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New Yalu River Bridge

Photo taken Aug. 14, 2024, from the Chinese border city of Dandong shows the New Yalu River Bridge linking Dandong and North Korea's Sinuiju. The bridge is yet to open even though construction was nearly completed by 2014.

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Fukushima Pref. port little changed due to power plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken on Nov. 14, 2012, (above), and Aug. 31, 2014, at Ukedo port in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, show little difference due proximity to a nuclear power plant crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Entry into the area is permitted only during the day due to radioactive contamination.

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Tour guide shows how to roll 'kombu' in Rausu, Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Tour guide Kazuko Hasegawa (L) demonstrates how to roll "kombu" sea tangle for tourists on Aug. 14, 2014, in Rausu Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan. Tours to learn about "kombu," a specialty of Rausu, started in August before the 10th anniversary next year of Shiretoko's addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

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Fisherman gathers 'kombu' off Rausu, Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - A fisherman gathers "kombu" sea tangle off the coast of Rausu Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan, on Aug. 14, 2014. Tours to learn about "kombu," a specialty of Rausu, started in August before the 10th anniversary next year of Shiretoko's addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

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New bullet train station in Niigata Pref.

NIIGATA, Japan - Joetsu-myoko station in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shown in this photo taken on Aug. 17, 2014, is one of the new station built for the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line to be operated from March 14, 2015.

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Actress Godai wants to convey war tragedy in NY

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Michiko Godai practices for one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in Yokohama on Aug. 14, 2014, for the first overseas performance in New York next spring. The play portrays the life of a real-life Japanese woman who worked as a prostitute for officers of the occupation forces after the end of World War II in the Yokohama area, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Actress Godai to perform 'Yokohama Rosa' in NY

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Michiko Godai practices for one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in Yokohama on Aug. 14, 2014, for the first overseas performance in New York next spring. The play portrays the life of a real-life Japanese woman who worked as a prostitute for officers of the occupation forces after the end of World War II in the Yokohama area, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Sapporo ski resort sells vegetables during off-season

SAPPORO, Japan - A ski instructor and his staff hold vegetables sold at a ski resort during the off-season in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 14, 2014.

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War crimes still make headlines in China

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Aug. 14, 2014, shows posters about Japanese war crimes at a lakeside exhibition in Beijing.

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A. Miyazato at Wegmans LPGA Championship

PITTSFORD, United States - Ai Miyazato hits her tee shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, New York, on Aug. 14, 2014.

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Arimura at Wegmans LPGA Championship

PITTSFORD, United States - Chie Arimura of Japan hits a shot on the 14th hole during the first round of the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Monroe Golf Club on Aug. 14, 2014, in Pittsford, New York.

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S. Koreans demand Japan's apology over WWII sex slavery

SEOUL, South Korea - Protesters hold a candlelight vigil outside Seoul Station in the South Korean capital on Aug. 14, 2014, demanding an apology and compensation from the Japanese government over the issue of sex slavery during World War II.

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H.K. signs MOUs for closer ties with Okinawa, Sapporo

HONG KONG, China - Fred Lam (L), executive director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, shakes hands with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima, in Hong Kong on Aug. 14, 2014, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding to deepen bilateral economic ties. Lam also signed a similar MOU with Mayor Fumio Ueda of Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido the same day.

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Ex-envoy's kin unveils hidden WWII classified telegrams

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuko Ichihara (L), a niece of the wife of a late Japanese diplomat, shows the bounded volume of classified diplomatic telegrams from World War II that she found while sorting out belongings of a deceased relative in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2014. The documents secretly kept by Ryuji Takeuchi, Japan's ambassador to the United States after the war, shows that Japan's wartime foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, in May 1944 considered asking the Soviet Union to broker an agreement to end war with China.

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Buoys installed off coast of U.S. Camp Schwab in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Buoys are installed off the coast of U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab to cordon off a shoreline stretch of the Henoko district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug 14, 2014, amid demonstrations by protesters. An area off Henoko will be the site of a replacement facility for the Futenma air base in the densely populated southern Okinawa city of Ginowan.

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Japan's wartime foreign minister mulled ending China war

TOKYO, Japan - A page from among classified telegrams circulated among Japanese diplomats during World War II is photographed on Aug. 14, 2014. The documents newly discovered by a relative of a former Japanese ambassador showed that then Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu in May 1944 considered asking the Soviet Union to broker an agreement to end war with China.

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\Cairo street 1 year after killing of over 800 protesters

CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian citizens walk near the intersection of Cairo's Nasr City on Aug. 14, 2014, a year after at least 817 street protesters who were opposed to the ousting of President Mohamed Morsi by a coup were killed by the interim government's military forces.

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'Umbrella dance' Guinness record set in Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - A total of 1,688 colorful umbrella-holding people perform a "simultaneous umbrella dance" during a traditional festival in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2014, eclipsing the previous Guinness world record of 1,461 dancers established in the Romanian capital of Bucharest in September 2011.

