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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, saluting as he walks beside a hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also present. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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NRA chief inspects Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka (R, front), chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, walks by radioactive water tanks during his inspection at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Swans in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows swans gathering on Dec. 12, 2012 at rice paddies in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, where debris from tsunami after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake still remains.

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Swans in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows swans gathering on Dec. 12, 2012 at rice paddies in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, where debris from tsunami after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake still remains.

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Swans in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows swans gathering on Dec. 12, 2012 at rice paddies in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, where debris from tsunami after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake still remains.

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Swans in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows swans gathering on Dec. 12, 2012 at rice paddies in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, where debris from tsunami after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake still remains.

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Polish woman aims to be pro 'shogi' player

TOKYO, Japan - Karolina Styczynska, a 20-year-old Polish university student, plays ''shogi,'' a Japanese game similar to chess, with another student on Dec. 12, 2011, at her home in Warsaw. (Photo by Aleksander Dunin, Kyodo News contract cameraman)

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Baghdad after Iraq War

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Many people visit the area around Al Kadhimain Shrine, a Shiite religious site, in northern Baghdad on Dec. 12, 2011.

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S. Korean daily rethinks March 12 'Japan Sinks' headline

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows page from Dec. 27, 2011 edition of the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo, on which is pictured two versions of the newspaper's front page from March 12, 2011, the day after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. On the left is the front page as it appeared that day, bearing the headline ''Japan Sinks.'' On the right is the page as the newspaper now believes it should have appeared, with the headline ''Cheer Up, Japan.'' The daily said the original headline was inspired by a famous Japanese science fiction novel entitled ''Japan Sinks,'' about an earthquake destroying Japan. The JoongAng Ilbo said it received complaints, and now believes the headlined was inappropriate.

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Japan business mission in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - A business mission comprising around 30 members from the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry visits a Japanese-affiliated sewing plant in the Mingaladon Industrial Park in Yangon, Myanmar, on Dec. 12, 2011.

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Bicycle-sharing system in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 12, 2011, shows a parking space for a bicycle-sharing scheme, in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. Run by cogicogi Corp., the membership-based service is offered within a roughly 3-kilometer radius of the Omotesando district, with popular entertainment and commercial centers such as Shibuya, Aoyama and Roppongi included.

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'Miracle pine' seedlings

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows seedlings in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2011, of the so-called ''miracle pine'' tree that had survived the March tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. A report to Rikuzentakata authorities said on Dec. 12, 2011, that the continued survival of the tree, which has become a symbol of the city's reconstruction, is in doubt as its roots have begun to rot due to exposure to salt water. The tree was the only survivor among around 70,000 pines that stood in a scenic area of the Pacific coastal city.

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Ex-Japan national soccer team coach Okada

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Takeshi Okada, former coach of the Japanese men's national soccer team. Okada is set to accept a position as manager of Chinese Super League side Hangzhou Greentown, the Chinese newspaper Zuqiu (soccer) reported Dec. 12, 2011, in its online edition.

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U.S. envoy Davies in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - National Public Safety Commission chief Kenji Yamaoka (L), the state minister in charge of matters involving North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals, and U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Glyn Davies (R) hold talks at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2011.

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Kashiwa coach Nelsinho

TOYOTA, Japan - Kashiwa Reysol coach Nelsinho (R) speaks to members of the media from his home country Brazil in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2011, a day after his side's win on penalties over Mexico's Monterrey in the Club World Cup.

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Nissan plant in Guangzhou, China

GUANGZHOU, China - Cars roll down the production line at Nissan Motor Co.'s No. 1 plant in Guangzhou, China, on Dec. 12, 2011. Guangzhou will become Nissan's biggest manufacturing base in the world with the start of production at the No. 2 plant scheduled in 2012.

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Kashiwa players practice after win over Monterrey

TOYOTA, Japan - Kashiwa Reysol players train in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2011, a day after their penalty shootout win over Mexico's Monterrey in the Club World Cup.

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Swarovski crystal toilet at Lixil's showroom

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a glittering toilet covered with some 70,000 pieces of crystal from Swarovski AG of Austria at a Tokyo showroom of housing and building material maker Lixil Corp. on Dec. 12, 2011. The toilet is not for sale but its estimated price would be 10 million yen.

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Site of 1996-1997 hostage crisis in Peru

LIMA, Peru - Photo taken Dec. 8, 2011, shows the site of the former residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, the site of a four-month hostage crisis in 1996-1997 that claimed the lives of 17 people. A condominium is planned to be built on the site, Japanese embassy sources said Dec. 12, 2011.

