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Japan's average gasoline price falls to 1-year low

TOKYO, Japan - A display at a gas station in Tokyo shows regular gasoline priced at 147 yen per liter on Dec. 3, 2014. The retail price of regular gasoline in Japan had dropped 20 weeks in a row to the lowest level in one year, the government's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy said the same day, with the average price dropping 0.90 yen from Nov. 25 to 157.40 yen per liter as of Dec. 1, its lowest level since Dec. 2, 2013.

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8 millionth visitor to Taiwan for 2013

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japan's Aya Omote (R), who was Taiwan窶冱 8 millionth visitor for 2013, attends a welcoming ceremony in Taipei on Jan. 2, 2014, with Taiwan's Premier Jiang Yi-huah. The newlywed from Niigata Prefecture arrived with her husband on Dec. 31 to spend their honeymoon and the New Year in Taiwan.

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Mauritania fishing

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - Photo shows a fishing port in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Dec. 2, 2013.

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British premier in China

BEIJING, China - British Prime Minister David Cameron is pictured during a document signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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British premier in China

BEIJING, China - British Prime Minister David Cameron (R), escorted by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, heads to a welcoming ceremony for him at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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British premier in China

BEIJING, China - British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang are pictured during a document signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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British premier in China

BEIJING, China - British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang hold a joint press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Protests in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Photo shows an antigovernment demonstration in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on the night of Dec. 2, 2013.

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Protests in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Protesters stage an antigovernment demonstration in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on the night of Dec. 2, 2013.

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Protests in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian antigovernment protesters occupy Kiev's city hall on Dec. 2, 2013.

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Biden in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 2, 2013, for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid tension over China's newly declared air defense zone covering a group of disputed islands. Standing left of Biden is U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy.

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Biden in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 2, 2013, for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid tension over China's newly declared air defense zone covering a group of disputed islands.

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Japanese emperor in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meet in New Delhi on Dec. 2, 2013. The emperor and Empress Michiko are in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Irish premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2013.

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Buzzword award

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photos show (from L) cram school teacher Osamu Hayashi, actress Rena Nonen and newscaster Christel Takigawa pictured during the 2013 buzzword award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2013.

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British premier in China

BEIJING, China - British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) receives an honor guard, escorted by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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British premier in China

BEIJING, China - British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Demonstrations in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment demonstrators face police (back) outside the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Dec. 2, 2013.

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Japan emperor in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (3rd from L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) are pictured with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (2nd from R) and President Pranab Mukherjee (3rd from R) at the Indian presidential residence in New Delhi on Dec. 2, 2013. The imperial couple is in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Demonstrations in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A student is carried during an antigovernment demonstration outside the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Dec. 2, 2013.

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Japan emperor in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko lay a wreath at Raj Ghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi on Dec. 2, 2013. The imperial couple is in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan emperor in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko lay a wreath at Raj Ghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi on Dec. 2, 2013. The imperial couple is in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan emperor in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito reviews an honor guard at the Indian presidential residence in New Delhi on Dec. 2, 2013. The emperor and Empress Michiko are in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor in India

NEW DELHI, India - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (front R) receives Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Indian presidential residence in New Delhi on Dec. 2, 2013. The Japanese imperial couple is in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Envoy Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso chat before their meeting at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Envoy Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso meet at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Cooperation on shale gas

TOKYO, Japan - Christy Clark (R), premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and Japanese industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi shake hands in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2013. Japan and the western Canadian provincial government signed an agreement to hold an annual high-level meeting as part of efforts to facilitate the exportation of shale gas from Canada to the resource-poor Asian country.

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Ishiba on demonstrations

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, answers a reporter's question on his latest blog post titled "apology and correction" at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2013. In the post, Ishiba apologized for calling demonstrations against a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets "acts of terrorism," but maintained that provoking fear among ordinary people by speaking out loud is different from what democracy is meant to be.

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Demonstration against secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Opponents of a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets demonstrate near the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2013, against the bill as well as comments made by Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which called demonstrations against the bill "acts of terrorism."

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British Naval Staff chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Britain's Chief of the Naval Staff, Adm. George Zambellas (L), and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera shake hands at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2013.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

NAGOYA, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda answers a question after giving a speech in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2013. Kuroda said the central bank has not set a time limit on its ultraloose monetary policy.

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TPP minister Amari hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. Amari, who doubles as economic and fiscal policy minister, was hospitalized on Dec. 2, 2013, for medical checkups for three or four days, the Cabinet Office said.

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1966 murder case

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyers for Iwao Hakamada, who was sentenced to death over a 1966 multiple murder case, head for the Shizuoka District Court in Shizuoka Prefecture with his sister Hideko (far R) on Dec. 2, 2013, to submit a statement calling for a retrial. The lawyers said new evidence indicated their client was wrongfully convicted.

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Demonstration in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - A young man and woman both clad in the national flag of Ukraine listen to a speech during an antigovernment demonstration in Kiev, Ukraine, in the early hours of Dec. 2, 2013.

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Sasago tunnel

OTSUKI, Japan - The site of the fatal collapse of an interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012, in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, is shown to reporters on Feb. 3, 2013, for the first time since the accident. Flowers are laid where vehicle fires happened.

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Sasago tunnel

OTSUKI, Japan - The site of the fatal collapse of an interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012, in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, is shown to reporters on Feb. 3, 2013, for the first time since the accident. Flowers are laid where vehicle fires happened.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.