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Japanese golfer Sugihara dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese golfer Teruo Sugihara speaks in an interview in June 2010. Sugihara, with a professional career lasting more than 50 years, died of prostate cancer on Dec. 28, 2011, at the age of 74.

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Ozawa indicted over fund misreporting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010, expressing his will to appear before a parliamentary ethics panel to explain his alleged involvement in a funds scandal. Ozawa was indicted on Jan. 31, 2011, over accounting irregularities involving his political funds body.

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Actress Hideko Takamine dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - This January 1953 file photo shows actress Hideko Takamine, who died of lung cancer in a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 28, 2010, at the age of 86. Takamine was known for her appearances in numerous movies in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Actress Hideko Takamine dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - This September 1985 file photo shows actress Hideko Takamine, who died of lung cancer in a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 28, 2010, at the age of 86. Takamine was known for her appearances in numerous movies in the 1950s and 1960s.

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JAXA info center closed down

TOKYO, Japan - Staff of the JAXAi, a promotional facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, bow after its closure in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 28, 2010. A governmental cost-cutting panel has decided to suspend the operation of the facility, which opened in 2004.

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JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants.

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Kabuki star Ebizo at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo (R) bows at the start of a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Ebizo announced that he has reached a settlement over a brawl in the capital's Nishiazabu district with the alleged assailant, who was indicted the same day for beating him up.

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Oil tanker at Russian Far East port

NAKHODKA, Russia - An oil tanker is docked at a pier at Kozmino port in the Russian Far East on Dec. 28, 2010. The port's operator said Japan was the biggest importer of crude oil shipped from the port in the year.

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JAXA info center closed down

TOKYO, Japan - Staff of the JAXAi, a promotional facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, close the doors in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 28, 2010, the last day of its operation. A governmental cost-cutting panel has decided to close down the facility, which opened in 2004.

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JAXA info center closes

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Tachikawa (L), president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as JAXA, Junichiro Kawaguchi (C), professor and JAXA manager of the Hayabusa space probe project, and astronaut Akihiko Hoshide speak at an event to mark the closure of JAXAi, the space agency's information center in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. The center, which opened in 2004, closed as part of government spending cuts.

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JAXA info center closes

TOKYO, Japan - A girl poses for a photo in front of JAXAi, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's information center, in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. The center, which opened in 2004, closed the same day as part of government spending cuts.

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Hitachi president Nakanishi in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Hiroaki Nakanishi speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Nakanishi said the company plans to speed up cooperation with General Electric Co. of the United States in nuclear power plant sales to cope with growing demand in emerging countries.

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Japan gear up for Asian Cup

OSAKA, Japan - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund works out during a practice session ahead of the Asian Cup tournament at the J-Green Sakai national soccer training center in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2010.

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Kabuki star Ebizo at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo (R) attends a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Ebizo, accompanied by his lawyer Naoyuki Fukasawa (L), announced that he has reached a settlement over a brawl in the capital's Nishiazabu district with the alleged assailant, who was indicted the same day for beating him up.

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Nissan EV delivered at Saitama city office

SAITAMA, Japan - Saitama Mayor Hayato Shimizu drives a Nissan Motor Co. Leaf electric vehicle, one of three cars delivered on lease to the Saitama city government as official vehicles, at a parking lot of the city office on Dec. 28, 2010.

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JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L), beside Chairman Kazuo Inamori, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants.

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Japan gear up for Asian Cup

OSAKA, Japan - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni (C) and midfielder Keisuke Honda of CSKA Moscow take part in a practice session ahead of the Asian Cup tournament at the J-Green Sakai national soccer training center in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2010.

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Kabuki star Ebizo at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo attends a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Ebizo announced that he has reached a settlement over a brawl in the capital's Nishiazabu district with the alleged assailant, who was indicted the same day for beating him up.

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Sasebo spinning tops

SASEBO, Japan - Sasebo spinning top craftsman Sadaemon Yamamoto decorates spinning tops with painting of rabbits at his shop ''Sasebo Koma Hompo'' in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2010, to mark the coming year of rabbit in 2011.

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Okinawa governor hopes to visit U.S.

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks during an interview at the governmental office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2010. Nakaima said he hopes to visit the United States to negotiate directly with senior officials on how to alleviate Okinawa's burden in hosting U.S. military facilities.

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'Healthy' mahjong popular among elderly

TOKYO, Japan - People play ''healthy'' mahjong at a parlor in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Dec. 28, 2010. The new type of mahjong has been gaining popularity among elderly people in Japan because of its ban on betting, smoking and alcohol.

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Kabuki star Ebizo at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo attends a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Ebizo announced that he has reached a settlement over a brawl in the capital's Nishiazabu district with the alleged assailant, who was indicted the same day for beating him up.

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Kabuki star Ebizo at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo attends a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Ebizo announced that he has reached a settlement over a brawl in the capital's Nishiazabu district with the alleged assailant, who was indicted the same day for beating him up.

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Ozawa to testify before Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Ichiro Ozawa, a power broker in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, attending a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Ozawa announced that he will testify before a parliamentary ethics panel over a scandal involving his political funds management body.

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Softbank closer Mahara re-signs for 210 mil. yen

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks closer Takahiro Mahara speaks at a press conference at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka on Dec. 28, 2010, after re-signing with the baseball club for an annual salary of 210 million yen.

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Ozawa to testify before Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Ozawa said he will testify before the House of Representatives political ethics panel over a funds scandal involving his political body.

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Outgoing Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Outgoing Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at a press conference in Miyazaki City on Dec. 28, 2010. Higashikokubaru said he has not decided on his future course after the end of his term on Jan. 20, 2011, denying media reports that he is likely to run in a Tokyo gubernatorial election in the spring of 2011.

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Ozawa to testify before Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, takes his seat for a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Ozawa said he will testify before the House of Representatives political ethics panel over a funds scandal involving his political body.

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Year-end amulets burnt at temple

NARITA, Japan - A monk clad as a mountain priest throws amulets onto a fire during the year's final burning of amulets in an event called ''Osame Fuda Otakiage'' at the Naritasan Shinshoji, a Buddhist temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2010.

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Year-end amulets burnt at temple

NARITA, Japan - A monk clad as a mountain priest throws amulets onto a fire during the year's final burning of amulets in an event called ''Osame Fuda Otakiage'' at the Naritasan Shinshoji, a Buddhist temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2010.

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Ozawa's ex-aide Ishikawa arrested over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and one-time secretary to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, speaks to reporters in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Dec. 28, 2009. Prosecutors arrested Ishikawa on Jan. 15, 2010, in connection with a political funds scandal involving Ozawa's fund management body.