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Expressways jammed amid return rush from holiday exodus

TOKYO, Japan - Joban Expressway is jammed with cars in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. Expressways across the nation continue to be clogged amid the rush of travelers returning home from spending the ''Bon'' summer holidays out of town.

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Bullfighting resumes

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Bullfighting resumes in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010, after a suspension in July. The event was resumed as the foot-and-month disease epidemic in Miyazaki Prefecture was declared over.

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Expressways jammed amid return rush from holiday exodus

TOKYO, Japan - Joban Expressway is jammed with cars in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. Expressways across the nation continue to be clogged amid the rush of travelers returning home from spending the ''Bon'' summer holidays out of town.

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Bullfighting resumes

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Bullfighting resumes in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010, after a suspension in July. The event was resumed as the foot-and-month disease epidemic in Miyazaki Prefecture was declared over.

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Art event on islands

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An artist sets up an installation at an art event on Kamikoshiki Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. The Koshiki Art Exhibition 2010 will be held from Aug. 21 to 29 using the Koshiki Islands as exhibition sites.

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Art event on islands

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An artist sets up an installation at an art event on Nakakoshiki Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. The Koshiki Art Exhibition 2010 will be held from Aug. 21 to 29 using the Koshiki Islands as exhibition sites.

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Angels' Matsui 4-for-4, including homer, against Blue Jays

ANAHEIM, California - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to center in the eighth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 14, 2010. Matsui returned to the lineup in style with his first four-hit game of the season, including a two-run blast that propelled the Angels past the Blue Jays 7-2.

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Angels' Matsui 4-for-4, including homer, against Blue Jays

ANAHEIM, California - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to right in the sixth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 14, 2010. Matsui returned to the lineup in style with his first four-hit game of the season, including a two-run blast that propelled the Angels past the Blue Jays 7-2.

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Angels' Matsui 4-for-4, including homer, against Blue Jays

ANAHEIM, California - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui doubles to right in the fourth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 14, 2010. Matsui returned to the lineup in style with his first four-hit game of the season, including a two-run blast that propelled the Angels past the Blue Jays 7-2.

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Mariners' Ichiro makes 150th, 151st hits

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to center in the fifth inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Aug. 14, 2010. Suzuki went 2-for-4 in his team's 9-3 win, taking his season tally to 151 with 45 games left and remaining well on course to reach the 200 mark for an unprecedented 10th consecutive year.

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Fireworks at shrine

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fireworks light up a torii gate and buildings in an event at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, a World Heritage Site on Miyajima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Mariners' Ichiro makes 150th, 151st hits

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to right in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Aug. 14, 2010. Suzuki went 2-for-4 in his team's 9-3 win, taking his season tally to 151 with 45 games left and remaining well on course to reach the 200 mark for an unprecedented 10th consecutive year.

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Angels' Matsui 4-for-4, including homer, against Blue Jays

ANAHEIM, California - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a two-run homer in the second inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 14, 2010. Matsui returned to the lineup in style with his first four-hit game of the season, including the two-run blast that propelled the Angels past the Blue Jays 7-2.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a mural painting that seems to depict the face of a warrior at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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All Japanese players miss cut at PGA C'ship

KOHLER, United States - Ryo Ishikawa of Japan makes a shot from a bunker on the 18th hole during the second round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits course in Kohler, Wisconsin, on Aug. 14, 2010. All of the five Japanese players missed the cut at the event.

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'Pink Panther' member transported to Japan over 2007 Tokyo heist

NARITA, Japan - Rifat Hadziahmetovic (C), a Montenegrin member of the ''Pink Panther'' ring of thieves, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2010. He was transported to Japan after being arrested in Spain on suspicion of stealing a diamond tiara worth 200 million yen and other jewelry from the shop in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district in June 2007.

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Lighting lanterns

NARA, Japan - Women light a lantern as part of a Chugen Mantoro rite at Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Fireworks at shrine

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fireworks light up a torii gate and buildings in an event at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, a World Heritage Site on Miyajima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a mural painting that seems to depict a procession at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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'Pink Panther' member transported to Japan over 2007 Tokyo heist

NARITA, Japan - Rifat Hadziahmetovic (C), a Montenegrin member of the ''Pink Panther'' ring of thieves, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2010. He was transported to Japan after being arrested in Spain on suspicion of stealing a diamond tiara worth 200 million yen and other jewelry from the shop in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district in June 2007.

