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Worshippers at a Tokyo shrine welcome the new year with an ice-cold bath in an annual tradition that dates back about 70 years Participants warm up through stretches and chants before plunging into a pool filled with huge ice blocks. IMAGES
Tokyo, Sep 3 (EFE/EPA).- Japan's prime minister said Friday that would not be running for re-election as leader of the ruling party, effectively announcing his resignation.Yoshihide Suga announced his decision at an extraordinary meeting of the executive board of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.The prime minister, who has been the country's prime minister since September last year after the resignation of his predecessor Shinzo Abe, due to health reasons, will not participate in the LDP's internal elections that will be held on Sep. 29 to choose the party's leader and candidate for the next general elections in Japan. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE B-ROLL OF JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIDE SUGA AND PEDESTRIANS WALK A CROSSWAY IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Jul 2 (EFE/EPA).- Years away from the classrooms due to fragile health motivated the Japanese Kentaro Yoshifuji to create the DAWN ver.ß cafeteria, a place run by robots controlled remotely by people with reduced mobility. The place seeks to help remove people with reduced mobility from labor and social seclusion. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON / MARIA ROLDAN).SHOT LIST: ROBOTS ATTEND CLIENTS AT THE DAWN VER.ß CAFETERIA, IN TOKYO, JAPAN.SOUND BITE: KUSUMI ATSUMI, BUSINESSWOMAN.TRANSLATION: By not having opportunities to communicate with these people, sometimes we feel embarrassed, because we do not know how far we can go asking about their illness. But by investigating, we're allowed to get closer to them. That may allow them to blend into society.
Joggers in Paris get up early to run on the banks of the Saint-Martin Canal before 10 a.m., the time at which outdoor physical activities stop in the French capital until 7 p.m., as part of the measures in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. IMAGES
Huge crowds gather in Pamplona ahead of Spain's San Fermin bull running festival which takes place for a week from the 7 July. IMAGES