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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira being tossed into the air by members of his team after winning the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. The Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012, that Matsudaira died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011. He was 81.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81.

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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years.

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Okinawa pref. assembly member Sakima to run for Ginowan mayor

GINOWAN, Japan - Atsushi Sakima, an executive member of the Okinawa prefectural chapter of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, in Ginowan on Dec. 31, 2011, declares his intention to run in the Ginowan mayoral election slated for February 2012. The city in Okinawa Prefecture currently hosts the Futenma Air Station, a key U.S. Marine Corps base which is planned to be relocated from a densely populated area.

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Suntory Holdings sees record net profit

OSAKA, Japan - Nobutada Saji, president of Suntory Holdings Ltd., holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 17, 2014, to release the company's earnings results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013. The company said its group net profit in 2013 rose 5.3-fold from 2012 to a record 195.57 billion yen due to the sale of shares in Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. through the subsidiary's initial public offering.

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Suntory Holdings sees record net profit

OSAKA, Japan - Nobutada Saji, president of Suntory Holdings Ltd., holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 17, 2014, to release the company's earnings results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013. The company said its group net profit in 2013 rose 5.3-fold from 2012 to a record 195.57 billion yen due to the sale of shares in Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. through the subsidiary's initial public offering.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (R) taking part in a training session in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. Sonoda said Jan. 31, 2013, he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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New Year's Eve in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A child offers flowers at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on New Year's Eve on Dec. 31, 2012. Statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il are found on the hill.

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New Year's Eve in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang for New Year's Eve on Dec. 31, 2012. The statue on the left is of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and the one on the right is of former leader Kim Jong Il.

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New Year's Eve in disaster area

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A paper lantern in the form of Catbus, a character from the animation film My Neighbor Totoro, is illuminated in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on the New Year's Eve on Dec. 31, 2012. The destination board on the bus reads "Odaka," an area in Minamisoma that was made a no-go zone due to the nuclear accident that followed the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Kitajima gets engaged

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima, who is engaged to Chisa, the vocalist of the Japanese pop band Girl Next Door, offices representing the swimmer and the singer said on Dec. 31, 2012.

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Finance Ministry on New Year's Eve

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Finance Ministry in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki area on Dec. 31, 2012. The window lights suggested many ministry officials were working on New Year's Eve, part of the year-end holiday season in Japan.

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New Year's Eve in disaster area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Shuko Katayama, chief priest of a Buddhist temple in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, tests a bell on Dec. 31, 2012, prior to striking it 108 times at midnight on New Year's Eve. The temple is still under restoration from damage caused by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japanese peacekeepers return from Golan Heights

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel are greeted by family members at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Dec. 31, 2012, as they returned to Japan after pulling out from U.N. peacekeeping operations in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The government had decided to withdraw the SDF personnel due to worsening security conditions amid the civil war in Syria.

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White snake made of 100 kites

TOKYO, Japan - A white snake made of 100 kites is on display at the Tokyo Midtown commercial complex in Tokyo's Roppongi area on Dec. 31, 2012, to commemorate the Year of the Snake, a sign under the Chinese astrological calendar for 2013.

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U.S. spy drone Global Hawk

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2010 shows the Global Hawk unmanned high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft of the U.S. military, at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Japanese Defense Ministry is making arrangements to introduce U.S. spy drones to boost surveillance in the country's territorial waters near the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Japanese government officials said Dec. 31, 2012.

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Japanese peacekeepers return from Golan Heights

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel arrive at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Dec. 31, 2012, after pulling out from U.N. peacekeeping operations in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The government had decided to withdraw the SDF personnel due to worsening security conditions amid the civil war in Syria.

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Year-end music show

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the J-pop idol group Momoiro Clover Z pose with their special costumes in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2012. They were among performers chosen to appear in NHK's "Kohaku Uta Gassen" music extravaganza on Dec. 31, 2012.

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Ishihara leaves office

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose is surrounded by reporters at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2012. With the resignation of Shintaro Ishihara taking effect the same day, Inose will take over as governor on Nov. 1. An election to pick Ishihara's successor is scheduled for Dec. 16.

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Toyota Aqua hybrid compact car

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid compact car. The automaker said Feb. 1, 2012, the number of orders placed for the Aqua as of Jan. 31, 2012, was about 120,000, greatly exceeding its sales goal of 12,000 units a month. The car was released on Dec. 26, 2011.