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Japan elected as nonpermanent member of UNSC for 2009-2010 term

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Takasu speaks to reporters in New York on Oct. 17 after the U.N. General Assembly elected Japan and four other countries as nonpermanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms beginning in January 2009.

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Japan poised to ease beef import ban, backed by panel report

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's independent Food Safety Commission's prion research group discusses in Tokyo on Oct. 24 whether Japan may ease its two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports. The panel later released a draft report saying the risk of mad cow disease being found in North American beef is ''extremely low'' if import terms are met properly.

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Toshimitsu Kitanoumi

TOKYO, Japan - Toshimitsu Kitanoumi, chairman of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). Former yokozuna Kitanoumi 48, was elected unanimously by the 10-member board at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 1 to succeed Tokitsukaze, a former ozeki who served two two-year terms as JSA boss and reaches the mandatory retirement age of 65 August, 2002.

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10th Industries and Construction Exhibition held in Kuwait

STORY: 10th Industries and Construction Exhibition held in Kuwait DATELINE: March 22, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: Kuwait City CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Industries and Construction Exhibition STORYLINE: Kuwait launched on Monday the 10th Industries and Construction Exhibition in Kuwait City to support its national economic reform. The three-day event is organized by a local company named Expo Tag, with the wide participation of government and private agencies. Dalia Wafai, the executive director of Expo-Tag, said this exhibition came after a two-year interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She said the exhibition presents the latest development in the global construction industry, in order to meet the needs of the Kuwaiti market in terms of building materials. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kuwait City. (XHTV)

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Japan elected as nonpermanent member of UNSC for 2009-2010 term

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Takasu speaks to reporters in New York on Oct. 17 after the U.N. General Assembly elected Japan and four other countries as nonpermanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms beginning in January 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japan poised to ease beef import ban, backed by panel report

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's independent Food Safety Commission's prion research group discusses in Tokyo on Oct. 24 whether Japan may ease its two-year-old ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports. The panel later released a draft report saying the risk of mad cow disease being found in North American beef is ''extremely low'' if import terms are met properly. (Kyodo)