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Article: Roundup: Beijing Olympics opening ceremony hits headlines of world media
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 8, 2008
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Roundup: Beijing Olympics opening ceremony hits headlines of
world media
BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The long-awaited Beijing Olympic
Games opened with spectacular performances late Friday, hitting
headlines of world media.
In Japan, nearly all major Japanese newspapers such as the
Yomiuri Shimbun, the Mainichi Shimbun, the Tokyo Shimbun and Nihon
Keizai Shimbun published the news of the grand event on the front
pages of their evening versions.
The state broadcaster NHK (Nihon Hoso Kyokai) televised live the
whole ceremony.
Kyodo News and Jiji press, the two leading Japanese news
agencies, have been continuously updating news items about the event
and releasing striking pictures of the ...