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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Angelina Jolie met Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican on January 8, 2015. The 39-year-old appeared thrilled as she shook hands with the pope after a screening of her new film and second directorial effort, ‘Unbroken’. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UK: Storm Bert Triggers Severe Flooding Across England And Wales

Storm Bert struck England and Wales on Saturday, November 23, bringing heavy rain, power outages, and traffic disruptions, while triggering severe flooding in multiple regions. Over 100 flood warnings were issued across the UK.

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B-1s Part Of Airstrikes In Iraq And Syria

Handout file photo dated April 8, 2015 shows a B-1B Lancer takes off from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, to conduct combat operations. B-1B Lancers from the 28th Bomb Wing launched early February 1, 2024, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, as part of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. U.S. military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from the United States. According to U.S. Central Command officials, the airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions. The facilities that were struck included command and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces. U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman James Richardson via ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin (L, down) and Li Xinwei attend a class at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Xinwei's English teacher tutors her during a class break at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received c

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin (L) and Li Xinwei attend a class at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implant

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Xinwei writes answers on the blackboard at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implantat

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin (L) and Li Xinwei attend a class at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implant

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin (1st L) and Li Xinwei attend a class at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear i

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin and Li Xinwei attend a class at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implantat

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"Ukiyo-e" artist Utamaro's newly found work to be shown

FUKUOKA, July 27 Kyodo - Popular "Ukiyo-e" artist Kitagawa Utamaro's painting of a courtesan drawn solely with black ink in the late 18th century with Utamaro's friend and writer Santo Kyoden's writing on the lives of courtesans is seen in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2015. The painting, discovered in April, will be exhibited at the Fukuoka Art Museum from Aug. 8.

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Japanese man talks about surviving bombing on Angaur during WWII

TOKYO, April 8 Kyodo - Kannosuke Hayashi, 85, talks during an interview in March 2015 in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, about his experience of surviving a U.S. air raid on Palau's Angaur Island in March 1944 during World War II while he was mobilized for an airport construction project as a junior high school student. He shows a case containing a bomb fragment that had punctured his leg.

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LNG ship docked at import base in Aomori, north Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A ship carrying liquefied natural gas from Malaysia is docked at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s nearly completed import base in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015, for the first LNG arrival at the facility scheduled to begin full-fledged operation in April.

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Nat'l council to hand down 'washoku' culture to be launched

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Kumakura (C), president of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, and others in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, announce they will establish a national council for passing the tradition and culture of "washoku" Japanese cuisine to the next generation. The council is expected to start its activities in April 2015. Washoku was registered in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2013.

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Narita airport to open terminal for LCCs in April

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2014 shows Terminal 3 of Narita airport near Tokyo, under construction to open as an exclusive facility for low-cost carriers on April 8, 2015. It will consist of a three-story building and a two-story satellite and have a total floor area of 66,000 square meters.

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Narita airport to open terminal for LCCs in April

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2014 shows Terminal 3 of Narita airport near Tokyo, under construction to open as an exclusive facility for low-cost carriers on April 8, 2015. It will consist of a three-story building and a two-story satellite and have a total floor area of 66,000 square meters.

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7 mil. visitors expected for rare opening of temple image

TOKYO, Japan - Monks at Zenkoji Temple and tourism officials in Nagano, central Japan, announce at a press conference in Tokyo on July 8, 2014, plans for a rare opening to the public next year of the principal image enshrined at the temple. They expect seven million visitors during the event scheduled for April 5 to May 31, 2015, held once every six years, compared with 6.73 million visitors during the previous opening in 2009.

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Japanese e-book sellers vexed by Amazon.com

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, chairman of major Japanese publishing house Kadokawa Corp., speaks at a public forum in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013, demanding equal taxation of e-books and other digital contents purchased from overseas vendors such as the U.S.-based Amazon.com Inc. Overseas companies are now exempt from the consumption tax, which will be raised to 8 percent in April from 5 percent now, and to 10 percent in October 2015.

