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Japanese cartoonist Yaanse debuts as singer at age 84

Japanese cartoonist Takashi Yanase, 84, sings at a press conference in Tokyo held on Dec. 5, 2003, to announce his debut as a singer. Yanase (1919-2013), also a writer, poet and lyricist, is best known as the creator of Anpanman, the main character of the popular Japanese children's anime series of the same name.

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Tacloban residents seek shelter at elementary school

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Residents take shelter in an elementary school in Tacloban on Leyte Island in the Philippines on Dec. 5, 2014, as powerful Typhoon Hagupit approaches the city that was hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.

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Philippine children take shelter at church

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Children take shelter in a church in Tacloban on Leyte Island in the Philippines on Dec. 5, 2014, as powerful Typhoon Hagupit approaches the city that was hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.

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Philippines shows improved preparedness for typhoon Hagupit

TACLOBAN, Philippines - A boy sells flashlights and batteries in Tacloban, on the Philippine island of Leyte, on Dec. 5, 2014, as powerful typhoon Hagupit is expected to hit the area devastated by a powerful typhoon in November 2013.

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Philippines shows improved preparedness for typhoon Hagupit

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Photo taken Dec. 5, 2014, shows a family who evacuated to an elementary school in Tacloban, on the Philippine island of Leyte, as powerful typhoon Hagupit is expected to hit the area devastated by a powerful typhoon in November 2013.

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Philippines shows improved preparedness for typhoon Hagupit

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Residents pile sandbags in front of a store in Tacloban, on the Philippine island of Leyte, on Dec. 5, 2014, as powerful typhoon Hagupit is expected to hit the area devastated by a powerful typhoon in November 2013.

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Philippines shows improved preparedness for typhoon Hagupit

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Workers reinforce store windows with cardboard in Tacloban, on the Philippine island of Leyte, on Dec. 5, 2014, as powerful typhoon Hagupit is expected to hit the area devastated by a powerful typhoon in November 2013.

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Okinawans see 2020 Tokyo Olympics with mixed feelings

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 5, 2013 shows people viewing from an upland park the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture.

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Ukraine president in China

BEIJING, China - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping are pictured at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in Dec. 5, 2013.

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Ukraine president in China

BEIJING, China - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is pictured at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in Dec. 5, 2013.

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Ukraine president in China

BEIJING, China - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is pictured at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in Dec. 5, 2013.

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Ukraine president in China

BEIJING, China - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping are pictured at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in Dec. 5, 2013.

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Nelson Mandela dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows then South African President Nelson Mandela holding a press conference in Tokyo in July 1995. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate who waged a long and ultimately victorious struggle against apartheid died on Dec. 5, 2013. He was 95.

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Nelson Mandela dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Nelson Mandela waving during a rally in Osaka, western Japan, in October 1990. The former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who waged a long and ultimately victorious struggle against apartheid died on Dec. 5, 2013. He was 95.

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Nelson Mandela dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former South African President Nelson Mandela attending the opening ceremony of the World Cup soccer finals at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg in July 2010. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate who waged a long and ultimately victorious struggle against apartheid died on Dec. 5, 2013. He was 95.

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Nelson Mandela dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows then South African President Nelson Mandela (L) and Japanese Emperor Akihito toasting during a banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in July 1995. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate who waged a long and ultimately victorious struggle against apartheid died on Dec. 5, 2013. He was 95.

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Nelson Mandela dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Nelson Mandela holding a press conference in Johannesburg in April 1994. The former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who waged a long and ultimately victorious struggle against apartheid died on Dec. 5, 2013. He was 95.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu acknowledges the crowd after performing in the men's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Hanyu scored 99.84 points, taking the lead in the six-skater field.

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Nelson Mandela dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows then South African President Nelson Mandela (R) and then Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama shaking hands before their meeting in Tokyo in July 1995. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate who waged a long and ultimately victorious struggle against apartheid died on Dec. 5, 2013. He was 95.

