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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai (R), managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., releases the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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New Year's Eve in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Citizens of Pyongyang bow in front of bronze statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in the capital late at night on Dec. 31, 2014.

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Miyagi student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United Sates - A high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, shakes hands with a U.S. Navy vice admiral, who participated in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort, in Pasadena, California, on Dec. 31, 2014. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Miyagi high school students practice for Rose Parade

PASADENA, United States - High school students from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, practice music on Dec. 31, 2014, before participating in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, to show their gratitude for the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Japanese student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United States - Satsuki Koizumi (R), a high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, gives thanks to U.S. military members on Dec. 31, 2014, in Pasadena, California, for their participation in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Uchiyama retains WBA title for 9th time

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takashi Uchiyama, nicknamed "KO Dynamite," successfully defended his WBA super featherweight title for the ninth time on Dec. 31, 2014, as challenger Israel Perez of Argentina failed to answer the bell for the 10th round at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo.

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Uchiyama stops Perez in WBA super featherweight bout

TOKYO, Japan - Undefeated Takashi Uchiyama (R) of Japan connects with a sizzling right to the face of challenger Israel Perez of Argentina in the eighth round at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2014. Uchiyama defended his WBA super featherweight title with a technical knockout.

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China removes ex-president's top aide from senior post

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Ling Jihua, a Chinese politician. Ling, one-time top aide to former Chinese President Hu Jintao, who has been placed under investigation for unspecified disciplinary violations, has been sacked as head of the United Front Work Department, a senior Communist Party post, state-run media said Dec. 31, 2014.

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AirAsia jetliner crash

SURABAYA, Indonesia - The kin of a passenger on board a Singapore-bound AirAsia jetliner that crashed into the Java Sea after departing from Surabaya, Indonesia, cry at the airport in Surabaya on Dec. 31, 2014. The jetliner crashed Dec. 28 with 162 passengers and crew aboard.

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"Namahage" end-of-year rituals in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Men disguised as "Namahage" by wearing a demon-like mask and a costume made of straw, talk to a little boy in his house in Oga, Akita Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Dec. 31, 2014. Namahage, considered a divine messenger bringing blessings to people, visit houses in the area every New Year's Eve, yelling and telling children they have to behave themselves in a tradition designated as one of Japan's important intangible folklore cultural assets.

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"Namahage" end-of-year rituals in Akita

AKITA, Japan - A man disguised as "Namahage" by wearing a demon-like mask and a costume made of straw, talks to a little boy in his house in Oga, Akita Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Dec. 31, 2014. Namahage, considered a divine messenger bringing blessings to people, visit houses in the area every New Year's Eve, yelling and telling children they have to behave themselves in a tradition designated as one of Japan's important intangible folklore cultural assets.

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Pair of big "kadomatsu" decorations in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A car passes between a pair of big "kadomatsu" New Year decorations erected on a road near temporary homes for people affected by the March 2011 disaster in Ishinomaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Dec. 31, 2014.

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Fans bid farewell to movie theater in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fans throng the Shinjuku Milano-za movie theater in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 31, 2014, the last day of its operation, to see the American film "E.T.," chosen for the last screening. The movie theater, one of the largest in Japan with 1,064 seats, opened in December 1956.

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AirAsia jetliner crash

SURABAYA, Indonesia - The kin of a passenger on board a Singapore-bound AirAsia jetliner that crashed into the Java Sea after departing from Surabaya, Indonesia, head for a waiting room for the families of the passengers at the airport in Surabaya on Dec. 31, 2014. The jetliner crashed Dec. 28 with 162 passengers and crew aboard.

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Fans bid farewell to movie theater in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fans await the screening of the American film "E.T." at the Shinjuku Milano-za movie theater in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 31, 2014, the last day of its operation. The movie theater, one of the largest in Japan with 1,064 seats, opened in December 1956.

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Fans bid farewell to movie theater in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Shinjuku Milano-za movie theater in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 31, 2014, the last day of its operation. The movie theater, one of the largest in Japan with 1,064 seats, opened in December 1956.

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Bloodstained shirt of attacked Nagasaki mayor shown

NAGASAKI, Japan - A bloodstained shirt worn in 1990 by then Nagasaki Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima during a shooting attack is shown to the press in the southwestern Japan city's municipal office on Dec. 17, 2014, ahead of an exhibit of items related to him set for Jan. 15-19, 2015. Motoshima, who died at 92 on Oct. 31, 2014, was shot by a rightist in January 1990 for his statements about the emperor's responsibility for World War II.

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Coal on fire on 'Stove train'

AOMORI, Japan - A conductor on the "stove train" puts coal in a stove in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on Honshu, on Dec. 1, 2014. The Tsugaru Railway Co.'s popular train operates from Dec. 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015.

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'Stove train' starts running in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Tsugaru Railway Co.'s "stove train," equipped with coal stoves, stops at a station in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on the Honshu main island, on Dec. 1, 2014. The popular train operates from Dec. 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015.

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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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Canon group net profit up 2.6%

TOKYO, Japan - Toshizo Tanaka, executive vice president of Canon Inc., releases the company's earnings results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2014. The maker of printers, photocopiers and cameras said its group net profit for the just-ended business year rose 2.6 percent from the previous year to 230.48 billion yen.