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[Breaking News]Tanabata festival in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - People walk under colorful streamers at a shopping arcade in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2025, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival begins for a three-day run. (Kyodo)

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Tanabata festival in Sendai

Paper cranes folded by people wishing for the early reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in eastern Japan are hung in front of a department store in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2025, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival begins for a three-day run.

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Tanabata festival in Sendai

Paper cranes folded by people wishing for the early reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in eastern Japan are hung in front of a department store in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2025, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival begins for a three-day run.

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Tanabata festival in Sendai

People walk under colorful streamers at a shopping arcade in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2025, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival begins for a three-day run.

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Tanabata festival in Sendai

People walk under colorful streamers at a shopping arcade in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2025, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival begins for a three-day run.

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Luxury train Cassiopeia's last run

TOKYO, Japan, July 1 Kyodo - JR East's luxury sleeper express train Cassiopeia arrives at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, after making its last run before retirement, a three-day round-trip tour between Tokyo and Sendai, northeastern Japan. The 12-car train, including a restaurant car, ran a regular service between 1999 and 2016, after which it was dedicated to providing a luxury tour service. (Kyodo)

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Luxury train Cassiopeia's last run

Staff pose for a photo by JR East's luxury sleeper express train Cassiopeia on June 30, 2025 after it arrived at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo following a three-day round-trip service between Tokyo and Sendai, northeastern Japan, on its last run before retirement. The 12-car train, including a restaurant car, ran a regular service between 1999 and 2016, after which it was dedicated to providing a luxury tour service.

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Luxury train Cassiopeia's last run

JR East's luxury sleeper express train Cassiopeia arrives at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, after making its last run before retirement, a three-day round-trip tour between Tokyo and Sendai, northeastern Japan. The 12-car train, including a restaurant car, ran a regular service between 1999 and 2016, after which it was dedicated to providing a luxury tour service.

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Luxury train Cassiopeia's last run

JR East's luxury sleeper express train Cassiopeia arrives at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, after making its last run before retirement, a three-day round-trip tour between Tokyo and Sendai, northeastern Japan. The 12-car train, including a restaurant car, ran a regular service between 1999 and 2016, after which it was dedicated to providing a luxury tour service.

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Luxury train Cassiopeia's last run

JR East's luxury sleeper express train Cassiopeia arrives at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, after making its last run before retirement, a three-day round-trip tour between Tokyo and Sendai, northeastern Japan. The 12-car train, including a restaurant car, ran a regular service between 1999 and 2016, after which it was dedicated to providing a luxury tour service.

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Luxury train Cassiopeia's last run

JR East's luxury sleeper express train Cassiopeia arrives at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, after making its last run before retirement, a three-day round-trip tour between Tokyo and Sendai, northeastern Japan. The 12-car train, including a restaurant car, ran a regular service between 1999 and 2016, after which it was dedicated to providing a luxury tour service.

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Luxury train Cassiopeia's last run

JR East's luxury sleeper express train Cassiopeia arrives at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, after making its last run before retirement, a three-day round-trip tour between Tokyo and Sendai, northeastern Japan. The 12-car train, including a restaurant car, ran a regular service between 1999 and 2016, after which it was dedicated to providing a luxury tour service.

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Luxury train Cassiopeia's last run

JR East's luxury sleeper express train Cassiopeia arrives at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, after making its last run before retirement, a three-day round-trip tour between Tokyo and Sendai, northeastern Japan. The 12-car train, including a restaurant car, ran a regular service between 1999 and 2016, after which it was dedicated to providing a luxury tour service.

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Osaka Expo test run begins

A three-day test run of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka begins on April 4, 2025, with a total of 90,000 residents of Osaka Prefecture and people related to the event invited to walk around the venue and enter the pavilions ahead of the April 13 opening to check whether facilities are operating properly and the efficiency of the flow of people around the venue.

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Osaka Expo test run begins

A three-day test run of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka begins on April 4, 2025, with a total of 90,000 residents of Osaka Prefecture and people related to the event invited to walk around the venue and enter the pavilions ahead of the April 13 opening to check whether facilities are operating properly and the efficiency of the flow of people around the venue.

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Osaka Expo test run begins

A three-day test run of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka begins on April 4, 2025, with a total of 90,000 residents of Osaka Prefecture and people related to the event invited to walk around the venue and enter the pavilions ahead of the April 13 opening to check whether facilities are operating properly and the efficiency of the flow of people around the venue.

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[Breaking News]Tanabata festival in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - People walk under colorful streamers at a shopping arcade in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2024, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival begins for a three-day run. (Kyodo)

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Tanabata festival in Sendai

People walk under colorful streamers at a shopping arcade in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2024, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival begins for a three-day run.

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Tanabata festival in Sendai

People walk under colorful streamers at a shopping arcade in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2024, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival begins for a three-day run.

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Uganda holds "Pearl of Africa" tourism expo

STORY: Uganda holds "Pearl of Africa" tourism expo SHOOTING TIME: May 23, 2024 DATELINE: May 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: CULTURE/MARKET SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Pear of African Tourism Expo 2024 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CLAIRE MUGABI, Head of Marketing, Uganda Tourism Board 3. various of the Pear of African Tourism Expo 2024 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CLAIRE MUGABI, Head of Marketing, Uganda Tourism Board 5. various of the Pear of African Tourism Expo 2024 STORYLINE: Uganda is hosting a three-day tourism expo as the East African country strives to increase arrivals. The Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo 2024, organized by state-run Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) under the theme "Responsible Tourism," opened in Kampala, the capital, on Thursday. At least 250 exhibitors are expected to showcase various products, with more than 1,000 visitors likely to grace the event. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CLAIRE MUGABI, Head of Marketing, Uganda Tourism Board "This is a very important expo for us, be

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Egypt's Sisi announces running for upcoming presidential elections

STORY: Egypt's Sisi announces running for upcoming presidential elections DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Egyptian President Sisi announcing his candidacy (courtesy of Egyptian presidency) 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ABDEL-FATTAH AL-SISI, Egyptian President 3. various of Egyptian President Sisi announcing his candidacy (courtesy of Egyptian presidency) STORYLINE: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi announced on Monday that he will run for the upcoming presidential election slated for December this year. Sisi made the remarks while speaking at the three-day Story of the Homeland conference that ends on Monday in Egypt's New Administrative Capital. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ABDEL-FATTAH AL-SISI, Egyptian President "Just as I responded to the call of the Egyptians before, today I respond to their call once again, and I announce that I'm determined to nominate myself for a new presidential term. I call on Egyptians to participate in the elections to

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Parkour traceurs challenge 999-step course in China's Tianmen Mountain

STORY: Parkour traceurs challenge 999-step course in China's Tianmen Mountain DATELINE: July 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: ZHANGJIAJIE, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of parkour competitors STORYLINE: More than 80 parkour traceurs home and abroad competed at Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province in a three-day parkour competition, which concluded on Sunday. The 999-step staircase leading up to the scenic area's landmark Tianmen Cave is a famous parkour course. Competitors were required to complete a sequence of jumps and flips down a nearly 300-meter-long slope with a 150-meter vertical drop from the top of the 999-step staircase. A total of 108 obstacles were placed along the steps, putting the competitors' stamina, skills and precision under test. Chinese competitor Zhou Mianwei won the championship of individual speed run with a record time of 1'35"505. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Zhangjiajie, China. (XHTV)

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Sendai Tanabata Festival takes place

SENDAI, Japan - People walk under colorful streamers at a shopping street in Sendai, northern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2014, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival (Sendai Star Festival) begins for a three-day run. The event, one of the largest and most famous tanabata celebrations in Japan, is expected to attract more than 2 million people.

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Sendai Tanabata Festival takes place

SENDAI, Japan - People walk under colorful streamers at a shopping arcade in Sendai, northern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2014, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival (Sendai Star Festival) begins for a three-day run. The event, one of the largest and most famous tanabata celebrations in Japan, is expected to attract more than 2 million people.

