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Disaster-hit students head to London

NARITA, Japan - Junior high school students from Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami prepare to depart Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012, for London. About 20 children from Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures will watch some of the Games and meet local children as guests of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

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Anti-dolphin hunt rally in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - About 30 demonstrators protest dolphin hunting in Japan in front of the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Aug. 1, 2011. The season's fishing of dolphins has begun in Taiji, western Japan.

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Sunshine Aquarium

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at rays and fish swimming in the Sunshine Lagoon tank on the first floor of Sunshine Aquarium, located on the roof of a building in the Sunshine City commercial complex in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Aug. 1, 2011. The aquarium reopened on Aug. 4 after about a year of renovation.

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Sunshine Aquarium

TOKYO, Japan - Sea lions swim in an overhead tank at Sunshine Aquarium, located on the roof of a building in the Sunshine City commercial complex in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Aug. 1, 2011. The aquarium reopened on Aug. 4 after about a year of renovation.

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Sunshine Aquarium

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a tank recreating the environment of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia at Sunshine Aquarium, located on the roof of a building in the Sunshine City commercial complex in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Aug. 1, 2011. The aquarium reopened on Aug. 4 after about a year of renovation.

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Ban to bring message of solidarity to Japan disaster survivors

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon meets Japanese reporters in New York on Aug. 1, 2011. Ban said he plans to deliver a message of solidarity to the survivors of the March 11 tragedy, as part of his three-day visit to Japan that begins Aug. 7.

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Arirang mass games in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The Arirang mass games opened at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 1, 2011. The games are scheduled to be held at the stadium through Sep. 9.

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Arirang mass games in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Performers dance during the Arirang mass games at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 1, 2011. The mass games began the same day and are scheduled to be held at the stadium through Sep. 9.

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S. Korea refuses entry to 3 Japanese lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo, a lawmaker of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks with reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2011, after returning to Japan with two other fellow LDP lawmakers from Seoul's Gimpo International Airport, where they were refused entry by South Korea earlier in the day due to their plan to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets.

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Attack in Xinjiang

KASHGAR, China - A member of a special police unit (C) is pictured in Kashgar in China's far-western region of Xinjiang on Aug. 1, 2011, following attacks over the previous two days in which 14 civilians were killed.

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Attack in Xinjiang

KASHGAR, China - Members of a special police unit are deployed in Kashgar in China's far-western region of Xinjiang on Aug. 1, 2011, following attacks over the previous two days in which 14 civilians were killed.

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Flying robot for disaster work

SENDAI, Japan - Keiji Nagatani, associate professor of Tohoku University, demonstrates a flying robot at the university in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2011. A research group of Tohoku University and University of Pennsylvania said the same day they have succeeded in an experiment to use walking and flying robots to jointly examine the interior of a building damaged by the March quake and disaster.

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Arirang mass games in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Performers dance during the Arirang mass games at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 1, 2011. The mass games began the same day and are scheduled to be held at the stadium through Sep. 9.

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Japan-India FTA enters into force

NEW DELHI, India - Akitaka Saiki (L), Japanese Ambassador to India, shakes hands with Indian Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar in New Delhi on Aug. 1, 2011, after they signed a document on a bilateral free trade agreement. The Japan-India FTA entered into force the same day to scrap tariffs on goods that account for 94 percent of the two-way trade flows over 10 years.

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Dollar tumbles against yen

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Higashishimbashi, Tokyo, shows the dollar trading in the lower half of the 76 yen level on Aug. 1, 2011, hitting its lowest level since March 17.

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S. Korea refuses entry to 3 Japanese lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R, front) Tomomi Inada, Yoshitaka Shindo and Masahisa Sato, lawmakers of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speak with reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2011, after returning to Japan from Seoul's Gimpo International Airport, where they were refused entry by South Korea earlier in the day due to their plan to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets.

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Ptarmigan chicks at zoo

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 1, 2011, shows a Svalbard ptarmigan and its two chicks at Toyama Municipal Family Park zoo in Toyama City. The zoo said the same day the chicks hatched in late July in the first successful breeding of the Arctic bird species in Japan.

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Funeral of China train accident victims

WENZHOU, China - Yang Feng (C) helps to carry the coffin of his wife in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, in southeastern China, on Aug. 1, 2011. His pregnant wife and three other relatives were among the victims of a collision between two high-speed trains that occurred in the city on July 23.

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Attack in Xinjiang

KASHGAR, China - Members of a special police unit are deployed in Kashgar in China's far-western region of Xinjiang on Aug. 1, 2011, following attacks over the previous two days in which 14 civilians were killed.

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Attack in Xinjiang

KASHGAR, China - Members of a special police unit stand guard in front of a mosque in Kashgar in China's far-western region of Xinjiang on Aug. 1, 2011, following attacks over the previous two days in which 14 civilians were killed.

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LDP lawmakers depart for Seoul despite entry ban

SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators set fire to the photos of three Japanese Diet members before the lawmakers' arrival later in the day at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Aug. 1, 2011. The parliamentarians, who planned to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets, were refused entry into South Korea upon their arrival at the airport.

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Attack in Xinjiang

KASHGAR, China - Members of a special police unit are deployed in Kashgar in China's far-western region of Xinjiang on Aug. 1, 2011, following attacks over the previous two days in which 14 civilians were killed.

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LDP lawmakers depart for Seoul despite entry ban

SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators hold photos of three Japanese Diet members before the lawmakers' arrival later in the day at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Aug. 1, 2011. The parliamentarians, who planned to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets, were refused entry into South Korea upon their arrival at the airport.

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Japan bans all shipments of beef cattle from Iwate

OSHU, Japan - Beef cattle in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, are pictured on Aug. 1, 2011. The Japanese government the same day ordered the suspension of all shipments of beef cattle from the prefecture after a number of cattle raised there were found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium. Iwate is the third prefecture, after Fukushima and Miyagi also in northeastern Japan, to be ordered by the central government to suspend all beef cattle shipments.

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Ptarmigan chicks at zoo

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 1, 2011, shows a Svalbard ptarmigan and one of its two chicks at Toyama Municipal Family Park zoo in Toyama City. The zoo said the same day the chicks hatched in late July in the first successful breeding of the Arctic bird species in Japan.

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Aircraft carrier at Dalian port

DALIAN, China - The aircraft carrier Varyag is berthed at Dalian port in Liaoning Province, China, on Aug. 1, 2011. The vessel has been refitted after being bought from Ukraine.

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Japanese lawmakers refused entry into S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative group protest against the planned entry of Japanese Diet members at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Aug. 1, 2011, holding coffins bearing the lawmakers' photos. Yoshitaka Shindo and other two parliamentarians, who planned to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets, were refused entry into South Korea upon their arrival at the airport the same day.

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Aircraft carrier at Dalian port

DALIAN, China - The aircraft carrier Varyag is berthed at Dalian port in Liaoning Province, China, on Aug. 1, 2011. The vessel has been refitted after being bought from Ukraine.

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Aircraft carrier at Dalian port

DALIAN, China - The aircraft carrier Varyag is berthed at Dalian port in Liaoning Province, China, on Aug. 1, 2011. The vessel has been refitted after being bought from Ukraine.

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Self-Defense Forces wrap up Miyagi operation

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces wrap up relief operations in Miyagi Prefecture that began after the March quake and tsunami in a ceremony at the prefectural government head office in Sendai on Aug. 1, 2011. The SDF earlier pulled out of Iwate Prefecture but is continuing work in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Security tight in Xinjiang area

KASHGAR, China - Men ride on a scooter along a road against the background of military vehicles in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in China, on Aug. 1, 2011.

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Porpoises at reopened Miyajima aquarium

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Visitors watch finless porpoises at the Miyajima Public Aquarium in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2011. The aquarium was reopened the same day after a three-year hiatus for rebuilding.

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Self-Defense Forces wrap up Miyagi operation

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces wrap up relief operations in Miyagi Prefecture that began after the March quake and tsunami in a ceremony at the prefectural government head office in Sendai on Aug. 1, 2011. The SDF earlier pulled out of Iwate Prefecture but is continuing work in Fukushima Prefecture.

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LDP lawmakers depart for Seoul despite entry ban

SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators protest at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Aug. 1, 2011, before the arrival of three Japanese Diet members later in the day. The parliamentarians, who planned to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets, were refused entry into South Korea upon their arrival at the airport.

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Inui heads to Germany

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese midfielder Takashi Inui leaves for Germany from Kansai International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 1, 2011. He has moved from Cerezo Osaka to VfL Bochum, a German second division club.

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LDP lawmakers depart for Seoul despite entry ban

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Masahisa Sato, Yoshitaka Shindo and Tomomi Inada, lawmakers of Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, are surrounded by reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 1, 2011. They left for Seoul despite South Korea's decision to ban their entry for planning to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets.

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A-bomb survivors' accounts as English e-book

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows three versions of ''No More Hiroshima Nagasaki,'' an electronic book containing 37 accounts of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which will be published on Aug. 1, 2011. On top is the Japanese version, on bottom is the English version and on left is Japanese with English translation.