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Ex-Nadeshiko Miyamoto lays ground for 'soccer moms'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tomomi Miyamoto (L) in action during a women's soccer Empress' Cup semifinal on Dec. 22, 2012 at Nack5 Stadium in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture.

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Japanese lawmaker to quit party over alleged abuse against staffer

TOKYO, Japan, June 23 Kyodo - Mayuko Toyota points at her name listed at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, on her first trip to parliament after being elected to the House of Representatives. Toyota submitted an application to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on June 22, 2017, after a weekly magazine released an audio file seeming to back up allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary.

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Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, on Dec. 6, 2013. The number of visitors to the observatory deck of the tower topped 10 million the same day since its opening on May 22, 2012.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Takahito Mura performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Mura won the bronze medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Takahito Mura performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Mura won the bronze medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Daisuke Takahashi, Yuzuru Hanyu and Takahito Mura hold their silver, gold and bronze medals after their performance at the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Takahito Mura performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Mura won the bronze medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Takahito Mura performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Mura won the bronze medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Daisuke Takahashi, Yuzuru Hanyu and Takahito Mura hold their silver, gold and bronze medals after their performance at the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Hanyu won his first national crown at the championships with a total of 285.23 points for an unofficial world record.

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DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Banri Kaieda speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2012. Kaieda said he will run in the upcoming election to pick the next leader of the Democratic Party of Japan in the wake of its crushing defeat in the general election.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan Figure Skating Championships

SAPPORO, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the Japan Figure Skating Championships at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2012. Takahashi won the silver medal at the championships.

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Japan foundation aid for Myanmar

MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar - Yohei Sasakawa (2nd from L), head of Japan's Nippon Foundation, and Aung Min (4th from L), Myanmar minister at the presidential office, hold aid supplies from the Japanese group in Mawlamyine in Myanmar's southeastern Mon State on Dec. 22, 2012. The Nippon Foundation donated $70,000 in assistance to internally displaced people living in an ethnic group-controlled cease-fire area in Mon State.

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China high-speed train

BEIJING, China - China unveils to the media a high-speed train at Beijing West Station in the Chinese capital on Dec. 22, 2012. China plans to operate the train between Beijing and Guangzhou from Dec. 26.

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Egypt constitution referendum

GIZA, Egypt - A man casts a ballot in Giza on Dec. 22, 2012, in the second and final round of voting in a national referendum on a new Egyptian constitution.

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Egypt constitution referendum

GIZA, Egypt - A woman casts a ballot in Giza on Dec. 22, 2012, in the second and final round of voting in a national referendum on a new Egyptian constitution.

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Small parties merger

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (L) and veteran lawmaker Shizuka Kamei jointly hold a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2012. The pair said they have decided to team up their small political parties ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Small parties merger

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (L) and veteran lawmaker Shizuka Kamei jointly hold a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2012. The pair said they have decided to team up their small political parties ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Santa visits Japan

TOKONAME, Japan - Santa Claus from Finland meets children after arriving at Central Japan International Airport near Nagoya on Nov. 22, 2012. He visited Japan for a promotion of Finnair and will stay in the country through Dec. 27 to take part in events and share time with children.

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Santa visits Japan

TOKONAME, Japan - Santa Claus from Finland waves from an airplane window after arriving at Central Japan International Airport near Nagoya on Nov. 22, 2012. He visited Japan for a promotion of Finnair and will stay in the country through Dec. 27 to take part in events and share time with children.

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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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Kyoto University to study Buddhism in Bhutan

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University assistant professor Seiji Kumagai holds materials on Buddhism in Bhutan during a press conference in Kyoto on Dec. 22, 2011. He said the university and a royal institute in Bhutan will launch a joint project in January 2012 to research Buddhism in the Himalayan country.