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Panasonic launches new group structure

OSAKA, Japan - The logo at the Sanyo Electric Co. headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, is seen replaced with ''Panasonic'' on Dec. 30, 2011. Japan's major electronics maker Panasonic Corp. launched its new group structure on Jan. 1, 2012, reorganizing its business divisions and two wholly owned units -- Sanyo Electric Co. and Panasonic Electric Works Co. -- into three main groups as it places greater emphasis on energy-related businesses.

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Toyota President Toyoda

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 11, 2011, shows Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp. The Wall Street Journal picked Toyoda as one of 12 ''Corporate Executives to Watch Next Year'' on Dec. 30, 2011, saying 2012 may be a ''make or break year'' for the chief of the top Japanese automaker.

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Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Jan. 30, 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea, shows a signboard with a message praising the successful launch of what North Korea claims was a satellite. Many other countries suspect the launch Dec. 12, 2012, was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Beate Gordon dies

TOKYO, Japan - An October 1997 file photo shows Beate Sirota Gordon, who wrote the article in the Japanese Constitution stipulating the equality of the sexes. Gordon died on Dec. 30, 2012, of pancreatic cancer at her home in New York. She was 89.

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Beate Gordon dies

TOKYO, Japan - An April 2005 file photo shows Beate Sirota Gordon, who wrote the article in the Japanese Constitution stipulating the equality of the sexes. Gordon died on Dec. 30, 2012, of pancreatic cancer at her home in New York. She was 89.

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Anniv. of Kim's appointment as top military commander

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People dance at the Arch of Triumph square in Pyongyang on Dec. 30, 2012, to commemorate the first anniversary of leader Kim Jong Un's appointment as supreme commander of the country's armed forces.

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Anniv. of Kim's appointment as top military commander

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People dance at the Arch of Triumph square in Pyongyang on Dec. 30, 2012, to commemorate the first anniversary of leader Kim Jong Un's appointment as supreme commander of the country's armed forces.

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Nishikori at Brisbane International

BRISBANE, Australia - Photo taken Dec. 30, 2012, shows Japan's Kei Nishikori, partnered with Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, playing Russia's Mikhail Elgin and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan during the first round of the men's doubles at the 2013 season-opening Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia. Nishikori and Dimitrov defeated the fourth-seeded pair 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-7 to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Shoppers at Ameyoko market

TOKYO, Japan - The Ameyoko market in Tokyo's Ueno area is crowded with people seeking foods for the New Year holidays on Dec. 30, 2012.

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Shoppers at Ameyoko market

TOKYO, Japan - The Ameyoko market in Tokyo's Ueno area is crowded with people seeking foods for the New Year holidays on Dec. 30, 2012.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Shozaburo Jimi of the People's New Party, Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party, Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party, Muneo Suzuki of the New Party Daichi and Yoichi Masuzoe of the New Renaissance Party.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of some of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party and Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party.

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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.