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Japanese, S. Korean vice foreign ministers meet for talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (L) and Cho Tae Yong, South Korea's first vice foreign minister, meet at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2014, at a time when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun Hye have still not held a one-on-one summit since taking office in 2012 and 2013, respectively, due to strained bilateral ties.

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N. Korea celebrates leader's anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Hyon Yong Chol, chief of the General Staff of North Korea's Korean People's Army, giving a speech at a national meeting in Pyongyang on Dec. 29, 2012, to mark the first anniversary the following day of leader Kim Jong Un becoming supreme commander of the KPA.

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N. Korea celebrates leader's anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Hyon Yong Chol (front, far L), chief of the General Staff of North Korea's Korean People's Army, giving a speech at a national meeting in Pyongyang on Dec. 29, 2012, to mark the first anniversary the following day of leader Kim Jong Un becoming supreme commander of the KPA.

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N. Korea celebrates leader's anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a national meeting held in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 29, 2012, to mark the first anniversary the following day of leader Kim Jong Un becoming supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.

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Iranian health minister dismissed

TEHRAN, Iran - Photo shows Iranian newspapers dated Dec. 29, 2012, reporting on the dismissal of the country's health minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Abe inspects Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) is briefed by Naomi Hirose (R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., on situations at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant while viewing the plant's No. 1 reactor building and No. 2 reactor building from a bus in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 29, 2012. (Pool photo)

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SDF personnel begin withdrawal from Golan Heights

BEN GURION, Israel - Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel on Dec. 29, 2012, ahead of their return to Japan on Dec. 31. The first batch of the 47 SDF personnel involved in transportation and other operations of the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force started withdrawing from the U.N. peacekeeping operations in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights based on a government order due to worsening security conditions amid the civil war in Syria.

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Abe inspects Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C in background) gives a speech to workers at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 29, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Abe inspects Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with a worker in charge of facial mask distribution at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 29, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Abe inspects Fukushima Daiichi plant

OKUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) gives a speech to workers at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 29, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Abe inspects Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) visits J Village, where the Fukushima nuclear crisis response center is located, in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2012, ahead of inspecting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Rush of holiday travelers peaks in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A shinkansen bullet train line platform is crowded with passengers at JR Tokyo Station in Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2012. The rush of travelers returning to their hometowns for the New Year holidays peaked the same day, with most shinkansen bullet trains and domestic flights fully booked throughout the day.

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Abe inspects Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) meets a worker at J Village, where the Fukushima nuclear crisis response center is located, in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2012, ahead of inspecting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Rush of holiday travelers peaks in Japan

NARITA, Japan - The departure lobby is crowded with passengers at Narita international airport near Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2012. Some 44,000 people were expected to leave the country from the airport the same day to spend their New Year holidays abroad. The number of travelers departing from the airport between Dec. 21 and Jan. 6 is estimated to reach around 600,000, up 7 percent from the previous year.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan's 10 major political parties pose for photos after a debate in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, on the Nico Nico Douga webcast site ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Main opposition Liberal Democratic Party head Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister and Democratic Party of Japan President Yoshihiko Noda and Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, leader of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), take part in a debate in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, on the Nico Nico Douga webcast site ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto hold a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, as they announced election pledges for their party, the Japan Restoration Party, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Naoki Inose, vice Tokyo governor, makes a stump speech in front of JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, as official campaigning began that day for the Dec. 16, 2012, election.

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Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi

TOKYO, Japan - Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012. The 69-year-old artist, formerly known as Katsura Sanshi, will give performances of comic storytelling in Paris on Dec. 7 and 8 as part of ongoing shows marking his succession to the name of his late master.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Shigefumi Matsuzawa, former Kanagawa governor, makes a stump speech in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, as official campaigning began that day for the Dec. 16, 2012, election.

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Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi

TOKYO, Japan - Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi is pictured at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012. The 69-year-old artist, formerly known as Katsura Sanshi, will give performances of comic storytelling in Paris on Dec. 7 and 8 as part of ongoing shows marking his succession to the name of his late master.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Takashi Sasagawa, a retired lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in the Asakusa area of Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, as official campaigning began that day for the Dec. 16, 2012, election.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Kenji Utsunomiya, former head of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, makes a stump speech in the Yurakucho area of Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, as official campaigning began that day for the Dec. 16, 2012, election.

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Ex-Finance Minister Fujii to retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2010 shows former Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Fujii will retire from politics without running in the Dec. 16 general election, sources close to the legislator said Nov. 29, 2012.

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Japan general election

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada answers reporters' questions at the prefectural hall in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 29, 2012. She formed a new party, Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), the previous day ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election, calling for phasing out Japan's reliance on nuclear power within 10 years.

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Iwakuni airport building completed

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo shows the terminal building of Iwakuni airport in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Oct. 29, 2012. The building was completed the same day for the airport's launch on Dec. 13 for joint use with the U.S. forces.

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Canon Chairman Mitarai to return as president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, shows Canon Inc. Chairman Fujio Mitarai. Canon said Jan. 30, 2012, that the 76-year-old Mitarai, who was president of the company from 1995 to 2006, will return as president on March 29 to help it achieve its targets through 2015 amid uncertain business prospects stemming from the eurozone debt crisis.

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Xinhua Headlines-Xi Focus: Chinese Dream inspires nation on journey ahead

(221129) -- BEIJING, Nov. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit "The Road of Rejuvenation," a permanent exhibition on national revival at the National Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 9, 2012. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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Japanese, S. Korean vice foreign ministers meet for talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (L) and Cho Tae Yong, South Korea's first vice foreign minister, meet at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2014, at a time when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun Hye have still not held a one-on-one summit since taking office in 2012 and 2013, respectively, due to strained bilateral ties. (Kyodo)

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Canon Chairman Mitarai to return as president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, shows Canon Inc. Chairman Fujio Mitarai. Canon said Jan. 30, 2012, that the 76-year-old Mitarai, who was president of the company from 1995 to 2006, will return as president on March 29 to help it achieve its targets through 2015 amid uncertain business prospects stemming from the eurozone debt crisis. (Kyodo)