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Xmas sushi 'cake' in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - This Dec. 3, 2009 photo shows the Christmas sushi cake that the traditional Azumazushi restaurant in Sapporo will serve for six days from Dec. 20. Eight kinds of seafood such as crab, salmon and scallop are used to make the cake, which is 25 centimeters in diameter.

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Canadian Prime Minister Harper in China

BEIJING, China - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, accompanied by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, inspects the honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2009.

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Canadian Prime Minister Harper talks with Chinese President Hu

BEIJING, China - Visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2009, before their talks.

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Powerbroker Ozawa meets Chicago students

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a hard-to-please Japanese powerbroker, shakes hands with one of the students from Chicago during an exchange event in the parliamentary building in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009. The secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan told the children ''to make many friends in Japan and understand its society and culture.''

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Crown Prince Naruhito attends pianist Tsuji's concert

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (C) attends a concert by the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and Nobuyuki Tsujii, a blind Japanese pianist who shared the first prize at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009. (Pool photo)

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Kawaguchi, Smirnov get off to sluggish start at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese-born Yuko Kawaguchi (top) and Alexander Smirnov of Russia perform during the pairs short program at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final at Yoyogi national gymnasium annex in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009. The two got off to a sluggish start and were in last place in the six-pair competition.

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Santa rickshaws take to Tokyo streets

TOKYO, Japan - Men dressed as Santa Claus pull rickshaws for tourists in Tokyo's fashionable Omotesando district on Dec. 3, 2009. Asked if it was too cold to work outside, one Santa Claus said, ''Thank you. It's warmer than Finland.''

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American team prepared to invest $1.1 bil. in JAL

TOKYO, Japan - Tom Horton, chief financial officer of American Airlines Inc., speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009. Horton said American Airlines is prepared to invest up to $1.1 billion in struggling Japan Airlines Corp. together with its global oneworld alliance members and private-equity firm TPG Inc.

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Japan, Hungary agree to boost cooperation on environmental issue

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom (2nd from L) talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009. The two leaders agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation on the environment through business investment and research.

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Japan, Hungary agree to boost cooperation on environmental issue

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009, before their talks. The two leaders agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation on the environment through business investment and research.

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Delta President Bastian speaks about support plan for JAL

TOKYO, Japan - Edward Bastian, president of Delta Air Lines Inc., speaks about the company's financial support plan for struggling Japan Airlines Corp. during in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009.

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Japan considering raising tobacco tax in FY 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi speaks to reporters about a government plan to raise the tobacco tax by around 3 yen per cigarette in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009.

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Sony readies for battle with Samsung with 3-D TVs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chairman Howard Stringer speaks to a group of reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009. Stringer said the company hopes to regain its competitive edge in the global television market now driven by South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. with the launch of three-dimensional TVs and expansion of its online services.

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M'bishi Motors HQ in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 3, 2009 shows the building which houses Mitsubishi Motors Corp. headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen is in talks with the Japanese automaker on a capital tie-up and cooperation in developing eco-friendly cars and vehicles for emerging economies.

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M'bishi Motors HQ in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 3, 2009 shows the building which houses Mitsubishi Motors Corp. headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen is in talks with the Japanese automaker on a capital tie-up and cooperation in developing eco-friendly cars and vehicles for emerging economies.

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Health minister inspects Tokyo hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Health minister Akira Nagatsuma (C), wearing an anti-flu protection mask, visits Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 3, 2009. Nagatsuma inspected the major hospital in the capital after a government panel called for cutting subsidies to emergency and perinatal care systems at hospitals. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tokyo excursion boat gutted by fire

TOKYO, Japan - Smoke pours from the charred remains of a 20-meter-long excursion boat, owned by Funayado Amitei Co., after it caught fire next to a pier on the Edo River in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009. No one was aboard the vessel at the time and police are looking into the possibility that the predawn blaze originated in or near the boat's galley.