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Sendai Tanabata Festival takes place

SENDAI, Japan - People walk under colorful streamers at a shopping arcade in Sendai, northern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2014, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival (Sendai Star Festival) begins for a three-day run. The event, one of the largest and most famous tanabata celebrations in Japan, is expected to attract more than 2 million people.

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Traditional Soma-Nomaoi festival in Fukushima Pref.

SOMA, Japan - Horsemen clad in armor and helmets parade in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 26, 2014, as the traditional Soma-Nomaoi festival starts a three-day run. The district is known for horse breeding and the festival is said to have its origin in the early 10th Century.

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Young people perform 'Yosakoi' dance on stage in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Young people perform a "Yosakoi" dance on stage as the Yosakoi Soran Festival starts in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 4, 2014, for a three-day run.

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China begins autumn holidays as Japan row festers

BEIJING, China - Citizens and tourists stroll near an electric board in Tiananmen Square in Beijing showing a government slogan calling on its people to unite and invigorate the country on Sept. 22, 2010, a mid-autumn festival day which marks the start of a three-day holiday. China entered the holidays as tensions run high with Japan over recently highlighted territorial rows.

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China begins autumn holidays as Japan row festers

BEIJING, China - A family poses for photos at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 22, 2010, a mid-autumn festival day which marks the start of a three-day holiday. China entered the holidays as tensions run high with Japan over recently highlighted territorial rows.

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Annual morning-glory market begins

TOKYO, Japan - A vendor hands a flowerpot of morning glory to a customer as the annual Iriya Morning Glory Festival begins at Shingenji Temple, commonly known as Iriya Kishibojin, in Tokyo's Taito Ward on July 6, 2010. More than 100 morning glory vendors crowd the temple's precincts and its vicinity, with some 300,000-400,000 people expected to visit the event during a three-day run.

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N. Korea begins celebratory events for founder Kim Il Sung

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The 15th April Holiday Food Festival started in Pyongyang on April 6, 2010, for a three-day run, featuring local and traditional dishes prepared by about 40 restaurants from across the country as North Korea began a series of events the same day to commemorate the birthday of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung, on April 15.

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N. Korea begins celebratory events for founder Kim Il Sung

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Cooks look at local and traditional dishes prepared by about 40 restaurants from across the country at the 15th April Holiday Food Festival which started in Pyongyang on April 6, 2010, for a three-day run. North Korea began a series of events the same day to commemorate the birthday of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung, on April 15.

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Armored men compete in 1,000-m horse race in Fukushima festival

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Armored men on horseback run through a 1,000-meter race course during the three-day traditional Soma Nomaoi Festival in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 24.

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Youth climate summit begins in Kobe for 3-day run

KOBE, Japan - Students declare the opening of an international youth meeting on the environment in Kobe on May 22. The three-day meeting brings together about 100 students, mostly elementary and junior high school students, from 20 countries and Taiwan.

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Battledore market opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A market for traditional Japanese battledores opens on the compound of Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district Dec. 17, heralding the coming of the end of the year. Among the battledores is one featuring ''Hanikami Oji'' (Bashful Prince), the nickname of amateur teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa. Some 300,000 people are expected to visit the market during a three-day run.

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Battledore market opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A market for traditional Japanese battledores opens in Tokyo's Asakusa district Dec. 17 for a three-day run, heralding the arrival of the end of the year. Among them are battledores featuring pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has signed a six-year contract with the Boston Red Sox, and Olympic figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa.

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Tokyo video game show kicks off for 3-day run

CHIBA, Japan - Ken Kutaragi, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., speaks at the Tokyo Game Show 2006 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 22, the opening day of the three-day event.

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Tokyo video game show kicks off for 3-day run

CHIBA, Japan - Video game fans try out some new game software and consoles at Tokyo Game Show 2006 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Sept. 22, the opening day of the three-day event.

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African fair featuring items from 39 countries opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) visits a trade fair featuring specialty products from 39 African nations which opened Sept. 2 in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront district for a three-day run. (Pool photo)

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'Star Festival' begins in Hiratsuka

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The main street leading to JR Hiratsuka Station in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, is decorated by colorful streamers on July 7 as the annual 'Star Festival' begins a three-day run. Some 2.7 million visited the festival last year.