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(HKSAR 25)CHINA-HONG KONG-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(220628) -- HONG KONG, June 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Citizens walk past a billboard advertising the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, in south China's Hong Kong, April 8, 2015. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES OF JUNE 28, 2022 (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)

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Writer-turned-nun speaks to supporters after discharge from hospital

Writer-turned-Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi speaks to a group of supporters at her home in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 8, 2015, upon discharge from hospital after treatment for a spine fracture and gallbladder cancer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwakuma pitches first game of season

Seattle Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma reacts after a two-run homer was hit by Los Angeles Angels infielder Albert Pujols during the first inning in a game at the Safeco Field in Seattle, the United States, on April 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daughter of war dead to visit Palau to witness Japan emperor's visit

Kyoko Tanaka (R) and her husband Yasukuni look in Rokunohe, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on April 4, 2015, at photos of Imperial Japanese Army tanks abandoned on Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau in World War II. Tanaka, whose father Shoichi died in battle on Peleliu in September 1944, but whose remains have never been returned, plans to travel to Palau on the occasion of a visit there by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko from April 8 to mourn the war dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giants' Aoki hits in 1st inning

San Francisco Giants outfielder Norichika Aoki singles to left during the first inning in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix, the United States, on April 8, 2015. Aoki has had hits in three consecutive games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro scores bunt single, 1st hit of season

Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, appearing as a pinch hitter, scores a bunt single during the seventh inning in a game against the Atlanta Braves in Miami, the United States, on April 8, 2015. It was Ichiro's first hit of the season. The Braves won 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea demands cargo ship held in Mexico since summer be freed

North Korea's deputy ambassador to the United Nations An Myong Hun speaks to reporters April 8, 2015, at the country's diplomatic mission at the United Nations in New York. He called for the immediate release of a North Korean cargo ship moored in Mexico and said the United States put pressure on Mexico to ground it in the name of the United Nations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ likely to maintain current easing policy

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a two-day monetary policy gathering on its second day at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on April 8, 2015. The BOJ is expected to maintain its current monetary easing policy despite the likelihood of consumer prices falling into negative territory. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ likely to maintain current easing policy

The Bank of Japan holds a meeting on the second day of a two-day monetary policy gathering at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on April 8, 2015. The BOJ is expected to maintain its current monetary easing policy despite the likelihood of consumer prices falling into negative territory. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Takarazuka Revue to make 2nd tour of Taiwan

Rio Asumi (R) and Maria Kano, the two top stars of the Flower Troupe of the Japanese all-female Takarazuka Revue, perform at a press conference in Taipei on Jan. 27, 2015. The musical theater group announced that it will perform 14 shows at the National Theater in Taipei from Aug. 8 to 16 in its second appearance before a Taiwanese audience following its first in April 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seiji Ozawa to conduct Berlin Philharmonic in April 2016

Undated photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. The Berlin Philharmonic said on Dec. 18, 2015 that Ozawa will conduct the orchestra in concerts in the German city on April 8 and 10, 2016, for the first time since May 2009. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to launch antiterrorism intelligence unit Dec. 8

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (3rd from L) speaks during a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2015, to adopt a set of measures to reinforce Japan's antiterrorism capabilities. Among them is a decision to bring forward the launch of an International Counterterrorism Intelligence Collection Unit to Dec. 8, from April as earlier planned, in the wake of the deadly Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bank of Yokohama, Higashi-Nippon Bank reach final merger accord

Bank of Yokohama President Tatsumaro Terazawa (L) and Higashi-Nippon Bank President Michito Ishii attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015, to announce their final agreement to merge under their new holding company Concordia Financial Group Ltd. on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bank of Yokohama, Higashi-Nippon Bank reach final merger accord

Bank of Yokohama President Tatsumaro Terazawa (L) and Higashi-Nippon Bank President Michito Ishii attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015, to announce their final agreement to merge under their new holding company Concordia Financial Group Ltd. on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Ukiyo-e" artist Utamaro's black ink painting discovered

Renowned Edo Period "Ukiyo-e" artist Kitagawa Utamaro's painting of a courtesan drawn solely with black ink, found in April 2015, is seen in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 22. The painting, believed to have been created between 1790 and 1793, will be displayed at the Fukuoka Art Museum from Aug. 8 to Sept. 20. It is said to be Utamaro's only known black ink painting of a woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Otani leads cast of 1st time monthly honorees

Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher-outfielder Shohei Otani poses for photos at Sapporo Dome on May 8, 2015, after he was named the Pacific League's pitcher of the month for March and April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-director of Kamo aquarium cultivates students at high school

