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Mt. Fuji climbers

TOKYO, Japan - Climbers aim for the summit of Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain (3,776 meters) and a UNESCO world heritage site, around its 8th station on the Yoshida Trail in Yamanashi Prefecture in June 2013. The Japanese Society of Travel Medicine reported June 19, 2014, about 50 percent of children developed symptoms of altitude sickness climbing Mt. Fuji. The survey was conducted on 245 children (5-12 year old) climbing down at the 5th station in August 2012 and 2013.

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Sony's Hatsune Miku limited-edition Walkman

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Sony Corp.'s Walkman portable music player with popular virtual idol Hatsune Miku etched on the back commemorating her fifth "birthday." Sony said on Aug. 3, 2012, that it will release in mid-August the limited edition. Online orders for 3,939 units of the model have been finished as being fully booked, according to the company the same day.

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S. Korea, Myanmar foreign ministers

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) shakes hands with his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on August 3, 2012.

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Death of Japanese abductee's mother

Photo taken in August 2012 shows Kayoko Arimoto, the mother of Keiko Arimoto, who was abducted by North Korea in 1983 when she was 23 years old. The mother died on Feb. 3, 2020, aged 94. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo