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Expressways jammed amid return rush from holiday exodus

TOKYO, Japan - Joban Expressway is jammed with cars in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. Expressways across the nation continue to be clogged amid the rush of travelers returning home from spending the ''Bon'' summer holidays out of town.

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Bullfighting resumes

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Bullfighting resumes in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010, after a suspension in July. The event was resumed as the foot-and-month disease epidemic in Miyazaki Prefecture was declared over.

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Expressways jammed amid return rush from holiday exodus

TOKYO, Japan - Joban Expressway is jammed with cars in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. Expressways across the nation continue to be clogged amid the rush of travelers returning home from spending the ''Bon'' summer holidays out of town.

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Bullfighting resumes

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Bullfighting resumes in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010, after a suspension in July. The event was resumed as the foot-and-month disease epidemic in Miyazaki Prefecture was declared over.

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Art event on islands

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An artist sets up an installation at an art event on Kamikoshiki Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. The Koshiki Art Exhibition 2010 will be held from Aug. 21 to 29 using the Koshiki Islands as exhibition sites.

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Art event on islands

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An artist sets up an installation at an art event on Nakakoshiki Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. The Koshiki Art Exhibition 2010 will be held from Aug. 21 to 29 using the Koshiki Islands as exhibition sites.

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Angels' Matsui 4-for-4, including homer, against Blue Jays

ANAHEIM, California - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to center in the eighth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 14, 2010. Matsui returned to the lineup in style with his first four-hit game of the season, including a two-run blast that propelled the Angels past the Blue Jays 7-2.

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Angels' Matsui 4-for-4, including homer, against Blue Jays

ANAHEIM, California - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to right in the sixth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 14, 2010. Matsui returned to the lineup in style with his first four-hit game of the season, including a two-run blast that propelled the Angels past the Blue Jays 7-2.

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Angels' Matsui 4-for-4, including homer, against Blue Jays

ANAHEIM, California - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui doubles to right in the fourth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 14, 2010. Matsui returned to the lineup in style with his first four-hit game of the season, including a two-run blast that propelled the Angels past the Blue Jays 7-2.

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Mariners' Ichiro makes 150th, 151st hits

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to center in the fifth inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Aug. 14, 2010. Suzuki went 2-for-4 in his team's 9-3 win, taking his season tally to 151 with 45 games left and remaining well on course to reach the 200 mark for an unprecedented 10th consecutive year.

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Fireworks at shrine

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fireworks light up a torii gate and buildings in an event at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, a World Heritage Site on Miyajima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Mariners' Ichiro makes 150th, 151st hits

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to right in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Aug. 14, 2010. Suzuki went 2-for-4 in his team's 9-3 win, taking his season tally to 151 with 45 games left and remaining well on course to reach the 200 mark for an unprecedented 10th consecutive year.

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Angels' Matsui 4-for-4, including homer, against Blue Jays

ANAHEIM, California - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a two-run homer in the second inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Aug. 14, 2010. Matsui returned to the lineup in style with his first four-hit game of the season, including the two-run blast that propelled the Angels past the Blue Jays 7-2.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a mural painting that seems to depict the face of a warrior at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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All Japanese players miss cut at PGA C'ship

KOHLER, United States - Ryo Ishikawa of Japan makes a shot from a bunker on the 18th hole during the second round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits course in Kohler, Wisconsin, on Aug. 14, 2010. All of the five Japanese players missed the cut at the event.

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'Pink Panther' member transported to Japan over 2007 Tokyo heist

NARITA, Japan - Rifat Hadziahmetovic (C), a Montenegrin member of the ''Pink Panther'' ring of thieves, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2010. He was transported to Japan after being arrested in Spain on suspicion of stealing a diamond tiara worth 200 million yen and other jewelry from the shop in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district in June 2007.

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Lighting lanterns

NARA, Japan - Women light a lantern as part of a Chugen Mantoro rite at Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Fireworks at shrine

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fireworks light up a torii gate and buildings in an event at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, a World Heritage Site on Miyajima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a mural painting that seems to depict a procession at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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'Pink Panther' member transported to Japan over 2007 Tokyo heist

NARITA, Japan - Rifat Hadziahmetovic (C), a Montenegrin member of the ''Pink Panther'' ring of thieves, arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2010. He was transported to Japan after being arrested in Spain on suspicion of stealing a diamond tiara worth 200 million yen and other jewelry from the shop in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district in June 2007.

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Ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photos show the newly-unearthed Tongsan-dong mural tomb, a Koguryo relic dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Black demons

FUKUOKA, Japan - Children are made up as black demons during a festival called ''Hisatomi no Bonzunahiki'' in Chikugo, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a celadon candleholder featuring a kind of animal found in the newly-unearthed Tongsan-dong mural tomb, a Koguryo relic dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photos show the newly-unearthed Tongsan-dong mural tomb, a Koguryo relic dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combination photo shows a mural painting (R) that seems to depict the face of a warrior at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century and an infrared version (L). Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combination photo shows a mural painting (top) that seems to depict a procession at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century and an infrared version (bottom). Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Le Pen at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - French nationalist leader Jean-Marie Le Pen shakes hands with a Shinto priest as he visited the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Le Pen at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - French nationalist leader Jean-Marie Le Pen (R) answers reporters' questions as he visited the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2010.