Photo taken on April 8, 2015, shows Tatsuo Murakami, former director of Kamo Aquarium in the northeastern Japan city of Tsuruoka, standing in front of a jellyfish aquarium. He transformed the once foundering aquarium into a popular tourist site by displaying the widest variety of jellyfish species in the world. After retiring in March, he now teaches at Kamo Fisheries High School, and hopes to cultivate the future director of the aquarium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suzuki sets record for most runs by Japanese player

The Miami Marlins' Ichiro Suzuki heads to the home plate on Adeiny Hechavarria's three-run homer in the eighth inning of an 8-0 win over the Washington Nationals in Miami, the United States, on April 25, 2015. It was the 41-year old Suzuki's 1,310th big league run and 1,968 between Japan and the majors, the most ever by a Japanese player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suzuki sets record for most runs by Japanese player

The Miami Marlins' Ichiro Suzuki smiles after scoring on Adeiny Hechavarria's three-run homer in the eighth inning of an 8-0 win over the Washington Nationals in Miami, the United States, on April 25, 2015. It was the 41-year old Suzuki's 1,310th big league run and 1,968 between Japan and the majors, the most ever by a Japanese player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suzuki sets record for most runs by Japanese player

The Miami Marlins' Ichiro Suzuki smiles after scoring on Adeiny Hechavarria's three-run homer in the eighth inning of an 8-0 win over the Washington Nationals in Miami, the United States, on April 25, 2015. It was the 41-year old Suzuki's 1,310th big league run and 1,968 between Japan and the majors, the most ever by a Japanese player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suzuki sets record for most runs by Japanese player

The Miami Marlins' Ichiro Suzuki singles to right with two out in the eighth inning of an 8-0 win over the Washington Nationals in Miami, the United States, on April 25, 2015. The 41-year old Suzuki went on to score on Adeiny Hechavarria's three-run homer, having his 1,310th big league run to give him 1,968 between Japan and the majors, the most ever by a Japanese player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suzuki sets record for most runs by Japanese player

The Miami Marlins' Ichiro Suzuki singles to right with two out in the eighth inning of an 8-0 win over the Washington Nationals in Miami, the United States, on April 25, 2015. The 41-year old Suzuki went on to score on Adeiny Hechavarria's three-run homer, having his 1,310th big league run to give him 1,968 between Japan and the majors, the most ever by a Japanese player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Business competition involving drones intensifying

Photo shows a new type drone "Phantom 3," developed by China-based DJI and unveiled in New York on April 8, 2015. A drone which landed on the Japanese prime minister's office building in Tokyo is believed to be one of those sold under the Phantom series. While Japan considers legislation to regulate drone flights, commercially produced drones have been marketed one after another in the United States amid intensive business competition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric Power erects anti-tsunami wall at nuke plant

A Kansai Electric Power Co. official points to an 8-meter-tall anti-tsunami wall erected for the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the utility's nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, on April 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JBIC chief Watanabe speaks with Kyodo News ahead of G-20 meeting

Hiroshi Watanabe, head of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and former vice finance minister for international affairs, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 8, 2015, ahead of a meeting of finance chiefs from the Group of 20 countries in Washington on April 16-17. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean envoy demands Mexico-held ship's release

North Korean Deputy U.N. Ambassador An Myong Hun accuses the United States of allegedly applying pressure on the Mexican government to detain Pyongyang's Mu Du Bong ship, tied up in Mexico since the summer of 2014, at a press conference in New York on April 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Popular ice cream-filled melon bread in Kanazawa

Kyohei Koyama (R) makes fresh ice cream-filled melon bread while Shiro Mikami, originator of the bread, looks on at the bakery named "The World's Second-Most Delicious Melon Bread with Ice Cream" in Kanazawa, central Japan, on April 8, 2015. Many tourists queue up to buy the bread. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cafe in Tokyo Station serves French waffles

R.L. Waffle Cafe at Tokyo Station City serves French waffles, combining French toast and waffles, on April 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Confectioner at Tokyo Station offers 'hybrid' tiramisu dessert

C3, a confectionery store at Tokyo Station, offers a special hybrid tiramisu dessert combined with a Swiss roll as seen in this photo taken on April 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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French waffle among popular 'hybrid' cakes at Tokyo Station

A waitress shows a French waffle combining egg toast and a waffle at R.L Waffle Cafe inside Tokyo Station as seen in this photo taken on April 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo