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China's Quanzhou opens sea route to Middle East

STORY: China's Quanzhou opens sea route to Middle East DATELINE: May 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:27 LOCATION: QUANZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. various of the container ship STORYLINE: A sea route linking the city of Quanzhou in east China's Fujian Province and the Middle East opened Thursday in Quanzhou Bay. A container ship loaded with local goods such as machinery and equipment, generator sets, stones, children's shoes, and sanitary ware set sail for Dubai's Jebel Ali Port. The route passes through ports of Qingdao, Ningbo, Shihu, Nansha, and Dubai, and extends to St. Petersburg in Russia. The route will operate twice a month with seven container ships in service. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Quanzhou, China. (XHTV)

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Olympic medalist Takahashi takes up farming

DATE, Japan - Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi plants broccoli seeds at a farm in Date, Hokkaido, on May 11, 2010. Takahashi will visit the farm once or twice a month under a sponsorship contract with an agricultural group, which will provide the vegetables to hotel guests.

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Couple weds at World Cup stadium

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Atsushi Takeda, a soccer enthusiast, and his wife Kumiko gets congratulations from friends at their wedding ceremony held Dec. 22 at International Stadium Yokohama, the venue of the 2002 FIFA World Cup final between Brazil and German. They are the first couple to wed at the stadium, which has begun hosting wedding ceremonies twice a month for a basic fee of 250,000 yen.

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Koizumi presents letter of thanks to Troussier, World Cup team

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C, seated) presents letters of appreciation to former coach Philippe Troussier (2nd from L, seated), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (2nd from R, seated) and other players of the Japanese national team (in middle) on their historic achievements in last month's World Cup soccer finals. In the May 31-June 30 tournament, Japan won twice and drew once in the group stage before being knocked out by Turkey in the second round.

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Ukrainian parliament extends martial law by 90 days

STORY: Ukrainian parliament extends martial law by 90 days DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ukraine 2. various of Russia STORYLINE: According to Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak, the Ukrainian parliament on Sunday approved a bill submitted by President Volodymyr Zelensky to extend the martial law in the country for another 90 days from May 25. Ukraine imposed martial law on Feb. 24 in the wake of the conflict with Russia. The martial law has been extended for 30 days twice. The parliament has also approved the law on the prolongation of general mobilization in the country till Aug. 23. Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky said on Sunday that pausing peace talks between Russia and Ukraine is an initiative of the Ukrainian side. According to Medinsky, one month ago, Russian negotiators sent a draft for further negotiations with positions that had been previously agreed upon. After that, Ukraine paused the negotiation p

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Momo enters smart city infrastructure

Momo is engaged in the development of IoT devices. Momo is engaged in the development of IoT devices. In the Fusio-dai area, a consortium of businesses, universities, and other organizations has been formed under the leadership of Momo, and has been exchanging opinions with residents twice a month with the aim of creating a smart city. The New Town is facing the issue of an aging population, and with a certain number of people living in a small area and limited entrances and exits, it was judged to be a suitable environment for the verification experiment. The project will be proposed to the local government as a project that directly reflects the needs of the residents, and a model will be established for the verification experiment, which will be expanded to other new towns from 2021. Fusio-dai area in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture, January 14, 2020 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Couple weds at World Cup stadium

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Atsushi Takeda, a soccer enthusiast, and his wife Kumiko gets congratulations from friends at their wedding ceremony held Dec. 22 at International Stadium Yokohama, the venue of the 2002 FIFA World Cup final between Brazil and German. They are the first couple to wed at the stadium, which has begun hosting wedding ceremonies twice a month for a basic fee of 250,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Obuchi resolved to review postwar education

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (standing) speaks at the first meeting of his advisory panel on education reform at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on March 27. He expressed his resolve to review the country's postwar education model. The 26-member panel, headed by Nobel Physics Prize laureate and former Tsukuba University President Reona (Leo) Esaki (front R), is expected to meet twice a month and compile a final report a year later.

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Booklover in Hyogo opens home as used bookstore

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2016 shows Hirohisa Kato, who opens a secondhand bookstore called "Books + Kotobanoie" at his home in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture, twice a month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic medalist Takahashi takes up farming

DATE, Japan - Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi plants broccoli seeds at a farm in Date, Hokkaido, on May 11, 2010. Takahashi will visit the farm once or twice a month under a sponsorship contract with an agricultural group, which will provide the vegetables to hotel guests. (Kyodo)

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Special bra to urge working women to go shopping

Women's underwear maker Triumph International (Japan) Ltd. unveils in Tokyo on April 26, 2017, a special "Premium Friday Bra" linked to the recently launched government campaign urging people to leave work early on the last Friday every month to encourage spending. The company, which releases promotional bras twice a year, said the lingerie reflects how working women feel when they go shopping. The bras feature built-in purses in the cups and an alarm clock that sounds at 3 p.m. to remind the wearer to get out of the office and into the shops. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M'bishi-developed jet heads for U.S. after 2 aborted flights in Aug.

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced passenger jet, takes off from Nagoya airport in central Japan for the United States on Sept. 26, 2016. The MRJ will undergo flight tests, a month after it had to turn back twice due to a problem with its air-conditioning system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo