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(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Customers select garments at the Laomeihua flagship store in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 7, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A livestreamer sells shoes of Laomeihua via livestreaming in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 7, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A customer selects garments at the Laomeihua flagship store in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 7, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member of Laomeihua makes garment designs in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 7, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo shows a shoe design with a cloth cover made by Laomeihua in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 7, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Customers select shoes at the Laomeihua flagship store in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 7, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member irons garments in the workshop of Laomeihua in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 7, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A tailor irons fabric in the workshop of Laomeihua in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 7, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members of Laomeihua make new designs in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 7, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A sample garment machine prints based on the design drawings in the workshop of Laomeihua in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 7, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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Bags of radioactive waste from cleanup work getting torn

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Bags containing radioactive waste from decontamination work associated with the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster are piled up in five tiers at one of the provisional storage sites in the Futaba district of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 7, 2014, with some bags beginning to tear due to wear.

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Bags of radioactive waste from cleanup work getting torn

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - One of the bags containing radioactive waste from decontamination work associated with the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster is partially broken after being exposed to the weather for a long time at one of the provisional storage sites in the Futaba district of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Floats drawn at festival in tsunami-hit north Japan region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Illuminated floats are drawn at a "moving star festival" in the Takata district of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 7, 2014, before the launch of land reclamation for housing construction after the March 2011 disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region.

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1,000-km relay through quake-hit region completed

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Kasumi Ishikawa (L) hands over sashes to Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, after crossing the finishing line of a 1,000-kilometer relay through Japan's northeastern region damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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Runners finish 1,000-km relay through quake-hit region

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Kasumi Ishikawa (front R) and other runners cross the finishing line in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, after a 1,000-kilometer relay through Japan's northeastern region damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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Miyagi accepts probe to find site for nuke waste disposal

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai (L) hands over a document to Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, to accept government-funded research in the prefecture to find a candidate site for the final disposal of some of the radiation-tainted waste from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Floats clash at festival in tsunami-hit north Japan region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Two floats clash with each other at a "fighting star festival" in the Kesen district of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 7, 2014, before the launch of land reclamation for housing construction after the March 2011 disaster that hit the northeaster Japan region.

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People draw floats at festival in tsunami-hit north Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People draw floats at a "moving star festival" in the Takata district of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 7, 2014, before the launch of land reclamation for housing construction after the March 2011 disaster that hit the northeaster Japan region.

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Acrobatic flight in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A French team performs an acrobatic flight in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 7, 2013, during an event to help reconstruction of areas hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Cirstea-Morita advance to 2nd round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and Sorana Cirstea of Russia celebrate after defeating Australian pair Casey Dellacqua and Rennae Stubbs 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in a women's doubles first-round match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 31, 2011. Morita and Cirstea will meet Spanish pair Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round.

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Date Krumm loses in 1st round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm plays against Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain in her first-round match in the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 30, 2011. Soler-Espinosa won the match 7-6(5), 7-6(2).

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Sharapova advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Heather Watson of Britain in her first round match of the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Sharapova advanced to the second round by beating Watson 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

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Sharapova advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Heather Watson of Britain in her first round match of the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Sharapova advanced to the second round by beating Watson 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

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Ryu wins 1st career title at Nitori Ladies

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Ritsuko Ryu responds to applause from spectators after winning the first title of her career at the Nitori Ladies at Katsura Golf Club in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Aug. 28, 2011. Ryu, who had five birdies against two bogeys in the final round, closed on 7-under 209.

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Mariners

CLEVELAND, United States - Cleveland Indians center fielder Kosuke Fukudome rips a homer, his first as an Indian, in the second inning of the second game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-7 loss.

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Mariners

CLEVELAND, United States - Cleveland Indians center fielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a home run, his first as an Indian, in the second inning of the second game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-7 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a run-scoring single in the fifth inning of the opening game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-3 with an RBI in a 7-5 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a run-scoring single in the fifth inning of the opening game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-3 with an RBI in a 7-5 loss.

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Niigata reactor to be suspended for checkup

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2009 shows (from front L) the No. 5, 6 and 7 reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Aug. 22, 2011, that the No. 7 reactor at the plant will be suspended the following morning for an 83-day scheduled checkup.

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Tigers

DETROIT, United States - Cleveland Indians center fielder Kosuke Fukudome singles to the left in the seventh inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Aug. 21, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-4 in an 8-7 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to the middle in the seventh inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Aug. 21, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-5 in an 8-7 loss.

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Amur leopard at Yokohama zoo

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A 2-year-old male Amur leopard is on the prowl at Zoorasia Yokohama Zoological Gardens in Yokohama on Aug. 7, 2011. The feline of the species in danger of extinction, which was moved to its new home from Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park in Hiroshima in June, began appearing before the public in late July.

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S. Sudan after independence

JUBA, Southern Sudan - Shoppers are seen at a market in the Southern Sudan capital Juba on Aug. 7, 2011, about a month after independence from Sudan.

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S. Sudan after independence

JUBA, Southern Sudan - A man holds Southern Sudan currency in the capital Juba on Aug. 7, 2011, about a month after independence from Sudan.

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Ex-Japanese Foreign Minister Maehara on Etorofu

NEMURO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) inspects a seafood processing factory on Etorofu Island, one of four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido, on Aug. 7, 2011. He was visiting the island under a bilateral visa-free exchange program. The slogan on the factory (in the background) reads ''The Kurils belong to Russia.'' The four disputed islands are known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan.

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Ishikawa, Scott shake hands at Bridgestone Invitational

AKRON, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa (R) shakes hands with Australian Adam Scott after the latter won the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 7, 2011. Scott earned his eighth career title on the tour at 17-under 263 and Ishikawa finished at 12-under 268 in a tie for fourth.

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Ishikawa finishes 4th at Bridgestone Invitational

AKRON, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa makes a shot in the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 7, 2011. The 19-year-old finished at 12-under 268 in a tie for fourth, his highest place outside of Japan.

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Ishikawa finishes 4th at Bridgestone Invitational

AKRON, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa makes a shot in the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 7, 2011. The 19-year-old finished at 12-under 268 in a tie for fourth, his highest place outside of Japan.

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Ishikawa finishes 4th at Bridgestone Invitational

AKRON, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa squats on his heels after missing a par putt on hole No. 15 in the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 7, 2011. The 19-year-old finished at 12-under 268 in a tie for fourth, his highest place outside of Japan.

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Scott wins Bridgestone Invitational

AKRON, United States - Adam Scott of Australia smiles with the championship trophy after winning the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 7, 2011. Scott earned his eighth career title on the tour with a 17-under 263.

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U.N. chief Ban arrives in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon arrives at JR Fukushima Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 7, 2011. He arrived in Japan earlier in the day to meet with survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and evacuees from the nuclear emergency, as well as with Japanese government officials.

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Anti-China protests in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - A demonstration is held in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Aug. 7, 2011, protesting China's claim over the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

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U.S. musicians' safe energy concert

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Bonnie Raitt (front R), Jackson Browne (front C) and Kitaro (front L) perform in a charity concert in San Francisco, California, on Aug. 7, 2011. They are among the artists in the group Musicians United for Safe Energy, who participated in the group's first large-scale concert since their anti-nuclear gig after the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear accident, calling for support for Japan's reconstruction and use of safe energy sources.

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U.N. chief Ban arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon waves from inside a car at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 7, 2011, as he arrives in Japan to meet with survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and evacuees from the nuclear emergency, as well as with Japanese government officials.

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Singer Joe Yamanaka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows singer Joe Yamanaka singing the theme song of the 1977 Japanese movie ''Ningen no Shomei'' (Proof of the Man) during the recording of its soundtrack in Roppongi, Tokyo, in July 1977. Yamanaka died of lung cancer on Aug. 7, 2011 at age 64.

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U.N. chief Ban arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon waves at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 7, 2011, as he arrives in Japan to meet with survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and evacuees from the nuclear emergency, as well as with Japanese government officials.

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U.S. official to attend Nagasaki ceremony for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Charge d'Affaires James Zumwalt at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. On Aug. 7, 2011, the embassy said the United States will send Zumwalt as the country's first representative to Nagasaki's annual peace memorial ceremony marking the U.S. atomic bombing in 1945.

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Dusting off Great Buddha

NARA, Japan - Monks at Todaiji temple in Nara dust off the 15-meter-tall Great Buddha statue on Aug. 7, 2011, in the annual summertime ''body wiping'' event.

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Int'l 'cosplayers' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Costume role players from China, Malaysia, Mexico and the Netherlands meet with State Foreign Secretary Chiaki Takahashi (L) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2011. The ''cosplayers'' will attend the World Cosplay Summit 2011 in Nagoya on Aug. 6 to 7.

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Int'l 'cosplayers' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Costume role players from China, Malaysia, Mexico and the Netherlands meet with State Foreign Secretary Chiaki Takahashi (L) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2011. The ''cosplayers'' will attend the World Cosplay Summit 2011 in Nagoya on Aug. 6 to 7.