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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.

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Chinese manga artist winning Japanese hearts

TOKYO, Japan - Xiada, a 31-year-old Chinese manga artist, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, on Aug. 15, 2012.

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Hamas spokesman

GAZA, Palestinian Authority - Salah M. al-Bardawill, spokesman of Hamas, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Gaza on Aug. 15, 2012.

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H.K. activist arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - An activist from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea yells out the group's cause while being escorted to Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following his and other members' arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including five activists from the group, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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H.K. activist arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - An activist from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea yells out the group's cause while being escorted to Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following his and other members' arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including five activists from the group, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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H.K. activist arrested over Senkaku landing

NAHA, Japan - An activist from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea yells out the group's cause while being escorted to Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following his and other members' arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including five activists from the group, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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H.K. activists nabbed after landing Senkaku isle

NAHA, Japan - Five activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea are escorted to a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following their arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including the five, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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H.K. activists nabbed after landing Senkaku isle

NAHA, Japan - Five activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea are escorted to a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following their arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including the five, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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H.K. activists nabbed after landing Senkaku isle

NAHA, Japan - Five activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea are escorted to a port in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2012, following their arrest the previous day for landing on one of the isles. A total of 14 people were arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police and Japan Coast Guard for violating Japan's immigration control law after seven of them, including the five, landed on Uotsuri Island on Aug. 15, 2012.

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Hiroshima stone monument in Britain

ALREWAS, Britain - Japanese Ambassador to Britain Keiichi Hayashi (L) takes part in a ceremony on Aug. 15, 2012, marking the completion of a monument at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, northwestern England, with a stone from the ruins of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Reading show based on Fukushima poetry

LONDON, Britain - A performer gives a reading at a show in Edinburgh on Aug. 15, 2012, based on Twitter feeds by a poet living in the city of Fukushima. The event was held during the annual Fringe Festival to give voice to those who have been affected by the catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Trade minister Edano in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (L) and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (R) hold talks in Hanoi on Aug. 15, 2012.

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Return rush from Bon holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 15, 2012, shows the Tokyo-bound lane of the Chuo Expressway jammed with vehicles near the Uenohara interchange in Yamanashi Prefecture. The rush of vacationers returning home after spending the mid-August Bon summer holidays in their hometowns or tourist spots away from the nation's metropolitan areas peaked the same day.

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S. Korean President Lee on Liberation Day

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak delivers a speech during a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Return rush from Bon holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Travelers crowd a shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station on Aug. 15, 2012. The rush of vacationers returning home after spending the mid-August Bon summer holidays in their hometowns or tourist spots away from the nation's metropolitan areas peaked the same day.

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Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua leaves the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012, after meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae. Japanese police arrested the same day activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea after they landed on one of the isles, Uotsuri Island.

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U.N. chief meets with E. Timor president

JAKARTA, Indonesia - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and East Timor President Taur Matan Ruak shake hands prior to their talks in Dili, East Timor, on Aug. 15, 2012.

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Mt. Sakurajima

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows Mt. Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, erupting on Aug. 15, 2012. The active volcano could spew the largest amount of volcanic ash in 20 years in 2012, Japanese researchers said the same day.

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Murofushi returns home, denies breaking election rules

NARITA, Japan - Olympic 2012 hammer throw bronze medalist Koji Murofushi waves at Narita airport on Aug. 15, 2012, after returning from London. He denied he had broken any rules in his bid for election to the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission.

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Uotsuri Island

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Japanese police arrested on Aug. 15, 2012, activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands after they landed on Uotsuri Island.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko leave an annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend an annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - An annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II is held at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Participants offer a moment of silent prayer during an annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Participants offer a moment of silent prayer during an annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012.

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Education board head at center of Otsu bullying case attacked

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the city hall on Aug. 15, 2012. A college student the same day assaulted the chief of the Otsu education board, police said. The education board has come under public criticism for initially failing to admit a link between the suicide of a 13-year-old boy and bullying by classmates in 2011.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito delivers a speech during an annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012. To the left is Empress Michiko.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer a moment of silence during an annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during an annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito delivers a speech during an annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012. To the left is Empress Michiko.

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Senkakus protest in front of Japan Embassy in China

BEIJING, China - Members of a group that advocates Chinese sovereignty over the Japanese-held Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea unfurl the Chinese flag and banners calling for the return of the islands in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 15, 2012.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer a moment of silence during an annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean civic group dance while waving national flags at a square in front of the Seoul city office to commemorate Liberation Day on Aug. 15, 2012. Aug. 15 is the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II and is celebrated as Liberation Day in South Korea to mark Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule.

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Senkakus protest in front of Japan Embassy in China

BEIJING, China - A member of a group that advocates Chinese sovereignty over the Japanese-held Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea unfurls the Chinese flag in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 15, 2012 as part of demonstrations calling for the return of the islands.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers from various parties, including transport minister Yuichiro Hata (far R), visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012. Hata and Jin Matsubara, a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visited the World War II-related shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Senkakus protest in front of Japan Embassy in China

BEIJING, China - Members of a group that advocates Chinese sovereignty over the Japanese-held Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea unfurl the Chinese flag and banners calling for the return of the islands in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 15, 2012.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda walks to offer flowers at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012, the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda offers flowers at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012, the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows participants of a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak delivers a speech during a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows transport minister Yuichiro Hata (L) and Jin Matsubara, a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals. Hata and Matsubara visited World War II-related Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, 2012, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first visit by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Yuichiro Hata (L) visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012. Hata and Jin Matsubara, a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visited the World War II-related shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak delivers a speech during a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak delivers a speech during a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (C) attends a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Jin Matsubara (C), a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, arrives at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012. Matsubara and transport minister Yuichiro Hata visited the World War II-related shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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67th anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Fumi Shimakura, from Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture, heads for an annual memorial ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2012. Shimakura, 98, whose husband died in the Philippines, was the oldest family member to attend the ceremony.