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Models find work off catwalk

TOKYO, Japan - Fashion model Moe Oshikiri speaks about her recently published first novel "Asaki Yumemishi" during an interview on Aug. 2, 2013 in Tokyo.

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New cancer vaccine center head

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 2, 2013 in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, shows Kyogo Ito, who assumed the post of first director at Kurume University Cancer Vaccine Center that opened in the city in July.

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'Nebuta' artists already preparing for next year's festival

AOMORI, Japan - Male and female dancers called "haneto" sway with a large nebuta lantern produced by nebuta artist Hiroo Takenami during the Nebuta Festival on Aug. 2, 2013, in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture. (Photo by Yohei Kanasashi)

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Brown panda in China

ZHOUZHI, China - Local authorities show Japanese reporters Qizai, a 6-year-old male giant panda whose fur is brown in the usually black part due to mutation, at a facility in Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi Province, China, on Aug. 2, 2013.

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Brown panda in China

ZHOUZHI, China - Local authorities show Japanese reporters Qizai, a 6-year-old male giant panda whose fur is brown in the usually black part due to mutation, at a facility in Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi Province, China, on Aug. 2, 2013.

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Traffic near Colosseum

ROME, Italy - Photo shows a road near the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, where most traffic was closed on Aug. 2, 2013. The municipal authority diverted traffic on Aug. 3 to protect the remains of an ancient Roman fighting arena.

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Granderson returns to Yankees lineup

SAN DIEGO, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (31) embraces Curtis Granderson before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 2, 2013. Granderson, who had sustained broken bones, was activated from the disabled list.

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Granderson returns to Yankees lineup

SAN DIEGO, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson (facing) congratulates Ichiro Suzuki (31) as Ichiro scored after Eduardo Nunez doubled in the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 2, 2013. Granderson, who had sustained broken bones, was activated from the disabled list. The Padres won 7-2.

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Granderson returns to Yankees lineup

SAN DIEGO, United States - New York Yankees outfielders (from L) Curtis Granderson, Brett Gardner and Ichiro Suzuki talk after CC Sabathia allowed five runs and was withdrawn in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on Aug. 2, 2013. Granderson, who had sustained broken bones, was activated from the disabled list. The Padres won 7-2.

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Bridgestone Invitational golf

AKRON, United States - U.S. golfer Tiger Woods (R front) pars the fourth hole of the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 2013. Woods and Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama (behind Woods) are paired for the first two rounds.

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Bridgestone Invitational golf

AKRON, United States - Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama (L) reads the green on the third hole of the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 2013. Matsuyama and U.S. golfer Tiger Woods (R) are paired for the first two rounds.

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Toyota earnings outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Takuo Sasaki speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2013. Toyota revised upward its full-year earnings forecast for the current business year ending in March 2014, citing a favorable effect of the yen's depreciation that boosts export competitiveness.

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Mt. Fuji miniature in solid gold

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 2, 2013, shows a model of Mt. Fuji unveiled in Nagoya, central Japan, by Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. It was made of 3,776 grams of solid gold, following Japan's highest mountain's height of 3,778 meters.

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ASEAN, China meet in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (4th from R) and Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovijakchaikul (5th from R) pose for photos with other participants at a high-level forum on the 10th anniversary of the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 2, 2013.

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Extra Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - Masaaki Yamazaki, a senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, speaks after being elected as president of the House of Councillors, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2013. The Diet started an extraordinary session the same day.

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Extra Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - Azuma Koshiishi, head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan's caucus in the House of Councillors, speaks after being elected as deputy president of the upper house, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2013. The Diet started an extraordinary session the same day.

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Aso rules out resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, who doubles as finance minister, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2013. Aso ruled out stepping down as a Cabinet member or lawmaker over a remark referring to Nazi Germany in connection with the proposed revision to Japan's Constitution.

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Vehicle registration plates

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ota announces new vehicle registration plates at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2013. Ten regions were added to a list of location names to be shown on registration plates.

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Extra Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - Masaaki Yamazaki (standing), a senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, is applauded after being elected as president of the House of Councillors, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2013. The Diet started an extraordinary session the same day.

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Tiger cubs at Sendai zoo

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Sumatran tiger cubs at Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2013. Four cubs born on May 21, 2013 were shown to the press a day before being unveiled to the public.

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Tiger cubs at Sendai zoo

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Sumatran tiger cubs and their mother at Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2013. Four cubs born on May 21, 2013 were shown to the press a day before being unveiled to the public.

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Tiger cubs at Sendai zoo

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a Sumatran tiger cub and its mother at Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2013. Four cubs born on May 21, 2013 were shown to the press a day before being unveiled to the public.

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LDP on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari (L), Japan's minister in charge of issues related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, speaks at a gathering at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at the Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2013, which was held following Japan's participation in the TPP free trade negotiations in late July in Malaysia to become the 12th member of the talks. To the right is LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows Mt. Fuji turned red by morning glory on Aug. 2, 2004. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on June 22, 2013, decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the World Heritage List.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs in Japan, overseas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 26, 2012, shows the headquarters of Sharp Corp. in Osaka's Abeno Ward. The company will slash some 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its consolidated workforce, in and outside Japan by the end of March 2013 through early retirements and other means to turn its business around after being hit by a slump in its television business, sources close to the matter said Aug. 2, 2012.