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Okunchi festival in Nagasaki begins

NAGASAKI, Japan - A dragon dance is performed at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki on Oct. 7 as the 370-year-old Okunchi festival began for a three-day run.

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'Star Festival' begins in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Women wearing 'yukata,' or traditional Japanese summer cotton kimono, walk under colorful streamers in Sendai as the annual 'Star Festival' began for a three-day run. Some 2.3 million people are expected to visit the festival.

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Solar car rally begins in Akita

OGATA, Japan - A three-day solar car rally begins July 30 in Ogata, Akita Prefecture, with 38 cars, including 33 run using only solar battery power, taking part.

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Annual peace march begins in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - People march through streets of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 14 as an annual peace march began for a three-day run to mark the 32nd anniversary of the prefecture's reversion to Japan in 1972 after U.S. occupation.

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Star festival starts in Sendai for 3-day run

SENDAI, Japan - Women, clad in traditional ''yukata'' (summer cotton kimono) stroll beneath decorations for the ''tanabata matsuri'' (star festival) in Sendai as the annual three-day event began on Aug. 6. Some 2.1 million people are expected to visit the festival, which is well known throughout Japan.

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Star Festival opens in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - The Star Festival opens in Sendai in northern Japan on Aug. 6 for a three-day run.

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Int'l animation film fete opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People look at displays of the Tokyo International Anime Fair 21, which began its three-day run at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo's Ariake waterfront area Feb. 15. The fair features a display tracing the history of Japanese animated films since the popular ''Astro Boy'' series in the 1960s to more modern works, and a studio on animation production.

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New school year kicks off in Palestinian territories amid security challenges

STORY: New school year kicks off in Palestinian territories amid security challenges DATELINE: Aug. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: Gaza, Palestine CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of students attending their schools in the West Bank 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMMED ISHTAYE, Palestinian Prime Minister 3. various of students attending their schools in Gaza STORYLINE: The new school year kicked off in Palestinian schools across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Monday amid political and security challenges. Earlier this month, Israel launched a three-day preemptive military campaign against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Gaza, killing at least 49 people, including 17 children, according to figures released by the Hamas-run health ministry. In a bid to reintegrate the children into the educational process, clowns carried out psychological and recreational activities in some government schools for students who lost their friends in the latest military conflict. The Hamas-run ed

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Afghan forces kill 2 militants, arrest 4 in Kabul

STORY: Afghan forces kill 2 militants, arrest 4 in Kabul DATELINE: July 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: various of the police on duty in Kabul STORYLINE: Security forces in Afghanistan stormed a hideout of armed militants on the northern edge of Kabul city on Wednesday night, killing two and arresting four others, the Taliban-run administration's chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Thursday. "The operation of security forces against hideout of Khawarej ( a term used against Daesh or Islamic State group) in 315 localities of Kabul city last night was over by killing two and arresting four others," Mujahid said on his Twitter account. A large number of arms and ammunition of the militants were destroyed or captured by the security forces, Mujahid asserted. The official also noted that the vicious attempt of the militants to kill people had been thwarted. The religious scholars in their three-day jirga or grand assembly that concluded Saturday described th

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Afghan supreme leader calls for implementing Islamic laws, justice

STORY: Afghan supreme leader calls for implementing Islamic laws, justice DATELINE: July 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the streets in Kabul. STORYLINE: Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration, has emphasized for implementing Sharia or Islamic laws, ensuring justice, investment and safeguarding Afghanistan's freedom. Speaking at the gathering of religious leaders and elders of his country in Kabul on Friday, the leader of the caretaker administration stated that Afghans had expelled the occupying forces from their country to establish Islamic system and now "we have Islamic system and this is the responsibility of religious scholars to implement Islamic laws." About 3,500 ulema or religious scholars and elders, according to the state-run Bakhtar news agency, have been invited from across the war-torn country to attend the three-day jirga or grand assembly opened on Thursday. Hibatullah attended the gran