the field.

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S. Korea welcomes U.S. move in support of claim to islets

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's spokesman Lee Dong Kwan speaks at a press conference at the presidential office in Seoul on July 31. South Korea welcomed the U.S. government's decision to restore wording in a geographic names database to indicate that a pair of isles claimed by Japan are South Korean territory. The rocky islets are located in what South Korea calls the East Sea and Japan calls the Sea of Japan.

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Cities launch E. Asia economic exchange forum

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Representatives from 10 cities in Japan, China and South Korea sign a document to set up the Organization for East Asia Economic Development Conference in Kitakyushu on Nov. 16. The 10 cities are Kitakyushu and Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture, Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Chinese cities of Dalian, Qingdao, Tianjin and Yantai and the South Korean cities of Busan, Incheon and Ulsan.

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Ban speaks on six-way talks on N. Korea

MANILA, Philippines - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon speaks at a news conference after attending a meeting of foreign ministers from East Asian and Latin American nations in Manila on Jan. 31.

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E. Asian nations to promote development cooperation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (2nd from L) and other ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China and South Korea attend a news conference Aug. 12 in Tokyo after ending their one-day meeting on East Asian development. They agreed to promote regional cooperation on development issues.

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-AVIATION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE-AIR SHOW (CN)

(221125) -- NANCHANG, Nov. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aircraft from a South African aerobatic team perform at the Nanchang Air Show in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 25, 2022. The 2022 China Aviation Industry Conference and Nanchang Air Show kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-AVIATION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE-AIR SHOW (CN)

(221125) -- NANCHANG, Nov. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aircraft from a South African aerobatic team perform at the Nanchang Air Show in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 25, 2022. The 2022 China Aviation Industry Conference and Nanchang Air Show kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-AVIATION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE-AIR SHOW (CN)

(221125) -- NANCHANG, Nov. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aircraft from a South African aerobatic team perform at the Nanchang Air Show in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 25, 2022. The 2022 China Aviation Industry Conference and Nanchang Air Show kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-AVIATION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE-AIR SHOW (CN)

(221125) -- NANCHANG, Nov. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An aircraft from a South African aerobatic team performs at the Nanchang Air Show in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 25, 2022. The 2022 China Aviation Industry Conference and Nanchang Air Show kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-AVIATION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE-AIR SHOW (CN)

(221125) -- NANCHANG, Nov. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aircraft from a South African aerobatic team perform at the Nanchang Air Show in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 25, 2022. The 2022 China Aviation Industry Conference and Nanchang Air Show kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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Low-carbon energy transition conference concludes in China's Hainan

STORY: Low-carbon energy transition conference concludes in China's Hainan DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the AESIEAP CEO conference 2022 STORYLINE: A global conference to promote low-carbon energy transition in the Asia-Pacific region concluded Thursday in Haikou, capital city of south China's Hainan Province. The AESIEAP CEO Conference 2022, organized by the Association of the Electricity Supply Industry of East Asia and the Western Pacific (AESIEAP) and the China Electricity Council, focused on discussing ways to ensure a sustained power supply through a clean and low-carbon energy transition. The two-day event took place online and offline. Company and government representatives, international organizations, and scholars shared their opinions at the event. Yu Bing, deputy head of the National Energy Administration, said China will accelerate renewable energy development, coordinate hydropower development and ecol

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U.S. special representative for North Korea

Sung Kim, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2021. North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast earlier in the day, according to Japanese and South Korean authorities.

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President Biden Hosts South Korean President Moon Jae-In At White House

Moon Jae-in, South Korea's president, speaks during a news conference with U.S. President Joe Biden, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, May 21, 2021. Biden welcomed Moon for talks expected to span North Korea's nuclear program, a global semiconductor shortage and climate change. Photo by Erin Scott/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Station Desk, a shared office opened in JR East's Tokyo Station.

On April 21, JR East opened its first shared office store, "STATION DESK Tokyo Marunouchi," in Tokyo Station. It is located near the south ticket gate of Marunouchi Station and occupies a former office of approximately 50 square meters. The 16 seats are available by reservation only, with six types of seating available to suit different work styles. The office is open from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with wireless LAN, power supply, and tea machines available. For the time being, the fee is 150 yen per 15 minutes, excluding tax. JR East has been operating "Station Booths," box-type shared offices in four stations in Tokyo, and plans to increase the number of locations to 30 in fiscal 2020. At a press conference held on the same day, Futoshi Sano, manager of the Business Creation Division, said, "We want to develop shared offices that are unique to stations, valuing every second of the workers' lives. (= November 21, 2019, inside JR Tokyo Station, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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China displeased with G-7 statement on maritime disputes

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang gestures during a press conference in Beijing on April 12, 2016. Lu said China is very displeased with the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries for issuing a statement focusing on territorial disputes in the East and South China seas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Britain share concerns about China's maritime assertiveness

(From L) British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2016. The four shared "concerns" about the situation in the East and South China seas amid China's growing maritime assertiveness. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halilhodzic names Japan squad for E. Asian Cup

Japan soccer coach Vahid Halilhodzic announces a 23-man squad for the next month's East Asian Cup during a press conference in Tokyo on July 23, 2015. Japan launch their defense of the title against North Korea on Aug. 2 and then face South Korea on Aug. 5 before wrapping up the tournament against hosts China four days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halilhodzic names Japan squad for E. Asian Cup

Japan soccer coach Vahid Halilhodzic announces a 23-man squad for the next month's East Asian Cup during a press conference in Tokyo on July 23, 2015. Japan launch their defense of the title against North Korea on Aug. 2 and then face South Korea on Aug. 5 before wrapping up the tournament against hosts China four days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo