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Japanese-American MIS veteran talks experience in WWII

HONOLULU, United States - Herbert Yanamura talks about his work at the Military Intelligence Service of the U.S. Army during World War II at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Japanese-American MIS veteran talks experience in WWII

HONOLULU, United States - Takejiro Higa talks about his work at the Military Intelligence Service of the U.S. Army during World War II in an interview in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 10, 2014. As part of his assignment, he was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, in his father's hometown, where he spent his childhood from two to 16 years old.

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Monument on Miyagi mountain for B-29 crashes

SENDAI, Japan - The "Cenotaph of Fubo," built for 34 U.S. crew members who died in crashes of three B-29 bombers on the ridge of Mt. Fubo on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids, is seen on Aug. 2, 2014, in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Man shows photos of B-29s crashed in 1945

SENDAI, Japan - Hiroshi Kawamata speaks in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2014, about his experience with showing pictures of U.S. B-29 bombers taken four months after they crashed on the ridge of Mt. Fubo in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids. Residents in the city are planning to hold a memorial service for 34 crew members killed in the three B-29 crashes, in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War.

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Pro-Palestine mural completed in Oakland, U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Palestinian artist Nidal El Khairy (2nd from L) and others pose on Aug. 10, 2014, as participants in a project to draw a huge mural in Oakland, California, to protest Israel's military attacks on the Gaza Strip in the Palestine Autonomous Region and call for the solidarity of Palestinian people.

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Oda finishes tied for 41st at PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, United States - Japan's Komei Oda watches his tee shot on the fifth hole en route to a 2-under 69 to finish in a tie for 41st at 2-under 282 in the final round of the PGA Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Surrogate babies in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo taken Aug. 10, 2014, shows a facility near Bangkok where nine surrogate infants and toddlers, believed to share the same Japanese biological father, are being sheltered following their recent discovery by police in a Bangkok condominium. Thai police believe at least 13 surrogate babies, including the nine, were fathered by the Japanese man and he took three children out of the country.

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Matsuyama ends PGA Championship tied for 36th

LOUISVILLE, United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama celebrates after sinking a chip-in birdie on the 17th hole for a 3-under 68 to finish tied for 36th at 3-under 281 in the final round of the PGA Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Nagano Gov. Abe re-elected

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe holds flowers in the city of Nagano on Aug. 10, 2014, after being re-elected in the gubernatorial election for a second four-year term. Supported by major political parties including the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Abe beat two challengers.

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Goalie Kawashima active vs Gent

LIEGE, Belgium - Standard Liege goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima makes a save during the first half of a match against AA Gent in a Belgium first-division match in Liege on Aug. 10, 2014. Gent won the match 1-0.

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (R) shakes hands with Howard McKeon, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, ahead of their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Kerry meets with Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands in Yangon, Myanmar on Aug. 10, 2014. (Pool photo)

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N. Korean diplomat in Naypyitaw

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Choe Myung Nam, a North Korean diplomat, speaks to reporters in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, after attending an ASEAN-related meeting on Aug. 10, 2014.

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ARF ministerial meeting in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (far L, front), Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (far R, front), Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (far R, back) and other participants pose for a photo at the ASEAN Regional Forum's ministerial meeting on Aug. 10, 2014, in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw.

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Traditional Ainu dance performed at Ainu Museum

SAPPORO, Japan - Women perform a traditional dance of the indigenous Ainu people in a traditional house at the Ainu Museum in Shiraoi town in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 10, 2014, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the museum's opening.

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Women perform Ainu dance for 30th anniversary of museum

SAPPORO, Japan - Women perform a traditional dance of the indigenous Ainu people in a traditional house at the Ainu Museum in Shiraoi town in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 10, 2014, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the museum's opening.

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (R) shakes hands with Howard McKeon, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, ahead of their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Typhoon Halong

SHINGU, Japan - Photo shows an inundated factory in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2014, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Halong.

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ASEAN Regional Forum

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Photo shows participants in a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Typhoon Halong

ANAN, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a man rowing a boat in a flooded area of Anan in Tokushima Prefecture on Aug. 10, 2014, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Halong.

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ASEAN Regional Forum

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong (C) are pictured during a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Aug. 10, 2014.

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ASEAN Regional Forum

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (far L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong (far R) are pictured during a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Aug. 10, 2014.

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ASEAN Regional Forum

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L front) shakes hands with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong during a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Young women dance in 'Yosakoi' summer festival

KOCHI, Japan - Young women in modern costume dance on the opening day of the three-day "Yosakoi Matsuri" summer festival in Kochi on the southwestern Japanese main island of Shikoku on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Typhoon Halong

ANAN, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flooded area around a junior high school (C) in Anan, Tokushima Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2014, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Halong.

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ASEAN Regional Forum

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (front) and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R back) are pictured during a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Airliner crashes in Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran - Photo shows the wreckage of an Iranian passenger plane that crashed soon after taking off from Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport on Aug. 10, 2014. The plane, operated by Sepahan Air, was heading to Tabas, a town in eastern Iran.

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'Yosakoi' summer dance festival starts in Kochi

KOCHI, Japan - Men and women perform at the start of the three-day "Yosakoi Matsuri" summer festival in Kochi on the southwestern Japanese main island of Shikoku on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea foreign ministers

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - (From L to R) Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se pose for photos prior to their meeting in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Typhoon Halong

KOCHI, Japan - Photo shows submerged cars in the city of Kochi on Aug. 10, 2014, following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Halong.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea foreign ministers

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd from front, R), Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd from front, R) and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (front L) hold a meeting in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Japanese A-bomb survivor to share experience in Kazakhstan

NAGASAKI, Japan - Shohei Tsuiki, an A-bomb survivor in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, talks at a press conference at the Nagasaki municipal office on July 10, 2014, about an exhibition of the 1945 blast planned in three cities in Kazakhstan from Aug. 6 to Sept. 30.

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NPO head talks about Iranian movie festival

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shizuko Tsuya, head of the nonprofit organization MOCT, announces the staging of a film festival introducing Iranian movies on June 10, 2014, in Hiroshima City. The event will run from Aug. 2-8 in the western Japanese city.