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Abe in NZ

Abe in NZ

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L center) and his wife Akie (R center) bow after offering flowers at the site where the Canterbury Television building stood, in Christchurch, New Zealand, on July 7, 2014, to mourn the 185 victims, including 28 Japanese students, of an earthquake in 2011.

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Abe in NZ

Abe in NZ

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his wife Akie (C) offer flowers at the site where the Canterbury Television building stood, in Christchurch, New Zealand, on July 7, 2014, to mourn the 185 victims, including 28 Japanese students, of an earthquake in 2011.

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Christchurch commemorates 3rd anniversary of earthquake

Christchurch commemorates 3rd anniversary of earthquake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Relatives of the Japanese victims of an earthquake that hit New Zealand's city of Christchurch and claimed the lives of 185 people three years ago, offer flowers during a memorial service at Botanic Gardens in the city on Feb. 22, 2014. Among the victims were 28 Japanese English-language students.

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5th anniversary of Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand

5th anniversary of Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand

Photo taken in Christchurch, New Zealand, shows a concert held at "Cardboard Cathedral" on Feb. 22, 2016, to commemorate the 185 victims of the deadly earthquake that hit the city five years ago to the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5th anniversary of Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand

5th anniversary of Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand

Photo taken in Christchurch, New Zealand, shows a concert held at "Cardboard Cathedral" on Feb. 22, 2016, to commemorate the 185 victims of the deadly earthquake that hit the city five years ago to the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5-year anniversary of Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand

5-year anniversary of Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand

Photo taken Feb. 19, 2016, in Christchurch, New Zealand, shows the city's cathedral, which was badly damaged in an earthquake in 2011. On Feb. 22, the city marked the fifth anniversary of the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that claimed a total of 185 victims, with debate continuing over whether to restore the old cathedral or completely rebuild it with a new design. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5th anniversary of Christchurch quake in New Zealand

5th anniversary of Christchurch quake in New Zealand

The parents (C) of late Japanese student Megumi Horita offer flowers at a ceremony in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 22, 2016, to commemorate their daughter and other victims of a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on the fifth anniversary of the disaster that claimed 185 victims, including 28 Japanese students who had been studying abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5-year anniversary of Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand

5-year anniversary of Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel (4th from R), New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (3rd from R) and Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Hitoshi Kikawada (2nd from R) bow their heads in prayer at a ceremony in Christchurch, New Zealand on Feb. 22, 2016, marking the fifth anniversary of the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that claimed 185 victims, including 28 Japanese students who had been studying abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of Japanese victims unveil memorial plate ahead of NZ quake anniv.

Kin of Japanese victims unveil memorial plate ahead of NZ quake anniv.

An engraved plate is unveiled at a ceremony in Christchurch on Feb. 21, 2015, in memory of Japanese victims of an earthquake that killed 185 people in the New Zealand city in 2011. The ceremony for the plate, set up by bereaved relatives near the entrance to a special cemetery for the quake victims, took place a day before the disaster's fourth anniversary. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of Japanese victims unveil memorial plate ahead of NZ quake anniv.

Kin of Japanese victims unveil memorial plate ahead of NZ quake anniv.

An engraved plate in memory of the Japanese victims of an earthquake that killed 185 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, in February 2011 is unveiled on Feb. 13, 2015, near the entrance to a special cemetery for the quake victims. It was set up by bereaved relatives. The Japanese characters say "Dreams, fly high." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of Japanese victims attend NZ quake anniversary ceremony

Kin of Japanese victims attend NZ quake anniversary ceremony

Kazuo Horita (R) and his wife, whose daughter Megumi was among 28 Japanese victims of an earthquake that killed 185 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011, attend a memorial service in the city on Feb. 22, 2015, to mark the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of Japanese victims attend NZ quake anniversary ceremony

Kin of Japanese victims attend NZ quake anniversary ceremony

The parents of Yasuhiro Kitagawa, one of 28 Japanese victims of an earthquake that killed 185 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011, attend a memorial service in the city on Feb. 22, 2015, to mark the fourth anniversary of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe in NZ

Abe in NZ

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L center) and his wife Akie (R center) bow after offering flowers at the site where the Canterbury Television building stood, in Christchurch, New Zealand, on July 7, 2014, to mourn the 185 victims, including 28 Japanese students, of an earthquake in 2011. (Kyodo)

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Memorial held in Japan for 2011 Christchurch quake victims

Memorial held in Japan for 2011 Christchurch quake victims

Mourners attend a memorial ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of the powerful earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 22, 2017, at Toyama College of Foreign Languages in Toyama, central Japan, 12 of whose students were among the total of 185 victims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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