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Woodford drops comeback bid as Olympus president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011, shows former Olympus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Woodford. He said on Jan. 6, 2012, that he will give up his bid to regain the presidency of the scandal-mired optical and medical equipment maker.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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N. Korean soldier defects to South

SEOUL, South Korea - File photo shows the Gyeongui Line road from the South Korean side of the border with the North on Dec. 27, 2011. A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Oct. 6, 2012, across the heavily armed border after killing two of his superiors, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

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AC Milan cafe opens in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Arimasa Iwata, the owner of AC Milan Caffe e Ristorante, poses with an autographed jersey of Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the cafe and restaurant in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 6, 2011. The eatery, which opened in October 2011, is the world's first ''official'' cafe endorsed by AC Milan, the world famous football club in Italy.

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Christmas tree in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A Christmas tree is illuminated in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2011. The tree was set up by Meiji University the previous day in the city devastated by the March 11 tsunami.

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Environmentalists give tie to Japan minister

DURBAN, South Africa - Environmentalists give Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono a necktie embroidered with a logo ''I (heart mark) KP,'' to be read as ''I love Kyoto Protocol,'' in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 6, 2011, at the venue of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17.

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COP17 launches ministerial-level talks

DURBAN, South Africa - Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (C) and ministers from other countries attend ministerial-level talks at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 6, 2011.

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COP17 launches ministerial-level talks

DURBAN, South Africa - (From L to R) U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, South African President Jacob Zuma and South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane are seen during ministerial-level talks at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 6, 2011.

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Toshiba' LEDs illuminate Louvre

PARIS, France - The exterior of the Louvre art museum in Paris is illuminated by LEDs of Japan's Toshiba Corp. on Dec. 6, 2011.

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Japanese Environment Minister Hosono at COP17

DURBAN, South Africa - Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono speaks with reporters on Dec. 6, 2011, in Durban, South Africa, prior to the start later in the day of ministerial-level talks at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17.

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Japanese youths at COP17

DURBAN, South Africa - A group of Japanese students call for the abolition of nuclear power plants, at the venue for the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 6, 2011.

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S. Korea welcomes Japan's return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - A wooden container holding ancient Korean archives is loaded onto a truck bound for Seoul upon its arrival at Incheon International Airport on Dec. 6, 2011. South Korea took possession from Japan in a ceremony at the airport the same day of more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean archives that were seized and removed to Japan during Japanese rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ex-Olympus CEO Woodford

LONDON, Britain - Michael Woodford, former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., speaks at a press conference in London on Dec. 6, 2011.

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S. Korea welcomes Japan's return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - A ceremony is held at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Dec. 6, 2011, to hand over to South Korea from Japan more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean archives. The documents were seized and removed to Japan during Japanese rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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S. Korea welcomes Japan's return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2011, shows a container holding ancient Korean archives at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Dec. 6, 2011. South Korea took possession from Japan in a ceremony at the airport the same day of more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean archives that were seized and removed to Japan during Japanese rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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S. Korea welcomes Japan's return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - Ceremony participants applaud at a ceremony at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Dec. 6, 2011, to hand over to South Korea from Japan more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean archives. The documents were seized and removed to Japan during Japanese rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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S. Korea welcomes Japan's return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean First Vice Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Park Suk Hwan (R) and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto shake hands at a ceremony at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Dec. 6, 2011, to hand over to South Korea from Japan more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean archives. The documents were seized and removed to Japan during Japanese rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki (L) shakes hands with Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, during a party in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, held to celebrate his release earlier in the day on parole from a prison in Tochigi Prefecture. Suzuki was imprisoned in December 2010 for bribery and other offenses.

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Olympic judo champion Uchishiba arrested

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Masato Uchishiba, a two-time Olympic judo champion, leaves the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, following his arrest earlier in the day on suspicion of raping a female member of the judo team of the university where he had served as a coach. Uchishiba, 33, allegedly raped the teenager at a Tokyo hotel in late September after drinking alcohol with her, police said.

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Yoko Ono encourages Fukushima children

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoko Ono (L), a 78-year-old artist and the widow of Beatles member John Lennon, dances to a song sung by children (R) at Sahara Elementary School in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Dec. 6, 2011.

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Yoko Ono encourages Fukushima children

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoko Ono (C), a 78-year-old artist and the widow of Beatles member John Lennon, poses for group photos with children at Sahara Elementary School in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Dec. 6, 2011.

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'Cosplayers' in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Costume players (1st to 4th from L) pose with members of ''Datebushoutai,'' a tourism promotion group who dress as warriors, at the site of former Sendai Castle in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2011. The four women from Japan, South Korea, China and Thailand have won an Internet 'cosplay' contest organized by a Thai company.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, following his release earlier in the day on parole from a prison in Tochigi Prefecture. He was imprisoned in December 2010 for bribery and other offenses.

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Afghan message encourages kids from nuclear crisis-hit town

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Musician Missa Johnouchi (C) and children forced to evacuate from the Fukushima prefectural town of Okuma, where some units of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are located, hold a message of encouragement and a gift pencil from Afghan children, in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2011.

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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Babacan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 6, 2011. He said Turkey remains interested in having Japan build a nuclear power plant in the Sinop region on the Black Sea coast, despite the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Heavy fog worsens air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A couple wearing masks are pictured in Beijing's foggy Tiananmen Square on Dec. 6, 2011. Local newspapers said the same day that air pollution was exacerbated in the Chinese capital after heavy fog on Sunday and Monday led pollutants to accumulate in the air.

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Olympic judo champion Uchishiba arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Haruki Uemura, president of the All-Japan Judo Federation, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, following the arrest earlier in the day of two-time Olympic judo champion Masato Uchishiba on a rape charge.

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Heavy fog worsens air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The sun is hazy in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2011. Local newspapers said the same day that air pollution was exacerbated in the Chinese capital after heavy fog on Sunday and Monday led pollutants to accumulate in the air.

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Panel reports on Olympus' loss coverup

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Tatsuo Kainaka, chairman of a third-party panel set up by Olympus Corp. to probe the company's coverup of investment losses, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, to announce the findings of the panel's investigation.

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Cellphone carrier practices setting up onboard base station

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. employees practice setting up an onboard mobile communications base station on a riverbank in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2011. The cellphone carrier showed to reporters the drill to enhance preparedness for a disaster. The onboard mobile communications base station comprises a generator, wireless equipment and satellite communications apparatus on a truck that can emit radio waves as far as 2 kilometers via satellite in times of disaster.

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Panel reports on Olympus' loss coverup

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Tatsuo Kainaka (C), chairman of a third-party panel set up by Olympus Corp. to probe the company's coverup of investment losses, and other panel members hold a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, to announce their findings.

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Radioactive cesium found in baby formula

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Meiji Step'' baby formula made and sold by Meiji Co. Company officials said Dec. 6, 2011, that radioactive cesium of up to 30.8 becquerels per kilogram has been found in the product, possibly as a result of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Yoko Ono

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2011, shows Yoko Ono, a 78-year-old artist and the widow of Beatles member John Lennon, in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki (R) is released on parole from a prison in Tochigi Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2011, after being imprisoned in December 2010 for bribery and other offenses.

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Japan's Fukushima, partner Kaido ranked in top 100 global thinkers

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Mizuho Fukushima (L), leader of the Japanese minor opposition Social Democratic Party, and her partner, lawyer Yuichi Kaido, in images taken on Dec. 6, 2010, and on Jan. 14, 2009, respectively. The couple were ranked 29th in the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy's top 100 global thinkers of 2011 for their antinuclear activism.

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Ban announces intention to seek 2nd term

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon announces his intention to seek a second five-year term during a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on June 6, 2011. His current term expires Dec. 31.