TOKYO, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — Japan’s elderly people have accounted for 28.4 percent of its population, hitting a record high, Japanese government statistics revealed Sunday. The country’s seniors constituted 12.9 percent of Japan’s labor force in 2018, also a record high, according to data released by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry. Japan, with the …
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China develops permanent magnet motor for 400 kph high-speed train Author: 江华亲 Publish Date: Sep 23, 2019 developer said Tuesday. The newly-developed TQ-800 motor is expected to be used in a multinational interconnected high-speed train project, according to the CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Co., Ltd. Adopting a fully-enclosed and directional cooling structure, the TQ-800 motor …
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PARIS, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) — Global warming would be more severe than expected by 2100 unless governments take concrete moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions, French scientists warned on Tuesday. By 2100, global mercury rise would reach 6 to 7 degrees Celsius due to “rapid economic growth driven by fossil fuels”, experts from the National …
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China will hold the sixth World Internet Conference in October in the river town of Wuzhen in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province, according to the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) Wednesday. The conference will run from Oct. 20 to 22, with the theme of “Smart, connectivity, openness and cooperation: jointly build a community of shared future …
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The United States and Belarus have decided to announce the mutual return of ambassadors, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale said as he met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday. Hale said that the “exchange of ambassadors” would mark a “historic” restoration of ties, according to Belarus’s state-run Belta news …
Over 70 Chinese museums have joined hands to release a passport-like cultural product in a bid to improve visitors’ experience. Visitors who have purchased the product can have their “passport” stamped when visiting these museums, according to Art Exhibitions China (AEC), a government agency affiliated to the National Cultural Heritage Administration and organizer of the …
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U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered interest rates for the second time this year amid growing risks and uncertainties stemming from trade tensions and a global economic slowdown. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed’s rate-setting body, trimmed the target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a range of 1.75 …
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A conservation initiative by a global Chinese firm has won the 2019 Champions of the Earth award, the UN highest environmental honor, according to a statement from UN Environment (UNEP) issued on Thursday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Ant Forest, a green initiative on the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform Alipay, was honored on …
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Five new remote-sensing satellites were sent into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gobi Desert Thursday. The five satellites were launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket at 2:42 p.m. (Beijing Time). The satellites belong to a commercial remote-sensing satellite constellation project “Zhuhai-1,” which will comprise 34 micro-nano satellites, including …
