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Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE, PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES, 64, BASQUE COUNTRY, ST ETIENNE-DE-BAIGORRY, THE VILLAGE OF IROULEGUY IS LOCATED AT THE FOOT OF THE PYRENEES AND GAVE ITS NAME TO THE APPELLATION D'ORIGINE CONTROLEE (PDO) VINEYARD Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE, PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES, (64), BASQUE COUNTRY, SAINT-ETIENNE-DE-BAIGORRY, AT THE COOPERATIVE OF THE IROULEGUY CELLAR, BOTTLES OF WINE FROM THE IROULEGUY CONTROLLED APPELLATION Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE, PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES, (64), BASQUE COUNTRY, SAINT-ETIENNE-DE-BAIGORRY, AT THE IROULEGUY CELLAR COOPERATIVE, THE IROULEGUY APPELLATION WINE IS PUT IN BARRELS Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Vin Medoc

GIRONDE (33). GRAVES. WINES AND VINEYARDS OF GRAVES. AGING CELLAR OF CHATEAU BOUSCAUT, ONE OF THE 14 GRANDS CRUS CLASSES OF GRAVES FOR BOTH ITS WHITE AND RED WINES, IN THE PESSAC-LEOGNAN APPELLATION. SOPHIE LURTON HAS BEEN RUNNING BOUSCAUT, ALONG WITH HUSBAND LAURENT COGOMBLES FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Vin Medoc

GIRONDE (33). GRAVES. WINES AND VINEYARDS OF GRAVES. AGING CELLAR OF CHATEAU BOUSCAUT, ONE OF THE 14 GRANDS CRUS CLASSES OF GRAVES FOR BOTH ITS WHITE AND RED WINES, IN THE PESSAC-LEOGNAN APPELLATION. SOPHIE LURTON HAS BEEN RUNNING BOUSCAUT, ALONG WITH HUSBAND LAURENT COGOMBLES FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. CHARENTE (16) COGNAC REGION, AERIAL VIEW OF COGNAC VINEYARDS NEAR JARNAC, THE GRANDE CHAMPAGNE REGION FOR THE COGNAC APPELLATION Jean-Bernard Nadeau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

CHARENTES (16) REGION OF COGNAC. COGNAC VINEYARDS NEAR JARNAC, A REGION OF GREAT CHAMPAGNE FOR THE COGNAC APPELLATION Jean-Bernard Nadeau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

CHARENTES (16) REGION OF COGNAC, AERIAL VIEW OF THE VINEYARDS OF COGNAC NEAR JARNAC, REGION OF GREAT CHAMPAGNE FOR THE COGNAC APPELLATION Jean-Bernard Nadeau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

CHARENTES (16) VINEYARDS OF COGNAC NEAR BOUTEVILLE, REGION OF GREAT CHAMPAGNE FOR THE COGNAC APPELLATION Jean-Bernard Nadeau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(6)New royal baby named Princess Aiko

TOKYO, Japan - The emperor's grand chamberlain, Makoto Watanabe, arrives at the Crown Prince's Palace on Dec. 7 to deliver the name and appellation chosen for the newborn princess. (Pool photo)

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Tokio, Nichido, Asahi holding firm to be named 'Millea'

TOKYO, Japan - (From L TO R) Yuzuru Fujita, president of Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co., Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., and Takashi Aihara, president of Nichido Fire & Marine Insurance Co., shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11. They announced an agreement to form a holding firm to be named Millea Insurance Group, an appellation associated with the new millennium.

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DKB, Fuji, IBJ name joint holding firm Mizuho Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiro Yamamoto (L), president of Fuji Bank, Katsuyuki Sugita (C), president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), and Masao Nishimura (R), president of the Industrial Bank of Japan, shake hands at the DKB headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 22 after announcing their decision to name the joint holding company they plan to create next year Mizuho Holdings Inc. The name ''Mizuho,'' which means ''fresh ears of rice'' in Japanese, was chosen in consultation with an advertising agency because it is used in a special appellation for Japan, ''Mizuho no Kuni'' (Land of Golden Ears of Rice), according to bank officials.

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Hirokazu Tanakas set world record for meeting of people with same name

A 178-strong group of people all called Hirokazu Tanaka broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same first and last name, after they came together in Tokyo on Saturday. The Tanaka Hirokazu association organized the successful attempt in Shibuya Ward, which saw them outdo the 2005 record set by 164 people called Martha Stewart, who were brought together by the famous American businesswoman of the same name. Reflecting on their achievement, the 53-year-old Tanaka said, "Without creating anything or producing any kind of result as such, we have, just by being here, been able to become number one in the world at something." The association's representative Tanaka founded the organization for people with the same appellation as him in 1994.

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(6)New royal baby named Princess Aiko

TOKYO, Japan - The emperor's grand chamberlain, Makoto Watanabe, arrives at the Crown Prince's Palace on Dec. 7 to deliver the name and appellation chosen for the newborn princess.

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Tokio, Nichido, Asahi holding firm to be named 'Millea'

TOKYO, Japan - (From L TO R) Yuzuru Fujita, president of Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co., Kokei Higuchi, president of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., and Takashi Aihara, president of Nichido Fire & Marine Insurance Co., shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11. They announced an agreement to form a holding firm to be named Millea Insurance Group, an appellation associated with the new millennium.

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DKB, Fuji, IBJ name joint holding firm Mizuho Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiro Yamamoto (L), president of Fuji Bank, Katsuyuki Sugita (C), president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), and Masao Nishimura (R), president of the Industrial Bank of Japan, shake hands at the DKB headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 22 after announcing their decision to name the joint holding company they plan to create next year Mizuho Holdings Inc. The name ''Mizuho,'' which means ''fresh ears of rice'' in Japanese, was chosen in consultation with an advertising agency because it is used in a special appellation for Japan, ''Mizuho no Kuni'' (Land of Golden Ears of Rice), according to bank officials.