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Amari to miss key TPP talks due to cancer treatment

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, announces at a press conference at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2013, that he will not be able to attend a TPP ministerial negotiating session starting Dec. 7 in Singapore, as he has been diagnosed with tongue cancer. Tokyo will send Amari's deputy, Yasutoshi Nishimura, senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, instead to the four-day meeting.

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Emperor, empress in India

CHENNAI, India - Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) visit the Tamil Nadu welfare association for the disabled in Chennai, India, on Dec. 5, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Biden arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives in South Korea on Dec. 5, 2013, for a three-day visit.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada reacts after performing in the women's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Asada led the field with 72.36 points.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Asada led the field with 72.36 points.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada reacts after performing in the women's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Asada led the field with 72.36 points.

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Biden arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) arrives in South Korea on Dec. 5, 2013, for a three-day visit.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada reacts after performing in the women's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Asada led the field with 72.36 points.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Asada led the field with 72.36 points.

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Emperor, empress in India

CHENNAI, India - Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) are seen off as they leave the Tamil Nadu welfare association for the disabled in Chennai, India, on Dec. 5, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Asada led the field with 72.36 points.

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Caroline Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy delivers a speech during a reception at her official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress in India

CHENNAI, India - Japan's Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (holding his arm) visit the Tamil Nadu welfare association for the disabled in Chennai, India, on Dec. 5, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs in the men's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Hanyu scored 99.84 points, taking the lead in the six-skater field.

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Caroline Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R) toast during a reception at Kennedy's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Canadian Patrick Chan performs in the men's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Chan scored 87.47 points to rank second in the six-skater filed.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs in the men's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Hanyu scored 99.84 points, taking the lead in the six-skater field.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu (L) acknowledges the crowd after performing in the men's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Hanyu scored 99.84 points, taking the lead in the six-skater field.

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IMF chief in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde holds a Korean fan during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 5, 2013

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs in the men's short program on Dec. 5, 2013, the first day of the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture. Hanyu scored 99.84 points, taking the lead in the six-skater field.

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Sochi environmental havoc

SOCHI, Russia - Waste from the construction of facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics lies where it has been illegally dumped in Sochi, a Black Sea resort in Russia, on Dec. 5, 2013. Visible in back are the Black Sea and Olympic Park.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition members rush Masaharu Nakagawa (L), chairman of a House of Councillors special committee, at Japan's Diet in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2013, in an attempt to block a vote on a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets. The panel approved the bill later in the day.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition members rush Masaharu Nakagawa (L), chairman of a House of Councillors special committee, at Japan's Diet in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2013, in an attempt to block a vote on a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets. The panel approved the bill later in the day.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition members rush Masaharu Nakagawa (L), chairman of a House of Councillors special committee, at Japan's Diet in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2013, in an attempt to block a vote on a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets. The panel approved the bill later in the day.

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Comet Lovejoy

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Comet Lovejoy is pictured from the Asagiri highland in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, around 4:25 a.m. on Dec. 5, 2013. (Composite two photos)

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High court's ruling on upper house polls

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 5, 2013, shows a courtroom of the Hiroshima High Court in the city of Hiroshima, where the court ruled the same day the disparity in the weight of votes in July's House of Councillors election was "in a state of unconstitutionality," while dismissing the plaintiffs' demand that the electoral results in two western Japan constituencies -- Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures -- be nullified. (Pool photo)

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Biden in China

BEIJING, China - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gives a speech at a meeting in Beijing on Dec. 5, 2013.

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Arrest over bribery allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigators head to the office of the Mitsui & Co. group's pension fund in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2013. Police the same day arrested a former executive of the Mitsui group and an employee of Deutsche Bank AG's investment banking arm in Tokyo over an alleged bribery case.

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Okinawa governor

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks during a plenary session of the prefectural assembly in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 5, 2013. Nakaima reiterated his call to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps air base outside of the island prefecture.