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Japanese monkey troupe set for performance in China

UTSUNOMIA, Japan - Toshio Manaka, head of the Nikko Saru Gundan (Nikko Monkey Troupe), which was disbanded at the end of 2013, trains a monkey in Nikko, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 22, 2014, as part of preparations for the troupe's first performance in China, slated for next May.

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"Mothers of women's golf" in Japan, S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Hisako Higuchi (C) takes part in a pro-am tournament at Daihakone Country Club in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 22, 2013. Even after retiring from her post as president of the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan, Higuchi has played a part in boosting women's golf tours.

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Jamaican prime minister in China

BEIJING, China - Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 22, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Munenori Kawasaki hits an RBI single during the seventh inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Munenori Kawasaki singles to right during the fifth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles off third base, his 4,001st career hit between the major leagues and Japan, during the fourth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges an ovation from spectators while taking the field during the first inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013, after belting his 4,000th career hit between the major leagues and Japan the previous day. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki starts running after hitting a double off third base, his 4,001st career hit between the major leagues and Japan, during the fourth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles off third base, his 4,001st career hit between the major leagues and Japan, during the fourth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Matsuzaka signs with Mets

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. The New York Mets announced Aug. 22, 2013 that Matsuzaka, who was released by the Cleveland Indians on Aug. 20 at his request, has signed with the Mets.

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Fishing off Fukushima to be suspended

SOMA, Japan - Members of a local fisheries cooperative listen to an explanation of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2013 about the leakage of radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The Soma Futaba fisheries cooperative said it will stop its trial operation at the end of August due to the leakage, which means all fishing operations off the coast of Fukushima will be suspended for an indefinite period.

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Fishing off Fukushima to be suspended

SOMA, Japan - Members of a local fisheries cooperative listen to an explanation of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2013 about the leakage of radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The Soma Futaba fisheries cooperative said it will stop its trial operation at the end of August due to the leakage, which means all fishing operations off the coast of Fukushima will be suspended for an indefinite period.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and Lim Jock Seng, Brunei's second minister for foreign affairs and trade, shake hands before their meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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Delivery of M'bishi passenger jet to be delayed

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Teruaki Kawai speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2013. The company said the same day that delivery of Japan's first small passenger jet will be delayed for over a year to around the April-June quarter in 2017.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed shake hands before their meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and other participants of the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact visit the palace of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (R) in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the talks the same day.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (R) and Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, shake hands at the sultan's palace in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, holds a press conference in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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AirAsia X to increase Kuala Lumpur-Kansia flights

OSAKA, Japan - AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani (C), wearing a "yukata" summer kimono, announces during a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 22, 2013, that the Malaysian budget carrier will expand its services linking Kuala Lumpur airport and Japan's Kansai International Airport to daily flights from Nov. 25.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - The Jinan Intermediate People's Court's website carries a photo of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - China Central Television carries news of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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A-bomb survivors protest U.S. test

NAGASAKI, Japan - Protesters including survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing stage a sit-in at the foot of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, Japan on Aug. 22, 2013. The protest was sparked by the recent revelation that the United States conducted a plutonium test earlier in the year.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - The Jinan Intermediate People's Court's website carries a photo of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - China Central Television carries news of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Ex-singer Keiko Fuji plunges to death in alleged suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 1981 shows Keiko Fuji. Fuji, former singer and the mother of singer Hikaru Utada, on Aug. 22, 2013, plunged from a condominium building to her death in an apparent suicide, Tokyo police said. She was 62.

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Inter-Korean transit office

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken at the inter-Korean transit office in northern South Korea on Aug. 22, 2013, shows vehicles carrying representatives of South Korean companies heading for a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - Police officers are mobilized as the trial began for former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (front R), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, is pictured with Lim Jock Seng (front L), Brunei's second minister for foreign affairs and trade, and other participants in the TPP negotiations before their talks in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, speaks to reporters ahead of attending the TPP negotiations in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Controversy over A-bomb comic

MATSUE, Japan - The Matsue city education board meets at Matsue city hall in Shimane Prefecture on Aug. 22, 2013. The board held discussion on its controversial request to local elementary and junior high schools to restrict students' access to "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic series about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, due to some of the comic's graphics deemed violent. The meeting failed to reach a conclusion.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (C), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, heads for the TPP negotiations in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, attends the TPP negotiations in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Participants in a ministerial meeting being held during the opening day of the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact pose for photos before their talks in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - A ministerial meeting is held at the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013, the opening day.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - Supporters of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai hold a portrait of Communist China founder Mao Zedong outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013, as his trial began at the court the same day on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - People watch from the other side of barriers set up in front of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers conduct security checks on reporters outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai. The trial of Bo on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began Aug. 22, 2013 at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers set up barriers in front of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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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.