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Ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photos show the newly-unearthed Tongsan-dong mural tomb, a Koguryo relic dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Black demons

FUKUOKA, Japan - Children are made up as black demons during a festival called ''Hisatomi no Bonzunahiki'' in Chikugo, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a celadon candleholder featuring a kind of animal found in the newly-unearthed Tongsan-dong mural tomb, a Koguryo relic dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photos show the newly-unearthed Tongsan-dong mural tomb, a Koguryo relic dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combination photo shows a mural painting (R) that seems to depict the face of a warrior at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century and an infrared version (L). Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combination photo shows a mural painting (top) that seems to depict a procession at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century and an infrared version (bottom). Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Le Pen at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - French nationalist leader Jean-Marie Le Pen shakes hands with a Shinto priest as he visited the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Le Pen at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - French nationalist leader Jean-Marie Le Pen (R) answers reporters' questions as he visited the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Yuki-tsumugi weaver under training in Tochigi Pref.

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Akiko Imaizumi, the first weaver of the traditional Yuki-tsumugi silk weaving technique hired by the Oyama city government in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, receives instructions on using a weaving machine from traditional craftsman Noriaki Sakairi in the city on Jan. 14, 2015. The technique was added to the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list in 2010.

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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi retires

OKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi enters the venue of an event in the city of Okayama, western Japan, on Oct. 14, 2014. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010, said at the event he has decided to retire.

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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi after winning the World Figure Skating Championships in Torino, Italy, in March 2010. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010, has decided to retire, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 14, 2014.

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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi performing in the free skate competition of the Vancouver Olympics at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, in February 2010. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games, has decided to retire, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 14, 2014.

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Takemoto Gendayu to retire from bunraku theater

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in February 2010 shows Takemoto Gendayu, a renowned Japanese traditional "joruri bunraku" puppet play master. Takemoto, 82, will retire due to health reasons, the bunraku association said July 14, 2014.

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Uruguay striker Forlan

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Uruguay striker Diego Forlan scoring during the World Cup soccer semifinals against the Netherlands in Cape Town, South Africa, in July 2010. J-League first-division side Cerezo Osaka appear likely to acquire Forlan for the 2014 season, an informed source said on Jan. 14, 2014.

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Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken in 2010, shows former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary. Ieng Sary died March 14, 2013, of illness and old age, his son Ieng Vuth told Kyodo News. He was 87.

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Japan's Fukushima, partner Kaido ranked in top 100 global thinkers

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Mizuho Fukushima (L), leader of the Japanese minor opposition Social Democratic Party, and her partner, lawyer Yuichi Kaido, in images taken on Dec. 6, 2010, and on Jan. 14, 2009, respectively. The couple were ranked 29th in the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy's top 100 global thinkers of 2011 for their antinuclear activism.

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Ex-Coast Guard member speaks on Senkaku video leak

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Isshiki, a former member of the Japan Coast Guard, speaks in a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011. He said his unauthorized posting on the Internet of video footage of the September 2010 maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands was intended to benefit the public, who he believes are eager to know what happens around Japanese waters.

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Haneda's int'l terminal attracting tourists

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors flock to restaurants at the international terminal of Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. The terminal building has been a major attraction for tourists since its opening in October 2010.

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Rediscovered fish on display

KYOTO, Japan - Samples of kunimasu freshwater salmon, a Japanese indigenous species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago and rediscovered in December 2010, are displayed at the Kyoto University Museum in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2011.

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Website connects big ideas with small spaces

TOKYO, Japan - A man (L) sells organic vegetables from the tailgate of his vehicle in a space made available by a Tokyo beauty parlor in front of its door on its business holiday Dec. 14, 2010. He capitalized on the Nokisaki.com website acting as an intermediary for landowners who want to rent vacant or idling ''nokisaki'' (eaves of the house) spaces at relatively low costs and tenants who wish to lease such areas by the hour, day or week.

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Panasonic's 1-door refrigerator in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A woman shows the inside of a Panasonic Corp. one-door refrigerator, mainly targeting middle-class households, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Dec. 14, 2010.

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Japan inn brings legendary service to Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - This photo taken Dec. 14, 2010, shows the Radium-Kagaya International Hotel in the Beitou hot spa resort in Taipei. The inn, operated by a joint venture of the Kagaya Group of Japan and the Radium Group of Taiwan, has brought Japanese-style hospitality to Taiwan.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, wears his new Oakland Athletics jersey at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010. Matsui and the major league baseball club have agreed on a one-year contract.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, speaks at a press conference at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010, after signing a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, speaks at a press conference at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010, after signing a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, puts on his new Oakland Athletics jersey with the help of General Manager Billy Beane at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010. Matsui and the major league baseball club have agreed on a one-year contract.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui (R), a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, shakes hands with Hiroshi Inomata, Japanese consul general in San Francisco, at a press conference at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010, after signing a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics. At center is general manager Billy Beane.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, speaks at a press conference at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010 after signing a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, speaks at a press conference at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010 after signing a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, puts on his new Oakland Athletics jersey with the help of General Manager Billy Beane at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010. Matsui and the major league baseball club have agreed on a one-year contract.