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Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe dies

Photo taken in October 2013 shows Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe (R) talking to Shigeo Nagashima, former manager of the Yomiuri Giants, during a party in Tokyo to celebrate the professional baseball club clinching the Central League pennant. Watanabe, a representative director and editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, died on Dec. 19, 2024, aged 98.

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Visit to Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of foreign financial authorities and institutions visit the joint inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Ex-basketball star Rodman visits N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Former U.S. basketball superstar Dennis Rodman speaks with reporters at Beijing airport before boarding a flight to Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2013. Rodman is visiting North Korea to train its national basketball team.

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Visit to Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of foreign financial authorities and institutions visit the joint inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Tokyo governor resigns over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (L) is pictured after a press conference to announce his resignation over a money scandal at the metropolitan government offices on Dec. 19, 2013.

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France decorates architect Ando

TOKYO, Japan - Architect Tadao Ando gives a speech at the official residence of the French ambassador to Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013, wearing the Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres medal after receiving the decoration from the French government.

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Putin at press conference

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin answers a question at a press conference in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Gymnast Tanaka announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Gymnast Rie Tanaka announces her retirement at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Tanaka competed in the 2012 London Olympics.

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Egyptian foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Protests in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai antigovernment protesters take to the streets of the capital Bangkok on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Protests in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai antigovernment protesters take to the streets of the capital Bangkok on Dec. 19, 2013.

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U.S. Navy 5th Fleet commander in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Adm. John Miller (front L), commander of the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands prior to their talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose speaks during a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Inose announced his resignation over his receiving of 50 million yen in cash from hospital operator Tokushukai, which is mired in vote-buying allegations involving a Diet member.

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Protests in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban (C front), leader of antigovernment protests, waves to supporters in Bangkok on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Food chain president shot dead

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Kyoto's Yamashina Ward on Dec. 19, 2013, shows the site where Takayuki Ohigashi, president of Ohsho Food Service Corp., was shot earlier the same day. The president of the company, which operates a Chinese dumpling restaurant chain under the "Gyoza no Ohsho" brand in Japan, was found lying in a parking lot in front of the company's head office just before 7 a.m. and was confirmed dead after being taken to hospital, according to the Kyoto prefectural police.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose speaks during a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Inose announced his resignation over his receiving of 50 million yen in cash from hospital operator Tokushukai, which is mired in vote-buying allegations involving a Diet member.

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Food chain president shot dead

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken in Kyoto's Yamashina Ward on Dec. 19, 2013, shows the site (L back) where Takayuki Ohigashi, president of Ohsho Food Service Corp., was shot earlier the same day. The president of the company, which operates a Chinese dumpling restaurant chain under the "Gyoza no Ohsho" brand in Japan, was found lying in a parking lot in front of the company's head office (seen at the right) just before 7 a.m. and was confirmed dead after being taken to hospital, according to the Kyoto prefectural police.

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Food chain president shot dead

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Kyoto's Yamashina Ward on Dec. 19, 2013, shows the site where Takayuki Ohigashi, president of Ohsho Food Service Corp., was shot earlier the same day. The president of the company, which operates a Chinese dumpling restaurant chain under the "Gyoza no Ohsho" brand in Japan, was found lying in a parking lot in front of the company's head office just before 7 a.m. and was confirmed dead after being taken to hospital, according to the Kyoto prefectural police.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose bows in apology during a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Inose announced his resignation over his receiving of 50 million yen in cash from hospital operator Tokushukai, which is mired in vote-buying allegations involving a Diet member.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose speaks during a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Inose announced his resignation over his receiving of 50 million yen in cash from hospital operator Tokushukai, which is mired in vote-buying allegations involving a Diet member.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (R) submits a letter of resignation to Toshiaki Yoshino, president of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Inose announced his resignation later at a press conference over his receiving of 50 million yen in cash from hospital operator Tokushukai, which is mired in vote-buying allegations involving a Diet member.

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Food chain president shot dead

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Kyoto's Yamashina Ward on Dec. 19, 2013, shows the site where Takayuki Ohigashi, president of Ohsho Food Service Corp., was shot earlier the same day. The president of the company, which operates a Chinese dumpling restaurant chain under the "Gyoza no Ohsho" brand in Japan, was found lying in a parking lot in front of the company's head office just before 7 a.m. and was confirmed dead after being taken to hospital, according to the Kyoto prefectural police.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - Rabbits on Okunoshima Island, nicknamed Rabbit Island, in Hiroshima Prefecture, surround a tourist with feed on Dec. 19, 2013. More than 700 rabbits live on the island of just 4 kilometers in making a circuit, after some rabbits brought to the island after World War II became feral and propagated.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (R) submits a letter of resignation to Toshiaki Yoshino, president of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. Inose announced his resignation later at a press conference over his receiving of 50 million yen in cash from hospital operator Tokushukai, which is mired in vote-buying allegations involving a Diet member.

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Russian writer Oster

TOKYO, Japan - Russian children's book writer Grigory Oster gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013 during his first visit to Japan. The eminent writer's biggest selling publication "Bad Advice" was also released in Japan under the title "Waruiko no Susume" in January 2014.

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China calls for easing restrictions on U.S. high-tech exports

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker (L) talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2013. Li urged Pritzker to relax restrictions imposed by Washington on exports of high-tech goods bound for China. Pritzker was in Beijing for a meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade. (Pool photo)

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Honda's Vezel

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito stands by the automaker's new compact sport utility vehicle "Vezel" unveiled in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013, a day before the launch of the hybrid model in the Japanese market.

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Tokyo governor resigns over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Tokyo metropolitan government offices on Dec. 19, 2013. Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose announced his resignation the same day over a money scandal.

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Tokyo governor resigns over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (L front) is pictured ahead of a press conference to announce his resignation over a money scandal at the metropolitan government offices on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Fast food chain president shot dead in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a restaurant of major fast food chain Gyoza no Ohsho in Kyoto on the night of Dec. 19, 2013. Takayuki Ohigashi, president of Ohsho Food Service Corp., which runs the fast food chain, was shot dead in Kyoto on the morning of the same day with the assailant at large.

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Ex-basketball star Rodman visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. basketball superstar Dennis Rodman (L) shakes hands with a North Korean official after arriving in Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2013. Rodman is visiting North Korea to train its national basketball team.

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Ex-basketball star Rodman visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. basketball superstar Dennis Rodman (C) arrives in Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2013. Rodman is visiting North Korea to train its national basketball team.

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Ex-basketball star Rodman visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. basketball superstar Dennis Rodman (C) arrives in Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2013. Rodman is visiting North Korea to train its national basketball team.

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Nakaima, Abe meet

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima answers a reporter's question after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013. The governor, using a wheelchair due to illness, visited the prime minister's office from a Tokyo hospital where he is staying for a detailed examination.

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Visit to Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of foreign financial authorities and institutions visit the joint inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Fire at Japanese Embassy

KINSHASA, Congo - Photo shows the building housing the Japanese Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Nov. 19, 2013, about five months after the diplomatic office located on the third and fourth floors of the building was partially destroyed by fire on June 20. Soot is still seen on its outer wall. A diplomat who worked for the embassy was arrested on Dec. 2 on suspicion of setting a fire at the embassy office to destroy evidence of his fund embezzlement, police said.

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Japan soccer fixtures for 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Japan soccer manager Alberto Zaccheroni speaks on his team's fixtures for 2013 at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012.

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Japan soccer fixtures for 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's soccer manager Alberto Zaccheroni (far R) and Japan women's soccer manager Norio Sasaki (far L) attend a press conference to unveil the teams' fixtures for 2013 in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012.