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Messi, Xavi prepare for Club World Cup semi

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Barcelona's Lionel Messi (R) and Xavi Hernandez are in a training session in Yokohama on Dec. 12, 2011, before the Champions League winners face Asian champions Al Sadd in the Club World Cup semifinals on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Radiation decontamination experiment in Fukushima Pref.

MINAMISOMA, Japan - An experiment is conducted to remove radioactive substances from agricultural water using rice husks at a paddy field in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2011. The prefectural government, which has been searching for effective radiation decontamination methods after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, started the experiment the same day.

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Site of 1996-1997 hostage crisis in Peru

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 22, 1997, shows the then residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, from which smoke is coming, after the Peruvian military forced their way in the same day to end a four-month hostage crisis that began on Dec. 17, 1996, and that claimed the lives of 17 people. A condominium is planned to be built on the site, Japanese embassy sources said Dec. 12, 2011.

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Moscow-Paris direct train service launched

MOSCOW, Russia - A woman (L) checks the passport of a passenger before the departure of a train bound for Paris via Berlin at Moscow's Belorussky Station on Dec. 12, 2011. Russian Railways the same day started a direct train service between Moscow and Paris which runs a total of 3,177 kilometers through five countries in about 38 hours.

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'Kizuna' (bond) selected as kanji of 2011 in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Seihan Mori, chief priest at Kiyomizu Temple, writes the kanji that can be read ''kizuna,'' meaning bond, at the Buddhist temple in Kyoto on Dec. 12, 2011. ''Kizuna'' has been chosen by a kanji promotion organization as the kanji that best characterizes the year 2011.

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Puyol of European champions Barcelona

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Carles Puyol, a defender for European champions Barcelona, speaks in a press conference in Yokohama on Dec. 12, 2011, prior to playing against Asian Champions League winners Al Sadd in the Club World Cup semifinals on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Barcelona coach Guardiola

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Josep Guardiola, coach of European champions Barcelona, speaks in a press conference in Yokohama on Dec. 12, 2011, prior to his team playing against Asian Champions League winners Al Sadd in the Club World Cup semifinals on Dec. 15, 2011.

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Davies in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, answers reporters' questions at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2011, after holding talks with Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.

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Davies in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, shakes hands with Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, ahead of their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Confiscated stuffed giant panda

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2011, at a police station in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district shows a stuffed giant panda, a protected animal, which was seized by the Metropolitan Police Department. A Chinese national has been arrested on suspicion of displaying the stuffed panda for the purpose of sale, a violation of the law for the conservation of endangered species of wild fauna and flora.

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Information booth operated by homeless

SAPPORO, Japan - Toshimasa Kikuchi helps a visitor at an information booth on an underground street in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 12, 2011. The booth opened the same day at which staff members, who are or have been homeless, offer assistance for tourists and sell the Japanese version of the Big Issue magazine, as part of efforts to help such people become financially independent.

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Evidence in 1966 murder case

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Lawyer Hideyo Ogawa holds an item of evidence related to the 1966 murder of a family of four in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, at a press conference in Shizuoka city on Dec. 12, 2011, after prosecutors disclosed 176 items of evidence related to the case earlier in the day. Iwao Hakamada, 75, who has been convicted in the case and is on death row, is seeking a retrial.

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Japan's new radar satellite launched

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket carrying a new information-gathering satellite ascends in the air after being launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2011. The radar satellite successfully separated from the rocket into an orbit as planned, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Japan's new radar satellite launched

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A trail of white smoke is left in the blue sky by an H-2A rocket carrying a new information-gathering satellite ascending in the air after being launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2011. The radar satellite successfully separated from the rocket into an orbit as planned, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (Photo taken with fish-eye lens)

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Japan's new radar satellite launched

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket carrying a new information-gathering satellite is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2011. The radar satellite successfully separated from the rocket into an orbit as planned, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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'Miracle pine' in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 12, 2011, shows an ancient pine tree that withstood the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The tree is the only survivor among around 70,000 pines that stood in a scenic area of the coastal city, and has been dubbed ''the miracle pine'' by residents.

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Japan's new radar satellite launched

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket carrying a new information-gathering satellite is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2011. The radar satellite successfully separated from the rocket into an orbit as planned, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Japan's new radar satellite launched

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A ring of cloud appears around the head of an H-2A rocket carrying a new information-gathering satellite due to its high speed while the rocket ascends in the air after being launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2011. The radar satellite successfully separated from the rocket into an orbit as planned, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.