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'Fox dance' fiesta held in northwestern Japan

OITA, Japan - Children disguising themselves as foxes perform a frolicsome fox dance by holding lantern-lit umbrellas during a "bon" midsummer Buddhist festival in Himeshima, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 14, 2014. The fox dance originates from a Buddhist incantation dance in the Kamakura era (1192-1333).

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Egyptian military authorities guard against protests

CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's military forces have armored vehicles stationed near the intersection of Cairo's Nasr City on Aug. 14, 2014, to guard against anti-governmental protests.

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Filipino former comfort women demand Japan's apology

MANILA, Philippines - One of four Filipino victims of World War II sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers speaks at a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Aug. 14, 2014, demanding the Japanese government make a formal apology.

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Buoys set at Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 14, 2014, shows work by the Japanese Defense Ministry to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Buoys set for Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 14, 2014, shows the area off the Henoko district of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture. The Defense Ministry started to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the area.

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Japan's 'Hida beef' popular at H.K. food fair

HONG KONG, China - Many people stand in a queue in front of a corner serving high-quality "Hida beef" from a black-haired Japanese cattle breed raised in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, during a food exposition in Hong Kong on Aug. 14, 2014.

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Farm minister Hayashi inspects H.K. food fair

HONG KONG, China - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) inspects a food exposition in Hong Kong on Aug. 14, 2014, expressing hope Japanese food will spread overseas further in the wake of the registration of Japan's traditional cuisine on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list last year.

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Japanese character-bearing snacks shown at H.K. food fair

HONG KONG, China - A staffer from Shiraishi Co., a snack food wholesaler based in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, explains products that bear a picture of the prefecture's popular mascot character "Kumamon" during a food fair in Hong Kong on Aug. 14, 2014.

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Buoys set at Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 14, 2014, shows work by the Japanese Defense Ministry to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Worshipers bow at Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Worshipers bow before the entrance to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2014, on the eve of the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Ota lobbies for Japanese train system in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese transport minister Akihiro Ota (L) meets with Malaysia's Land Public Transport Commission Chairman Syed Hamid Albar in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 14, 2014, to lobby for Japan's participation in a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

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Pope Francis in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Pope Francis (L, front row) is greeted by South Korean President Park Geun Hye (next to him) upon his arrival at an airport near Seoul on Aug. 14, 2014, for a five-day visit to South Korea. It is the first visit by a pope to the country of 5.4 million Catholics in 25 years.

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Pope Francis in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Pope Francis (C) is given a bouquet of flowers upon his arrival at an airport near Seoul on Aug. 14, 2014, for a five-day visit to South Korea. South Korean President Park Geun Hye is seen at far left. It is the first visit by a pope to the country of 5.4 million Catholics in 25 years.

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Pope Francis in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Pope Francis arrives at an airport near Seoul on Aug. 14, 2014, for a five-day visit to South Korea. It is the first visit by a pope to the country of 5.4 million Catholics in 25 years.

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Buoys set at Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 14, 2014, shows people in small boats and canoes (lower R), protesting against the government's move to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the Henoko district of Nago, Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Pope Francis, S. Korean President Park

SEOUL, South Korea - Pope Francis (R) waves to people after arriving at an airport near Seoul on Aug. 14, 2014, for a five-day visit to South Korea. At left is South Korean President Park Geun Hye. It is the first visit by a pope to the country of 5.4 million Catholics in 25 years.

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Buoys set at Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Aug. 14, 2014, shows work by the Japanese Defense Ministry to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors look at a two-meter-high statue of Godzilla at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest skyscraper in Osaka, on Aug. 14, 2014. The statue is part of an exhibition of Godzilla-related items that began the same day and will run until Aug. 24 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original Japanese film's release.

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Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A pure gold statuette of Godzilla, measuring around 24 centimeters in height, is displayed at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest skyscraper in Osaka, on Aug. 14, 2014. The statuette is part of an exhibition of Godzilla-related items that began the same day and will run until Aug. 24 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original Japanese film's release.

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Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors look at a two-meter-high statue of Godzilla at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest skyscraper in Osaka, on Aug. 14, 2014. The statue is part of an exhibition of Godzilla-related items that began the same day and will run until Aug. 24 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original Japanese film's release.

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Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A pure gold statuette of Godzilla, measuring around 24 centimeters in height, is displayed at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest skyscraper in Osaka, on Aug. 14, 2014. The statuette is part of an exhibition of Godzilla-related items that began the same day and will run until Aug. 24 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original Japanese film's release.

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Buoys set at Futenma replacement site

NAGO, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard boat (far R) keeps guard as people in smaller boats and canoes protest against the government's move on Aug. 14, 2014, to install buoys to cordon off a stretch of shoreline in the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, set to become the site of a replacement facility for a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Contents of Hiroshima peace declaration discussed

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (standing) speaks at a meeting to discuss the contents for this year's peace declaration to be read out on Aug. 6, on July 14, 2014, at the city hall in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.