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Toyota Etios manufactured in India

BANGALORE, India - Workers assemble Toyota Motor Corp.'s Etios models at a plant in Bangalore, southern India, on Dec. 23, 2011.

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Toyota Etios manufactured in India

BANGALORE, India - Workers assemble Toyota Motor Corp.'s Etios models at a plant in Bangalore, southern India, on Dec. 23, 2011.

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Tsunami-destroyed railway station to be restored

SENDAI, Japan - East Japan Railway Co.'s Rikuchu-Yamada Station on the Yamada Line in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is seen in tatters in this file photo taken on March 23, 2011, a dozen days after it was hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. The company and the local community agreed on Dec. 24, 2014, to restore the station, burned down by a tsunami-caused fire, as part of a project to revive the line wrecked by the disaster.

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Ex-Pentagon official

WASHINGTON, United States - Wallace Gregson, a retired Marine general who served as U.S. assistant defense secretary for Asian and Pacific security affairs from 2009 to 2011, is pictured during an interview in Washington on Dec. 23, 2013.

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People in N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken from Ganghwa Island, Incheon, South Korea, on Dec. 23, 2011, shows people and a North Korean flag in a village in North Korea along the Han River, four days after North Korea announced the death of its leader Kim Jong Il.

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People in N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken from Ganghwa Island, Incheon, South Korea, on Dec. 23, 2011, shows people and cattle in a village in North Korea along the Han River, four days after North Korea announced the death of its leader Kim Jong Il.

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Icho books Olympic berth

TOKYO, Japan - Kaori Icho (top) and Rio Watari wrestle during the final of the women's 63-kilogram class at the national championships in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2011. Icho won the title for the third time in a row and secured a ticket to the 2012 London Olympics.

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People in N. Korea

DANDONG, China - Photo taken from the Chinese border city of Dandong on Dec. 23, 2011, shows people working onboard a ship on the North Korean side of the Yalu River, four days after North Korea announced the death of its leader Kim Jong Il.

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Protest in China

HAIMEN, China - Residents against a power plant construction project face police officers in Haimen in Shantou, Guangdong Province, on Dec. 23, 2011.

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Woodford named British paper's Businessperson of the Year

LONDON, England - British paper The Independent, in its Dec. 23, 2011 issue, reports it has selected former Olympus Corp. President Michael Woodford as Businessperson of the Year in recognition of his fightback after he was sacked for blowing the whistle on the company's fraudulent activities.

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Christmas tree in disaster-hit Minamisanriku

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo shows a lit-up Christmas tree in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2011.

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Yoshida books Olympic berth

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's two-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida (L) and Kanako Murata grapple during the final of the women's 55-kilogram class at the national championships in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2011. Yoshida captured her 10th consecutive title in the class and secured a ticket to the 2012 London Olympics.

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Takahashi leads at nationals

OSAKA, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs in the men's short program the national championships in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2011. Takahashi took a commanding lead after the short program.

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Takahashi leads at nationals

OSAKA, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs in the men's short program the national championships in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2011. Takahashi took a commanding lead after the short program.

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Hamaguchi wins 15th overall title at national c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoto Hamaguchi celebrates after winning the final of the women's 72-kilogram class at the national championships in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2011. She took the honors in the category for her 15th overall title -- the most for a woman or man at the nationals.

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Christmas tree formed with smiling faces on umbrellas

IWAKI, Japan - People create the shape of a Christmas tree on Dec. 23, 2011, using umbrellas bearing the smiling faces of children from areas hit by natural disasters around the world, in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, an area hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tokyo Sky Tree lit up

TOKYO, Japan - People take photos of the Tokyo Sky Tree as it is lit up for Christmas and the New Year on Dec. 23, 2011. The 634-meter broadcasting tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward will open to the public in May 2012.

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Tokyo Sky Tree lit up

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Sky Tree is lit up for Christmas and the New Year on Dec. 23, 2011. The 634-meter broadcasting tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward will open to the public in May 2012.

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Tokyo Sky Tree lit up

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tokyo Sky Tree lit up for Christmas and the New Year on Dec. 23, 2011. The 634-meter broadcasting tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward will open to the public in May 2012.

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Emperor Akihito turns 78

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L front) and Empress Michiko (R front) greet well-wishers on the emperor's 78th birthday on Dec. 23, 2011, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Walking behind them are Crown Prince Naruhito (L back) and Crown Princess Masako.

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Emperor Akihito turns 78

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (3rd from L) and members of the imperial family greet well-wishers on his 78th birthday on Dec. 23, 2011, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

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Emperor Akihito turns 78

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Kiko (L) and Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, wave to well-wishers on Japanese Emperor Akihito's 78th birthday on Dec. 23, 2011, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

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Emperor Akihito turns 78

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to well-wishers on the emperor's 78th birthday on Dec. 23, 2011, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

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Emperor Akihito turns 78

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito greets well-wishers on his 78th birthday on Dec. 23, 2011, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

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Emperor Akihito turns 78

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino and his eldest daughter Princess Mako appear before well-wishers on Japanese Emperor Akihito's 78th birthday on Dec. 23, 2011, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

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Training to become 'miko' at shrine

KOBE, Japan - Wang Yujing (L), a university student from China, receives training to serve as a ''miko'' shrine attendant, for occasions such as New Year's visits, at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2011. Around 100 women including nine Chinese students participated in the training session at the shrine.

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Sanyo Electric removes logo before reorganization

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 23, 2011, shows Sanyo Electric Co.'s logo being removed from the outer wall of its headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, in preparation for the planned reorganization in January 2012 of the group led by its parent Panasonic Corp.

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Sanyo Electric removes logo before reorganization

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 23, 2011, shows Sanyo Electric Co.'s logo being removed from the outer wall of its headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, in preparation for the planned reorganization in January 2012 of the group led by its parent Panasonic Corp.

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Emperor Akihito turns 78

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Princess Masako waves as she arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to attend events celebrating Emperor Akihito's 78th birthday on Dec. 23, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Aug. 23, 2011, in Tokyo shows former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Thai foreign ministry reissued an ordinary passport to the ousted former prime minister on Oct. 26, 2011, after it concluded Thaksin's movements overseas do not harm the country, a Thai foreign ministry spokesman confirmed Dec. 16.

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Teenage film director

TOKYO, Japan - Ryugo Nakamura, a 14-year-old student in Okinawa, poses for a photo at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 23, 2010. His film ''Yagi no Boken'' (adventure of a goat) will be shown at theaters across Japan beginning with three cinemas in Tokyo and Yokohama from Jan. 8, 2011.

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Used car market in Beijing

BEIJING, China - People visit a used car market in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2010. The city government decided on Dec. 23, 2010, to limit the number of new auto registrations for 2011 to 240,000, about one third of the limit in 2010, to ease the traffic congestion in the city.

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Used car market in Beijing

BEIJING, China - People visit a used car market in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2010. The city government decided on Dec. 23, 2010, to limit the number of new auto registrations for 2011 to 240,000, about one third of the limit in 2010, to ease the traffic congestion in the city.

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Noguchi, 2 other astronauts arrive at Int'l Space Station

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (L) speaks to reporters at the Russian mission control center near Moscow on Dec. 23, 2009, after Russia's Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft carrying Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and two other astronauts docked at the International Space Station. Furukawa is scheduled to travel to the station by Soyuz in 2011.